[LunarNightmare]

I actually have an Aegis set, I've never been very impressed with it in comparison to Borg, to be honest.

One thing I shall never do is put the Borg equipment and my elf together.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

I actually have an Aegis set, I've never been very impressed with it in comparison to Borg, to be honest.

Really? So it's one of those things that looks awesome in theory but isn't so awesome in practice? I do have the full Borg set already, and it's pretty nice for soaking damage if I can get a few procs from the shield regeneration. Plus, I do like the tractor beam, since I've found Science Team to be more useful to have my Science bridge officer trained in for almost all situations. The tractor beam is great for holding some hapless gob****e still while I slam a heavy plasma torp into his/her hull.

I actually have an Aegis set, I've never been very impressed with it in comparison to Borg, to be honest.

One thing I shall never do is put the Borg equipment and my elf together.

If you don't want to feel like you're using Borg tech, you can turn the visuals off. Not sure if you knew if that was possible or not; it's never exactly stated. You can also do it with armor and kits.

[NGTM-1R]

Really? So it's one of those things that looks awesome in theory but isn't so awesome in practice? I do have the full Borg set already, and it's pretty nice for soaking damage if I can get a few procs from the shield regeneration. Plus, I do like the tractor beam, since I've found Science Team to be more useful to have my Science bridge officer trained in for almost all situations. The tractor beam is great for holding some hapless gob****e still while I slam a heavy plasma torp into his/her hull.

I have a cruiser, so as a general rule it's all the same to me when I can go "lol drop three abilities and tank a tac cube"; that said it also means I should live long enough for the resists to start stacking like crazy. The thing is, they're just not huge benefits to begin with, and I thinking the stacking may not be straight additive either. (It certainly doesn't seem when I have six stacked that incoming damage drops by 30%.) It could just be that the Borg set offers tangible, distinct benefits, whereas it's hard to prove at any one moment that your Aegis is working the way it should...but I remain dubious.

Mind, I'm not taking it off the Sovvie either, but that's because getting another set of Borg gear would chew up EDCs I'm saving for MACO.

[Commander Zane]

I ought to swap accounts with my friend while playing STF missions. While getting anything other than data chips is a chore for me, the game literally dumps Mk.XI tech on him every mission.

I do have the Mk.X Omega Force set though, so woot.

[LunarNightmare]

I actually have an Aegis set, I've never been very impressed with it in comparison to Borg, to be honest.

One thing I shall never do is put the Borg equipment and my elf together.

If you don't want to feel like you're using Borg tech, you can turn the visuals off. Not sure if you knew if that was possible or not; it's never exactly stated. You can also do it with armor and kits.

I was referring to the tentacles on the Borg equipment, and i'm well aware of disabling visuals.

[Retsof]

I have just seen some... very interesting things at Drozana Station...

[NGTM-1R]

I have just seen some... very interesting things at Drozana Station...

Bonnie-kin, Bonnie-kin, dressed all in red

[TwentyPercentCooler]

Really? So it's one of those things that looks awesome in theory but isn't so awesome in practice? I do have the full Borg set already, and it's pretty nice for soaking damage if I can get a few procs from the shield regeneration. Plus, I do like the tractor beam, since I've found Science Team to be more useful to have my Science bridge officer trained in for almost all situations. The tractor beam is great for holding some hapless gob****e still while I slam a heavy plasma torp into his/her hull.

I have a cruiser, so as a general rule it's all the same to me when I can go "lol drop three abilities and tank a tac cube"; that said it also means I should live long enough for the resists to start stacking like crazy. The thing is, they're just not huge benefits to begin with, and I thinking the stacking may not be straight additive either. (It certainly doesn't seem when I have six stacked that incoming damage drops by 30%.) It could just be that the Borg set offers tangible, distinct benefits, whereas it's hard to prove at any one moment that your Aegis is working the way it should...but I remain dubious.

Mind, I'm not taking it off the Sovvie either, but that's because getting another set of Borg gear would chew up EDCs I'm saving for MACO.

Ah, alright. I see what you mean. It's hard to attach numbers to things like that, since we don't really have combat log parsers. I really am hoping for a little more functionality in terms of modding for the game, mostly along the lines of interface clean-up/minimalization. I'd just like them to avoid putting in any kind of "gearscore" crap. But, that's kind of off-topic. I'm not really going that out of my way to get the Aegis stuff, so it won't be too much of a letdown if it's not as good as I thought. I like to have options when I open up my bank before an STF.

I have just seen some... very interesting things at Drozana Station...

If it's the mission where everything is dark and you have the future's most ineffectual flashlight: 
If not, I bet it's ERP.

[Retsof]

I have just seen some... very interesting things at Drozana Station...

If it's the mission where everything is dark and you have the future's most ineffectual flashlight: 
If not, I bet it's ERP.

Heh, wrong direction.  There were female player characters (some in as little clothing as the game allows) dancing on the tables.  It's kind of disturbing that people do that actually...

Funnily, I was working on that mission earlier, but PvP ques would make me restart the mission.  (PvP is more fun, but less XP...)

Wait, what is ERP?

[NGTM-1R]

It's kind of disturbing that people do that actually...

Welcome to the internet? This has been a thing since...WoW? Galaxies? Maybe even UO.

Chalk it up to boredom.

[Scourge of Ages]

I can't believe I did that. I picked up a Romulan Ale on one mission, but stuck it in my action bar to save inventory space. I went to remove it later, but forgot that I can't take items directly out of my action bar; I drank it instead. Then I checked the exchange to see them selling for 200k. 

[Liberator]

The only thing I consistently find annoying about this game is the bug in teh Starbase 24 fleet action that makes the 2nd wave of klink ships bunch up and steamroll everyone

[Scotty]

The only thing I consistently find annoying about this game is the bug in teh Starbase 24 fleet action that makes the 2nd wave of klink ships bunch up and steamroll everyone

QFT.  When the counter rolls up toward 48 or so, I engage Evasive Maneuvers and GTFO the immediate area around the station until everyone regroups.

[TrashMan]

Almsot reached rank of Commander.  Heavy Cruiser or Heavy Escort?  Akira or Cheyene?


Hurr...
That said, got a gold box...anyone want it?

[BloodEagle]

Lockboxes are bound.

[Scourge of Ages]

Question: Lvl 40 is coming up soon, and with it Mk X gear. Should I go tricobalt torpedoes or quantum?

[Scotty]

Almsot reached rank of Commander.  Heavy Cruiser or Heavy Escort?  Akira or Cheyene?


Hurr...
That said, got a gold box...anyone want it?

I'd go with heavy escort.  The Commander cruiser was singularly unimpressive in its looks, and I didn't enjoy it near as much as the new Galaxy I have or the old Excaliber I used to use.

[Liberator]

You are basically asking if you want to fly the Stargazer or an Akira(no one mods it from the Akira frame very much because the other 2 free ones are hideous.)

[TrashMan]

I'm kinda leaning for the akira...because CANNONS. Picked up some nice klingon disruptor cannons.
But heavy cruiser...4 nacelles. Bonus power to all systems...


That said, Cryptic is indeed devious. You only got 4 bridge officer slots and various ships have different bridge officer posts. So you HAVE to buy new slots in order to fill those.

I got 1 tactical, 2 engiener, 1 science officer....any my current ship has 2 science slots. Which I cannot fill.
Akira has 2 tacticals..which I won't be able to fill.

Good move Cryptic..good move. If only your micro-transactions actually were micro..

[Scotty]

Uh, you do realize you can requisition more bridge officers, right?  And then have them join the crew when you switch ships?  Without paying for it Cryptic points?

Also, number of nacelles means **** all when considering maneuverability.  That heavy cruiser is a slug compared to the escort.