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Funniest thing just happened to me. I almost literally fell out of my chair right after spitting coffee all over my desk on this one...


Was heading for an Anomaly in B'Tran when I'll be damned if some guy hits Quantum Slip Stream to get there before me to steal the prize. He was not even in my camera view he was so far away. I heard the slip stream activate...turned to see where the sound was coming from...then to my utter surprise, I see this guy go zooming past me to snatch the anomaly from me right as I got in to scanning range. I was so shocked, all I could do was watch him as if it were slow motion, as he came up on my tail, passed me, then grabbed the anomaly.

I immediately spit my coffee out of my mouth before I choked on it laughing, then from pure shock of coffee being all over my desk, I almost fell out of my chair going for a towel. That so deserves an immature ROFLCOPTERS!

All I can say at this point is..."Seriously!?!?" :eek:
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Regretably it's serious. Happened to me with my low levels more often since the new crafting system is there.

    High levels do this often in the clusters to get the anomalies faster without needing to do missions.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    IDK whats funnier: what the person did, or the fact that you felt the need to post a thread about it :o
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Its sad day when people have to rush to steal your anomalys.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    should have been here during launch...every exploration cluster was filled with people racing to get anomalies/missions.

    Infact, I think one of the early patches increased the rate of anomaly appearance while flying around in cluster space.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    IDK whats funnier: what the person did, or the fact that you felt the need to post a thread about it :o

    Take your pick. If you feel my sharing a funny story with the community, a community that I rather enjoy chit chatting with and have been doing so since 2008, as being funny, then by all means, whatever gets your goat.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    LOL yes, back then, turn rate engines and consoles were held in high regard by some who felt it gave their cruisers an edge in exploration :)

    My favorite is when spawn rates were so slow that you'd see one pop up and it was a mad dash to see who could get there first...and even then, who was the quick draw on the "f" button.


    Remember, if you get in an instance with folks who are racing to get there before you...just change instance.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Any RA who's maxed their research points and stock piled anomalies in their bank can make a killing on the exchange right now. Items once going for 2000 EC/ea are now going for 6,000.

    This happened after the last Memory Alpha update as well. It should stabilize in a month or so but yeah, it reminds me of when the game first opened and people were racing each other in the team instances to get to anomalies. Teamwork went right out out the window/airlock. To the OP, I chuckle as well when I see tier 5 ships slipstreaming through Delta Volanis and Hromi.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    My favorite part of Star Trek was when the USS Repulse zipped past the USS Enterprise to scan a newly discovered phenomenon, with Captain Taggert hailing Picard on the main viewer in order to give him the finger.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Whose off? My off? Your off? :eek:

    Oh... "and THEY'RE off".

    Anyway, back to the topic at hand, I have yet to really see people stealing anomalies. I never even saw this at launch. I generally tried to steer clear of others in the exploration sectors so I wasn't grabbing someone else's anomalies.

    I've been gathering for a few days now and have yet to really see people. Also, yes, I think they did increase the drop rate because one run through B'Tran usually nets me around 60 anomalies of various types :eek:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Haha this thread is funny. this happens to me in the T'ong nebula constantly. And just like the OP's reaction, I just laugh. There are usually a half dozen nodes in the area too, but for some reason that person needed the one I was about to scan. Lol.

    SERIOUSLY?!? Lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Cecil0812 wrote: »
    Whose off? My off? Your off? :eek:

    Oh... "and THEY'RE off".


    Yeah, I mentioned that in my first post within the edit looooog before you called me out on that. Guess you missed that though...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Hey... My blingbling isnt gonna pay for itself you know.
    *struts around covered in gold pressed latinum* I'm so fancy.



    But I prefer to farm my anomalies inside a mission. I mean... 2-4 scans inside a mission beats 1 in the open.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Made 30 million today :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Hey... My blingbling isnt gonna pay for itself you know.
    *struts around covered in gold pressed latinum* I'm so fancy.



    But I prefer to farm my anomalies inside a mission. I mean... 2-4 scans inside a mission beats 1 in the open.

    Indeed.

    Although it's still hard enough to get the rare Particel traces for the AEGIS set.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Made 30 million today :D

    ok, i have to ask: how?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    w3r3 1n ur s3ct0rz steal1n ur an0mn0mn0mal13s..

    NOTE: I do not steal anomalies and like Chat I prefer to do my farming in the missions we get in the exploration sectors (who knew I would be hunting those "scan five anomalies" missions one day?), I merely saw the eminent combination of memes and thought it would be humorous to post the above.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Hawks wrote: »
    Indeed.

    Although it's still hard enough to get the rare Particel traces for the AEGIS set.
    True that.


    It is also rather amusing to see some do the farming in their biggest and baddest ship.
    I prefer a small escort or a runabout.
    I mean... I wont do any combat when farming so why not take the ship with the best turn rate, no?
    Katic wrote: »
    w3r3 1n ur s3ct0rz steal1n ur an0mn0mn0mal13s..

    NOTE: I do not steal anomalies and like Chat I prefer to do my farming in the missions we get in the exploration sectors (who knew I would be hunting those "scan five anomalies" missions one day?), I merely saw the eminent combination of memes and thought it would be humorous to post the above.
    Wanna know a lil secret?

    If you close down the dialog boxes in the secure system missions the enemies wont spawn leaving you alone to gather the anomalies. And they do tend to have 4-5 anomalies if there is combat involved.
    But you did not hear that from me... *skips away whistling innocently*
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    pr1983 wrote: »
    ok, i have to ask: how?

    Single green/sky blue samples are going for over 5K on the exchange, farm for 2 or 3 hours in the Khazon Cluster and you can clean up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Katic wrote: »
    Single green/sky blue samples are going for over 5K on the exchange, farm for 2 or 3 hours in the Khazon Cluster and you can clean up.

    i thought that. maybe i just need to work out how i'm pricing stuff.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    pr1983 wrote: »
    i thought that. maybe i just need to work out how i'm pricing stuff.
    Oh the pricing totally depends what you want.

    Quick money or a slight chance your items will be returned.
    For quick money you simply price them a bit lower(which I usually do). I earn a disgusting amount of money on people wanting to save a few ECs.
    I mean they probably put them backup on the exchange for a higher price but I already made my 100% profit.
    Give them the same price as everything else on the exchange and there is no telling how long it will take before someone buys your items.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Oh the pricing totally depends what you want.

    Quick money or a slight chance your items will be returned.
    For quick money you simply price them a bit lower(which I usually do). I earn a disgusting amount of money on people wanting to save a few ECs.
    I mean they probably put them backup on the exchange for a higher price but I already made my 100% profit.
    Give them the same price as everything else on the exchange and there is no telling how long it will take before someone buys your items.

    i honestly tend to check how much something is going for on the exchange first, then try to go below that and find a balance with being reasonable but still making money. i don't know. its not like i don't have anything valuable (when i logged in for five minutes yesterday, i found that i had every trace needed to make the aegis set. yes, all three parts), so its not a case of not having the goods.

    ive never had more than 1.3 million at any one time. not that it's not a lot, i just find myself amazed when people talk about having twenty or thirty million. i know its not a huge deal, just something i always found curious.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Wanna know a lil secret?

    If you close down the dialog boxes in the secure system missions the enemies wont spawn leaving you alone to gather the anomalies. And they do tend to have 4-5 anomalies if there is combat involved.
    But you did not hear that from me... *skips away whistling innocently*

    I was aware, but I still prefer the "Scan Five" just because they guarantee five sets of anomalous data, and help me build up Badges of Exploration (with which I purchase uncommon consoles, weapons, and rare equipment to hawk on the exchange).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Katic wrote: »
    I was aware, but I still prefer the "Scan Five" just because they guarantee five sets of anomalous data, and help me build up Badges of Exploration (with which I purchase uncommon consoles, weapons, and rare equipment to hawk on the exchange).

    I've only had two occasions so far where someone dashed in front of me to get the stuff...

    Funny thing is, on both occasions I turned off to the right to get out of their way and 4 more anomalies popped up right in front of me as they started scanning the one they zipped by me to grab.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    pr1983 wrote: »
    i honestly tend to check how much something is going for on the exchange first, then try to go below that and find a balance with being reasonable but still making money. i don't know. its not like i don't have anything valuable (when i logged in for five minutes yesterday, i found that i had every trace needed to make the aegis set. yes, all three parts), so its not a case of not having the goods.

    ive never had more than 1.3 million at any one time. not that it's not a lot, i just find myself amazed when people talk about having twenty or thirty million. i know its not a huge deal, just something i always found curious.
    Yeah. Setting a slightly lower price(even if its just a 1000 EC) can increase your chances to get items sold.

    Some of the prices are just ridiculous.

    Earned 2 million earlier by selling a stack of 60 samples needed for one of those parts. Dont remember which. I got more than enough samples needed to complete sets.
    Rare traces... While rare are not that hard to get. And when farming I tend to forget about the time because I'm usually doing something else while farming. (got a movie playing on the laptop next to me or something)
    Katic wrote: »
    I was aware, but I still prefer the "Scan Five" just because they guarantee five sets of anomalous data, and help me build up Badges of Exploration (with which I purchase uncommon consoles, weapons, and rare equipment to hawk on the exchange).
    *takes a swim in a latinum filled pool*
    Indeed. I usually rely on the aid or scan to complete those missions these days.
    Fight I can do on a lowbie or in a STF. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Yeah. Setting a slightly lower price(even if its just a 1000 EC) can increase your chances to get items sold.

    Some of the prices are just ridiculous.

    Earned 2 million earlier by selling a stack of 60 samples needed for one of those parts. Dont remember which. I got more than enough samples needed to complete sets.
    Rare traces... While rare are not that hard to get. And when farming I tend to forget about the time because I'm usually doing something else while farming. (got a movie playing on the laptop next to me or something)


    *takes a swim in a latinum filled pool*
    Indeed. I usually rely on the aid or scan to complete those missions these days.
    Fight I can do on a lowbie or in a STF. :p

    question: do you sell in bulk or individually? if you dont mind my asking, i mean.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    pr1983 wrote: »
    question: do you sell in bulk or individually? if you dont mind my asking, i mean.
    Depends.

    Currently I'm finding stacks of 60 of the samples needed for Aegis to be more profitable than smaller amounts.
    Other samples I usually sell in 10-20-30 stacks or something.
    Removing the cost of 5-10 samples from each stack.

    I get a near instant sell and someone gets a few samples for free. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    pr1983 wrote: »
    ok, i have to ask: how?

    Just undercutting everyone in the exchange with some of the anolamlies and rare traces I have stored up :p

    Also, ignore my last comment, byt the end of the day I had made 45-50 million :p

    Have been doing this for weeks too, as a lot of people have been stocking up.

    The great thing is, I can make a killing of the exchange for the first few days (same as I did when I exploited ramming and the CE, and when I was getting endgame gear before most people) - but now that people are realising how much money can be made, the exchange is getting flooded and people will practically be giving all of the crafting anomalies and items away - so win win :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Chat wrote:


    SNIP

    True that.


    It is also rather amusing to see some do the farming in their biggest and baddest ship.
    I prefer a small escort or a runabout.
    I mean... I wont do any combat when farming so why not take the ship with the best turn rate, no?


    SNIP

    Yea I thought the same thing, in sector space I took out my runabout and yea, same turn rate so it was not funner to farm this way. If you go inside a missions I guess. By the time the screen finishes loading, I've gotten 5 already.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I have noticed the new interest in data collecting lately, but have yet to have anyone engage slipstream on me yet. :cool:

    I did have someone scan an anomaly right out from under me as I went to scan it and I ended up entering a hidden system instead. Fortunately, it was the "scan 5" one and I went ahead and scanned my five.
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