Repeat after me: “Dev’s are not responsible for this mess.  It’s the person who budgets QA time.”  and “Laughing Trendy is Always Awesome”.   There, my good deed done for the day. I was looking forward to posting a positive review of the Romulan Pilot ship tonight, but I made a huge mistake.  I took a chance and ran a Delta Recruit on a ground run on … Continue reading Not Working As Intended – Kemocite III +Torpedo Spread 3, Targeting the Idiot who budgets resources for QA.

First, set the scene with the appropriate Jerry Goldsmith music.  You have to admit – beyond the initial shock of the bumpy headed klingons, and the on screen translation – the music from ST:TMP has become iconic. Queue up the Beam-Raptor Build.  Top down and in the HUD her outline reminds me of the Clint Eastwood Cold War thriller Firefox. As with the Federation Icarus build … Continue reading Pilot Ships – First Impressions, Part II: Science Beam Raptor

Introducing the Icarus hands down – the closest the federation will get to having a Bug Ship. Full disclosure – I purchased the Pilot Escort Mega Bundle.  I have enough alts that can take advantage of them, and decided to start with the Feds tonight..   To be honest I’m not a fan of escorts.  They take a significant amount of skill normally to use them … Continue reading Hands on First Impressions on Pilot Ships – Federation Icarus ~ Bug Ship?

Updated Earlier today LaughingTrendy posted the Ship stats for the Federation, KDF and Romulan Pilot Ship stats.  Comparing them to the most recent T6 Escort/Warbirds, and Raptors these new ships have better hull, shields, turn rate and impulse modifiers. The KDF get the standard cloak, while the Romulans get the Battle Cloak. Hybrid seating options offer another set of new pilot-related abilities that depending on who you talk … Continue reading T6 – Pilot Ship Comparison Chart -or- $#@%-damn, these are good-looking ships.

Wow.  Check out this fan-frikin-tastic wallpaper by PWE Graphic Designer Suricata! Posted earlier today on the Reddit forums, this amazing 4096 x 2160 pixel Iconian War Edition star map easily became my favourite background for my desktop.  Who needs a Stellar Cartography department when you have something this nice 😉 Continue reading Amazing, Sexy, and down-right beautiful STO Star Map Wallpaper.

Part Two for the ‘yet more lag with Command Ships’ video series from McLaughlin STO Continue reading Embrace the Lag: Part Deux – You almost expect new ships to come with a disclaimer.

While we get fixes for things that don’t help us, a few like-minded players embrace the lag 😉 The Spinners – Rubberband Man, on Midnight Special in 1976 Continue reading Embrace the Lag: This time with Feeling 😉

Whoops.  I may have added to the misconception. But not the reality.* Borticus has just responded about the reasons why this error – which got past rounds of QA and several MONTHS of game deployment – needed to be fixed. Let me try and clear up a few misconceptions and possibly even cool some heads around here, regarding the Doffing XP adjustment. Fix. Let’s call … Continue reading I feel like an accountant who just got his hand caught in the cookie jar.

Update: Borticus give a decent explanation why they had to do it.  ‘Nuff said, There is no doubt that duty officer assignments in Star Trek Online have been inconsistent at best in terms of rewards and value for the average player.  One of the few saving graces following the brutal XP alignment and dilithium ‘redistribution’ of Delta Rising, was that you could still effectively level a … Continue reading Incoming DOFF Assignment Nerf: Another Nail in the Casual Player Coffin. Well Done Cryptic.

On the difficulty in getting a STF queue to fill: Gecko: “So many queues, so many people are spread out. (not enough players)” Lootcritter: “There used to be. Before the dark times. Before Delta Rising” Whether I’m on the road or in the office, part of my monday ritual is listening to the weekly Priority One Podcasts.  While I don’t always agree with what I … Continue reading Priority One Podcast #219 – Gorns & Things, & Snarky Afterthoughts