Lots of great advice in this thread already, so I won't repeat anything and just add my 2 ec.

The way I play crafting is to just pick one thing to specialize in, produce that thing a lot, and then sell that thing to get ec to buy other things. This reduces the amount of doffs you have to buy and gets your toons to level up faster in a certain school (and get a better crit rate). It also makes the system easier to understand at first and the market easier to follow.

But then I think of it all as ec. The materials I get as drops are just ec because i could sell them, the ones I use for crafting are just ec because I buy them. The stuff I make is just ec because I can sell it and the stuff I buy is just ec because that's what I pay for it.

Gravity's right: neither is better in an objective sense, it just depends on what you want to do with it.

I personally prefer the arbiter because:

*Intel seating = OSS + other goodies that I like more than command
*50% higher base turn rate
*less engineering seating (1 cmdr seat is enough for me, cmdr + lc is overkill)
*lc universal instead of ensign universal means more flexibility
*mastery gives resistance to kinetic damage, and in pve that's usually what'll kill you

5/3 weapons isn't that important to me since I'd run beam arrays on both.

The yamato get a hangar, an extra device slot, and slightly more base hull, but I don't think that outweighs anything above.

I got this one pre-DR and I remember seeing it a few times in the patch notes in 2015 but not really thinking much about it. I found this thread and apparently this was a problem pre-DR too, just sometimes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sto/comments/2f2pe9/vicious_cycle_lost_gekli_help/

Usually when something appears as "fixed" multiple times it means that it's permanently broken. I'm guessing this is just something buried somewhere in the spaghetti code* that STO runs on that can't be completely fixed without breaking a bunch of other things, like the loot critter bug.

*A term I've seen thrown around enough to get an idea of what it means without actually knowing the technical limits of it.

Great video El, very professional in terms of presentation and your commentary.

Well done :)

We are indeed! I'm going to set up a special place in the forums for the accolade hunters club where we can share tips! Also, we'll have regular meetings where we can get them together!

I'll finalise the details this week and make a thread! :)

I'm glad you had fun with the admiral search xD

I had so much fun with the Admiral search! And the quiz, though it left me feel a little stupid - it was really difficult :D
I'm looking forward to doing more accolade hunting with you! I thought I'm the only one interested in getting them..
Are we going to have some special place like a thread in the forums or something to ask for help and talk about accolades in general? I mean, is the Accolade Hunters Club just a name or will we really be able to gather from time to time and share infos and tips and stuff?

Well just a few hours after I posted this I got in a mission, we got the Gekli and I just let someone else do it and now I have all the accolades I need :)
I tried flying on top of it, didn't work either.
What do you mean by spatial planes?

Nice video! Makes me want to play GW2. Especially like the intro!

So... my first video guide with commentary. I'll leave this here. :P



Let me know what you think, what you'd like to see in the future, any comments/suggestions. If there's anything the video wasn't able to answer for you, please ask below and I'll be sure to shoot you an answer or look into it.

Thank you Stonewall!

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P.S, does anyone want to team with me tomorrow for the Costume contest team entry?

I would! Sadly, I'm working.

Had fun at the few events I was able to join today - thanks Cai, Eurrsk and everyone else!
P.S. Did our team win the trivia?

P.S, does anyone want to team with me tomorrow for the Costume contest team entry?

Great day1 event, looking forward to part 2 tomorrow!!

Well done Cai & Chris, Had great fun, see you tomorrow! (sun)

It seems like the SW:TOR bug has bit me! I'd like to request an invite to the guild for my character, Bai-jin (Jedi Knight, Republic).

Thanks! x

On another note, if any of you are interested, I have, along with a few other gaymers created an organization. You are very welcome to join up and help shape the organizations future. Here is the link: https://robertsspaceindustries.com/orgs/NEOC

Also please note that the organization is still in development, so your ideas and or suggestions are welcome, and most likely would be implemented into the organization. What you see in the orgs. description is not final, as we are slowly fleshing out what it is and what we would like to specialize in. And of course if you already have created one, I’m sure we could collaborate or combine them.

The idea of the org thus far, is to cater to outlaws, but not become directly involved with their shenanigans.

Currently I believe there are some stability issues (in general) but more so for Intel processors, as I have two AMD processor pcs (which seem to not have as many issues) and one Intel processor pc which has been giving me a hell-ova-time trying to login with the 2.0 LIVE and 2.1.0 PTU build. But stability issues are very common in an alpha. Just the other day the producers announced that they have, “all hands on deck” working on the stability of the game.

thanks for your thoughts on it

I wish I could join. Alas I plan to be rather drunk. I may make it to some Sunday events though!

BUMP!

Both are very good ship

what it comes down to is what is more important to you the utility and tankiness that comes with the dreadnaught cruiser as it has the hanger and more hull.

The arbiter is more focussed on deeps with the 5 forward facing weapons more tac consoles and the cruiser command that lower weapon power drain, it also has a lt cmdr universal station making it a bit more flexible in that regard.


So it is mostly trying to work out what kind of character you want to be, like most ships in the game one isnt better than another they are just aimed at different things.

Ive done some work on this, not quite done yet though.