But what is being done here is not exactly "comparing", it is more like advertising the other game(s). With even outright wrong statements about STO.
Such as ???
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
[*] Skill is a very decisive factor in STO. The difference between skilled and unskilled player captains is enormous.
But even unskilled captain can prevail because of P2W and crutches like RSP.
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
Okay, then take some newbie and see him prevail against one of your skill. You won't.
I'm just above average at best. But you just view extremes. Take average player in a bug, with RSP and AMS and I'm history, simply because I do not use RSP.
How is that contest of skill ? :rolleyes:
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
I don't really understand your beef with RSP to be honest (and sure as hell not compared to AMS), it has a lot of counters and on its own it's not that great unless you use it properly and know what you're doing.
I don't really understand your beef with RSP to be honest (and sure as hell not compared to AMS), it has a lot of counters and on its own it's not that great unless you use it properly and know what you're doing.
When STO launched, every noob and their mother had two copies of it. It's a crutch skill, stupid and and ! I..I hate it !! *blind hate* :mad:
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
You don't need a lockbox ship. Sure it helps, but you don't need it. You also don't strictly "need" a fleet ship. It is helpful, not more.
The weapons and skills are working. Sure one can argue about details, but those are just that, details.
PvP happens a lot.
You don't wait that much time, depending on the time you queue up it can be instant.
Skill is a very decisive factor in STO. The difference between skilled and unskilled player captains is enormous.
1. It depends. If you are fighting premade vs premade of about equal skill lvl you need the same quality of ships. But I would agree you can have a lot of fun with a c store or a free ship. And some randoms are so bad you could kill them in a shuttle.
2. Depends on your definition of working. If you use CPB it does dmg shields but the effect is so small that its useless. Having skills that do something but are not worth using is... well it happens in games. But the amount of useless skills in STO is too high and the devs don't seem to care that much.
Also things like the new TBR, I would not call it working, I would say it is broken.
3. Well it does happen yes. And I admit it can be still fun.
4. It really depends on the faction and probably also your timezone. Further if you want only arena or cnh oder both. Also there are times when you simply get matched against the same premade over and over due to the lack of players.
5. That is ture. And I do have to contradict dalnar here. A really unskilled player can't prevail because of RSP. It might buy him a few sec but it won't help.
There are some very annoying consoles out there but people who can't distribute their shields will always fall.
When STO launched, every noob and their mother had two copies of it. It's a crutch skill, stupid and and ! I..I hate it !! *blind hate* :mad:
When STO launched everyone was a noob by definition. Also there was VM which stunned you for ages and I think photonic fleet actually summoned a group of real ships.
RSP is can be a really nice skill and if you hate it that much I would recommend queueing with a sci friend or simply play a sci captain.
I never questioned the difference between unskilled and skilled player. Just when two roughly equally skilled people meet the P2W and crutches decide the outcome.
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
But that is how a F2P game works. They must have money to run the servers and pay the devs, so they give you something worth investing money in. No MMO-like F2P game can deviate all that much from that pattern.
But by that logic, he was right. As in MWO (a F2P title) skills matters..and not what you buy.
I understand that in Free To Play games you have options to buy unique cosmetic stuff, unique classes, races and all that. But not when a lockbox ship outclasses the regular ship. What's worse if a lockbox ship outlcasses regular ship offeret from huge team effort / time sink / dilithium sink like fleet starbases.
In a real twist, a gold player, that PAYS monthly for the game and plays for STAR TREK - STARFLEET ships is outclassed by some disgusting ships like bug :P How does that come into your F2P equation.
Btw. dont take me about RSP so seriously. I'm usually joking about that, but i HATE that skill with all my heart as well
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
But I think that is only true for the Bugship, and only when compared to the fleet ships players have been able to actually use so far, right? I would expect fleet ships that are available at higher starbase tiers to be more useful vs a JHAS.
Really ??
Jem = better than fed escorts
Galor/D'Kora = better than fed cruisers
Tholian Orb = better than nebula, some science ships
time ships = better than science ships
Show me one lockbox ship, that is NOT superior to a fleet ship of same class ? Maybe I missed any...
I question the value of fleet starbases. It's not like you get fleet ships for free. 2000 zen is still 2000 zen.
"Cryptic Studio’s Jack Emmert (2010): Microtransactions are the biggest bunch of nonsense. I like paying one fee and not worrying about it – like my cellphone. The world’s biggest MMO isn’t item based, even though the black market item GDP is bigger than Russia … microtransactions make me want to die.”
JHAS is still king, unless there's something we've yet to learn about coming with the Tier 5 base. Fleet Saber is next best 'scort in my opinion, I call it the poor man's bug.
The people that are comparing and advertising (yes they are doing both) are like those people that say, " I'm going to leave! Watch me! I'm going to do it! Walking out the door right now! You watching?"
Just GO!
PS seen ME all your unbound doffs and rare items and EC so I can put them to good use because Kirk knows EC won't buy you that new gun you want so bad
The Average PvP player
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1) Teamwork and timing is #1
2) You cannot "Kirk It" in every ship
3) You are going to die, just get back up
I don't want to distract anyone from the point with "advertisements" but I would like to point out that although I am still here, I am very dissatisfied with the state of the game. Furthermore, while I haven't fully abandoned hope, I'm not entirely comforted by the prospect of any substantial improvement or additions any time soon. The will just doesn't seem to be there.
They tacked fleet mark rewards on the foundry mission, turned them off, then on again and left them. PvP on the other hand somehow requires serious, lengthy internal discussions. Forgive me for finding it unlikely that we'll see our own PvP specific progression. Maybe we can cross our fingers for a copy and paste job in a few seasons.
For what it's worth, I'd rather they spent some time working on mechanics and balancing before they draw in a metric ****ton of afkers, farmers, and more of those special folks who can't wait to try on the latest and greatest coding mistake. But whatever. Who wants quality game play? Grinding is the bee's knees.
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Foundry: Yet Another Borg Mission
It's terrible but easy, and these Borg are way cooler than the mess STO and Voyager left us.
May not actually be "way" cooler or even "slightly" cooler.
JHAS is still king, unless there's something we've yet to learn about coming with the Tier 5 base. Fleet Saber is next best 'scort in my opinion, I call it the poor man's bug.
my escort ranking
1 bug
2 temporal destroyer
3 vet ship*
4 fleet MVAM
5 fleet defiant
6 fleet somraw
7 fleet escort
8 fleet patrol
imo. don't bother using anything below this, you will be completely uncompetitive unfortunately.
*this is not a dueling scort, but an incredible team ship for the escort damage it deals, and its ability to do high end eng or sci stuff.
I haven't been too impressed with the Temporal Destroyer, I know it looks fantastic on paper but its huge Megatron-toe profile just presents a bigger target to me.
Rep System for pvp OMG unbeleiveable add something to pvp?!?!?
For Feds make it Federation
For KDF make it Klingon Defence Force
After pvp u get Merits/Honor, then u use that for these doff missions
Skill passives would be
T1: +2% Space CritH
or +2% ground critH
T2: +10 Starship Targeting Systems
or +40 Personal Shield generator
T3: +5% Starship Accuricy
or +20 Willpower
T4: +5% All Damage vrs Players Space
or +5% All Damage vrs Players ground
T5: +10% Accuricy vrs Players Space
or +5% dodge change Ground
Buyable items include
Prototype Polytrinic Shield Array
Requires VA
Capacity 8750
Regeneration 140
Bleedthrough 20%
+15% all Resist
+5% Phaser Resist
+5% Disruptor Resist
0.5% chance when hit by a player to Apply buff [Polytrinic Compensator] for 30 seconds, Can only be applied once every minute
(Polytrinic Compensator: Instantly heals 2000 shields when applied. While active you regenerate 100 shields per second. And gain 1% Resist to all for every Player shooting you)
Sensor Immunity Modual
Universal Consol
+Immune to AMS, Immune to KHG proc
+5% chance to disapell Jam Sensors
+10% chance to dispell Scramble Sensors
-3 sec duration to Scramble and Jam Sensors
+10 Starshop Sesors
Power Calibration Distributer
Universal Consol
+Immunity to Plasmodic Leech, Immunity to Aceiton Assimilators
-75% drain applied from Syphon Drones and Stalker fighters
-2 Sec on duration of target subsystems
Engine Distrubution Software
Universal Consol
Imunity to Gravic Ancor, and gravimetric pulse.
Resistance To Theta and Warp Plasma slows
ALL ABOVE CONSOLS CAN BE BOUGHT AT T1! 10000 dilithium, 50 pvp marks (5-20 per match) 50000 experiance.
Prototype Nitrinic Shield Array
Req VA
Capacity 3600
Reneration 150
+10 Shield Power
+5 Engine Power
3% bleedthrough
+10% All Resist
1% Chance to apply proc when recieving dmg from players [Nitrinic Fusion] for 1 minute, Can only proc once every 1 min 30 seconds.
(Nitrinic Fusion: Increase all Damage done by player by 5%, Increases Shield power by 5, Regenerates 350 shields every second)
9 times outta 10 it will be season 8.
Season 8 is rumored to be Feb (which is pretty fast )
Well that is a good thing because I've done the patrols and new romulus.. all I have left are the tiered romulan missions when I hit the appropriate reputation rank. So technically I've finished all season 7 (season 6.5) has to offer.
Comments
Such as ???
its like saying you do not need one Bishop in Chess. Sure, it helps, but you don't need it.
Details frequently cause imbalances
It happens, but it quality sucks.
If you play a fed..
But even unskilled captain can prevail because of P2W and crutches like RSP.
I'm just above average at best. But you just view extremes. Take average player in a bug, with RSP and AMS and I'm history, simply because I do not use RSP.
How is that contest of skill ? :rolleyes:
vids and guides and stuff
[9:52] [Zone #11] Neal@trapper1532: im a omega force shadow oprative and a maoc elite camander and here i am taking water samples
When STO launched, every noob and their mother had two copies of it. It's a crutch skill, stupid and and ! I..I hate it !! *blind hate* :mad:
1. It depends. If you are fighting premade vs premade of about equal skill lvl you need the same quality of ships. But I would agree you can have a lot of fun with a c store or a free ship. And some randoms are so bad you could kill them in a shuttle.
2. Depends on your definition of working. If you use CPB it does dmg shields but the effect is so small that its useless. Having skills that do something but are not worth using is... well it happens in games. But the amount of useless skills in STO is too high and the devs don't seem to care that much.
Also things like the new TBR, I would not call it working, I would say it is broken.
3. Well it does happen yes. And I admit it can be still fun.
4. It really depends on the faction and probably also your timezone. Further if you want only arena or cnh oder both. Also there are times when you simply get matched against the same premade over and over due to the lack of players.
5. That is ture. And I do have to contradict dalnar here. A really unskilled player can't prevail because of RSP. It might buy him a few sec but it won't help.
There are some very annoying consoles out there but people who can't distribute their shields will always fall.
My stomach is clear and my mind is full of bacon!
When STO launched everyone was a noob by definition. Also there was VM which stunned you for ages and I think photonic fleet actually summoned a group of real ships.
RSP is can be a really nice skill and if you hate it that much I would recommend queueing with a sci friend or simply play a sci captain.
My stomach is clear and my mind is full of bacon!
But by that logic, he was right. As in MWO (a F2P title) skills matters..and not what you buy.
I understand that in Free To Play games you have options to buy unique cosmetic stuff, unique classes, races and all that. But not when a lockbox ship outclasses the regular ship. What's worse if a lockbox ship outlcasses regular ship offeret from huge team effort / time sink / dilithium sink like fleet starbases.
In a real twist, a gold player, that PAYS monthly for the game and plays for STAR TREK - STARFLEET ships is outclassed by some disgusting ships like bug :P How does that come into your F2P equation.
Btw. dont take me about RSP so seriously. I'm usually joking about that, but i HATE that skill with all my heart as well
but i cant help but get a little excited as this sounds like a great idea and something i look forward to seeing.
Really ??
Jem = better than fed escorts
Galor/D'Kora = better than fed cruisers
Tholian Orb = better than nebula, some science ships
time ships = better than science ships
Show me one lockbox ship, that is NOT superior to a fleet ship of same class ? Maybe I missed any...
I question the value of fleet starbases. It's not like you get fleet ships for free. 2000 zen is still 2000 zen.
vids and guides and stuff
[9:52] [Zone #11] Neal@trapper1532: im a omega force shadow oprative and a maoc elite camander and here i am taking water samples
The people that are comparing and advertising (yes they are doing both) are like those people that say, " I'm going to leave! Watch me! I'm going to do it! Walking out the door right now! You watching?"
Just GO!
PS seen ME all your unbound doffs and rare items and EC so I can put them to good use because Kirk knows EC won't buy you that new gun you want so bad
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1) Teamwork and timing is #1
2) You cannot "Kirk It" in every ship
3) You are going to die, just get back up
They tacked fleet mark rewards on the foundry mission, turned them off, then on again and left them. PvP on the other hand somehow requires serious, lengthy internal discussions. Forgive me for finding it unlikely that we'll see our own PvP specific progression. Maybe we can cross our fingers for a copy and paste job in a few seasons.
For what it's worth, I'd rather they spent some time working on mechanics and balancing before they draw in a metric ****ton of afkers, farmers, and more of those special folks who can't wait to try on the latest and greatest coding mistake. But whatever. Who wants quality game play? Grinding is the bee's knees.
It's terrible but easy, and these Borg are way cooler than the mess STO and Voyager left us.
my escort ranking
1 bug
2 temporal destroyer
3 vet ship*
4 fleet MVAM
5 fleet defiant
6 fleet somraw
7 fleet escort
8 fleet patrol
imo. don't bother using anything below this, you will be completely uncompetitive unfortunately.
*this is not a dueling scort, but an incredible team ship for the escort damage it deals, and its ability to do high end eng or sci stuff.
vids and guides and stuff
[9:52] [Zone #11] Neal@trapper1532: im a omega force shadow oprative and a maoc elite camander and here i am taking water samples
For Feds make it Federation
For KDF make it Klingon Defence Force
After pvp u get Merits/Honor, then u use that for these doff missions
Skill passives would be
T1: +2% Space CritH
or +2% ground critH
T2: +10 Starship Targeting Systems
or +40 Personal Shield generator
T3: +5% Starship Accuricy
or +20 Willpower
T4: +5% All Damage vrs Players Space
or +5% All Damage vrs Players ground
T5: +10% Accuricy vrs Players Space
or +5% dodge change Ground
Buyable items include
Prototype Polytrinic Shield Array
Requires VA
Capacity 8750
Regeneration 140
Bleedthrough 20%
+15% all Resist
+5% Phaser Resist
+5% Disruptor Resist
0.5% chance when hit by a player to Apply buff [Polytrinic Compensator] for 30 seconds, Can only be applied once every minute
(Polytrinic Compensator: Instantly heals 2000 shields when applied. While active you regenerate 100 shields per second. And gain 1% Resist to all for every Player shooting you)
Sensor Immunity Modual
Universal Consol
+Immune to AMS, Immune to KHG proc
+5% chance to disapell Jam Sensors
+10% chance to dispell Scramble Sensors
-3 sec duration to Scramble and Jam Sensors
+10 Starshop Sesors
Power Calibration Distributer
Universal Consol
+Immunity to Plasmodic Leech, Immunity to Aceiton Assimilators
-75% drain applied from Syphon Drones and Stalker fighters
-2 Sec on duration of target subsystems
Engine Distrubution Software
Universal Consol
Imunity to Gravic Ancor, and gravimetric pulse.
Resistance To Theta and Warp Plasma slows
ALL ABOVE CONSOLS CAN BE BOUGHT AT T1! 10000 dilithium, 50 pvp marks (5-20 per match) 50000 experiance.
Prototype Nitrinic Shield Array
Req VA
Capacity 3600
Reneration 150
+10 Shield Power
+5 Engine Power
3% bleedthrough
+10% All Resist
1% Chance to apply proc when recieving dmg from players [Nitrinic Fusion] for 1 minute, Can only proc once every 1 min 30 seconds.
(Nitrinic Fusion: Increase all Damage done by player by 5%, Increases Shield power by 5, Regenerates 350 shields every second)
Season 8 is rumored to be Feb (which is pretty fast
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
1) Teamwork and timing is #1
2) You cannot "Kirk It" in every ship
3) You are going to die, just get back up
Well that is a good thing because I've done the patrols and new romulus.. all I have left are the tiered romulan missions when I hit the appropriate reputation rank. So technically I've finished all season 7 (season 6.5) has to offer.