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Star Trek Online: Shipping Ezri Dax/Harry Kim January 23rd

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Oh, on my main and other chars I have boff setups that work fine. The issue with her setup is their gear is mostly low mark and quality. All of her resources went toward being able to space dakka with her hangar pets. This is them with SAD going to work. My furious bees! *_*

    This is only on advanced difficulty, and just for the purpose of this video I'm not adding my dakkas into the mix, or GW+VCiS (no need for two big ships in this case anyway). I captured this at 720P, and I tried to brighten it up but STO is STO:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DWTJ2u3ZVQ







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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    It was humorous doing the rescue patrol in my dauntless this morning to knock out 500k kinetic. The end sequence was just stay in place click consoles and anomalies and watch those bastards melt. Though annoyingly they still got god damn viral bursts off...

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    woo baby some of my eaglemoss ships showed up today!

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    oooh. looks like we're getting updates on console... Soon!

    - Three brand new starship bridges will be available on Xbox and PlayStation with the launch of Star Trek Online: Incursion! (Miranda, Yorktown, K'Tinga) (Source)
    - We're updating how Remodulation works against the Borg on console. It'll no longer be a device you have to equip, and you can earn and build special remodulators! (Source)
    - The Experimental Ship Upgrade path is opening even further. Apply more tokens to your ships, and get even more device, console, and trait slots - live soon on console! (Source)

    The last one being the most interesting. Though I haven't really settled on a primary ship for any of my captains tbh. The KDF one is the closest to having one such that I'd even invest in using a token.

    I think my main runs a Herald Baltim and/or Pilot Scibird or did before I just started doing mastery rotations. Have there been any other high mobility sci ships aside from the pilot escorts?

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    The next upgrade path is super nice to add another universal slot.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    I'm guessing the added universal slot is ensign rank right?

    edit: nm, it's a console not a seat that it adds

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    yeah console slot not seating.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    I found the " Galactica at home" ship I was thinking about too... the Gorn Ahgamas!

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    The other Gorn ships really had a similar silhouette to the Galacticas... but sadly they never had a true carrier in the lot. :<

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Christ the extra endeavor is doing gravity kills, which I had bug on me and I fucking hate that TFO so much

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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    Yeah that sounds like a wonderful opportunity to skip one.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I did it on regular and it didn't bug again. I hate that TFO so much.

    It the perfect storm of annoying enemies, over tuned mechanics and like a literal instant death section. Its the worst. But either Tskenthi tfo sucks.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    And my Zhang He class showed up, it doesn't use the actual deflector dish that my version does instead has that awful blue blocker one, but otherwise it looks cool.

    Though the flat out battle cruiser fed ships still feel weird based on how most other fed ships are like multi purpose and these are specifically war ships.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    so... uh... how often do you guys run into people using assimilate on the skeletons on PC?

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    so... uh... how often do you guys run into people using assimilate on the skeletons on PC?

    The sex candle ghost takes the shape of defeated enemies, so that's likely what you are looking most of the time. Though Assimilate IS a way to get rid of the skeletons faster.

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    so... uh... how often do you guys run into people using assimilate on the skeletons on PC?

    The sex candle ghost takes the shape of defeated enemies, so that's likely what you are looking most of the time. Though Assimilate IS a way to get rid of the skeletons faster.

    Nah, they're definitely just assimilated, not sex ghosts (those are green).

    Is it really a way to make it go faster though? It feels like there's just a bunch of assimilated drones surrounding the one or two skeles not in the light D:

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    so... uh... how often do you guys run into people using assimilate on the skeletons on PC?

    The sex candle ghost takes the shape of defeated enemies, so that's likely what you are looking most of the time. Though Assimilate IS a way to get rid of the skeletons faster.

    Nah, they're definitely just assimilated, not sex ghosts (those are green).

    Is it really a way to make it go faster though? It feels like there's just a bunch of assimilated drones surrounding the one or two skeles not in the light D:

    Disco rep Gravity Containment Unit. It sucks the ghosts to your position so can just stand in the light and pull them to you. And good old Paradox Bomb, that pulls enemies to where the enemy you are aiming is, so you aim to the one skeleton on the light and it brings up the rest.

    I run both for this and don't have a major issue besides the skeletons on the spiderweb hallway being annoying and people not pulling the levels while phased on the end boss (which is invulnerable until people do, so have to wait until someone that cares enough gets phased).

  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    Enough of my playtime so far has been maintenance mode or doing recruit stuff that I've never crafted nor upgraded something yet, but I'm finally actually putting effort proper into my main now.

    Is it better to craft stuff at mk2 and upgrade from there, or craft at mk12? Or is there some substantial variable to think about instead?
    I know it requires more stuff to make it at mk12 from the start, and it seems like there's a lower chance to get ultra rare straight away, but I'm not yet familiar enough to evaluate the cost of either method.

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    so... uh... how often do you guys run into people using assimilate on the skeletons on PC?

    The sex candle ghost takes the shape of defeated enemies, so that's likely what you are looking most of the time. Though Assimilate IS a way to get rid of the skeletons faster.

    Nah, they're definitely just assimilated, not sex ghosts (those are green).

    Is it really a way to make it go faster though? It feels like there's just a bunch of assimilated drones surrounding the one or two skeles not in the light D:

    Disco rep Gravity Containment Unit. It sucks the ghosts to your position so can just stand in the light and pull them to you. And good old Paradox Bomb, that pulls enemies to where the enemy you are aiming is, so you aim to the one skeleton on the light and it brings up the rest.

    I run both for this and don't have a major issue besides the skeletons on the spiderweb hallway being annoying and people not pulling the levels while phased on the end boss (which is invulnerable until people do, so have to wait until someone that cares enough gets phased).

    oh, you didn't really explain how somebody assimilating the skeles makes a run faster... I've only seen the opposite.

    Pull/push/root powers-used properly-make the goes faster for sure. I use those.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    It's that "Used properly" bit that most people can't seem to grasp.
    Please don't root your skeletons or knock them back into the hallway...

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Yeah, "used properly" on console is a little bit trickier. Our UI is driven by the radial hud with auto execution... so if I'm doing the event on my ice-space mage (who at the start of combat locks everything in place and toploads DPS) I have to make sure I turn all that off so I can use and target stuff.

    So it's possible people just have their assimilate on autorepeat and aren't disabling it? Unless there is an advantage that I just haven't figured out yet. o_o

    edit: the funny thing about the interface is that while they don't have the mouse enabled, the keyboard is still partially enabled, so I can WASD and get to certain PC menus, but not actually use them.

    tastydonuts on
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  • CroakerBCCroakerBC TorontoRegistered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    I did it on regular and it didn't bug again. I hate that TFO so much.

    It the perfect storm of annoying enemies, over tuned mechanics and like a literal instant death section. Its the worst. But either Tskenthi tfo sucks.

    Isn't that the one where you grab the doodads while avoiding falling into the black hole event horizon? I don't usually even engage the enemy for 90% of that. Just grab a doodad and fly over the top.

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    CroakerBC wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    I did it on regular and it didn't bug again. I hate that TFO so much.

    It the perfect storm of annoying enemies, over tuned mechanics and like a literal instant death section. Its the worst. But either Tskenthi tfo sucks.

    Isn't that the one where you grab the doodads while avoiding falling into the black hole event horizon? I don't usually even engage the enemy for 90% of that. Just grab a doodad and fly over the top.

    Yes, that's the one.

    Probably the biggest issue I have with it is the design inconsistency. Some interactions you can complete while attacking, some you can't, and some break if you take damage.

  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    The protective shield around the whatever the structure is also blocks getting shot by the ships, so even without killing anything you can grab the particles if you keep the bubble between you and enemies.

  • SnicketysnickSnicketysnick The Greatest Hype Man in WesterosRegistered User regular
    Ranlin wrote: »
    Enough of my playtime so far has been maintenance mode or doing recruit stuff that I've never crafted nor upgraded something yet, but I'm finally actually putting effort proper into my main now.

    Is it better to craft stuff at mk2 and upgrade from there, or craft at mk12? Or is there some substantial variable to think about instead?
    I know it requires more stuff to make it at mk12 from the start, and it seems like there's a lower chance to get ultra rare straight away, but I'm not yet familiar enough to evaluate the cost of either method.

    For upgrading stuff, if you can start at mk2, you have a much better chance at getting it to gold early. This is because the "chance to improve quality" doesnt really reset through multiple upgrades on the same points, so you can put say a phoenix upgrade in a mk2, get several levels worth of mk upgrade, each of which has a good chance to improve the quality. For consoles in particular, you can usually see several quality upgrades before you need to put in a second load of points.

    Generally speaking though, most of the gear you want to use will be starting at around MK12 as it'll be rep or fleet items or sets etc.

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  • RanlinRanlin Oh gosh Registered User regular
    It's just some of the hangar pet consoles that has me looking into crafting. Not really sure what I want to roll onto them yet though

  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Ranlin wrote: »
    It's just some of the hangar pet consoles that has me looking into crafting. Not really sure what I want to roll onto them yet though

    embrace the bees *_*

    how common are KDF players on PC? I just did a thing where I think somebody thought my KDF seeker drones were something unique because of how they look and it just occurred to me that maybe they literally haven't seen someone use em... I mean it feels like everybody just uses universal modules too so plus rarity. o_o

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    KDFS on pc are pretty rare. Like doing seasonals I rarely ever see them, most of the time its feds of various flavors, the occaisional rommie, and sometimes a gamma, though I'm kind of surprised how little gammas there are, everyone must have already gotten that event done I suppose.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

    pleasepaypreacher.net
  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    KDFS on pc are pretty rare. Like doing seasonals I rarely ever see them, most of the time its feds of various flavors, the occaisional rommie, and sometimes a gamma, though I'm kind of surprised how little gammas there are, everyone must have already gotten that event done I suppose.

    Cryptic has said on several occasions that most of the playerbase doesn't even bother to do a non-Fed character.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I mean it makes sense much like why the feds have more ships, people just want to play the feds

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    Imagine if there were female Nausicaan, surely there would have been more KDF. ;o;


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  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    If the Lursa and Bator boob window didn't do it nothing will.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    It's also telling there are what 3 different fed origins?

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  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    Ten Forward was 3 days ago, some interesting stuff:


    First, game is not going anywhere so far:
    When asked about the recent speculation about staff, Kael says there have been no changes to any of the teams at Cryptic, and, as we can see, he is still employed there also.

    Additionally, when asked about STO, Kael says there is nothing to suggest STO/Neverwinter/Champions is going anywhere. Kael believes STO has another 10-15 years in it.

    Moopsy is on very high demand:
    Moopsy combat pet was requested by pretty much everyone. Even people who work on Neverwitner messaged Kael asking about if its possible. Kael has passed on how big of a demand it is.

    Greatness was close and then it was taken away:
    Its unlikely Kael will ever be able to talk about the non-Trek crossover that STO almost did, and why it fell through. Mentions something like Doctor Who would've stood out as non Trek, but that the crossover that almost happened would've fit in well. Says its a movie people say is one of the better Star Trek movies... without being a Star Trek movie.

    That's 100% Galaxy Quest, so hearing that we could have gotten that and plans fell through sucks major ass.

    And on a personal interest:
    DSC Andorians are still being worked on in the artists free time.
    If they integrate them with the regular Andorian options like TOS Andorians it would be awesome.

    Also this was a very obvious prediction:
    Kael believes the chances are much higher of a playable Borg Assimilator compared to a Borg Cube.

  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I mean I will say for me I'd much rather play feds, I like the fed uniforms and races more and I love their ships and selections a whole hell of a lot more.

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  • tastydonutstastydonuts Registered User regular
    My main is Rom-Fed. also amusing is how there's a mission I was playing through on one of my alts where the Rom captain (forgot her name) complains about how everybody has their cloaking technology now. :p

    KDF was the second char I rolled, liberated Borg Klingon... having a funtime kayfabbing it up through the stuff. I ran her for a little bit then focused back on my Main and Fed chars.

    The rest are different flavors of FED factions, with a Gamma-KDF that I just rolled during the 2018 gamma recruit. I think I just happened to get a notification about the event or something did it and logged out, lol.

    I don't have a Discovery Fed since that was after my time, but I think if they get a recruiting event for them I will roll one. Kind of bummed that there was a KDF recruiting event and it granted 10% bonus endeavor experience and I completely whiffed that one. Maybe they'll rerun that one after Gamma?

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I do like the discovery fed loading screens. Its amusing I forgot various factions have different loading screens until I rolled a gamma and was like "The fuck is that?"

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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    TryCatcher wrote: »
    Moopsy is on very high demand:
    Moopsy combat pet was requested by pretty much everyone. Even people who work on Neverwitner messaged Kael asking about if its possible. Kael has passed on how big of a demand it is.

    They'll probably use the Horta pets as a model, given that there's a similar behavior of "shuffles over to enemies and They Just Die".

  • HevachHevach Registered User regular
    I was wondering what the crossover would have been, and how I'd feel about it, and settled on four possibilities, assuming that Disney would never agree to equitable terms for Star Wars that one never entered my mind: Andromeda, Orville, Galaxy Quest, and 40k.

    Andromeda already had some Trek connection, being adapted from Rodenberry's napkin notes for a fall of the Federation series. The series was bad enough and it's most prominent actor is a nutjob but it's also far enough removed from public memory to just nab the ships and setting for the multiverse stuff and not bother with actors.

    Galaxy Quest I considered the least likely of the four because I didn't think they could afford any of the major surviving actors and unlike Andromeda the setting is nothing without the cast. But that Kael quote seems to confirm that would have been it.

    Orville I considered more likely since it's a recently active franchise with both fans and creators trying to extend its apparently expired lease on life. Lot of smaller name actors they could get, and if MacFarlane was on board the guy has the superpower of dragging people into things.

    40k I actually considered the most likely. They've done several weird game crossovers recently, with characters showing up in unrelated gacha crap, the World of Tanks event, and the upcoming Power Wash Simulator crossover (really). Meanwhile STO has been going nuts with "big ship escalation" for years. There's also an interesting dynamic between the two franchises - 40k has vastly stronger technology, but doesn't actually understand any of it or effectively utilize what they have. And like nobody can afford the outlay of resources to stamp out the Tau, the Imperium wouldn't be able to dedicate numbers to invading a whole other universe and in its current state I think the Alliance could handily send a chapter or two and several guard regiments packing and close the door behind them.

  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    edited October 2023
    Today is a good day:
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    Hell yeah.

    Abacus on
  • AbacusAbacus Registered User regular
    Also, got to ask. "Nelen Exil"? Was "McDeserter" too much on the nose?

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