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Star Trek Online Free to Play |OT| Boldly freeloading where others have subbed before
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GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Possible Romulan 1000 Day Veteran ship?
That looks pretty awesome.
Hey scannings dangerous work he he
Pretty sure I've had white quality DOFFs killed while playing Strategema.
GungHo
Single-handedly caused Exxon-Mobil to sue FOX, start World War 3
Big update to carriers and shuttle/fighter/frigate control:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=940251
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=940251
Sir Walter Taffy
Member
I'm liking what I see so far with this.
The LoR Legacy Pack and Starter Pack are now in the C-Store in case you didn't already buy them with cash. 16k and 2.5k Zen, respectively. A bit of a slap in the face to everyone who could have bought them that way but paid cash a few weeks ago, but I suppose that's just the way it is. Sitting on a pile of 23k Zen, I'd be tempted to get it if I actually had a Romulan character.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=797751
New State of the Game up, alongside a poll on which show we want to see more content from. I can't believe piece-of-shit Voyager is in the lead; bloody hated every second of that show.
New State of the Game up, alongside a poll on which show we want to see more content from. I can't believe piece-of-shit Voyager is in the lead; bloody hated every second of that show.
main trek site had a poll recently about best role model captain and janeway came in 2nd behind picard. lot of mentally ill trek fans
Sax Russel
Banned
Where's my Enterprise-J damnit
I'm not the biggest fan of Voyager but I can see why it would win. It had the most new races and ships to explore. Alot of TNG and DS9 content and races are already in game, TOS has always been the least popular and I've not seen much of Enterprise so can't say much of that.
Personally my favourite is DS9 but there isn't that much left to see in terms of ships and races. If they open up the wormhole then we could explore the Gamma quadrant but the series never showed much of that outside the dominion so most of it would have to be made up by Cryptic.
to be fair, by necessity it's kind of had the least impact on STO so far because most of it took place on the other side of the galaxy. They kinda had to stretch to get the Hirogen in there.
I can see people who liked Voyager wanting to see more Voyager stuff in the game.
Grumble...
I want to see three things.
First, I think it'd be great if the game had more of the Alpha Quadrant shown. They've said they're working on bringing out some of the missing Federation sectors (e.g. the gap "west" of Sol) and populating them with UGC missions 'remastered' by Cryptic in a contest of sorts.
Second, I want to see more Gamma quadrant and maybe follow up on how the Dominion is coping with changes Odo's return brought. The 2800 feature series is a great start with this.
Third, I really, really want to see a return to the Dyson Sphere. It'd be perfect as both a space and ground adventure zone.
EDIT: Also, forgot to include this concept art from the article:
Double EDIT: Just won a purple Phaser Beam Array Mk XII [Acc]x3 from an STF and they seem to sell for about 8m. Lucky me!
I want to see three things.
First, I think it'd be great if the game had more of the Alpha Quadrant shown. They've said they're working on bringing out some of the missing Federation sectors (e.g. the gap "west" of Sol) and populating them with UGC missions 'remastered' by Cryptic in a contest of sorts.
Second, I want to see more Gamma quadrant and maybe follow up on how the Dominion is coping with changes Odo's return brought. The 2800 feature series is a great start with this.
Third, I really, really want to see a return to the Dyson Sphere. It'd be perfect as both a space and ground adventure zone.
EDIT: Also, forgot to include this concept art from the article:
Double EDIT: Just won a purple Phaser Beam Array Mk XII [Acc]x3 from an STF and they seem to sell for about 8m. Lucky me!
Ace Ventrue
Banned
So I finally got back on my not-so-played-even-before level 50 in STO. Please can someone provide tips on what would be the best way to gain energy credits nowadays? It would be nice if it is not as limited as several guides on the Internet suggest, i.e. doing once-per-day Tour thingie or farming Foundry daily limit in items. If it is too much of a secret PMs are welcome 
when the bonus mark event is on the elite crystaline entity gives 80 Nukara marks and about 50 when the events not on
I just lost about 2 mill on the exchange.
I had just bought and resold a bunch of items on the market and I assumed they would sell slowly over the next couple days or so. Then BOOM there was a rush on keys for some reason and I saw that my energy credits were at 10 mill. I had never reached the max before so I just kept futzing around in a Gorn Minefield fleet action until it dawned on me...10 million is a round number, there is no way my items would equal out to an even number...godda- and suddenly another key sold and my strange alien artifact with it. I blame the Gorn.
Anyone know why keys suddenly went 150k+ what they normally are?
I had just bought and resold a bunch of items on the market and I assumed they would sell slowly over the next couple days or so. Then BOOM there was a rush on keys for some reason and I saw that my energy credits were at 10 mill. I had never reached the max before so I just kept futzing around in a Gorn Minefield fleet action until it dawned on me...10 million is a round number, there is no way my items would equal out to an even number...godda- and suddenly another key sold and my strange alien artifact with it. I blame the Gorn.
Anyone know why keys suddenly went 150k+ what they normally are?
Looks supply related - there were only a few keys on the exchange last time I checked.
Sir Walter Taffy
Member
Is Intercept on carriers broken for anyone else, or is it just me?
It's not a whole lot, but Alienware is giving away keys for STO that give you some junk items and 5000 unrefined dilithium.
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/star-trek-online-holodeck-pack-key-giveaway/
http://www.alienwarearena.com/giveaway/star-trek-online-holodeck-pack-key-giveaway/
Sax Russel
Banned
Ooh thanks for linking this. The random item sold for 500k, so that's a nice bonus too!
That was me! I've got a few hundred thousand ECs to put back in when the exchange sales go through...
From this STO forum thread about the Dev panel in Star Trek Las Vegas:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=821841
So:
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=821841
So:
- Dyson Sphere space adventure zone - I've been calling for this for years as the possibilities are endless...
- Voth are new NPC faction in Season 8
- More BOFFs with backstories, like Tovan Khev on Romulan Republic side
- One-off Feature Episode coming in a few weeks time, leading on to...
- 5 episode Feature Series focusing on Iconian storyline in Season 8
- Season 8 coming before end of year
- Existing STF missions being revamped
- Crafting update coming with Gateway (out of game web app) support
In case anyone was unaware, they'll be giving out free C-Store items from Monday to Friday this week. The specific items will not be known until each new day, but according to BranFlakes, their combined value is around 7500 Zen, there will be about 8 items total, and they should all be account-wide unlocks. Based on this information, people on the STO forum have speculated that there will be three days with two items, presumably one KDF and one Fed. It's likely to be at least one costume and possibly some ships. Most people are guessing the Academy costumes, since that's basically the only costume that has both Fed/KDF versions. Ships will probably be one low and one mid or high tier ship, presumably ones that generally sell poorly. Or maybe a fighter. Just make sure to login each day to check.
I'm hoping for a small craft as 2 of my characters don't have one yet. Most of the outfit and ship unlocks I'm not too fussed over though. Some Lockbox keys would be nice as I'm saving up lobi atm aswell.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
So, I just hit level 50 after completing the DS9 invasion episode... what's next from here? Is there a guide for fun stuff to do after hitting Vice Admiral? Also, what's the ship situation like from this point? Am I really stuck with the Rear Admiral tier vessels unless I dish out some cash?
You can trade Dilithium for Zen to buy ships, or buy lockbox ships for Energy Credits on the exchange.
End game you should try the PvE queues, PvP and the HUGE volume of usr made missions.
I have a few:
Uplift and Fieldwork are Fed missions, yIn Chen is a KDF mission.
If you missed yesterday, it was the Yellowstone runabout and To'duj fighter, which I'd guess most people actually didn't have. Today it's the Rhode Island refit and Phalanx. Lower level ships, but interesting consoles, so obviously worth having unlocked.
Oh man, I did miss yesterday, I knew there was something I was going to do.
I opened 200 lockboxes (using the copy-to-tribble feature) and the results are here:
mmo-economics.com. I'm going to see if I can get a sample size of at least 1,000 over the next few days.
mmo-economics.com. I'm going to see if I can get a sample size of at least 1,000 over the next few days.
Sax Russel
Banned
Since the shipyard upgrade finished a few days ago...
<3 my new fleet advanced escort
<3 my new fleet advanced escort
Affeinvasion
Member
Nice. I got burned out on STO again...but I need to find a way to get some fleet modules so I can get a better science ship.
The last giveaway turns out to be really good (unless you already own the ships):
FED: Nebula Class Retrofit (Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit)
KDF: Marauder Flight Deck Cruiser (Marauder Patrol Cruiser)
At least for the Nebula, you can then turn around and buy a single fleet ship module with which to buy the fleet version. You'd still need four for the KDF ship.
FED: Nebula Class Retrofit (Advanced Research Vessel Retrofit)
KDF: Marauder Flight Deck Cruiser (Marauder Patrol Cruiser)
At least for the Nebula, you can then turn around and buy a single fleet ship module with which to buy the fleet version. You'd still need four for the KDF ship.
Yeah and if you claim the free version then the fleet version should only need 1 Fleet Module
Sax Russel
Banned
I don't think so, but you have until 10am PST Monday to get to the required level.
I miss playing STO, but my computer for some reason just wont run it properly any more, just runs like crap for some reason. Will have to see if I can steal my fiancée laptop, sadly hers is better than mine, but that is what I get when mine is just one I ended up with and hers is one I got her to play some games on.
Heh, that isn't going to happen, only level 20 something on my Klingon. I have barely touched the Klingon side, hence the low level, but ah well, nevermind, just would have been nice having the free ship.
Heh, that isn't going to happen, only level 20 something on my Klingon. I have barely touched the Klingon side, hence the low level, but ah well, nevermind, just would have been nice having the free ship.
If I have a patrol escort sitting in my reserve, why can't I get the Fleet Patrol escort for one Fleet Module? It still says I need three more. I mean I have a mountain of Fleet credits over here and I can't find anything to spend them on...which isn't the worst problem, I will admit.
Oooh, maybe a new heavy cannon.
Oooh, maybe a new heavy cannon.
You only get the discount on premium T5 ships, that is to say, those that have some kind of special ability or console. If you can get the ship with your rank-up ship requisition, you won't be able to get a discount on FSMs. Even some ships that you still pay Zen for do not qualify, for example the Marauder that the KDF got for free, or any ships below T5.
I see, thanks. I guess I'll go play the Exchange some more to snag three more FSMs.