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Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
I'm not skillful enough to critique your BOFFs worth a drat, but your equipment sounds pretty severely outdated and is at least one source of your woes.

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Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

While I promised not to spend more money on STO in its current state, yeah, I can do T6 for $10 and charity.

Edit: Tip, use Amazon as your payment option if you can. It went through instantly, while others are complaining that the servers are overloaded and taking forever to process their payment and get their keys.

Conskill fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Nov 12, 2015

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Mr Wikstroem posted:

Mastercard took several minutes to go through and according to the counter I was among the first to give money. Is the server being hosted on a C64 with internet through a old-timey modem or something?

Apparently. The admins were saying in chat they didn't expect the rush of people they got.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
Are Klinks getting their carrier finally updated to T6 too, or is it yet another bad day to die?

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

hakimashou posted:

:siren: ALERT :siren:

Pubbie have seen in goon thread hide it all!

I, for one, have been convinced by the sage advice of Will Wheaton.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

DonDoodles posted:

I just like checking out hot video game chicks, haha. By the way, guys, I'm a husband, a father, a homeowner, and a really normal, stable guy (really!).

That's by far the worst part. Plays Star Trek Online like the glorious nerd he is but God loving forbid someone might think he's a little... queer.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
I played STO once and it caused me to sever all ties with my family. The man knows what he's talking about.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
I can't log in, every time the game loads I get GameClient.exe has crashed.

...I suppose I should be thankful.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Jethro_E7 posted:

In all seriousness though, they must be paying him a fortune for him to agree to do a V/O, no matter how few the lines are going to be. I for one am pumped!

Getting Patrick Stewart onboard is one of those strange redeeming acts Cryptic does once in awhile. I mean, without this the game would just be a downhill slide since LoR.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Berke Negri posted:

Now putting your bridge right on top of a flat, exposed saucer section yeah that's not good. They'd probably end up with less crewmen fried by exploding computers if they buried that thing a little deeper inside the ship.

I always thought the battle bridge on the Enterprise D was supposed to serve that purpose. Then I wonder why the hell they ever use the main bridge when they have a functionally identical, easier to defend spare bridge to use.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
I still want my ship to piss rainbows. That's still going to be an option this patch, right?

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Tuskin38 posted:

I love my Jupiter, I've been using it since they launched it. Fleet Callistos are great.
Probably the longest I've used a single Starship.

I love the concept of the Jupiter and I have one, but I've not had great luck with it. Is there a good way to get the hanger pets from engagement to engagement? If they're actually on scene they're quite potent and fun to watch, but if a map involves full impulsing from fight to fight (like most do) I end up sitting there acting like an oversized sci boat until the escorts meander over.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
Best moment in the expansion so far is when you're in the admiral's office getting your first promotion in the TOS arc, Spock suddenly walks in, spouts a few sown-together lines in disjointed audio quality, and then walks back out while your character and the admiral just mutely stare into space.

I don't think it's the effect Cryptic was going for, but it was the funniest thing I've seen in this game.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Potential BFF posted:

Here is a nice general skill setup that hits all the right notes and is also an image for convenience.



I like it, though one part provokes a question. Why defense on the Lt. Cmd. tactical track instead of accuracy? I don't know the numbers well enough to judge.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
Star Trek Online Season 12: Kirk's Sloppy Seconds.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

DonDoodles posted:

[7/17 10:53] [Zone] Nbreeki@nabreeki: [7/17 10:51] [Local] Rriii@richtofen6: oh god dentists

To be fair that's my reaction to going to the dentist too.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
If some of those numbers are accurate (they're probably not, but let's pretend) the whales that got the packages put in somewhere north of $8,000. That beggars my imagination.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Korgan posted:

Shut it down, monkeybone is busy spilling our dev friends' secrets to the forum. Take this to the private subforum.

We really have no secrets left at this point. They know about the Ferengi ships. They know about the ice cream. The only thing that I haven't seen echo'd on the STO forums by now is the embarrassing typo in our Christian-based RP fleet, Nerds of Pray.

Really I just give up on opsec at this point.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.
Unrelated to the OpSec nightmare, has Cryptic ever explained why their patches are so goddamn big? The patch notes for today just indicates it's a hotfix for server issues, but the drat thing is north of 450mb received and 572mb patched.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Unfunny Poster posted:

How much of a slog is it for a new player to get to a decent spot to do the fun griefing in this game these days?

Griefing in this game has nothing to do with actually playing the game. You can cause people to have violent fits just by standing next to them in social zones.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

hakimashou posted:

Some of his other truth bombs

I can't tell if he's a compulsive liar or is a deeply disturbed vet with a flawed understanding of what a 90% disability means to the VA.

I'm probably happier not knowing.

Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Potential BFF posted:

In lighter, less disgusting STO news the best Lukari ship design won.



Looks surprisingly like the Human naval ships in Schlock Mercenary. http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-10-15

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Conskill
May 7, 2007

I got an 'F' in Geometry.

Tunicate posted:

It doesn't matter *that* much, but romulan tactical officer allied with the federation is optimal for your main.

You get enough alt slots to play through the fed story and klingon story intro bits, then use them as doffing/admiralty mules for the rest of time.

What does RomFed get over RomKlink these days? I'm still working off old news where RomKlink was preferred for easier access to plasma leech.

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