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Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

huh is that ship supposed to be the answer to the hurq swarmers with 5 aft weapons and that mastery?

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Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Logic Probed posted:

What are the rewards like? Generic polaron weapons and a single unique item?

the polaron weapon you can get this week is unique in that it works with both beam and cannon skills, the 2 and 3 piece set bonus is really nice as well

Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Jun 28, 2018

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Lagomorphic posted:

Yeah but why would you use and admiralty alts to rush the new mission and post a screenshot of the gear? That's probably a main. Nevermind I'm retarded, it's probably just the dude's Jimmie.

theres a good reason why JH alts are finishing that new mission - they get freed from the White addiction and dont need to hobble around in ESD/DS9 any longer

Ineptitude posted:

So whens the summer event in which that freebie ship is available? Couldnt find any dates on that german page.

next week

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Danaru posted:

Is there a beam type that's end-all-be-all better than the rest besides the cardassian piss beams? I have three bio... whatever the Xindi beams are and I'm planning on either grinding Rommie reps to get the disruptors that don't drain power, or saying gently caress numbers, slotting one of each type, and turning my Scimitar into a one ship Gay Wrath Parade

the "meta" right now is disruptor (sensor linked, spiral wave) or phasers (sensor-linked), they currently got the most support through various consoles and sets that AP just doesnt have
polaron is seeing some love with the latest episode too now

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

DancingShade posted:

I think someone else already said this (I didn't go back to check) but I think the discovery stuff hasn't hit the infinity boxes yet.

Either that's part of a new limited availability marketing strategy, a licensing issue, or has something to do with delivery of upcoming discovery content post-Gamma. I forget what season we're in so I'm just calling it Gamma.

(as you can tell I really have my finger on the beating pulse for this)

thats how it always has been, the Tzenkethi stuff from last year had been added to the Infinity box after the disco lockbox rotated out and you will get the disco stuff the next time the Infinity lockbox comes back (after the DS9 lockbox rotates out)

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

engineer is only for those cases where you fly a fragile pilot escort and got an emergency "oh poo poo" button to press before blowing up a few seconds later anyway

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Rako Hardeen posted:

Is the Morrigu Heavy Warbird still good?

its one of the ships you can get the Emergency Weapon Cycle from, so yes its still very good
but the ship is part of the Battlecruiser pack which you shouldnt break if you want the fed/kdf variant too

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

patch notes for today:


Phoenix Prize Pack Event:
Additions Include:
Tier 1:
Breen Chel Boalg Warship [T6]
Lukari Ho'kuun Science Vessel [T6]
Tier 3:
Future Flyer Powerboard
Crystal Radiation Projector
Furiadon Fangs
Console - Universal - Interphasic Instability
Tier 4:
Varel (Doff)
Kobali Soldier Uniform
Starship Mastery Unlock: Theta Radiation Infused Maneuverer
Tier 5:
Photonic Tribble
This event will run from 7/18/18 – 7/25/18
The model for the Excelsior and the Excelsior Refit has been completely revamped!
Advanced Heavy Cruisers can now use Type 8 and Type 8B materials, as well as Type 6 Windows.
Model should update automatically for players who already have this ship but if it does not, placing the ship into the tailor will apply the update.
Summer Event:
Resolved an issue that caused the "Flying High" mission on Risa to not recognize that the player had already activated their floater.
Baseball Hats can now be worn in the Off Duty uniform category.
Deactivating floaters should be more responsive.
Deactivating a floater while midair will now cause the player to fall slower than normal.
Resolved an issue which was causing some players to not be able to remove a ship from Dry Dock.
The Morphogenic Polaron Energy Weapon can now use both Beam and Cannon tech upgrades.
"Renegade's Regret": Resolved an issue that prevented Jem'Hadar from being able to replay.
Resolved an issue that was potentially causing the Karemma trader to spawn in the ground.
Added the Jem’Hadar Neck tubes to all armor drop-downs in the tailor.

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

fakemirage posted:

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/star-trek-online-humble-trekkie-pack
Free stuff for about a month.

(highlight is obviously the "Humble" title)

The confirmation page that's supposed to contain the key was bugged for me and was just blank, but you can grab it from https://www.humblebundle.com/home/keys once you've placed your "order".
Redeem the code on the arc website (https://www.arcgames.com/en/redeem/), there's no reason to ever run the client.
The item is under the Promotions tab, contrary to the instructions provided by Humble Bundle.

make sure to claim the borg boffs on a romulan character so you get two of them (one romulan, one of your allied faction) --- edit: only seems to work for FedRoms

Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Jul 24, 2018

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

theres probably a good chance we get a temporal recruit event rerun before they start that Age of Discovery stuff

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

launcher mentions the return of the crystalline catastrophe event from going from 8/16 to 9/6

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010


preparing for the new Age of Discovery starter experience I see

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Pioneer42 posted:

How do all of the new Gamma/Cardy ships stack up?

the cardassian ships are very good, they are the new "if you dont know what to buy, get the 31st cent ships" pack
trait wise only Calm before the Storm is a decent one but one of the selling points are their consoles - they are universal and can be put on any ship
their admirality stats are somewhat on par with the 31st century pack so very decent
the science dread is a pretty decent and tough sci ship, the raider and flight deck cruiser are ok as well just the cardie frigate pets are underperforming

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Coq au Nandos posted:

You can have at most two Engineering bridge officers - an ensign and a lieutenant. This rules out using Aux to Battery - you're hard pressed just to fit two emergency power skills and maybe a hull heal.

I kind of love it in spite of the seating, but building it it properly is a real challenge.

you have to use your linked vanguard pets if you want the hull healing (thats the yellow option)


edit: more info about the new rep tiers - https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10993603

Introducing Tier VI Reputations!

We’re excited to announce a new addition to our reputation system, Tier VI! With the new Tier comes new powerful and useful rewards.

Our Tier VI additions focused on expanding on an already extensive number of options for Captains. Things such as, alternate energy type weapons, new vanity shield coloration options and improved reputation traits are some of the rewards you can expect.

We didn’t want to just give power and variety though. With the release of Tier VI reputations we will also be streamlining the process of reputation sponsorship. Reaching Tier V of any reputation will now automatically sponsor that reputation for your account. That’s not all though, for every Tier 6 reputation that a player achieves they will be able to claim a Fleet Ship Module and a Retrain Token. We didn’t want to give all of these options without making it easier to try new things out.

Reaching Tier VI in each Reputation will immediately grant you the following benefits for that Reputation:

Improved Traits!
Increase the effectiveness of each Reputation Trait
Improved Set Weapon Damage!
Increase the damage inflicted by Reputation Set Weapons
Social Zone Ability!
Brag to your friends about your progress by activating a new Ability that displays dramatic visual FX for each Tier VI Reputation you have achieved.



There will also be new Tier VI Reputation Projects available in each Reputation, to obtain additional rewards:

Account-Wide Reputation Gear Discount!
Reduce the project costs for all future Reputation Gear projects for every character on your account (does not affect Elite Mark requirements).
Alternate Energy Types!
Obtain new Energy Type variants (ie, phaser, disruptor, etc) for each Set Weapon
Alternate Vanity Shield Visuals!
Obtain new color-tinted variants of your favorite existing Shield Visuals.
Premium Items!
Once-per-character, you may claim a Fleet Ship Module and a Captain Skills Retrain Token, per Reputation that you get to Tier VI.



In addition to all of these rewards, the reputation UI will be undergoing improvements to make it clearer to understand and display the information you need in a better fashion.

We hope you enjoy the new rewards that come with progressing to Reputation Tier VI, but more important than that, we hope that you enjoy being able to experience a variety of Task Force Operations on your journey to Tier VI!

Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 18:19 on Sep 3, 2018

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Breach event will follow right after CC and the reward this time will be a dinosaur combat pet with mounted laser guns

and theres also this bit:

quote:

We’ve got a brand new feature for this run of the Breach. Once per account, you’ll be able to purchase the Event Accelerator Bundle: The Breach, for 1000 zen. This bundle, available in the C-store, will give you ten Voth Operative Transmissions, and an Ultimate Tech Upgrade. Use it to give yourself a jump start, or to finish the project if you’re running out of time! For the first weekend of this event, the Bundle will be 20% off!

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

they are gonna introduce random queu-I mean Task Force Operations now to the game: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10994033

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

some more T6 rep info from the test server - https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/9hci0n/t6_reputations_tribble_update_19092018/

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Cythereal posted:

I quite like the Terran one.

But, I've got better things to do with my dil than worry about endgame gear. I think I'd rather convert to more dilzen to continue collecting z-store ships even though I already have way more than I'm likely to ever use.

space barbie should be your top priority not more zen ships

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

so according to a recent dev stream there isnt gonna be a recruitment event tied to the STD launch, you are limited to creating Human, Vulcan and Alien races only and theres only one introduction mission exclusive to a STD starter character - looks like I'll pass on making a new character then

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

new Swarm lockbox: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11005863


robziel posted:

Well that was unexpected, I just got a rare token from a phoenix pack what ship should I get?

https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/816zz5/the_phoenix_prize_pack_returns/dv131ue/

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

looks like Red Alerts will become weekend events only: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11006513

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010


what have you done

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

MREBoy posted:

Bug of The Moment: The Exchange may or may not display the prices of items you are looking at:



Is this a nerf or buff to Exchange PvP ? :iiam:

the random queue feature has now been extended to the exchange I see

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Cythereal posted:

The price of zen is a bit crazy right now. Here's hoping it calms down once the sales are over, I don't think it's worth forking over dil at this point.

its a combination of too many sales over the past months + no upgrade weekend since at least early August meaning lots of people still sitting on Phoenix upgrades - less demand to buy phoenix packs during the event, the last Phoenix event had absolutely no effect on the dil exchange at all
also quite a few Armadas have finished their T5 colony by now so again, lots of dil floating around and nobody is gonna touch reputation gear projects until T6 finishes

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

oh yay only STD content from here on out

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Coq au Nandos posted:

I can see why it’s important to have the MMO reflect the current TV show but unless you’re willing to spoil elements of the show you’re always going to be content starved.

which is why the Picard show wont have an impact on the game until like 2020 the earliest, lockbox/c-store ships not counting

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

g0del posted:

And I'm not sure more phoenix and upgrade events are going to help - eventually all the equipment you want to use hits mk xv epic, and then what do you have to spend upgrades on?

we had a really stupid timing with the phoenix events in the second half of the year - two of them in relatively short succesion without an upgrade weekend between them so the demand for phoenix upgrades->boxes->people spend dilithium was really low as a result

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

and we have another dilithium weekend because gently caress you dil exchange

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

the sky is falling, we got a phoenix + upgrade weekend in one

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010


this is hilarious on so many levels

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

nice endeavour today: complete a foundry mission - while the foundry has been deactivated for over a month now

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

IPCRESS posted:

I want to see the below decks Star Trek's take on why people are taking jobs where they get annihilated by the monster of the week/patently unsafe exploding consoles in a post-scarcity economy.

when you have free access to holodecks people are willing to do anything

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

if someone cares, the "scottish kilt" and TNG skant uniform are available for free in the C-Store
unfortunately the kilt is fed only, would have loved to see a Gorn wearing one

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

winter ship stats and console: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11016653-witness-the-fek%27ihri-s%27torr-warship%21

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

forgot that you can use rolls in the curves to change direction for the ice racing but then I remembered and after that it became a breeze
now only 25 more days of this

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

Cyrano4747 posted:

Is the winter event live? If it is is it too late to get started and get the ship?

you still have plenty of time, if you do the ice running once a day you will be done in 25 days and the event is running til January 17th

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

besides the DS9 lockbox stuff being added to the Infinity Box it will now also have a level scaling T6 Mirror Escort Carrier in it: https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11018513

and of course its Fed-only again

Teron D Amun fucked around with this message at 20:08 on Dec 11, 2018

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

nice boff names there

Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

if youre looking for a carrier the Xindi Aquatic Briostrys Dreadnought Carrier is an excellent choice, visually pleasing and already comes with frigate class pets

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Teron D Amun
Oct 9, 2010

g0del posted:

Cryptic broke/removed/hid a bunch of the free zstore promotions in an update months ago, probably by accident. No idea if they ever plan on fixing it.

I still have a type 7 shuttle to claim on all fed characters dammit

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