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Ah, so you too disapprove of Cryptic's "exclusivity and collectability" policy? Join the club! We have free cookies and cake, and counseling sessions are also provided if you should ever have a breakdown upon seeing one of those event ships you cannot obtain flying around! In all seriousness though, the policy is stupid…
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This was my initial thought as well, but most expansions for MMOs and both prior expansions for STO have come out in the fall, around October/November. I agree that an expansion is on the horizon, but I feel like now is too far off from the expansion dropping to just stop releasing new C-Store ships. That could mean we…
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Mostly just stuff I picked up from looking at the tooltips on all these abilities in-game. The STO Wiki is also a very useful source of information, though most of the data regarding skills is currently inaccurate due to the recent skill revamp. If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to ask here! It requires much…
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I'm a history nut, so the fact that this referenced Hadrian and his lover Antinous seriously made me giddy with excitement! It was also a very interesting read, as I was thoroughly entertained! It's always nice when writers take advantage of real-life plot holes from historical records and fill in the blanks with their own…
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Captain abilities, other than the healing ones like you've mentioned, have been readjusted for the skill revamp to provide the same bonuses they provided assuming you spent the maximum amount of points in what skill affected them with the old system. For example, Attack Pattern Alpha, in addition to scaling in power with…
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Though I wouldn't consider the "Spectres" arc to be the best, the mission "What Lies Beneath" is incredibly eerie and unnerving. I remember the first time I played it and thought to myself "Why are my palms sweaty and why do I feel so anxious? This is really creepy for Star Trek!". I just love how it blends the classic…
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"Pilot Escorts are relatively large starships with the seemingly miraculous ability to fly about and maneuver like itty-bitty fighters." I'd imagine that on my Pilot Escorts everybody is walking around in sealed haz-mat suits or has barf bags tied to their faces. All those barrel rolls and abrupt flips on a ship with…
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I'd bet on us getting a new T6 C-Store ship or ships before the end of April. The last C-Store ship release we had was the T6 Flagship 9-pack back in like the first or second week of February. It's basically been over two months since a new C-Store ship release, so we're long overdue. Personally, a T6 Sovereign, Vor'cha,…
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Obviously it has occurred to me, but I believe you are missing the point here. Either these consoles need to have their descriptions updated to clarify that the KSV can't use them, or the consoles themselves need to be made equippable on the Krenim Science Vessel. The fact that the KIW and ZHC came out before the KSV…
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Even if it is in fact WAI, it's one of the many cases where something is declared as such without being justified or logical. I mean, the consoles say "Any Krenim, Zahl, or Nihydron Starship", not "Any Krenim, Zahl, or Nihydron Starship (except the KSV because reasons). There is no practical reason for the KSV to not be…
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LOL, this bug has existed for quite some time with no acknowledgement from the devs, despite it being an advertised feature of the ship when it was released back in November 2015. There's been multiple bug report threads about it on the proper forums since day one of the Kor BoP being available, but it doesn't seem that…
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I only ever open Lock Boxes and Promotional Packs when I need the Lobi or I'm shooting for some of the lesser prizes. Otherwise I just buy Master Keys/Promo Packs in bulk and sell them to get the ship(s) I want. When I first started in STO I did exactly what you did regarding Lock Boxes, OP. Granted, I didn't spend as much…
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AAAAAAHHHH!!! It's a Battlecruiser with Pilot BOff seating?!?! YAY!!!! I've been waiting for a Cruiser-type vessel to have access to Pilot abilities, and I'm glad there's finally one out there that's breaking the trend! I absolutely love the look of these ships: the red/orange hull combined with the smooth curves and…
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I don't think it's that bad. Cryptic's whole concept with Lock Box/Lobi/Promotional ships is that they're deliberately stronger than C-Store/free ships. This is because they're harder to get, and because they exist outside of typical faction restrictions. Nobody would even attempt to pick up those ships aside from liking…
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I'm a HUGE Greek Mythology nut, and I'm also a nerd when it comes to Geography. As a result, all of my Starfleet ships across all of my Starfleet characters are named after Greek mythological figures or actual locations in Greece (including cities, provinces, regions, islands, mountains, oceans, lakes, etc.). I don't…
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The circuitry pattern is listed as "Resistance Pulse" in the outfit tailor. If you have the Iconian Resistance Uniform equipped, then just go to "Upper" and "Lower" and scroll to "Resistance Pulse". That will give you the pulsing circuitry pattern. Unfortunately you cannot change its color, so you're stuck with red. Hope…
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I'm afraid you can't actually upgrade the phasers that come with ships when you first unlock and commission them, but you can just buy new ones off the Exchange. Mk XII Uncommon and Rare phaser beam arrays are relatively cheap, and I often start with weapons of those rarities on freshly-minted level 50s before I can get…
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I'd definitely wish for the end of this "exclusivity and collectability" fiasco and allow all of the past event rewards, ships and other items included, to be account unlocks and be available to earn each time their respective events roll around. If not that, then I would wish for many, many billions of Dilithium, that way…
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Cryptic still has plenty of ships that they have yet to T6 and, like others have stated, T5 was the golden standard for quite a long time before T6 was actually introduced. When T6 was introduced, people were not happy with it. Considering T6 has only been around for a year-and-a-half or so, making T6U or T7 ships would…
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To be fair, the Klingons would be losing some of their identity if, or rather when they join the Federation. I remember reading somewhere, possibly on MemoryAlpha, or hearing a character say it in an episode, that Federation members are not allowed to have their own military outside of local law enforcement and policing…
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Ummm, what? What are Tactical Captains being forced into, exactly? As I and many, many others have stated in this thread so far, Battery Expertise and Threat Control are universally useful for ALL builds, regardless of whether they're Healers, Tanks, or DPSers. Neither of those are irrelevant, and are far from useless to…
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I actually really like Command kit modules with Tactical captains. My main is a Starfleet Tactical captain and I run Photon Grenade, Motivation, Return Fire, Hammer and Anvil, and Take Cover on him. Aside from Photon Grenade, all of his abilities are focused on buffing his allies and making them more effective, which is…
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If they would just make it so every non-Romulan BOff had the ability to get the Operative trait that all classes and characters now have access to, I'd be happy. As it is, though my main is a Fed for RP reasons, I have a lot more gameplay fun and success with my Romulan, and it's all because of those BOff traits. I mean,…
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Yay, more Klingon love!!!! I can't wait until these changes are done and completely rolled out to the live server! That being said, more hair options for Klingons is part of this revamp, right? I'd love to get my hands on Klingon hairstyles that aren't dreads and aren't topknots, LOL
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From what I've gathered though, by the time the Temporal Accords are created and signed into effect, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic join the Federation as members. With that in mind, it's easy to see why both parties in the past would want to keep the Federation intact. The factions are not really opposing…
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Even then though, the Kobali Adventure Zone is a rather inefficient way to get Iconian Marks. Every other reputation has some sort of battlezone where you can go in and get 100+ marks every hour or so. With the Kobali Adventure Zone, you get two missions and, though they can be repeated frequently, you still only get like…
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I didn't suggest merging +Hull HP and Threat Control anywhere in my post, LOL. Not sure where you got that from.
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Like others in this thread, I am not thrilled with having to now choose between Threat Control and Battery Expertise. Even on non-tanking builds, the reduced threat generation can be a life-saver, and batteries are useful on any ship for both DPS and tanking. To me, both skills are necessities in nearly every build, so…
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Have you guys looked into the stat distributions for the Assimilated Deflector Array yet? Currently on Tribble the Assimilated Deflector Array provides no bonuses to drain expertise, despite having power insulators pre-skill revamp. Also, it seems to me that the skill icons for the ground skills are really dull and a lot…
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I've done some testing with the new specialization. Most of it is pretty solid, and there's only one thing I've noticed with the specialization that's wonky and that is the critical chance buff from the Logistical Support skill. This buff triggers successfully on use of any BOff/Captain hull healing power, like Auxiliary…