Star Trek Online thread

[Joshmaul]

Given that it's saying it's a "tactical warbird", it might be about the size of the Ha'feh assault warbird.

[captain_obvious]

Stats for the new tactical warbirds. 

Actually, the lvl 30 one with the quad cannons (The Arkala?) looks viable for lvl 50 stuff.... good heavens...

Pretty ships, but not great stats wise.  Shame.  Oh, and according to bran, no fleet version of these any time soon :X

[Darkthunder]

The Ar'kala seems to be missing a few things to be truly competitive with T5:

- 4/2 weapon slots (T5 has 4/3)
- No Lt Cmdr station (T5 has universal)
- Less hull (T5 has aprox. 5k more hull hitpoints)

I'd say the Ar'kala could easily be doable from level 30, until you hit 50. But -at- 50, you'd best invest in one of the existing Tier 5 ships, or purchase the Ar'kif Retrofit.

The standard Ar'kif is a nice "D'deridex alternative" for leveling Romulans. Going from flying "Escort-type" ships level 1-29, to a big, hulking, cruiser at 30 was a major pain in the gluteus maximus. Now all they need to do is add Science ship alternatives for leveling (and at endgame). Not to mention, major fixing to science abilities, to make using science ships more beneficial than they are currently.

I'm curious; Are the Quad Cannons capable of being used on any other Warbird, or just the Ar'kif/Ar'kala variants?

[Tuskin38]

If they're like the quad phaser/disruptors, they're good on any ship.

[Tuskin38]

hah the Romulan gas masks protect from the gas in Hearts and Minds

[captain_obvious]

hah the Romulan gas masks protect from the gas in Hearts and Minds

Yeah, just like ev suits, med generators and heals from bridge officers

[Tuskin38]

semantics.

The masks also work in that mission on Empok Nor with the psychotropic gas.

[captain_obvious]

semantics.

How is that semantics? They all carry out the same task, which is to protect you from the damaging effects of that gas.  Plus there's the fact that it's rather easier to obtain any of those options over a rebreather.  (I haven't played the mission where one obtains the rebreathers in some time, so it may be easier than it was before).

The masks also work in that mission on Empok Nor with the psychotropic gas.

Ohhh I remember that mission.  That was the one with the optional objective of not triggering any of the security laser fence alarms iirc.  That was a pretty cool little mechanic!

[Tuskin38]

I found the elachi ground missions a lot easier then they were in the Beta.

[ShaunKL]

Holy halibut!  Again, again I miss Hearts and Minds!  I've never gotten to play it!  Every Friday the 13th or Halloween my brain never thinks to play STO.

[Darkthunder]

The only real reward for it, is a Blue Duty Officer. The mission itself is rather short, and kinda boring. Imho, you didn't miss much.

[captain_obvious]

The only real reward for it, is a Blue Duty Officer. The mission itself is rather short, and kinda boring. Imho, you didn't miss much.

Aye, the mission takes all of 3 mins to do.  The doff does have decent traits though, he isn't useless at all.
Good thing that mission is so short.  It's just so poor I wouldn't touch it if it didn't take the 3 mins that it does xD

[Joshmaul]

Aye, the mission takes all of 3 mins to do.  The doff does have decent traits though, he isn't useless at all.
Good thing that mission is so short.  It's just so poor I wouldn't touch it if it didn't take the 3 mins that it does xD

I found the traipsing about in the bowels of Drozana Station during the Devidian FE series a lot scarier (and appropriately, that part was released on or around Halloween, if my memory serves!).

[captain_obvious]

I found the traipsing about in the bowels of Drozana Station during the Devidian FE series a lot scarier (and appropriately, that part was released on or around Halloween, if my memory serves!).

Man, I must be unflappable... I have only once jumped out of fear while playing a video game and that was the one time I  got facehugged while playing AvP (1998) as a marine.. STO scary? I never found it to be even slightly unnerving..

[Tuskin38]

This is interesting, the new Warbirds are getting hangers

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=12458021#post12458021

[captain_obvious]

Ah yes, I noticed that.  It should make them rather more competitive!

[Tuskin38]

FE is delayed,
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=12486431&postcount=5

also tribble is Subs/LTS only temporally, and Branflakes mentioned Redshirt is going back up, and it is up now. Sounds like they're going to be doing some separate testing on stuff.

Maybe they're going to start some big changes? Today's tribble patch is surprisingly 1GB when according to the patch notes its just power changes.

Edit:

tribble is using the Season 8 Branch now, that might explain it.

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=12492181&postcount=19

[captain_obvious]

"Big changes". The cynic in me is just roaring with laughter right now at the prospect of the bugs that the aforementioned "big changes" will likely introduce.

Cryptic really should bring in a "M'aiq the liar" style character, if only for a bit of a laugh.

[Tuskin38]

"Big changes". The cynic in me is just roaring with laughter right now at the prospect of the bugs that the aforementioned "big changes" will likely introduce.

Cryptic really should bring in a "M'aiq the liar" style character, if only for a bit of a laugh.

They have an NPC at Memory-Alpha that pokes fun at players who wanted LCARS that were not blue.

Today's screenshot

[Tuskin38]

New 5 Man event coming to tribble for testing

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=12601711&postcount=1