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[Methos]

Admiral, requesting permission to rename the planet below "Planet Doughnut"



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[SilentP]

Methos wrote:

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Fire Weapons - 2 x Phaser Array Mk VII, 2 x Photon Torphedo Mk VII

Aft Weaposn - 3 x Phaser Array Mk VII

Shields - Covariant Shield Array Mk VI

Tactical Consoles - Prefire Chamber Mk VI (+8.8 all energy damage), Directed Energy Distribution Maniforld Mk IV (+7.5 all energy damage)

And with all that, i can't even bring one ships shields down, let alone scratch the hull... either something is seriously wrong with my weapons, or i've found a big bug in the game

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That particular console won't boost your weapons, because it's for cannons and not for beam weapons I'd suggest switching that out for a Photon Detonation Assembly to boost your torps or a Phaser Relay to boost your beams.

Also, something you'll find about having 2 torps in the same arc is that you won't be firing them as often as you think, as firing one resets the timer on the other (though not as long as a single torp reloading after firing), so you may find you're firing slower on the torps than you expected. I'd perhaps go with switching it around for one of your rear arc Beam Arrays. That way you've still got the same broadside and you can cover your rear with torps as others have suggested.

You may want to fit an RCS Accelerator Console into one of your Engineering slots, that way your brick will have a bit better turning circle. My suggestion would be to replace that centre console (I'm guessing its the one that gives you a slight boost to one of your power settings?) for said console.

[Timelord_Victorious]

SilentP wrote:

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Quoted for emphasis.

That particular console won't boost your weapons, because it's for cannons and not for beam weapons I'd suggest switching that out for a Photon Detonation Assembly to boost your torps or a Phaser Relay to boost your beams.

Also, something you'll find about having 2 torps in the same arc is that you won't be firing them as often as you think, as firing one resets the timer on the other (though not as long as a single torp reloading after firing), so you may find you're firing slower on the torps than you expected. I'd perhaps go with switching it around for one of your rear arc Beam Arrays. That way you've still got the same broadside and you can cover your rear with torps as others have suggested.

You may want to fit an RCS Accelerator Console into one of your Engineering slots, that way your brick will have a bit better turning circle. My suggestion would be to replace that centre console (I'm guessing its the one that gives you a slight boost to one of your power settings?) for said console.

He has twi Mk VIII phaser relays now. One is even a green... And switched a front torp with a rear phaser. He is also no longer running the defensive power preset. Works better now.

[J. Allen]

intrinsical wrote:

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Its the one involving Devidians and some comet. I honestly don't even remember them, but the last mission was scary. And its very rare to find truly scary stuff in MMOs.

Oh and I made a second character, a Betazoid Doctor, to try out the science ships.

The "What Lies Beneath" mission. Yeah, that one made me jump when I played it. I'm just getting to that one on my alt, and I have no desire to play it again.

[Hartzilla2007]

J. Allen wrote:

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The "What Lies Beneath" mission. Yeah, that one made me jump when I played it. I'm just getting to that one on my alt, and I have no desire to play it again.

I always try to play that one around Halloween.

[RyanKCR]

I've just installed it but cannot get connected. I'm playing the free version and keep getting:

Connection to login server timed out.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Blamo]

Snoopy wrote:

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I've just installed it but cannot get connected. I'm playing the free version and keep getting:

Connection to login server timed out.

Anyone have any ideas?

The server is down for a 1 hour maintenance, it should be back in about 10 minutes. Seems to be a daily occurrence this week.

[RyanKCR]

Ah, thanks. Just bad timing on my part.....

[intrinsical]

Blamo wrote:

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The server is down for a 1 hour maintenance, it should be back in about 10 minutes. Seems to be a daily occurrence this week.

That's the thing with MMOs especially when they introduce major changes. Things never go 100% according to plan and they have to make emergency tweaks. The number of server maintenance should subside in a month or so.

[Hartzilla2007]

Wow after turning the half resolution option off the game looks way better I can even make out the detail of the Enterprise Uniform rank pips now.

[RyanKCR]

I've gotten on and started playing. I think I need to tweak the resolution because it is very slow.

[Timelord_Victorious]

Hartzilla2007 wrote:

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Wow after turning the half resolution option off the game looks way better I can even make out the detail of the Enterprise Uniform rank pips now.

Wait, you played all this time with HALF resolution?!?
Didn't you ever wonder about our screenshots looking way better?

[JRS]

I am now two missions away from completing the Klingon War storyline. Has been a blast This game is much better than Champions Online( though its a good game, too.)
(Had to replay one mission, because it some reason could not continue after I logged back in..well, that was a small nitpick and I had fun the second time around)
I also was shooting some Gorn ships to pieces..and salvaged some new weaponry.

I think that Lt.Commander Gilmore deserves a holiday, so I maybe head to Risa later..or to a club, where I can wear my new off-duty clothes.
I have learned to love my escort and It looks good now, after I replaced the Saber-class nacelles with other ones,earlier

[Hartzilla2007]

Timelord_Victorious wrote:

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Wait, you played all this time with HALF resolution?!?
Didn't you ever wonder about our screenshots looking way better?

Honestly I had always though that it was a hardware issue like I needed a better graphics card I didn't even know you could change the resolution until someone mentioned it in a comment for the F2P trailer on Youtube.

JRS wrote:

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I am now two missions away from completing the Klingon War storyline. Has been a blast This game is much better than Champions Online( though its a good game, too.)
(Had to replay one mission, because it some reason could not continue after I logged back in..well, that was a small nitpick and I had fun the second time around)
I also was shooting some Gorn ships to pieces..and salvaged some new weaponry.

I think that Lt.Commander Gilmore deserves a holiday, so I maybe head to Risa later..or to a club, where I can wear my new off-duty clothes.
I have learned to love my escort and It looks good now, after I replaced the Saber-class nacelles with other ones,earlier

After playing with my Eng alt who uses a Defiant retrofit I am seriously considering using an escort on my Tac alt if the Odyssey isn't all that, seeing as they seem to do more damage.

[SilentP]

Timelord_Victorious wrote:

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He has twi Mk VIII phaser relays now. One is even a green... And switched a front torp with a rear phaser. He is also no longer running the defensive power preset. Works better now.

Nice to hear it's working out better

Just been playing with a Tac alt, seeing if I like the escort play style when working from the ground up. Have to say I'm liking the aggressive playstyle quite a bit, though I figured I might enjoy it after playing with Klingons and their 'every ship has cannons' gameplay Up to the Akira now, and got a theme of naming all my ships after pirates. Also the chance to see other Science powers that are available has me intrigued to give them a go at some point.