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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    It was starting to get tiresome seeing EVERYONE use the same weapon all the time. Especially when it's super easy to get.

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  • LogicReasonLogicReason Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    VoodooV wrote: »
    It was starting to get tiresome seeing EVERYONE use the same weapon all the time. Especially when it's super easy to get.

    Thing is, end game, everyone used Antiproton Sniper rifles (For knockback single target) and Antiproton Split Beams anyway, it seemed.

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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    VoodooV wrote: »
    It was starting to get tiresome seeing EVERYONE use the same weapon all the time. Especially when it's super easy to get.

    Thing is, end game, everyone used Antiproton Sniper rifles (For knockback single target) and Antiproton Split Beams anyway, it seemed.


    I still use the antiproton sniper rifle in The Cure... though I've changed my antiproton split beam with the Prototype rifle...


    Also, Jamesra, no worries on dropping out... I prefer people leave for real life issues than game life issues... I got up to 184 Marks of Explore... so tonight when I get online I'll be doing ALL of the dailies and both B'tran explores... I can get the Nebula tonight though, then it's onto my others things to get done...

    Are the Dividian missions at Leutenant 6, or at LtCmdr 6?

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    LT 6

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    VoodooV wrote: »
    It was starting to get tiresome seeing EVERYONE use the same weapon all the time. Especially when it's super easy to get.

    Thing is, end game, everyone used Antiproton Sniper rifles (For knockback single target) and Antiproton Split Beams anyway, it seemed.

    I hit endgame right about the same time as I got the proton rifle, so I guess I missed that.

    Because yeah, I love the Mk X AP sniper rifle vs Borg that I got as loot for doing Infected. And here I thought I was being unique :)



    On a side note...I think im going to respec today. I was thinking about taking the advice of other people in the fleet and focusing only on phasers and use skill points on other stuff that enhance my BO skills.

    my philosphy is still to ignore ground combat skills. I just don't see any compelling reason to divide my scarce points up between space and ground. I'm just really not liking this skill system.

    I found out from another website that you can only have one respec token...so all those tokens I didn't use while leveling up are wasted (though I don't know why people would want to respec THAT often)

    I hate specializing I guess

    I dunno..I think what's bugging me is that Its hard to tell if these skill points make any real difference. I've barely put any points into ground combat but I don't exactly feel like im lacking you know? What if I completely reversed my philosophy and spent all my points on ground skills? Would I even notice the difference?

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  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I think that info is out of date. Because I respecced the other day and it said I would use 1 of 5 respec tokens.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Invisible wrote: »
    I think that info is out of date. Because I respecced the other day and it said I would use 1 of 5 respec tokens.

    Yeah you don't lose those tokens. I had 3 of them on my char from when it first went retail that were waiting util I resubbed half a year later.

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  • WaftWaft Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Do you think the Foundry will be going Live before the end of the year?

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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Supposed to be open beta starting next week if everything goes according to plan...

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    They were wanting to put it up this latest patch, if that gives any indication of their mindset concerning its state of readiness for beta testing.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    Hey, pro-tip:

    Don't use Breen Transphasic Cluster Torpedos in a Metreon gas field.

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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Nak's list of things to do:
    • Get Nebbie from Marks of Explore
    • Get Tactical Officer through Dividian series before Orphidian Cane reward goes away
    • Get 3rd Klink from 300 day reward through Dividian Series before Orphidian Cane goes away
    • Get Engineer through The Cure
    • Get Engineer and Science officers through Khitomer Accords.

    The order various, but as a whole the above is my goal....


    And as of tonight we can cross off the top three on this list....

    I got my Nebula from MArks of Explore, I got my Federation Tactical officer through the last two Dividian missions, and I got my 3rd and final character through the Dividian series. So, yeah, going forward I'm just oging to level up my klinks and work on those STFs...

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hey, pro-tip:

    Don't use Breen Transphasic Cluster Torpedos in a Metreon gas field.

    But that sounds hilarious.

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  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Hey, pro-tip:

    Don't use Breen Transphasic Cluster Torpedos in a Metreon gas field.

    Also make sure you don't have that pre-order tactical console that automatically shoots any nearby enemies equipped.

    Learned that the hard way.

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  • ArchonexArchonex No hard feelings, right? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Invisible wrote: »
    Hey, pro-tip:

    Don't use Breen Transphasic Cluster Torpedos in a Metreon gas field.

    Also make sure you don't have that pre-order tactical console that automatically shoots any nearby enemies equipped.

    Learned that the hard way.


    Oh man, don't remind me.

    *Flying through Metreon Gas Nebulae at release.*

    *Automatic guns start going off.*

    *Shields down to fifty percent.*

    Me: What the fuck?

    *Shields down.*

    Me: Balls! BALLS!

    *Hull Critical*

    Ship:
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    Learned my lesson after that. Never equip automatic console turrets when there's highly volatile objects hanging around.

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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    What do you guys think, should I focus heavily on my Klingons, or make more federation officers?

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  • YathrinYathrin Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    What do you guys think, should I focus heavily on my Klingons, or make more federation officers?

    There's a whole gaggle of federation LT's and LC's running around in the guild to level up with if you wanted another fed officer. That said, if you're enjoying the sparse Klingon content (as understand it) go for it. You still have the PA channel to communicate with if someone needs some VA style help.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    A nice bit about Klingons, since they start at level 5, and you'll get almost a full level out of the runaround on Quo'nos, you can head straight out and do the Devidian series, which will get you close to the Breen series level and also the first batch of story missions.

    Things are a bit sparse over there, but it's kind of easy to backburner one and use them to get a different look at featured episodes.

    Season 3 makes their exploration missions a lot less annoying, though. No more hunting for 15 minutes in the fog for that last priceless Klingon historical artifact to destroy.

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  • DocshiftyDocshifty Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Booya got an old friend to buy.

    Do a little dance, get referral bonus, bum-do-na-na

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    sorry im not on tonight. came down with some sort of fever and I've got a heavy duty headache. Been in bed all day :(

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  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    VoodooV wrote: »
    sorry im not on tonight. came down with some sort of fever and I've got a heavy duty headache. Been in bed all day :(

    That sucks. If you have it, try some aleve-b. I've gotten some terrible headaches over the past couple of weeks, so bad that even moving made me vomit and that's the only thing that helped.

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  • YathrinYathrin Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    This is what happens when a bunch of Wangs meet on ESD...
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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    hahaha, yeah that was awesome... Thanks for playing along there folks... I do appreciate it...

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    People with nothing better to do:
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    Beat like a red headed step child!

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  • Rikidou HyuugaRikidou Hyuuga Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Okay.

    I've reached the point of dealing with Borg. I typically play on Elite. I can handle the Borg on the ground (thus far) with my current setup, although I have yet to run into the leader-type Borg; the highest I've had to deal with was an Elite Tactical drone and a Heavy Tactical drone at the same time (with their usual retinue). Space is a different story. An encounter with a Cube is making me think that I may need to change my setting, or at least my setup.

    I fly a Cruiser and I'm usually based on shield tanking. Clearly, against a Cube, that's not a viable option. I'm thinking of bringing in a variant science officer and a variant Engineering officer to bounce Aux to Structural and Polarize Hull off of each other, because trying to endure with a shield skill rotation just isn't cutting it - at least, not against the Cube's ubershields and tractor beams. I need to be able to match the speed of the target facing to be able to cut through the shields. Once the hull is exposed it should be relatively simple; a cube only has 80% of the HP of a comparative level Sphere.

    I asked this in the last thread, but God Almighty I wasn't ready for these guys on Elite. I'll be turning it down to Advanced (or even lower if that don't work) but I have a feeling I'm just doing it wrong.

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  • AvynteAvynte Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Does anyone remember what the usual length of time is required to play on tribble for the reward?

    I don't want to find myself logging off 15 minutes short or anything D:

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  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Avynte wrote: »
    Does anyone remember what the usual length of time is required to play on tribble for the reward?

    I don't want to find myself logging off 15 minutes short or anything D:

    I know for the rewards in Champions Online you had to be logged on for at least an hour. I'd assume STO would be the same.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Okay.

    I've reached the point of dealing with Borg. I typically play on Elite. I can handle the Borg on the ground (thus far) with my current setup, although I have yet to run into the leader-type Borg; the highest I've had to deal with was an Elite Tactical drone and a Heavy Tactical drone at the same time (with their usual retinue). Space is a different story. An encounter with a Cube is making me think that I may need to change my setting, or at least my setup.

    Elite Tactical Drone it the highest thing I've met outside of STF's.

    For cubes, bring something to break tractor beams (polarize hull) and don't be afraid to run out of range, especially on elite. My first elite fight with one in my escort took 20 minutes of hit and run. They won't reset unless you fly out around 15 km, so hovering outside of the 10 km range and letting cooldowns and shields catch up works. Don't get in a battle of attrition with a cube. Between their ridiculous shields, shield nullifiers, and huge weapons loadout, you're not going to win it.

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  • CenoCeno pizza time Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Well, Spiff made Commander, and my new ship is the USS Wormwood. We are quite the crew of crazies, what with all our robot dancin'.

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Got Thak up to commander 2, with his snazzy old school D7.

    <3

    Pretty green beams everywhere.

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  • Nakatomi2010Nakatomi2010 Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Ok, so... I'm now officially attached to my Klingon.... For those of you who don't know, the story missions for Klingons occur every rank change. So when you hit LtCmdr, Cmdr, and Captain you get a couple of story missions.

    My goal for today was to hit Captain with my science officer... I got my story missions alright... I'm told to go fly out and investigate something in the Borath system of the Omega Leonis sector block, I arrive and immeadiately see
    3 subspace portals... We investigate... An alien race I've never seen before is emerging/protecting these portals. Must destroy! Except combat here is different. My Bird of Pray is being nailed by Anti-Proton turrets and Tricobaly mines. Each mine impact dsables my ship for about 9 seconds, like I'm getting wailed on by these damned turrets...

    Naturally I prevail... Only to be informed that
    Qo'nos is under attack, I'm to warp into the Praxis Belt (Nice touch) and eliminate the alien threat, which I do and am asked to beam onto the planet and protect the great hall...

    I beam into a mess of ashes and embers as I'm being attacked by all sorts of shit I've never seen before... Including this one enemy that, I shit you not, is twice as tall as any toon I've seen, and he's just chucking this chain around, whooping me and my crew's ass... So we're fighting out way through the great hall of Qo'Nos and reach a point where we have to protect the Chancellor... From an enemy that, and I'm not making this shit up here, an enemy about 4 times as tall as any toon I've seen... This beast is epic.

    Naturally my crew and I prevail....

    The chancellor demands we invstigate further, and I agree, this shit is messed up... So I go out and talk to
    Worf who tells me to go talk to the Emperor, and I'm like "You mean the Chancellor ain't the almightiest person around?" and Worf is like "No, go talk to the Emperor, here's his coordinates..." So I warp my ass out to the emperor and son of a bitch if the Breen don't rear their ugly heads and shoot up his fleet and disable his ship... Naturally I have to save his ship, beam aboard and shoot up the Breen.... First time I've seen a Klingon engine room here... So I save the ship from a warp core breech, then work my way up to the bridge... Lo and behold I stumble into the Emperor... Kehless himself, well you know, the clone from TNG... Kehless is all like "We must go find my sword protected by the monks of Berth" and I'm like "Hell ya!"

    So then we warp out of there and I'm like, cool a third bonus mission! So we beam into the monestary and
    start fighting all these damned minions of the alien attackers, and we're fighting out way deep into the planet's surface, eventually reaching an area of lava and grating leading up to an area where Kehless is fighting the attackers, so I fight them off and meditate in the corner to see better understanding I guess...

    So, we're sudenly on
    the Barge of the Dead on it's way to Gre'thor, and we're told that one of the alien leaders are on the boat and I have to defeat him to prove myself worthy of entering Gre'thor alive....
    Now, lemme tell ya, you remmeber that guy I fought above, yeah
    there's another one here we've gotta fight... But I've got like 30 dishonored Klingons fighting with me...

    Naturally we killed his ass too...

    So there we are, docked at
    the gates of Gre'thor, you step off the Barge of the Dead and you see a battalion of dishonored Klingons standing ready to fight the invaders.... You finally fight your way into Gre'thor, and you fight the ghosts of Dishonor, treachery and fear...

    Naturally of course you kill them too, cause you know, you're Mr. Bad Ass Klingon... So after they're dead you step through another set of gates, at which point
    you start to hear the screams of the souls that are damned to be in Gre'thor due to their dishonor... So you're fighting your way through the same set of tortured souls and dark, evil minions that you've been fighting, till you reach the boss. A really pissed off evil Klingon of normal stature...

    Naturally we kill him, oddly enough he dies like any other enemy... Odly simple... So my Science officer is all like "Hey time to go", so we leave... But we don't end up where we started on this journey.... No, we appear to be in an area similar to before.
    the ground, made of molton lava rock as it was in Gre'thor, you're told that you're out, but you question the reality of that as you descend deeper and deeper into whatever area you've now entered... You meet Kehless again you tells you the supreme leader of the invaders is ahead, and that he is looking forward to fighting him along side of me... And I'm like "Sweet! I get to fight alongside Kehless..."

    So, naturally we push forward into this great big room with the Klingon symbol upside down, clearly telling us that something epic is going to happen, initially you kill off a bunch of the grunts in the room, same as before... When all of a sudden,
    the leader of the invadors steps forward, an enemy whose statute must have been at least 5 times my height! Weilding an axe of sorts, using it in a most threatening manner... We're fighting him, and fighting him while he's summoning more of the hellish creatures we've been fighting...

    Finally he goes down... And then,
    Kehless is all like "This battle was glorious! Epic victory for us! While I admire your fighting, I cannot give you my sword, but instead I've made you here... Here you go..."

    Best part of all? It's a scaling weapon.... Man, I can't wait to go up against those bastard Borg now, they wont know what hit em'....

    Funniest part? When you're done you realize that you've infact compelted two story missions back to back without realizing it... So be warned my Klingon brothers... When you hit captain you will be getting FOUR story missions, not the usual two... But it will be so epic, that you wont even notice the splits...

    I took screenshots, but am having issues uploading....

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  • TalonSETalonSE Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Pro-tip: If you get a mission to goto a system named Ker'at in the Eta Eridani sector don't even bother. It's a PvPvE warzone and usually full of spawncamping assholes from the Razor Fleet. Yeah, I'm serious. There's only 1 spawn point on the map and these jerkoffs sit there waiting for someone to arrive just to kill them. And then you respawn...at the same place and they do it again and again and... There's no way to escape the map, you can't warp out because the instant you respawn you're in combat with them. Only way to escape is to logout entirely. Which they claim is an 'exploit' and want people punished for doing. God, I hate griefers.

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  • ArchonexArchonex No hard feelings, right? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    The devs are apparently aware of that particular griefing tactic. If you report them by name they'll probably at least get a warning.

    Groups like Razor Fleet though need to fuck off and die.

    They're the main reason Feds don't have a carrier yet (You can't tell me a Fed carrier wouldn't be awesome, too.). Any time someone makes a topic even tangentially related, the Klingon "PVP" (And I use that term lightly.) players pile into it and shout about how it'd be "unbalanced," in order to keep the class disparity up.


    Mind you, those same groups and people have done that even after numerous people have posted mathematical evidence that even having a single carrier in a PVP battle is a massive advantage. Especially n a capture and control map, where they're essentially a glorified, DPSing, zerging machine that can be turned into support ships at a moments notice.

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  • TalonSETalonSE Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    When I was there some Razor Fleet dude named Star*Dagger was taunting people to report him, so somehow I don't think they're too concerned about any repercussions from it. As for them being the main reason the Feds don't have a carrier yet, that's insane if it's true. Surely the devs have more sense than to listen to a griefer group? As for Klingon vs Fed PvP, I don't even bother with it any more. It's clearly unbalanced, which you can claim until you're blue in the face and it'll do no good. I stick to Fed vs Fed now.

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  • ArchonexArchonex No hard feelings, right? Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Griefers tend to think they're above the law, until someone shows them they aren't. Most folks never report someone because it's a hassle to fill out a ticket.

    As for the anti carrier players, they aren't listening to them, really.


    It's just that Cryptic seems to prioritize what to put in (Their secondary features, like Uni's for instance.) according to player appeals, in STO.

    So when there's a large group of people decrying the addition of carriers to Fed players, they push the release date for them back until there's less important things on the agenda. They've already stated that, like it or not, carriers for Federation players will be going in, and no amount of kicking, screaming, and bitching from people wanting an unfair advantage will change that.

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I am the only one who almost never touches PvP purely because of griefers?

    MMOs cost too much money for me to tolerate even the least bit of griefing.

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Nope. Stayed away from it for a long time in WoW, too, until they finally managed to create a couple venues where it wasn't really possible on a game-breaking scale.

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  • Rikidou HyuugaRikidou Hyuuga Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    Yeah, this is why I stay away from PvP myself. I don't have the patience for situations like that.

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  • Just_Bri_ThanksJust_Bri_Thanks Seething with rage from a handbasket.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2010
    I never even accepted missions from those two contacts. You know the ones.

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  • VoodooVVoodooV Registered User regular
    edited November 2010
    I did it a little bit back when I was an LTC...I didn't think it was too bad...its just...it gets boring to me very quick. I can't do the fight - die - respawn - fight - die - respawn - fight - die - respawn bit for very long

    if there is going to be PVP...give me a harsh death penalty like permadeath or three strikes and THEN permadeath. Nothing like a healthy fear of death to stop people from doing stupid shit...or at least minimizes the stupid shit

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