Star Trek Online: Set Phasers to Fun - Part 04

" @Ryax said:

" @FuzzYLemoN said:

" Ah, the third Endurance Run. Even though they refuse to admit it. :3 "

i don't think its an endurance run because they aren't trying to beat it in one sitting. "

Um, do you really think they played Persona 4 for 99 hours straight? o_O "

Here's a breakdown on what is 90% of the chat in the Star Base.
 
"Where's Sulu?"
 
"Where's the Stateroom?"
 
There's a bug where if a group of players enters a zone and one or more drops out, the enemies that were added to balance the fight don't de-spawn.  There is also a bug where a group of ships will target the first player's ship in range, and nuke it without any type of aggro or taunt from other ships.  A workaround is to roll deep in a pack and not let one ship go too far ahead.
 
Also, so far I've seen about a 70/30 split of space/ground missions.

Sorry boys buy i enjoy my matrix online much more....   :(

I really like the game, so far, but there are tons of areas for improvement. I know it's still in beta, but before the game releases they really need to work with the autopilot feature in Sector Space, and improve speeds in Sector Space as well. Further, they really need to increase server capacities lol. Hours of "server is busy, try again" is rather frustrating. 

I've been pressing the "Fire Everything!" button furiously for about an hour. I had no idea there was a auto fire button, my index finger thanks you.

It''s awesome how flustered Brad gets in some games, reminds me of my mum playing Desert Strike all those years ago!

" IF you slowed down THEN you wouldn't have to turn as much since you'd be in position longer and THEN the turning ratio issue wouldn't be a problem. This ain't rocket science, what the fuck? "

Fights are a million times easier without a group. They scale way too harshly. It's a pretty big problem with the game, honestly.

" Yeah, I'm getting a bit annoyed at how MMOs feel the need to dumb it all down in the early levels.  They need to give the game players some credit that we can figure out how to scan something, not have a full blown "mission" based on scanning something. LOL.  These dummy missions are merely fluff & I hope they don't exist outside of the beta.  I was thinking of getting a lifetime subscription but the game looks like it might not hold my interest for 3 months let alone years & years.  I still have hope they will grow the game though & that the beta is just introductory fare to give you an idea of game play. "

I'm having issues with the missions in this game. I'm doing the Patrol missions Brad's been doing but after I wipe everyone out the game doesn't register that I've completed that system.

I really want this game.
 
The founders  called themselves changelings by the way. :)

Are their GM's in the beta?  And if so...are they called Q's?    

Can we have a big meet up in one of these quick looks?

this game ain't ready for release. it is really fun though and i love the direction its going in. if it release on the 2nd of Feb. like it's supposed to....idk. bad news. I won't be getting this for like 3 months though because of all the issues. there shouldn't be massive log-in issues during an open beta.

Oh, man, lol, that was pretty bad.
 
If you do more of these, just make sure everyone in your party is with you (you might have to use the chat box) when you're going into a mission. If they aren't going to be there then you shouldn't be in the party - missions scale with the number of people in your party, whether they're there or not.
 
The missions you get from Admiral Quinn are the best and most interesting and have the most ground stuff (which I really enjoy). It's a lot about having a good team, though. The game can be pretty great when you're in a team of people, coordinating stuff and doing the star trek thing. Solo, it drags a lot, for me.
 
Pro-tip: the "hail starfleet" button in the top-right, under the map (it looks like a data pad), lets you talk directly to most of the mission-givers. You can get new missions there and turn in completed ones, etc. If you like big space battles you might want to look for the Starbase 24 mission, it's a big fleet battle (like a raid, basically.)
 
I thought STO was a terrible, shitty excuse for a game for the first six hours or so, and then I started grouping up and things really started clicking. Once you hit Lieutenant 6 you get to start up a Klingon character, too, and I just did that and man it's awesome. And hard as hell.

" Oh god the equipping. I wanted to yell at my monitor. "

Brad, 
 
Your torpedo arc is in front of you... don't fly through your targets.
 
Press F instead of clicking to interact with npcs/objects.
 
You can use the arrow keys to modulate your shields. They'll shift for a few seconds so you don't need to spam it that much. Pressing delete will balance your shields.
 
There's also a power transfer delay whenever you use full impulse or change power configs so keep that in mind. Low weapon power means crappy phaser damage.
 
Coordinate with your team and things will go much faster.
 
There's a fair amount of UI stuff could use a lot of work and the game doesn't clearly explain some pretty important concepts... but there's still fun to be had in STO.

If you're looking for some shady Federation action, check out the season 6 Deep Space 9 episode "In the Pale Moonlight" one of the best episodes. Sisko and Garek basically punk the Romulans into joining the war against the Dominion.

Also, show off Sector 24 next time.

If i recall the missions correctly they cut it off JUST before an away mission.

I'm apparently awesome at this game since I had no trouble whit that mission and I did it alone untill I got to the planet, after that I had 2 guys whit me.
And I was also lvl 3 and done the missions in the same order, granted I did this 3 days ago, maby they changed shit
 
Also Brad, future not, use TAB to change targrted enemys and use E to pick up and scan shit. Saves you alot of time. And you can use Right-click and choose Equip if you have problems draging stuff to the boxes.

The skill upgrading system is overwhelming to me, but the game is a lot of fun.

I caught a Mankrik's Wife joke in the Zone chat.

Haha, wow Ryan is an insufferable douchebag.

what a soft shelled sea biscuit

Brad needs to go back to the mission he left. It's one of the best low level missions in the game.

Anyone else noticed the Sirius Sector Black?

" @Lind_L_Taylor said:

" Yeah, I'm getting a bit annoyed at how MMOs feel the need to dumb it all down in the early levels.  They need to give the game players some credit that we can figure out how to scan something, not have a full blown "mission" based on scanning something. LOL.  These dummy missions are merely fluff & I hope they don't exist outside of the beta.  I was thinking of getting a lifetime subscription but the game looks like it might not hold my interest for 3 months let alone years & years.  I still have hope they will grow the game though & that the beta is just introductory fare to give you an idea of game play. "

But see, I can't call either of the missions I just referenced as part of the tutorial.  The game already taught me how to use interact nodes hours ago.  Perhaps the problem is with how they're done.  When I played WoW a lot, the "right click five objects to collect them" quests were my favorites because they require so little effort.  Here, I'm beaming down to a giant planet, which could be its own zone, have quests, have its own story, and yet all I'm doing is talking to some NPCs and then leaving.  There's another complaint.  Why can't I just beam down to any planet and check it out?  I like the idea of exploration in MMOs, and this universe would be ripe for it.  They have the galaxy set up, even, I just can't check all of it out. "

That was a little crazy, half of it was good crazy, the other was frustration crazy.

I never get tired of the Shatner-fied opening.... Awesome!

 Quick tips for Brad;

1) Missions with unique titles (e.g. not "Patrol Sector X") usually are combination space/ground missions. 
2) You can only see the bridge and equip items out of combat.
3) You can spend your skill points to beef up your ship, and you can also spend officer skill points to lvl up Bridge Officer abilities (like Emergency Power to Shields). Doing this makes the game much more bearable. 
4) Don't go to another system alone if you're in a group; the # of enemies there will spawn based on whether you're in a group or not.

"IF you slowed down THEN you wouldn't have to turn as much since you'd be in position longer and THEN the turning ratio issue wouldn't be a problem. This ain't rocket science, what the fuck? "

You definately need to take out the BoPs then focus on the warships. Try to get in close and take out the BoPs first.

Pulling. A. Brad.

50 percent throttle allows for faster turning than anything between zero and 100. You'll notice the autopilot only uses two throttle settings when in use: full power when going straight, half power when turning hard. Also no matter what the throttle is at, the engine power setting makes an impact.
 
I don't know why your autopilot was messing up. Mine never seems to do the random turning thing, unless a ship is in the way.
 
These need to be broadcast live with somebody manning a chatbox ready to communicate tips to ya'll then rendered into feature quality for those who missed it.

I would refrain from echoing what everybody else who is playing this said, except they are all right: Slowing down does make you more effective in combat, missions do scale to your group and for more missions/turning in missions hail starfleet (icon under the mini-map). Also, spend those skill-points. Don't forget to spend them on your officers as well.

I am enjoying the beta, apart from busy/crashing servers that is. But that's par for the course for betas I guess. I couldn't care less if they scrapped the whole ground part though. The MMO gameplay seems a lot better suited to the space parts, but I'm not really a MMO player in general (doubt I'll be playing this after the beta, maybe when I'm done with Mass Effect 2).  

Don't want to insult you like some other people in this thread have but I think you should play between episodes in the future, it's just too painfully slow watching you wrangle basic MMO concepts.
 
I don't expect anyone to know these things straight away but it's still pretty boring watching someone make basic mistakes over and over again. Atleast if you played "after hours" you could work out the basic gameplay so you don't spend half an hour each episode trying to move inventory items or flying passed enemies at full speed.

*sigh* the endurance run just isn't the same anymore 

Someone already said this but I thought I'd reiterate since I made an account just to post this. Your party size determines the difficulty of the mission. When you went in the zone you had 4 so it scaled to 4 even though just you and Vager were there. Also you guys need to use your skill points. Click the top left button to do so.

The escort mission probably wasn't any fun for you to try, it was interesting to watch though.
 
Maybe that's because it was a change from more Orion syndicate space battles.
 
Ryan, I agree that Tasha Yar was terrible.

" @Scooper said:

" I wish Ryan wasn't so bossy and analitic to Brad. I prefer Vinny because he's just like "Whatever! Shoot dudes!". "

admit it, you prefer Vinny because he is a very handsome man. "

I'd like to see jeff get UP IN THIS MOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!