Star Trek Online

[CaptainRAVE]

Hope not to get kicked off then!

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Urgh just got kicked now 631 of 686

Name is Lokai@Andyh1977, wouldnt mind an invite

Said user couldnt be found...sure that is right?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

OOpps sorry, its Lokai@Andyh

Cheers

Added

Fastest leveling would be defend missions if there is lots of people doing them, and also patrol missions are pretty good for skill point rewards.

Defend missions actually work better with fewer people because:
a) If you pick the right mobs you get the loot to yourself
b) You are more likely to enter active instances - certainly if there are only 3-4 of them.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Invite to the fleet please Name is Sniffy_

sleepery I'm in-game right now.

Have you been added yet? Will need your full name as it appears in the chat window.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

where do you get the provisitions from for the quarks bar mission

Buy them - I skipped that one

 

[CaptainRAVE]

im gettin seriously annoyed with starbase 24 mission iv tried it 10 times + tonight and everytime it either crashes the game or even the pc!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You probably have an ATI card. Turn down the number of object lights to two - or ven turn dynamic lights off altogether.

Can someone add the following to the fleet:
simos@eyetrip
dapos@buzz999

Will add you when I get back on

 

[CaptainRAVE]

is that in gfx options?
cheers lads il try that

Yep - havent had a crash since I did that and same for a few others in the fleet. Just turn number of objects lights down to two.

Server is terribly laggy this evening - need to get ready for tomorrow anyway

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Im really **** off now, been sat in a que for 1/2 an hour, after it kicked me out, grrr if i wanted to pay to que I would have gone to tesco's

Apparently, if you log out and back in a few times you get in quicker

It is a known bug on the forums

One advantage of a lifetime sub, no queues

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I just got my first escort. and I put 2 x cannons for 1&2 and a photon for 3. (phaser array rear).

I've noticed I cant actually fire both 1&2 at the same time... They appear to share a slight cool down between the two? Is that right? If so... does that mean it's utterly pointless to use both? I mean you can flick between the two after waiting a second, while the other cools down. But would I get better overall DPS to use like a phaser array on '2' which does less DPS, but being able to use both at the same time would be better?

I hope that makes sense...

Basically, you can get away with two standard cannons OR three heavy cannons.

been having a few crashes myself think it's down to my ati card and dynamic lighting, if any of you guys are starting an ocuk fleet i'd like to join also looking for a few friends to do a few missions with.

Jack@RebornDemon

feel free to add me.

Unless someone adds you from our fleet in the meantime, I will add you tonight

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I sent you an invite.



Sent.

Thanks

Would much rather be playing STO than teaching this week

Saying that, my 4days and 1 hour of play combined with level 45 and 5 million in the bank is starting to look quite addictive. It was my week off though - might take next week off too

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I'd be inclined to just save up samples at the moment. If you really do need 500, people will start complaining and it'll be brought down soon enough

Yes, I am keeping mine. Can make a lot of money with them on the exchange, but I think they are more useful than energy credits.

Just so you know I left the new people as Recruits... Just because I noticed a little bit of fleet bank pinching going on the last couple of days.

Oh and Rave can you add my Captain name to the list on the first page? Adriana. Thank you muchly.

Yes, I was only promoting people to members who I thought could be trusted. If need be I will take bank privilages away from members and only rank up the *most* trustworthy people. I dont mind people taking stuff, as long as they put something back of equal value/use.

Also, added

Will see you all online tonight.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I see that we're trying to build up credits for an extra tab on the bank? What are the best ways to gain credits? I'm only a Lt.Cmdr, but I might be able to make something... The best money I currently make is by selling the battery drops I get... I.e. 50 credits..

Help!

Just sell your stuff - higher levels = more money

Currently have 700K in the fleet - 350K split between myself and greeny_fastcar here on the forums. Fleet permissions are bugged, so we are keeping it safe.

As requested (some of you may remember my old layout, but I have recently changed it). The attack, defend and Go Down Fighting macros arent working well atm, STO has issues with macro'd commands such as Ctrl+1 Crtl+2 etc -



Also, my profile (which should have all of my macros in too) -

http://myfreefilehosting.com/f/493dcfad9d_0.02MB

Keep in mind I have remapped some of the keys (so if you do use a macro check which key it is using)

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Access to the bank has to be restricted, there are people taking MkV stuff and dumping MkII gear in it's place which is a) Useless to most in the fleet b) Worthless for sale

The problem is at the moment - fleet permissions are bugged i.e. we cant restrict access to anyone. We dont want it to become over compliacted or to create any drama - just a little bit of common sense.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Anyone know if it is possible to turn off your ships shield representation graphics you get around your ship, it’s the only thing in the game that annoys me!

I understand why it is there but...

Not yet, but it is something the devs have said they will look into - it has been a request since closed beta.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Surely that is the point of a guild bank? You're hardly going to put BETTER gear in exchange for what you took out.
Captain to admirals quite easily get lt. to cmdr gear as drops, so they can be put in the bank for those levels. The lt to cmdr quite easily get drops for ensign to lt levels etc. You pass the gear downwards. The only ones who might struggle are the capt-admiral levels
Seems pretty straight forward to me...

Also I looked today and the tab is jam packed. What's the level of credits now? I see it says 1.2mil for a new tab.

700K split between myself and greeny_fastcar here on the forums - close

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I just realised today what the game is missing, big time - star trek music. Other than the little signature tune at the character select, there's none of the iconic music from any of the movies / series at all. During the space combat especially, there's some cracking music from the films that could have been used.

I wonder if it's a copyright thing, it's hard to imagine they'd have access to it and not use it.

Agreed - probably a money thing. Would have been great to have more of the Trek soundtrack in.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

how do i get acces to the bank?

What rank are you in the fleet?

 

[CaptainRAVE]

It actually seems to be broken (or they've removed the functionality for some reason).

It did let you control external players (like Winamp or Media Player) directly from within the game.

<edit> Actually, just looked into it. Go to your audio options and you can select either Winamp or iTunes as your ingame player. The music player will then directly control that application without having to leave the game.

This ^^

Just controls Winamp or Itunes and significantly reduces in-game sounds.

no idea how do i find out lol

Go to the fleet screen and it will say on there. Can be accessed from the drop down menu next to your mini map.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

I read something on the official forums that might be handy - it's a bug, so I'm not sure if using it might be a good idea since it might be classed as exploiting but I doubt you'd get a smack on the wrist for doing it:

You can currently only set 1 fore and 1 aft weapon to auto fire. However if you are very quick with clicking you can set multiple guns to auto fire, needs very fast fingers though, easier in a laggy zone like sector space or earth spacedock. I wish they had this implemented as a feature, but alas not... it might save you from having to buy a new keyboard in a couple of weeks though due to your spacebar snapping

also sorry if someone mentioned this already, not sure if they did

More than anything I wish they had left autofire on one ground weapon - really dont understand why they took this out.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Only just realised I had a load of 5th level exploration badges - bought me some nice Mk X quantum torpedos and dual heavy polaron cannons