Most missions work for co-op, only the Temporal Ambassador episode (sequel to Yesterday's Enterprise) is solo only.
And yes, the Prometheus now has a MVAM version that can be bought.
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And yes, the Prometheus now has a MVAM version that can be bought.
Sax Russel
Banned
Okay, so I broke my CPU broke in a botched cleaning cock-up (seriously feeling like an idiot right now for it) so I'll probably not be on much this week and if I am it'll be on the missus' laptop which will just about work for running DOFF assignments and checking the Exchange.
Oh well; at least the replacement CPU I've ordered is a little bit faster.
Oh well; at least the replacement CPU I've ordered is a little bit faster.
I'm a big fan of the Romulan weapon set with the rapid plasma launcher and the zero point console that adds critical chance. I quite like the Adapted Maco (aka the Honour Guard) set as well.
Yeah the adapted MACO kit is nice. Especially the Shield.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Adapted_M.A.C.O._(Space)
Not a huge fan of the Engine, and I'm so sick of killing Borg. But that 25% boost to torpedo is pretty tempting.
http://sto.gamepedia.com/Adapted_M.A.C.O._(Space)
Not a huge fan of the Engine, and I'm so sick of killing Borg. But that 25% boost to torpedo is pretty tempting.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
Can someone add me to the list of gaf players? I'm gonna be doing my best to get back into the game on a regular basis. It's either Zilara@Saloneus or Zilara@Salonius. I can't remember which exactly. My ship is pretty much all Purple mark XII stuffs and whatnot. Tac Escort of course.
Tried inviting you but it says that Zilara@Salonius is already in a fleet?
WhiskeyDiver
Member
You can be awesome and help build the federation starbase. Or you can play as a lame romulan.
Romulans can build the Federation starbase too!
Plus, we have a Klingon fleet as well now.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
I take back what I said about Romulans being lame...in the game that is. On the TV shows, they're still lame. 
But 16 levels in, the romulan story line is well put together, and holy crap I don't remember leveling being anywhere near this fast as Leveling my federation character was. But then again, I leveled that one when the game first came out. Those days were horrid in comparison.
Edit: Even the first new ship available at level 10 is friggin awesome looking.
But 16 levels in, the romulan story line is well put together, and holy crap I don't remember leveling being anywhere near this fast as Leveling my federation character was. But then again, I leveled that one when the game first came out. Those days were horrid in comparison.
Edit: Even the first new ship available at level 10 is friggin awesome looking.
Sometimes I wish I had a PvP class, I've spent the last half an hour in Ker'rat being followed by a Rom-Klingon player who couldn't do enough damage to get past my shields, didn't stop him of course, every couple of seconds he would uncloak, shoot, then cloak again with an occasional power thrown in there.
Never enough to do anything though, so it was like having a fly in the room that wouldn't go away, I would have just killed him but he would uncloak and cloak so quickly and for some reason the game never feels like aiming at him unless I click on him myself, I assume that it is the enhanced battle cloak, it wasn't as much annoying as I thought I was going to die of boredom, lol.
Never enough to do anything though, so it was like having a fly in the room that wouldn't go away, I would have just killed him but he would uncloak and cloak so quickly and for some reason the game never feels like aiming at him unless I click on him myself, I assume that it is the enhanced battle cloak, it wasn't as much annoying as I thought I was going to die of boredom, lol.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=981031
I want these. I want to win this. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme.
Also I was going to go and get the borg set for my fresh level 50 Romulan engineer, but hell no. The price of dilithium alone to get the MK XII set is ridiculous. They should have just left it the way it used to be.
I want these. I want to win this. Gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme gimme.
Also I was going to go and get the borg set for my fresh level 50 Romulan engineer, but hell no. The price of dilithium alone to get the MK XII set is ridiculous. They should have just left it the way it used to be.
So they're rerunning the Crystalline Entity special event for the next three weeks. It's similar to the last one in that every time you run Crystalline Catastrophe regular or elite, you get a crystal shard that you can use for an event reputation project. When you've contributed 14, you get the big reward of 50,000 dilithium, 500 fleet marks, 250 marks of your choice, and a very rare gravimetric doff named in homage of a certain CE-killing old lady from TNG. You still also get the standard rewards for completing the mission, those being 40/60 (standard/elite) marks of your choice, or 50/80 during bonus time, plus 5 fleet marks, 480 dilithium, and a random piece of space equipment.
The mission is changed up a little, and the Tholians will throw a ridiculous amount of Mirror Universe ships around the map, but it's nothing outrageous, and on normal it can still be completed in under 8 minutes with a half-competent PUG.
The fleet is in desperate need of resources, so if you can just run the event once on each of your alts each day 14 times, that would be a huge infusion of materiel in the end.
The mission is changed up a little, and the Tholians will throw a ridiculous amount of Mirror Universe ships around the map, but it's nothing outrageous, and on normal it can still be completed in under 8 minutes with a half-competent PUG.
The fleet is in desperate need of resources, so if you can just run the event once on each of your alts each day 14 times, that would be a huge infusion of materiel in the end.
Sax Russel
Banned
Ack! Going to be out of town for a week starting Saturday. Looks like I'll be able to just squeeze this in before it ends then, better get started.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
I REALLY hope the price of zen goes back down to the 120's because I just sold over 1300 for 135 a piece on the exchange.
I have a buffer though. If it goes back up into the 140's, I'll buy what I can back. Minimal loss, but if the price of zen goes back down due to hopeful market flooding, that would be most fortunate.
I have a buffer though. If it goes back up into the 140's, I'll buy what I can back. Minimal loss, but if the price of zen goes back down due to hopeful market flooding, that would be most fortunate.
So cruisers are getting a new mechanic "Advanced Comm Arrays":
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=997641
Effectively a set of aura-field type buffs. Funny actually, as I remember Achronos and I were talking in Fleet Chat a few days ago about how Cruisers should be more "bard"-like in their role rather than just "tank".
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=997641
Effectively a set of aura-field type buffs. Funny actually, as I remember Achronos and I were talking in Fleet Chat a few days ago about how Cruisers should be more "bard"-like in their role rather than just "tank".
Sent an invite for whenever you are online.
You should be able to buy it now - I've promoted you based on your contributions to projects so you have access to fleet provisions. Enjoy!
There are fleet projects we can run which grant a number of them on completion. If we run out of one you need let us know and we'll see about scheduling it in.
Here's the patch notes from the test server
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=878941
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=878941
WhiskeyDiver
Member
They should make an announcement whenever there's a successful Cure Found elite. 98% of the times I do that particular one, it ends in massive aggravation because there is always one person who does it wrong, and everything goes to shit. It's a rarity for me to see it completed on elite.
In order of difficulty (high to low):
Space
Ground
At least, last time I tried The Cure: Applied it was very difficult. I've only completed it once and that was due to a glitch...
Space
- Hive: Onslaught
- The Cure: Found
- Khitomer: Vortex
- Infected: The Conduit
Ground
- The Cure: Applied
- Hive: Into The Hive
- Infected: Manus
- Khitomer: In Stasis
At least, last time I tried The Cure: Applied it was very difficult. I've only completed it once and that was due to a glitch...
It's never the force fields that screw me over, it's the boss at the end.
DurielBlack
Member
I just did my first elite STF. Cure found in a PUG. A surprisingly pleasant experience
It's amazing how bad people are at games. I keep getting groups that let the freaking probes in the vortex missions go through the portal. It's not freaking hard.
I'm in a shitty tier 4 cruiser with mostly crap gear and can kill 3 probes before they reach the conduit without help.
Today I watched 4 team-mates fail to stop 2 probes from making it to the gate. Two of them flew away to attack something else. The last two were flying around barely doing anything at all to the probes.
I've had a few bad runs like that too. What's worse is when nobody at all bothers with the probes on one side and the first you notice is the optional failing and then you have to drop what you're doing and speed over there.
I had one group where I ended up having to do probes on both sides. I also did an Azure Nebula Rescue yesterday where one guy just sat at spawn apparently AFK. Expect he'd always roll on loot drops. We only got 12 marks on that one too. Shocking run.
If anything when doing Elites the optional on Conduit is probably harder since if you don't have the DPS or people don't realise they need to ignore the nanite spheres and focus on the transformers you're not going to get the sides down in time. At least with Khitomer the bulk of it is someone remembering to shoot a few probes every now and again
I wish the ground stuff was less horrible though.
I had one group where I ended up having to do probes on both sides. I also did an Azure Nebula Rescue yesterday where one guy just sat at spawn apparently AFK. Expect he'd always roll on loot drops. We only got 12 marks on that one too. Shocking run.
If anything when doing Elites the optional on Conduit is probably harder since if you don't have the DPS or people don't realise they need to ignore the nanite spheres and focus on the transformers you're not going to get the sides down in time. At least with Khitomer the bulk of it is someone remembering to shoot a few probes every now and again
I wish the ground stuff was less horrible though.
Handsome B. Wonderful
Member
I'm curious about this fleet stuff and I've got a mess of fleet marks I'd love to donate to some projects if I could get an invite to the fleet. dirge@sirhoneybee is the name.
Damn, was that you who filled up the FM requirements for the T-4 Engineering upgrade? You weren't kidding!
Handsome B. Wonderful
Member
Felt good to finally get to spend those marks.
I just read the dev blog on the upcoming space adventure zone and oh how I've waited for this. It's got a bit of a Rikti War Zone from City of Heroes vibe to boot.
I just read the dev blog on the upcoming space adventure zone and oh how I've waited for this. It's got a bit of a Rikti War Zone from City of Heroes vibe to boot.
WhiskeyDiver
Member
Shame we don't have a surefire way to recruit a legit super rich person to buy zen en mass, and then sell it all for dilithium. That would be cool...as long as one can still acquire fleet credits after the starbase is maxed out in all areas.