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Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Burning_Monk posted:

I'd like to see Borg + Breen Shield, all 80's metal and poo poo.

MikeJF posted:

Nice.

Request: what does Reman shield + Borg everything else look like?

Like this.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2014 01:00

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:38

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Archonex posted:

Makes me glad I didn't buy the Odyssey pack. The reaction I get when I roll up on a lovely pubbie that's getting slaughtered by a STF cube, apply a ridiculous number of heals to his badly damaged craft, then just rip it apart is pretty great.

Pretty sure it's something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPzJSBHG4pI
Time: 3m20s (though 1m58s also works to set the scene)

# ¿ Apr 27, 2014 11:27

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Potential BFF posted:

Which one of you is this?

Spiderskant?

# ¿ May 1, 2014 00:33

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

SlayVus posted:

So I had a torpedo build, that used fast reloading temporal torps or whatever from a story mission. Have torps been messed with much?

Specifically, I had Rapid Reload Transphasic Torpedos. http://sto.gamepedia.com/Rapid_Reload_Transphasic_Torpedo_Launcher?version=8836ca4dd5380dd2e4d425bf29d078c7

Messed with in a good way. One of the Omega reputation traits adds a DoT to kinetic weapons based on how much hits the hull (through the shields), making transphasic weapons all the more effective.

# ¿ May 2, 2014 20:15

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Gorelab posted:

So it'll be awhile before I upgrade to a tier 5 ship either way. Oh well. My tier 4 Ha'feh isn't that bad.

Your Ha'Feh is a Tier 5 ship, as is every other Rear Admiral ship. That said, it is certainly one of the better nine-console ships, especially for free.

# ¿ May 3, 2014 04:20

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

MikeJF posted:

Any pink you want.

Every pink you want.

# ¿ May 3, 2014 11:10

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

New Fed escort with a special aft turret.

# ¿ May 7, 2014 20:07

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Subyng posted:

Any reason why I might lose energy credits and gpl for absolutely no reason? I didn't spend them on anything, they just disappeared. Some kind of rollback?

Have you transwarped to missions (using transwarps that aren't part of your T-key list)?

# ¿ May 15, 2014 11:18

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MikeJF posted:

I... don't understand why.

The game is offended by your ship's color scheme and doesn't want to risk you making any more characters flying things like that.

# ¿ May 15, 2014 11:52

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

MikeJF posted:

There's a Reman section of New Romulus?

Behind the beam-down location, downward.

# ¿ May 16, 2014 04:36

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Berke Negri posted:

I know jack poo poo about fits in this game but is that like a dual heavy cannon, dual cannons, AND a single cannon/turret for the fore weapons? Why?

As Q would say,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvF9ZDPAAXE

# ¿ May 16, 2014 19:56

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Marshal Radisic posted:

So lately I've been getting a hankering to rebuild my Fed Dyson ship into something I can tool around more regularly. There isn't any advice on builds for dyson ships on the wiki, so I wanted to ask what you guys have done with yours. Do they work if you kit them out with DHCs and turrets, or do you have to stick to the beam-heavy science build?

To be frank, I either go with the science version and fly it like a science-heavy sci-Vesta (Gravity Well builds, Tyken's builds, etc.) or stick with the tactical version (and build it like a Temporal Destroyer / S'Golth Escort).

But yeah, Romulan DSDs are far more wowing with their battle cloaks and full Superior Operative boff crews, like most things Romulan.

# ¿ May 17, 2014 00:49

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Logic Probed posted:

I wonder if the discount will automatically occur if characters already got the corvette from last year. Probably not, but I want to hope. I'm still getting the cruiser for my Klank though.

That said, I'm actually glad they're expanding on the holiday. Of course, that'll mean I'll have to grind favors to get everything I want, but no rush.

You should've gotten a fly-by telling you about a month ago, but yes, it does.

# ¿ May 30, 2014 02:40

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MikeJF posted:

Does not address the most important issue of the relative pinkability of the ship.

Far as I know, it uses the same palette as the corvette, so super-pink.

# ¿ Jun 4, 2014 11:21

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Good news: the Luxury Liner only costs 40 Pearls if you have the Liner on another character already. Same with the Corvette and any previously-owned one.
EDIT: Sadly, the third engine doesn't copy the other two properly, but you can turn it off if you wish and use only two engines.

Lorak fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Jun 5, 2014

# ¿ Jun 5, 2014 18:13

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Asimo posted:

Why would you do this?

Because some groups out there think that Aux2Bat is the end-all, be-all definitive ship build to put on every ship in the game.

# ¿ Jun 6, 2014 10:32

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

CAT BRUSH posted:

Anyone get the "Risian Luxury Crusier" (as Cryptic is calling it in their announcement post) yet?

Yep, posted the lovely pinkness.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 00:33

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Acer Pilot posted:

Can someone post interiors of it? Was there a pool?

No interiors, to much player bemoaning.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 01:49

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Berke Negri posted:

So if I do the 25 day jetpack grind for the cruise ship of the stars, does the 40 pearl cost for alts also translate into the corvette too (for my main and alts)?

Nope. You should do the grind on two separate characters, one for the Corvette, one for the Luxury Cruiser, to get the discount on both for all characters.

# ¿ Jun 10, 2014 19:15

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Veotax posted:

Am I reading that right? Are Star Clusters just loving gone?

Looks like we might get an exploration re-vamp soon-ish.

However will people get Diplomacy XP now...

# ¿ Jun 20, 2014 00:30

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

wdarkk posted:

I thought the console was Obelisk only, but I obviously don't have one to test.

It is. Advanced Obelisk and, if you want, for some reason, it works on the base Obelisk too.

# ¿ Jun 27, 2014 19:29

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Asimo posted:

Yeah, pretty much. I threw both rep sets on my romulan's ar'kif on a lark, and it's pretty fun. Not top tier sure, but good enough and with plenty of click toy powers that don't take console slots. It's like flying a dyson ship except not poo poo.

Shame the turret-boosting clicky set ability is pretty useless in PVE though.

I don't really get all the hate on the Dyson Science Destroyers. On paper, the tactical one seems better than the Mobius and S'Golth in most respects, except perhaps for the fused DHCs and bridge officer slots.

# ¿ Jun 29, 2014 14:36

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Woolie Wool posted:

E: Recently did a Conduit run where some rear end in a top hat pulled the nanite spheres TOWARDS the transformer. I don't know how he did it, but thanks a lot, dick.

I'd imagine the Luxury Cruiser's console.

# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 21:57

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Soviet Commubot posted:

Speaking of pubbies, just look at this ship.

Shameful pubbies being out-DPSed by a D'kyr.

I think I can out-awful your build with one I've seen in the past week.

# ¿ Jul 16, 2014 21:16

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

FuturePastNow posted:

This is the default, freshly-commissioned HEC layout:

Cryptic doesn't do a good job of telling people how to build a ship.

From before, the ship I saw:

You don't know how right you are... Sometimes it seems they don't know how to build a ship, despite plenty of evidence available to the contrary.

# ¿ Jul 17, 2014 02:48

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Asimo posted:

There needs to be some sort of cheap re-release of "high demand" doffs, but that will never ever loving happen.

While not exactly what you're talking about, I did like the duty officer re-release that occurred with the ones that added damage against Elachi (for what little we see of them).

# ¿ Jul 20, 2014 19:15

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Mondian posted:

Yep bad idea backwash from Neverwinter.

Anyone know if those Isolinear Chip/Circuitry, Intermix Chamber, etc purple crafting components drop anywhere? Or is there no way to avoid the dil cost?

Of course you can avoid the dil cost! They have a random chance of dropping... from the C-Store R&D packs.

# ¿ Jul 22, 2014 12:02

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Last I checked, though, playing as a Rom-Alien is the only way to have a Alien-gen in Romulan-specific attire. Not that that's a real selling point.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 02:49

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Northerneye posted:

OP doesn't get what he wants so he wants the game to die.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1178841

The OP has a heck of a blog.

quote:

Space Alien Sexuality: Okay, I get that it's a family show, so to speak. I'm not saying we need explicitly pornographic imagery here. I wouldn't even go as far as God of War. I would, however, make mention of LaForge's creepy holorelationship with Dr. Leigh Brahms. And Barclay's implied-to-be-weird holofantasies. What about Nog's "favorite holoprogram?" Then there was pretty much the entire crew of Voyager. Remember Tuvok's Pon'Farr? I also remember multiple instances of bat'leth foreplay between Dax and Worf (not to mention Worf and Troi taking a "stimulating" walk on the beach...). OH, and didn't Commander Tucker get knocked up in a holodeck? Yeah, safe bet the holodecks could use a touch of romance somewhere, even if only implied.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 17:23

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

az posted:

I wonder, what did it take to unlock the second row of skills? We levelled up to 10, Centurion, got 35k points in the first row and it says the other should unlock over 33k, but didnt. What gives?

You used up the 2,000 you would've put into second-tier skills. Those cost 1,500 per unit.

# ¿ Jul 27, 2014 22:06

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Zartek posted:

So I have just turned level 50 and wondered what the hell to do now?

A cursory google search revealed a bunch of threads on the official forums about getting new uniforms and the likes which I clearly dont give a gently caress about.

Do you get a new fancy ship at level 50 or do ya stick with your level 40 one and grind out fleet marks etc?

You don't get one for free, but you get access to buying/using the rest of the 10-console ships that you didn't before.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2014 22:48

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MikeJF posted:

Did we ever find out what colour an Aegis set put on an unaligned Romulan was?

Yes. There are no visual cosmetics to it. The comment I remember seeing was essentially that it's a known thing; so few people both have Aegis shields at above level 10 and are unaligned that it's "not really a serious issue".

# ¿ Aug 1, 2014 15:16

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Voyager is more consistent with STO gameplay, however, given the "magic reset button" of respawning, the pitiable strength of the Borg, no persistent ship damage (unless at higher difficulties), and pillaging the loot out of your fallen enemies.

# ¿ Aug 5, 2014 14:00

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Bloodly posted:

They're still about, I think. There are other engines that also give similar things, also.

Yes, but they don't have the same effect they once did. People would use the engines because they would give a flat power boost to all systems, making them more useful than higher-mark engines. That, and mission replays didn't give scaled-up items.

# ¿ Aug 12, 2014 18:09

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MikeJF posted:

It's kinda half way in between the battlecruiser and the (in my opinion much better looking) destroyer, actually.

Personally, I'm fine with the battle-crab's design. The mandible, on the other hand... the wings hook a bit strangely, and the whole thing just looked too far stretched from bow to stern.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2014 04:55

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

Asimo posted:

and maybe more along the Mogai's shape for the destroyer

The Destroyer's seems to be more along the lines of the Dhelan family of ships.

# ¿ Aug 13, 2014 06:02

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Drifter25 posted:

Are the Tal'Shiar Adapted Destroyer/Cruiser worth getting?

There's one niche they still fit in well with, though it's a narrow one. On a Federation (not FedRom), they're the only ships that can cloak without being dependent on consoles to do so. Sensor Analysis is a boon to it as well, but as previously stated, it's a battle cloak, and there are more interesting Lock Box and Lobi ships out there. That said, I still like the Adapted Battle Cruiser on one of my Feds. It makes for a surprisingly useful and flexible ship, able to switch from tactical cruiser to healboat (for when the stars are in alignment and one is needed) or sci-harassment just by changing the universals.

# ¿ Aug 15, 2014 01:03

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

A Fancy Bloke posted:

How hard is it to make decent Foundry missions? I have a couple funny ideas and access.

It's obtuse if you're used to something as user-friendly as Starcraft map editing was. At least, that's my opinion.

# ¿ Aug 16, 2014 20:27

Lorak: Apr 7, 2009; Well, there goes the Hall of Fame...

g0del posted:

Cannons/turrets on a ship with a base turn of 3. And not even any RCS consoles. No wonder he couldn't kill probes.

Now, now. The actual base turn rate is 6. Which, clearly, makes it a good idea.

# ¿ Aug 17, 2014 07:03

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 15:38

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MikeJF posted:

I just wish you could buy a career retraining token.

Or a respecies token, both of which have been considered but not implemented because it's "difficult" to with how they coded things, apparently.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2014 17:16

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