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Eimi posted:Look I haven't seen any of the TNG movies in basically two decades and as far as I'm concerned they don't exist. First Contact is pretty solid. Really the only good one. I mean, it's an action movie. It's sure as hell not a slow burn TNG where they talk about ethics or whatever, and not even a Start Trek IV or something like that, but it's still pretty decent for space pew pew.
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Cyrano4747 posted:First Contact is pretty solid. Really the only good one.
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The Son'a ships are pretty cool for a one shot villain and the STO battle cruiser isn't bad!
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g0del posted:Insurrection's probably the closest they come to that TNG episode feel, lots of talk about ethics. It's just... it's a mediocre TNG episode. This is kind of what bummed me out the most about Picard. I mean, I get it, if you're making a movie you aren't going to make people sit down for an hour and a half of Picard and Riker ruminating on the legal status of androids. That works in a weekly TV show, but for the big screen you've got to have a bit of spectacle. Even Star Trek IV - which was basically a slightly Star Trek themed road trip buddy comedy - managed a sling shot around the sun and slamming a Birt of Prey into the SF Bay. But Picard? Man, you've got Mr. Rumination's name right there on the label. Sure you're going to need some action now and again, but a series is the kind of space where you have room to really let him sit around and mope about the Prime Directive for a while. Part of me feels like they could have actually made the arc as written work, if they'd just stretched it out by another 3-4 episodes, given poo poo some time to breathe, and not bounced from one set piece to another as fast as they could. I mean, gently caress, everything from him getting to the cube to crashing that thing into a planet while seven fistfights someone in the wreckage just felt so damned rushed.
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Friends, countrymen and fleetmates I have seen a harbinger of the apocalypse in game this evening.... an actual in the (digital) flesh XTERN1TY member! And I made them angry just by playing the game normally. Lvl 3 Endeavor was to kill Gorn on Nimbus, apparently me SciMagic AoE nuking a whole cluster of Gorn the guy was about to attack was rude of me What was the name of the nutjob in charge of XTERN1TY ? My brain keeps wanting to say Sean something....
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MREBoy posted:Friends, countrymen and fleetmates I have seen a harbinger of the apocalypse in game this evening.... an actual in the (digital) flesh XTERN1TY member! And I made them angry just by playing the game normally. It took me far too long to make a sci toon, it's a nice change of pace to go from lasermans to space wizard aoe nukes.
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MREBoy posted:Friends, countrymen and fleetmates I have seen a harbinger of the apocalypse in game this evening.... an actual in the (digital) flesh XTERN1TY member! And I made them angry just by playing the game normally. Xean
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I remember watching insurrection. When picard and the villain had their awkward end fight scene in the space catwalk all I could think of was that it looked like an unfinished missing VFX shot. Might be a few scenes good for memes or jokes but overall the movies just kind of exist.
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Honestly the TNG movies are Fine. They're not really good, but they're fun enough to watch and even Nemesis is kind of entertainingly corny bad rather than tedious bad. I'd take another Insurrection over a another S1 of Picard or Disco easily.
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Insurrection is the "best" one, best being extremely relative because it rises to the level of extremely boring 2 parter. First Contact introduces the Borg queen, an idea that's stupidity should stand on it's own. Also Picard stops being Picard in this movie. It has some decent Riker and Troi stuff on Earth though. Generations is they changed it and now it's different and I don't like things that are different because the D looks wrong. Also they kill off Kirk in the dumbest way possible. Nemesis would be corny fun except for the scene where Ron Perlman helps Mini Me rape Troi. Just why did they need to include that?
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https://twitter.com/AmbassadorKael/status/1499080163698503685?s=20&t=gYV3MCpNgutdJJkRoM0J_g Kael having to manage expectations about his recent hyping up of 'The Biggest News in STO history', which a lot of players have assumed means Patrick Stewart will be doing voiceover work (given all the foreshadowing about wanting someone big to voice the Terran Emperor). Instead the most likely scenario is that some STO designed ships will appear on Picard, given that some of the ship artists are apparently in the credits. Assuming its true, they are understandly proud and excited about this - their work being made into official Star Trek canon. But they don't get that its not as big or exciting news to players as it is to them. Honestly, the overwhelming majority of players will be utterly indifferent to it. You can see a previous example, when some random cosplayer (Becky something) appeared on a TV show in a costume she said was inspired by STO's Iconians (the judges just smiled, clearly having no idea what the heck STO was). Cryptic became massively excited at their work being featured on TV, and tried to convey to players that they should be excited to, but nobody knew who some random cosplayer was, what the show was, or why they should care.
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Eimi posted:Insurrection is the "best" one, best being extremely relative because it rises to the level of extremely boring 2 parter. First Contact introduces the Borg queen, an idea that's stupidity should stand on it's own. Also Picard stops being Picard in this movie. It has some decent Riker and Troi stuff on Earth though. Generations is they changed it and now it's different and I don't like things that are different because the D looks wrong. Also they kill off Kirk in the dumbest way possible. Nemesis would be corny fun except for the scene where Ron Perlman helps Mini Me rape Troi. Just why did they need to include that? I have a feeling Nemesis is when Patrick Stewart started getting more creative control, ie dune buggy scene. He probably wanted more sex stuff (rough? idk) and the mind rape would be the most "yeah okay Patrick, sure" way of including that to convince him to sign off on taking his p[art without making all the other actors & crew excessively uncomfortable. It's no Irreversible scene that's for sure. Obligatory Extras link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlLbZVxRH60 (sfw)
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Next season is an STO/Michael Clayton crossover! So excited!!
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Picard 2x01: Ross class, Sutherland Class, Reliant Class and Gagarin class are now canon
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I think that’s nice for them, and I’m happy for them even. Genuinely.
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For the next week: Inquiry Class is in the Lobi store temporarily (Did not see that coming) and there's a general 20% off lobi store sale. And the 10th anniversary bundle is back for a while at 65% price, so 19500z. And all of Mudd's Market but the bundles is at 75% off. On a totally unrelated note, what's the rough fair lobi:EC exchange rate when you buy lobi things on the exchange? MikeJF fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Mar 3, 2022 |
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MikeJF posted:For the next week: Inquiry Class is in the Lobi store temporarily (Did not see that coming) and there's a general 20% off lobi store sale. And the 10th anniversary bundle is back for a while at 65% price, so 19500z. And all of Mudd's Market but the bundles is at 75% off.
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MikeJF posted:For the next week: Inquiry Class is in the Lobi store temporarily (Did not see that coming) and there's a general 20% off lobi store sale. And the 10th anniversary bundle is back for a while at 65% price, so 19500z. And all of Mudd's Market but the bundles is at 75% off. If anyone has the stobux scratch (don't spend real money) I'd grab the 10th while it's cheap-ish. It's a hell of a bundle and will basically make any other sale irrelevant to you unless you want it specifically for space barbie.
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My days of being that Zen-rich are a far off memory of back when the dilex was around a hundred. I've got a decent amount of EC though, I think I'll get the inquiry while it's plentiful on the exchange. Think it's worth buying a few other inquiry boxes and sitting on them for six months?
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How much is the Inquiry running?
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Charity Porno posted:Never forget http://www.xtern1ty.com
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Eimi posted:How much is the Inquiry running? "First of all, the Inquiry Class is flying out of the Infinity Research and Development packs and into the Lobi Store for the first time! She'll be available for 1200 Lobi for the entirety of this special event. But that's not all - during this week-long celebration, we're also doing a 20% Lobi Store Sale! That means you can grab the Inquiry for 960 Lobi, along with saving on anything in the store your heart desires." https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11510543
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g0del posted:There really isn't one, it varies widely depending on what type of item. Ships (900 lobi) tend to go for 300-400m, while costumes (200-300 lobi) often go for 100-200m, which makes zero sense until you realize that people trying to trade lobi for ec automatically purchase ships to sell, and never think about costumes/pets.
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https://twitter.com/AmbassadorKael/status/1499423801007755264
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:It really sucks that mmo players are big dumb babies
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Very big "Notice me senpai" energy in that thread does anyone even like the show?
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Gnome de plume posted:Very big "Notice me senpai" energy in that thread I think a lot of nerds like bad shows, so probably. But regardless I do think a lot of STO players do have some investment in some of the STO stuff becoming canon. A lot of fans were happy when the Titan appeared in Lower Decks because it formally canonized the Luna class. And when the Odyssey was used in that Picard comic, there was some excitement there too. I’d rather Picard just be a good show, but I think the ship has sailed on that. Also my personal opinion- I think STO’s 2410 Buran class is better looking than the new Stargazer class.
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Am I an idiot for looking at this lifetime sub for $150, since I'm new I don't really know if it offers any value (priority login queue lol)
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Syrinxx posted:Am I an idiot for looking at this lifetime sub for $150, since I'm new I don't really know if it offers any value (priority login queue lol) You have to be really down bad for the game for it to be worth while. Or really really love that Chimera destroyer model
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Syrinxx posted:Am I an idiot for looking at this lifetime sub for $150, since I'm new I don't really know if it offers any value (priority login queue lol) If you were going to drop 200 dollars on this game, which no judgement, then buying the Legendary Ship bundle is a MUCH better value
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Gnome de plume posted:Very big "Notice me senpai" energy in that thread So the first season was rear end from a butt and is probably the worst Star Trek show/movie so far. However, I watched the first ep of s2, and tentatively, it was good. It was actually Star Trek. Now this could all unravel as the season goes on, but as someone who sees the first season as an abomination, this is the start of a good apology. Also seconding to just buy the 10th bundle. It's drat near every hero ship, you know the thing most fans want to actually fly, a ton of traits, some solid consoles, all the ships are at least "good" and some are top tier, can't really go wrong with it.
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Syrinxx posted:Am I an idiot for looking at this lifetime sub for $150, since I'm new I don't really know if it offers any value (priority login queue lol) On PC that's 500 zen a month indefinitely, so it may pay for itself if you think you'll be around long term enough to actually claim it. On console I don't think they get the zen stipiden so lol no don't buy it.
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:I’d rather Picard just be a good show, but I think the ship has sailed on that. That's what everyone thought but 2x01 seems like it turned right back around and came back to port. They soft rebooted and it's the best live action Trek for decades. Remains to see if they can keep it up but everyone's quite optimistic now.
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While I never watched season 1 or 2 of enteprise I understand they were received poorly. Enterprise did improve and give us stuff like "in a mirror darkly" so never give up hope of Picard or STD improving. Maybe don't watch it upfront and just catch the highlights later though.
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:Also my personal opinion- I think STO’s 2410 Buran class is better looking than the new Stargazer class. I really like the looks of the Buran and it is a shame that the seating is so abysmally bad. Maybe they'll do a mirror version someday.
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