STO General Chat

[dvatreknerd314]

25875 dil per master key...

 

[Atlantis]

I've recently gotten back into STO again. A few impressive new features (or just ones I didn't find before); R&D, Admiralty, New Romulus, Reputation systems etc, pretty cool.

I still reckon you rank up way too fast. I was gaining a level, sometimes 2, per mission, such that by the end of Wasteland I was Lvl 52! And I was disappointed that the whole Romulan play was just an intro to joining the UFP or KDF; would have much preferred a third full set of episodes, but hey-ho.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I still reckon you rank up way too fast. I was gaining a level, sometimes 2, per mission, such that by the end of Wasteland I was Lvl 52!

That could have been during the experience event where characters were leveling pretty quickly. I got a character from 11 to 51 in twelve hours of play

 

[CABAL]

25875 dil per master key...

And the exchange rate has only risen since I've joined so it's not easy to get Zen either...

I've recently gotten back into STO again. A few impressive new features (or just ones I didn't find before); R&D, Admiralty, New Romulus, Reputation systems etc, pretty cool.

I still reckon you rank up way too fast. I was gaining a level, sometimes 2, per mission, such that by the end of Wasteland I was Lvl 52! And I was disappointed that the whole Romulan play was just an intro to joining the UFP or KDF; would have much preferred a third full set of episodes, but hey-ho.

That could have been during the experience event where characters were leveling pretty quickly. I got a character from 11 to 51 in twelve hours of play

I've had my Fed character for a few months and he's just recently gotten to level 57 so you must have been on during a bonus XP event. Story missions do generally get you a level if you just keep following them, though.

I agree that the Romulan story was disappointing. If they wanted you to chose a side, it should have been between the Empire or the Republic. Warbirds are fun, though.

 

[SciFiFan]

Their explanation on why the Romulans have to pick sides is because their engine is limited to a red v blue setup.

 

[CABAL]

Their explanation on why the Romulans have to pick sides is because their engine is limited to a red v blue setup.

They still could have had you pick between the Republic and Empire and have that tied into Federation or Klingon alliance. For instance, the RR story line would be mostly unchanged, but always result in a Klingon alliance since the Republic proved they had the kind of honor that Klingons like. To keep from being overrun, the Federation would have entered into an alliance with the Star Empire. This kind of a story could have provided opportunities to make the Federation-Klingon War have more depth, with the Klingons coming across better in light because of the alliance with the RR and the Federation getting knocked down from completely perfect heroes with the RSE alliance. Since Fed-aligned players would be opposing the RR, we might see them do some of the terrorist-y things the Tal Shiar keep accusing them of rather than having the RR be completely perfect heroes and the RSE would probably get some characters that weren't baby-kicking-ly evil. They could even keep the Tal Shiar as bad-guys by having them go rogue, which they do anyway.

 

[Majestic]

Anyone else having problems logging into sto today?

 

[kjc733]

Not tried today, but there have been numerous server problems since the introduction of the Winter Wonderland. The recommendation has been to leave the wonderland before logging out.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Does anyone know where I can pick up the Resettle Colonists DOFF mission since the sector blocks went away? I'm fairly certain they can still be picked up at the non-sector block locations where they were before, but I'm not sure now.

 

[SciFiFan]

The doff system is still not working 100% correctly. Sometimes what you need to do is as you approach the sector boarder, you need to slow down real slow. As you cross the boarder, you will see the list update. Go too far, and the list will revert. It can be a real PITA but, that is what I had to do the last time I used the system.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

The doff system is still not working 100% correctly. Sometimes what you need to do is as you approach the sector boarder, you need to slow down real slow. As you cross the boarder, you will see the list update. Go too far, and the list will revert. It can be a real PITA but, that is what I had to do the last time I used the system.

I've also noticed that the list changes depending on which direction you come at the border from. In sector A, the list does not contain Resettle Colonists. As I cross the border to sector B, it changes but does not contain the mission. I get into sector B and it is not there. I back up from sector B to the border, it changes, and it is not there. I cross into sector A and it is suddenly there.

My head hurts...

 

[SciFiFan]

I've also noticed that the list changes depending on which direction you come at the border from. In sector A, the list does not contain Resettle Colonists. As I cross the border to sector B, it changes but does not contain the mission. I get into sector B and it is not there. I back up from sector B to the border, it changes, and it is not there. I cross into sector A and it is suddenly there.

My head hurts...

Yeah, its a byproduct of when they went to the new space maps. I do hope they fix it but it will undoubtedly far down the road.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So I just recently realized that I can get any of the previous event ships if I unlocked them and dry docked ships are still usable with admiralty...

*opens all the requisition boxes*

 

[SciFiFan]

Think of the ships for the admiralty system as playing cards. Once you have the card, it doesn't matter what you do with the actual ship. You can actually dismiss that ship and retain the admiralty card.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

As much as I hate how much of the game content is in the C Store (or whatever it's called now), I like the idea of getting the sleeveless Mirror Universe uniforms for Fed characters, and even though they don't have them available now, I'm sure it'll become something they'll add to the C Store soon enough.

 

[kjc733]

Today's Anniversary giveaway, two spec points. Doesn't say if its character or account, but last time it was character. However I have a 452MB patch today (but that may be because I havent logged on for a while).

EDIT - it is all characters on an account. You need to claim for each character separately.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

As soon as I say something about the Mirror Universe uniforms, they become a thing...

 

[Majestic]

As much as I hate how much of the game content is in the C Store (or whatever it's called now), I like the idea of getting the sleeveless Mirror Universe uniforms for Fed characters, and even though they don't have them available now, I'm sure it'll become something they'll add to the C Store soon enough.

Don't expect to see uniforms in the c-store anytime soon, it's more beneficial for them in lock boxes or in the Lobi Store (as single character unlocks) as they make more money that way. Greed is eternal with PWE.

 

[SciFiFan]

I just got done looking over the blogs for the anniversary ship and new lockbox. Color me disappointed. The Temporal Dread they put in the Lobi store should have been the anniversary ship with a KDF and RR equivalent. Oh well.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

So back when they got rid of the exploration clusters, I thought I saw something about plans to replace the exploration system with something else exploration-themed. Does anyone know anything about this?

 

[Elrond]

All I know is that Cryptic said they were going to focus more on exploration with Season 11 but, holy crap, wouldn't ya know it, they didn't do it. *Gasp*

 

[kjc733]

Dilithium Fleet Vouchers for one character only

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Dilithium Fleet Vouchers for one character only

What manner of beast might this be?

 

[CABAL]

What manner of beast might this be?

I already grabbed mine. They let you donate Dilithium (20,000 in this case) to fleet projects without impacting your actual Dilithium.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Wish I'd known that. I claimed it on a character whose fleet is well-developed. Wish I'd done it for 2nd Delta Dragoons instead

 

[SciFiFan]

I already grabbed mine. They let you donate Dilithium (20,000 in this case) to fleet projects without impacting your actual Dilithium.

You can also use them in the fleet stores.

 

[kjc733]

And today its 2x Enhanced Universal Tech Upgrades, but again just once per account.

EDIT - it's also a 1160MB patch...

 

[SciFiFan]

I am in a small debate with myself. I have bought Master Keys with them being on sale. Now I a part of me wants to use them to collect lobi and another part wants to sell them for the ec.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

I could buy one off of you for EC, if you're interested.

 

[SciFiFan]

I can sell you one if you like. Make an offer.