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Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Cythereal posted:

Gorn are apparently going to be in Discovery S2. Given what the discoklanks and their ships look like, though, I don't have high hopes for the Gorn.
BDSM hoods.

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Tai
Mar 8, 2006
I went on a break when that new expansion hit. Bought the gamma pack so I need to level up all those ships so my Dil alts can use them but anything I need to know that's changed in the game since then?

Did the jemhadar guys gently caress much with admiralty/dil? My main source of income was the 22 admiralty alts I use to make easy zen.

Tai fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Nov 23, 2018

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Tai posted:

I went on a break when that new expansion hit. Bought the gamma pack so I need to level up all those ships so my Dil alts can use them but anything I need to know that's changed in the game since then?

Did the jemhadar guys gently caress much with admiralty/dil? My main source of income was the 22 admiralty alts I use to make easy zen.

Dilzen's up over 300 now, but that's more because there's just nothing to spend dil on except zen these days. Rep is now absurdly grindy.

Nothing's changed significantly. Jem'hadar are ideal admiralty alts and have almost no single-player content of their own, and while the Victory is Life story missions are great and widely regarded as among the best in the game, ViL was abandoned halfway through because CBS ordered Cryptic to abandon all the DS9 stuff in favor of full Discovery stuff.

Only notable thing from Age of Discovery so far is the the scaling ship in the zstore for Feds. It can be used from level one and scales up to a tier 4 ship, it's absurdly overpowered in low tiers and is still a very solid tier 4 cruiser.


Technowolf posted:

I think that was my biggest disappointment with Disco.

It's not like we're in any danger of getting content for Klingon players from STD anyway.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Thinking about popping back this weekend while the double exp is rolling to unlock those gamma pack ships to be account wide.

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.

Tai posted:

Thinking about popping back this weekend while the double exp is rolling to unlock those gamma pack ships to be account wide.

That’s probably your best bet. Tier 6 Mastery (the Account unlock) takes loving ages. Throw some Netflix on and grind Argala with double xp on.

Bloodly
Nov 3, 2008

Not as strong as you'd expect.
I have a question. One of my KDFs wants to return to Nerds of Prey. However, in my time away, that character has found itself as part of an empty fleet. Very unbuilt. Not sure what to do, really.

Geekboy
Aug 21, 2005

Now that's what I call a geekMAN!
I picked up the Akira T6 carrier during the sale and holy poo poo I think I'm in love. I had some leftover dil and picked up the Runabout pets, but I'm sure there are some better ones I could be grinding for. Any tips?

I've enjoyed playing around with my temporal carrier a bit, but I never dug it enough to want to kit one out. Right now I'm all cannons but I might move to beams instead. Its agile enough that I can line up strafing runs and cannons amuse me soooo ....

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Geekboy posted:

I picked up the Akira T6 carrier during the sale and holy poo poo I think I'm in love. I had some leftover dil and picked up the Runabout pets, but I'm sure there are some better ones I could be grinding for. Any tips?

I've enjoyed playing around with my temporal carrier a bit, but I never dug it enough to want to kit one out. Right now I'm all cannons but I might move to beams instead. Its agile enough that I can line up strafing runs and cannons amuse me soooo ....

Nah you got the right idea. Elite Yellowstones work best, otherwise slap in some Elite Romulan Fighters for the high yield torp spam.

If you use the rommie hanger don't bother using any traits or skills that heal pets. They're made of tissue paper and pop when breathed on.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006

Coq au Nandos posted:

That’s probably your best bet. Tier 6 Mastery (the Account unlock) takes loving ages. Throw some Netflix on and grind Argala with double xp on.

How bad of a grind is it? Few hours?

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.

Tai posted:

How bad of a grind is it? Few hours?

Probably one and a half to two at the most... but that’s per ship. If you bought the Vanguard pack, you need to grind out seven.

E: Wait no; it’s four. The Cardassian ships are already account wide.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




They posted a hint of the winter ship. Someone slowed it down.



looks Fek'Ihri, maybe.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Coq au Nandos posted:

Probably one and a half to two at the most... but that’s per ship. If you bought the Vanguard pack, you need to grind out seven.

E: Wait no; it’s four. The Cardassian ships are already account wide.
Yeah the only real issue with the mastery grind is there's literally no other real way to grind it up except doing Argala (or some similar patrol) over and over. The red alerts were nerfed into the ground and aren't even regularly available now, while every queue is full of timed sections with infinitely respawning enemies that don't give XP/Mastery. :geno:

MikeJF posted:

looks Fek'Ihri, maybe.
Yeah, the rep project to get it was available on tribble, it's definitely Fek'Ihri.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Asimo posted:

Yeah, the rep project to get it was available on tribble, it's definitely Fek'Ihri.

Excellent.

Hopefully they put out a T6 Kar'fi alongside it.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Where is Argala

Bloodly
Nov 3, 2008

Not as strong as you'd expect.

MikeJF posted:

Excellent.

Hopefully they put out a T6 Kar'fi alongside it.

They'd probably be more willing to throw out a new ship, and the Drek'hi Dreadnought still exists in the Fek'lhr roster. untouched.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Tai posted:

Where is Argala
Delta quadrant. Might need to do the intro quests there, but it's in the first set of unlocked patrols.

Tai
Mar 8, 2006
Are the new episodes any good for lvling mastery? I have everything the start of VIL.

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.

Tai posted:

Are the new episodes any good for lvling mastery? I have everything the start of VIL.

Nothing beats Argala for efficiency, just because you warp in and immediately start murdering waves and waves of enemies.

Assuming 4 ships per wave, and 3 runs of Argala per ship mastery level, you’ll need to murder approximately 60 ships to hit tier five. Assuming each ship has a crew compliment similar to a Constitution cruiser, that’s 24,000 people you need to kill.

Double that for tier six mastery.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Bloodly posted:

They'd probably be more willing to throw out a new ship, and the Drek'hi Dreadnought still exists in the Fek'lhr roster. untouched.

The drek'hi does appear in the game, if you get a klingon fleet alert that rolls fek'lhri, but it's not common.

I'm guessing the K'norr Escort, the fek'hri middle ship.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Ah, the flying castle spaceship.

Not having a playable version of that seems wrong.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Ah, here it is.



Sounds new. :iiam:

super sweet best pal
Nov 18, 2009

Guess they ran out of Neil Breen ships.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


It's a warship, so my guess is a 4/4 escort with, I dunno, miracle worker seating since they haven't put that on a freebie yet and a console that flings angry hell souls at the target for negligable damage.

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

super sweet best pal posted:

Guess they ran out of Neil Breen ships.

tuna can with three nacelles?

Zaodai
May 23, 2009

Death before dishonor?
Your terms are accepted.


Mondian posted:

tuna can with three nacelles?

And a random satellite dish bolted to one of the nacelles.

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.

Asimo posted:

Ah, here it is.



Sounds new. :iiam:

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11014213-q%27s-winter-wonderland%21

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Asimo posted:

It's a warship, so my guess is a 4/4 escort with, I dunno, miracle worker seating since they haven't put that on a freebie yet and a console that flings angry hell souls at the target for negligable damage.

Nah the clicky is tractor beams reskinned as hell chains.


Holy poo poo tho that reindeer horned borg cube xmas sweater is fly as gently caress

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:

Nah the clicky is tractor beams reskinned as hell chains.


Holy poo poo tho that reindeer horned borg cube xmas sweater is fly as gently caress


They should have partnered with some online retailer and set up a seasonal shop for these years ago.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Ooh, a new fek'ihri skin. I wonder if they'll back port it to the kar'fi. (:lol: not a chance)

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Asimo posted:

Ooh, a new fek'ihri skin. I wonder if they'll back port it to the kar'fi. (:lol: not a chance)

If they did that they might have to fix the other five or so things bugged with the skins on it.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007




I am now Very Interested in the console.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Asimo posted:



I am now Very Interested in the console.

Ramming speed console, perhaps?

Preechr
May 19, 2009

Proud member of the Pony-Brony Alliance for Obama as President
I may even log in for this one. That and the sweater.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Mondian posted:

Nah the clicky is tractor beams reskinned as hell chains.


Holy poo poo tho that reindeer horned borg cube xmas sweater is fly as gently caress


Buying and wearing that disco sweater is going to be mandatory folks.

Preechr posted:

I may even log in for this one. That and the sweater.

Yeah I'll long on to do the event daily if nothing else.

Unless I forget because I'm deep in a Destiny 2 binge.

Dalris Othaine
Oct 14, 2013

I think, therefore I am inevitable.
"Last, but most certainly not least, Q has decided to release a few of the Kramp’lhri’s minions for use among you mortals as temporary companions, in the form of a “Tortured Elf” vanity pet. This charming fellow will only be allowed to follow you around the galaxy while the Winter Wonderland is accessible. Attempting to summon him thereafter will simply result in a puff of coal smoke, and a forlorn red cap."

lol what the gently caress they're even making time-gated vanity pets now

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

winter ship stats and console: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11016653-witness-the-fek%27ihri-s%27torr-warship%21

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

It's a pilot escort with a ltcom sci slot. Not bad.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Dalris Othaine posted:

lol what the gently caress they're even making time-gated vanity pets now

Many of the previous winter pets have been animated during the event, and "dead" outside of it. They're kept alive by Q, or something.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




I will say, the ship looks loving gorgeous, in line with STO's modern art department being way more competent than the rest of the company.

Asimo posted:



I am now Very Interested in the console.

quote:

The Fek’Ihri S’torr comes equipped with a Chains of Fire console. This powerful console blasts nearby foes with fire when activated. It then latches on to the affected ships, dealing fire damage as it drags them along with you for a short duration. This console also provides a passive boost to Fire Damage, Impulse Thrusters and Control Expertise. This console mod can be equipped on any starship in any console slot

After achieving level 5 in the Fek'Ihri S’torr Warship Starship Mastery, you will unlock the "Maw of Gre’thor" Starship Trait. While this trait is active, traveling at full throttle will periodically cause massive bursts of fire to launch behind your ship, dealing fire damage to all those hit. Affected foes will additionally take Fire Damage over Time.

They also proved that they know what we really want to see

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Nov 27, 2018

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Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
I can't hate that Chains of Fire console. No shame in liking Betrayer and wanting to give players in this game a set of ursus claws.

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