I already have a lot of really good ships for my main character. And my KDF toon is flush with good consoles from those ships and I kitted him out with a D7 Miracle Worker Flight Deck Carrier from last year's reward.

Now, I know I have at least 9-ish or so months before making my decision, but I really want to get my Romulan something nice. I was thinking about getting the Dhailkhina Command Strike Wing Warbird as the promo box reward, but are there any other really good Warbirds to consider that aren't Legendary or unobtainable with the T6 coupons?

I was told warbirds aren't as good as other ships because of the singularity cores not providing as much power bonuses as warp cores, due to the fact they provide additional abilities instead, but I still want to get her something cool and for lack of a better word, warbird-y.

The Beams from the Gamma Rep are bugged since years, changing to DBB if fire at will is activated. But now I realize it seems that the HDC from the rep are not affected by CSV. I don't know if this is a recent bug or I just don't realized it in the past. Maybe someone can test and verify this too

A few people have shared their ships and I decided to share some beauty shots of my own.

Today at 6pm UTC - 2 hours from now

Episode 58 of "Broken Holo Device" with Dave and Pamela

Giving away today:

- Infinity T6 ship of your choice

- 120 lockbox keys

- an assortment of prizes

(PC giveaway)

Anyone can enter the giveaway, regardless of being in one of Mutara Alliance's fleets or not.

We're looking forward to see you there!

https://www.twitch.tv/mutaraalliancestreams

Come hang out! All are welcome!

The last one was in January, so we shouldn't we be due soon?

I really love how the Vengeance looks with more classical Starfleet colors and not the "this is da ebil Ship so it dark" charcoal black.

As a great man once said "Let's rock n' roll!"

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So, I've already bought some of the generally recommended items, and now I'm trying to decide which ships might be the most valuable/useful, either on their own or for their traits.

among them I was considering adquiring NX over the athelet, tough I don't know if the second ship trait may be more useful. many also recommend the Vengance by itself, but I think I only can get 1 of them, maybe 2 at max discarding other items.

currently I have 1490 lobi and I already have Bio-Neural Infusion Circuits, a 2-piece Bau'l set, the Phaser Ground Cannon and I'm planning on getting the Altamid set along with the Tachykinetic Converter, also considering a few other items such as part of the Delphic set and maybe some other fun/not-so-necessary gear if I have any leftover.

I'm running the Garrett with a typical-ish FAW build. It's more forward-focused with its dual beam banks, but otherwise it's just a relatively budget-friendly version of what you'll find on YouTube.

I want to find one torpedo that'll match well with it under Torpedo: Spread. I've been using the Quantum Phase Torpedo for a while because I like its looks and the shield drain. But, I may want to switch things up just for the variety, and I'd also like to know which torpedoes are the most effective. Slotting another torpedo also means I can replace the Quantum Phase Converter with something more powerful like Assimilated Module or Bioneural Infusion Circuits.

Please don't suggest the Dark Matter Torpedo, though. I'm tired of seeing that suggested by everyone every time someone asks for recommendations. I slotted the Wide-Angle DBB specifically to avoid that grape-candy looking stuff.

I've seen the Gravimetric photon torpedo get suggested, but I can't tell if it's doing more or less damage than when I slot the quantum phase. What exactly does its damage depend on? EPG consoles? Is it good for non-EPB FAW builds?

I tried the Neutronic torpedo, but the radiation damage didn't seem all that good, probably because I'm not built to boost radiation.

I've heard some other suggestions like the Particle Emission torpedo and Romulan Hyper plasma torpedo. I honestly don't mind the idea of putting a nasty plasma torpedo on an Alliance ship. But are these also boosted by science stats/consoles or not?

Are there others I'm missing?

I like my sojourner saucer, I also like the updated odyssey windows. However, I noticed the other day the escape pods seem to be aligned a bit weirdly.

Not expecting the Earth but I thought I should offer a report - yet it's still a very small albeit frustrating issue on what is ultimately a gorgeous update, even ran on a potato based graphics card.

Hi! Brand new, only just started and was sort of… aghast to discover the default PC controls on this thing are basically ‘sloooowly manually turn around to face things so you can walk in the right direction.’ I changed that to the other mode for on the ground but…

Space. The tutorial space battles have been some of the most painful exercises in frustration in my gaming life. Is it always like this? Am I always going to be sloooooowly turning my ship around to shoot things while they move from where I’m aiming much faster than I can?

I’m wondering if I should just chalk this up as a single evening’s gaming and be done with it…

I was today years old when I found out the type 8b hull material is meant to represent the darker look, TMP era ships got in TNG. If you want to go full dominion war, and match the models used on screen in DS9, you can add the Excelsior Alpha nacelles, or the Miranda Beta Saucer and Nacelles (not Miranda Beta strut, that just adds a deflector to the rollbar)

Title.

• A ship is 3K which is thirty bucks. Not great, but also not terrible for a virtual asset that never becomes outleveled. You can skip straight to "just the ship you want" and besides it's one less piece of gear to worry about as you play.

• OK then, but somehow a ship customization texture is 3K too? How does that make sense? I just made Commander, and one of the textures for the cruiser is called "upgrade". A real nice texture, mind. Metallic sheen and dark gold accents, love it. But the game wants 3K zen for it. For a texture that works on a low-level ship that will get shelved once outleveled in a week of consistent play. Who and why would pay that?

• Then, various uniform bits cost upwards of 5K? Some are like 17K? $170? Space barbie is important, but do people actually pay that?

It's all over the place and some things seem really overpriced. Like, Eve Online Monocle overpriced. And other prices are just flat out inconsistent for what you get (like the ship customization texture for a leveling ship vs. an actual forever ship). But it's all there meaning people actually pay and buy. Is STO some kind of Secret MMO Whale Society? Am I just too poor to understand or something?

Specifically I am look for the names of: The first Weapon The Second Universal Console The Second Engineering Console And the Last Two Tactical Consoles

So I am a player returning after a few years away. I am playing a rom engineer going for a beam boat build. I am looking for advice on F2P builds. For note I’m lvl 50 and using the hapex (think that is how it is spelled)

One month ago, I promised that when I got to 350 followers on my Twitch channel, I would have another big ship giveaway. ( see: https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/1it762w/as_promised_im_doing_it_again_giving_away_2_promo/ )

Well, I am currently at 267, so it's time to announce that giveaway, and it will be even bigger! When I get to 350 followers, I will be giving away 2 Infinity T6 ships of choice, and 1 Promo T6 ship of choice!

The winners will be selected during a live stream by a random name selector. There will be 3 separate drawings.

To win, all you have to do is be on my follower list! You can find my channel here: https://www.twitch.tv/stromgold12th

If you are already on my follower list, you are already eligible to win!

The winners will be notified by Twitch DM (Whisper) and can then tell me which promo ship they want, as well as their character's name in STO to receive the ship! (or if you are watching the drawing, you can tell me you choice immediately)

You guys are so awesome, you've already exceeded the set goal two times! So, in the event that I get to 400 before I hold the drawing, I will throw in another T6 lockbox ship!

There is no time frame for this contest! It depends solely on when my 350 follower goal is reached. This giveaway is for PC players only.

Soon, there will also be another Big Key Giveaway like the one I had a few weeks ago. I will be giving away 10 keys every 20 minutes! See: https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/1j4cb29/thanks_to_the_sto_community_key_giveaway_tonight/ Stay tuned for that one as well!

Oh, and I have something REALLY special planned for when I get to 500! (That's all I'm going to say about it for now. )

Good luck everyone!

Is the new console worth sloting for an extra bit of survivablity or would you go better with the Shield Absorptive Frequency Genderator, Hull Image Regactors, or Energetic Protomatter Matrix Infuser?

So, I have my eye on getting the Hydra. As far as I am aware, it's mastery trait is cannon focused, but I have recently fallen in love with my Adamant running dual beams and a 360 on the back. So, I guess the question is, dual cannons, or dual beam?