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MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




SKY COQ posted:

Iconian space gear and the Terran disruptor if you didn't hold them already. KCB/assimilated too.

I already have all those in purple (excepting ultra-rare iconian core, of course), but are they all the top priority to recreate in ultra-rare format?

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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.

MikeJF posted:

I already have all those in purple (excepting ultra-rare iconian core, of course), but are they all the top priority to recreate in ultra-rare format?

Only the core is essential, but I'm pretty sure rebuying everything is cheaper than trying to push it to VR with upgrades.

Aleth
Aug 2, 2008

Pillbug

IPCRESS posted:

Fire extinguishers.

I've never tried the horns, but they'll just spam the extinguisher non-stop. It's a shame you can't take them on ground STFs with you.

They spam the horns, too.

Soviet Commubot
Oct 22, 2008


MikeJF posted:

Which rep gear slots are most worth re-getting now I have ultra-rare by default?

Isn't it only store items and not rep project gear that gets the auto upgrade?

Tuskin38
May 1, 2013

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

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/xbox/star-trek-online/news/detail/10142442

Tuskin38 fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Sep 5, 2016

fullTimeLurker
Nov 10, 2010

SKY COQ posted:

Only the core is essential, but I'm pretty sure rebuying everything is cheaper than trying to push it to VR with upgrades.



Even with them costing 32k dil to just get in the first place? And I'm assuming this is all during the upgrade weekends as well?

Lunimeow
Oct 6, 2012

Shaken, not purred.
So I hit commander last night and I'm in the process of getting new gear. I'm trying to figure out what energy type would be best If I'm using dual heavy cannons, I was thinking either poleron or antiproton. I'm not sure how the poleron procs work but if it's per shot that seems pretty good.

Psycho Landlord
Oct 10, 2012

What are you gonna do, dance with me?

I like how someone tried to cram a bugship directly up the new HECs rear end.

Tuskin38
May 1, 2013

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

Psycho Landlord posted:

I like how someone tried to cram a bugship directly up the new HECs rear end.



Great, now I can't unsee that.

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.

Lunimeow posted:

So I hit commander last night and I'm in the process of getting new gear. I'm trying to figure out what energy type would be best If I'm using dual heavy cannons, I was thinking either poleron or antiproton. I'm not sure how the poleron procs work but if it's per shot that seems pretty good.
You can use whatever you find on your road to 50, it doesn't really matter what you use until you get to the end-game PvEs.

You probably won't notice a huge difference between the polaron and anti-proton at your current level. To even notice the polaron proc you'll need a lot of drain consoles on your ship, and the antiproton's (innate) higher critical damage requires that your critical chance is high enough to trigger.

If you really want to upgrade your weapons, pick what's cheapest or you think looks good for the hour or so that you'll be using it before you hit captain.

Raekwon_Chef
Apr 9, 2013

quote:

Hate to be that negative person but.....

Is it just me or does that smack of brown nosing, especially if you have to write the organization's name on the box lid like that. Whats the point in writing the fleets name anyway?
That is where those rumors start, like they gave everyone in that organization the gold nagus marauder.

If i were to send something i wouldnt put a fleets name, i would put my @handle so they know who to apply the code to ;) . Yeah, thats against the spirit of giving i know.

Didnt mean to ruffle anyones feathers, just food for though.

quote:

Yeah. You can't trust people anymore. Instead of a troll fleet kissing **** for their "get out of jail free" cards, it could just as easily be an irate/banned individual who's unbalanced, and out for some "payback" with "dirty" doughnuts. In today's world, anything is possible.

If it were me, I would politely refuse said "gift" if I didn't know the individual personally.

quote:

Got a point though.. could of been a banned player /or pissed and rubbed his b***s on them doughnuts,
All I did was post pictures of us giving Cryptic donuts... WTF is wrong with these people?

Bieeanshee
Aug 21, 2000

Not keen on keening.


Grimey Drawer
"Tea, earl grey, drenched with my ball sweat."

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Raekwon_Chef posted:

All I did was post pictures of us giving Cryptic donuts... WTF is wrong with these people?

Simple answer: They're so narcissistic that they literally can't comprehend giving anyone anything unless it was explicitly a bribe. Altruism is never a consideration for them.

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
Next time I show up at the Cryptic offices with a suitcase of money for our monthly bribe I'll take some pics as well.

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Tuskin38 posted:

Console Lockbox stats


Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.
All of those accuracy buffs...

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Mondian posted:

Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:
You never know! Someday Cryptic could make engineers and engineering skills not be total poo poo!

...

:saddowns:

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Asimo posted:

You never know! Someday Cryptic could make engineers and engineering skills not be total poo poo!

...

:saddowns:

They are good for tanking. :v:

Psycho Landlord
Oct 10, 2012

What are you gonna do, dance with me?

Mondian posted:

Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:

But guys

It has a lance :downs:

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


mister magpie posted:

They are good for tanking. :v:
:saddowns:

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:

Even with them costing 32k dil to just get in the first place? And I'm assuming this is all during the upgrade weekends as well?

Well yes and no. In dil terms it's probably cheaper to go via upgrades, but you'll blow a heap of EC on upgrade kits. Also there doesn't seem to be an upgrade weekend in the calendar at all, so you'll wait a while.

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.

Mondian posted:

Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:

Think of all the rep consoles you'll be able to slot

Defiance Industries
Jul 22, 2010

A five-star manufacturer


Mondian posted:

Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:

Hey, at least the second engineering seat is engineering/intel.

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Defiance Industries posted:

Hey, at least the second engineering seat is engineering/intel.

Its the Commander seat that's the problem. If that had been a hybrid it wouldn't be quite so bad, but a ship with a vanilla commander engineering seat is basically a ship without a commander seat at all.

e: Not to mention npc keldons pop photonic fleet. I woulda been fine if the box keldon was sci heavy, but nooooo, had to give us this trash instead. And for additional insult they include a lovely trait that tries to fool you into thinking maybe aceton beam ain't so bad after all.

Mondian fucked around with this message at 23:31 on Sep 5, 2016

AfroSquirrel
Sep 3, 2011

So the T6 HEC gets Intel and Pilot? Now I'm annoyed that my old one is stuck at T5U. It even has a nice sounding Starship Trait.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

New servers are up.

Lorak
Apr 7, 2009

Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Tunicate posted:

New servers are up.
And once again, everything old is new.

Lunimeow
Oct 6, 2012

Shaken, not purred.
I just hit 40, is this the last free ship I'll be getting? I've just been picking the escort well leveling but now it seems like there are two options for each type of ship.


Also, last night someone sent me a tell that simply said.

"Fantastic legs"

Lunimeow fucked around with this message at 22:36 on Sep 6, 2016

mags
May 30, 2008

I am a congenital optimist.

Lunimeow posted:

Also, last night someone sent me a tell that simply said.

"Fantastic legs"

Welcome to STO

Dick Bass
Feb 22, 2006


Preechr
May 19, 2009

Proud member of the Pony-Brony Alliance for Obama as President

"Actually, you see, it's ephebophilifaaaaaaaaaart"

Lagomorphic
Apr 21, 2008

AKA: Orthonormal

Lunimeow posted:

I just hit 40, is this the last free ship I'll be getting? I've just been picking the escort well leveling but now it seems like there are two options for each type of ship.

It's the last free ship you'll get from levelling (get the patrol escort). They also hand out three t6 ships a year for doing the events (winter, anniversary and summer).

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.

Lagomorphic posted:

It's the last free ship you'll get from levelling (get the patrol escort). They also hand out three t6 ships a year for doing the events (winter, anniversary and summer).

And apparently hand out nothing for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek itself.

Tunicate
May 15, 2012

SKY COQ posted:

And apparently hand out nothing for the 50th anniversary of Star Trek itself.


I am pretty sure the gift of STO for the console is worse than nothing.

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.

Tunicate posted:

I am pretty sure the gift of STO for the console is worse than nothing.

The gift of starting over with absolutely no purchases or account unlocks

IPCRESS
May 27, 2012
Does Cryptic really think that there's an untapped fanbase for this game that doesn't already have it on PC?

I'm being serious - the IP is moribund and it's unlikely to be picked up by the sort of person whose primary gaming tool isn't a PC.

All that being said, I'll forgive everything if it makes your console mic always hot so that pubbies can hear (and can't mute) the 9000 year old space-alien who just looks 12 is actually a 40 year old man with a perpetually blocked nose.

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.

IPCRESS posted:

Does Cryptic really think that there's an untapped fanbase for this game that doesn't already have it on PC?

I'm being serious - the IP is moribund and it's unlikely to be picked up by the sort of person whose primary gaming tool isn't a PC.

All that being said, I'll forgive everything if it makes your console mic always hot so that pubbies can hear (and can't mute) the 9000 year old space-alien who just looks 12 is actually a 40 year old man with a perpetually blocked nose.

I dunno, the space combat is fun, the IP has recent film releases and is about to have an entire new TV show, and there are no major releases on consoles right now. It's a good fit. Hell, I wish other MMOs got console releases. I keep bouncing off Star Wars but it'd be way more fun with simpler controls and powers.

Cutedge
Mar 13, 2006

How can we lose so much more than we had before

IPCRESS posted:

Does Cryptic really think that there's an untapped fanbase for this game that doesn't already have it on PC?

I'm being serious - the IP is moribund and it's unlikely to be picked up by the sort of person whose primary gaming tool isn't a PC.

All that being said, I'll forgive everything if it makes your console mic always hot so that pubbies can hear (and can't mute) the 9000 year old space-alien who just looks 12 is actually a 40 year old man with a perpetually blocked nose.

I just hope they backport features from the console. Especially the automation and simplification of abilities, mostly because it will make some pubbies on the forums rage.

Blackdog420
Sep 10, 2009

born to roam

god loving damnit

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Bloodly
Nov 3, 2008

Not as strong as you'd expect.

Mondian posted:

Motherfuckers, all these years waiting for a Keldon and when it finally comes out its an engineering heavy piece of poo poo. Cryptiiiiiiic :argh:


Mondian posted:

Its the Commander seat that's the problem. If that had been a hybrid it wouldn't be quite so bad, but a ship with a vanilla commander engineering seat is basically a ship without a commander seat at all.

e: Not to mention npc keldons pop photonic fleet. I woulda been fine if the box keldon was sci heavy, but nooooo, had to give us this trash instead. And for additional insult they include a lovely trait that tries to fool you into thinking maybe aceton beam ain't so bad after all.

I don't get it. It's an upgraded Galor.

http://sto.gamepedia.com/Cardassian_Galor_Class_Cruiser

And you adore the Galor's layout. I don't see the issue.

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