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Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

they should release a ship in a bottle that you can fly

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Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

upgrade your aft torpedo tube

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

the best part about star trek is spotting microscopic details with your photographic memory for episodes and dwelling on pointless schematics and minutiae tbh

also i like that all the different people are included and friends in space together.

i havent played this game in a few years, you guys still doing poo poo together and terrorizing the weirder weirdos in this game?

E: holy poo poo you can play as the dominion now wtf

pls tell me theres a reason for me to get this game beyond that

any input on whether i should get this through steam or not?

Worf fucked around with this message at 15:22 on May 18, 2020

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

ok you did great man but

steam?

alright, in anyway. no idea what it actually took my account name as since im either bad at computers or the account creation screen is

is there some kind of annoying pay 2 win thing i can do to accelerate myself and produce the desired pubbie tears?

cool write up on how they redid ds9

Worf fucked around with this message at 16:18 on May 18, 2020

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Is what class I choose still largely irrelevant? it's okay if it is I don't really mind just hitting buttons to watch torpedoes go out

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Asimo posted:

In theory, yes.

In practice, pick Tactical. :v:

that was always a big failing of potential for this game imho. I understand that its just a simpler combat interface and that, honestly, just mashing buttons to make my ship do pretty things is probably largely preferable

its just always been a waste of a pretty neat way to implement the classic mmo trio imho.

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

yeah, you're just correct, i'm not even disagreeing. everybody in star trek has a different and clear role most of the time and its just funny that what matters more is the backstory to where ive cleverly put my Jem'HaGenitals

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

FilthyImp posted:

Goddamn now I remember why I dropped the game. :what:

Jfc lmao. Not bad for a game where class role largely gets a shrug

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

in game as @shartinax4425

dominion starting area seems p cool so far

any feedback on fed vs klingon?

E: i guess fed probably has more ppl on it :shrug:

Worf fucked around with this message at 03:48 on May 24, 2020

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Cool, doing some random groups and wow the people that play this game are even worse than i remembered


At least saving pubbies from the NPCs is actually a fun rear end minigame

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

how do i determine what makes a good t6 ship? are the dominion ones good?

also do people congregate anywhere these days

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

tbh i just assumed it was some new skill they added that made poo poo bounce around like assholes

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Is there a way to quantify DPS in a group?

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Error 404 posted:

Zooming around and blowing up spawns before anyone else can get there?

That is literally what I've been doing and I get there so much faster I was worried I was doing the instances wrong somehow


....wtf takes these people so long to engage

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

lol tbh im just rolling around in a complete stock jem hadar starter ship and idk that anybody seems to be doign any better.

some people seem distinctly bad at pushing the buttons to heal themselves though lmao

i really like flying that thing actually. it looks cool and i always thought they were neat on the show

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Is there a resource for macro making? Ive been keeping my abilities up manually by basically putting them 1-6 and just mashing that region of the keyboard bc i determined that what they actually buff is largely irrelevant

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Hello Sailor posted:

The wesley wiki (RIP) had a guide for a spacebar macro that I'll recreate here.

1. Make .txt file in notepad, name it spacebarmacro.
2. Copy this text to the file:
code:
Space "GenSendMessage HUD_Root Firephaserstorps$$+power_exec Distribute_Shields$$+TrayExecByTray 9 0$$+TrayExecByTray 9 1$$+TrayExecByTray 9 2$$+TrayExecByTray 9 3$$+TrayExecByTray 9 4$$+TrayExecByTray 9 5$$+TrayExecByTray 9 6$$+TrayExecByTray 9 7$$+TrayExecByTray 9 8$$+TrayExecByTray 9 9"
3. Put the file in folder [path]\Star Trek Online\Live\
4. Login, be in space, and type:
code:
/ui_load_file spacebarmacro.txt
5. Put whatever abilities you want to faceroll into your 10th action bar. If you want to get fancy, they generally activate from right to left, even though the order in the macro is left to right.
6. Mash spacebar in combat. In addition to using the 10th bar abiliities, this will also set all your guns and torps to auto-fire and try to keep your shields balanced.

e: Also, the obligatory wesley tanking guide:


tyvm

idk why i endeavor to make this easy cartoon game even easier tbh.. probably so i can just focus on looking at the lasers and my ship

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!


btw, i removed all the threat generation things i could from my hotbar- i assume that im following the guide correctly


ty

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Ok yeah that is solid advice also if you don't let your ship eat poo poo to make things interesting idk what to say

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Acer Pilot posted:

This is just the speaker phone in every meeting room

Conference Class

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Error 404 posted:

Captain, hailing frequencies are open but we're not getting a response!

Send a distress signal to IT, Number One.

Attack Pattern Open Mike

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Was flanking damage always in the game like that? I notice it pop up in a space dungeon and i didnt remember it from when i played years ago

i like the mechanic

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

MikeJF posted:

It was added in... 2014? Only raiders (small escorts) deal flanking damage, though. It was an attempt to add game use to their maneuverability.

haha nice. i think i last played in about 2013

and yep thats a solid mechanic for an escort!

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

why are lockboxes gone?

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Error 404 posted:

They're not gone yet, but the writing is on the wall about exploitive gambleboxes getting some kind of law or regulation against them at some point soon.

good. i dont mind spending money on microtransactions but watching people with control or gambling issues drop bank on bullshit is painful

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Are any of the TNG/ds9 era ship models being used for high level stuff these days or is it all new fangled?

Idk what might have changed in that regard in the years I've played

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

I like excelsiors and galaxies and nebulas and defiants pretty much. I understand this is probably boring or whatever

The Miranda class was one of my favorite growing up :shrug:

Thanks for the input folks

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

thats pretty reassuring that i can just look the way i want and it wont matter much. tbh, i forgot how the content is basically there for show in this game. never understood what they had against a hard mode, even if it rewarded the same some people would enjoy the challenge or need to synergize

E: so with the dominion do you ultimately pick a side like romulan or how is that handled?
E2: nvm, figured that might be in the OP and it was

Worf fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Aug 19, 2021

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

in retrospect, except for the attire (lolll) the entire set and garden area had "nice corporate office" look to it i think

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Cyrano4747 posted:

Bridge Commander 2 when :(

I feel extremely lucky to have LANd the original, with the Kobayashi Maru mod too iirc, quite a few times.

Somebody picked the Borg cube or maybe sphere? and it tanked fps across the entire game instantly rip


E: we obviously still kept playing and teamed up against the Borg invader, at fps I wouldn't want to probably admit to

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

bij posted:

The D7 MW is pretty much unmatched for KDF ships. The Crossfield is great but there are all kinds of science ships that do what it can and do it just as well or better.

IT IS STILL NO MATCH FOR THE ENTERPRISE

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

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.

It's just that, you know, in among the Dominion War arc and The Best of Both Worlds you've got Crusher loving a ghost, that one uncomfortably racist plant, the uncomfortably racist introduction of the Ferengi, that DS9 board game episode, that time Worf became a MAGA rear end in a top hat while on vacation on the Casual Sex Planet, the Very Special Drug Episode where Yar did a DARE officer routine for Wesley, and the one where Paris and Janeway turned into salamanders and hosed.

Sub Rosa is a good episode that actually gets better as time goes on

Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

I think the best TOS movie is 6

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Worf
Sep 12, 2017

If only Seth would love me like I love him!

Yeah, it’s because you are without honor

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