Register a SA Forums Account here!
JOINING THE SA FORUMS WILL REMOVE THIS BIG AD, THE ANNOYING UNDERLINED ADS, AND STUPID INTERSTITIAL ADS!!!

You can: log in, read the tech support FAQ, or request your lost password. This dumb message (and those ads) will appear on every screen until you register! Get rid of this crap by registering your own SA Forums Account and joining roughly 150,000 Goons, for the one-time price of $9.95! We charge money because it costs us money per month for bills, and since we don't believe in showing ads to our users, we try to make the money back through forum registrations.
 
  • Locked thread
Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Look upon our thread title, ye pubbies, and despair.

Edit: I will always adore the class illustrations in the OP, but I can't make out the signatures. Is whoever drew those still around?

Trebuchet King fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Apr 22, 2014

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



amazing

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Morglon posted:

Turret spam is still perfectly viable, especially in the Voth battlezone. Stick a med gen in there somewhere, first slot shield heal, then turrets and mortars. Park then somewhere and pick then up if they eat some boss mortars and you have a decent team to hold against waves.

Of course you can also just load up on tacs with lunge, grenades and shotguns, that's probably the fastest way to get poo poo done.

Omega set works okay for tacs too if you have it around, MACO or anything with a split beam/sniper rifle for the engis and of course you yourself want to load up on hypos and pack a shotgun yourself.

Note re: turret spam...unless the kit changes broke or changed something I missed, you'll also want some lf the doffs that proc multi-turret. There's also a purple jem'hadae dude (Etak'kas, IIRC) who gives your heal turrets a chance to spawn a shield turret alongside.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Morglon posted:

And the other way around. But he's expensive and you generally have shield healing covered with the ensign slot that can fit nothing else of use. Still if you have the money I'd recommend getting one of them.

Yeah, I couldn't remember if it was vice-versa, so I didn't want to say--thanks for the confirmation! And yes, at this point in the game's lifespan I'd say turret orgy is a playstyle I'd avoid unless you're going to sink all the money you need to into it...it's cool, fun, and hella neat, but it underperforms enough, relatively speaking, that I can't endorse it as earnestly as I once could. That said, it is what I roll with on my main guy. At least, when the wifi's good enough...

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



It'd be cool if, now that kits have been revamped, they added modules or w/e they're called for turrets of every damage type.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



MikeJF posted:

There's a Reman section of New Romulus?

Not gonna lie that was the entirety of my take-away from that too.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



I haven't been following my usual threads outside of GoonDoc/PI/LAN for about a month--is there a good place to catch up/read about all the nitty-gritty re: this upcoming expack?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Tuskin38 posted:

Just reddit and the official forums, there are no Dev Blogs yet.

I see, I guess when I get home from work I'll teach myself how to navigate reddit and try and get a better handle on what's coming down the pipeline.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Okay, quick question re: gateway--do I just post the link to my dude's ship's loadout page and then you can see it or is there a sharing/public view link I should be using? If the link I just tried is actually viewable by y'all I'll have some questions.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



g0del posted:

Yes, that works. And thanks for posting the gateway link, I haven't memorized all the various console icons so the gateway link helps me more than a screenshot. Are you trying to run an aux2bat build? If so, I'm pretty sure aux2ID interferes with the aux2bat cooldown and will lower it's effectiveness quite a bit.

Also, upgrade that one mk II beam bank.

Once I get home I'm going to double-check that beam bank because I'm pretty sure last night when I was trying to figure out what to upgrade everything was a XII in the weapons department.

Aux2ID doesn't actually get used much beyond occasionally showing off; it's even bound to a hard-to-accidentally-press number.

In terms of further space gear, what I gleaned from goonchatte is that I want undine deflector/engines and dyson shield. Fleet crit chance tet consoles are a given, but I think I put them on the backburner, maybe? I also am not sure why I got advanced engines, maybe the elite can't have [spd]x3? I've got the full Aegis set, mostly in the bank though. I've got a decent handful of different set stuff in the bank, but it'll be a little while before I can double-check what, specifically.

I really wish I'd laid out my plan in a .txt file to refer to since I've obviously forgotten a lot.

Having upgraded my sweet ride I've got an extra eng console slot and I'm having trouble deciding what to put in there. A fleet dilmine console seems like overkill given the 'vette's strengths, and the gimmicks are all so numerous at this point it's hard to narrow them down. I'm also having severe choice paralysis when it comes to what I upgrade first.

I think that's everything I was wondering about space-wise; I'm going to try and avoid worrying about ground until either I've gotten space sorted out or I have to worry about it.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Captain Candiru posted:

Decided to peek in since I heard about a new expansion and now there's this arc online poo poo and what the hell is going on and then I see this...



This is, for some reason, the most hilarious thing I've seen all week.

fed captain: bitch you best not be getting in the way of my selfie here~

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



MikeJF posted:

I know, right?

I mean, is there any real reason I shouldn't just go full bore with pilot on every point for every alt?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Now that the feds/kdf are at peace can they visit each other's home planets?

Also, on my Fed engineer I'm running a Risian Corvette, my KDF engineer a JHDC, and my tactical Reman a fleet Mogai.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



I have gotten super lovely about actually keeping up with this thread, looks like I picked a grand ol' time to catch up.

What really sucks is PWE will probably just use this as justification for further bilking (is that the right word?) of the playerbase.

A gameplay question: what're the best options the Romulans get in the t6 ship department? I've got the intel warbird and the, uh, Aelahl?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



At this point, what're the odds the summer event ship is just a T6 corvette with a pilot boff slot?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



A Fancy Bloke posted:

Can someone explain what the gently caress this Rebirth poo poo is? I Googled it and they said they are retiring Holodeck. Isn't that the main game server?

April Fool's joke.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Hrm, that's weird. I remember when I was in high school and I first tried MMOs character death was daunting and awful and etc., but I grew out of tha...oh.

I see.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Tuskin38 posted:

The new Pilot ship for all 3 factions is in the second mission, they look pretty nice.

The fed and kdf got posted earlier in the thread; a screenshot of the romulan would be aces.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



SKY COQ posted:

Courtesy of our special friends at reddit - the romulan bugship!



holy poo poo its a facehugger



Have ship traits for these pilot ships been rooted out yet?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



if the summer ship is anything besides a t6 corvette with a pilot slot and those maneuvers i will...well, I don't have a hat to eat, but I'm sure I can come up with something.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Pilot ship deets are up and available for your consideration.




Gonna go ahead and shamelessly say I want them all :smith:.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



They also all look cool. Wouldn't these lend themselves to beamscorting relatively well?

Depending on the skins and such I might actually stop using my 'vette.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



goddman dude


goddamn.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Burning_Monk posted:

What is the problem with Wildstar, I just followed it a little before release and it looked interesting. Is it just a grindfest?

I can't speak as to the current state of the game, but I played a couple months up to the cap and then just lost all interest. I liked the art and especially the music, but once I hit the cap it just didn't seem worth the $15 a month. I kind of feel like the game was built on lessons half-learned but I'm going to need to think about how to explain what I mean by that for a bit.

I also really liked the green clone dudes. They cracked me the hell up.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Well, if they make T6 versions there'd be no reason to offer projects for the T5. Plus the inevitable anger thread when someone realized they'd been chipping tokens into the wrong version of the ship.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



I feel like if Geko were directing TNG, when Picard tells Geordi he needs something fixed in four hours we'd then get four episodes of Geordi fixing it instead of just letting it happen off-camera.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Does PWE have a twitter? I tried searching on twitter but just got lots of links to blogs talking about them.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Star Trek Online Season 10: loving *throws keyboard computer across the room*

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



I feel like a less player-hostile thing to do would be convert all pilot/command/intel seats to just general specialist seats, but with like a synergy bonus for matching the right kind of specialist to the seats--something so if you really wanted intel powers on a command ship you could, but it'd generally be more effective just to use an intel ship.

That way, when they release a new spec, you can try and at least get a feel for the new toys on your existing ships before deciding to knuckle down and getting the new ships.



Of course, since this isn't player-hostile, it'll never happen.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



The only thing I remember from launch ESD that went away were all the extra rooms for buying ships and gear and spending exploration sector tokens. I guess they just moved everything onto ESD proper to cut down on map transfers? :iiam:

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



the thought of a sheshar makes that hella tempting but gently caress if i know a goddamn thing about the foundry.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



it'd be interesting if takei himself ended up weighing in on this.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



The corvette remains, in my opinion, the best ship in the game; definitely in its tier, and even better than a lot of T6 ships.

I'm still convinced a T6 version would be the best thing since Sisko socking Q.

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Wait, what's going on with the Constitution?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



I was expecting that kind of response but still laughed out loud.

But for serious, was there a newsletter or blog update or something I missed?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Lagomorphic posted:

It''s all on the wiki. Don't discuss it in this thread. Keep it behind the OPSEC paywall.

I can't find it on that page or its discussion page, hence my confusion and asking questions. Would anyone be upset if I cut stuff that's actually been released out of that page just to make it easier to find the good stuff?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Mondian posted:

Real question is why haven't any of you signed up to replace him?

how would I go about doing such a thing?

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



whoa, motion accelerator for my engineer!

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Lagomorphic posted:

Logo for the combined Armada:


Emergency Power to Party, in banner form!

Adbot
ADBOT LOVES YOU

Trebuchet King
Jul 5, 2005

This post...

...is a
WORK OF FICTION!!



Yeah, google "Stonewall riots."

  • Locked thread