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Tribbles - I dont understand them

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Hey all,

I have a ton of tribbles in my bank/inventory that I am collecting

What can I do with them - is there a quest for them?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    YOu can give one to me.... I want a tribble collection :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Get rid of them quickly! Before they get rid of you!

    I mean.

    No.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    What they are, are a small health buff. Basically if you have them equip then you'll heal a bit over time while on away missions. Likewise for the bridge officers
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    drop them in space nuff said
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    You equip them and pet them and they make you feel happy.

    You can also give some to your bridge officers... they will pet them and love them... while they're supposed to be shooting or healing you :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Zaiya222 wrote:
    You equip them and pet them and they make you feel happy.

    You can also give some to your bridge officers... they will pet them and love them... while they're supposed to be shooting or healing you :D

    Incorrect, they no longer work in combat, so at least they won't do it while they should be shooting. Healing out of combat, on the other hand, may be interrupted by Tribble petting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Tribble petting does heal them >_>
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Whatever you do, don't give one to a Klingon. The tribbles...they don't like that.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Darkana wrote:
    Incorrect, they no longer work in combat, so at least they won't do it while they should be shooting. Healing out of combat, on the other hand, may be interrupted by Tribble petting.

    Ah amen on that fix... :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    There are some tribbles that provide useful bonuses. So far my fleet have found one that gives an hour long damage buff and one with an hour long resistance buff. Not huge but nice bonuses. It's possible that there are rarer ones with better buffs so we keep breeding them :)

    Here's our current list:
    Function
    --
    Name (from item info)..................Color


    Basic Heal
    --
    Polygeminus grex thompson.........black
    Polygeminus grex dotson............dark brown
    Polygeminus grex sparkes.........light brown
    Polygeminus grex stahl..............tan
    Polygeminus grex vitales..........off-white
    Polygeminus grex susilo............white
    Polygeminus grex tuffli............striped tan/brown


    Damage Buff
    --
    Polygeminus grex mccary...........tan/brown spots


    Resist Buff
    --
    Polygeminus grex nix..................brown/tan spots
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Whatever you do, don't give one to a Klingon. The tribbles...they don't like that.

    The funny thing about Tribbles is I loot mine off of Klingons. I am not talking the Gorn or other Klingon races but off of the bodies of Klingons.

    I haven't been able to figure that one out since Tribbles and Klingons are enemies.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Doogie wrote:
    The funny thing about Tribbles is I loot mine off of Klingons. I am not talking the Gorn or other Klingon races but off of the bodies of Klingons.

    I haven't been able to figure that one out since Tribbles and Klingons are enemies.

    They were EATIN the klingons!!:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    There are some tribbles that provide useful bonuses. So far my fleet have found one that gives an hour long damage buff and one with an hour long resistance buff. Not huge but nice bonuses. It's possible that there are rarer ones with better buffs so we keep breeding them :)

    Here's our current list:
    Function
    --
    Name (from item info)..................Color


    Basic Heal
    --
    Polygeminus grex thompson.........black
    Polygeminus grex dotson............dark brown
    Polygeminus grex sparkes.........light brown
    Polygeminus grex stahl..............tan
    Polygeminus grex vitales..........off-white
    Polygeminus grex susilo............white
    Polygeminus grex tuffli............striped tan/brown


    Damage Buff
    --
    Polygeminus grex mccary...........tan/brown spots


    Resist Buff
    --
    Polygeminus grex nix..................brown/tan spots

    This!

    it is also possible to breed Tribbles, by giving them food to eat (just have a lot of food in your inventory and one tribble, then go to bed. in the morning all the food will be tribbles).

    There are even uncommon, rare and epic tribbles you can find through breeding.

    The pre-order tribble pet is one of those (better than most, but not as good as the best, apparently).

    Enjoy ;)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Keirsath wrote:
    They were EATIN the klingons!!:D

    That could explain it but being I shot the klingon and the tribbles didn't help I think those Klingons may have them as pets.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Yeah the different effects are nice, I even tried breeding them, but no one wanted to buy a tribble for 1000 EC :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    Mudd is flying around beaming them into Fed and Klingon ships and bases trying to destroy both sides for revenge due to Kirk throwing his Great Grandfather in prison.

    This is the main reason for the Klingons going to war with the Federation
    They say the Feds are responsible for the tribble attacks and want to destroy the tribbles and all their Federation breeders

    LOL JK
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    i want a tribble....*sniffles*

    >.<
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    I gave one to my female away team member, and she just stands around petting her tribble endlessly now. It's annoying.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited February 2010
    There are some tribbles that provide useful bonuses. So far my fleet have found one that gives an hour long damage buff and one with an hour long resistance buff. Not huge but nice bonuses. It's possible that there are rarer ones with better buffs so we keep breeding them :)

    I can confirm all of the above except mccary, although I tried to describe the colors slightly differently, and have one additional one, jasperson (damage buff):

    Known Powers:
    Healing:
    An out of combat self heal
    1.25s activate, 6s recharge
    " Petting this sub-species of tribble will have the effect of stimulating the body's natural healing capabilities."
    [exact effects unknown]

    Resistance Buff:
    A long duration out of combat self damage resistance buff
    1.25s activate, 6s recharge
    "Petting this sub-species of tribble will have the effect of slightly stimulating the body's natural ability to resist all types of damage."
    [Adds 1% Resistance to most types of ground damage, with a duration of 1 hour. This does carry over into space combat, although it's not clear if it affects anything useful. Overrides Damage Buff, canceling it.]

    Damage Buff:
    A long duration out of combat self damage buff
    1.25s activate, 6s recharge
    "Petting this sub-species of tribble will have the effect of slightly stimulating the body's natural production of adrenoline, improving one's damage capabilities."
    [Adds ???, with a duration of 1 hour. This does carry over into space combat, although it's not clear if it affects anything useful. Overrides Resistance Buff, canceling it.]

    Healing:
    Polygeminus grex susilo "White" (almost radiant white)
    Polygeminus grex stahl "Cream" (under magnification, may be a flecked mix of White and Tan)
    Polygeminus grex sparkes "Tan" (a light brown, khaki)
    Polygeminus grex dotson "Brown" (a medium-dark brown, milk chocolate)
    Polygeminus grex thompson "Black" (probably actually a very dark brown, dark chocolate)
    Polygeminus grex vitales "Gray" (pale gray)
    Polygeminus grex tuffli "Cream with Brown Stripes" (original description, and probably the way most people think of it; under magnification, it may actually be Brown with a broad equatorial Cream stripe and several large Cream spots. One could argue that the pale color is Tan rather than Cream, but in comparison to jasperson and nix under magnification, the pale color is distinctly lighter here.)

    Resistance Buff:
    Polygeminus grex nix "Brown with large Tan spots" (spots are approximately circular, and arranged in what may be an approximately cubic or dodecahedral pattern)

    Damage Buff:
    Polygeminus grex jasperson "Tan with single equatorial Brown stripe"
    Polygeminus grex mccary "?Tan with Brown spots?" (from Adeon_Hawkwood, not yet photographed)

    I'm starting to build some info on rarity and breeding. nix and jasperson are clearly rarer, and vitales and tuffli seem to be less common. In general, the patterned tribbles don't (usually) drop as loot, they have to be bred. It is possible that vitales isn't technically rarer, but requires mixing white and black without any brown shades, which is less likely to happen in most people's inventory.

    Tribble breeding can occur in your active power bar, in your inventory, or in your Bank (Fleet Bank testing still pending). You only need a single tribble to start, although some breeds may require multiple tribbles present. They will consume any "food item", replacing it with the new tribble. Items considered "food items" seem to include all of the consumable out-of-combat regeneration items, including beverages in glass bottles and whatever 25th Century Field Rations are packaged in. It does not include "Provisions", the non-consumable trade item (or at least the chance is very low). It is unknown whether the sort of food consumed to produce the tribble has any effect on the breed result.

    Trivia: the names of the breeds (officially sub-species) seem to be the last names of Cryptic developers in at least some cases.

    If anyone has detailed breeding tests, please post as much info as possible.

    After looking at the material that's starting to accumulate, I'm going to try and start a Tribble FAQ over in Starfleet Academy; hopefully it will become stickied and people can add to it with time. Please see the following thread for further detailed discussion: Tribble FAQ - Tribble Breeding for Fun and, well, Loss
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