But it is all that matters. Not only is that a natural evolution of MMOs, but it's especially true here. And that's even before you get into Cryptic's economic model of selling powercreep. It's doomed to be a poor experience regardless. When I first played this game, before the DPS channels even existed (or were in their…
Finding some way to monetize content would probably be a good thing in the long term. Selling power creep, especially with the decreasing options presented by canonical source material, will only grow increasingly difficult. Additionally, there is no shortage of ships, consoles, etc, already in the game. There is, however,…
It's balancing out over time. With each day, more players are picking up the targ board, more players with the targ board are finishing up their Risa grind and moving on to other things, and it won't be long before the exchange price of favors drops below the point it's worthwhile for most players to farm with the intent…
I can live with that, provided ET was actually an effective counter. Instead, it works only so long as it lasts, and then you're instantly re-disabled. And this doesn't even cover the disables the Iconian vessels themselves can use. Only the ones their carrier pets use.
The disables shouldn't have been constant. This is exactly the same problem they ran into with changing TB or adding EPtS to Borg NPCs. Too much of an interesting thing is no longer interesting. And with the skyhigh cost attached to investing into upgrading a build, I tend to just suicide through the FEs as needed. This is…
I have to say, based on the limited time I've spent in queues since last weeks patch, the lag did seem to be much improved. What are other players' experiences? Is this simply a reflection of the summer slowdown? Was the lag being knowingly generated by a few bad actors, ala the recent Tribble incident? Was I just lucky?…
Which loading screen? Is this the first loading screen after hitting "Engage" in the launcher? I think mine's black, not blue. If that's where you're crashing, it's probably a driver or hardware issue. There's a slim chance it's a networking/firewall issue, but I'd look at your drivers first. I'd also move your complaint…
It's only worth going over 15 if you're interested in mass-crafting tech upgrades, especially experimental tech upgrades, or if you have the necessary doff(s) and are interested in mass-crafting the gear unique to each R&D school (wide angle DHCs, omni beams, etc). 15 gets you the captain trait. Using a purple doff, you…
I came across a very interesting study of generations recently. One of its conclusions is that the Millenial generation, formerly known as generation Y, is most similar to the GI generation. I'm not surprised that we're interested in fiction which portrays "doing what needs to be done."
I'm all for spreading the SRO love. At least this requires some sembalance of skill in terms of timing and avoiding death. Top level players may make it look easy, but that's only with practice. Four supporting recluses, on the other hand, requires much less skill or practice, and can dramatically increase DPS. The number…
When? Where? Never heard a word about this. If anything, I think smirk's mishandling of that weekend was a contributing factor to his subsequent termination the following week.
They reworked boff abilities. You can select which skills a boff has currently slotted through both the skills tab and through the stations tab. Further skills can be trained using training manuals. The system is still very similar to the old one; the only major differences are that every manual can be purchsed through the…
Indeed. Would a PUG with a recluse in it be considered a "team" run? The issue of resetting the table should have been an easy decision; institute a seasonal approach based on STO season releases, and retire the current leaderboards with each new season. It's so obvious a solution that it should already have been…
Then there's nothing to tell you. Even a discussion of counters to the Iconian disables would enter into discussing your build. You don't want to discuss your build, so what's left? If all you want to do is discuss tactics, why don't you go parse yourself running it and people can critique your tactics.
Inb4lock. Looks like Ray is only accepting one thread on this topic, and is even probably watching that one closely. The DPS League should just institute a seasonal approach, with the current leaderboards being retired with each new STO season. Doing something about the "team runs" (ie nanny runs) would be great, but…
Why am I not surprised you got a picture of the costumed characters hustling tourists in Times Square? Well done on not getting a picture with them. Should have said you'd be in NYC; the pictures suggest you weren't that far from one of NYCs best hole-in-the-wall pizzerias.