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  • sentinel64sentinel64 Member Posts: 901 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    js26568 wrote: »
    The stats remind me of those mirror cruisers you can get from the exchange for 100k EC.

    I'm not even sure why this ship exists.

    I think you answered your own question. The mirror ship filler is now the odd ship with mediocre stats filler. :P
  • erei1erei1 Member Posts: 4,081 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    so...what weapons exist in the game that are yellow and available in turrets?

    hopefully at least one type exists so those goa'uld staff cannons can be recreated
    Corrosive plasma.
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan Member Posts: 37,284 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    erei1 wrote: »
    Corrosive plasma.
    oh yeah, i forgot about those...and come to think of it, i think staff weapons in stargate are plasma-based
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

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  • rsoblivionrsoblivion Member Posts: 809 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    If you have a Galor, then Spiral Wave's are yellow too...
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  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan Member Posts: 37,284 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    but spiral waves only come in beams, and if you're trying to recreate a ha'tak like many will be doing after tomorrow, they were only ever armed with cannons
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"


    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
  • comtedeloach2comtedeloach2 Member Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Voth or fluidic antiprotons maybe.
  • seriousdaveseriousdave Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    All Stargate homages aside this thing is medicore at best. As some pointed out it's a slightly tweaked assault cruiser just without the the beloved of the sovereign hull.

    I'm also pretty sure no respectable systemlord would use that thing. Can you imagine that Ba'al or even Anubis would build a fleet of medicore knock offs? Don't think so.:D
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan Member Posts: 37,284 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    All Stargate homages aside this thing is medicore at best. As some pointed out it's a slightly tweaked assault cruiser just without the the beloved of the sovereign hull.

    I'm also pretty sure no respectable systemlord would use that thing. Can you imagine that Ba'al or even Anubis would build a fleet of medicore knock offs? Don't think so.:D
    no, ba'al and anubis used ships like this http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Apophis%27_mothership and this http://stargate.wikia.com/wiki/Anubis%27_mothership respectively

    they made their underlings fly the weaker versions
    Like special weapons from other Star Trek games? Wondering if they can be replicated in STO even a little bit? Check this out: https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1262277/a-mostly-comprehensive-guide-to-star-trek-videogame-special-weapons-and-their-sto-equivalents

    #LegalizeAwoo

    A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
    An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
    A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
    A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"


    "It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
    "We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
    Passion and Serenity are one.
    I gain power by understanding both.
    In the chaos of their battle, I bring order.
    I am a shadow, darkness born from light.
    The Force is united within me.
  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I'm going to get it, I happen to like the stock T4 sovvie and vor'cha so a beefier version will be handy.

    Since I don't watch Stargate it reminds me more of the Tyrell building from Blade Runner, so I'll name it along those lines I reckon.
  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,008 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    coupaholic wrote: »
    I'm going to get it, I happen to like the stock T4 sovvie and vor'cha so a beefier version will be handy.

    Since I don't watch Stargate it reminds me more of the Tyrell building from Blade Runner, so I'll name it along those lines I reckon.

    There is no T4 Sovereign, it's T5, even the free one.

    The APU ship is your nonsensical token funship. If it ends up for 200k EC on the exchange maybe I grab one. Two of my characters only have non-fleet, non upgrade ships because I don't see why I should upgrade all of my alts, maybe they play around with that.
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  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I wonder how long it will be before I see the "USS Shol'va" parked in orbit somewhere :D
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,497 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    nyxadrill wrote: »
    I wonder how long it will be before I see the "USS Shol'va" parked in orbit somewhere :D

    Now that you have mentioned it, probably 5 minutes after the new lock box goes live :P
    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.
  • jorantomalakjorantomalak Member Posts: 7,133 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    i might grab one then go to some place like drozana park and wait for an unsuspecting roleplayer to try a role play with me then...trollololololololol :D
  • cookiecrookcookiecrook Member Posts: 4,543 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    so...what weapons exist in the game that are yellow and available in turrets?

    hopefully at least one type exists so those goa'uld staff cannons can be recreated

    Corrosive Plasma might be what you are looking for. They are hte second best Plasma weapon in the game and can be found on the Exchange fairly cheap depending on the mods you want. The Elachi stuff is yellow as well and also quite good but are also quite expensive.
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  • solemkofsolemkof Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Any advice how to make the pseudo-Ha'tak work in normal and advanced PvE?
    I'm not sure which consoles and gear will be needed, but I'm leaning towards corrosive plasma turrets and this layout:
    TT/CSV
    TT

    EPTS 1/ET 2/EPTW 3/RSP 3
    EPTS 1/Aux2ID 1/EPTW 3

    ST 1/CPB 1

    doffs: 2x Maint Eng (ET cooldown), 1x M/A-specialist (Aux2ID buff), 1x Fab Eng (RSP duration), 2x EWO (CSV cooldown chance)
  • deathsremnantdeathsremnant Member Posts: 265
    edited January 2015
    was actually a little excited about trying out this cruiser until the anni ship was unlocked, but it ended up having a super generic engineer heavy build...5/2/3 when upgraded to TU...Not a fan of 5 Engi consoles.

    Wouldve been happier with a 3/3/3 , and maybe a 4/3/3 upgraded. Will probably grab one if theyre cheap on the exchange just to see how it looks in space.
  • hyefatherhyefather Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    It's a piece of TRIBBLE and thank god for that.

    Its a piece of TRIBBLE??!!?? I agree but, look closer. Well what do you know. Its a Galaxy X without pets.
  • nyxadrillnyxadrill Member Posts: 1,242 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    The only thing that confuses me about the APU is .... which is fore and which is aft?? :confused::D
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  • cryptiecopcryptiecop Member Posts: 239 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I'm def getting one and making it into a new Borg ship for my liberated Borg...can't wait to see it with a full Borg set :D
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,497 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    hyefather wrote: »
    Its a piece of TRIBBLE??!!?? I agree but, look closer. Well what do you know. Its a Galaxy X without pets.

    Or without cloak , saucer separation or DHC.

    Something in that design just makes me want to throw 8 turret on there.
    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.
  • cryptiecopcryptiecop Member Posts: 239 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    questerius wrote: »
    Or without cloak , saucer separation or DHC.

    Something in that design just makes me want to throw 8 turret on there.

    I did a turret build on an Eclipse to make a Battlestar for my "Husker"...quite fun in PvE's :D
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  • medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    APU?

    Who needs the Quickie Mart?
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  • captaind3captaind3 Member Posts: 2,449 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    Yeah as has been said...it's a basic assault cruiser with less personality.
    I don't think of Stargate ships when I look at the APU ship. I disliked the APUs and disliked their ship design. I also disliked the episode that featured them, it was a rehashed garbage story reminiscent of the Original Series third season.

    It always reminded me of an homage to the old Metropolis film. (how long til that gets remade I wonder)
    questerius wrote: »
    Or without cloak , saucer separation or DHC.

    Something in that design just makes me want to throw 8 turret on there.

    It's the fact that it looks the same from any angle so it should fire from every angle.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,497 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    captaind3 wrote: »
    Yeah as has been said...it's a basic assault cruiser with less personality.



    It always reminded me of an homage to the old Metropolis film. (how long til that gets remade I wonder)



    It's the fact that it looks the same from any angle so it should fire from every angle.

    Allow single cannons in every slot for this vessel. :P
    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.
  • rgzarcherrgzarcher Member Posts: 320 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    so...what weapons exist in the game that are yellow and available in turrets?

    hopefully at least one type exists so those goa'uld staff cannons can be recreated

    Corossive plasma would fit nice ;)
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  • fruitvendor12fruitvendor12 Member Posts: 615 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    questerius wrote: »
    Allow single cannons in every slot for this vessel. :P
    And name it Gamera!
  • beerxhyperbeerxhyper Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    And name it Gamera!

    lol i want flame weapons just so i can do that with the A.P.U and name it gamera =D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51XdsXGjFQ


  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    edited January 2015
    questerius wrote: »
    What are your impressions folks?

    doesnt have a 'launch deathgliders' console... don't want :P
    so...what weapons exist in the game that are yellow and available in turrets?

    hopefully at least one type exists so those goa'uld staff cannons can be recreated
    dont forget thoron infused polarons :P
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  • captaind3captaind3 Member Posts: 2,449 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    beerxhyper wrote: »
    lol i want flame weapons just so i can do that with the A.P.U and name it gamera =D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j51XdsXGjFQ
    Give your Engineer Eject Warp Plasma...shame since it's so much like an assault cruiser....we should be able to put the Metreon console on it :P

    doesnt have a 'launch deathgliders' console... don't want :P
    So in other words you want a hangar?
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  • bawdytieflingbawdytiefling Member Posts: 58 Arc User
    edited January 2015
    I was so excited to see the release of this ship, until I saw the boff layout. I think Cryptic missed the mark here.

    The Pralor and Cravic ships featured in the episode "Prototype," used things like Quantum Resonance Charges and a Subspace Defense Field to smack The Voyager around pretty hard. While the weapons and defenses of Starfleet have been substantially upgraded since Starfleet learned about the Pralor and Cravic, Cryptic missed a golden opportunity to release, at the very least, a new console and weapon energy type. Getting a Pralor or Cravic doff would have also been excellent, or, dream of dreams, a Cravic or Pralor Bridge Officer with that awesome lightning personal weapon effect they used.

    So disappointed.
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