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[Atlantis]

Cool. Sounds a bit... BattleStar Galactica meets Lord of the Rings... Which I like.

 

[SciFiFan]

I had my first look at the Admiralty system. First impressions are not too bad. First it unlocks at level 52. The more ships you have, the more you have to work with. The higher tier ship ships you have, the better chance of success you get. I did a quick 15 min "mission" on one of my characters and got some craylon gas as a reward. If you do crafting, you would know that currently you can only get craylon gas from either the crafting pack (C-Store) or from an elite PvE queue. If this type of reward goes into the live build, then this could be a double edge sword. On the one edge, this will make it easier to get the needed rare crafting materials without having to wait for empty queues to fill up. On the other edge, this could make the already sparse queues to be even more so. I will share more as I dive more into it.

 

[SciFiFan]

Here is some more news from our friends at STO.

Star Trek Online: Galaxy Dreadnought Remodel. The new model looks very nice. The ship artists really are stepping up their game. Also, they have added more options for free.

Star Trek Online: Tier 6 Dreadnoughts. Not only for the Federation, but new toys for the KDF and RR too.

 

[Majestic]

Star Trek Online: Tier 6 Dreadnoughts. Not only for the Federation, but new toys for the KDF and RR too.

Finally the Guramba getting a new T6 level ship, with the javelin included. Might be the ship I have been waiting for and might get me back into the game for a little while.

 

[SciFiFan]

Finally the Guramba getting a new T6 level ship, with the javelin included. Might be the ship I have been waiting for and might get me back into the game for a little while.

Would love to see you back. Even if for just a little while.

 

[Majestic]

Would love to see you back. Even if for just a little while.

Thanks mate. Don't know when though, it's getting to that time of year where it heats up here and so I don't like running my computer much. I'll probably soon restrict my PC to assignments only.

 

[kjc733]

• Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Ensign Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Commander Tactical, Lieutenant Commander Engineering/Command, 1 Lieutenant Commander Science
• Console Modifications: 4 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 3 Science

Eng/Command seat which I find a bit odd. No universal seats

Now this doesn't happen very often. Cryptic listened to the fans and gave the new Prommie a universal ensign. I'm even more tempted now.

 

[SciFiFan]

Thanks mate. Don't know when though, it's getting to that time of year where it heats up here and so I don't like running my computer much. I'll probably soon restrict my PC to assignments only.

It's all good my man. I understand you have your things you need to take care of. Also, I have been playing SW:TOR more these days anyways. I have a new Sith sorcerer that I am having a lot of fun with.

As for the PC, have you ever looked into a water cooled system? I want to put one on mine just for the added measures.

 

[Majestic]

As for the PC, have you ever looked into a water cooled system? I want to put one on mine just for the added measures.

Yeah liquid cool is awesome, my brother in law has it on his PC. I only use a laptop atm, so it's not all that viable. But I'll be going that route when I do end up building a desktop again.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

Part of me thinks people are voting on designs based purely on which greek letter they were assigned. This whole thing is making me rapidly lose faith in humanity.

 

[kjc733]

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/st...423-star-trek-online:-future-flyer-powerboard

I’m happy to announce that starting today at 10am and running through Monday October 26th at 10am we’ll be giving away a free, account unlocked Future Flyer power board to everyone that logs in and collects it from the C-Store. There is no planned return date for this item, so get it while you can!

 

[SciFiFan]

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9610423-star-trek-online:-future-flyer-powerboard

I got mine. I found it amusing when I went to the website and seen they had done this. Kuddos to the Devs for the little things.

 

[Majestic]

I jumped online just to snag it on Kevaas. I also discovered I now have 3,000 Zen from Stipends. I have well over a 1,000,000 dilithium too.

At least I'll be set when I do eventually get back into the game.

 

[kjc733]

And more giveaways

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9612213

With Season 11: New Dawn right around the corner, we’re celebrating with free C-Store giveaways! We’ll be featuring tons of free items leading up to the launch of New Dawn, so be sure to check in and grab your free gift!

Today’s first giveaway item is Bonus Inventory Slots! Unlock them once per character to get 12 new inventory slots.

1. Log into the game on any character between October 22nd at 9AM and October 23rd at 10AM PDT.
2. Visit the in-game C-Store via the button on the minimap
3. Navigate to the ‘Promotions’ tab on the left
4. Scroll down to and click on the ‘Inventory Slots’ item
6. Click the “Claim” button towards the bottom-right of the interface

 

[Majestic]

Thanks for the heads up KJC. I appreciate it, I would miss all this stuff if you didn't post it.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

They changed the voice of the bonnie-kin hologram and it's no longer scary. It used to make me jump while playing the mission

 

[CABAL]

They changed the voice of the bonnie-kin hologram and it's no longer scary. It used to make me jump while playing the mission

It was mostly scary (to me, anyway) because it was loud. What's it like now?

 

[dvatreknerd314]

It's the same volume, but it's...different. Less of a strong entrance into the bonnie-kin thing

So this experience boost event is amazing. I just blew through one or two levels with one mission.

 

[SciFiFan]

Cryptic has now announced the new lock box.

Herald Lock Box

Not really of a whole lot of interest to me other than the outfits. They look cool.

 

[Majestic]

Not really of a whole lot of interest to me other than the outfits. They look cool.

I would agree mate. I doubt this will be popular with the majority of the fan base.

 

[SciFiFan]

I would agree mate. I doubt this will be popular with the majority of the fan base.

I honestly would have rather they made a cross faction ship that used the Heralds aesthetics. Something that showed they were adapting reversed engineered tech to use.

 

[kjc733]

I honestly would have rather they made a cross faction ship that used the Heralds aesthetics. Something that showed they were adapting reversed engineered tech to use.

Agreed, something along the lines of the Dyson ships. I get annoyed by all the alien ships, especially seeing as the Klinks and Roms need some love.

Anyway, today's giveaway is the Gamma DOff pack - but note that it is for one character only.

 

[Majestic]

I honestly would have rather they made a cross faction ship that used the Heralds aesthetics. Something that showed they were adapting reversed engineered tech to use.

Agreed, something along the lines of the Dyson ships. I get annoyed by all the alien ships, especially seeing as the Klinks and Roms need some love.

I was just about to suggest that.

Originally the lock boxes were put in to allow players to play iconic ships that they normally couldn't, like the Galor, D'Kora, Hirogen ships etc. However it seems they have just gone nuts. I really don't know how many people saw the Iconian ships and said "I want one of those to fly" same with the Voth ships or any other ship designs they actually made up.

I think when I get back into the game I'll try and gab one of those Delta Quadrant ships. I love the DQ and canon ships are what I like in the Lock Boxes.

Anyway, today's giveaway is the Gamma DOff pack - but note that it is for one character only.

Thanks again mate.

 

[kjc733]

Today it's a 100 mark pack, it looks as if you can claim it for multiple characters.

 

[SciFiFan]

Today it's a 100 mark pack, it looks as if you can claim it for multiple characters.

You can indeed. I have claimed it on all of my characters already.

 

[dvatreknerd314]

All of my reputation reset. Was this a feature or a known bug?

Wait, I'm dumb. Nevermind

 

[kjc733]

A pair of spec points for each character today. This is somewhat annoying as most of my characters still haven't reached lvl 60 and so cant use the points from the last giveaway yet!! Oh well, they'll have a heck of a jump when they get their.

 

[Majestic]

I missed yesterdays one, was too busy to turn the PC on. However I have claimed todays. I have 2 lvl 60 characters so this will come in handy.

 

[kjc733]

And the last giveaway is a ship upgrade token - one per account.

In other news, team Omega won the carrier design.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9564953

 

[dvatreknerd314]

In other news, team Omega won the carrier design.
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9564953

Somehow I'm not surprised. There were people calling Omega from the very beginning, even though it's the worst design of the bunch. Again, I think people were voting based on the name instead of the design.