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If the rewards are more than 960 dilithium, some marks and a Delta Rep version of a BNP, I’d consider playing new elite. Otherwise I don’t think it’ll be worth the trouble for me to bother (there’s a video of new HSE where an optimal team gets owned over add over).
Also I’m only silver, so I doubt I’ll be too reliable the first couple weeks until things calm down. Given those factors, I would probably jump in if needed.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
A couple other things:
-Queues will reward less dilithium overall (240/480/960) and no random gear drops.
-NWS accolades will only be awarded in new elite mode going forward (so get your accolade now if you haven’t already)."You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
I was talking about PvP, not PvE. I bet we’d be able to get “New” Elite optionals with all white gear in T4 ships (once they get out the NPC nerf bat and we get tactics down).
But PvP, gold gear in a T6 ship will be an absolute requirement. PvP is an arms race, and costs were just set to ludicrous speed.
And the Plesh Brek is a squishy hunk of junk. Though yes, on face value it’s close to the layout I want.
So the answer to the OP would be that I’ll stick with auto-upgraded T5U for the forseeable future. I’ll probably log in October 14th, level up my main, do Delta Rep, sponsor my alts, be done with all of X2 content by the beginning of December and not log in again until Season 10.
Unless they actually made challenging AI for Elite queues. But comments thus far just suggest more HP and one shot kills. Meh.
I’m rather uncharitable today… sorry.
Edit – I feel I need to say something nice about X2: The Guardian is pretty much the perfect cruiser, certainly a great buy imo.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
The “New Galaxy”, “New Defiant”, “New T’varo” and and “New Raptor” are solid, the rest are kind of too niche. I’d imagine only people that bought the DR Pack will be spotted in a ship like the Scryer.
And sadly the Dauntless will be seen everywhere at first but will likely become the a FotM ship, to be drydocked for the Winter Event ship. What were they thinking with that Boff layout?
As it stands, I’ll probably get none of these ships and just get a couple lobi/lockbox ships. All these ships are just more of the same with new gimmicks.
My optimal T6 ship (which I’d actually be exited to get):
Cmdr Uni, LtCmdr Uni, Lt Tac, Lt Eng, Lt Sci.
2/4/4 Console
15 Turn
4/3 Weapons
Can load cannons
2 Device
35k base hull (scales with level)
1.15 Shield modThat’s the ship I want, screw gimmicky Intel abilities, just give me a purebred ship that could do it all. Make it cross faction and I’d pay 10k Zen.
But then again, I’m not the target consumer, just a min-maxer that likes to PvP sometimes. And I haven’t found any desire to log in since the gear upgrade announcement. That announcement just killed my enthusiasm, since the barrier for entry just became stupidly high (gold gear or gtfo)…
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Hadn’t noticed the title, congratulations. You, Marcase and Sargon have really done a great job revitalizing the fleet since the old guard is less active.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Alright, you should be made “Chief Communications Officer” or “Fleet Diplomat” at this point lol. I don’t have a Twitter, but I appreciate the effort you’re putting into promoting the fleet.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
I think you have the right attitude horridperson.
In all fairness, PvP is kind of an irrelevant part of the game. It’s a bizarro version of STO. DPS doesn’t matter, things like scramble sensors and feedback pulse are useful, Scimitars are laughed at.
So don’t put too much stock in the Fleet Olympics. As long as you think your build is fun, and your not trolling PUGs, you’re doing fine. Most of us are stockpiling because we want new shineys, not really to be the “best”.
Back on topic, we get grappling/zipline guns. Time to be Batman or James Bond in Delta Rising. I’m a big fan of themes, so I’m liking this spy thing.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Based on the recent crafting revamp testing on Tribble, the Intelligence Boff abilities added today will be the powers we see at launch.
Short story, they’re mix of tactical and science abilities which are largely PvP centric (an AoE subnuc for example).
Link to come.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
I’m hoping that item upgrades will be tied to dilithium, or a new fleet holding tier (though I expect that to come later tbh). But crafting didn’t turn out to be an appealing dilitium sink like they wanted, so who knows.
They definitely want the conversion high, so I’m probably going to wait for T6 if there isn’t some major deflation.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Well… here are the latest release notes from Tribble:
New PVE Queue Difficulty Options:
– Standard Difficulty is unchanged.
Players level 51 – 60 will be scaled down to level 50 for this queue– Advanced Difficulty replaces what was previously called Elite.
Players level 51-60 will be scaled to level 60 for this queue.– Elite Queues are now level 60 versions of PVE queues.
Only level 60 players can queue for this difficulty setting.
***Currently, Borg: Disconnected is the only PVE queue with this setting.Hour long ESTF runs once we hit level 60. Also, this may have some implications for whether T5U/T5FU will actually be “competitive” with T6 at the new elite difficulty. Knowing this game, that just means higher HP enemies with more one shot kills…
In light of that, here’s the Delta Rising pack announcement: http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7003323
(Be sure to follow the link to see all the art)"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Not free, but they did release the Constellation with a “Picard Manuver” console, for 1,000 Zen.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
Okay, today’s post means my lobi/lockbox ships get an auto upgrade. Otherwise it’s going to be 500-1000 Zen upgrade to get what amounts to a fleet ship stat boost. Most of the bells and whistles of tier 6 will be unavailable.
For some odd reason my Mobius doesn’t qualify for an upgrade while every other temporal ship does (hopefully a typo).
EDIT: The Mobius was added to the list of auto upgrade ships. Seems like I’ll be flying that while I level.
EDIT 2: Bonus XP event on calandar changed to end on October 14th. Seems like a good release date to me.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
They’re also releasing “a well known ship” on Thursday.
The Constellation (Stargazer from TNG) or the Dauntless (from Voyager) are the favorites.
I’m looking forward to free stuff regardless.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
And the info about tier 6 ships doesn’t bode well for my personal flotilla of fleet and lobi/lockbox ships…
Additional hull hp, console slot, boff seat (specialist), and maybe a special power.
Also it seems there will be a grind on par with the R&D system, I’m the form of a ship “mastery” grind. Leading to a ship trait and what not.
While not entirely clear (more info to come), tier 5 ships will almost certainly be obsolete (at least in terms of PvP).
With the price of Zen inflating daily and ec prices holding steady, I don’t think I’ll be able to afford much new content…
I’m excited about the build possibilities though.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
The official trailer for Delta Rising was released today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7KnpmyHEsc&feature=youtu.be
Lots of pew-pew, zip lines in a new FE, an unknown antagonist messing with a sphere shaped thingy, many delta quadrant species featured, and several ships we have seen along with others we haven’t.
And the remastered Intrepid class looks great, I hope they release a tier 6 version.
Overall, looks good.
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe." - Marcus Cole, Babylon 5
