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Yes and no. I mean, you're basically right, but here's clarification: For most fleet gear, you can visit another fleet's starbase (or embassy/mine/spire) and use their vendors. But the provision use comes from your own fleet. For ships - you CAN'T use another fleet's vendor. That's because the ship vendor is set up…
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To be fair, the in-game mission text tells you that the timer doesn't start until you tag the first epohh. It's displayed in the mission's sidebar tracker text, though not the main dialogue with Toreth. I guess if you usually hide that...and I know some people do...then it might not be obvious.
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I'm not sure exactly which mission you're talking about. But here's some general advice for fighting Borg in ground combat. I assume you are talking about ground combat only, not space, since you didn't say anything about that. 1. Keep Away - It's possible to fight Borg in melee if you have good gear and know what you're…
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No. You're in fact 100% GUARANTEED to get some Very Rare (purple quality) bridge officers via Starfleet simply from levelling up. But you're not going to get the VETERAN type officers. That's different. Correct. You don't need to buy the Very Rare/Purples, if you don't want to. In the long run, you're going to have more…
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This is the best answer. Basically, you can't LITERALLY use the exact same ship from a lower level at higher level. Well, okay, you sort of can, but the stats don't scale up. But you can get a higher tier ship that is visually identical to your old ship. So it's a new top tier ship...but with the design of the old one. An…
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Don't you mean the Constitution? The Constellation is a different ship.
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Downtime is not normally on a daily basis. I've been playing Cryptic games since City of Heroes. I was here for Champions Online, I was in STO closed beta... yes, I know someone else said this is a daily thing. They're exaggerating. But... They're not entirely wrong. Cryptic's not known for good server connectivity and…
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"She cannae take much more o'this, cap'n! We dinnae have th'power!"
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To be fair, when I was actually briefly in the game, there was a huge amount of UI and menu interaction lag. No rubberbanding, but other obvious server load problems. Players over in Neverwinter and Champions were reporting issues too. I'm not sure what Perfect World and Cryptic were thinking, really. They have three MMOs…
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It amuses me that some people actually believe this, when the monthly and lifetime subscribers are stuck in the queue too. Personally, I like to pretend this is part of the upcoming Borg expansion. My designation is now 1794 of 8283.
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What canisanubis said. I haven't checked recently, but the last time I was looking for Aux to SIF III I did eventually find one - but I had to fiddle with how the list was sorted, and eventually got it by going via race. Finding it on the Exchange seems more a problem of filtering and sorting the list of BOs than the power…
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First rule of jiggle club.
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In an anniversary zone chat with players, Daniel Stahl (dstahl) said: [10:18] [REDALERT] <Dev> Oaks@dstahl: Ambassador is headed to Fleet Store - not C-Store from what I heard But the Commander version will still be available from the Temporal Ambassador mission, which is becoming permanent content.
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To be fair, most KDF Klingon ships don't have Battle Cloak either. They have regular Cloak that functions the same as the Defiant one, except they get it for free and don't need a console slot. Battle Cloak is very rare. IIRC, only the Birds of Prey and the veteran Heavy Destroyer have Battle Cloak - maybe some others, I…
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It depends on how you interpret 'not possible'. Back then, maybe they genuinely had no idea how to do it in STO. Remember, that statement was years ago. Things change. It's not like they've continually and regularly been insisting that there are no bouncing chest glands in space. Obviously the Neverwinter team has figured…
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I don't have a Multi-Vector Advanced Escort, and none of the friends I usually play with do. So I can't comment on that. Regarding the Heavy Escort Carrier and Vesta Pack - a hangar slot is always a good thing, and there's really no drawback. In a way, the gameplay is probably similar, since both would be relatively…
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I'm going to play devil's advocate for a second. I have a lifetime sub. But I got it before the game launched. Is it worth getting a lifetime sub now? Well, that depends on why you want it. Yes, the lifetime sub comes with perks. You get the exclusive lifetime stuff like being able to make a character with crazy Borg…
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I think this needs to be repeated. Yeah, the current system isn't perfect, and the Threat Control thing is a good example of where it doesn't work. But it's a lot better than what we had before. Because Cryptic already did one massive revamp of the system, a lot of players are satisfied with the status quo. There isn't as…
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Let me put it this way. I'd pay money for a proper Constellation class ship. I'd pay a lot of money for a Constellation class ship. Even if it isn't T5. I'd buy the thing in a heartbeat. The thing is, how many OTHER people would buy it? How much demand is there for the Constellation, really? Especially if it isn't T5, and…
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Dual Cannons fire more frequently, but each shot does less damage. Dual Heavy Cannons have a longer time gap between shots, but each individual shot does more damage. The base DPS and firing arc is the same, but the characteristics are different. Dual Cannons are better at getting procs, generally for your weapon type -…
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There's no distinction between character slots in STO, there's no such thing as Freeform or Archetype, Gold or Silver character slots. Characters are characters. When you upgrade the account to Gold status, you upgrade the account, and that's it. Crew number isn't really the key stat for tanking. What really matters is a)…
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This is what I'd do, honestly. With that said... You're looking at the wrong thing. The Vesta's Quantum-Focused Shield Bubble is nice, yes...but it's not the main thing about the ship. You only get that from having all three consoles from the full bundle slotted - but not everyone uses all three consoles on their Vesta,…
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elandarksky has covered the naval example. This is also true for armour. In WWII, it was quite common for armed forces to salvage and operate enemy tanks. For instance, the German forces were apparently quite impressed by Russian T-34s, and there are surviving examples of Russian tanks repainted with German markings. So…
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Some additional notes; the above poster already covered the DOFF system in detail: New Ship: You should receive a new ship at level 40 (Rear Admiral, Lower Half). Admiral Quinn will offer the usual Promotion mission, and you can claim one of six Rear Admiral ships from the Shuttle and Ship Requisitions Vendor, as usual.…
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Let me put it this way...my original headstart character in STO is a male human, with Asian facial features. He and his crew previously used the Wrath of Khan red or maroon jackets, and later upgraded to the Jupiter-style modern versions of the same. He uses a particular C-store cruiser, and I'll probably be upgrading to…
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Spotted in Sector Space, a character by the name of 'Back in the'. The ship was called 'R'. So it looked like this: Back in the USS R
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Bonus in terms of whatever it is that a given skill does. When I use the phrase 'rank' here, I'm not talking about player ranks, Lieutenant to Vice Admiral. I'm talking about the bars in each of the character skills. I'm not sure what other phrase I should be using. 'Level' is equally confusing, and 'points' isn't accurate…
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The reason why a lot of players say you shouldn't max out skills (going 9 ranks, all the way into the red zone) is because the last three ranks grant very little bonus. The first three ranks are excellent. The next three ranks are good. By the time you reach the last three bars, you're getting a very small amount from each…
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Huh. I didn't know that. That's good to hear. If Cryptic's been able to get further licensing from CBS, to cover even more stuff, then that's absolutely fantastic. Still, I personally feel it's unlikely they'd want to - or even be able to - bring in designs that were created by other game companies for other games. It'd be…
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I feel really bad about making this post, but this comes up from time to time, and it probably needs to be said. It's very unlikely this ship will be put in Star Trek Online. Not impossible, but unlikely. Why? Because it's from Star Trek: Legacy, another video game - by a different company. Star Trek: Legacy was made by…