What games are you currently playing?

[Mezlo]

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I got to level 20 and tried doign the space combat and I cant pass one... I think I'm doing it wrong. I havent bought any upgrades for my ship yet, could that be it?

[Raydeus]

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I got to level 20 and tried doign the space combat and I cant pass one... I think I'm doing it wrong. I havent bought any upgrades for my ship yet, could that be it?

What Ship are you using and what equipment do you have installed, and what skills are your officers trained to use? <_<;

Also, are you making use of the power and shield rerouting features? They make a HUGE difference in combat.

Right now I've been experimenting with different types of weapons and so far it seems Dual Phaser banks work the best for me with heavy cannons for certain situations. And fighting till 4am last night I learned A LOT of things about combat.

But more importantly I was happy to find the Raydeus Maneuver was actually possible in game and it actually worked. XD

I doubt I'm the only one playing it like that in the game, but this is a maneuver I thought about oh 10 years ago when I was chat-roleplaying in Startrek.com before they closed the chat room (maybe too much cybering? <_<; ), thought it wasn't called that back then.

Raydeus Maneuver (it really isn't a manuever, but more like a stance though.)

It works like this, I load a high dmg small arc Phaser weapon like Dual Phaser banks or Phaser cannons (Dual phaser are best for small, fast moving targets, while heavy phaser cannons are better for bigger and slow moving ones) then load the best Photon torpedos I can on the 2nd front bay. Mines are loaded on the aft bay.

In combat I get in range and reroute power to weapons and shields, and reinforce frontal shields, with only minimal subsystem and almost no engine power. In essence becoming a attack turret, I hit the target as hard as I can from a distance, always facing them and tanking all dmg with the reinforced front shields. This causes some very nice dmg while giving me the upper hand since most targets will try to rotate to keep their weakened shields away from me, but I'm still doing heavy dmg with minimal effort since all I need to do is rotate in place to keep my hard hitting weapons on them while they waste time rotating shields.

Then, if they make the mistake of getting close to me they are welcome not only by all the heavy dmg I'm doing but also by 10 angry mines just waiting to hit something. I also move in reverse at this point, and if I'm lucky they wil take the bait and get hit by an extra load or two of mines. Not many ships make it past this point.

And if things get nasty I can always reroute power to engines and shields and use evasive maneuvers to get away while leaving a trail of mines behind me. Best part is the mines hit hard enough that if people tries to evade them it gives me more room to run, and NPCs just get hit by them like lemmings.

All this with a starter ship.

For the next rank I'll be getting a 360° arc turret installed in the 2nd aft bay that will supplement the main phaser in the front and the mine carpeting on the back if I'm running away.

This works extremely well when fighting in fleets because I provide some nice concentrated cover fire while also working for tanking. Last night I held my ground against a lot of ships attacking me, usually enough to get some backup and finish them off.

And yes, I thought about this entire setup more than 10 years ago, so I was all giddy when I saw it actually working in game. XD

Maybe I should reinstall ST:O now that it's free. I enjoyed the hell out of the ship combat. The ground missions were super meh, though. Has that gotten better? To what extent can you avoid the lamer content?

It plays better than it used to, that's for sure. But ground combat in the ST universe has always been meh to begin with. XD

I have no idea how it is at higher levels but at lower levels it's pretty painless. The animations are still just adequate though. Too bad it's already F2P and they probably wont spend a significant amount of money in the game ever again, because a more fluid combat and animations would've made a world of difference. But yeah, it's still... adequate.

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PS > There's one thing I love about the combat though. And that is that you have no time to rest or to get comfortable because if you don't pay attention you can get blown up fast. But if you are fast and play skillfully you can hold your ground against a much better equipped ship that isn't being properly managed.


Shields are fragile, so are systems, so you need to balance the entire array of systems while paying attention to your targets. Just like in the series. If you do it right and reroute power properly you can pull off some pretty neat stuff, but if you try to auto attack you'll be underperforming even if you have the best equipment on your ship. So you'll need some extreme gear difference to actually be able to bulldoze your way around fighting in this game.

[Mezlo]

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What Ship are you using and what equipment do you have installed, and what skills are your officers trained to use? <_<;

Also, are you making use of the power and shield rerouting features? They make a HUGE difference in combat.
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I'm using the ship for the Sith Inquisitor. I haven't bought any armor or weapons for my ship, but I have blasters i cna shoot, and in the last space mission i have 16 torpedos. I still havent really figured out when to use the torpedos over the blasters though. I'm guessing i need to buy armor and better weapons maybe? If so, where can i goto get them? I have about 60k, is that enough?

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Shields are fragile, so are systems, so you need to balance the entire array of systems while paying attention to your targets. Just like in the series. If you do it right and reroute power properly you can pull off some pretty neat stuff, but if you try to auto attack you'll be underperforming even if you have the best equipment on your ship. So you'll need some extreme gear difference to actually be able to bulldoze your way around fighting in this game.

I ahven't figured how to put up shields or how to reroute them. I was talking to a friend and he said that it's the 1,2, and 3 keys, and those slots were blank when i went on the space mission.

[Jarre]

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The other way is if your forward shield is going down quick press the up arrow key to reroute power to them and keep pressing it, same for other direction sheilds. Another way to "balance" shields is the shield symbol showing the green and red when shields depleting, click in the middle and it will start to balance the shields.

What space combat things are you talking about? If its fleet missions you are guarenteed to die a few times especially against the borg.

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I have no idea how it is at higher levels but at lower levels it's pretty painless. The animations are still just adequate though. Too bad it's already F2P and they probably wont spend a significant amount of money in the game ever again, because a more fluid combat and animations would've made a world of difference. But yeah, it's still... adequate.

PS > There's one thing I love about the combat though. And that is that you have no time to rest or to get comfortable because if you don't pay attention you can get blown up fast. But if you are fast and play skillfully you can hold your ground against a much better equipped ship that isn't being properly managed.

Ground combat is no Counterstrike or Black ops but its ok as long as you are ok at healing, setting weapons and shields up etc. Most storyline missions have a mix of space and ground activities especially in the higher levels.

As for the larger ships, you have to work out races tacticks. Remans with their huge battle ships have a tractor beam that locks onto you when your within 5km of them and then hold you while they shoot a volley opf 5 plasma torpedos at you. Borg cubes and spheres can lock a tractor beam on you at up to 7km out that also drains your shields and power. Keeping with 10-8km is the best survivable range if practical for longevity and less sheild managing. also I have mainly plasma type weapons as the plasma gives an hp drain effect for a few seconds kind of like poison in FFXI.

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My ship setup - Assault Cruiser - Rank - Rear Admiral, Upper Half




Fore Weapons:- Plasma Cannon MkXII - Tetryon Cannon MkXI - Dual Plasma Beam Bank MkXI (x2 DMG) - Plasma Torpedo Launcher MkX

Aft Weapons - Tricobalt Mine Launcher MkXI - Plasma Mine Launcher MkXI - Plasma Beam Array MkXI - Plasma Turret MkXI

Graviton Deflector array +8.8 Shield System

Resiliant shield array MkXII 5721 sheild capacity plasma damage received reduced by 20%

Science consoles Boost shield
Engineering consoles Boost hull integrity and starship speed
Tacticle consoles Boost plasma weapons damage

[Taskmage]

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I'm using the ship for the Sith Inquisitor. I haven't bought any armor or weapons for my ship, but I have blasters i cna shoot, and in the last space mission i have 16 torpedos. I still havent really figured out when to use the torpedos over the blasters though. I'm guessing i need to buy armor and better weapons maybe? If so, where can i goto get them? I have about 60k, is that enough?

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I ahven't figured how to put up shields or how to reroute them. I was talking to a friend and he said that it's the 1,2, and 3 keys, and those slots were blank when i went on the space mission.

We're talking about Star Trek: Online and you're talking about The Old Republic. Iirc, you should be able to handle the first 3 space missions just fine without buying any upgrades to your ship. When they get harder it will say on the mission screen that you should have level 3 or greater ship upgrades.

Rerouting power becomes available after you install a certain upgrade on your ship. At first the only power management you need to worry about is to stop firing when you're not on a target to let your shield regenerate. Actually, I guess you don't even have shields to start out, so you can fire non-stop until you get those.

Missiles are for targets that are going to leave your field of view quickly, like small ships that fly straight at you, or for shield generators and mission objectives. In non-escort missions, that means anything with a yellow target marker on it. Later on when you're assaulting capital ships, you'll find that you can't take down shield generators with blasters, only missiles.

[Raydeus]

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Oh man, the Sovereign class is so awaesome.

I'll probably keep using that even though the Galaxy looks like major power.

I'm using the ship for the Sith Inquisitor.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, lol.

[djose]

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I'm REALLY enjoying Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded atm, spend about 2 hours in bed with it every night so far

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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The premium edition is free for a limited time today on iOS.

If you want to play one of the grandaddies of the FPS genre, today's a good day for it.

[Mezlo]

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Oh man, the Sovereign class is so awaesome.

I'll probably keep using that even though the Galaxy looks like major power.






LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL, lol.

Mezlo's Geek skill: -5

[Raydeus]

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Speaking of STO, I'm finally Lieutenant Commander and got a new ship along with the promotion. And while it was nice seeing that I could hold my ground against Borg more than 4 lvls higher I spent a long time last night looking for things to Replicate to update my weapons and systems.


Peeve: Why do I need so many Biological samples when they are so rare.



PS > Will post pics of my new ship when I get home, but I hope I can actually go to sleep early this time instead of staying up playing the game, because sleeping 3 hours isn't fun. <_<;

PPS > Hey Admiral Jarre sir, do you know where I can find Biological, Antimatter and Alloy samples faster? <_<

[Jarre]

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Have you tried doing the exploration missions? Also when in each zone area always scan for anomolies and never leave a zone until you have got them all thats both land and space.

[Raydeus]

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Ohhh, I didn't know about that site.

I never leave a system or planet without scanning for anomalies, but Biological and the other 2nd tier have been pretty scarce where I've been. I was barely able to come up with the 30 biological and Alloy I needed for my MKIV Dual Phasers and Quantum launcher. But I'll do more exploration missions tonight.



PS > Also, reading that site I just realized my Raydeus Stanceâ„¢ is pretty much designed for Escort type of vessels, rather than Cruisers. So I'll see if I have enough Dilithium to get an escort tonight. 3 weapon banks at the front + higher turn rate and faster movement for retreats. Then I'll use Cruisers for tanking and solo missions where I need more durability.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Finished Kid Icarus Uprising. Even as much as I stalled to grind for better weapons, the game remains a blast and very rewarding. Sakurai doesn't want to make another one though ._.

No Sequel for Kid Icarus Uprising - IGN

[Gobo]

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Got burned out on Graces. 98 hrs of play time, still need to finish 6 floors of the bonus dungeon. There are all the kill boss in 60 seconds trophies, but that can wait until New game+.

Started FF13...Dramatic music. FWIW, I'm liking it so far. I can see the complaints about the crystallium not opening up fast enough and that it is one long winding road, but I'm enjoying myself. And after all, isn't that why we play games?

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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You will come down to earth soon enough.

There is no fun in FFXIII. You'll look for it, trying to find what others couldn't and might spend a good amount of the game thinking you found it, but you will find you lied to yourself and regret the hours you sank into it. Then you'll hear someone speak of Xenoblade or Skyrim and wonder why this game couldn't be more like them.

Or you'll go back to Tales realizing the burnout was better.

You will want to say there is no hope, but there is a Hope and you'll hate his guts.