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Roadie
Jun 30, 2013
Does this game have auto activate for abilities yet?

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Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009




Can't you right-click stuff for auto-fire, or is that just weapons?

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Just weapons.

Other abilities still can't be set to auto-fire.

The anniversary event ship will probably be a sci boat, which a lot of folks will value for admiralty. The two ships currently in the game labeled scout ships are both very maneuverable science vessels that can mount dual [heavy] cannons, so this Vulcan one will likely be in the same vein.

Angry Pie posted:

obligatory repost of this thing I made last year:


greasythepirate
Aug 13, 2016
https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/aef31f/warning_fast_and_flurrious_cheats_attempt_to_spam/

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
A golden banana sticker for creativity.

fakemirage
Nov 6, 2012

Can't see the haters.
In other news, your friendly GM Navi is back at it: "Given a warning for violating the TOS due to jumping during Fast and Flurious"

Dalris Othaine
Oct 14, 2013

I think, therefore I am inevitable.

Did they do a dumb before? (Notably dumb, it's still Cryptic CS, ofc :v: )

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
I'm waiting for the Magic The Gathering MMO (is that still happening or cancelled?) so people can get banned by Cryptic GMs for racism because their white character used black magic or vice versa.

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Ya its still happening, we should be hearing something official this spring iirc. Its still cryptic tho so don't hold your breath

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Not dead is good, probably. After the Neverwinter stuff we can't mention before beta I'm expecting much the same development cycle.

Shame. So much potential yet... yeah. Well we can hope.

greasythepirate
Aug 13, 2016
Well the just announced a 2nd discovery spinoff series. Looks like STO will be disco focused for the rest of it's existence.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

greasythepirate posted:

Well the just announced a 2nd discovery spinoff series. Looks like STO will be disco focused for the rest of it's existence.

There's also the Picard show dealing with the aftermath of Romulus (who the gently caress knows how STO will handle that versus Legacy of Romulus), a Lower Decks show, and a kids-oriented animated show compared to Star Wars Rebels.

Veotax
May 16, 2006


They're doing a second animated show? I know the lower decks one is an animated show by the Rick & Morty guy, when did they announce the kids one?

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Veotax posted:

They're doing a second animated show? I know the lower decks one is an animated show by the Rick & Morty guy, when did they announce the kids one?

First info about it was last week.

hakimashou
Jul 15, 2002
Upset Trowel
people gonna look back on disco trek as 'the good old days' once cbs is through with this poo poo

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Has any if this even gotten vaguely close to release? Like Disco S2 isn't even out, S1 massively underperformed, and they're still busy announcing like a half dozen more spin offs. :what:

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.

Asimo posted:

Has any if this even gotten vaguely close to release? Like Disco S2 isn't even out, S1 massively underperformed, and they're still busy announcing like a half dozen more spin offs. :what:

No, but due to rights and licensing poo poo S1 would have turned a profit even if literally no one watched it, so CBS is going whole hog.

Lagomorphic
Apr 21, 2008

AKA: Orthonormal
Season two is going have Captain Pike and Spock! This will all be totally great and in no way stupid lovely fan service. You all love Spock right?

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
More like off brand Spork.

Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009




Cythereal posted:

There's also the Picard show dealing with the aftermath of Romulus (who the gently caress knows how STO will handle that versus Legacy of Romulus), a Lower Decks show, and a kids-oriented animated show compared to Star Wars Rebels.

Don't forget the Section 31 thing with Michelle Yeoh.

Mondian
Apr 24, 2007

Cythereal posted:

No, but due to rights and licensing poo poo S1 would have turned a profit even if literally no one watched it, so CBS is going whole hog.

Yeah S1 did, but they literally had to GIVE the Short Treks away because everyone passed on them and obv they can't trick Netflix into giving them another colossal handout. Yet they are still trusting world famous hack Alex kurtzman to produce more trash. Is this whole Star Trek All Access thing a Producers type scam?

Mondian fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Jan 15, 2019

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
It's like reverse Producers with the same final outcome.

They couldn't get the money to bankroll JJ Verse ST4 so that's canned. They can't get Netflix et al to back STD season 2 for similar reasons. Only that's not canned so I can't wait to see what they do. Well I say "see" I haven't watched any of the new stuff, all my news is 3rd and 4th hand.

The quality of the current product isn't sufficient to retain viewers. Or isn't hitting the market. Simple as that. The why is a topic best saved for another subforum and/or site depending on where you get your movie/TV news.

I think the key issue is CBS All Access basically being nobody wants access anymore.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Yeah the ultimate irony is that it would have probably done great if they just stayed partnered with Netflix in the US rather than trying to do their own drat service. But gotta get all the money for themselves I guess.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
It's not enough to make money. They have to make all the money or face plant trying.

Cyrano4747
Sep 25, 2006

Yes, I know I'm old, get off my fucking lawn so I can yell at these clouds.

Asimo posted:

Yeah the ultimate irony is that it would have probably done great if they just stayed partnered with Netflix in the US rather than trying to do their own drat service. But gotta get all the money for themselves I guess.

I really, really hope this becomes a cautionary tale about how paid streaming exclusives are loving retarded if you don't already have a big service to backstop it. HBO gets away with it because it's H B loving O and even then they had to make a cheaper version for the streamers to cut back on the rampant piracy. Oh, and they had a cable subscription model that more or less paid the bills so that's something too.

I share an office with a giant goddamned trek nerd. We've had way too many conversations about dumb trek poo poo. He watched the first episode on CBS, thought it looked interesting, then never bothered because he didn't want to shell out for a streaming service. He figured he would just buy the seasons as they came out on DVD or iTunes or whatever. I suspect there are a lot of people like that.

A new trek with modern special effects and a modern story pacing (i.e. not bottle episodes) should have done at least OK even if it was all in all kind of mediocre. We can bitch about tards and nu-klingons and JJ Trek grimdark and spock's sister he never talked about ever but is totally important to the family all day long, but at the end of the day people would be watching it if it was on broadcast and/or free streaming with ads.

Lagomorphic
Apr 21, 2008

AKA: Orthonormal
Yeah I watched it but I'm in Canada where it just airs on the cable sci-fi channel.

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Emperor lockbox contents: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11069743

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
I called the Charon, even if this isn't an exact replica.

Ho hum. Still more boring lockbox and lobi poo poo I'll never see or use.

Zutaten
May 8, 2007

What the shit.

Cythereal posted:

I called the Charon, even if this isn't an exact replica.

Ho hum. Still more boring lockbox and lobi poo poo I'll never see or use.

But there's a BIG SWORD, in this space game with laser guns. Don't you want the Big Sword?!

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Not having watched that show my first thought is that new lootbox ship looks like a steamboat.

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

stats of the Styx, its a level-scaling ship again: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11067613

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.

Scaling doesn’t make sense for a lockbox prize. Also the stats are kind of bland. It’s a Command Cruiser with frigates, woo.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
Wow this new ship will be a game changer for content such as

Technowolf
Nov 4, 2009




Watch this one be the lock-box ship I get.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


At least it has a full specialist ability so it isn't instantly obsolete like most of the recent c-store releases. :effort:

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Cyrano4747 posted:

I really, really hope this becomes a cautionary tale about how paid streaming exclusives are loving retarded if you don't already have a big service to backstop it. HBO gets away with it because it's H B loving O and even then they had to make a cheaper version for the streamers to cut back on the rampant piracy. Oh, and they had a cable subscription model that more or less paid the bills so that's something too.

Yeah, I think HBO can pull it off because the words "you have to pay to watch HBO" already make sense to people.

Tell people "you have to pay to watch CBS" and they'll just laugh at you.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Has anyone experienced a glitch with a ship seeming to have fake console slots? My latest alt is in a t3 excelsior from the z-store, for reference. I can only equip consoles in the first two engineering slots but not the third, and the first tactical slot but not the second.

I'm encountering a similar glitch with one of the ship's weapon slots not letting me equip anything.

Cythereal fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Jan 16, 2019

Lagomorphic
Apr 21, 2008

AKA: Orthonormal

FuturePastNow posted:

Yeah, I think HBO can pull it off because the words "you have to pay to watch HBO" already make sense to people.

Tell people "you have to pay to watch CBS" and they'll just laugh at you.

Also their entire streaming lineup outside of Disco is almost entirely old people pablum that only appeals to people who can barely keep their cable television working properly.

FuturePastNow
May 19, 2014


Lagomorphic posted:

Also their entire streaming lineup outside of Disco is almost entirely old people pablum that only appeals to people who can barely keep their cable television working properly.

You're not enthralled by NCIS, Big Bang Theory, and Celebrity Big Brother?

they were paying Les Moonves 69 million a year (not counting his... fringe benefits)

Cythereal posted:

Has anyone experienced a glitch with a ship seeming to have fake console slots? My latest alt is in a t3 excelsior from the z-store, for reference. I can only equip consoles in the first two engineering slots but not the third, and the first tactical slot but not the second.

I'm encountering a similar glitch with one of the ship's weapon slots not letting me equip anything.

They broke something about (some? all?) lower-tier ships on lower-level characters in the last update.

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Geekboy
Aug 21, 2005

Now that's what I call a geekMAN!
I have some ... super rare? level Phoenix Prize Packs. I always exchange the first and second tier for universal upgrades, but at this level I can get the Zephram Cochran’s shotgun and some other goodies. How should I spend these?

The games numbers have never made any drat sense, so it seems easier to just ask the experts.

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