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Re: A Step Between Stars (Warning: contains spoilers)

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  • doming0doming0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Wow- - awesome job on the new episode. I'm definitely going to repeat the mission for the Dyson set, and may do more than a few toons for the full ship. Although knowing I can buy a better version later on, I may just wait on earning a ship for each toon.

    First - the quality of the atmosphere, the writing and staging was way above par for what we've seen in the past. The level of finish and polish was excellent.

    The flying suits took more than a little effort for me to use. Personally I disliked the Risa ship, so I never worked out how to fly the damned jet-packs, so this mission was more difficult than I expected. Patience one out - and if I had any advice for those who have trouble - slow the Frack down.

    The 'surprise' villains at the end - very cool and a nice tie-in. Can't wait to see how this will build.

    Now as to the ship.

    I went from moments of holy-TRIBBLE to WTF? There were simply too many things to try and too little time to wrap my noggin around what to use that gameplay was difficult. When I started randomly clicking things, the battle finally started to turn my way.

    What the experience left me with was the urge to do it again immediately. The SCI destroyer - while I doubt it will ever by a DPS monster, it will be a fun ship to play.

    What he said. I only started a few months ago so I wasn't up to speed on my jetpack/EV suit piloting the first time either (I actually almost lost altitude multiple times and left orbit). But very enjoyable.
  • zidanetribalzidanetribal Member Posts: 220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Can't be sure, but there might be heavy elements of RNG involved. Once I beamed in to the station and found the mech, but when I restarted from the same point via beam-out/in, the mech was replaced by the Voth stalker.
  • moonshadowdarkmoonshadowdark Member Posts: 1,899 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    wildboar wrote: »
    I know right?

    Wildboar, give it a rest. You want attention, go get it from your own thread. This is about the shiny ship and it's impeccable design that turns stoic Starfleet Officers into five year old children in a Science museum.

    TOUCH ALL THE BUTTONS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!
    "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

    -Leonard Nimoy, RIP
  • klintobean81klintobean81 Member Posts: 69 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I had fun - it was a blast! I also enjoyed and appreciated the Feature Episode. Can't wait to get my hands on the Dyson Ship.
  • snoggymack22snoggymack22 Member Posts: 7,084 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    His gloves were cool.

    Came to post exactly what you just said. So I will merely second what you said. So seconded.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I'm not sure if it's random but when you get to the room where the 2 doors close on you and the swarmers come spewing out, after killing them - one of the doors opens and I thought it was the same one till the third time i played and the other door opened instead, a completely different path.
  • varthelmvarthelm Member Posts: 265 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Great episode...loved it. Keep em coming :)
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    So the EV suit that can be used directly over the sun's surface, does not protect you from the sunlight in the room with the failing shield....
  • wildboarwildboar Member Posts: 195 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Wildboar, give it a rest. You want attention, go get it from your own thread. This is about the shiny ship and it's impeccable design that turns stoic Starfleet Officers into five year old children in a Science museum.

    TOUCH ALL THE BUTTONS AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS!

    You give it a rest negative nancy. Get over yourself and make your own game if you have complaints
  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    So the EV suit that can be used directly over the sun's surface, does not protect you from the sunlight in the room with the failing shield....

    I think cooper mentioned the suits thermo protection crapping out just after you enter the second part of the station.
  • nobletnoblet Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Well, not everyone got to play it before server went down for good...:P
  • gjohnny1990gjohnny1990 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I love seeing wildboar's posts, its great comedy.
  • moonshadowdarkmoonshadowdark Member Posts: 1,899 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    wildboar wrote: »
    You give it a rest negative nancy. Get over yourself and make your own game if you have complaints

    That reply had absolutely nothing to do with the post at all.


    Sweet Borg on bread, are you just blindly defending without even reading the posts you quote?

    That's seriously Pakled levels of lazy, man!
    "A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP"

    -Leonard Nimoy, RIP
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Yeah, I looked and those and went WANT!!!
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • catoblepasbetacatoblepasbeta Member Posts: 1,532 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Only gone through it once, but I love this mission. It seems like a while since we have had a proper episode (looking at the Voth arc) and this delivered on all fronts: varied locations, guest star, branching paths accolades, replayability, and *great* loot. I only wish the rest of the anniversary episode was up to snuff with it. All in all, one of the best episodes so far. If only some of the older ones could get a redo up to this level of polish.

    I want a Defari Boff now.
  • klintobean81klintobean81 Member Posts: 69 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I definitely enjoyed this new Featured Episode
  • dkshadow9498dkshadow9498 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Dammit, I don't remember the frickin gloves, and everyone loves them, and now I can't log in to see them, 2 hours later!
    VADM William "Darkshadow" Shadow | Join Date: Apr 2009 |
    USS Immortal NX-93608-F (Oddyssey Tactical Cruiser)
    VADM Rogueshadow IRW Kirino Kosaka (Valdore Retrofit)
    LT General Morbo IKS Karac (Bortasqu War Cruiser)
    LT General Posu IKS Saya Takagi (Chel Grett Warship)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Dammit, I don't remember the frickin gloves, and everyone loves them, and now I can't log in to see them, 2 hours later!
    they're dark grey with cool glowy pink/purple lines on them, and round things on the knuckles. :D
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • platewearingbirdplatewearingbird Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I really hated the load-out on the Dyson.

    Only one engineering skill that wasn't EPtS or aux2Bat, and it only tickled targets.

    Cannon spread was useless both in the fact you gotta gimp the ship to use it and the last thing you want is a lot of ships firing on it at once with its really low hull points. CRF would be better.

    Least the science skills were a bit better with me with a good grav well and hazard emitters, but I think anyone that says the mission Dyson worked well wasn't a tac captain, because the ship didn't play to tac strength at all.

    Can't wait to have my own and give it a single-target setup that's a lot more useful.
  • therealmttherealmt Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I found it to be super boring. I just want the gear. It will take a day to grind all that. wow.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
  • dkshadow9498dkshadow9498 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    they're dark grey with cool glowy pink/purple lines on them, and round things on the knuckles. :D

    Cool, thankies, will have to pay attention next run.
    VADM William "Darkshadow" Shadow | Join Date: Apr 2009 |
    USS Immortal NX-93608-F (Oddyssey Tactical Cruiser)
    VADM Rogueshadow IRW Kirino Kosaka (Valdore Retrofit)
    LT General Morbo IKS Karac (Bortasqu War Cruiser)
    LT General Posu IKS Saya Takagi (Chel Grett Warship)
  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I really hated the load-out on the Dyson.

    Only one engineering skill that wasn't EPtS or aux2Bat, and it only tickled targets.

    Cannon spread was useless both in the fact you gotta gimp the ship to use it and the last thing you want is a lot of ships firing on it at once with its really low hull points. CRF would be better.

    Least the science skills were a bit better with me with a good grav well and hazard emitters, but I think anyone that says the mission Dyson worked well wasn't a tac captain, because the ship didn't play to tac strength at all.

    Can't wait to have my own and give it a single-target setup that's a lot more useful.

    acctually it played dang well with my fed trill tact captain lol.


  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    they're dark grey with cool glowy pink/purple lines on them, and round things on the knuckles. :D
    their dyson set gloves i would say the glowy is the dyson color the captain had on the same stuff on his uniform.


  • rexyfrexyf Member Posts: 145 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Somebody may have already noted this but,

    The captain gets headsniped, and Tuvok says "I sense we may not be alone in here."
    Is that just some strange coincidence of timing, or does Tuvok have a fantastically macabre sense of humour for a Vulcan? That really made me lol.
  • dkshadow9498dkshadow9498 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I see my Dr Cooper thread was merged.

    Would just like to mention again (for anyone that wasn't following). Since the good Doctor is wearing a TWoK Command Vest, is there a chance we could get that as a uniform variant?
    VADM William "Darkshadow" Shadow | Join Date: Apr 2009 |
    USS Immortal NX-93608-F (Oddyssey Tactical Cruiser)
    VADM Rogueshadow IRW Kirino Kosaka (Valdore Retrofit)
    LT General Morbo IKS Karac (Bortasqu War Cruiser)
    LT General Posu IKS Saya Takagi (Chel Grett Warship)
  • leceterleceter Member Posts: 196 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I really enjoyed this featured event mission. It is a great piece of entertaining game art.


    What I particularly appreciate:
    + it is story centered, no monotonous clickfest
    + multiple choice based action, replay friendly
    + balanced variation of enemies, sights, tasks
    + connects and continues TNG, Vayager storylines

    And for now, i found nothing negative to point out.

    .
    I'm looking forward to the sequel.
  • copperhamcopperham Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    kyuzos7 wrote: »
    well since the server is down.

    how do you get all 3 EV suits?

    do you pick one eventually in the mission.

    or is it hidden like the Obelisk drones were?

    based on the name of the suit I got I suspect it has to do with which option you chose when you select how you want to get the station to help, or if you want to go it alone.

    I could be very wrong, I was going to try a second run and see if I got a different suit this time and the name seems to fit with an option I select.

    Also I'm going to see if it will let me step out and die in one of my nukera set suits or the vet special reward suit.
    I'm just a bum that's been around to long.
  • dkshadow9498dkshadow9498 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    copperham wrote: »
    based on the name of the suit I got I suspect it has to do with which option you chose when you select how you want to get the station to help, or if you want to go it alone.

    I could be very wrong, I was going to try a second run and see if I got a different suit this time and the name seems to fit with an option I select.

    Also I'm going to see if it will let me step out and die in one of my nukera set suits or the vet special reward suit.

    You MAY be right

    1st run I picked the Laser option and got the Marksman EV suit
    2nd run, I picked the Swarmers option and got the Enforcer EV suit

    didn't get the chance for the 3rd run yet.
    VADM William "Darkshadow" Shadow | Join Date: Apr 2009 |
    USS Immortal NX-93608-F (Oddyssey Tactical Cruiser)
    VADM Rogueshadow IRW Kirino Kosaka (Valdore Retrofit)
    LT General Morbo IKS Karac (Bortasqu War Cruiser)
    LT General Posu IKS Saya Takagi (Chel Grett Warship)
  • sirboulevardsirboulevard Member Posts: 722 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    You MAY be right

    1st run I picked the Laser option and got the Marksman EV suit
    2nd run, I picked the Swarmers option and got the Enforcer EV suit

    didn't get the chance for the 3rd run yet.

    I can confirm he is right. I've done all three now and each gives the different EVA suit. Interestingly, I think the Beam Option might actually be the hardest as its the only one I nearly died on.
    [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

    TRIBBLE Hydra! Hail Janeway!
  • maarchsmaarchs Member Posts: 27 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    This mission was something new. I played it twice, but no matter what I decide about swarms and no help, puzzle correctly console, no changes at all. Second time I didn't gave a phaser to Copper, that small Undine TRIBBLE :)
    When You observe, learn from it.
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