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[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Looks like a beefed up Negh'Var, which looked like a beefed up Vor'Cha... Starting to think Klingons are overcompensating for something.

 

[Blamo]

Looking forward to this.

 

[Methos]

woohoo... vice admiral and just finished the Undine arc...

Now onto the diplomatic corps missions

M

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Congratulations....
Have you played all the patrols as well? They should pop up when you get close to a system that has one. They are not given out by an NPC anymore like they used to.
They are quick and dirty one map missions mostly, but there are some gems in there as well....
Go and explore to find them all
If you are interested in the Diplomatic Corspe you should definitely get into the Doff System, because you can't ever reach Diplomatic ranks with the current 10DXP those missiosn give out. You need the DOFF commendation points for that.

The best diplomatic player missions however can be found on Vulcan, in the Bajor System, on Starbase 39 and Memory Alpha.

 

[Methos]

yeah done quite a few patrols, gonna go back and make sure i've got them all...

Doff system, ok i'll check that one out

M

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

And if you like we, can introduce you to the Special Task Force missions (short: STF) which is dedicated group content, that requires more teamwork and tactics then any other mission.
The rewards are a bit grindy, but among the best you can get in the game for no money.

 

[Methos]

ahh cheers

i've seen the STF missions pop up from time to time, think i've still got one active in my 'log' somewhere that i haven't dropped actually... says a min of 5 people recomended though

M

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

ahh cheers

i've seen the STF missions pop up from time to time, think i've still got one active in my 'log' somewhere that i haven't dropped actually... says a min of 5 people recomended though

M

Ah, that could be Terradome, the only old school STF left in the game.
It is a fun mission that features the Undine.

The other 3, featuring the Borg, are split between ground and space episodes and only accessible through the PvE queue system. Same as the fleet actions, another type of group content.

 

[Methos]

thats the puppy... i was thinking a mad max association somewhere but couldn't remember lol

M

 

[Methos]

showing her fleet colours

M

 

[Rocketeer]

MAJOR NEWS!

Make sure to play during the 2 Year Anniversary, as it will be the ONLY chance for the foreseeable future to get an Odyssey Class ship or the new klingon flag ship Bortas cruiser.

The good news: it will be free... just complete a shakedown cruise with it and it`s yours.

Every player can do the mission.
The ship itself is a VA ship, so you might not get to play it until you reach max level.
Until then it will stay an item in your inventory.

In other news: Q is back and up to no good! I foresee many transmorphings!

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2838

Are these Tier 5 ships? Any better than current offerings or just cooler looking? Thanks

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

They are Level 50 ships. No one knows the stats and layouts yet, but I think it's save to say they will give you something unique to them that might give you an edge.

 

[syberghost]

DOFF system - Getting a critical success used to give 500 or 1000 dilithium. I'm not sure if that's been nerfed yet. Normal payout is 5 dilithium. There are three things that you want to look at when assigning DOFFs to an assignment, their rarity, their specialty and their traits. Most players favor stacking for a critical success. Look for the DOFFs that increase both the success and crit success rates. You can experiment by slotting a DOFF then highlighting another one on in the roster and clicking "swap...". XP for the DOFF assignments has been nerfed quite a bit since inception. According to Heretic, it's been nerfed 5 times. I think that they should take out the XP rewards and just give appropiate commendation points. Of course I can say that since most of my characters have already benefited from the generous XP payouts. :-P

You don't have to experiment anymore; the DOFFs now highlight any skill they have that contributes in green, so you can see at a glance who's got what.

Also, you can filter by required or excluded attributes if it helps. Filtering out the ones with the attributes that contribute to Disaster is always helpful.

 

[Methos]

Anyone fancy joining me for a STF later on?

M

 

[Bird of Prey]

Anyone fancy joining me for a STF later on?

M

I would, but I won't be online until about 8pm EST (just under 8 hours from now).

 

[Methos]

ahh fair enough... have to organise one ahead of time when more people can make it

on another subject.. wtf?!?!?

it's not right to be scared of a tribble...

M

 

[syberghost]

LOL, can't believe the typo is still in there...

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

If you are scared of Tribble of Borg, you should check out the Fluidic Tribble!!!

 

[Methos]

awww, why can't the Class F shuttle have the classic interior as well?

it's all modern and defiant looking

M

 

[Timelord79 (he/him)]

Looks like we get some very nice goodies for the anniversary.

http://www.startrekonline.com/node/2838

sweet free cool ships.

Nice screenshot nonetheless...

You should check out this path: .../Cryptic Studios/Star Trek Online/Live/screenshots
(the beginning depending on where you installed the game exactly).
You should find all your screenshots there without the HUD overlay, you don't need to copy&paste them.

And you can post them here:
http://www.trekbbs.com/showthread.php?t=113190

That thread exists since open beta and contains some truly beautiful shots, a lot of them wallpaper material and some I would even classify artistic...