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That utter smugness you feel, when you

lingeringsoul888lingeringsoul888 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
edited June 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
That utter smugness you feel, when you've finally upgraded/built up your ship to the point of being able to take on those god forsaken Nukara Recluse 1 on 1 and come out on top without breaking a sweat. Then you get so worked up and ignore the crystalline entity altogether and start hunting down those recluse one at a time to vent your anger for all these months of frustration.

Anyone feel the same way?

I think I rank the Recluse as the more irritating ship of all time. It just seem deceptively small but with FAR too much HP.
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  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Tholians remain my number 1 choice for most annoying enemy to fight.

    Give me Hirogen with SNB attacks, Voth with science spam and Vaadwaur with arty spam. None of them compares to a Tholian spamming out weapon subsystem attacks, debuffs, web abilities and tractors.

    They're just as bad on the ground because they never stay still!

    So yes, when it get's to the point I can steamroll them it is most gratifying.
  • stofskstofsk Member Posts: 1,744 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    I've tried taking my delta recruits into Crystalline - advanced and I feel so useless. I'm still working on getting good gear and to upgrade it but atm I'm just an embarrassment to the team.
  • lingeringsoul888lingeringsoul888 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    without the proper gear you wouldn't make much a dent. Might as well just fly aronnd and shoot the crystal.
  • fatman592fatman592 Member Posts: 1,207 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Tholians are super easy, if you're hitting them with science and have Nukara 2pc. Keeping on the move with lots of AoE damage keeps their annoying stuff at bay.

    Though, if you're focusing on the Tholians in CCA you're doing it wrong.
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  • p4hajujup4hajuju Member Posts: 214 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    I don't like fighting the Borg. My shields are gone after the first shot.
    My little tac-captain with a big stomach still wins the day, he's using a Fleet Experimental Science ship with 5 embassy and 4 spire consoles so I end up winning at the end, but still shields are gone after the first shot every time.

    Tholians, I just spam BFAW, run in a circle and watch them die. But I do not use macros.
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  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    p4hajuju wrote: »
    I don't like fighting the Borg. My shields are gone after the first shot.
    My little tac-captain with a big stomach still wins the day, he's using a Fleet Experimental Science ship with 5 embassy and 4 spire consoles so I end up winning at the end, but still shields are gone after the first shot every time.

    Tholians, I just spam BFAW, run in a circle and watch them die. But I do not use macros.

    I am the other way around with my Engineer main. He can tank really well and rarely gets below probably 20% health. Flying the Samsar with all passive heal traits and well, he can survive about anything. Tholians and their annoying disables though really irk me.
  • admiraltroikaadmiraltroika Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    People have trouble killing Recluses?
  • fatman592fatman592 Member Posts: 1,207 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    p4hajuju wrote: »
    I don't like fighting the Borg. My shields are gone after the first shot.
    My little tac-captain with a big stomach still wins the day, he's using a Fleet Experimental Science ship with 5 embassy and 4 spire consoles so I end up winning at the end, but still shields are gone after the first shot every time.

    Tholians, I just spam BFAW, run in a circle and watch them die. But I do not use macros.

    I run the FESV too, it's a great ship. Though I suffer the same problem against the Borg too. And I agree, they're the worst.

    Change the AI so all NPCs don't target one ship, or don't let the effect stack, or buff power insulators and have the skill scale appropriately with aux power. That's all I want for Christmas lol.

    But the greatest enemy of all is probably the input lag.
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  • lingeringsoul888lingeringsoul888 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    I especially like using Surgical Strike and watch a big chunk of their hp disappear while I scream rude comments at them.
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,511 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    coupaholic wrote: »
    Tholians remain my number 1 choice for most annoying enemy to fight.

    Give me Hirogen with SNB attacks, Voth with science spam and Vaadwaur with arty spam. None of them compares to a Tholian spamming out weapon subsystem attacks, debuffs, web abilities and tractors.

    They're just as bad on the ground because they never stay still!

    So yes, when it get's to the point I can steamroll them it is most gratifying.

    While it mostly depends on what i am flying the only opponents which seriously annoy me are the nicor and bulwark.
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  • zathri83zathri83 Member Posts: 514 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    notice that pvp has been removed from the game.
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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Sometimes I like to test the durability of a new ship by taking on the 4 or 5 tholians that camp out to the far upper right side of the map. If I can defeat them before the entity is destroyed then the ship passes muster or relish.
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  • kayajaykayajay Member Posts: 1,990 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    One-on-one, the Undine don't bother me, but those awful fluid bubbles...
  • lunastolunasto Member Posts: 774 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    lingeringsoul888 wrote: »
    That utter smugness you feel, when you've finally upgraded/built up your ship to the point of being able to take on those god forsaken Nukara Recluse 1 on 1 and come out on top without breaking a sweat. Then you get so worked up and ignore the crystalline entity altogether and start hunting down those recluse one at a time to vent your anger for all these months of frustration.

    Anyone feel the same way?

    I think I rank the Recluse as the more irritating ship of all time. It just seem deceptively small but with FAR too much HP.

    I have no idea what you could mean, my ship is not anywhere near the point of being adequate for overpowered bosses! Everyone just calm down and back away slowly and so that you do not wake the "kill the witch" crowd! :eek:

    "Nothing to see here, he's just bragging, no one is actually that powerful! Please believe me!!! No nerfing is needed! We are just using Mk X items!" :D
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  • quintarisquintaris Member Posts: 816 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    kayajay wrote: »
    One-on-one, the Undine don't bother me, but those awful fluid bubbles...

    It snot fun dealing with those bubbles unless you're running the whole CC set.
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  • shadowwraith77shadowwraith77 Member Posts: 6,395 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    quintaris wrote: »
    It snot fun dealing with those bubbles unless you're running the whole CC set.

    Those don't bother me, a little hazard emitters, engineering team and, attack patter omega will calm anything the Undine throw out as control abilities.

    All you need worry about really, is their annoying disappearing tricks and, the overall dmg they inflict!
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  • ddesjardinsddesjardins Member Posts: 3,056 Media Corps
    edited June 2015
    There are a few stand-out moments in the game that for me at least, said "I've done it!"

    Borg Red Alert - the first time I did it with only one extra person and I thought - MY GOD that was fun. Doing one by myself - that was an eye opener.

    Tholian Red Alert - the first few time I swore the game was out to get me. And then when I understood the value of tactics, suddenly the Tholians were little more than annoying mosquitoes against my hull.

    Or soloing the end boss on ground missions...

    All great moments.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    i hate fighting tholians because they constantly disabling my weapon systems. i do not have the time to grind out the various rep pieces for the ship so i accepted the consequences, in otherwords i just gave up on fighting tholians because their proc is so frequent.
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  • lordsteve1lordsteve1 Member Posts: 3,492 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    The most annoying enemy NPC I've found to be the Voth Citadel ships, especially when taking them on solo.
    I can just about solo them with my Pathfinder in the contested zone once i've cleared off their support mobs. But that annoying "teleport you into a grav well" attack really drives me nuts.
    I don't even have a problem with their immunity shield as most of my attacks come front shield bypassing partigen damage anyway, but that teleport attack....grrrrr!

    Once you take one of those out solo you feel quite proud. :D
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  • sheldonlcoopersheldonlcooper Member Posts: 4,042 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    The voth have never registered on my annoyingness radar.

    The tholian weapon drain gets a 3/10
    The Borg shield drain gets 4/10
    Hearald Solar gateway 3/10
    The Undine snot+oneshot is awarded 8/10
    However the cowardly cloaking Romulan in old fleet alert gets full marks 10/10.
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  • lingeringsoul888lingeringsoul888 Member Posts: 509 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    lunasto wrote: »
    I have no idea what you could mean, my ship is not anywhere near the point of being adequate for overpowered bosses! Everyone just calm down and back away slowly and so that you do not wake the "kill the witch" crowd! :eek:

    "Nothing to see here, he's just bragging, no one is actually that powerful! Please believe me!!! No nerfing is needed! We are just using Mk X items!" :D

    actually, good point there.........we don't need them doubling the Hp of these thing. I retract my smugness.
  • lunastolunasto Member Posts: 774 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    lingeringsoul888 wrote: »
    actually, good point there.........we don't need them doubling the Hp of these thing. I retract my smugness.

    lolz

    I was actually just making a funny.
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