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The Merian Class Joins the Infinity Lock Box!

fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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edited July 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The current run of the Infinity Lock Box will soon be updated with the addition of an all-new Starship!

Starting on April 5th, 2022, players on PC will have the chance to obtain and captain the Merian Command Science Dreadnought (T6). This rescue and support vessel serves an important role in the events that unfold in Season 4 of Star Trek: Discovery, and will soon be available in Star Trek Online for captains to add to their fleets.

Continue reading further on for the full details on this new starship offering!

https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11513573
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  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
    fleetcaptain5#1134
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    Those new shuttles look nice.

    I hope they'll finally add the stuff from the last lockboxes to the infinity one soon. It's a bit pointless that you get mark packages and so on when opening Infinity boxes if you cannot select the traits from recent ones.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,502 Arc User
    It amazes me that anyone would want to be seen flying that ship.
    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.
  • doctorstegidoctorstegi Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...
    C-Store Inc. is still looking for active members on the fed side. If you don't have a fleet feel free to contact me in game @stegi.
  • megas#5499 megas
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         Member Posts: 78 Arc User
    Connect all the nacelles so they form a handle, attach the handle to the front of the hull...instant future pizza peel.
  • orangenee#2931 orangenee
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    Step up from the lavatory seat ship I guess. I don't like floaty stuff though.

    Certainly won't be top pick for the campaign promo ship even if the trait is killer.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,672 Community Moderator
    fleetcaptain5#1134 wrote: »
    I hope they'll finally add the stuff from the last lockboxes to the infinity one soon. It's a bit pointless that you get mark packages and so on when opening Infinity boxes if you cannot select the traits from recent ones.

    There's always a one lockbox gap on stuff in the Infinity Box. They never have stuff from the most recent box added in until the NEXT box or so.
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  • husanakxhusanakx Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    doctorstegi wrote: »
    They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...

    Is it really all that killer ? How many high end DPS sci builds are going to use more then 2 or 3 of those skill at most. So it gives you 105 EPG ? That is hardly worth a ship trait slot imo. If they really wanted this to sell it would impart a Cat 2 Exotic boost or something... like Improved photonic officer. This is super meh. (which I'm fine with cause no one wants this ugly ship... at least the mars has a killer battle cloaking Pilot/Intel escort setup)
  • fleetcaptain5#1134 fleetcaptain5
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    rattler2 wrote: »
    fleetcaptain5#1134 wrote: »
    I hope they'll finally add the stuff from the last lockboxes to the infinity one soon. It's a bit pointless that you get mark packages and so on when opening Infinity boxes if you cannot select the traits from recent ones.

    There's always a one lockbox gap on stuff in the Infinity Box. They never have stuff from the most recent box added in until the NEXT box or so.

    We're already multiple releases behind.
  • hayasdanhayasdan Member Posts: 12 Arc User
    Another fugly floaty Disco ship? Ugh. And I thought the last one was annoying. Speaking of annoying, whenever do we get a Legendary Nebula?
  • foxrockssocksfoxrockssocks Member Posts: 2,482 Arc User
    Even if this ship had pylons to the nacelles it would still be ugly and uninspired. The Prometheus is far, far more interesting of a ship.
  • garaffegaraffe Member Posts: 1,353 Arc User
    > @doctorstegi said:
    > They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...

    As someone who plays sci dps 90% of the time, I would not call that trait killer. It is good, but it is enought to get me to buy the ship.
  • finsches123finsches123 Member Posts: 158 Arc User
    edited March 2022
    When I read Merian I thought of another Merian class, which I would love to see in STO. This one however, no thank you.

    25h8kq5rawlr.jpg
  • doctorstegidoctorstegi Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    husanakx wrote: »
    doctorstegi wrote: »
    They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...

    Is it really all that killer ? How many high end DPS sci builds are going to use more then 2 or 3 of those skill at most. So it gives you 105 EPG ? That is hardly worth a ship trait slot imo. If they really wanted this to sell it would impart a Cat 2 Exotic boost or something... like Improved photonic officer. This is super meh. (which I'm fine with cause no one wants this ugly ship... at least the mars has a killer battle cloaking Pilot/Intel escort setup)

    It is for my drain build and epg builds can use it as well depending on the ship and setup. You can take crit consoles instead of epg or the other way around. But for a drain build there is way to little good star ship traits and most of them are behind lobi or lockbox ships.

    Also it was more a reference to my hate for the ship design like you get a TRIBBLE ship but a good or great trait it really depends how you use it. If I pull one out of the box I would use it just to try it out but I wouldn't buy or invest cash money for that. The only good thing about this ship in my opinion is the starship trait the rest is pretty much forgettable. And yeah I know we don't need that trait because we got already endless science related and crit related starship traits.

    C-Store Inc. is still looking for active members on the fed side. If you don't have a fleet feel free to contact me in game @stegi.
  • doctorstegidoctorstegi Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    garaffe wrote: »
    > @doctorstegi said:
    > They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...

    As someone who plays sci dps 90% of the time, I would not call that trait killer. It is good, but it is enought to get me to buy the ship.

    Maybe I should have not used the word Killer trait but it is a very good science trait depending on your build could possible save you 2 epg/crtx consoles ect...

    C-Store Inc. is still looking for active members on the fed side. If you don't have a fleet feel free to contact me in game @stegi.
  • husanakxhusanakx Member Posts: 1,608 Arc User
    doctorstegi wrote: »
    husanakx wrote: »
    doctorstegi wrote: »
    They knew from the beginning this ship wouldn't sell so they put a killer science starship trait with it... What a joke...

    Is it really all that killer ? How many high end DPS sci builds are going to use more then 2 or 3 of those skill at most. So it gives you 105 EPG ? That is hardly worth a ship trait slot imo. If they really wanted this to sell it would impart a Cat 2 Exotic boost or something... like Improved photonic officer. This is super meh. (which I'm fine with cause no one wants this ugly ship... at least the mars has a killer battle cloaking Pilot/Intel escort setup)

    It is for my drain build and epg builds can use it as well depending on the ship and setup. You can take crit consoles instead of epg or the other way around. But for a drain build there is way to little good star ship traits and most of them are behind lobi or lockbox ships.

    Also it was more a reference to my hate for the ship design like you get a TRIBBLE ship but a good or great trait it really depends how you use it. If I pull one out of the box I would use it just to try it out but I wouldn't buy or invest cash money for that. The only good thing about this ship in my opinion is the starship trait the rest is pretty much forgettable. And yeah I know we don't need that trait because we got already endless science related and crit related starship traits.

    Well this is also a lockbox ship... so.

    I hear ya... they often put decent traits on meh ships. But this is both a meh ship and a meh trait. :)

    I agree most of the traits aimed at draining skills are pretty so so. I mean there are a few decent zen store things like Charged particle reaction. And you can always grab things like by the book if you fly a temporal ship to get more out of Tykens I guess. But most traits that boost drains or drain skills seem to be more heal related... use X get a heal. Which are pretty pointless.

    I don't know I guess I haven't really thought of a drain build as anything as a way to proc EPG buffed Secondary deflector procs for a long time. So the idea of buffing drain never really crosses my mind.
  • garaffegaraffe Member Posts: 1,353 Arc User
    The trait is good for sure, but not good enough to make me even remotely interested in the ship.
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    Anyone notice that in the list of abilities that can proc the trait, APB is listed despite it not boosting the player's damage resists? Methinks they mixed up Beta with Delta.​​
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  • captainjtietzcaptainjtietz Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    Cool, I can finally tune my space guitar, I've even got 4 replacement pegs if I need them.
  • captaindeadlock#3302 captaindeadlock
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    Yet another ship design that was only ever supposed to appear in a 100x300 pixel box on a TV screen for about three quarters of a second.
  • ragingloliragingloli Member Posts: 63 Arc User
    I think they made a mistake. Surely this thing was supposed to be the April 1st joke, and the Pathyeager was to be in the Lockbox. Right? Right?!
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,502 Arc User
    ragingloli wrote: »
    I think they made a mistake. Surely this thing was supposed to be the April 1st joke, and the Pathyeager was to be in the Lockbox. Right? Right?!

    All those in favor of this change please raise their hands..
    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.
  • orangenee#2931 orangenee
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    Hand raised in favour of switcharoo.

    I like my ships to make a bit of sense design wise. How are those pylons/nacelles staying put? Will of the crew? Space God from Star Trek V?
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,897 Arc User
    How appropriate, we get a taco to join the toilet seat and toilet bowl!
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  • kiralynkiralyn Member Posts: 1,576 Arc User
    I feel bad for the Cryptic designers, having to make models of these awful TV ships.
  • legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    You know, if you could ditch the nacelles...that would almost look like the USS Incursion from Away Team/Armada 2.​​
    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.
  • lorien506lorien506 Member Posts: 20 Arc User
    edited April 2022
    Wow another lockbox ship from TRIBBLE. :s

    The 23rd century ships made sense to include into this game but the ones from the 32nd?? That's totally idiotic and most of them don't look that good.

    Also who in their right mind is paying for lock boxes during this economical crisis and inflation rising sky high?
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    valoreah wrote: »
    finsches123 wrote: »
    When I read Merian I thought of another Merian class, which I would love to see in STO. This one however, no thank you.

    25h8kq5rawlr.jpg

    ^ I second this sentiment.

    It's another Rademaker design, isn't it?
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  • phoenixc#0738 phoenixc
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    I agree, the TNG style Merian is far superior in looks to the DSC one.
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