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Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

acidblue posted:

I've also found the ship extremely squishy compared to my old Tholian Recluse, here's what I've slotted for BoFF Skills:

Tac Slot 1: Tac Team & FAW2
Tac Slot 2: Tac Team & APB
Eng Slot 1: EPtS, Eng Team2, and EPtWIII
Science 1: Small Hull Heal, Extend Shields, Tykons Rift, and Gravity Well
Science 2 : I have no loving clue what to put here.

What do you think?

Really? Its layout and stats aren't really all that different from the Recluse, even the same shield mod and almost the same health. I admit I cheated a bit by using the Quas trait so shield heals can double as hull heals and the Vonph trait so basically everything's on the GCD since I'm an engineer and never going under 80% hull, but the former isn't really necessary and reciprocity/AHOD get you the same idea for a lot cheaper. But here's what I was messing with...

TT1/ FAW2
Kemocite 1/APB2
EPTW1/A2Damp1/Override Subsystem Safeties 3
HE1/TSS2/Tyken's 2/GW3
Science Team 1/TBR1

I used Aux to dampeners because ~~I hate flying ships with lovely turn rates~~ there's a doff for it that basically makes it a permanent buff with sizable energy resists. OSS is in there because it's absurdly good, but you can swap it for some Intel crowd control thing or reverse shield polarity or whatever if you really want. Otherwise there's nothing that fancy here... you'd probably want to swap the engy seating for ET1/EPTW2/OSS3 or the like, and since you probably don't have kemocite you'll likely want a second copy of FAW to make sure it's always up whenever possible. There's better DPS focused build, but it's a carrier so it ain't loving topping charts there anyway and this way it was a basically invincible and surprisingly mobile science rear end in a top hat. :shrug:

Lorak posted:

Truth be told, the solutions I've suggested are:

Have a queue in mind that you want to do, scan your first particle, use the fleet starbase (or other appropriate) transwarp to get to your second particle, scan the second, do the queue, and by the time that's done, your transwarp will be cooled down in order to get to your third particle.

You could use the transwarp cooldown doff with one of those transwarp cooldown singularity/warp cores, if you feel like messing with your equipment/doffs.

Well Travelled, the (misspelled) bonus trait you get by beginning the mission “Tour the Galaxy” and visiting at least 8 sector blocks within the 15 minute timer, reduces your cooldown by another 20%.

If you're a non-Romulan Federation officer, the T5 Excelsior has a few extra transwarp locations. If you're Federation-aligned, the T3 Excelsior's console, which can be slotted onto other ships, also reduces cooldown (50%).

Sector space is all unified and stuff now. Just point it towards the place you need to go for the daily and alt-tab and do something actually fun for five minutes while you trundle across the galaxy. Save the transwarp for when you ~~get stuck with Bajor~~ have to hop quandrants. :effort:

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MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Asimo posted:

Sector space is all unified and stuff now. Just point it towards the place you need to go for the daily and alt-tab and do something actually fun for five minutes while you trundle across the galaxy. Save the transwarp for when you ~~get stuck with Bajor~~ have to hop quandrants.

Hah, yeah, I was about to say. Just have something else to do.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 12:32

Coq au Nandos: Nov 7, 2006; I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

You also get a free unlimited transwarp to ESD/Kronos by clicking the event banner.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 12:38

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Yeah. It's still the most annoying of the event quests since it takes like twenty minutes however you go about it, but it's trivial to get around.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 12:42

Dootman: Jun 15, 2000; fishbulb

I guess that's the price for not having to do the stupid event on every alt you want the ship for.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 13:14

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

So I assume this ship'll be in a lockbox eventually.

Bit more effort put into it than the other shitstick races.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 14:18

Dalris Othaine: Oct 14, 2013; I think, therefore I am inevitable.

MikeJF posted:

Hah, yeah, I was about to say. Just have something else to do.

Star Trek Online Season 11: Just have something else to do!

# ? Feb 5, 2016 16:58

AfroSquirrel: Sep 3, 2011

I just finished Nukara rep by doing Red Alerts when they happened. Is there anything worth getting there besides the beam console? The fighters look nice.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 18:01

Burning_Monk: Jan 11, 2005; Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to know

Asimo posted:

Yeah. It's still the most annoying of the event quests since it takes like twenty minutes however you go about it, but it's trivial to get around.

10 minutes tops. Seriously it's really not that bad. It takes about a minute to go from Sol to DS9 now.

AfroSquirrel posted:

I just finished Nukara rep by doing Red Alerts when they happened. Is there anything worth getting there besides the beam console? The fighters look nice.

Fighters are nice, tetryon set is good now since you can go full beams with the omni-array. The console is also pretty decent.

Burning_Monk fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Feb 5, 2016

# ? Feb 5, 2016 18:02

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

AfroSquirrel posted:

I just finished Nukara rep by doing Red Alerts when they happened. Is there anything worth getting there besides the beam console? The fighters look nice.

Nah, it's pretty crappy these days. The web mine is still probably the most useful mine but that doesn't say much. The shield set is really underrated, but it (and every other set really) was obsoleted by the Iconian equipment, so eh.

Burning_Monk posted:

10 minutes tops. Seriously it's really not that bad. It takes about a minute to go from Sol to DS9 now.

Eh, it's still obnoxious dealing with a bunch of pointless zone transitions, especially when the quest gives you a lot of ground objectives. But yeah it's not that bad and you do at least get that 400 mark head start unlike the other events.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 18:07

18 Character Limit: Apr 6, 2007; Screw you, Abed;
I can fix this!; Nap Ghost

AfroSquirrel posted:

I just finished Nukara rep by doing Red Alerts when they happened. Is there anything worth getting there besides the beam console? The fighters look nice.

The strikeforce environment suit is all the rage on Risa.

# ? Feb 5, 2016 18:12

Coq au Nandos: Nov 7, 2006; I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.

AfroSquirrel posted:

I just finished Nukara rep by doing Red Alerts when they happened. Is there anything worth getting there besides the beam console? The fighters look nice.

The sword is fun

# ? Feb 5, 2016 22:15

Bloodly: Nov 3, 2008; Not as strong as you'd expect.

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Nah, it's pretty crappy these days. The web mine is still probably the most useful mine but that doesn't say much. The shield set is really underrated, but it (and every other set really) was obsoleted by the Iconian equipment, so eh.

You regard it as that good?

Wow. Guess I've got something to shoot for.

Eventually.

Most people seem to be doing the Terran Empire stuff now, though. Any ideas where one starts?

# ? Feb 6, 2016 06:12

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

The Nukara shield was crap when it came out but was later buffed to "ok".

It has visuals that you either love or loathe so play space barbie accordingly.

I'm sure someone will correct me if this has changed but the current endgame "best" gear is basically the 4/4 iconian space set. You hardly need it though so don't worry about it if that's not your thing.

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ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

The Nukara shield does have the advantage of not being specialized against any particular kind of energy, so it's useable against any opponent.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 07:39

Psycho Landlord: Oct 10, 2012; What are you gonna do, dance with me?

Any shield is usable against any opponent because this is STO and none of that math works the way you think it does. If you want the best, use Iconian. If you want to space barbie, use whatever you want and be slightly less optimized. That is literally the only meaningful duality in the game.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 09:50

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

The Nukara 2-piece bonus often gets ignored since it's "only" a +2.5% boost... except this is Cryptic math at work, and it's a high-category buff that's actually worth the listed amount rather than the fractional amount most energy boosts give. It also applies to any and all types at once, rather than a single energy type. Or in other words,

Psycho Landlord posted:

because this is STO and none of that math works the way you think it does

Nukara 2p and the Romulan engines was a really good combo... just... well, as noted before the Iconian set obsoletes everything. The Deflector is tankier (and gets SciCmdr at UR), the shield has better gimmicks (and is also Resilient like the Nukara shield), and the 3-piece bonus is not only higher even with cryptic math but it's team wide. :downs:

DancingShade posted:

I'm sure someone will correct me if this has changed but the current endgame "best" gear is basically the 4/4 iconian space set. You hardly need it though so don't worry about it if that's not your thing.

I think 3p Iconian with the Romulan engines is in the lead if you're a tac character, but yeah. And obviously the core needs to be upgraded to UR for the AMP mod, otherwise you're better off using something else there that has it.

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ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Space barbie is always the most important thing to me.

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MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

-Troika- posted:

Space barbie is always the most important thing to me.

# ? Feb 6, 2016 10:30

g0del: Jan 9, 2001; Fun Shoe

Asimo posted:

I think 3p Iconian with the Romulan engines is in the lead if you're a tac character, but yeah. And obviously the core needs to be upgraded to UR for the AMP mod, otherwise you're better off using something else there that has it.

You're right, for tac captains the bonus to attack patterns from the romulan engines is better than the iconian 4-piece.

But this is only stuff you need if you're chasing high dps for e-peen. The missions are designed to be completed by pubbies with the worst random equipment they can find and whatever dumb skills their boffs came with at the start.

# ? Feb 7, 2016 04:29

Lafarg: Jul 23, 2012

Psycho Landlord posted:

Any shield is usable against any opponent because this is STO and none of that math works the way you think it does. If you want the best, use Iconian. If you want to space barbie, use whatever you want and be slightly less optimized. That is literally the only meaningful duality in the game.

Buy the shield that you want any of the set boners with. Other than that it doesn't matter because a fair number of us are just hull tanking these days.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 10:59

Nita: Apr 27, 2008

Technical Analysis posted:

2700 or go home. Scrub.

Can't please anyone, can I?

# ? Feb 8, 2016 14:10

Tuskin38: May 1, 2013; Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9780393-star-trek-online%3A-t6-flagships-announcement

# ? Feb 8, 2016 18:29

Kesper North: Nov 3, 2011; EMERGENCY POWER TO PARTY

So, T6 Oddyssey, Scimitar and Bortasqu. The tactical variant seems to be trying to give people a reason to fit a torp launcher with their beams, but unless the stats are amazing I don't see it being useful...

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Tuskin38: May 1, 2013; Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

Looks like they made unique models for each 'class' variant this time.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 18:38

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Kesper North posted:

So, T6 Oddyssey, Scimitar and Bortasqu. The tactical variant seems to be trying to give people a reason to fit a torp launcher with their beams, but unless the stats are amazing I don't see it being useful...

Yeah it doesn't change the fact that torpedoes are loving obnoxious to use on cruisers due to the firing arc problem, not to mention the fact you probably won't have any skills/gear dedicated to boosting them. Cryptic keeps dancing around the issue while never making the obvious easy solution.

Would probably be a great trait on an escort though. :effort:

Tuskin38 posted:

I don't like the saucer on the Odyssey, or the nacelles on the Bortasqu'. The scimitar is ok, it has proper nacelles now

Yeah, hopefully you can mix and match pieces this time. Or that they actually have different models for the variants this time.

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Zoerp: Sep 29, 2012; Lord of the Seas

# ? Feb 8, 2016 18:42

Tuskin38: May 1, 2013; Have you seen these posts?
They're pretty popular on Reddit.

Asimo posted:

Yeah, hopefully you can mix and match pieces this time. Or that they actually have different models for the variants this time.

The Odyssey at the top of the blog is a different design then the one at the bottom of the Blog.

All variants also have different names, which leads me to believe all 3 variants have different parts.

Thomas posted the Badges he made for all 3 Fed variants, confirms they have separate designs. He was also the one who modelled them.

https://twitter.com/Cryptic_TtC/status/696754647986376704

Some more screens

https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696771765524045824
https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696770729723826176
https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696773038906314752

Tuskin38 fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Feb 8, 2016

# ? Feb 8, 2016 18:55

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Science variants.

The Ody with smooth lines looks alright, not sure why Cryptic keeps sticking fed ships with sharp angles.

Asimo fucked around with this message at 20:40 on Feb 8, 2016

# ? Feb 8, 2016 20:32

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Designwise: the Bort's lost all of its grandeur, at least the Scim looks like a romulan ship now, and the Oddy looks like at least it'll have some parts that might mix well with the T5 parts to fix visual issues and create a nice overall design.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 20:46

wdarkk: Oct 26, 2007; Friends: Protected
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I'm hoping they give the sci vessels sensor analysis again.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 20:47

Soviet Commubot: Oct 22, 2008

Asimo posted:

Yeah it doesn't change the fact that torpedoes are loving obnoxious to use on cruisers due to the firing arc problem, not to mention the fact you probably won't have any skills/gear dedicated to boosting them. Cryptic keeps dancing around the issue while never making the obvious easy solution.

Would probably be a great trait on an escort though.

If the buffs are large enough it might be worth it to use the Ferengi missile launcher.

Who am I kidding, no they won't.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 20:49

Trebuchet King: Jul 5, 2005; This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!

kinda annoyed that the yorktown class came out of somewhere besides charleston, but what can you do?

# ? Feb 8, 2016 20:57

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

wdarkk posted:

I'm hoping they give the sci vessels sensor analysis again.

I'm not holding my breath on that. They'll almost certainly have a hangar bay though. Maybe they'll give in and add an aquarius frigate. :geno:

Also here's the engineering ones.

https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696784273362124800
https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696785370558521346
https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/696785848780480513

# ? Feb 8, 2016 21:03

Defiance Industries: Jul 22, 2010; A five-star manufacturer

I like the incorporation of the Starfleet insignia into the underside of the Engi cruiser saucer. That's a neat visual touch.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 21:09

Psycho Landlord: Oct 10, 2012; What are you gonna do, dance with me?

I'd have to see numbers, but depending on the buff, people blessed with wide-angle torps might benefit from trying them out. Course, this is a moot point, because if that trait is good, people will just grind out the trait and then put it on a better ship.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 21:10

wdarkk: Oct 26, 2007; Friends: Protected
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Wide angle torps are available from the dildoship, the 2500Z Assault Cruiser, anywhere else?

# ? Feb 8, 2016 22:34

Preechr: May 19, 2009; Proud member of the Pony-Brony Alliance for Obama as President

wdarkk posted:

Wide angle torps are available from the dildoship, the 2500Z Assault Cruiser, anywhere else?

Lobi store. Ferengi missiles are 180 degree torps.

# ? Feb 8, 2016 22:41

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

The Bulwak came with a wide-angle voth chroniton... which you can't ever upgrade because Borticus is literally retarded and thinks it's default white ship equipment instead of a unique special weapon. :downs:

Those are the only three wide-angle torps in the game though.

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g0del: Jan 9, 2001; Fun Shoe

Psycho Landlord posted:

I'd have to see numbers, but depending on the buff, people blessed with wide-angle torps might benefit from trying them out. Course, this is a moot point, because if that trait is good, people will just grind out the trait and then put it on a better ship.

Cryptic doesn't care if you do that, because you still had to buy the ship to use the trait. As for a better ship, at least on the Rom side the DPS chasers are still rocking scimitars, Cryptic would have to try pretty hard to make a T6 scim worse.

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