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Topic: Wanna be a Romulan?
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-07-2013 11:50:53 AM
STO is a releasing an expansion pack in a couple weeks.

I'm in it just for the ridiculous shoulder pads. Also, to eventually fly a Romulan Warbird.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 05-07-2013 02:55:00 PM
I used to play as a science officer but got bored when every mission was blam blam shoot shoot boom boom. I know they added non-combat missions but I don't feel the urge to go back.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-07-2013 03:59:01 PM
quote:
And now, we sprinkle Mortious liberally with Old Spice!
I used to play as a science officer but got bored when every mission was blam blam shoot shoot boom boom. I know they added non-combat missions but I don't feel the urge to go back.

They also added user-created missions; there are apparently some really stellar non-combat ones with engaging characters, storylines, and puzzles.

Or so I hear. I spend most of my time blowing shit the fuck up.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 05-07-2013 08:32:54 PM
I've been excited about it for awhile now. I've always been rather fond of the D'deridex, I'm looking forward to getting one!
The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Vin~
Crack Dealer
First One's Free!
posted 05-08-2013 12:07:26 AM
Oh shit, I am down for that. I've been wanting to pilot a Romulan Warbird since the very start. Time for some sweet sweet cloaking action.

Vin~ fucked around with this message on 05-08-2013 at 12:23 AM.

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-08-2013 04:18:04 AM
Ohh, I'll have to check that out.
~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-08-2013 01:46:57 PM
quote:
Aw, geez, I have Vin~ all over myself!
Oh shit, I am down for that. I've been wanting to pilot a Romulan Warbird since the very start. Time for some sweet sweet cloaking action.

Here's an album of the top-end warbirds available, including the D'deridex.

I think all of them come with cloaking devices, and the more tactical-oriented warbirds have battle cloaks.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Mightion Defensor
posted 05-09-2013 03:06:00 AM
The new UI on the test server is miles better than the current UI. They also redid *every* ship in the game to fix some lingering DX11 issues, and now the ships look even brighter and sharper.

They've also added Warp Cores(Feds and KDF)/Singularity Cores(For Romulans) that can give various power bonuses and such - for example, x percent of your weapon power is added to another system for free, plus +5 to max power levels to a system, etc.... not to mention lots of added space and ground traits for your captain.

There is going to be full 1-50 content for all three factions, and the little of the Rommie stuff I've seen looks pretty good - I especially like the mission chains in Paradise City on Nimbus III... also known as "the place from Star Trek V". The mid-boss of this chain? Hassan the possibly Dying. I haven't gotten father than that point yet.

I could go on for a while (RCS accelerators and Starship Impulse Engines give much stronger boosts to turn rate - my Odyssey is no longer quite the wallowing pig... I dare call it nimble, comparatively speaking.)... but if you quit playing STO in the first year, you probably won't recognize it if you log back in after May 23rd.

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-09-2013 11:00:29 AM
Most of the non canon ships don't really look very good.
~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-09-2013 02:19:51 PM
The Mogai and the T'Varo are alright. Everything else seems to be a variant of the same ship.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Vin~
Crack Dealer
First One's Free!
posted 05-09-2013 07:53:46 PM
I'm looking forward to piloting a Mogai. I'm now reminded of how much fun I had piloting my medium hutt fighter.
Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 05-10-2013 08:16:45 AM
quote:
Nobody really understood why Karnaj wrote:
The Mogai and the T'Varo are alright. Everything else seems to be a variant of the same ship.

The Mogai's also a canon ship. It's from Nemesis.

edit: And now that I look at the T'Varo, it's the Bird of Prey from Enterprise.

Zephyer Kyuukaze fucked around with this message on 05-10-2013 at 08:18 AM.

The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Vin~
Crack Dealer
First One's Free!
posted 05-10-2013 09:42:59 AM
Logged onto my account and my characters are missing. -_-
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-10-2013 09:58:40 AM
Well, there you go.

I will say that the Federation and Klingon non-canon ships can range from hideous to better than the originals. The Armitage-class looks fucking boss, as does the Sao Paulo-class. The Patrol Escorts are also pretty nifty looking.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-10-2013 02:15:59 PM
Yeah, I meant those canon ships.


Also, oh god, I just logged in after not having played for over three years. Why has everything changed and why do I have to reassign all my skill points? I have no clue where to put them and what the heck are duty officers?

~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Mightion Defensor
posted 05-10-2013 02:26:40 PM
quote:
And the Replyobots combined to form Tarquinn, who roared:
Yeah, I meant those canon ships.


Also, oh god, I just logged in after not having played for over three years. Why has everything changed and why do I have to reassign all my skill points? I have no clue where to put them and what the heck are duty officers?


Duty Officer System

The skill trees were revamped over a year ago, mainly to allow more flexibility - there aren't specific skills for energy weapons TYPES (phaser, quantum, etc) and there are no longer specific ship=class skills - it's a lot more effective to switch ships frequently since you no longer have to spec for Exploration Cruisers or Escorts specifically, for example.

I myself switch between my Odyssey (main ship), my Armitage (For Free Dilithium Hour, aka the Mirror Invasion), and my Chimera (for ESTFs), etc....

What, you thought WoW was the only game that had you respec a character after a major patch?

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-11-2013 04:09:40 AM
Thanks for that!

Anybody got a link to a newbie guide or something detailing the last few changes?

Edit: SA provides.

Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 05-11-2013 at 04:46 AM.

~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 05-11-2013 09:38:30 AM
Decided to log in today on a whim and OH GOD SO FUCKING CONFUSED. I barely remember how to fire shit on my ship, never mind the more advanced things. I only got up to Lt Commander so never really went very far.

Is the Reapers fleet even still alive? I'm apparently still in it.

Mightion Defensor
posted 05-11-2013 03:24:40 PM
Well, if you see @MightionNY on, send me a tell and I'll be happy to help with what I can, questions-wise.
Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 05-11-2013 05:06:22 PM
Faffed about for a bit on the test server before shaking my head and quitting, makes me remember why I only play SWTOR. STO's clunky gameplay, confusing UI and a voice over worse than most eastern european RPG's just make it look and feel like cheap crap. Even the Romulan opening cut scenes look like they're straight out of the 90's.

Add the fact you're pretty much forced to be a good guy and not join the Imperials and it's all too much for Mort. Maybe you get to join them later, but no thanks, already lost interest.

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-12-2013 04:56:21 AM
It's all about the space combat, in my opinion.

Also liking Trek more than Wars helps too.

~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-12-2013 10:06:52 AM
quote:
Aw, geez, I have Mortious all over myself!
Faffed about for a bit on the test server before shaking my head and quitting, makes me remember why I only play SWTOR. STO's clunky gameplay, confusing UI and a voice over worse than most eastern european RPG's just make it look and feel like cheap crap. Even the Romulan opening cut scenes look like they're straight out of the 90's.

Add the fact you're pretty much forced to be a good guy and not join the Imperials and it's all too much for Mort. Maybe you get to join them later, but no thanks, already lost interest.


But Romulans are racist, xenophobic cocks. Even their good guys are still pretty awful.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 05-12-2013 02:52:36 PM
I went back to my old character (Voz@kavol if anyone wants to friend/guild etc.) and ironically I'm having tons of fun.

Science Fed all the way. I'm the tall hairless blue guy with the air of superiority.. man I remember spending like two hours in the character builder making that guy just after launch.

Also noticed the Caitians all over the place. The furries must be overjoyed.

PS: The Reapers fleet was full of inactives so I took control and disbanded it.

Mortious fucked around with this message on 05-12-2013 at 02:54 PM.

Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-13-2013 12:31:33 PM
A well-piloted science vessel is a lot of fun. Unfortunately the metagame is trending towards outrageous DPS these days, and some of the science abilities and builds have been reduced to irrelevance. Still, you can work a drain build very effectively still, and being able to drop gravity wells is always useful.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Mortious
Gluttonous Overlard
posted 05-14-2013 03:11:17 AM
I have noticed most of the other people I run into are Engineering or Tactical. The last time I saw a dedicated Science ship was when a Vice Admiral flying one of the new ones past me at Earth Spacedock. I'm still confused about the skills but I've been putting all my points into purely science with points in other skills when forced (by all the science ones being full). Also noticed that every so often the game will tell me someone got a Tholian Web Spinner ship or a Jem'hadar Heavy Carrier. Game, I don't care, stop telling me!

I was playing last night but ran into a problem with the Guardian of Forever mission (Lieutenant Commander 14) where it wouldn't give me the option to go through the portal. Spoke to the Admiral via comms but nothing. No option. So just left the planet.

Mortious fucked around with this message on 05-14-2013 at 03:15 AM.

Mightion Defensor
posted 05-14-2013 02:38:26 PM
quote:
Mortious wrote:
I have noticed most of the other people I run into are Engineering or Tactical. The last time I saw a dedicated Science ship was when a Vice Admiral flying one of the new ones past me at Earth Spacedock. I'm still confused about the skills but I've been putting all my points into purely science with points in other skills when forced (by all the science ones being full). Also noticed that every so often the game will tell me someone got a Tholian Web Spinner ship or a Jem'hadar Heavy Carrier. Game, I don't care, stop telling me!

I was playing last night but ran into a problem with the Guardian of Forever mission (Lieutenant Commander 14) where it wouldn't give me the option to go through the portal. Spoke to the Admiral via comms but nothing. No option. So just left the planet.


If you go into Notifications (under the triangle button at the lower right corner of the mini-map, you can uncheck "fly-in" for the Admin and Gameplay announcements. That way, you won't get a yellow message on your screen when someone you've likely never even seen unboxes a lockbox ship.

Here's a tip for skill point allocation... in the top of the Skills window, you can choose either yourself, your ship, or one of your boffs from the first drop down, and then choose a particular skill/power from the second. The skill boxes that directly affect that skill/power will light up. This is also a good way to find which ship consoles to pick to enhance them.

Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-23-2013 02:07:54 AM
So, Romulans... the lack of fabulous TNG era square shoulders is disturbing.

Edit: Never mind, you get some in your late teens.

Tarquinn fucked around with this message on 05-23-2013 at 08:29 AM.

~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-23-2013 08:52:52 AM
I sure would like to be able to play. But so would the 18000 people ahead of me in the queue, apparently.

Luckily, I get up early on the weekends, so I should be able to sneak and and just stay on all day.

That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Tarquinn
Personally responsible for the decline of the American Dollar
posted 05-23-2013 12:54:26 PM
It isn't really any better on this side of the pond.

~Never underestimate the power of a Dark Clown.
Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-23-2013 03:47:29 PM
Jesus Christ. Maybe I'll let the computer sit so that I can eventually log in.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 05-23-2013 10:48:46 PM
Yeah, that's basically what I did last night. Cooked and then ate dinner, watched some TV, just letting the queue run.
The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Mightion Defensor
posted 05-24-2013 05:01:07 AM
One nice thing about being a subscriber/lifetime player is you get put to the front of the queue - though the other day I was still 1091 of 11753. The queue even got as high as 22k at more than one point.

For my own frustration level, I might wait a few more days before doing another Starbase Fleet Defense... all the lowbie Romulan players cause the fleet action to a. take forever and b. give lousy fleet mark rewards because even sidekicked to level 50, they still can't do enough damage to keep the objectives alive. :/

Karnaj
Road Warrior Queef
posted 05-24-2013 08:18:06 AM
Finally got on last night. Man, Romulan Battle Cloak is hella sexy.
That's the American Dream: to make your life into something you can sell. - Chuck Palahniuk, Haunted

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith



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Akiraiu Zenko
Is actually a giddy schoolgirl
posted 05-24-2013 10:25:41 PM
quote:
Karnaj had this to say about Duck Tales:
Finally got on last night. Man, Romulan Battle Cloak is hella sexy.

So fun sneaking up on them and then shoving a heavy plasma torpedo up their asses.

The artist formerly known as Zephyer Kyuukaze.
Random Insanity Generator
Condom Ninja El Supremo
posted 05-25-2013 09:41:04 PM
quote:
Zephyer Kyuukaze had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
So fun sneaking up on them and then shoving a heavy plasma torpedo up their asses.

*cough* hello innuendo.

* NullDevice kicks the server. "Floggings will continue until processing power improves!"
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Mightion Defensor
posted 05-25-2013 10:07:05 PM
quote:
From the Book of Armaments, Random Insanity Generator did read;
*cough* hello innuendo.

More like "in their end-o".

But seriously, do that from close range and it will be YOUR hull that's on fire, too. Yes, you can damage yourself with your own plasma torps if you're too close. NPC Warbirds used to blow themselves up, all the time.

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