[VIDEO] The Wizards of STO presents - CCA: The Next Generation

darkknightucf · May 2016

Proud to see the next generation of STO players flexing their skill and build variety. Bonus points for making their logs available for all to examine.

Pertinent stats:

SCM - Crystal C. (S) - [01:37]
- Eli: 9.12M(100.19K) | Heal Out: 496,976 HPS: 5,102.00 | ATKS In: 91 ATPS: 0.93 (13.0% of Team)
- Florian: 7.59M(78.54K) | Heal Out: 551,506 HPS: 5,662.00 | ATKS In: 609 ATPS: 6.25 (87.0% of Team)

https://youtu.be/vn7uzaKOWHk

Enjoy!

e30ernest · May 2016

Hehe don't consider ourselves wizards in any way.

We were just out to have some fun. We were both lagging heavily so we thought maybe it would be better if we attempted it with just the two of us. I was still laggy (watch how many times I attempt to activate Intel Fleet or my ping graph at the lower right corner).

We took the video more of a way to document the run and find improvements for the next tries.

Thanks for sharing it.

peterconnorfirst · May 2016

e30ernest wrote: »

Hehe don't consider ourselves wizards in any way.

Hm, I do you know.

The term Wizard of STO was never some sort of trademark or IP reserved by one group of players who came up with it first and think they can claim it or keep it for ever. Each player who knows how the game works, who manages to do stuff only few or close to no one can and then makes a cool show out of it delivers STO magic.

It’s for the audience to decide if they feel like watching wizards and in the case of you and your friend I say wizard approved.

Good job.

mirrorchaos · May 2016

[unnecessary & inflamatory comment removed]
hardly interesting to be honest.

hugin1205 · May 2016

sophlogimo wrote: »

So... The Crystallline entity needs a hitpoint and damage boost.

well - maybe there is time for a Elite Version then?

quammen · May 2016

mirrorchaos wrote: »

[unnecessary & inflamatory comment removed]
hardly interesting to be honest.

I agree. I could find it interesting, if they fought solely with science shananigans and without weapons

However, i like them promoting the idea of tanking for someone else.

sf911 · May 2016

I can only second Eli's thoughts: I don't remotely consider myself a "Wizard of STO"; I believe that honor goes to others...but thank you for the praise nonetheless

As for the run itself, it was our second attempt at the deed and it was certainly a lot of fun. Sadly lag was never far away (is it ever?) and there were a lot of ability activation issues in both runs.

Hopefully we'll get a shot at a moderately "smooth" run at some point. I think that with no lag, a "good" Tholian spawn for Eli's GWell and a bit of luck, a sub-1min run should be doable. We shall see.

hugin1205 wrote: »

sophlogimo wrote: »

So... The Crystallline entity needs a hitpoint and damage boost.

well - maybe there is time for a Elite Version then?

Yes, I would say that Elites are long overdue. CCE, ISE, CSE, KSE, etc... They are badly needed.

Cheers,
Florian

darkknightucf · May 2016

peterconnorfirst wrote: »

e30ernest wrote: »

Hehe don't consider ourselves wizards in any way.

Hm, I do you know.

The term Wizard of STO was never some sort of trademark or IP reserved by one group of players who came up with it first and think they can claim it or keep it for ever. Each player who knows how the game works, who manages to do stuff only few or close to no one can and then makes a cool show out of it delivers STO magic.

It’s for the audience to decide if they feel like watching wizards and in the case of you and your friend I say wizard approved.

Good job.

Seconding this message that the audience has decided that @sf911 and @e30ernest has earned "Wizard" status. Good job!

e30ernest · May 2016

> only few or close to no one can

Can't take points for originality though, since there are several 2-man CCAs in the past. There has been at least 1 solo CCA last year (by Vel).

> However, i like them promoting the idea of tanking for someone else

That's how Florian and I have been flying the past few months. When we fly our mains he tanks for me, and when we're on our alts, I tank for him. It's pretty fun and makes interesting PUG runs for both of us.

At this point, we're more interested in Atks-In numbers and heal-outs than DPS.

risingwolfshadow · May 2016

And the proof that STO needs a serious ability and gear balance keeps piling up.

misterferengi · May 2016

I wish they'd change the map so you don't lose mark rewards because a team can blitz the CE before it gets off the 2nd anti-proton blast and call it an optional fail.

I farm this mission for easy Nukara marks and of course Radiogenic Mats and dil. i'd rather pull 156 marks from my daily run than the 132 i'd get because the CE was beat to quickly.

darkknightucf · May 2016

risingwolfshadow wrote: »

And the proof that STO needs a serious ability and gear balance keeps piling up.

Agreed, and add to that mechanics fixes and major bug fixes.

darkknightucf · May 2016

misterferengi#8959 wrote: »

I wish they'd change the map so you don't lose mark rewards because a team can blitz the CE before it gets off the 2nd anti-proton blast and call it an optional fail.

I farm this mission for easy Nukara marks and of course Radiogenic Mats and dil. i'd rather pull 156 marks from my daily run than the 132 i'd get because the CE was beat to quickly.

It's a logic check fail. The Optional Conditions must be met first prior to the Entity being destroyed. The way the check is made now, the Entity must be alive to execute two blast waves before being defeated, and the players must make a check for survival against the blast waves. If the Entity cannot execute the blast waves, the checks cannot be made, and therefore, the optionals have not been met.

This is something that's been stated for about 2yrs.

misterferengi · May 2016

darkknightucf wrote: »

It's a logic check fail. The Optional Conditions must be met first prior to the Entity being destroyed. The way the check is made now, the Entity must be alive to execute two blast waves before being defeated, and the players must make a check for survival against the blast waves. If the Entity cannot execute the blast waves, the checks cannot be made, and therefore, the optionals have not been met.

This is something that's been stated for about 2yrs.

Thats something i wasn't aware of thank you.

Also we need to be careful in what we wish regarding a harder or elite version of this PvE (which is needed btw) as Cryptic have a habit of removing single PvE's under the condition of being revamped never to be hear from again for many many months or never again. Rather than revamping the mission on Tribble for example, then replacing/updating the Holodeck version.

samt1996 · May 2016

Indeed, it's even more hilarious with torpedo boats ... i did one the other day where my mouse got messed up and by the time I fixed it and got over to the entity it was at half health. I put my torps on autofire and still out-DPSed the entire team put together. Granted it was a pug but I'm no DPS expert either.

BTW congrats guys, impressive work!

[VIDEO] The Wizards of STO presents - CCA: The Next Generation

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