Star Trek Online Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread

Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread
Getting RREEEEEAAALLL tired of trolls/afk-ers
Legitimate solution to bringing the old/removed missions back to the game that requires very little work from the devs
It's weird how MW abilities don't progress Innovation at all, while Command abilities provide double Inspiration.
we don't have this uniform why?
Tuvok this doesn't feel right...
Khitomer in Stasis
How to get a new ship.
Has there been a spike in the amount of failed map transfer disconnects?
Can’t get past my character page.. it never finishes loading in… mind you, it has worked on this device.
Sabotage rank 3 manual for boffs - slightly cheaper route
If General Chang were a disco Klingon...
Tfo cutscenes not skipping
Glitched TP?
Patch server down?

Monday Megathread - your weekly "dumb question" thread

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 08:05 AM PDT

Welcome to the first (official) Monday of summer and a new question megathread!

Post all the questions you may have about anything STO-related. PC? Console? Everyone's welcome to post their questions here.

Last weeks thread can be found here.

Stay safe out there and happy flying.

-Talon

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Getting RREEEEEAAALLL tired of trolls/afk-ers

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 07:26 AM PDT

Seriously, why do people do random tfos or endeavor missions but don't want to do any work!? We just got through weeks of Azure Nebula dailies where players just plopped themselves in the middle of the map and AFK'd or flew around blowing things up and not touching any of the tractor beams. Today's UE was "Days of Doom" and some jerk grabbed the big warp core and just flew in circles. This game used to be fun but between the non-stop grind and trolls it's really getting old quickly.

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Legitimate solution to bringing the old/removed missions back to the game that requires very little work from the devs

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 09:56 AM PDT

Over the years they have removed missions for various reasons. Some people still want to play these missions. Solution:

Make all removed missions playable through a console in the holodeck at ESD/Qo'nos.
Add a "warning" (written in-universe speak) that these are old training simulations and some of the data has been corrupted but they have been preserved for historical reference.
The above mentioned 'warning' will cover old/bad textures or whatever other bugs these missions have they they don't want to fix.
You cannot interact with this console until you reach X-level

Here is what this does:

People who want the old missions get them back,
the devs don't have to spend any time updating them,
new players won't be able to play these missions and won't have their impression of the game influenced by old content

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It's weird how MW abilities don't progress Innovation at all, while Command abilities provide double Inspiration.

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 06:00 AM PDT

It's just a small thing. Innovations are too random to really care about, but it's an annoyance when you get Sci Sci Sci and it's going to sit there for a while.

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we don't have this uniform why?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 03:47 PM PDT

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Tuvok this doesn't feel right...

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 02:12 PM PDT

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Khitomer in Stasis

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 04:17 AM PDT

To those people that know how to play the TFO, I offer my sincerest apologies for my past transgressions. This past weekend I finally figured out how to play it right, then queued into one at a later time with people who didn't, and couldn't communicate with.

Once you know what to do, it's actually a fun TFO, kind of like Gravity Kills IMO.

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How to get a new ship.

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 08:22 AM PDT

So i wondering about how i get a new ship because im lvl 55 and am still stuck on the soverign and am trying to build up zen for something via dilithium exchange but that's a GRINDY process and im still only at 11 zen right now so i was wondering if i can get a new ship without getting zen like through a lockbox or tfo's or something

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Has there been a spike in the amount of failed map transfer disconnects?

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 10:17 AM PDT

I have noticed recently that I get disconnected very frequently when loading into new maps. Like many times per day it happens. Is this something on my end or are other people having the same issues? Thanks

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Can’t get past my character page.. it never finishes loading in… mind you, it has worked on this device.

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 08:11 AM PDT

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Sabotage rank 3 manual for boffs - slightly cheaper route

Posted: 21 Jun 2021 12:19 AM PDT

Just realised holographic ROM from the exchange come with Sabotage rank 3 as an innate skill. I have had him on my away team on one of my newer toons.

you can generally pick him up for 1.2-5 million. you can open the box and commission him (I quite enjoy having him along) or you can open the box and turn him into a manual.

the manual is then character bound but if you can buy him low it's a good discount on a lockbox training manual.

I have seen that manual hover around the 6-7 mil range. so if you have a boff you want to train in it... could be a good route for those with lower EC reserves.

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If General Chang were a disco Klingon...

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 01:47 PM PDT

After his passing we created this costume in tribute to the great Christopher Plummer.

Yesterday I was wondering what a disco version of Chang might look like, so this is what I put together:

https://imgur.com/a/tl8vr4c

A few notes:

Unfortunately the devs did not add the bolted eyepatch to the Disco Klingon species, so only the regular eyepatch was available.
Unfortunately even the regular eyepatch clips with the face of the Disco Klingon species, but hey; Chang's gotta have his eyepatch right? :p
I wonder what a Disco Worf would look like?

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Tfo cutscenes not skipping

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 10:04 PM PDT

I know not all were usually skippable but the intro ones always were. For the past week though it wont let me skip anything anymore. Anyone else?

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Glitched TP?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 11:39 AM PDT

Has anyone tried to upgrade anything when it turns out you don't need a technology upgrade item and somehow recieve negative tp overflow?

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Patch server down?

Posted: 20 Jun 2021 12:29 PM PDT

I was playing, then logged out briefly.