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Just read this: http://startrek.44thfleet.com/forum/index.php/?f=12&t=536&p=4919&rb_v=viewtopic#p4919

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Feds get the leech off a lockbox reward pack. they’re not expensive though.

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@Latinumbar wrote:

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Shields: Fleet Elite Resilient Shields [ResA/B][Cap]x2[Adapt] (Res A for PvE, ResB for PvP) OR Adapted MACO(KHG) shields (regular MACO shields conflict with Plasmonic Leech, and quite frankly you’d rather have leech) OR MAYBE the Tholian Shields (will have to crunch the numbers).

So is this conflict with leech going to be fixed? Or is the by design?

Acocrding to the last Tribble notes, it’s by design.

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You know, you could have just asked what was worth having rather than grinding out tonnes of marks (or tried out most of the stuff on tribble at the test ds9 vendor)…

Anyways, I’ve been grinding out Nukara marks for 3 toons, and am happy to report that I only need 119 more Nukara marks to have enough to take all three toons to T5 Nukara rep. Then I’ll never grind another Nukara mark every again (hopefully).

The only stuff from the Nukara rep worth having IMO is the passives you get from actually getting the rep tiers, and the universal console if you have a beam boat (it gives +10 accuracy for beams). Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother with anything else in that rep system.

Overall, what people should be grinding for (because we all know how much time it takes to get this stuff is):

Shields: Fleet Elite Resilient Shields [ResA/B][Cap]x2[Adapt] (Res A for PvE, ResB for PvP) OR Adapted MACO(KHG) shields (regular MACO shields conflict with Plasmonic Leech, and quite frankly you’d rather have leech) OR MAYBE the Tholian Shields (will have to crunch the numbers)

Impulse: Omega Mk XII (for escorts without a cloak) OR Adapted MACO(KHG) mk XII (For battle cloaking ships with Torpedoes) OR Borg Mk XII (For basically everything else)

Deflector: Omega Mk XII (for escorts without a cloak)/ Adapted MACO(KHG) mk XII (For battle cloaking ships with Torpedoes)/ Borg Mk XII (For basically everything else)

Warp Core: Upcoming Fleet Elite Warp Cores

Weapons: Fleet Advanced [acc]x2[dmg]x2 OR Fleet Elite [acc]x2[dmg] (for KDF only) OR Very Rare Mk XII [acc]x3 OR Hybrid Mk XII [Acc]x2 (Polarized disruptors and Phased Polarons preferred) AND/OR Romulan Hyper Plasma Torpedo Launcher

Pets: Fleet elite Yellowstone runabouts, Elite Scorpion Fighters, Fleet Elite Orion Interceptors

Consoles: Assimilated Consoles, New Dilithium Mine Consoles

The new tetryons, piercing tetryons aren’t all that worthwhile.

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@Vindleth wrote:

So in pvp there will probably be some universal console removing in favor of these.

And PvE too. These are better than the ZPE and the Tachyokinetic Converter. The + crit they give isn’t nearly as valuable as the +22 resist and extra effect. Really, only the Borg Console outpowers the new neutroniums, and that’s because of the +5 weapons power it gives.

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EDIT: Power transfer rate any useful? From what i have been able to figure out it matters only how fast your power returns to weapons after full impulse or when changing power levels. Since base transfer is something like 5 power/sec making it go to 6.1 power/sec wont make much difference, ill just have to plan a little ahead.

It only helps in the situations you mentioned, and to recover from beam overload. If you’re going to use Beam Overload, every little bit helps… but you’d rather have the +turn rate (especially if you’re in a cruiser with turn rate less than 10)

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Those cores are so OP, they will destroy the warp core secondary market.

So enjoy that source of income while it while it lasts.

As for the Neutroniums, cruisers, load up (on the +turn rate ones).

(They really need to add more endgame content – with gear like this, it just gets easier and easier)

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I just want to add one advantage for the rom-fed alignment : battle cloak on a Fed toon. (that was my deciding factor after feds got Leech)

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Missions were fun for me the first couple of times around (I’m enjoying the rom missions! I swear!), but after 4 lvl 50 characters, they kinda just become grind =/

Maybe I’ve just become old and bitter =p

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You’re not all that useful at 14, so yes, level away (although there are some missions that are worth doing just to get some unique rewards).

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I’m stuck at the stupid login error.

Ugh.

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The login servers are busted.

Ugh.

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The exchange will be swimming with them. Don’t fret.

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In game, on the tribble server, hit Esc, options, video.

You’ll see a bunch of options. Set antialiasing to 2x, antisotropic filtering to 2x (or 4x), and try and run. If it gets choppy, start setting other settings to low or medium until you’re not choppy or laggy.

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Apparently, the tribble server automatically sets your setting to maximum for everything when you patch.

Seeing as you’re on a 2 year old laptop, you should probably scale that down. My 2 year old laptop with an ATI 6550m (which was a mid-tier mobile GPU 2 years ago) can’t handle max settings, so I suspect yours can’t either (unless you bought something with a GTX 470/480m or something).

(Just a note, for anyone who might not know about mobile GPUs, they’re usually 1-2 generations behind desktop GPUs in terms of performance. The current Geforce 750m is about as effective as a Geforce 550/640).

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It’s probably better that they separated ground and space, and made ground non-mandatory to be honest.

Ground just doesn’t feel like Star Trek to me, and every time I play, I kinda wish I was playing either Battlefield or CoD instead =/

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