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MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Tai posted:

Also looking at another ship to gently caress around with in a few weeks and Galor was recommended but wasn't too sure if its decent DPS due to 3 tac consoles. Ar'kif any good?

Ar'kif is definitely better than a flogai. It kinda makes the flogai pointless, to be honest, they're both heavy escort warbirds but the Ar'kif is just better.

The real question is your budget.

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Tai
Mar 8, 2006
I doubt I'll touch the arkif till I have the rep for elite scorpions unless those aren't the best pets to have?

Space Hero Keith
Sep 26, 2015

Tai posted:

I doubt I'll touch the arkif till I have the rep for elite scorpions unless those aren't the best pets to have?

Realistically, the difference between elite pets (with the exception of mesh weavers) isn't very significant in PvE because none of them have any real crit chance. Personally, I just use slavers, because I'd rather have the loot than the extra 100 DPS.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Elite Orion Slavers?

Lagomorphic
Apr 21, 2008

AKA: Orthonormal
I think you went fed-rom anyways. So go for the elite yellowstones if you need a hanger pet. They're durable and fart purple gas everywhere.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


-Troika- posted:

The Galor is overrated :colbert:
:frogout:

It kinda fell a few ranks in a post-A2B world, but now we have Reciprocity so the single tac seat doesn't matter anymore. It's still incredibly mobile for a cruiser with a crazy good shield modifier, and with the DMG improvement the spiral waves are back to being pretty good if you're willing to dump a few million dilithium into getting them to gold. It's only weakness is being T5U instead of T6 but who the gently caress cares, it's a Galor.

MikeJF posted:

Ar'kif is definitely better than a flogai. It kinda makes the flogai pointless, to be honest, they're both heavy escort warbirds but the Ar'kif is just better.

The real question is your budget.
The non-fleet T6 mogai at least gets you a ludicrously good ship trait, but that's basically all it has to speak for it over the Ar'kif. The feds and klanks got off a bit better in that bundle thanks to getting nimble 5/3 cruisers instead of escorts.

Lagomorphic posted:

I think you went fed-rom anyways. So go for the elite yellowstones if you need a hanger pet. They're durable and fart purple gas everywhere.
Orion Interceptors are a fun equivalent klankside, they all get tractor beams and some energy drains. At this point the damage from fighters isn't too exciting so unless they're some ship-specific thing that's doing FAW or Torp Spread or otherwise inflating their damage with multiple targets it mostly comes down to the utility.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Yep, I'm rom/fed/tac

Space Hero Keith
Sep 26, 2015

Tai posted:

Elite Orion Slavers?

Yes.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Asimo posted:

:frogout:

It kinda fell a few ranks in a post-A2B world, but now we have Reciprocity so the single tac seat doesn't matter anymore. It's still incredibly mobile for a cruiser with a crazy good shield modifier, and with the DMG improvement the spiral waves are back to being pretty good if you're willing to dump a few million dilithium into getting them to gold. It's only weakness is being T5U instead of T6 but who the gently caress cares, it's a Galor.

Cryptic's gonna be rolling in that sweet dental cash when they poo poo out the T6 Galor: Keldon Edition.

IPCRESS
May 27, 2012
Personally, I'm liking the work they're doing with tying wiki registrations to loot drops.

DAVE!!!(c)(tm)
Feb 22, 2003
The other reason to go with the Fleet T6 Mogai is if you are running the two-piece Mogai consoles. It gives a substantial boost to energy weapon drain resistance and weapons power.

Bieeanshee
Aug 21, 2000

Not keen on keening.


Grimey Drawer

DonDoodles posted:

Woah, hey! It looks like Protogoth did, in fact, get banned from the STO forums, though not from the Green Orions thread. Anyone know what happened?



He really has an entire bugship up his rear end about having to wear a scarlet letter. It's amazing.

Technical Analysis
Nov 21, 2007

I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

-Troika- posted:

The Galor is overrated :colbert:

Yeah I'll bet you see four lights too, rear end in a top hat.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




I keep logging in and then being confused why.

It's like walking into the kitchen and turning in a circle three times, realising you have no idea what you're doing here, and walking out.

IPCRESS
May 27, 2012

MikeJF posted:

I keep logging in and then being confused why.

It's like walking into the kitchen and turning in a circle three times, realising you have no idea what you're doing here, and walking out.

Your kitchen appliances are time gated?

Dootman
Jun 15, 2000

fishbulb
He realized he needed to grind more dilithium to use the oven to upgrade his food to cooked.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




IPCRESS posted:

Your kitchen appliances are time gated?

I'm not logging out because my poo poo's time gated, I'm logging out because I have nothing to do and I just can't be hosed doing runs of anything without an end goal. I have my poo poo, it's not epic but it works, and... gently caress it.

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.
Just got a random comment on a video with Laughing Trendy in it.


Visiting the commenters profile yielded this video.

Adventure.Cat posted:

A thread closed for the subject of not letting Orion skin colors to be human tones. As it would look like just a bunch of human slave girls in bikinis running around the Star Trek universe rather then Orions. Yep, thats one of the shameful parts of the game, instead of just saying they have no control over the people who exploit the races costumes and coloring for means of ERP, it seems they not only put it there like that on purpose, they encourage such behavior too! And will ban anyone who interferes!

Trendy seemed to surprise a lot of us, when the spontaneous decision she made was suddenly enforced for reasons pertaining to what seemed to be her playing habit more then a ruling on TOS.




Rights for the spaceballs clip go to mel brooks films. Using a small portion under fair use act.

Acer Pilot
Feb 17, 2007
put the 'the' in therapist

:dukedog:

fakemirage posted:

Just got a random comment on a video with Laughing Trendy in it.


Visiting the commenters profile yielded this video.



the people in this game are terrible. trendy rules.

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.
If "Adventure.Cat" sounds familiar, it's the furry that wanted his character as an NPC in STO (as previously discussed here).

Korgan
Feb 14, 2012


fakemirage posted:

If "Adventure.Cat" sounds familiar, it's the furry that wanted his character as an NPC in STO (as previously discussed here).

quote:

50 years ago, ...

I missed the generation i could relate with... =U.U=

Ahaha no wonder he wants to go back in time, they didn't have those drat tranny pieces of poo poo back then!!1

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Korgan posted:

Ahaha no wonder he wants to go back in time, they didn't have those drat tranny pieces of poo poo back then!!1

Nobody tell him about J Edgar Hoover then :v:

Also demanding your own fursona in an MMO as an official NPC is a special kind of hosed up narcissist.

hakimashou
Jul 15, 2002
Upset Trowel
That's the person who has this avatar

Tuskin38
May 1, 2013

Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.
That photoshop isn't half bad.

Except Book's head.

Tuskin38
May 1, 2013

Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

fakemirage posted:

Just got a random comment on a video with Laughing Trendy in it.


Visiting the commenters profile yielded this video.



Some more

Tigey
Apr 6, 2015

What the actual gently caress

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.
Some more drama on Risa.

Risa pubbies posted:

[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: So stay away from Eria! Your old enough to be her father.
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Plus your a womaniser and a pervert!
[Local] Starlynn@captaingarystark: just go away tommy
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Everyone hates your womanising ways.
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: lol
[Local] Valu@glimmerofthestars: omg
[Local] Valu@glimmerofthestars: its about to go down
[Local] Blaise@lwbluemax: mlao
[Local] Valu@glimmerofthestars: :D
[Local] Blaise@lwbluemax: shut up lol
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: When I get to the USA. I know Thomas's address. I'm going to beat that fucker within an inch of his life.
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: wow such violence
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: :-D
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Hurt too many girl gamers. Had enough of seeing the results of guys like him.
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Thats why I like Nbreeki. He hates perverts.
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: *wonders why he hates me*
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: XD
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: lol
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Radio?
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: whats wrong with radio?
[Local] Starlynn@captaingarystark: i will not hold it against you if you like that big head troll
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: Thats one thing I don't agree with. He thinks STO radio shows suck. I think they are awesome!!!!!
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: aww thanks
[Local] Valu@glimmerofthestars: lol ty rooster that was amazing
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: if we didn't have listeners there'd be no point :-)
[Local] F'en'ren Kzin@rooster241: your very welcome Valu
[Local] Lauren Biddle@l31: All good now. :)


Tuskin38 posted:

Some more


Oh, that's golden.

DonDoodles
Aug 18, 2010

by general anime
Catstarsto and Ashkrirk are both right-wing conservatives and furries in denial. They are always found in the same threads posting stupid poo poo about cats back and forth, but if you call one a furry, they get defensive as poo poo about it. I think Catstar even has a deviantart that's completely full of Catian poo poo (some of it NSFW). Ashkrirk also made some pretty messed up comments about LGBTQ and Trendy during that whole Bluegeek homophobe drama, but I don't think he caught any punishment for it because, well, it was a complete shitshow.

I have noticed that Ashkirk's posting has gone way down since then.

Edit: found his deviantart and this: a picture of his alias "catstarso" dancing with M'ress in a wedding dress. Perfectly normal stuff happening here.





Link to deviant art (with a lot less pictures posted than a year ago;Maybe he took some down)

http://adventure-cat.deviantart.com/

EditEdit: His gallery is full of crazy political bullshit. Here is one of my favorites: he hates the Statue of Liberty because he thinks it's actually statue of the Greek god Apollo, thus making one of the country's most beloved symbols nothing more than a pagan idol, which is a slap in the face to good patriotic American Christians like himself.

DonDoodles fucked around with this message at 18:12 on Oct 18, 2015

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
This game really delivers. You don't even need to play the game

Dick Bass
Feb 22, 2006


Tai posted:

This game really delivers. You don't even need to play the game

True, I haven't logged in for a year and I still love this game.

Would I gain anything by logging in?

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Dick Bass posted:

True, I haven't logged in for a year and I still love this game.

Would I gain anything by logging in?

Have they given you a free ship for not logging in yet?

Dick Bass
Feb 22, 2006


A free ship would only entice me if the game's spaceplay had improved since last November. Which I'm pretty sure it hasn't.
Or if said ship would cause a stream of anger from the broken playerbase.

BombermanX
Jan 13, 2011

I'm afraid of other people's opinions when they differ from my own. Please do not hurt my feelings.

DonDoodles posted:

Catstarsto and Ashkrirk are both right-wing conservatives and furries in denial. They are always found in the same threads posting stupid poo poo about cats back and forth, but if you call one a furry, they get defensive as poo poo about it. I think Catstar even has a deviantart that's completely full of Catian poo poo (some of it NSFW). Ashkrirk also made some pretty messed up comments about LGBTQ and Trendy during that whole Bluegeek homophobe drama, but I don't think he caught any punishment for it because, well, it was a complete shitshow.

I have noticed that Ashkirk's posting has gone way down since then.

Edit: found his deviantart and this: a picture of his alias "catstarso" dancing with M'ress in a wedding dress. Perfectly normal stuff happening here.





Link to deviant art (with a lot less pictures posted than a year ago;Maybe he took some down)

http://adventure-cat.deviantart.com/

EditEdit: His gallery is full of crazy political bullshit. Here is one of my favorites: he hates the Statue of Liberty because he thinks it's actually statue of the Greek god Apollo, thus making one of the country's most beloved symbols nothing more than a pagan idol, which is a slap in the face to good patriotic American Christians like himself.



This guy is a special kind of retarded. Should I do an emergency budget resolution and rework 45% of the Xean budget into this kid?

It won't cost me a thing, btw.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

Dick Bass posted:

A free ship would only entice me if the game's spaceplay had improved since last November. Which I'm pretty sure it hasn't.
Or if said ship would cause a stream of anger from the broken playerbase.

People did get pissed off for people getting rewarded for not logging in, so :shrug:

Axe-man
Apr 16, 2005

The product of hundreds of hours of scientific investigation and research.

The perfect meatball.
Clapping Larry
The ship they give you can be made into a pretty boss Enterprise D, it is pretty decent, it has nice Boff layouts and better turn than the old t5.

DarkMalfunction
Sep 5, 2014

I can't remember the last time I logged in and actually played.

I remember I did 3 missions in a row where it's basically 3 missions of Tuvok getting mentally raped by some speccy oval office who's an 8472 or some poo poo, and getting lost on Voyager.

Decided that even as a free game, the opportunity cost of my time spent watching Tuvok getting mentally raped wasn't worth it.

Dick Bass
Feb 22, 2006


I'll start playing again (briefly) if they have a "Tuvix" story arc.

MjolnirMan
Aug 15, 2006
It's Hammertime

DonDoodles posted:

EditEdit: His gallery is full of crazy political bullshit. Here is one of my favorites: he hates the Statue of Liberty because he thinks it's actually statue of the Greek god Apollo, thus making one of the country's most beloved symbols nothing more than a pagan idol, which is a slap in the face to good patriotic American Christians like himself.



That is incredibly stupid because it's, by design, overtly, the Roman goddess Libertas. Apollo was a dude.

E:

MjolnirMan fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Oct 18, 2015

Lord Ludikrous
Jun 7, 2008

Enjoy your tea...

Axe-man posted:

The ship they give you can be made into a pretty boss Enterprise D, it is pretty decent, it has nice Boff layouts and better turn than the old t5.

Yes it is essentially the first good Galaxy class ship in the game, and as far as a free ship goes its quite welcome.



Interesting how old designs from the 70s and 80s look better than almost everything Cryptic (and a lot of other Star Trek games) put out.

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DonDoodles
Aug 18, 2010

by general anime

MjolnirMan posted:

That is incredibly stupid because it's, by design, overtly, the Roman goddess Libertas. Apollo was a dude.

E:


Oh great, not only is it a ROMAN PAGAN IDOL, it's a WOMAN. Better break that news to him gently.

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