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Scimitars in Deep Space Encounters

cosmonaut12345cosmonaut12345 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
edited May 2013 in Federation Discussion
I had not seen these before - though evidently they are not new. (Oh well)

What a great "Oh TRIBBLE!" moment for me as a player, RA or not - my cruiser is not particularly DPS-optimized, so the commander and captain ships and I were in a fight for our lives.
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    LOL, back in the day you could lvl a toon to cap via just doing Deep Space Encounters in about a day. Scimitars were always the bane of lvling, because they just don't die (that and every now and again you would get Mirror Fed DSE mission instead of the Romulan/Reman ones).
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I've never seen them in DSEs, but I know they occasionally spawn there. Do you have to be in a team to encounter them?
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    DSE, always had Leader/Boss groups that pop up after the DSE completes one round. The Scimitar pops for those in certain sectors. I don't see the "Kill so many groups" in DSE anymore, after that ends, near the spawn.

    There use to also be achievements for killing the Flag ships so and so many times, I think like 10 or so.
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  • retepeladretepelad Member Posts: 44 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Dunno what kicks them off, but I've splashed a couple - showed up as the 'boss' after destroying X of X squads. Scimitar, with two/three D'deridex, four/five Mogai... Don't seem to have seen as many since the DSE changes, but I haven't been doing as many DSEs so - YMMV
  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Now I want to try some DSEs just to see what I run into. :D

    Too bad the servers are down. :rolleyes:
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Besides leveling, there use to be accolades that gave you Damage bonuses to NPC species so I spend a lot of time in DSE with the leveling and then farming those.
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  • vitzhvitzh Member Posts: 519
    edited May 2013
    They should make an all Scimitar DSE just for laughs. Make it like the Enterprise Incident, they don't appear until you reach a certain point, then they all decloak surrounding you.
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Do you have to be in a team to encounter dreadnoughts in DSEs?
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    No, you don't need to be in a team. Actually now that I think about it, there are 2 Scimitar groups per instance, one before the DSE objective starts and the Flagship group after. Same as hunting the carrier in SB24 (wonder how many know about that).
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  • cdiederichscdiederichs Member Posts: 134 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    trhrangerxml wrote: »
    No, you don't need to be in a team. Actually now that I think about it, there are 2 Scimitar groups per instance, one before the DSE objective starts and the Flagship group after. Same as hunting the carrier in SB24 (wonder how many know about that).

    Which SB24 carrier? The one that trolls out behind the starbase during the event, or the named one that spawns after the event ends?

    The first nameless one is easy enough to pop, but the named one is not only stronger, but you only have the limited amount of time until you are forced to warp out after the event's conclusion to fly out to it and take it out. Really tough.
  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    As I said, 2 carriers. There is also a second Scimitar before the DSE starts that goes away once the DSE begins, but it doesn't count towards anything, unlike the Flagship (or named ship).
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  • vitzhvitzh Member Posts: 519
    edited May 2013
    Carrier is at far left back for SB24 right? I've seen it appear as a Bortas before I believe.
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    trhrangerxml wrote: »
    No, you don't need to be in a team. Actually now that I think about it, there are 2 Scimitar groups per instance, one before the DSE objective starts and the Flagship group after.

    Could you give me some general idea on where on the map they are?
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    It varies, but most of the time the Flagships and Dreadnoughts tend to spawn near the spawn points, before or just after the DSE ends.
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  • psycoticvulcanpsycoticvulcan Member Posts: 4,160 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Does this apply to all the DSE maps? I'm trying to find a Mirror Universe dreadnought to fight, but I can't seem to find any.
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I remember there being a Flagship, but I don't remember it being a Jupiter Dreadnought. The DSE mission for Mirror was bugged, along with another species, so I didn't play that one to much.
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  • sander233sander233 Member Posts: 3,992 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    One of my fondest memories playing this game was with my old KDF fleet. I was helping to train up two rookies and we went into a patrol instance (I think "Patrol the Kahless Expanse") and bam - there was a Scimitar next to a D'Deridex waiting for us. I was in my Vor'cha retrofit (this was before I bought my Bortasqu'.) The others were in a stock T4 Vor'cha and a Qin Raptor (the guy had just hit level 40.) The guy in the Qin types "Oh, God, we're gonna die!!"

    Well, long story short we had a great epic battle with me soaking damage and holding agro and basically tanking like a tank is supposed to (and dishing out pain with my DBB/hargh'peng build) and the other two zipping in and out and wearing those monsters down. The Qin popped a couple of times early on but then he figured out when to back off to cloak and heal and I taught him how to avoid the TB. It was the first time either of them had ever seen a D'Deridex before, let alone a Scimitar.

    We're all in different fleets now but we still hook up for PvP and STFs. But there's definitely something magical about that first time you face a monster you don't think you can beat, and you somehow manage to take it down.
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