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Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
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Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Anniversary event is going to be a space TFO against the Mirror Universe.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Well Operation Wolf was decent so hopefully this will be, but given their track record with newer space tfos I doubt it.

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

Someone on Twitter suggested it could be them reskinning the old mirror invasion TFO from 8 years ago and honestly that would be pretty funny

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

Also I think generally their TFOs have been fine. All those space TFOs would have been considered cool and interesting 8 years ago when people really did guild/fleet/etc runs and wanted somewhat challenging mechanics. The only one that I can think of off the top of my head as terrible was the Mars Attack one with really buggy AI ship pathing causing a lot of never-ending missions.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Eimi posted:

Well Operation Wolf was decent so hopefully this will be, but given their track record with newer space tfos I doubt it.

Yeah Operation Wolf was okay for the time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ujgy2ziBF8w

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

if the new TFO is just a reskin of the old Mirror Invasion event then expect to see people AFK the first part and wait until the boss appears. Fun times ahead.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Omega stabilization is only awarding half credit next to the TFO and episode this time.

Wonder if Cryptic wasn't liking their metrics from last year.

g0del
Jan 9, 2001



Fun Shoe
Last year's anniversary event also only gave half credit for omega stabilization. But it also gave half credit for running a patrol, so no one complained because the patrols are pretty fast. This year they seem to have removed the patrols which is going to make finishing it a pain.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy
That's a pretty insipid looking party popper preview.

Cythereal
Nov 8, 2009

I love the potoo,
and the potoo loves you.
Oh, we should be seeing the new anniversary ship today.

Will it be:

A) Another hybrid faction ship (Federation/Romulan is the one left - we had a Fed/Klingon cruiser, then a Klingon/Romulan escort)

B) Mirror Universe reskin to continue the story theme

C) T6 update of a previous t5 ship

D) Discovery garbage (not mutually exclusive with B or C)

E) Random other

Cyrano4747
Sep 25, 2006

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

It won't be disco because they want everything people are seeing on screen right now that isn't a direct tribute to a beloved, dead actor to be gamble box.

I'd put 50/50 odds on either A or B. Probably A because it rounds out the set and there's no pressure ot make it amazing so people buy it.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Cyrano4747 posted:

It won't be disco because they want everything people are seeing on screen right now that isn't a direct tribute to a beloved, dead actor to be gamble box.

I'd put 50/50 odds on either A or B. Probably A because it rounds out the set and there's no pressure ot make it amazing so people buy it.

There was also that random tweet they made a couple days ago that showed a ships power levels that would align with a singularity core ship. So probably A. I am expecting a science ship, and while it will suck because of singularity core, no science ship can ever be totally bad because of how busted space magic is atm.

https://twitter.com/trekonlinegame/status/1482397168480653315

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Cythereal posted:

A) Another hybrid faction ship (Federation/Romulan is the one left - we had a Fed/Klingon cruiser, then a Klingon/Romulan escort)


a fed rom science carrier with Temer BoPs as pets of course

fullTimeLurker
Nov 10, 2010

I recently hopped back into this game. Could I get a Fleet invite again please?


Sky'lar
@wowzaaaaa (that's 5 A's)

Lorak
Apr 7, 2009

Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Teron D Amun posted:

a fed rom science carrier with Temer BoPs as pets of course
But only if you unlocked the Temer to get them as pets.

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

I'm happy for the new ship, and anniversary event, personally :)

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


The big baddie ship from Discovery s3 is the lockbox ship. Intel Juggernaut, stupidly huge, looks like a star destroyer. Going to destroy a lot of whales wallets.

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

They did it, the madmen, they did a Ent-D'derdex

BenevolentFist
Nov 24, 2007

Fidel Cuckstro posted:

They did it, the madmen, they did a Ent-D'derdex

Got any pics/stats of this monstrosity?

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


BenevolentFist posted:

Got any pics/stats of this monstrosity?



No idea if it's a sci carrier, presuming it is. No word on Temer pets yet. Sci carrier confirmed, ltc com temp ops, so quite a nasty one. 3/3. Unique fighters, quite cool.

Eimi fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Jan 20, 2022

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


gently caress. I kind of like the Alliance ship aesthetic and I main a Reman so I guess I have a new main boat.

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

The universal consel gives +2.9% crit chance (v. good!) and +7 aux power...and a clicky for hangar pet bonus.

Mastery is a power that converts drain powers in to charges that get consumed to recharge your shields, will be interesting to see if it satisfies people who want shield tanking...

BenevolentFist
Nov 24, 2007
Wow. I don't hate it but this thing gives off a real 'gently caress it why not' energy.

bij
Feb 24, 2007

The carrier is pretty great visually and stat-wise. The console is pretty absurd for a free ship.

The lockbox ship does nothing for me but I like the Star Wars blaster plasma weapons.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Shame no Temer pets but yeah that console with unconventional systems is pretty powerful.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Honestly add the Alliance fighter as a shuttle or something too, c'mon cryptic.

Fidel Cuckstro
Jul 2, 2007

Asimo posted:

Honestly add the Alliance fighter as a shuttle or something too, c'mon cryptic.

I think they want to make it a raider or something eventually, the way they were talking about it. Possibly another Anniversary ship down the road.

Asimo
Sep 23, 2007


Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


They need to fix them being stuck with the oldest and worst default bridge.

Cyrano4747
Sep 25, 2006

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

Eimi posted:

They need to fix them being stuck with the oldest and worst default bridge.

I honestly can't tell you the last time I saw the inside of my bridge. It's been years, maybe like loving 4 or 5.

I suspect that they have metrics on how much bridges get used/seen and that I'm not super unusual. I'd love it if there was a compelling reason to walk around the bridge besides RP, but as it stands any effort put into bridges is more or less wasted.

Eimi
Nov 23, 2013

I will never log offshut up.


Cyrano4747 posted:

I honestly can't tell you the last time I saw the inside of my bridge. It's been years, maybe like loving 4 or 5.

I suspect that they have metrics on how much bridges get used/seen and that I'm not super unusual. I'd love it if there was a compelling reason to walk around the bridge besides RP, but as it stands any effort put into bridges is more or less wasted.

I mean, sure, but just let them use other bridges for the better viewscreen. The 'Starship Bridge' one is terrible even compared to the Origin bridge.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Asimo posted:

Honestly add the Alliance fighter as a shuttle or something too, c'mon cryptic.

It's a pretty good design, it's like a miniaturised defiant.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

Asimo posted:

Honestly add the Alliance fighter as a shuttle or something too, c'mon cryptic.

They'll probably upscale it to be Franklin sized for 2023's free event escort ship. Something something listening to the community by popular demand etc.

g0del
Jan 9, 2001



Fun Shoe

Fidel Cuckstro posted:

I think they want to make it a raider or something eventually, the way they were talking about it. Possibly another Anniversary ship down the road.
To me it sounded like they're thinking about a way to let us fly squadrons - i.e. instead of flying our one ship, we'd fly a squadron, which would control like a regular ship, but visually would use similar tech to the hangar squadrons to appear to be multiple ships flying in formation.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

g0del posted:

To me it sounded like they're thinking about a way to let us fly squadrons - i.e. instead of flying our one ship, we'd fly a squadron, which would control like a regular ship, but visually would use similar tech to the hangar squadrons to appear to be multiple ships flying in formation.

Squadrons of annoraxes or no dice IMO. Name them all Babylon 5.

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Eimi posted:

The big baddie ship from Discovery s3 is the lockbox ship. Intel Juggernaut, stupidly huge, looks like a star destroyer. Going to destroy a lot of whales wallets.

for size comparisons

quote:

New lockbox ship The Veridian. The in-game version is smaller then the on-screen one, but its still the biggest ship in the game by far. They haven't tested running 5 of these in the Breach, but since its thinner then the ENT-J it fits

quote:

The model they got from CBS had all the parts and textures needed. Did need to fill some holes in the model that existed since you never saw that area on screen. The ship model for the show was built similarly to how they build ships for STO, so even the texture is basically the texture used on the show. The turrets on the ship will all target the target you have selected, and will dynamically move as your ship moves to keep on target. The turrets are the actual ship hard-points. If you use beam fire at will the turrets will all target the various targets.

Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 11:17 on Jan 20, 2022

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




It's thinner but can it turn some of the corners

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Is there a list of missions that have special unlocks/rewards that I might have missed? Like how Quark's Lucky Seven unlocks an iconian gateway shortcut in the Gamma Quadrant, which I never realised I was missing on my main toon because I played that mission on my Jemmy and stopped playing them soon after and never knew it was a thing.

MikeJF fucked around with this message at 13:32 on Jan 20, 2022

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Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

first one of the free giveaways is now live which is 2x Ultimate Tech Upgrades in the Zen store

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