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Here's what I remember doing back when I made alts in this game, like forever ago: Just set weapons power to maximum and broadside using fire at will with beam arrays. It solves all the destructible nasties problems (incoming high yield plasma torps, etc) and the wide arc means you're probably hitting most of the time. Can work on any ship.
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There was a big Ten Forward stream today, with the CEO of Cryptic and the Producers of Neverwinter and STO. Someone on reddit distilled the bullet points, so here's what they said-quote:Short term of the transition from Cryptic to DECA will be more people involved in the game's development. And some general answers to some questions that came up in chat- quote:No current plans in the near future for Cardassian/Romulan/Jem'Hadar ships.
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A new ship from Beyond? Are we finally getting a proper Kelvin -A?!
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Hmmm. I'm up to 17k zen, still tentatively going for that 10th anniversary bundle, but the right mudd bundle could set that back.
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Your mileage may vary, but I’m not really sure that I really use much ( or anything) out of the 10th bundle at this point. There has just been so much power creep with ships / consoles that do the same thing, only better over that last few years.
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Mar 20, 2024 03:26
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Hunter Noventa posted:There was a big Ten Forward stream today, with the CEO of Cryptic and the Producers of Neverwinter and STO. Someone on reddit distilled the bullet points, so here's what they said- My decade plus old lifetime sub is going to last until the heat death of the universe at this rate. Won't be too much longer before the captain's table becomes heritage listed.
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Eimi posted:A new ship from Beyond? Are we finally getting a proper Kelvin -A?! Apparently paramount refuses to let anyone use the -A for anything. Most people think it'll be the Salcombe. And it's highly speculated that one of the mudd ships will be the Crossfield Refit, given that its trait is in such high demand.
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Jxforema posted:Your mileage may vary, but I’m not really sure that I really use much ( or anything) out of the 10th bundle at this point. There has just been so much power creep with ships / consoles that do the same thing, only better over that last few years.
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Jxforema posted:Your mileage may vary, but I’m not really sure that I really use much ( or anything) out of the 10th bundle at this point. There has just been so much power creep with ships / consoles that do the same thing, only better over that last few years. I use the Defiant, Intrepid, and Sovereign on various alts, and non-poo poo versions would be nice. I don't give a drat about what's efficient or powerful. As a Trek fan I also feel kind of obligated to have a Connie.  Edit: My default new to endgame setup for alts is to grab a bunch of mk 12 phasers off the exchange, phaser relays, slap in the DOMINO (I have the Bajoran interceptor from that event) and Immolating Phaser Lance (the last Mudd bundle I got was the pilot set, and made sure to grab the Deimos), then for traits: Emergency Weapon Cycle, History Will Remember, Calm Before The Storm, and Promise Of Ferocity. I have the relevant ships from the z-store. And that's an effective enough endgame setup right there for my purposes. Cythereal fucked around with this message at 12:41 on Mar 20, 2024 |
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Cythereal posted:I use the Defiant, Intrepid, and Sovereign on various alts, and non-poo poo versions would be nice. I don't give a drat about what's efficient or powerful. As a Trek fan I also feel kind of obligated to have a Connie. Seriously, get the 10th. I'm constantly using those ships, mostly because they're beyond "pretty good" and into "really drat good" territory and they're iconic and fun to fly. There are also a ton of space barbie options with all the kitbashing. It's an insane value for your zen. There are better individual lockbox and mud ships out there, but I'd only worry about that if you're pushing leaderboards. It's pretty disgusting how powerful you can make a BFAW connie, for example.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Seriously, get the 10th. I'm constantly using those ships, mostly because they're beyond "pretty good" and into "really drat good" territory and they're iconic and fun to fly. There are also a ton of space barbie options with all the kitbashing. It's an insane value for your zen. There are better individual lockbox and mud ships out there, but I'd only worry about that if you're pushing leaderboards. It's pretty disgusting how powerful you can make a BFAW connie, for example. Yup, that's the plan and why I'm on 17k zen at the moment and creeping closer. The usual discount makes it 19.5k.
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Hunter Noventa posted:Apparently paramount refuses to let anyone use the -A for anything. Most people think it'll be the Salcombe.  The Salcombe isn't awful but I'd much rather get the Aegis if it's not the -A.
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Obviously its your money, but I'd echo what others have said on 10th Anniversary Bundle. If you like the iconic hero ships, its a great way to get great versions of each of them (they're not always the best versions but there are no real stinkers). And although its a big outlay (which means its not for everyone), you probably get the best bang for buck per $ spent amongst all the bundles.Hunter Noventa posted:Apparently paramount refuses to let anyone use the -A for anything. Most people think it'll be the Salcombe. I'd love it to be the Crossfield Refit - as so many high end builds just assume you have it, and its one of the few things you can't just swap out for a cheaper version, it requires tweaking the whole build. But I'm skeptical it will be. It still sells well - so much so that they actively decided to delay adding it to the Infinity Box a while back, the only time they've messed with the order they added ships to it. Its almost certainly because its such a seller, that they felt there was still money to squeeze from it. So I'd like it to be the Crossy Refit, but I'd be surprised. I think we will instead get either the Ateleth (Beam Overload uptime trait), the Atlas (DPRM console) or the Mirror Warship (Terran Goodbye trait), plus a space barbie ship, like the California or something.
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Tigey posted:So I'd like it to be the Crossy Refit, but I'd be surprised. I think we will instead get either the Ateleth (Beam Overload uptime trait), the Atlas (DPRM console) or the Mirror Warship (Terran Goodbye trait), plus a space barbie ship, like the California or something. My guess is that it might be the 26th century dreadnought - the Universe and pals. That's always been a popular pick for space barbie. As for $, I'm not spending a cent on this poo poo. I simply have a gross overabundance of alts and free time, and have been slowly grinding zen for about a year. The only question is what flavor of space barbie I want - I got the mudd pilot bundle mainly for the t6 Nicor, the Deimos and its immolating phaser lance was simply a nice bonus and I've taken a surprising liking to the Kwejian's look and animations.
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Tigey posted:Obviously its your money, but I'd echo what others have said on 10th Anniversary Bundle. If you like the iconic hero ships, its a great way to get great versions of each of them (they're not always the best versions but there are no real stinkers). And although its a big outlay (which means its not for everyone), you probably get the best bang for buck per $ spent amongst all the bundles. The Atlas console has fallen off a bit in recent months. Given that Season 5 of Disco hits soon, I'm betting it's some kind of Disco-related bundle. And then we'll get a Lower Decks-related one when the next season of that starts. Either way, I probably won't go for it. I don't like that the Crossfield Refit's trait has so much gravity that every build revolves around it. I've got enough stuff that basically anything I buy is for fun or for looks. I can survive most elite queues, that's good enough for me. I'll probably pick up the 12th and the Legendary Battlecruiser Bundle with the next bundle sale, and I already have the Lexington and half the traits in the latter. Though I'll admit the news of a Dyson Bundle is interesting to hear, so its honestly tempting to save for whatever is in that instead.
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 The UTC is a lie.  (It went down at 5 PDT so 1200 UTC, I missed today's azure)Cyrano4747 posted:Nah, Star Trek is great. You just need to embrace the fact that like 30% of it is shlock and a solid 10% of it is pure poo poo. But there is some great poo poo in there. To quote Futurama: "You know. 1966? 79 episodes, about 30 good ones?" MikeJF fucked around with this message at 15:12 on Mar 20, 2024 |
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The Diluminati has news about the new Mudds' bundle: Mudd's Choicepack of Dread Through the Ages 23rd Century Dreadnought 26th Century Dreadnought 32nd Century Merian Command Science Dreadnought Account-wide DPRM is going to trigger a lot of doomerism, but as Hunter pointed out, it hasn't been meta for awhile now. Still a great console, but there are enough better ones now that really high-end builds aren't running it. The 26th century dreads have never really been meta, but are really popular space barbie picks. The merian is obviously there just to fit the theme.
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g0del posted:The Diluminati has news about the new Mudds' bundle: Well that's one I can skip, thankfully. I actually enjoy the look of the KDF and Rom 23rd century dreads, but they aren't worth splurging on a mudd's bundle on.
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Hunter Noventa posted:Well that's one I can skip, thankfully. I actually enjoy the look of the KDF and Rom 23rd century dreads, but they aren't worth splurging on a mudd's bundle on. Honestly all the 23rd century Dreads are pretty cool. The Atlas is a pretty neat for a TOS era ship.
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I'm putting this on the list to potentially get someday, but not worth delaying my current plans. If they'd put the 26th century dread in a pack with, say, the Tadaari and the Crossfield Refit, call it a temporal war bundle or whatever, that would have been really tempting. Although worth bearing in mind: if the choice packs work like previous ones have, and it's still pick three, that's seven ships for one mudd bundle. Cythereal fucked around with this message at 18:31 on Mar 20, 2024 |
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g0del posted:The Diluminati has news about the new Mudds' bundle: Officially announced. It's seven ships in one mudd bundle, including a very good console. Definitely going on my list to buy.
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Cythereal posted:Officially announced. Which console? Even 50% off it's still 15k zen which eeeeh, probably pass.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Which console?  On the Atlas. As the thread discussed above, it's no longer meta for the very top builds, but it's a welcome account-wide add for anyone not on that level of the meta. And 15k zen, eh, averages to a bit over 2k per ship since two of the three picks are themselves 3-packs. If you're like me and basically free to pick ships on a whim, it's not bad. drat tempted to get it now, in fact, but I think I'll keep going.
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Are Epic Phoenix Tokens new to Mudd's?
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wdarkk posted:Are Epic Phoenix Tokens new to Mudd's? They've shown up in Mudd Bundles before, just not usually worth it for the price.
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Cythereal posted:
Gotcha. If it’s from the atlas I’m pretty sure I already have it lurking in my bank.
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wdarkk posted:Are Epic Phoenix Tokens new to Mudd's? I'm not suggesting that people should buy it for the epic tokens. Just pointing out how ridiculously expensive epic phoenix tokens are.
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I can confess that I didn't really believe how rare it is to get a legendary token, because one of my first ~ten or so phoenix boxes was one and I used it to get a full-sized T6 carrier for my only character who was a Fed captain to try that playstyle out. Well, here I am three years later, and that is still the only one I have ever seen. Really should have used it to pick DOMINO. I know it is a legacy issue, but I still find it ridiculous that there isn't an option for a fed captain to get a carrier unless you play when one or T6 token is given, or do the year thing, or luck into getting a legendary phoenix.
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I remember someone did testing on the testing server and the drop rate is roughly 1/1000. So going by that, it'll take around 700 boxes to have a roughly ~50% chance of getting a legendary token and that works out to be 560 Zen (roughly 68m EC) at a 500:1 exchange rate. They are rare but also not that expensive (relatively) as long as you're not unlucky. I still have never gotten one and thus keep waiting for my DOMINO.
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There have been a few carriers given away as part of the winter or anniversary event, but once you miss them, you're pretty much hosed.
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Hmmm. Looks like the dil exchange has broken again, been a few days now since anything moved.
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They finally patched out the ability to solo AFK the Azure Nebula TFO. Someone in in-game chat was freaking out about it.
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Hunter Noventa posted:They finally patched out the ability to solo AFK the Azure Nebula TFO. Someone in in-game chat was freaking out about it. lol that sucks. Is it even semi-afk'able now or time to just pug it?
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Hunter Noventa posted:They finally patched out the ability to solo AFK the Azure Nebula TFO. Someone in in-game chat was freaking out about it. fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck
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This may or may not be true, others are reporting it's still fine.
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Can someone explain the purpose of solo'ing vs sitting in a queued Azure? Same duration, same rewards, right?
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Well that explains why in my recent Azure Nebula rescue there were two complete AFKs. I guess it's still people logging in so metrics beat actual engagement.
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Pioneer42 posted:Can someone explain the purpose of solo'ing vs sitting in a queued Azure? Same duration, same rewards, right? You can go do something else for 15 minutes.
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