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https://twitter.com/LootCritter/status/1296621553459687424
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Counterpoint: The KDF one looks fuckin cool. It actually gets its own hull material and windows which is pretty goddamn rare for a ship in 2020. They're recolors of the new Vor'cha hull and the K't'inga windows which are both good.
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Aug 21, 2020 04:54
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For some terrible reason I started to play this game again. I have no idea what I'm doing anymore.
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Aug 21, 2020 04:56
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bij posted:Counterpoint: The KDF one looks fuckin cool.
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Aug 21, 2020 06:56
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You don't get skin unlocks for the KDF or Fed ships if you buy them as fleet. I don't think the JEM/ROM ones count for ownership on the KDF/Fed skin unlocks either.
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Aug 21, 2020 08:09
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For some reason that dude has me blocked on twitter and I'm not sure why. The embedded tweet works, though, and  maybe I'm glad I don't get to see the inner workings of a mind that consciously habitually gives Cryptic that much money monthly.
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Aug 21, 2020 11:35
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ayrsayle posted:I got my nephew interested in the game last week. Everything in the bank is free game. It could use a good clean out. Tell him to go nuts.
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Aug 21, 2020 11:40
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Kazinsal posted:The embedded tweet works, though, and LootCritter is a very on-point name for someone whom game devs beat with sticks and watch money come out.
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Aug 21, 2020 16:38
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Yeah I think Lootcritter told me probably 4-5 years ago that he was spending $600 a month on STO and I just
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Aug 21, 2020 17:18
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There’s worse games to whale, not that any whaling isn’t shameful.
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Aug 21, 2020 17:31
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I just don't get what the gently caress kind of pleasure people get out of whaling something like this. It's not even like having all those ships does anything fundamentally that having the basic bitch stuff doesn't. I say this as someone who ground enough dill to get the legendary fed T6 pack and recognizes how stupid OP some of those are. gently caress, $600/month would buy you a brand new gaming console and two brand new games every month. There is no way someone is getting more enjoyment out of STO than they would out of two brand new AAA games plus lighting a console on fire at the end of the month for shits and giggles. edit: and that's assuming you have to spend it on games instead of hookers and blow or whatever else does it for you. gently caress. whales need a drug habit. If nothing else it's a more dignified vice.
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Aug 21, 2020 18:16
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more money than zens
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Aug 21, 2020 18:47
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I'm not sure how the gently caress you can even spend hundreds of dollars on this game per month. Let's say there's a new gamble box, which okay fine, gambling addicts can blow a few hundred on one of those. But then you eventually get your boat and... then what? Gamble for more? To sell for energy credits that you spend on... what? It'd take one or two lockbox ships tops to cap a character's credit limit, and the only other thing worth spending EC on is other boats (or maybe the rare cosmetic shield or something). And then it's another four-odd months until the next gamble box. Are they buying dilithium to upgrade stuff? Don't they run out of inventory eventually? It's just... how? 
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Aug 21, 2020 19:03
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Completionist collectors, probably have a bank with ships arranged in order of release.
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Aug 21, 2020 19:52
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Cyrano4747 posted:gently caress. whales need a drug habit. If nothing else it's a more dignified vice. Being a whale IS the drug habit. Didn't one of the retiring CMs leak that one of STO's biggest whales was some low-income single mom in Tennessee or some poo poo?
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Aug 21, 2020 21:10
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Asimo posted:I'm not sure how the gently caress you can even spend hundreds of dollars on this game per month. In his case I think it was mostly being converted to dil to power-level a fleet. I also suspect that money is going to Star Citizen now so the lesson is, I guess, STO should have made cooler digital ships. I could be wrong about those things, though.
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Aug 21, 2020 21:26
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Mondian posted:Being a whale IS the drug habit. Didn't one of the retiring CMs leak that one of STO's biggest whales was some low-income single mom in Tennessee or some poo poo? ugh. i hate reading that poo poo. P2P whaling is so predatory it makes my skin crawl in ways that a lot equally predatory poo poo doesn't.
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Aug 21, 2020 21:30
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I assume there's some way to directly convert cash into high-tier weapons, isn't there?
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Aug 22, 2020 00:30
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Directly? Nah. Indirectly? You can turn cash money into keys or whatever (to sell for credits to buy weapons) and dilithium (to convert into phoenix boxes for phoenix upgrades to make your purchases XV gold) but that's a massive waste of money. Won't stop a real whale though.
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Aug 22, 2020 00:38
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Honestly the lockbox mechanic seems like a complete waste of time to interact with unless you need Lobi. I'm sure not buying keys.
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Aug 22, 2020 00:38
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:Honestly the lockbox mechanic seems like a complete waste of time to interact with unless you need Lobi. I'm sure not buying keys.
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Aug 22, 2020 02:02
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I have a number of master keys and I don't know why. Pondering if I want to drop them on the market or get whatever box has the best items are just go fukkit.
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Aug 22, 2020 02:51
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They've given some away now and then in events, as part of shop bundles, and whatever even if it's not too common. You're almost certainly better off selling the keys and just buying what you want, though I guess gambling on infinity boxes isn't horrible if you're prepared for getting a bunch of worthless boosts and kits.
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Aug 22, 2020 03:13
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TheGreatEvilKing posted:Honestly the lockbox mechanic seems like a complete waste of time to interact with unless you need Lobi. I'm sure not buying keys. This is 100% the correct take. What kind of high end weapons were you looking for?
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Aug 22, 2020 03:46
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Taerkar posted:I have a number of master keys and I don't know why. Pondering if I want to drop them on the market or get whatever box has the best items are just go fukkit.
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Aug 22, 2020 08:06
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Anyone need any lockbox weapons? I still have tons of Infinity Weapon packs. https://sto.gamepedia.com/Infinity_Prize_Pack:_Weapon_Pack
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Aug 22, 2020 16:52
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Hugh G. Rectum posted:I loved Lexx! It's all starting to make sense now! I was briefly tempted to roll a Tweedle, myself.
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Aug 22, 2020 17:47
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Rx King posted:Anyone need any lockbox weapons? I still have tons of Infinity Weapon packs. I’ll take some, I’d be good with the ferengi plasma or any other random ones foner@nemins2
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Aug 22, 2020 18:10
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I already took some, I don't want to look greedy infront of the goons
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Aug 22, 2020 19:43
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I got some Ba'ul antiproton DBBs from some kind goons so I am good!
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Aug 22, 2020 19:54
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Is the wiki in OP down? No idea why, but I've started playing this. Think I should move the game to SSD, thing is load city. Do you have to be the same alliance to join a fleet? Is SFD still going?
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Aug 23, 2020 12:27
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bluegoon posted:Is the wiki in OP down? No idea why, but I've started playing this. Think I should move the game to SSD, thing is load city. Do you have to be the same alliance to join a fleet? Is SFD still going?
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Aug 23, 2020 15:29
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Ugh, reddit is so hard to read.
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Aug 23, 2020 15:39
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I'm still annoyed that you can't get a lukari vanity shield that gives your ship rainbow neon.
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Aug 23, 2020 16:39
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bluegoon posted:Is the wiki in OP down? No idea why, but I've started playing this. Think I should move the game to SSD, thing is load city. Do you have to be the same alliance to join a fleet? Is SFD still going? For build advice, either go to reddit's stobuilds, or the DPS league guides page https://www.sto-league.com/guides/
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Aug 23, 2020 20:58
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bluegoon posted:Think I should move the game to SSD, thing is load city. Turn off on-demand patching in the launcher and download the whole game at once instead of downloading each mission as you're warping into the system if the loads are bothering you
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Aug 23, 2020 21:17
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Was looking over my stuff on my original dude, boffs, inventory, etc--I seem to have a purple quality romulan tac boff with the Superior Romulan Operative trait, and I don't have a drat clue how I got that, as a Fed. Was there a special thing some time ago, or a way to upgrade boff quality?
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Aug 24, 2020 02:06
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Purple I have no idea, if you're regular Fed you're only supposed to be able to get a blue through the Fleet Embassy, as the purples instead have Superior Subterfuge.
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Trebuchet King posted:Was looking over my stuff on my original dude, boffs, inventory, etc--I seem to have a purple quality romulan tac boff with the Superior Romulan Operative trait, and I don't have a drat clue how I got that, as a Fed. Was there a special thing some time ago, or a way to upgrade boff quality?
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Trebuchet King posted:Was looking over my stuff on my original dude, boffs, inventory, etc--I seem to have a purple quality romulan tac boff with the Superior Romulan Operative trait, and I don't have a drat clue how I got that, as a Fed. Was there a special thing some time ago, or a way to upgrade boff quality? Was it something you got from the fleet embassy? I don't remember the specific traits but it sells romulans.
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