🌌-galaxy-chat

[leaden meadow]

I haven’t seen any mods since the rslb announcement anyway, I think they gave up

[near bloom]

They’re there, they’re just… quiet.

[north torrent]

That's it for me with this stupid arena. Not one second of my time any more for that bs*. It doesn't matter if it somehow works every second time or if you can solve problems that Scopely can't get right from time to time with tricks on your own. It's just pure frustration, I'm not going to put up with it any longer.

[leaden meadow]

just the looming threat of Jess and her chancla withholds this chat from descending into chaos

[mortal elk]

https://tenor.com/view/cops-chief-what-do-you-gif-19852878

[leaden meadow]

https://tenor.com/view/skyrim-margin-awake-marginskyrim-gif-20155428

[viscid fern]

Am I doing it right?

[mortal elk]

https://tenor.com/view/technically-mitchcutty-kevinmcgarry-heartland-gif-21999281

[near bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/andy-bernard-the-office-nailed-gif-23399692

[fallow sage]

It's ok you don't get a reward for that right?

[leaden meadow]

no but the metrics man, I'll be part of the statistics some fella pulls out of his hat to underline the success of this mechanic in a follow-up meeting

[fallow sage]

Oh true. I ended up with a score too not thinking about it

RIP

[split storm]

Does anyones else windows client keep crashing in arena?

[solemn plaza]

They can just look at the top few people and call it a massive success, people in top 5 for my RLB spent enough on this RLB to complete 2 sms and the person in first could get 1st place on 2 slb (based on the last slb)

[lime wolf]

Yes

Its even buggier then normal

cant join, matchmaking stuff broken. constant crashing

[split storm]

mine boots me back to desktop type of crashing, game closes. everytime i go to centre

[leaden meadow]

not in my region/bracket
I recently pushed to G5, last spend SLB first place was close to 60m
Now first place is around 36m

[solemn plaza]

I'm in G4.

1st place has enough to have done 2 sms and won 2 slb.
All the top 5 more than likely could have all got 1st place on an slb with those scores. (My last slb 1st place got 17mill points)

[modest quarry]

#basedonplayerfeedback we’re introducing a special new limited time exocomp to reduce server lag, available in the store for 99.99 - Happy Monday!

[modest quarry]

Oldie and a goodie 😂

[dusky cove]

I wonder if the next arc'll add archives for the gorn etc.

[solemn plaza]

Probably do older ships 1st, Franklin's, Mantis, Stella, amalgam

[crimson fern]

https://i.imgur.com/5Z7p1tI.png Why does she look like a generic Male 80s Metal Bassist?

[warm pivot]

mantis will come with comp

[dusky cove]

Likely though they seemed to add more recent ones like the voyager and manoveen first

[opal meadow]

if a player gets banned - does their base get a free shield?

[dull mason]

They aren't having my Free Time with that hot mess...

[civic geyser]

Unlikely

[mortal elk]

nope, not even a temporary ban

[opal meadow]

Got a player that we think got a temp ban and his base in our territory has a shield over 12 hours

[dull mason]

https://tenor.com/view/play-monkeyboo-draw-point-capuchin-monkey-gif-19391948

[mortal elk]

Perma-ban, the station would be booted soon after (similar to a suspension/deletion request).
Temporary ban... any shield will drop eventually.

[opal meadow]

we booted, base was cracked then this shield pops up

11 hours

[mortal elk]

why do you think he was banned?

[dull mason]

A temp shield does activate after a while of raiding
FYI they might just be Coasting through the Arc/Game

[opal meadow]

Don't know, but another player said it seemed likely

They are not in our alliance now, but base is in our territory and shield has been up 11 hours

[remote portal]

Might just be muted?

Chat bans still let you log in and shield

[opal meadow]

How are they getting shield in our territory if they did not have one when booted?

[remote portal]

Ah, i missed the territory part

[opal meadow]

Not temp, 11 hours - in territory they are not member of occupying alliance

[remote portal]

I have seen support put up a shield for a player who has an open CS ticket because they're locked out but not banned, maybe that's it?

That would override the territory restriction, I assume, just like the gold shields do?

[white bloom]

i kind of spent into thinking its was just my srver wish i could get ym stuff back lol

btw i did not read the event being cross server before spending

[west matrix]

@queen jolt regarding #⭐-official-announcements message.... newsflash... we are experiencing performance dips in the game all the time...

[crude phoenix]

ur a heretic in need of purging

[icy spire]

Good evening, I would like to know if there will be other merge of the server this year, if you know, thank you

[warm pivot]

probably no more merges in 2024

[icy spire]

@warm pivot thank you

[warm pivot]

they time it with new territory seasons and we recently entered a new one

[boreal oasis]

lol, good design

[viscid fern]

You mean they try to at least 😂

[red stag]

Great job on arenas Scopely 👏👏👏

[dull mason]

Yeah, they are most likely coasting,
Wondering what to do

[serene drum]

Why mentioning the server maintenance there are more then 5 years server problems with lag bug etc etc etc so noting new..... 🥱

https://tenor.com/view/it-server-problems-pc-fire-gif-9731751

[final cove]

to be fair all i did was tier up my K'vort from all my saved up crystal over time

[opal meadow]

nope

[livid knot]

Booo

[muted flower]

https://discord.com/channels/509679626763632640/1305627426663039029

[late ermine]

Oh 🤣 well kinds same ...

Atleast ain't rank 2

[stark fjord]

so I would pay a $20 pack so I can have custom avatars 🙂

[boreal oasis]

custom? that'd break the game

[final cove]

damn thats a lot of resources spent on getting to 24 :p

[late ermine]

Pennys lol i am early g5

[final cove]

ah

yea im camping in g3

[late ermine]

I mean litrally Pennys had enough for like 60m score

Not interested on rlb and ( low on lat )

[final cove]

i tiered up my kvort and antares a little.

[late ermine]

Yea did same nova

[final cove]

but i never go under 10k rss

[late ermine]

And some scrap ship

[final cove]

i want my buffer :p

[late ermine]

Not a bad idea 🤣 Better than gifs in ac

You suggested previously

[coral halo]

this room is like a clown room, one big joke anther another

[final cove]

Someone seems butthurt.

[twilit lintel]

FINALLY ALLIANCE tournament is back

[fluid shore]

Lags and desyncs normalized to a point they're not even acknowledged anymore. Well played, Scopely! Well played!

Saving a few millions in emergency rations

[red stag]

@twilit lintel where?

[stark fjord]

I like jokes they are funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[frigid narwhal]

I'm glad alliance tournaments are back... but can we get our league fixed already? @heady moon
Still have all the screenshots.

[vapid onyx]

<@&509690795536941056> , @heady moon ... in the middle of a Wave Pass season ... last wave pass event ended but no new event?!?!? And just how do you expect us to get our Wave pass points????

[hushed fiber]

Well that data mining bonus was nice, while it lasted...

[lime wraith]

yeah the bonus isn't working, came to say that

[plush lark]

Who is mining data??

[steep aspen]

part of the news that just went out, https://startrekfleetcommand.com/news/exciting-changes-and-6-year-anniversary-celebrations/

[red stag]

Also said something about arena being better and that wasn’t true either 🤣🤣

[late ermine]

Event

[arctic flint]

<@&509690795536941056> @heady moon targeting has been horrible all week. Waves are painful. Also, today's battlepass mining isn't scoring on server 15.

[civic geyser]

lol that was handy

[hushed fiber]

"Data miming" does sound fun, though.

[plush lark]

Claim the bb rewards...unless you bb isn't maxed?

For the event

[topaz burrow]

Would be nice if yall included chakotay. Yall never source him anymore.

[arctic flint]

https://tenor.com/view/emergency-emergencia-brake-news-lies-gif-20957053

https://tenor.com/view/rations-cronic-gamerz-waste-wasting-food-munchies-gif-17688389

[subtle shore]

During a time of immense crit damage reduction research, we get crit damage officer shards. Makes sense now that they're almost worthless.

[placid maple]

6 long years and how does scopely thank us for supporting them? With this garbage 😔

[grave quarry]

ikr

[shut shoal]

Alliance Tournament returning is great. Did we fix the problem of some alliances getting far more EC xp than they should have gotten and compared to other alliances? <@&509690795536941056>
#🌌-galaxy-chat message

[peak sedge]

My thoughts exactly...until I read that we're also getting a free epic officer, which is more like it 🙂

[grave quarry]

if its anything like last year we will end up wit ha full unlock worth of shards over the next week

thats how i unlocked jadzia dax

[warm pivot]

i like odo shards, we still get 6 more present boxes

[placid maple]

Epic Pike 🤣

[warm pivot]

missing wavepass event

[steep aspen]

any thoughts on the free epic officer unlock? not sure which is best for someone who has none of them

[lime wraith]

I'm going for Jaylah personally since she has no other sourcing besides swarmadas and I have everyone else unlocked to level 1

[eager pike]

No!

[placid maple]

If you don't have any go for Ent-E Picard

[eager pike]

Has no value anymore, swarm is a dead loop

[lime wraith]

True, but gotta collect em all 😄

[eager pike]

Do ya?

[placid maple]

SNW La'An is not even an epic officer 🙄🤔 she's rare

[steep aspen]

that would explain the trouble I'm having finding her

[placid maple]

Epic La'An is called Strike Team La'An

rare is called SNW, proof scopely never played game

[bitter temple]

Ok Eco, we can be friends again. This is a good week. Today is a good day, to spend TP

[placid maple]

Only one good officer, rest meh 😕 not worth it.

The good one is deffo Lorca!

Disco recruit was slow

[bitter temple]

Lorca is the GOAT

[arctic flint]

It will be kirk, Nero or gorkon 😆.

[bitter temple]

if you pick Barclay, you will face the wall and be phaser'd

[placid maple]

Just noticed a new officer there 🤣 who is (Ent-E Rikerarcher)?

[oak charm]

*Away team speed up is broken & location button still broken

[bitter temple]

Riker found archer's daughter i guess

https://tenor.com/view/top-gun-kelly-mc-gillis-charlie-so-youre-the-one-the-one-gif-5103129

[whole robin]

I am probably getting Janeway or maybe Ent E picard but I already have DT/Toli so it would be for his isolytic dmg

[arctic flint]

https://tenor.com/view/girl-next-door-matthew-kidman-dancing-gif-17919476

[short pewter]

What options will we have for free epic officer?

[whole robin]

Odos crit dmg is to base crit dmg stat right?? Not a final crit dmg like hull breach?

[whole robin]

Scroll up list is right there

[dull mason]

I have him lower deck on my Miner

[placid maple]

He sits on my feesha BD got from treasury way back and forgot about him 🤣

[brave ore]

Yo Commanders! And... just like that: the Scopely & Star Trek Fleet Command 6th Anniversary is upon us! What does the game have in store for us with regard to celebrating, participating, and most importantly, REWARDING players for 6 years of Intergalactic fun! We fill you in with all the details HERE!
https://youtu.be/ct-tDb9Uvfk

[steep aspen]

is that because of his loot bonus or isolytic cascade bonus? I have a tolra crew with full synergy, would janeway be a better choice for isolytic cascade?

[short pewter]

Boo, was hoping for lower deck pvp officers. Guess ill take archer

[ocean girder]

Wave defense broken?

[lapis seal]

Well, you've heard of Tuvix......

[whole robin]

Odo adds crit dmg below deck lol

[dull mason]

https://tenor.com/view/star-trek-enterprise-enterprise-scott-bakula-captain-archer-jonathan-archer-gif-23225160

[whole robin]

Restart game after entering

Should work then

[ocean girder]

Did and it didn’t

[fluid shore]

Q's Anniversary Party Meta: Collect 7 Days of gifts to complete the meta and get a full epic officer unlock of your choice.

That's how it was announced this year.

[ocean girder]

Working now maybe

[placid maple]

Picard for loot and bonus, although I only use him against gorn ships now. where as Janeway is my main officer now instead of the PMC crew

[west hamlet]

hi all .. has anybody a crew tip for the Xindi Reptiles level 40 with the kelvin T-7 ??

[dull mason]

10 odo Frags 😮‍💨 LoL

[placid maple]

https://tenor.com/view/bucket-dripping-drop-waves-bucket-of-water-gif-14741490594970811306

[fluid shore]

per day. on top you'll get a free unlock of your choice.

[crimson fern]

so that means we get 10 frags each day? that sounds better

[dull mason]

I already have Odo lol 🤣

[placid maple]

10 odo a day? When you think it couldn't get any worse

[fluid shore]

Odo is outdated. They should finally hand out Tal.

[hollow crown]

That's more shards of odo towards a tier up, congrats on getting a gift you had to do nothing for

[delicate tartan]

More like

[dull mason]

Yeah it's definitely rubbish
I want Sisko, or extra EMH Dr Frags or Borg miner's

[rustic carbon]

pike/tlaan/cath. you still need the beam delay from exborg favors. also do NOT use hugh under deck or any crit officers,

[whole robin]

Why no Chakotay 😦

Seven is meh unless you already have Janeway or Chakotay

[dull mason]

I'll still need 120 for that T2 🤔😭

[civic geyser]

I know it’s like Christmas

[west hamlet]

@rustic carbon Thank you.

[dull mason]

I hate Xmas

[placid maple]

We know who asked for odo 😂

[sly canyon]

I unlocked gwen dmarco

!!!

I only spent money on 1 extra research q ok

[fluid shore]

Plot Twist: Ranked 749 and already had 114 shards.

[sly canyon]

I butchered my ops 29 rslb by going up 6 ops levels

I got 2nd place

[fluid shore]

Well I tried to save your dignity

[dull mason]

I didn't do it, we aren't 🐒's in a lab

[sly canyon]

Coulda got 1st but i fell asleep

[sly canyon]

Idt i will be able to win slbs here on out lol. Gonna be challengin

[placid maple]

Should be safe till you hit ops 38 I think

[hollow crown]

It's a start!

[dull mason]

LoL 😆

[sly canyon]

My toes r dipped in whale territorry

[fluid shore]

you just pushed 6 ops levels

you're right where you belong

[sly canyon]

Yeap

Need to camp again

Then push to 39

[merry edge]

@queen jolt When ? 😄

[shy hamlet]

now, scroll to the right

[dull mason]

I need him Asap.....

[hollow crown]

It's there now

[sly canyon]

Yo

[merry edge]

Ah prob have to restart game

[sly canyon]

What should i get in the anniversarry gift

[merry edge]

oh wow they hid them right to the right

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/nothing-to-see-here-dont-stop-just-keep-scrolling-meme-sarcasm-sassy-gif-20721006

[sly canyon]

Which officee

[sly canyon]

I wanna get borg queen

[bitter temple]

Tp's need buckets meow

[sly canyon]

But i reckon sisko>borgqueen

What yall reckon

[merry edge]

Yes

Aside from PVP 😄

[hollow crown]

Sisko has really good sourcing from Dominion loop as well as now from TPs

[sly canyon]

I want borg queen for pvp lol

[sly canyon]

Dun have access to tps yet unfortunately

[warm pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/you-dont-want-this-bobby-moynihan-dodo-the-clown-saturday-night-live-closed-the-door-gif-17210001

[sly canyon]

Will unlock bot bay track soon

[sly canyon]

Wdym lol, is she obsolete

[leaden meadow]

yes, doesn't do mucch

[warm pivot]

well, with a full max tiered mirror picard/data/uhura crew she might come in handy... otherwise you wont notice that shes there ^^

[sly canyon]

I am missing mirror uhura but have data and picard

Also have gossa

[warm pivot]

max tier... you need heaps of apex barrier damage reduction so the fight lasts long enough for borg queen to kick in xD

[sly canyon]

Oh faik... dangit

So getting a rare below decks will be better?

Like the rare qs?

[warm pivot]

dezok is good for xindi armadas ^^
and good as extra assimilate trigger as long as mirror data isnt max

[dull mason]

Well All I need is 6 Lorca and 20 Sisko 🤣🖖🏼

= 2 unlocks 👍🏼

[merry edge]

Borg queen is pretty good. 🙂 especially if you fight against triangle and even more so if you fight g5 against g6 or similiar. Even my t3 is noticable

[dull mason]

Borg miner's are brilliant

[merry edge]

Yeah that aswell their stats are crazy

[sly canyon]

Borg Queen
Dax
Odo
Sisko
Barclay
SNW Hemmer
SNW Pike
ST La’an
SNW Una
Seven of Nine
ENT-E Picard
ENT-E Riker
Archer
Phlox
Trip Tucker
Five of Eleven
Jaylah
Janeway

Can choose from all these

Odo/sevenofnine seem valuable for my ops

[shy hamlet]

if you don't have Janeway you should get Janeway

same with 5

but 5 at least has decent sourcing

[bitter temple]

we'll see who the shards tier up.. though some VERY good picks there, seven, e-picard, janeway good stuff

[shy hamlet]

yeah, it's a good selection for sure

[cerulean pollen]

7/9 for pvp its the right choise?

[bitter temple]

uh, ya

seven is gwen's hotter sister

[sly canyon]

Thought janeway had sourcing in voyager refine?

[warm pivot]

st laan
janeway
seven
ent e picard
my recommendations if you lack any of those

[bitter temple]

which do you do more?

good pvp options.. loot options.. or hostile ones

[dull mason]

These Rare's should be available
More often
Ent-e Data
DuPont
Harrison
Dixon hill
The Ferengi Rare's
Voyager Crew
Makinen
Mu Data

[bitter temple]

you forgot Tal.. how dare you

[sly canyon]

What does janeway do again

Pls explain

[dull mason]

Gets her crew home 🤣

[bitter temple]

takes shield damage and boost iso damage

[warm pivot]

isolytic and higher shield absorb
my favourit 2nd captain in waves after snw kirk

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/falcon-out-line-but-right-gif-22029772

[leaden meadow]

Makinnen's not a rare 😉

[sly canyon]

For everything or just specifics

[dull mason]

Yeah, I missed that bit before posting

[warm pivot]

pve/armadas
good gorn start at 40

[leaden meadow]

I agree with what you said though, details aside

[sly canyon]

So basically everything

Think i will scrape by w pvp

Will be a while b4 i cam even scratch ops 50s anyways

Ops 40s shouldnt be a prob once i get an ent

[dull mason]

Epic enterprise Takes a lot of Ress

[bitter temple]

Janeway gets used by me everyday.. she's on my main hostile ship

[sly canyon]

W the amount of loop grinds in the game, its only logical to get officers that help w em

[bitter temple]

janeway + chapel = no more hostiles

[sly canyon]

I thoight janeway can be sources through voyager refinery? No?

[bitter temple]

she is, but it's sloooow

so if you want slow.. she's available... you're not wrong picking an officer with terible sourcing.. but getting a useful one makes the game better

[woeful compass]

Idk who to tag for this, but when I wanna switch my role in dc from G5 to G6 galaxy chat dissapears <@&509691205798592532>

[bitter temple]

don't pick jaylah, she looks hot but she comes with alot of bagage

also useless

[sly canyon]

She useless. Screw swarms, she dun even have synerygy

[civic geyser]

Don’t have to pick here I have her

[sly canyon]

I will use pmt.for swarms

[bitter temple]

jaylah.. straight to away teams

[sly canyon]

Or tolra toli nesmith

[bitter temple]

tolra, toli.. you cool.. nesmith.. to the teams with u

[shy hamlet]

Jaylah SNW Spock Kang for swarms. Spock as captain if you don't need loot

[dull mason]

Luckily I'll unlock Lorca and Sisko 🤣 with a few TP's

[sly canyon]

Will janeway allow me to punch up hostiles?

[bitter temple]

oh yes

[sly canyon]

Like punch wayy higher?

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/walrus-indeed-agreed-yes-true-gif-5801748

[shy hamlet]

not as well as PMC when PMC shines but it all too often doesn't these days

[sly canyon]

Does it include mission hostiles?

[shy hamlet]

no

they usually aren't counted as hostiles

[sly canyon]

I have maxed chen in pmc

Maxwd tlaan also

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/shocked-surprised-gasp-what-cat-shock-gif-17349365856782341010

[dull mason]

I use Janeway on the side with chakotay Seven on Armada's

[bitter temple]

i'd hope so

[sly canyon]

Will prob run tolra toli gwen for mardas from now on

[shy hamlet]

maxing Chen is easier these days but below 40 not everyone has her at max

in part because 0-40 is also a lot easier

[civic geyser]

Ain’t that the truth

[sly canyon]

Ok, have her maxed tiered. Not maxed maxed. Only spend officer xp during event

[civic geyser]

People have it easy now

[leaden meadow]

it used to be energy damage and kinetic damage, Chen was the goat
I miss those days

[shy hamlet]

back before most hostiles mixed energy and kinetic or had abilities that were damage boosts

[sly canyon]

Damage boost r pain...

[leaden meadow]

or ignored your shields, or had yeet cannons,...

[shy hamlet]

yeet cannons are old

I still see people trip into the Borg one every now and then

it's just not quite an auto kill anymore in most cases

[leaden meadow]

those mega cubes and starbase a little later were the earliest to adopt it iirc, both were super easy to ignore

[shy hamlet]

the probes have one in R10

[leaden meadow]

regular borg probes? never noticed that

[shy hamlet]

most people don't hit that round

[leaden meadow]

TIL

[thorn narwhal]

Q - in an Arena, does the Starter have to finish the Armada or just any of the wider team?

[shy hamlet]

person who started has to be there, same as normal

doesn't have to be the same ship but it's gotta be the same player

[leaden meadow]

hmph I think my Talios can tank that hehe
With mitigation and 80/20 shield/hull split it should be np

can't even reach the 54s yet

[warm venture]

you never go to the 54s 🤣
As soon as you can upgrade your tally to tier11 put grush on the bridge on go from 52 directly to the 58

[thorn narwhal]

Thanky

[sly canyon]

Is janeway good evem if she dun have synergy?

[shy hamlet]

yes

[leaden meadow]

fair point, tier11 isn't happening for another ops level at least so there's time

[sly canyon]

Ok, thx for advice yall

Gn its almost 3am for me

1 more thing how to source hg worf

[leaden meadow]

Amalgam refinery (get loot with the specific exocomp) and Transporter Patterns since today

[sly canyon]

Will prioritise him/sisko once i have a streeam of tp

[leaden meadow]

I don't know how fast you're planning on moving up, but from ops40+ (might be 41 I forget) you get a whole load of Sisko shards from the bajoran refinery

[civic geyser]

Dominion?

[warm venture]

you mean bajor/dominion chest

and yes, ops41+ IIRC

[leaden meadow]

oops yes I do mean bajoran sorry!

[lucid lantern]

another reason for me to finish getting Amalgam bps 🙂

honestly i am just happy i am getting a new epic officer this week thanks to anniversary i have a rather limited roster XD

[ornate glade]

Was the Q&A archived somewhere?

[civic geyser]

https://discord.com/channels/509679626763632640/1305627426663039029

[ornate glade]

Thanks!

[floral ridge]

The new transporter pattern officer selection is garbage

[neat flicker]

Why start arena during mining event makes no sense

[boreal oasis]

wasted tokens, wasted tokens everywhere!

[leaden meadow]

how so? I quite like the addition

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/mark-wahlberg-what-no-what-no-gif-13236588

[civic geyser]

Can’t please everyone

[oak basin]

's not garbage, more sisko and hg word shards are always welcome, although it'll be ages 'til i start gettin' 'em, 600 more bp shards to go to max mariner, focused on that

[heady moon]

Yup! https://discord.com/channels/509679626763632640/1305627426663039029

[bitter temple]

if you thought they'd put this years officers in TP, you silly

that's for the 7th anniversary!

[leaden meadow]

even if you maxed out the officers yourself, they're still useful to everyone around you
And most of the new officers are used on a daily basis in pvp or armadas. So yeah good addition

[bitter temple]

Oh Hammy, you missed a spicy weekend

[oak basin]

prolly just as well, he'd have had to try to stick up for eco and then he'd've caught it as well

[bitter temple]

Eco and Bek are cool this week.. I'm gonna forget they hurt me this weekend. They promised to do better

this time will be different!

all you sillies who dropped all your rss last weekend.. will just miss out on the sms this coming one!

[vagrant vapor]

so much lag in arena tonight 😞

[inland shell]

Someone knows when will be a event of mirror upgrade? And the nsea protector upgrade event?

[leaden meadow]

about 3 days after you spend it all

that's what happens with FC events anyway for me

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/mando-way-mandalorian-star-wars-this-is-the-way-gif-18467372

[ornate glade]

@heady moon While you're here and I'm thinking about it; do you know if they fixed the Emerald Chain XP issues for the upcoming Alliance Tournament? CS had told us we'd get our XP (we're still at level 1, but should be at least level 5, I think) when it came back, so we've been eagerly awaiting it's return.

[white bloom]

is that for the anniversary event?

[lucid lantern]

yup 🙂 my choice is between Janeway, Trip, and Five of Eleven as all three would have huge impact on my limited roster

[white bloom]

theirs so many i want from their how do i even pick lol

[lucid lantern]

just go with is the best bang for buck with what ya got

[dull mason]

https://tenor.com/view/elvis-has-left-the-building-elvis-presley-window-elvis-playing-guitar-elvis-lives-gif-25711224

[ornate glade]

lol

[lucid lantern]

for me Janeway is a great initial and future investment since i have a T2 Voyager, Five of Eleven allows me to maximize the Borg crew i have, and Trip offers some much needed help in Voyager mat sourcing as well as crit reduction when fighting

[white bloom]

st la'an ent picard or riker janeway is the ones im down to as i have the res

[dull mason]

Definitely don't forget about tuvok

[leaden meadow]

janeway's very useful on almost any ship
Apart from Ent-E and 5 she's probably my most used officer

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/i-am-still-here-presence-the-tragedy-ive-become-im-still-with-you-im-here-all-the-time-gif-26395635

[lucid lantern]

i have not forgot bout him as i seriously want him but he not on the choice pack XD

Ent-E Picard is superb for mat gathering and my most used captain atm

[floral ridge]

I don't spend money and already have them all maxed. These were already sourcable

[stark fjord]

what is the feesha skin that gives regular ship parts I remember there is one but dont remember which one

[lucid lantern]

it good for us who lack them though for sure and i have none of those

[floral ridge]

Are you super low ops or brand new to the game ?

[leaden meadow]

grats?
A lot of people aren't in your situation so be happy for them
Maybe you've been playing for a very long time, I didn't have Lorca maxed after 2.5 years

[lucid lantern]

OPS 38

[floral ridge]

Makes sense i maxed sisko forever ago you will do it easy with the bajorian faction store

[lucid lantern]

once i have the Defiant yes but first i need the Defiant

[floral ridge]

Defiant is worthless. It isn't even good at its one job

[lucid lantern]

maybe but the Defiant is taking a backseat to the Kelvin Enterprise which i am about to unlock access to her bps within the week by my esitmates

[shy hamlet]

the defiant is good at buffing and getting edicts

it's not good at solos itself

[frank bloom]

10 bps really?

[oak basin]

its one job is being included so that you get more edicts from solo armadas, and it does that fine

[median cargo]

Defeat?

[warm pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/dice-gif-10336307322455184849

both loose, no winner ^^

[near bloom]

It’s hardly bad though.

Hits like a freight train loaded to the limit if you crew it right.

[twilit lintel]

how to unlock control seeker probes?

[gilded ice]

New matching system needs reworking, 57 starts, gets matched with a 65, then a 66, useless.

[main quartz]

can I have some of what game dev are smoking. 49 and 55 are never a similar strength.

[lucid lantern]

issue then becomes how long do ya wanna wait if they close it even more. We just need to keep tuning this from where i sit. likely 49-53 might be an ideal range

[main quartz]

give out buffs for losing. So that you collect enough that you can beat a higher ops team. tweak that for enjoyment. Maybe I lose 4 then get 4x the buff to make the next battle winable.

[lime wolf]

Surely it just needs to be, add together all the power of each team, and find groups +/- 1%... Nothing 2%.... Nothing till it finds one, with an upper bound of x %

[lucid lantern]

that could result in even more lopsided matches as not every 49 is the same

[lime wolf]

100% great idea. Many games have this, alternatly, if you loose, every team members get 12k for a max cerritos

[lime wolf]

Thats why i said power, not ops level.

[main quartz]

basically like a handicap system. Make it easier for the weaker folks to win. Although rewards could/should still be base on true power. So maybe that buff has a downside of transferring some of the rewards to the other team.

[lucid lantern]

even powerwise not all OPS are the same. i know for certain i am a very weak OPS 38 and likely will get curbstomped whenever i even try to PVP

[frank bloom]

Expect poor performance I’d be shocked to see good performance 🤣🤣🤣

[lucid lantern]

tbh the way they are doin matchmaking is the better option not perfect by any stretch but causes the least amount of power difference

[ancient wadi]

Its still an incredibly flawed system. because Spending at the end of the day matters more than anything. Ive seen an Ops locked 50 player whose server cant progress steamroll people in the mid to high 50s because they are locked at 50 and whale spend.

[lucid lantern]

mid high 50s always have an advantage over 50s so less bout spending and more bout progression

[quasi gorge]

Why not just make it an artificial PVP match up with AI generated hostiles based on the team. Like waves but pvp. No waiting no matching issues and run it constantly

[lucid lantern]

that might not be as easy as ya think codewise

[ancient wadi]

tell that to the 50 with a maxed out tribune, maxed out tantalus field etc. You will find that player trapped at 50 due to no server progression punches well above his weight

[lucid lantern]

explain how you are "trapped" at level 50 any maybe i will understand your angle

[ancient wadi]

Not every server can go past 50 atm

[somber gulch]

yep, I've beat many 53 and 56 ships with my max trib

[lucid lantern]

why though i do not understand how not every server can go past 50?

[ancient wadi]

Servers still have to "ascend" their stop points like 40, 50 etc

[lucid lantern]

ascend?

[ancient wadi]

The game has artificial stop points due to where content was at various stages of the games life. Like when a new server is formed it cant go to 40 unless a certain percentage of the server reaches that stage to be ready

[somber gulch]

here's a good example from arenas 2 weeks ago

[lucid lantern]

nice infinity

and i have not even seen nor heard of that Vasuba but i have seen plenty of level 50s and even 60s in Server 41

[ancient wadi]

Most servers are old enough they ascended long ago. My original server actually got forgot about by Devs for 6 months and ascended 6 months later then it should have way back

so for 6 months people sat at max level with frozen progression

[lucid lantern]

also just realized that the Independent Archive hands out buffs to all ships via progression on the specialty ships

[thorny rune]

If you could only have either the Talios or the Cube (and you don't own a Vi'dar), which one would you pick and why?

[somber gulch]

talios for borg solo armada directives

[shy hamlet]

talios

[main quartz]

The whole average power makes no sense in arenas. 1 generation G5 Rare vs a G5 Epic makes it impossible. That Epic can just wipe the floor with everyone

[shy hamlet]

officers and credits

[ancient wadi]

The Talios in the immediate will be much more useful. The cube really doesnt become special til you get to the 60s

[dusky cove]

Yeah you need to game arena's by having one player at the bottom of the level range to drop the average power and one at the high end to shoot the other team out of the water

[fringe anchor]

Arena......just stop it!!! No one cares since you messed it up!!

[buoyant scarab]

The Thalaron buyers care.

[gloomy lake]

how do I find my server ID number for Star Trek Fleet Commander? Thank you

to tell me what server I am on?

[lapis crystal]

Lag was really bad on Arena today (105 / EU). Only 1st hour it didn't really interfere much.

But now during evening here in Europe it was almost unplayable.

Couldn't move ships at all, sometimes took attack command, sometimes not. Ship flew off the mark like 1/5 of the screen. Couple small armadas ran without giving directives for rare. Often some armadas were missing. Once alredy from the beginning when no one had done them yet.

So you really need to make more improvements. Or basically pay more to get decent server bandwidth.

Positive meantion is warranted for improved match making. So something positive too.

[kindred yacht]

Your arena matching still sucks, we had lvl 46, 45 and 41, opponent matched with a lvl 48 who's ships could kill all ours without blinking, still needs a lot more work if you want people to take part, I'm out again until the next 'improvement'!

[bitter temple]

wait, you didn't level up last weekend? /s

[dry blaze]

Is there a delay in rewards payout? Claimed botany bay archive reward and didn't complete the event

[opal meadow]

with each new function, i lose interest in this game more. the arena is the absolute crap.

[lapis crystal]

We too had ops 59 opponent when host was ops 50, then ops 49 and 53. But their Sactus while 640M was possible to destroy with my Vor'Cha.

Others were lower G5 ops and we won it with okay margin. So it's not that much about ops or even what ships opponent has. Tactics and research play a major part.

[kindred yacht]

Not when the ships are more than twice the power of our biggest, the whole thing Scopely were pushing is that they take all the factors into account and match accordingly, clearly that isn't true, or isn't working, even after the 'improvements'

[near bloom]

Stop neglecting ships and research so you can push ops

The campers have a few weeks of fun while their ranking pushes them up the tree against their peers from newer servers that have rushed.

They get so little, let them have a few weeks 😂

[lapis crystal]

But we lost to a team with G4 players too. Those were brutal

They had this.

[near bloom]

I gotta tap the rules and say “naming”

But yeah

[lapis crystal]

That must have everything maxed for ops 50 player. I didn't even know you could get G4E that high, lol.

[near bloom]

Campers and level locked whales have so little going for them in the game, they get this one thing 😂

[twilit lintel]

i still say this should be 40-45 not 49

[near bloom]

Until they get it working outside of alliances, I think they’ll struggle

[twilit lintel]

yup

[copper void]

Nice matching ...a level 59 against a level 64...g5 ship against g6...

[lapis crystal]

It's still +/-7 ops for your own squad. The change was about average ops between teams, I think. Right?

[copper void]

How come?

[near bloom]

Kill it then.

[copper void]

Yea...gonna throw a shoe

[near bloom]

Probably lack of better match coupled with a rank difference, but you’ll need to show us the screens for that.

[copper void]

700 m ship against 1.7 b

[twilit lintel]

idk but a op 42 vs 3 49 dont seem fair

[copper void]

Neaaa...is very fair if you ask

[lapis crystal]

Yeah, I think the algorithm doesn't look deep to what accounts have. So only through more time the Arena ranking itself should even out that.

[copper void]

This is gonna die like aliance tournament

[twilit lintel]

thats coming back on the 21st

[near bloom]

Yup. You can’t account for everything in power or ops.

[split storm]

I need this explained to me

[near bloom]

All it takes is the presence or absence of one crew and the whole thing changes

[near bloom]

Naming and shaming, but also crew

[twilit lintel]

explain it ok ................. scopley

[lapis crystal]

It doesn't mean that. What you see there is what's possible for you to get for your squad. Only then after your squad is made in match making its average is compared to suitable opponents

[eager pike]

Whats the battle log say?

[near bloom]

And the broader your squad, the rougher time the one at the bottom is going to have.

[split storm]

Crew doesn't explain how an pvp crew loses to a speed crew. While it was debuffed 😅

[copper void]

This is one of them

[near bloom]

Because nearly a billion power difference?

[copper void]

All arena this evening we're matched with level 62-64

[near bloom]

And how are they ranked compared to you?

[lapis crystal]

For sure. Then again can possibly help the higher ones to get easier ones to fight with. But requires certain attitude from the lowest taking the hits.

[copper void]

300 m power against 500m

Fair isn't ?

[livid knot]

I actually made a mistake i actually spent my lat on fed credits and i want my lat back 😭

[near bloom]

That’s a splendid non-answer to the question.

[livid knot]

I didn't mean to

[near bloom]

So, as you’re not answering I’m gonna go do something more interesting.

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/hate-anger-rage-angry-power-gif-10705210

[eager pike]

E Riker crit increase works in pvp, ya?

[split storm]

I did more damage every round. And even mitigated more 😅

[near bloom]

Good luck with that - if you still have it they may be able to help.

[lapis crystal]

This isn't that bad. It has speed to get places fast and loot officer to get required directives with less hits.

[livid knot]

I may have spend 200 if em but thats it

[near bloom]

Then buyers remorse doesn’t get refunds, usually.

[livid knot]

Who do i talk to?

[near bloom]

Support

#👽-how-to-contact-support

[split storm]

Could he worse right? 😅

[near bloom]

Can we do the no names in screenshots please folks?

[lapis crystal]

Regarding that D3. I also accidentally sent baby Jelly there today, lol

[near bloom]

If I have to summon a mod they’ll be cranky

[civic geyser]

Is it name and shame night on the mic

[near bloom]

It is

And Jess gonna be coming in like

[eager pike]

No names? I always find that silly

[gilded ice]

How..... 57 starts, gets a 67, bulllcrap

[eager pike]

Its fact - so, no names in arena either please

[copper void]

Yea...

No nanes guys

[split storm]

What you all trying to hide 🫣🤫

[near bloom]

I don’t care, the rules say no names in chats and battle logs. In arena less of an issue as you only really shame matching algorithms there.

[copper void]

Pffff

Scopely needs to sort out a lot of things

[eager pike]

Then stay consistent & no names for arena either.

[copper void]

Before server goes down

[eager pike]

Rules say alot of things, but their meanings vary.

[bitter temple]

No names in an online game!

[split storm]

NO NAMES ON DISCORD EITHER

[near bloom]

No arguing with them is a rule too, so… ssssh.

[split storm]

Only boxes

[copper void]

We have one account they struggle to fix for 2weeks now..they did nothing

Pfffff....

[lapis crystal]

I usually cover the name of the other player if it's something embarrassing. On the one I posted I was the one getting spanked hard by a player from lower G tier, lol

[jolly lava]

a real game that sucks are the arenas, you find teams with ships worth a billion against teams that have the biggest ship worth 140 million

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/inifinity-war-spiderman-tom-holland-made-up-names-gif-11661865

[copper void]

Very true

Srii fair matching

[near bloom]

It’s just easier to apply it to battle logs and chats universally.

[oak basin]

hm, judging by the noise from my neighbour, i believe we may be pumping poland

[near bloom]

It’s never really been a thing for scoreboards so arenas probably fall into that

[near bloom]

This thread is useless without pics.

[jolly lava]

I wonder what sick mind planned this race, I strongly recommend a psychiatric hospitalization

[mystic gust]

Better matchmaking he??? Better matchmaking with your mum!

[lapis crystal]

Yeah, I didn't remember the rule since posting so rarely. When on server Discord and Alliance Discord we always keep the names.

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-snap-dave-chappelle-saturday-night-live-oh-no-omg-gif-19226541

[near bloom]

I recommend not being so insulting to staff, it’s something that doesn’t sit well with the <@&509691205798592532> and <@&509690795536941056>

[oak basin]

https://tenor.com/view/tierney-kieran-kieran-tierney-kt-arsenal-gif-19188263

[near bloom]

It tends to result in yeets.

[jolly lava]

I played 15 games and lost 15

[mystic gust]

Every week the same. We improved matchmaking. Nothing happening at all. Not playing this anymore

[near bloom]

Don’t then.

It’s completely opt-in.

🙂

[crimson fern]

just Finished this at 25, checkmate Game

[livid knot]

Goddamit I really need my refund

I paid for a pack and i was seeing how mutch it would cost to buy

[copper void]

Our server is dying ...very interesting lately

Crush every ten minutes

[lapis crystal]

Arena is aimed towards PvP oriented players. So if that's not player's passion it tends to get neglected on research, favors and crewing. That makes it very difficult on Arena.

[copper void]

Waves still bugged

Noooo.mis oriented toward cash whales

I'll get warning or ban for this

[jolly lava]

for me they can throw me out of the canae whenever they want, if the game is so badly made, it's worth playing it

[lapis crystal]

I mean sure. But often those spending the most rise to higher ops fast. And their Arena score + power get high too. So they aren't in the same pool.

[copper void]

Ha ha...

[near bloom]

So don’t play then.

If you don’t enjoy it you shouldn’t.

[copper void]

We try

To enjoy

But how to...

This is supposed to do,no😂

[near bloom]

I have no idea what you’re trying to say, sorry.

[copper void]

Yea...

[near bloom]

That felt like a word salad to me 😂

[copper void]

Neaaa....soup

[lapis crystal]

In the war my alliance got dragged to and apparently lasting years to come I regularly get hit by ops 60 2,2B ships. That I can't do nothing against, well except burn him with boosted Tal.

So Arena is really fair compared to that what I encounter daily in game otherwise.

[arctic flint]

https://tenor.com/view/i-regret-nothing-maia-babie-ronin-parzival-gif-12551679

[copper void]

Fair....ha ha ha

[near bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/whale-hellothere-hello-hi-hey-gif-4505186

[copper void]

So how to win arena then?

[near bloom]

Buy more stuff, stop rushing ops, let your arena rank drop to where you should be

[copper void]

Pump few grand

[near bloom]

All of the above

[copper void]

And in one month they change everything

Yea yea...keep dreaming

Fix the game first and we think about it

[split storm]

Is it only Lorca and sloan that gives Reduction cost for FT ?

[warm pivot]

vaporized, but my team still won thx to sneaky group armadas and slow enemies ^^

[livid knot]

Literally everybody has done that ur nothing special

[crimson fern]

way to be negative.

[oak basin]

https://tenor.com/view/no-soup-for-you-soup-no-soup-gif-11066779

[near bloom]

I haven’t

[lapis crystal]

But yeah, not hurrying with ops, except to get key ships (like ops 46) and doing all the loops so can max pull everything helps in Arena too.

So you can max Bajoran and get good stuff maxed from Ex-Borg. Also max pull iso and Carmadas so you can do tt and Starbase research. And max pull all MU of course.

There isn't any single magic bullet. Just got to spend the time to progress on all fronts.

[foggy parrot]

if there were no negativity here... it would be very quiet 😂

[livid knot]

Bro how?

[near bloom]

Because I’m lazy

[livid knot]

Just saying

[livid knot]

Ofc you are

[oak basin]

https://tenor.com/view/shh-quiet-bjork-silence-shhh-gif-16786733

[near bloom]

There’s no pack for finishing the mission

[heavy ermine]

$99 mission completion pack - bet it would sell.

[oak basin]

but for chain missions, it only completes parts 1-5, you need to buy it twice to complete parts 6-10

[heavy ermine]

Exactly

Only completes accepted missions.

Breaking news: Scopely releases 1,250,000 part mission

[woeful compass]

how is it possible for an ops 60 to hit max assessment rank?🤷

[bitter temple]

power creep

[heavy ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/hasbulla-gif-12654501364171447161

[woeful compass]

Im stuck at a 27B hostile and Im at 350M....

max is 6.5B

like those hostiles must be like 100B+

[gentle raft]

I'm ops 48, but my epic armada pulls only give G3 bps!?!!

[woeful compass]

yes

pull the g4 chest

you have 2 different ones

[gentle raft]

No!! I require more G3 !!!

And salamander bps!!!

[bitter temple]

cere and titan buffs... certain crews

[woeful compass]

so whats the problem?

[maiden basin]

@heady moon is the transporter pattern store update with the new officers or is that tomorrow

[woeful compass]

already there

[maiden basin]

Ty

[heavy ermine]

Don't waste BPs on salamander. They are spotty at best.

[gentle raft]

I was being sarcastic.

[heavy ermine]

And I was making a joke, since we're explaining things.

[woeful compass]

yeah, that's not how you are sarcastic in an online chat

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/excited-wink-flirty-look-eyebrow-raise-gif-17711155

[heavy ermine]

Spotty at best

At least worth a polite dad joke golf clap

https://tenor.com/view/leaving-im-gone-going-gif-13660937

[crimson fern]

this just dropped, is this serious? half officers for 100 bucks? https://i.imgur.com/edqdiHD.png

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/hang-first-time-smiles-gif-14991372

[crimson fern]

yeah im still actually waiting for some "serious" package in the shop, most of the 100$ packs i wouldnt even drop 10 bucks on.

[bitter temple]

with e-picard with full unlock avail at end of week, (if you do the 6th anni claim)

[whole robin]

great job with the ops instead of power based matchmaking Scopely

🙄

[heavy ermine]

42 + 49 + 43 = 134 = average 44
46 + 44 + 42 = 132 = average 44.6
Working as intended

[bitter temple]

https://tenor.com/view/rachael-ancheril-commander-nhan-star-trek-discovery-tumblr-such-sweet-sorrow2-gif-21385233

[crimson fern]

good lord, just saw this on reddit

[bitter temple]

lolz, i knew it!

[cyan nimbus]

Better than me, a 59, going against Iztio and his two 70 buddies. Yes, that happened last time. JonathanIngram too. So average ops for me is a huge improvement. I wasn't teamed with two 80s for the record.

[whole robin]

like I said great job with matching by Ops rather than power

🙄

[steep aspen]

I don't know if its just me, but it seems odd they match on average ops, which can easily be gamed, instead of max ops, which seems to define how strong a team can be

[whole robin]

I'm 49 and we lost to 2 46s that had been 46 for months and months I'm sure

¯_(ツ)_/¯

like I said power or highest ship power is a better way to match

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[cyan nimbus]

Teams should be based on total spend to be fair.

[whole robin]

should be based on highest ship power

[oak basin]

either that or highest-available ship. like, if you can't build a tribune, you shouldn't have to be put against someone who can

[blazing spindle]

Ops, pwr, ships, ft, ct, research, officers... There's no way to match all/most criteria... And no way to ensure a great match will be online when you are.

Sooooo much arena complaining for no reason

[bitter temple]

i mean.. eventually it gets to that point

when you claw through all the krill, eventually all you'll face is whales

[nocturne current]

Can anyone help me with Minerva crews please?

[whole robin]

well I've been losing to 46-47 ops people who have just been sitting at that ops level for probably a year

¯_(ツ)_/¯

like higher power than the typical 50 on my server

91.8 mil NSEA that's only tier 5 (since you can't get higher than tier 5 at that ops level)

[fading belfry]

that don't attack selected target bug is quite nasty in the arena 🤣

[whole robin]

like every prime and research maxxed lol

[dense isle]

Out of curiosity, the game mentioned something about a code when I clicked on it to join the discord. I’m only asking because my HQ is in the process of upgrading to level 20 over the next one day seven hour.

[cyan nimbus]

First match of the day as a average 58 team, 66 with 4B speed nsea AND I was locked out of the match for the first 4 minutes. Nothing showed till I rebooted twice.

[shy hamlet]

the code is "Cadet"; enter it before you finish the ops 20 upgrade

[dense isle]

Thanks

[low citrus]

Server 74 here. Quick question about the Independent Archieves: Why is the Mantis not one of the ships in the Archieve? Since all the ships there are "Special ships" shouldn't the Mantis have been included?

[dense isle]

Cool leveled my syndicet lv to 18

[steep aspen]

Its in the plans to be added, #keep-qs-continuum-q-and-a message

[low citrus]

Cool, I haven't had the time to check everywhere and it just occured to me that it wasn't there.
Thank you for the info.

[dense isle]

Hello, just a quick dumb question. How do I get the independent credits? All I’ve seen is a way to convert platinum to him and it’s like 2500 Latin.

[silent sun]

How do I find people to join my Alliance? I just started the game. Chadzilla in Space [CHAD] is the name

[zenith portal]

Why do we not have Arena events on TUESDAYS so it does not conflict with Territory events?

[dawn thicket]

Scopely, this is how you fix Arena Combat?

because that is a real fair fight

[dawn thicket]

The best way is to advertise in your Galaxy Chat. If you are on a well established server you're probably better off joining an alliance rather than starting one

[dawn thicket]

Borg refinery is one way to get them. Also the Ex-Borg faction store is another.

[whole robin]

is it just me or does this icon look kinda like Elon Musk

🤔

[dawn thicket]

it does

[dull mason]

https://tenor.com/view/what-seems-to-be-the-trouble-q-star-trek-star-trek-the-next-generation-whats-the-problem-gif-23536602

[oak basin]

not fat enough

[split dagger]

ty... now i can't unsee it!!!! 😂

[whole robin]

Q getting him sum of that MUDD 😉

[whole robin]

it's based on ops levels instead of power like it should be lol

[feral zephyr]

I don't have any of the officers in the 6 year offering, would I be wrong to just pick 5 of 11 as that character seems universally useful vs just about all pve content, vs someone like Sisko (who I can get from bajor + TPs) or Janeway

[warm pivot]

janeway / ent e picard will help you most

[heady moon]

Based on those three, I'd probably go with Janeway. But 5 of 11 is pretty handy too...

[devout vector]

Lag is atrocious in arena today

[warm pivot]

when you have lag your enemy probably has some as well, go and sneak into some grouparmadas ^^

[heady moon]

That's what I've been hearing...

[feral zephyr]

What makes Janeway your pick out of the three? Her buffs look OK, but maybe I'm missing why they're so good.

[heady moon]

Iso damage.

[warm pivot]

@heady moon while you re here, are ransom billups and shax still in the AT store? i mean they vanished from galactic recruits as well...

[feral zephyr]

Does it stack with chapel below decks?

[errant elk]

Complete dmg mitigation to shields. As long as your shield stay up you last a lot longer. The iso dmg stacks

[warm pivot]

• with the new starpath research and morale every ship can regenerate shields now, even without cerritos buff

[errant elk]

It might not seem like a lot but i promise it makes normal hostile grinding so much better

[jaunty wren]

So what is your theory for andor S2?

Sorry I missed it last night

[feral zephyr]

Well, normal hostile grinding is sally + whatever and I was looking at how I might get a damage boost, so I think y'all convinced me

[trail hill]

Where are these 6 year anniversary officers listed?

[heady moon]

I'll DM you in case I'm right.

[jaunty gate]

@heady moon Put Arenas on the same shelf as Starbase Assaults. They are absolute garbage.

[heady moon]

I dunno. I've heard the lag is pretty bad on this one. But last week I did hear improvements on matchmaking. Not everybody. But some.

[dawn thicket]

yep that 63 should be fighting high 40s and mid 50s for sure. At no point will ANY team of even 3 59s beat a team containing a 63. Will never happen

[jaunty gate]

Every iteration has been worse than the previous. My best experience was the first week

[eager pike]

You’d be wrong.

[ancient wadi]

There is no proper way to balance this that doesnt involve having to gate Spenders. That's never going to happen. They want you to hate arena to the point you spend money. Once you realize most game choices are designed around frustrating you into spending you come to terms with not spending an ejoying what you can out of the game

[dawn thicket]

you're right but their plan to get me to become a spender is equally not going to happen so they'll have to just ignore my complaints which they are professionals at

[late pawn]

@heady moon so if you join arena and it yanks you there .. I get that it pulls you from Token space, but apparently Protected Cargo is all that's saved and SMS (Dock Mining) doesn't get credit. So another reason Arenas are dumb.

[whole robin]

can we get power or ship-power based matchmaking plz

getting destroyed because I rushed OPs recently 😦

won one match, got ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED other 8

like going AFK because literally no chance bad

[late pawn]

My last fight was pretty equal. But since it takes a while to get a group together, everyone didn't show up. So we lost horribly lol.

[whole robin]

my first match was close

we just barely won

[cyan nimbus]

59 just ranked down by a 12B cube. Our biggest ship isn't a 5th of that.

[whole robin]

I could kill all of their ships except one lol

one of their ships I couldn't kill (at least not in one life)

[warm pivot]

ahhh i see, US arena just started?

[whole robin]

started a few hours ago I think

[late pawn]

Also since Arena is against other servers, there's no need to make it Alliance Participants only. Should be server participants.

[heady moon]

Lemme look into that. A work around is bringing your miners back before you arena it up!

[late pawn]

Yeah. I get that. I just figured it would count. Just makes arena suck even more that you can't mine during Mining Monday. And other annoyances that shouldn't be necessary.

[warm pivot]

arena on a monday really was a bad idea... 😅 ruins the rest of the worst day ^^

[late pawn]

Monday really is one of the worst days for it. But that hasn't stopped them before.

[ancient wadi]

really need to work on the time or duration as well. US wise its very early in the day for West Coast and if you have a schedule that is not normal 9-5 you basically get locked out.

[warm pivot]

no, people will come and complain about losses on every day in the week, its just monday already is bad, period ^^

[late pawn]

*hasn't stopped Scopley before. They're historically good at misunderstanding the player base.

[minor furnace]

Good thing I play in a EU server

[warm pivot]

matchmaking and power differences work both ways (except new ops 40 will always suffer) but people want you to think they always get the short straw

[heady moon]

As a stone cold miner myself, I get that Monday isn't ideal for everyone. You think the weekend would be betteR?

[minor furnace]

I personally don't think the issue is the day in question, rather the lack of time that arenas is open for.

[whole robin]

wednesday might be better xD

weekend already has a lot of events usually

thursday is super-busy too

friday people might be doing stuff IRL

[warm pivot]

everyday is a good day for mantis stings and max fortification daily ^^
wednesday would be cerritos dream

[whole robin]

in game event wise wednesday one of the less busy days I think

[formal crypt]

You know, this really isn't fun. When your ships drift off onto different sides, nothing keeps up- just get rid of the feature. It sucks.
Both ships are in the same armada circle, but you'd never know it.

[warm pivot]

and just maybe, we all should stop rushing to the next higher shipgrade an enjoy the time on an ops a little more to get a little bit stronger first

there literally is not a single reason why a g4 should rush into g5, no special events, no arc contend, just a few extra fleet commander skills and a new miner

[late pawn]

Almost any day is better. Time it's open for is horrible. Limited to only alliance sucks. Power Imbalance, at least for last battle was better. Not sure if it'll stay that way

[slow mica]

Only mining I do is mining salty tears

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/doesnt-count-gif-8481783

[heady moon]

You just wait until I get my mining strike team!

[split quarry]

God no. 🤣 I need all my time on Sunday to watch silly people climb the RLBs 🤣

Good morning also to our favourite hamster

[split quarry]

I stand with you for this🖖😜

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-hello-you-moira-rose-moira-catherine-ohara-schitts-creek-gif-20859303

[heady moon]

That's right! It would be the best!

[dull mason]

It's boring...

[slow mica]

Don’t tease me with a good time lol

[slow mica]

The new strike team don’t always work lol

[slow mica]

To you not for me I have fun

[solemn plaza]

The Crozier sucks though. And the Sanctus with Freeman is like God mode.

[slow mica]

Yeah with HGW and Lorca in the TP store … both got maxed out lol

[solemn plaza]

Yeah so 14 shots with HB crits and insane Iso dmg. Crozier didn't stand a chance poor thing.

[minor furnace]

It is a roll of the dice

I have been getting a lot of players who bought out crit floor and giving me a heck of a time

[slow mica]

Yupp pretty much

[solemn plaza]

Did you even make through all 14 shots?

[minor furnace]

I mostly win against croziers myself unless they maxed out crit floor and have done their crit reduction research. I have not done all my crit floor yet myself

[heady moon]

Yeah I used the MU Picard and Data crew for a while, but moved on...

[minor furnace]

I am stuck in mirror tree due to the daily dust drip

[solemn plaza]

The Q crew is nice, it's just awkward

[slow mica]

I did only way how I won

[slow mica]

Can you manually unlock MU Picard for me …. Help a taco out to rule in chaos 👀🥺

https://tenor.com/view/chaos-gif-22919457

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/umm-what-gif-13861650

[heady moon]

I think it has potential. What's awkward about it?

[minor furnace]

That starfleet Q is weaker than the 2 rares, imo

[solemn plaza]

Apex Barrier only working vs interceptors.

[warm pivot]

give him mu picard but take away every mu data 🤣

[slow mica]

MU PvP crew only works if you have both MU Picard and Kira

Pair it up with Lorca …. Easy killing crew

[minor furnace]

and a ship that fires multiple shots in the first round

[warm pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-wrong-oscar-the-grouch-ding-dong-gif-25943635

[minor furnace]

so Kira can add an extra shot in it

Apex barrier be darned

Low key good on Tribune and DD

Get that burning added in

[opaque crescent]

is this from the archive stuff or is the visual bug with laan lower decks back?

although from memory that was the opposite, you never looked full

[solemn plaza]

This is what makes it awkward. Basically a reverse ST crew.
(Only works against specific ships rather then needing to be on a specific ship)

[minor furnace]

I blame the Sisko on that description.

[dull mason]

I'm still not tempted to do that one

If you get the chance get Sisko or Dr from TP's

[warm pivot]

its great to have alternative crews for arena, you never know what you will encounter and can swap out pretty fast if you prepare a good set of options
same with mu data/ mu troi / mu ezri, great captains with dual synergy even without assimilate

[opaque crescent]

yeah i won q in the first slb and tbh so far not that impressive, because unless you pay for the rares you need funny crewing to get him to consistently proc (been doing pic picard (wasting officer ability), q and weyoun. tried weyoun pon q but proc rate too low

[solemn plaza]

Him being only against interceptors kinda kills him.
Would be better if he worked the same as ST crews and had to be put on an explorer.

[opaque crescent]

yeah agreed, lucky there’s a lot of interceptors in arena for the zoom zoom

[minor furnace]

Like we need another reason to destroy exploders

[blazing spindle]

Remember when all the channels on this server made sense? STFC remembers https://discord.com/channels/509679626763632640/1286925378635694142

[opaque crescent]

annoying that the rare officer sourcing is so poor, remember when buying the battlepass meant you were guaranteed to unlock the rare for the month ?

[stark fjord]

I think I gave up on arenas

[twilit lintel]

no but i got that nurse

[faint vessel]

oooh janeway unlock that will be useful 😻

[twilit lintel]

me 2

[faint vessel]

https://tenor.com/view/ten-ten-lee-raccoon-rubbing-hands-together-rubs-hands-gif-15725213458485845810

[dull mason]

I meant The EMH from Voyager LoL

[earnest dust]

Any idea how many boomers play STFC? I cannot find info online?
I'm 70. Been playing 5 years.

[opaque crescent]

got a few that i know of in my alliance

[earnest dust]

https://tenor.com/view/no-reaction-star-trek-emotion-gif-7851291

[opal meadow]

All of us?

[earnest dust]

I can't find any stats on old farts playing STFC.

Just curious 😉

[opal meadow]

Thats because we are sneaky old farts

[little violet]

I just seen a commercial for Monopoly go on TV... I see all our money goes for 4 celebrity guests on the commercial 🤣

[stark fjord]

we need a sto ( star trek online) crossover 🙂

[little violet]

You know how many st nerds would come on here and cry ... Like they did with GQ

[solemn plaza]

My Arena is basically just everyone (myself included) in the NSEA.

[dull mason]

It's So Cold 🥶 tonight, there's Snow outside

[solemn plaza]

How cold is "cold"?

[dull mason]

Hot water bottle weather

[solemn plaza]

How cold is that?

We don't put coats on until it's in the negatives, even then some of the crazy people still wearing shorts.

[whole robin]

how much does a nova cost in faction credits? I read somewhere you can buy it from faction store but stfc.space doesn't show the cost lol

[warm pivot]

with or without efficiency?

[whole robin]

there's efficiency for blueprints? 🤔

[brave ore]

Happy Monday! BACK FROM NASHVILLE! and it's time for Arenas Week 5. Better or worse than last week? The community seems divided yet again. Let's dive in! oh also, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

https://www.twitch.tv/ultimatdjz

[warm pivot]

450k raw
ca. 347k with g5 efficiency

[whole robin]

where's this efficiency at 🤔

[warm pivot]

terran faction store

[whole robin]

ohh

[warm pivot]

one of the 5 reasons i do arenas xD

[whole robin]

well my alliance is mostly sub-40 so until now I was only able to do a couple a week

this week actually managed to get 3100 emblems though

I've been spending my common terran credits getting my ex-borg to where I can actually turn in Xindi scraps lol

[solemn plaza]

Does this even apply to the Nova? Since it's a FKR ship credit efficiency and the Nova isn't a FKR ship.

[whole robin]

since ex-borg rep is super slow until scraps

it says FKR store though and you can buy the blueprints in faction store

even though it's not a faction ship

[warm pivot]

you are right, didnt think about that

[solemn plaza]

Would be kinda funny if the 30% efficiency applied 3 times though since the Nova is in all 3 faction stores lol

[warm pivot]

still need 2 weeks of saving up uc terran creds

all because they put the vindi in there 😦

[whole robin]

this gives 7k syndicate xp/day at rank ? 🤔

rank 1*

18k credits though ouch

[solemn plaza]

Yes

Worth it

[warm pivot]

every single day, its just normal creds... so its worth going for

[solemn plaza]

The Nova is on the table for the favours so it probably applies.

[whole robin]

well I'll save my credits for that syndicate exp after I get ex-borg to where I can turn in xindi scraps

[warm pivot]

and the forbidden tech present

[whole robin]

the forbidden tech seems kinda meh once you get mirror universe

but it gives tier-up catalysts which the mirror universe I don't think does?? not sure

[warm pivot]

every single bit counts, trust me ^^

[whole robin]

right now tier-up catalysts are limiting me by far

I get way more of the other mats than I can use

because stuck at this ridiculous tier-up cost

that's for tier 3, of 12

[warm pivot]

thats because you probably get a new extra on a epic ft

yep, looks like tier 8 metreon ^^

[whole robin]

tier 3 QSD

[whole robin]

tier 2->3

[bold field]

are people cheaping in arena or is the lag rteally this bad... they are jumping all over the screen

[whole robin]

QSSD

[little violet]

anytime you unlock a skill it is 24k+

[whole robin]

lovely

[warm pivot]

dont like that one, cant help myself

[whole robin]

I like QSSD because it works prettymuch everywhere a lot of the FT is specific to hostiles or armadas or PvP

or even ship type

the third effect (decrease shield mitigation) might not work on Armadas I dunno but the rest should

and it costs a ton of rods to swap out the epics

so I'd rather have a general purpose on my strongest ship

[warm pivot]

with snw kirk you dont need the shield mitigation reduction, crit chance is nice, but shield hp is bad ^^

and tantalus > qssd in pvp

its good for everything but excels at nothing

[whole robin]

I'm Q building locked from 3* Q missions right now lol

[simple sluice]

Real fair match making

[whole robin]

working on it 😄

[whole robin]

based on ops level not power I was complaining about same thing earlier

we won our first match (barely) and all the other matches literally had no chance they would kill our ships without hardly losing any hull

[solemn plaza]

That averaged out to +/- 1 ops.

[glad pike]

That's actually a lot closer than any of mine. A speed-crewed Ent-E is not easy to fight

[solemn plaza]

Yeah some of the matchs are a bit off.
We had 60/53/46 vs 53/53/52

[glad pike]

That was more my exerience. Last fight was 60-64-64 (us) vs 56-63-70 (them)

[solemn plaza]

Yeah it's the super "low" ops that brings the average down, so you end up matching with closer grouped lower level players with the same average.

[glad pike]

Yep, exactly

[solemn plaza]

Averages would be good if it also somehow took into account the min/max of the group.

But then the issue is, the more metrics you use to filter matchs the longer it takes to find a match.

[warm pivot]

and they probably have to factor in ranking a bit more again

[glad pike]

Honestly, I'd be more willing to give it a go if it weren't for the ranking. Remove that entirely, and I'll slog it out just to eventually get to some of the G6 goodies

But as it is, my 4h hours of playable time on Monday nights isn't going to this anymore

[warm pivot]

gold 1 is really hard to reach if you cant feed on some lower ops as well, no idea how to solve that

[somber canyon]

is good for voyager

? plz

[stark fjord]

I NEEED a claim all button for the faction recruit chest so I dont have to spend 10 mins to pull them all

[whole robin]

more like a slider for the actual recruit so when I use 33k recruit tickets I don't have to recruit 11 times

the tickets only takes me like a minute or two tops the actual recruit is the slow part lol

[little violet]

10 minutes... Lucky you

[solemn plaza]

@heady moon
Can we get sliders in the faction recruits please.

[little violet]

https://tenor.com/view/personabey-liam-payne-split-gif-26171035

[heady moon]

So you can get them transporter patterns faster? Maybe....

[solemn plaza]

That and since all the other recruit options have the sliders might as well put them in the faction recruits too.

[little violet]

They'll put them in elite recruits ... Just for you

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/maeby-gif-21180481

[solemn plaza]

Don't give them ideas

[heady moon]

https://tenor.com/view/wendy-williams-whatever-duh-girl-bye-bye-gif-20148479

[solemn plaza]

Can we get sliders in the faction store ship purchases too.

[little violet]

https://tenor.com/view/herve-villechaize-gif-22095573

[heady moon]

Now you've got my attention.

[solemn plaza]

I bought the Pilum recently.....way too many button clicks.

[warm pivot]

yes please, i suffered a lot 🤪

[solemn plaza]

Put sliders on ship levels when using XP.
And sliders on ship upgrades, so we can just slide to the ship tier we want/can afford.

[solemn plaza]

Make sliders the pips of 2025 😂😂

[plush shoal]

I'm level 16, omw to level 17 atm, do you think I can get to Level 21 before the 29th?

[little violet]

How about allowing people to click on more than one claim in the faction store ... Adding those dumb spinning circle to allow one chest at a time has added 15-20minutes a day to most of our claims.... Yeah 15-20 minutes...

[stark fjord]

can we just replace all buttons with sliders 😝😝🤣🤣

even the attack button it just attack's 1-5 ships at once that are in range 🤣🤣 like multi vector assult mode

[whole robin]

is odo's crit dmg bonus to your base crit dmg or is it a multiplier of your final crit dmg like hull breach?

considering getting Janeway over Odo

[little violet]

Crit damage is all piled into one bonus... Not like the other stuff

[whole robin]

ok except hull breach xD

[brave ore]

twitch is broken. so visit us on YOUTUBE! SAME SILLINESS. LESS SOUND ALERTS.

https://youtube.com/live/kq569sXHyzs?feature=share

[little violet]

hull breach added more crit damage

https://tenor.com/view/scopley-gif-2943756650533236924

[whole robin]

hull breach multiplies your crit damage

not add

😄

you didn't know that?

[warm pivot]

odo is nice to have as below deck addition, but by no means a must have, janeway on the other hand...

[whole robin]

Odo harder to source though but he's kinda weak at rank 1

[little violet]

Hull breach adds 80% crit damage or 150% i can't remember...

[warm pivot]

your critdamage *1.5

[little violet]

So 150%

[warm pivot]

if you only have 100% flat

if you got 200% it becomes 300% with HB

[little violet]

Yeah additive... I just adds to the flat bonus

[warm pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/when-your-bored-of-maths-maths-op-who-tf-told-that-maths-is-difficult-math-is-easy-maths-is-not-difficult-gif-21408663

[stark fjord]

can we have the uss promethius that unlocks at ops 51 as a common g5 ship goes to 12 tiers and has multi vector assault mode as its active abbility

[little violet]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-dust-hands-gif-24856367

[crimson wraith]

Why archives do me like this?

Did I get them? Did I not get them? The world will never know

[blazing spindle]

I think that's a visual glitch, like ata rewards, where you still get TPs and officer XP, just not shown on these screens

[crimson wraith]

I hope so :/

[marble ingot]

You could just verify by checking your transporter patterns before and after. Unless you have a million TPs already.

[whole robin]

I like how Scopely took a bug in their programming (crit damage being able to be reduced below base damage) and not only made it a feature, they monetized it by selling you a prime that prevents the bug

🤣

[little violet]

Wasn't a bug.. They turned hostiles into armada gaila as a funny office joke on us...

[whole robin]

I was more referring to PvP but in most games being able to reduce crit dmg to below base dmg would be considered a bug

[whole robin]

I never get that you must have not spent enough $$$ on primes

to get the priority connection

wait I better not give them ideas next thing you know they will be selling a [Prime Priority Connection]

[weak bobcat]

I can't even get into the game right now

It keeps getting Error Code 5 and then losing connection

[whole robin]

I saw that but two of those right angles are exterior the interior angle is 180 degrees lol

but that seems like the kind of logic Scopely uses

😄

actually wait interior angle is 270 degrees my bad

[snow raven]

Where are you getting the 270 from?

[whole robin]

where it meets the partial circle

the exterior angle is 90 degrees but the internal angle is 270

a square has four INTERNAL 90 degree angles and four EXTERNAL 270 degree angles lol

[split dagger]

Netflix borrowed same connection codes from Scopely 😂

[whole robin]

or the russians are just hacking our internet again 🥷

[snow raven]

Ohhh you are looking at it in that sense. Sorry I was focusing on something completely different lol

BUT when print on a sphere or eclipse sphere, the angles become correct.

[whole robin]

🤔

get out of here with your two dimensional geometry on three dimensional surfaces xD

[woven dune]

Seriously Scopely. Your arena is a GREAT concept. Why is it so hilariously messed up? Lag is horrific. Can't target. Can't even be sure where ships are. Ships get stuck. IT IS A FRAGGING TRAIN WRECK. Fix your goddamn game.

[split dagger]

any thoughts? I was actually quite surprised... even so when he attacked a 2nd time and i got a partial win

[snow raven]

Nein. Multi dimensional thinking for da dub

Two sided shapes

[little violet]

His mirror data is tier 1..

Crew sucks without maxed data

[snow raven]

5sides making two shapes

[warm pivot]

https://tenor.com/view/must-unsee-spongebob-washing-eyes-cant-look-gif-14237119

[split dagger]

yup... all officers are t1

[little violet]

Yep means he fighting you with no officer bonues

[split dagger]

he probably was hoping the ship power would make a difference

[shy hamlet]

also you really want Phlox on the side over synergy

otherwise HGW often wrecks your face

[little violet]

I learned real fast... Mirror sucks bad without data being higher lvl

[warm pivot]

use the blues as captain

[split dagger]

mine is only t2

[little violet]

MIne is too and sucks.. barely activates

[split dagger]

i mainly use him as cap with pic and ezri as sidecarts for base defense

[shy hamlet]

I run mirror crew with Borg assimilated below
does decently enough if it can live through r1

[little violet]

His captain maneuver only activates against one ship type.. To me that means garbage

[little violet]

Problem is you need the buff immediately

[shy hamlet]

yeah, it's a real if. not my main crew for a reason

[little violet]

Was using it for a while during war just to see.. Then had some weakling messaging me talking junk so went back to freeman and they shut up fast

[split dagger]

yeah... it's a 33% chance of working as intended

[split dagger]

i always have a defense setup... and change crews accordingly... there are a couple of 64's that can crack my base and they do their "rounds"... during incursions... i was actually surprised that 62's couldn't crack my base (at least on the 1st try)