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While I cannot necessarily speak to the business end of it, this does sound from a player perspective to be a good idea if the system is intended to encourage experimentation. I hate to say it, but I'm also one of those people who probably won't be taking any big risks translating my old builds over to the new system…
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Well, I chickened our and bought a battlecruiser for the trait and console, in case things don't work out with it. I've still got But this is all really great advice that I can put to use with my Risian Corvette. I've already got a high-defense build going (using the Aegis set for the bonus defense and looking cool), but…
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Well, dang. It says that right there, doesn't it. *Facepalm* ... as for the fleet sci concoles, I'm not in a fleet, so no dice on that one. Yeah, my Risian does that most of the time. I'm clumsy enough that it isn't all of the time, though, hence my interest in something with more forgiving firing arcs and a more generous…
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Wait-- so I was in the same bind as the OP, but I didn't realize a T5-U Ambassador was an option. I really liked my old anniversary-issue Ambassador, and ran it right up until it couldn't be upgraded to T5-U status. Is there a way to upgrade it that I'm missing? Or is yours actually a Fleet Ambassador, and I'm just getting…
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I've been flying a Risian Corvette for a while now (ever since my Ambassador was rendered obsolete by not being upgradable to T5-U), and I also had one heck of a problem keeping my cannons on-target at the speeds the corvette needs in order to remain not dead. Not sure if this is applicable, but my solution was to use…
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Thank you to everyone for your responses! Looks like a lot of love out there for the Guardian, and for a lot of really reasons that I find very appealing. I kinda' realized that I picked two very versatile ships, so I'm a little surprised to see either of the two as a runaway favorite like this! One follow-up question,…
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Well, I've always rationalized it this way: when you listen to a lot of dialogue from ToS and TNG, the characters talk more or less like if your shields go down in combat, you're screwed. Watching The Wrath of Khan pretty much cements that impression in my mind. The Reliant basically took out the Enterprise in two shots,…
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Well, it's understandable that the only Gorn ship line included thus far have been science vessels. The KDF back in the day didn't have any science support from their own ships (unless you count "bird-of-science" builds). The fluff at the time of the KDF "borrowing" Gorn support ships to back fleets of Klingon ships made…
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Aww. Now you've got me feeling bad for having built an A2B/DEM Risian corvette. Although I mostly did it so that I could pull Impulse 30 in reverse for most of a battle. ... Hopefully that counts a little for creativity. Or at least is kinda' fun to watch. In all seriousness, though, you are right that it does lead easily…
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Eff. Yes. A million times, yes! As a screaming Gorn fan (although some of that screaming is at my Varanus), I would buy that in a heartbeat. And it's actually pretty close to what I has assumed would be a natural fit for a new KDF ship. And if both of us had the same idea of a Gorn drone-carrier, odds are that this thought…
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"Horrid" might be a bit of an overstatement, but I do agree they could use a lot of tightening up. The curret interiors just feel way too big and open. I know, I know, the Klingons are right when they say that Federation starships are basically luxury liners, but now that the devs have a much tighter interior ready, I'd…
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Thanks for all your feedback, everyone! It was good to see of the options that I have been considering pop up, and even more-so to see ones that never would have occurred to me. Lots of support for the Vo'Quv, though, which is really cool. I had been worried by its atrocious handling, since one of the biggest problems my…
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Wow. Very interesting. Thanks for quoting this, Port Nacelle. You are a gentleman and a scholar. Also a fish. I knew that TrB and TBR didn't scale its damage with Auxiliary power, but it never occurred to me that TBR might be at its most damaging at 5 auxiliary power! :P That build looks pretty interesting. I'm seriously…
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Really? Then what the frell does my sci have any ranks in that skill for...? *>| (Eh... I shouldn't get too mad. Both of my characters could probably use skill respecs pretty bad anyway.)
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That certainly looks like an interesting build. Having run a transphasic torp boat in the past (it was my build back when I was using a BoP as a proxy for a real science vessel x| ...), be aware that you'll only do your damage very gradually. Torpedo: High Yield is going to be kinda' essential to make that damage stack up…
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Oh, I do love Energy Syphon, don't get me wrong-- my KDF sci/sci chains ES 2 & 3*. I just tend assume the worst when using it, that its self-buffing properties will be more potent than its debuff on the enemy. I'm fairly certain that a specialized Gravity-well build or a highly-skilled Viral Matrix will have much more of a…
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Wow! This is more feedback than I expected-- thank you all! You are right, of course. This build is actually a bit of a reaction to my tried-and-functional KFD sci/sci, which can drop shield-heals like a maniac (enough to tank a most PvP escorts for long enough for an ally to fly over and bail me out), but can't fight its…
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Thanks for the suggestions! I do rather like the idea of pairing AP:B with B:FaW, and may just give that a go. Thanks for the idea! Unfortunately, (at least, according to the Wiki) Auxiliary Power Configuration -- Offense doesn't boost Attack Patterns. I've been considering swapping the rank-slots on HE and PH. But I…
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So, for the record, I really like HO:E (even if it is somewhat unfortunately named :P). The other Elite STFs are milk-runs, really (sometimes you'll get an illiterate team that borks up CS:E, but other than that...). I honestly really like a challenge-- even if that means losing the mission as often as I win it (maybe even…
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So, one thing those dozens of uniform options have in common is that they are variations on Starfleet uniforms. Yes, the game allows players a wide variety of uniforms to choose from so that players have an easier time making their character look like an individual. Yes, this is, in fact, the opposite intention of a…
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Erm, I'd like to throw in my vote against swimwear costumes as well, actually. I won't fault some of those designs for creativity, I guess, but I can't help but feel that it really isn't appropriate to have people wandering around military installations (un)dressed like that. Okay, yes, there are already plenty of…
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From my many, many runs at it (I got a Mk XII blue Reman set out of it, back before the NR reputation line-- that's a lot of runs!), I've come to the conclusion that the Vault Shuttle Event is designed in such a way that you need at least half of the team acting in a coordinated fashion to execute it correctly. And it's…
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Huh. I'll have to try that, see what happens. Maybe it's just missions on the queues that behave the way I was thinking. I've pretty much just been running off of the PvE and PvP queues for quite a while now, which may have biased my experience a little. I'll have to give it a look-see, see what happens.
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Eee! Someone acknowledged that Hive Onslaught exists! That just made my day! :) ... actually, Origin, the way you put it almost feels like a classical tragedy. Everyone complains about the grindy tedium of end-game, and then ignores the missions that break out of that mold. It's funny, really, when you think about it. ...…
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I can't speak specifically to The Best Defense (I got my Reman engineer to level 9 before I remembered that I had IRL-y things that needed my time more), but I'm getting the impression that you were running a build more focused on 360-degree weapons than anything else. I'm not going to say that you're doing it wrong,…
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As someone who really likes shuttle missions (the Vault Shuttle Event is probably my favorite thing on the PvE queue), I have to say that the two things you're taking issue with are two of the major selling points for me. The (relatively) simplified and streamlined operating of a shuttle's powers gives me more attention…
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Oh. You're right. Derp. Sorry, I usually fly a Varanus-- I don't use cloak all that often. :P
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I'm afraid I'm gunna' have to disagree with you here. I know the current build of the Scimitar takes a bit of the air out of my argument here, but I really and sincerely do not believe that the KDF should have a 5-fore-weapon Klingon ship. They could totally use a 5-fore-weapon ship from one of their ally races (probably…
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A thousand times yes! This sort of content would be spectacular! I (perhaps uniquely)rather enjoyed exploring New Romulus during its first few months, since it teased at exactly that kind of content. I know that in a lot of ways combat-based content is much easier to make, but missions focusing on tough and impactful…
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So, while I voted for TNG in the poll, what I'd be most interested in seeing is more development of the plot threads already in motion. - I'd really like to see more missions about the Klingon-Federation war. - I'd be interested in seeing a continuation of Species 8472's infiltration of the Alpha Quadrant with maybe a bit…