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MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

fullTimeLurker posted:

Which one of these would you guys say is the most "fun"

Pilot escort.

If it's not on the list the list is wrong.

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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.

fullTimeLurker posted:

Which one of these would you guys say is the most "fun" and best looking ship to fly?

Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier
Na'kuhl Acheros Battlecruiser
Xindi-Primate Cruiser

Are these all lobi ships? If you're tossing up stuff in that category, absolutely wait a week or so and get a Vengeance.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 05:36

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

The acheros is the na'khul ultra-rare drop. 12 turn, 5/3 weps, battle cloak, Intel and pilot seating. No hanger and it's engineering commander and console, but I'd go that anyway.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 08:34 on Jul 6, 2016

# ? Jul 6, 2016 08:32

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

fullTimeLurker posted:

Which one of these would you guys say is the most "fun" and best looking ship to fly?

Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier
Na'kuhl Acheros Battlecruiser
Xindi-Primate Cruiser

Acheros is the best by far to use.

Looks? YMMV.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 09:54

GET IN THE ROBOT: Nov 28, 2007; JUST GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHINJI

I think the Akira class is a fun ship. You go fast in addition to being able to fart out tons of fighters and torpedoes (if you have it's special console from the c-store.)

Plus, I like the "new" (not new anymore lol) designs from First Contact and the later seasons of DS9. The Soverign, Akira, Steamrunner, Saber. Too bad the Steamrunner is exclusive to a $25 Steam starter pack.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 13:09

g0del: Jan 9, 2001; Fun Shoe

Expansion release notes posted:

Boxes which award Specialization Points now require level 60 to open such as Weekly Featured Episode Reward Talentpoint Box or the Federation Tour of Duty Completion Box.

The Tour of Duty and promotional boxes automatically open to award their Specialization Points.
These now convert into Dilithium Ore when opened at the current Specialization Point cap.

Looks like they might have finally fixed this. No more finishing out the specialization 1 minute after the patch drops, then lazily re-earning more points afterwards.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 16:20

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

Gammatron 64 posted:

I think the Akira class is a fun ship. You go fast in addition to being able to fart out tons of fighters and torpedoes (if you have it's special console from the c-store.)

Plus, I like the "new" (not new anymore lol) designs from First Contact and the later seasons of DS9. The Soverign, Akira, Steamrunner, Saber. Too bad the Steamrunner is exclusive to a $25 Steam starter pack.

This guy's the most correct person in the thread, the Akira line is the best set of ships in the game, anime naming scheme and all.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:30

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

It seems there may have been a few texturing issues.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:37

GET IN THE ROBOT: Nov 28, 2007; JUST GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHINJI

Psycho Landlord posted:

This guy's the most correct person in the thread, the Akira line is the best set of ships in the game, anime naming scheme and all.

...I named my Akira the U.S.S. Ayanami. Rei Ayanami is an anime character named after a WWII warship. I... might be a turbonerd. Hi there, I'm playing Star Trek Online!

I'm not the only one, because the Akira-class was literally named after the movie Akira and the U.S.S. Yamato was named after the Space Battleship Yamato. I typically give my ships boring names that you could actually see in Star Trek like that, like U.S.S. Endeavor, U.S.S. Discovery, etc.

If I got a big, bad Federation ship, I would probably name it the Executor but the only fed ship that really fits the bill of a Super Star Destroyer is probably the U.S.S. Vengeance. Maybe the Jupiter-class too, but that one just looks too big, fat and friendly. Like a big space whale.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 18:56

Cythereal: Nov 8, 2009; I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Gammatron 64 posted:

and the U.S.S. Yamato was named after the Space Battleship Yamato. I typically give my ships boring names that you could actually see in Star Trek like that, like U.S.S. Endeavor, U.S.S. Discovery, etc.

I'm pretty sure the USS Yamato was named after the real-world (and hilarious waste of time and resources that accomplished nothing useful as it turned out) Japanese super-battleship Yamato, not some random anime.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:03

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

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!

Cythereal posted:

I'm pretty sure the USS Yamato was named after the real-world (and hilarious waste of time and resources that accomplished nothing useful as it turned out) Japanese super-battleship Yamato, not some random anime.

the anime is named after/based on that super-battleship iirc

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:04

Cythereal: Nov 8, 2009; I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Trebuchet King posted:

the anime is named after/based on that super-battleship iirc

I figured. You'd think they'd name a show after a ship that wasn't one of Japan's finest entries in WW2's hotly contested "Who can come up with the biggest waste of time, money, and resources in the name of building a superweapon that ends up accomplishing nothing" championship, though.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:08

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

In fairness, the ludicrous superweapon that we came up with worked pretty well. :v:

Also since I'm sure some space rich sort is already home and playing, what ship skins does the Vengeance have access to? The full Fedlist? Just its own? The JJTrek one too, and if so, with or without requiring the JJConnie?

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:14

Aleth: Aug 2, 2008; Pillbug

KDF gets the best costume at least.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:16

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

Aleth posted:

KDF gets the best costume at least.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:21

Cutedge: Mar 13, 2006; How can we lose so much more than we had before

So with the new weapons coming out should I be running phaser beam arrays or still something else? Someone should write an updated guide of how to play the game so i can just fly around hitting space bar.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:39

Conskill: May 7, 2007; I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Best moment in the expansion so far is when you're in the admiral's office getting your first promotion in the TOS arc, Spock suddenly walks in, spouts a few sown-together lines in disjointed audio quality, and then walks back out while your character and the admiral just mutely stare into space.

I don't think it's the effect Cryptic was going for, but it was the funniest thing I've seen in this game.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 19:52

fakemirage: Nov 6, 2012; Can't see the haters.

Cutedge posted:

So with the new weapons coming out should I be running phaser beam arrays or still something else? Someone should write an updated guide of how to play the game so i can just fly around hitting space bar.

Rainbow beams.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 20:38

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

Got myself a Vengeance off the exchange, someone accidentally put it up for 300k instead of 300 million.

I'm not sorry.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:10

DAVE!!!(c)(tm): Feb 22, 2003

Cythereal posted:

I'm pretty sure the USS Yamato was named after the real-world (and hilarious waste of time and resources that accomplished nothing useful as it turned out) Japanese super-battleship Yamato, not some random anime.

Actually, the people who came up with lists of ship names were humongous anime nerds who named a shitload of stuff from different anime characters. So, it's actually pretty possible that it is named after the Space Battleship Yamato.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:14

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

DAVE!!!(c)(tm) posted:

Actually, the people who came up with lists of ship names were humongous anime nerds who named a shitload of stuff from different anime characters. So, it's actually pretty possible that it is named after the Space Battleship Yamato.

The Yamato in TNG wasn't named after the Anime according to production info info, and they usually admit when it is a reference, so it is probably true.

The Gal-X variant in STO however was named after both.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:22

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.

Asimo posted:

In fairness, the ludicrous superweapon that we came up with worked pretty well.

Also since I'm sure some space rich sort is already home and playing, what ship skins does the Vengeance have access to? The full Fedlist? Just its own? The JJTrek one too, and if so, with or without requiring the JJConnie?

Cryptic Spartan was saying over on reddit that they have access to every skin in your faction.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:25

Roadie: Jun 30, 2013

Tuskin38 posted:

Got myself a Vengeance off the exchange, someone accidentally put it up for 300k instead of 300 million.

I'm not sorry.

This is beautiful.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:35

GET IN THE ROBOT: Nov 28, 2007; JUST GET IN THE FUCKING ROBOT SHINJI

Tuskin38 posted:

Got myself a Vengeance off the exchange, someone accidentally put it up for 300k instead of 300 million.

I'm not sorry.

You lucky bastard.

Here's to hoping some other idiot leaves off a couple zeroes so I could get one too.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:37

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

Asimo posted:

In fairness, the ludicrous superweapon that we came up with worked pretty well.

Also since I'm sure some space rich sort is already home and playing, what ship skins does the Vengeance have access to? The full Fedlist? Just its own? The JJTrek one too, and if so, with or without requiring the JJConnie?

Vengeance can use type 0 to type 7 plus veteran.

Type 0 is the TOS Skin.

I'm going to assume it is the same for the Connie

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:46

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

Currently a bug after the TOS Fed tutorial if you talk to Garrett too fast

Workaround/prevention listed here

https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/4rjwfh/fyi_broken_mission_handoff/

# ? Jul 6, 2016 21:59

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

excellent

# ? Jul 6, 2016 22:45

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

I wonder, if you have both the Vengeance and the Kelvin Connie if they can use each other's textures.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:13

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.

Oh my god that Spock scene. :allears:

# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:17

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

Tuskin38 posted:

I wonder, if you have both the Vengeance and the Kelvin Connie if they can use each other's textures.

That's a yes: someone posted the Vengeance in the Jjprise skin upthread.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:44

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.

Small thing but the thunder crash effect when a torpedo hits an intact shield facing is straight out of Wrath of Khan and extremely cool and good, well done Cryptic.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:45

Thom12255: Feb 23, 2013; WHERE THE FUCK IS MY MONEY

Finished the new story missions. Nothing amazing, but fun and entertaining.

# ? Jul 6, 2016 23:50

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

Tron

# ? Jul 7, 2016 00:23

Bieeanshee: Aug 21, 2000; Not keen on keening.; Grimey Drawer

Something about that shade of grey and the dotted lines reminds me of old papercraft play-books.

# ? Jul 7, 2016 00:37

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

I did the final TOS Only mission 'Battle of Caleb IV' in my Vengeance (teamed with a friend). Non-TOS characters can't have the missions shared, but you can join them by going to the system in sector space.

The cutscenes are hilarious because you're like 3-4 times bigger then the ship they were designed for.

That mission is also great for getting TOS era Space loot, the Klingons just spawn forever.

http://i.imgur.com/uoy26yZ.png

Tuskin38 fucked around with this message at 01:37 on Jul 7, 2016

# ? Jul 7, 2016 01:01