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Season 9 Dev Blog #8: Undine Assault

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited April 2014 in Galactic News Network [PC]
We have news of more Undine invasions on the war front! Multiple distress calls have reported Planet Killers baring down on home worlds. We need your help soon, Captains! Chris "mrodds" Dods, Content Designer has outlined the attack in our latest entry of the Season 9 News Dev Blog series.

Link to the blog.

~LaughingTrendy
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,149 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Retreat, the Undine are here!

    Wait a minute... Why do the Undine need giant tentacle planet killers when they can just do this?
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    Typhoon Class please!
  • giliongilion Member Posts: 686 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    lol I like how one of the Tips is to communicate, like anyone listens in a PUG group :P
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  • raythilo2345raythilo2345 Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    not much actual info in this blog...
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Uh, yeah, that's some really poor blog. Basically an in-game mission description. No mention about the mission progression itself, its rewards, or any of the formalities regarding its release and such.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I like. Blog is meh, but the subject is awesome.

    STF looks suitably epic. I am a fan.
  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Is there an option to let the undine use the planet killer device on Ferenginar?

    Edit: Also why are they attacking planets in the alpha and beta quadrant? What was the point of the gateway between the 2 spheres if we cannot bottle neck them there? How did they get past that bottleneck without us knowing about it?
  • pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    robdmc wrote: »
    Is there an option to let the undine use the planet killer device on Ferenginar?
    But.. my vacation spot!
  • captainmd10captainmd10 Member Posts: 199 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    raythilo2345 wrote: »
    not much actual info in this blog...

    I guess I'll step in and fill in the blanks.

    This 5-man queued event will have you protecting one of 4 worlds; Ferenginar, Andoria, Cardassia, or Gornar. There are 3 lanes, each with 2 rifts summoning cruisers and battleships. The team must work with the local authorities to close these rifts.

    I have defended all except Andoria and can say each world has a special gimmick:

    Cardassian Hideki class ships can carry heavy orbital platforms with Spiral-wave lance capabilities.

    Gornar has a mass driver that propels asteroids into the field.

    Ferengi will accept good pressed latinum to use enhanced defensive systems and summon Marauders and Mercenaries.

    The command ship (A Galor, Marauder, Zilliant BC) will approach the rift and scan it, once it's done, the team can take out the rift.

    If more rifts are taken out in succession, the team gets bonus points.

    Occasionally, errant rifts will appear between the lanes. They can be closed by any ship, but a captain of a certain career profession (Designated by the rift's color) will close the rift with no resistance.

    Once all rifts are closed, the team can engage and destroy the planet killer and it's defenders.

    Players will be rewarded with Undine marks or fleet marks based on the final score.
  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    But.. my vacation spot!

    Go for Tellar Prime. It is full of pig people. Pigs = bacon.
  • thetaninethetanine Member Posts: 1,367 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    It sounded great, until the blog mentioned "other players". What a let-down.

    What we need is more PVE action like we can find in the Tau Dewa sector. Star Trek Online is NOT a multiplayer game. I avoid all missions that force me to play with other people.
    STAR TREK
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    What is this "communicate" thing the blog discusses?
    Sounds socialist.
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    captainmd10 wrote: »
    This 5-man queued event will have you protecting one of 4 worlds; Ferenginar, Andoria, Cardassia, or Gornar. There are 3 lanes, each with 2 rifts summoning cruisers and battleships. The team must work with the local authorities to close these rifts.
    I'm guessing the mission has a timer on it of some description that prevents players from completing the objectives too fast? Like nearly every new PvE mission Cryptic releases lately?
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,463 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Got one run for this today even with the queues on tribble.

    First thing which comes to mind is: 4 million hull strength for the final boss and a mere 22 marks?
    This was at normal setting...
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • rblaher988rblaher988 Member Posts: 46 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    But.. my vacation spot!

    Don't worry Trendy!! We'll save your vacation spot before bacon time!
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  • captainmd10captainmd10 Member Posts: 199 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    suaveks wrote: »
    I'm guessing the mission has a timer on it of some description that prevents players from completing the objectives too fast? Like nearly every new PvE mission Cryptic releases lately?

    Actually it does not. Take as much time as you need to complete the mission, but you get bonus points if you close rifts within 90 seconds of each other.
  • planckconstantplanckconstant Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    chalpen wrote: »
    Sounds socialist.

    We have moved beyond the need for... oh my god, that Kurlan naiskos is mine, now?!
  • darkelipse04darkelipse04 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Wow...one of the most lackluster blog posts ever.
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    captainmd10 wrote: »
    Actually it does not. Take as much time as you need to complete the mission, but you get bonus points if you close rifts within 90 seconds of each other.
    Thats the point - most players will probably want to finish it as quickly as possible (moar mark grindan!), but lately Cryptic has been creating missions that force "waiting" of some kind - mostly involving a timer and some guarding duty.


    Also, on a side note, wasn't the Planet Killer a Babylon 5 thing?
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  • robdmcrobdmc Member Posts: 1,619 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    But.. my vacation spot!
    robdmc wrote: »
    Go for Tellar Prime. It is full of pig people. Pigs = bacon.

    Oh and trendy if you are worried about eating the Telarites, don't worry. Current laws only talk about cannibalism. Other sentient beings are not on that list so it should be fine.
  • raythilo2345raythilo2345 Member Posts: 148 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    wat has sto become...cause I think Cryptic has lost sight of what Star Trek is suppose to mean
  • corethlcorethl Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    But.. my vacation spot!

    Wait...do you REALLY want to vacation on a world where they have 178 words for "rain"?
  • revandarklighterrevandarklighter Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Am I the only one to whom that sounds like Mirror event with undine ships?
    Support more story content in STO
  • captainmd10captainmd10 Member Posts: 199 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    suaveks wrote: »
    Thats the point - most players will probably want to finish it as quickly as possible (moar mark grindan!), but lately Cryptic has been creating missions that force "waiting" of some kind - mostly involving a timer and some guarding duty.

    To clarify, all 6 rifts are already open. Once the 6th rift is closed, you may attack the Planet Killer right away, you won't need to wait for the objective to change. The command ships are fairly strong and respawn a short while after they are destroyed. It's up to the team to keep the command ship in one piece, hence the talk about team communication.
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    unidine actually attacking out in the open is certainly a change of tactics from internal manipulation without fireing a shot
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    thay8472 wrote: »
    Retreat, the Undine are here!

    Wait a minute... Why do the Undine need giant tentacle planet killers when they can just do this?

    Cryptic and MMO logic. We need a big terrible thing to shoot at. Standard requirement for all seasonal releases.
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  • venkouvenkou Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Once the Rifts have been closed captains will have chance to take out the Planet Killer.
    What a darn waste.

    Mirror event anyone?

    Sounds like Cryptic is just copying, pasting, and cannibalizing fleet missions.
  • zurganuszurganus Member Posts: 108 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    What is this communicate it speaks of? Is that when no one listens and just buggers off on their own? :confused:
  • tarsudotarsudo Member Posts: 343 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwlaughingtrendy wrote: »
    But.. my vacation spot!
    NICE!!! :D
    captainmd10 wrote: »
    I guess I'll step in and fill in the blanks.


    Ferengi will accept good pressed latinum to use enhanced defensive systems and summon Marauders and Mercenaries.
    THAT IS TRUE!!! :rolleyes:
    chalpen wrote: »
    What is this "communicate" thing the blog discusses?
    Sounds socialist.
    Yes communicate with the devs... they are bad :)



    Why Feringinar!!! WHY!!! We are a peacefull people... Please tell to devs Undine attack Earth!!! not Ferenginar!!!

    @devs: how much gpl you need for the change?     :D
  • kimonykimony Member Posts: 571 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Sooo.... It's the Mirror Invasion recycled, NOW! with sea stars?

    That's what it sounds like.

    I guess the new Mirror Invasion was the beta to test all the mechanics for this mission.

    Awesome!

    #SaucersForever #TrianglesCutDeep #TeamBeta #ShipOneisNumberOne
  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Andor?

    This Andor? Or is it meant to be Andoria?
    You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
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