Giving STO Another Try

Discussion in 'Trek Gaming' started by JD, Jun 17, 2020.

  1. MikHutch

    MikHutch Fleet Captain Fleet Captain

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    i wonder if we'll ever see the Iconians in live action
     
  2. evilchumlee

    evilchumlee Fleet Captain Captain

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    It would almost surprise me if we didn't at some point along the way.
     
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  3. Tuskin38

    Tuskin38 Fleet Admiral Admiral

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    I'm guessing based off the little info we know
    Sela in that universe is in starfleet, which may mean she would have never pissed off the Iconians in the past, making them not want to conquer the Galaxy in the 'present'.

    I'm curious why she's in Starfleet. I'm guessing the night Tasha tried to escape, Sela didn't cry out alerting the guards. Or maybe this Sela grew up resenting her father instead of her mother and ran away on her own when she was old enough
     
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  4. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    As good an explanation as any.
     
  5. Detaith911

    Detaith911 Ensign Red Shirt

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    They are through purchase
     
  6. evilchumlee

    evilchumlee Fleet Captain Captain

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    They aren't factions, you can just play as the race in another faction.

    I had held out hope for a long time that they turn the True Way into a playable faction rather than the straight Dominion faction. Would have been more flexible, giving you Cardassians and Jem' Hadar to choose from, and they could have made a way for it make sense to be Vorta as well in that context.

    I have... too many characters.

    My original is a Vulcan, who I always had in my head as from the Mirror Universe. It eventually became a whole story about being from the 29th century MU after the whole plot with Leeta. My idea was the 29th Century Terran Empire had actually reformed to being tolerant of aliens, but Terran purists were helping Leeta to change the past and alter the Empire to be more like the old Empire, so Stevis is basically loyal to the Empire... by fighting the Empire, but then gets stranded in the 25th century Prime(ish) universe.

    My OG KDF is a Klingon.

    I then have...
    A TOS Tellarite
    A DSC Vulcan
    2409 Human (Mirror Universed up)
    2409 Andorian (my most "normal" 2409 character)
    KDF DSC Klingon
    Fed Romulan
    KDF Reman
    KDF Cardassian
    Fed Jem
    KDF Jem
    A Ferengi-themed 2409 Fed.
     
  7. Detaith911

    Detaith911 Ensign Red Shirt

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    For my Bolian modern officer, I have the starting Miranda, a constitution II class and the Stargazer from PIC.
     
  8. Eckauskas

    Eckauskas Commander Red Shirt

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    I'm interested to know why they've removed all the Borg Cubes from the game and replaced them with these Assimilators.
     
  9. evilchumlee

    evilchumlee Fleet Captain Captain

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    They wanted to make Borg Cubes more of a threat. They haven't removed ALL Borg Cubes, they're just a bit more rare to see and act as like boss enemies.

    Rather than blasting Cubes out of the skies in waves, we blast less capable Borg ships out of the skies.
     
  10. Eckauskas

    Eckauskas Commander Red Shirt

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    Fair enough. I've been redoing the old episodes with a Delta recruit and the two Borg episodes have no Cubes anymore.
     
  11. Noname Given

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    Borg Cubes in STO that appear are all the 'Tougher' Tactical Borg Cube now. The old 'normal' Cubes have been replaced with Assimilators.
     
  12. Haggis and tatties

    Haggis and tatties Vice Admiral Admiral

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    Everyone doing the latest 20 day event, as the rewards are fantastic.
     
  13. 137th Gebirg

    137th Gebirg Admiral Premium Member

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    Looking forward to this when it pops up. Xbox is lagging behind, as always. It’s currently still on the Tholian missions, followed by a week of Red Alert. Maybe after that…
     
  14. Haggis and tatties

    Haggis and tatties Vice Admiral Admiral

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    This year we are getting some really good rewrds, at the end of these two events you will be sitting with 2000 lobi, 1 Prem T6 starship token, 1 epic pheonix token, and 2 T6 zen store tokens.....and all the extra dil you can grab before the events finish.......quite a haul. :)
     
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  15. evilchumlee

    evilchumlee Fleet Captain Captain

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    That's not entirely true. There are normal Cubes that appear, they're just much less common.