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DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Aleth posted:

They were going to give away a connie for their lovely wiki giveaway, only they didn't actually have one and were trying to get one via opening boxes that they didn't have many keys for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC75aU47GRk

First thing that came to mind.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 14:55

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 06:15

Hail Mr. Satan!: Oct 3, 2009; by zen death robot

fakemirage posted:

The Connie isn't an issue.

Are you interested in hosting a giveaway?

Nah, just providing the title.

Honestly I don't have the patience or skillset to run one of these things.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 15:05

DonDoodles: Aug 18, 2010; by general anime

I can host a giveaway on the 21st, the same date Cassandra intended to hold his. I'll have to do it in the evening, like 6:30 CDT, but I'm happy to keep Yelchin's memory alive. Will also use the event to promote the "Association for Women in Science", something else Cassandra would have wanted, I'm sure.

DonDoodles fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Jul 17, 2016

# ? Jul 17, 2016 15:24

mystic pimp: Jul 25, 2014; Formerly-rampant human-coded AI with a sense of humor seeks bipedal oxygen-breathing cyborg for serious relationship in the galactic core. I've got cool guns if you like to break stuff. No yuppies.

I just started playing this bad game again. I haven't played this for something like 4 years so I have no loving clue what's going on. My username on the wiki is mysticpimp.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 21:18

Technical Analysis: Nov 21, 2007; I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

mystic pimp posted:

I just started playing this bad game again. I haven't played this for something like 4 years so I have no loving clue what's going on. My username on the wiki is mysticpimp.

Don't worry, you're in the same boat as about 90% of the game population, and they've been here since launch.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 22:31

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

A Binks sockpuppet thread: SFD MEMORIAL FOR ANTON YELCHIN!

# ? Jul 17, 2016 23:07

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

DonDoodles posted:

I can host a giveaway on the 21st, the same date Cassandra intended to hold his. I'll have to do it in the evening, like 6:30 CDT, but I'm happy to keep Yelchin's memory alive. Will also use the event to promote the "Association for Women in Science", something else Cassandra would have wanted, I'm sure.

Sounds good to me. I've sent you some items in-game, so check your mail once you get on.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 23:32

Roadie: Jun 30, 2013

mystic pimp posted:

I just started playing this bad game again. I haven't played this for something like 4 years so I have no loving clue what's going on. My username on the wiki is mysticpimp.

The easy way to be space competent all the way through to endgame stuff is basically "use all beams, use Fire At Will all the time, get gear that buffs beams, put all skill points into crits and damage". Skillz 4 Goons has some space builds with more specifics.

For ground, there's more variety but "one tactical with melee powers, one science healbot, two engineers who make lots of turrets" should get you through most everything without much of a problem.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 23:49

mystic pimp: Jul 25, 2014; Formerly-rampant human-coded AI with a sense of humor seeks bipedal oxygen-breathing cyborg for serious relationship in the galactic core. I've got cool guns if you like to break stuff. No yuppies.

Roadie posted:

The easy way to be space competent all the way through to endgame stuff is basically "use all beams, use Fire At Will all the time, get gear that buffs beams, put all skill points into crits and damage". Skillz 4 Goons has some space builds with more specifics.

For ground, there's more variety but "one tactical with melee powers, one science healbot, two engineers who make lots of turrets" should get you through most everything without much of a problem.

I got to Lt. Commander again and got an escort because I seem to recall cruisers being slow as poo poo and terrible. Cannons used to be really good, is it all beams now or should I stick with cannons on an escort? I don't have access to the wiki yet to look.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 23:58

DonDoodles: Aug 18, 2010; by general anime

fakemirage posted:

Sounds good to me. I've sent you some items in-game, so check your mail once you get on.

Sounds good! I'll set it for 7:30 EDT on Thursday, if anyone wants to come and celebrate.

# ? Jul 17, 2016 23:58

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.

Roadie posted:

The easy way to be space competent all the way through to endgame stuff is basically "use all beams, use Fire At Will all the time, get gear that buffs beams, put all skill points into crits and damage". Skillz 4 Goons has some space builds with more specifics.

For ground, there's more variety but "one tactical with melee powers, one science healbot, two engineers who make lots of turrets" should get you through most everything without much of a problem.

For my Temporal Recruit, once I hit Captain and could unlock specialisations I've been rocking one full time Intelligence, one Temporal Operative, one full time science healer and a half Engineer/half Command boff. Keep your shields and health up and then blow dudes away with time magic, tripwires and bombs.

mystic pimp posted:

I got to Lt. Commander again and got an escort because I seem to recall cruisers being slow as poo poo and terrible. Cannons used to be really good, is it all beams now or should I stick with cannons on an escort? I don't have access to the wiki yet to look.

Escorts are great at levelling because they're quick, which helps you power through mission content. At endgame, a decent cruiser will turn fast enough to negate that advantage. Beams are good either way it though, the skills for beamboating are more accessible and it's more forgiving if you're a bad or lazy pilot.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 00:10

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

mystic pimp posted:

I got to Lt. Commander again and got an escort because I seem to recall cruisers being slow as poo poo and terrible. Cannons used to be really good, is it all beams now or should I stick with cannons on an escort? I don't have access to the wiki yet to look.

It's sort of reversed now. Definitely keep using escorts during the run to 50, but past that point, Cruisers tend to be the easiest ships to set up properly and the most generally powerful. Also, you'll need certain consoles. I have at least one of them, so hit me up in game.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 01:48

ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

What's a decent boff setup for a fleet alita? I am asking for a non-goon friend who I am trying to help out. I have a general idea of the boff setup I'd use, but I dunno which pilot abilities might be worth mixing in.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 05:10

DonDoodles: Aug 18, 2010; by general anime

[7/17 11:09] [DOFFJOBS] Brackahtar@torlaci: druk is pulse's alt. zoerp is nbreeki's

[7/17 10:53] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: [7/17 10:51] [Local] Rriii@richtofen6: oh god dentists
[7/17 10:53] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: Rude
[7/17 10:55] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: Starfleet Dental is a friend of the people
[7/17 10:56] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: By people you mean ISIL right?
[7/17 10:56] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: ISIL is a horrible organization, so no
[7/17 10:56] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: Troll's are pretty much just like ISIL.
[7/17 10:57] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: A fleet in a video game is like a terrorist organization that lowers people into vats of acid
[7/17 10:57] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: got it
[7/17 10:57] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: anymore stupid hyperboles?
[7/17 10:57] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: genocide is KIND OF like disco balls in a stark trek video game
[7/17 10:58] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: Your the group who made your dumb flag look just like theirs....hardly hyperbole.
[7/17 10:58] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: ISIS flag is black with white arabic letters
[7/17 10:58] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: our flag doesn't look like that
[7/17 11:00] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: IDC what it is, it's the sign of a disturbed mind.
[7/17 11:00] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: You seem to be the disturbed one here
[7/17 11:00] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: Sorry, Raja. I hope you get the help you desperately need.
[7/17 11:00] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: You say that but your the one who broke all the mirrors in your house.
[7/17 11:00] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: What?
[7/17 11:01] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: You are a self hater
[7/17 11:02] [Zone] Felin@rajathomas: You probably eat dogs too since you defended idiots who do that.

Some people just handle the fact that Starfleet Dental is hosting a well-intentioned memorial event for Anton Yelchin.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 05:17

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

DonDoodles posted:

[7/17 10:53] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: [7/17 10:51] [Local] Rriii@richtofen6: oh god dentists

To be fair that's my reaction to going to the dentist too.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 05:22

Hail Mr. Satan!: Oct 3, 2009; by zen death robot

Star Trek Online: Close Portals You Fucks

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:19

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

A Fancy Bloke posted:

Star Trek Online: Close Portals You Fucks

I was there, this is a good thread title.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:36

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.

Does a battle cloak stay active while you close them?

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:45

Hail Mr. Satan!: Oct 3, 2009; by zen death robot

SKY COQ posted:

Does a battle cloak stay active while you close them?

nope, pretty much any action breaks a cloak.

If you didn't need to be so loving close to them you could pilot roll and close them

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:47

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.

So what you really need is a player to draw... Aggro... Off of the mobs...

God drat it Cryptic stop trying to make tanking happen.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:52

Wizard of the Deep: Sep 25, 2005; Another productive workday

SKY COQ posted:

So what you really need is a player to draw... Aggro... Off of the mobs...

God drat it Cryptic stop trying to make tanking happen.

It doesn't even matter, though, because any damage will break closing the portal, and the map is full to the brim with assholes spamming AOE attacks.

And the envelope for closing the portals seems to be about 2km away. It seems like the only way to actually close them is everyone spams as much damage as they can at one portal, then move on to the next.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:54

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.

Wizard of the Deep posted:

It doesn't even matter, though, because any damage will break closing the portal, and the map is full to the brim with assholes spamming AOE attacks.

And the envelope for closing the portals seems to be about 2km away. It seems like the only way to actually close them is everyone spams as much damage as they can at one portal, then move on to the next.

Yeah, I found yesterday that firing something like 4 AOE attacks into the portal was somewhat helpful. Would be so much better if they got rid of the damage breaking action thing.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 06:56

Technical Analysis: Nov 21, 2007; I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

SKY COQ posted:

Yeah, I found yesterday that firing something like 4 AOE attacks into the portal was somewhat helpful. Would be so much better if they got rid of the damage breaking action thing.

They have. There are missions where you can get hosed up and it doesn't break the action you're in. Brotherhood of the Sword is one of them. Cryptic decided that that shouldn't be a thing here.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 07:07

MikeJF: Dec 20, 2003

It's ludicrous design to put any-damage-interrupts alongside constant spawns of AoE-spamming-enemies, but Cryptic has never known how to do gameplay design anyway. They just know that enemy AoE is their panacea for lovely enemy AI and don't bother to think or care about how it affects things like this or other stuff like targetable torpedos or fighters.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Jul 18, 2016

# ? Jul 18, 2016 08:42

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

I'm pretty sure fighters have received a general buff to counteract that AoE spam that's prevalent with the endgame enemy types, actually.

That, or Kelvin Drones are paradoxically tougher than most other fighter types :v:

# ? Jul 18, 2016 08:50

Tunicate: May 15, 2012

Psycho Landlord posted:

I'm pretty sure fighters have received a general buff to counteract that AoE spam that's prevalent with the endgame enemy types, actually.

That, or Kelvin Drones are paradoxically tougher than most other fighter types

They're drones. The hardware can endure g-forces that reduce pilots into fine jelly.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 09:21

ugh its Troika: May 2, 2009; by FactsAreUseless

Psycho Landlord posted:

I'm pretty sure fighters have received a general buff to counteract that AoE spam that's prevalent with the endgame enemy types, actually.

That, or Kelvin Drones are paradoxically tougher than most other fighter types

Kelvin drones are one of the highest DPS pets currently due to their making GBS threads torp spreads everywhere and the general rapid fire of kelvin torp launchers.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 10:37

Asimo: Sep 23, 2007

Only hull damage breaks the channel. Get a source of temporary hull (easiest is probably that one that gives a bunch when you use an attack pattern, I think from pilot spec?), let someone else get aggro with FAW spam, and then ignore the AoE around you while you shut the portal down. :ssh:

-Troika- posted:

Kelvin drones are one of the highest DPS pets currently due to their making GBS threads torp spreads everywhere and the general rapid fire of kelvin torp launchers.

Yeah, most of the damage from hangar pets has always been torpedoes since they ignore the lovely weapon power levels pets have, so the combo of fast-firing torps and torp spread on fighters is always nice. Them having FAW too is just icing on the cake.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 11:16

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

-Troika- posted:

Kelvin drones are one of the highest DPS pets currently due to their making GBS threads torp spreads everywhere and the general rapid fire of kelvin torp launchers.

Yeah, that's true and all, but firing torps faster doesn't increase your hull and shield strength, which was that post was referencing. Good try, I guess.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 11:20

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

https://twitter.com/CassandraSaturn/status/754842216137228288
(mirror)

Right...

# ? Jul 18, 2016 16:37

DonDoodles: Aug 18, 2010; by general anime

The STARFLEET DENTAL Memorial Celebration/Giveaway Event is set for Thursday the 21st at 7:30 EDT on Bajor. I know the time doesn't work for everyone, but that's all I can swing this week.

If anyone has any items they'd like to donate for the event, go ahead and send them my way and I'll add them to the pool. We have a few pubbies adding to the already generous prize pool, so it should be the most generous "funeral" in STO history.

Additionally, I'm looking for any/all contest ideas for the event. If you have any ideas, send them to me in-game. No offense to my man Binks, who has graciously donated his money to Lowtax to keep an eye on this thread, but I think everyone benefits from a surprise or two. Life gets dull otherwise.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 16:41

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

DonDoodles posted:

Additionally, I'm looking for any/all contest ideas for the event. If you have any ideas, send them to me in-game. No offense to my man Binks, who has graciously donated his money to Lowtax to keep an eye on this thread, but I think everyone benefits from a surprise or two. Life gets dull otherwise.

Let the best Goku costume win!

# ? Jul 18, 2016 17:07

Technical Analysis: Nov 21, 2007; I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

Well, I'm assuming there'll be a race of some type. Perhaps with ice boots. Unsportsmanlike conduct would of course, be encouraged.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 17:30

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

Technical Analysis posted:

Well, I'm assuming there'll be a race of some type. Perhaps with ice boots. Unsportsmanlike conduct would of course, be encouraged.

First person up the waterfall wins.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 17:33

Hail Mr. Satan!: Oct 3, 2009; by zen death robot

Can we please have a haiku competition where the subject must be Mr. Yelchin or Chekov

# ? Jul 18, 2016 17:58

Technical Analysis: Nov 21, 2007; I got 99 problems but the British ain't one.

A Nuclear Wessel
He searches Alameda
Behold, Enterprise

# ? Jul 18, 2016 18:14

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

Captain Kirk your host,
Repaid hospitality
with murder and theft.

# ? Jul 18, 2016 19:02

Lagomorphic: Apr 21, 2008; AKA: Orthonormal

Parking break is on
The grand adventure, twarted
Parking break is off

# ? Jul 18, 2016 19:02

Hail Mr. Satan!: Oct 3, 2009; by zen death robot

Oh Botany Bay
No time for explanations
Oh poo poo worm in ear

# ? Jul 18, 2016 19:08

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 06:15

Skinty McEdger: Mar 9, 2008; I have NEVER received the respect I deserve as the leader and founder of The Masterflock, the internet's largest and oldest Christopher Masterpiece fan group in all of history, and I DEMAND that changes. From now on, you will respect Skinty McEdger!

Travel back in time
arrested as a drat communist
whale song sets you free

# ? Jul 18, 2016 19:15

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