Star Trek Online thread

[Tuskin38]

not normally, I might be the sheer influx of new people. Maintenance usually only gets this bad after a big release.

[captain_obvious]

Ie Free to play

[sovereign001]

Yeah, one time i was able to kill vger euh i mean bger.. It was at 84% and suddenly it went boom...

[Nebula]

umm you can fast travel... just only to particular places. About maintenance.... expect it a lot after each big patch, Should be smooth sailing after a week or so. 

[captain_obvious]

umm you can fast travel... just only to particular places. About maintenance.... expect it a lot after each big patch, Should be smooth sailing after a week or so. 

Odd. My transwarp only takes me to earth and earth is pretty much the furthest point away from... everything.
Some fast travel!

So how do I go about unlocking other places on the transwarp net?

[Shadowknight1]

Considering that they've just gone to F2P and probably have more players than they thought they'd get, they probably have to keep working on it.  I'd guess.

And V'ger?  That's not that hard.  Not that I noticed anyways.  Taken it down twice.

[FarShot]

That JJPrise thing is only similar.  You can tell because the pylons are wrong.

[captain_obvious]

Is anyone else having major problems with lag and connection drops from STO? I've been killed 3 times tonight thanks to connection dropouts!

I hope it's on my end..

[majormagna]

You can fast travel to mission start locations, for energy credits.

Regarding more 'permanent' Transwarp unlocks, as you progress through Diplomatic ranks (Now only visible in the DOff panel, dunno why), you get Transwarp powers to K7, Starbase 39, DS9 and possibly one more but I forget.

At least it doesn't take as long to travel in STO as it does in Skyrim. I've heard rumours that when we do finally get "One sector space to rule them all" the size will be increased, however the speed may be ramped up to match. I'm in support of either, because it would mean bumping into less people, and right now warp speeds feel... slow (But better than before sector space was revamped).

[captain_obvious]

Well, I've figured out that it's more than likely traffic shaping by talktalk on my end.
My ping was never the issue according to the tests I've run (pingtest.net gives me an A grade and speedtest.net is giving me relatively normal bandwidth scores both up and down)  and I'm still getting horrible horrible rubber banding and drop outs.  Their nettest program is giving me sub 100Kbps throughput scores on all the ports STO will use!
No wonder I'm lagging like hell!

[Killallewoks]

Well, I've figured out that it's more than likely traffic shaping by talktalk on my end.
My ping was never the issue according to the tests I've run (pingtest.net gives me an A grade and speedtest.net is giving me relatively normal bandwidth scores both up and down)  and I'm still getting horrible horrible rubber banding and drop outs.  Their nettest program is giving me sub 100Kbps throughput scores on all the ports STO will use!
No wonder I'm lagging like hell!

You have Talk Talk? Ive had so much trouble with them we eventully up sticks and went to BT for a cheaper Internet and calls package.  Far faster but my ancient copper cables are knackerd and we dont get fibre optic till 2014. 

[Darkthunder]

You can fast travel to mission start locations, for energy credits.

Regarding more 'permanent' Transwarp unlocks, as you progress through Diplomatic ranks (Now only visible in the DOff panel, dunno why), you get Transwarp powers to K7, Starbase 39, DS9 and possibly one more but I forget.

At least it doesn't take as long to travel in STO as it does in Skyrim. I've heard rumours that when we do finally get "One sector space to rule them all" the size will be increased, however the speed may be ramped up to match. I'm in support of either, because it would mean bumping into less people, and right now warp speeds feel... slow (But better than before sector space was revamped).

If you pick up the "Driver Coil" skill, the higher the rank, the faster your maximum speed will be in "Sector Space". Using the Borg Engine (Warp 14 bonus), and having the Driver Coil skill, I actually travel well above Warp 18 in Sector Space. The Driver Coil skill also increases the maximum speed achieved using the Quantum Slipstream drive (temp ability).

[Shadowknight1]

I have to say that it seems like they raised the rank requirements for the Borg missions.  Before F2P, I was on a mission, but when I came back, obviously it kicked me out of the mission for being gone so long, but I could no longer access the mission.

[captain_obvious]

You have Talk Talk? Ive had so much trouble with them we eventully up sticks and went to BT for a cheaper Internet and calls package.  Far faster but my ancient copper cables are knackerd and we dont get fibre optic till 2014. 

Aol actually but they're talktalk nowadays!  I've been having words with the parents and trying to make them see sense.  Hell I've even told my dad I will PAY HIM to get us the hell away from AOL/TALKTALK!  I've also put the idea forward that I be the one in charge of the tech side of things seeing how useless my dad* is and my mum doesn't really want to know about it**.

I've heard some good things about these guys though http://aaisp.net.uk/broadband.html

This is the reviews site I've been looking at. Came highly recommended by some old friends of mine. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/


*Worse, he thinks he knows tech best but to him colour TV is still a new fangled thing!
**It's really down to her not wanting the hassle.  She's "had enough stress for 62 years" is what she says!

[majormagna]

I have to say that it seems like they raised the rank requirements for the Borg missions.  Before F2P, I was on a mission, but when I came back, obviously it kicked me out of the mission for being gone so long, but I could no longer access the mission.

Which mission?

[ACES_HIGH]

if you mean the STFs, they're now accessible through the PvE Queues, instead of through a mission giver.

[Shadowknight1]

Which mission?

I believe it was either Collateral Damage or Asset Recovery.

[Killallewoks]

Aol actually but they're talktalk nowadays!  I've been having words with the parents and trying to make them see sense.  Hell I've even told my dad I will PAY HIM to get us the hell away from AOL/TALKTALK!  I've also put the idea forward that I be the one in charge of the tech side of things seeing how useless my dad* is and my mum doesn't really want to know about it**.

I've heard some good things about these guys though http://aaisp.net.uk/broadband.html

This is the reviews site I've been looking at. Came highly recommended by some old friends of mine. http://www.ispreview.co.uk/


*Worse, he thinks he knows tech best but to him colour TV is still a new fangled thing!
**It's really down to her not wanting the hassle.  She's "had enough stress for 62 years" is what she says!

The Talk Talk empire took over Tiscali when we were with them it was a day of dissapointment. There good sites too may have to look.

[Joshmaul]

If you pick up the "Driver Coil" skill, the higher the rank, the faster your maximum speed will be in "Sector Space". Using the Borg Engine (Warp 14 bonus), and having the Driver Coil skill, I actually travel well above Warp 18 in Sector Space. The Driver Coil skill also increases the maximum speed achieved using the Quantum Slipstream drive (temp ability).

Why would you need to go faster than warp 20? Is there another galaxy you're trying to get to?

[Darkthunder]

Why would you need to go faster than warp 20? Is there another galaxy you're trying to get to?

Not at all

But the skill certainly helps for travel speed, cutting down the time to go from place to place. Especially during a "Tour of the Galaxy" event.