Because of the Strange New World season premier, Star Trek Online has brought back the Starfleet 2259 uniform! Pick it up for FREE from the Promotions tab of the Zen Store, but be quick, because it's only there for a week.
I cancelled my subscription to Fanhome's Star Trek Official Starships Collection today.
They announced the next wave of ships in the collections a while back and I was pretty unimpressed with them. I was hoping they'd finally release models of ships like Gagarin, Reliant, Sutherland, and Ross. But instead they're doing the Synth ship from Picard, the Galileo Shuttle from SNW, and a bunch of other ships that I just don't care enough about to keep spending that kind of money every month.
Another factor in this decision was the unboxing/review series I've been doing on Fanhome's Starships Collections; it hasn't done as well as I'd hoped. A couple of those videos did rather well, but most didn't. So if I don't want the upcoming ship models and you guys aren't watching the videos on them, there's no point in continuing.
To the few of you who were watching those videos, I'm happy you stuck with me on them for as long as you did. Collecting model ships has been a hobby of mine for a long time and it was fun to indulge in that on the channel.
Reminder for PC players: Star Trek Online is doing a stress test on the Tribble test server at 1pm PT at Deep Space Nine! If you're planning to take part in the mayhem, be sure to copy a character over to Tribble (link below). I'd recommend getting there early to sort out your build because some of your loadout info may not transfer over (I had to rebuild my whole power tray).
Also, keep in mind that DS9 is a social zone, so not all console abilities will function there. You may want to adjust your build accordingly.
UPDATE: heads up, stress test got pushed back to 1:30pm PT.
So, now that I have all the Top 10 lists up for this year, what did you all think of the new format? Based off suggestions made last yeah, I divided this year's Top 10's in account for just playable ship stats and for ships that are valued for their traits/consoles. Do you guys like this format better? Do you prefer the old format? Do you think this format needs further refinement?
Personally, I think this format worked fine. Having more defined parameters for each list helped keep them more focused on what defined them as being good, I think. The only other thing to consider is that it requires twice the videos, which means twice the amount of work.
I saw some suggest refining the Top 10's to be focused on specific ships/builds. Top 10 Cruisers, Top 10, Escorts, Top 10 Sci Ships, and such. Honestly, at that point, I'd probably start cutting them down to Top 5 lists. And even then, four videos to cover what is basically one topic is already a lot.
If you have suggestions or comments, post them here.
With all the other stuff I'm trying to get done, I don't have much time to do a video on the Gral Command Scout. Also, because it's an Infinity Lockbox ship, I don't think enough of you are going to care about it to make a video worth doing, so I'll do a quick first impression of the ship here.
The ship itself is interesting. Being a Scout, it's effectively a Science Raider, so lots of Universal seating. Command/Pilot is an interesting combo. Could make a decent Sci/Torp build. The Command seating will help the torps. Pilot brings and Uncon trigger and allows you to make use of Synthetic Good Fortune (Equinox's trait, buffs crit chance and control expertise). Actually, speaking of Equinox, the two ships are very similar, so if you like Equinox, you may like the Gral.
Console is good if you want to make a Stealth themed build. Kinda the opposite of a typical Tank build, helps with healing, but while a Tank usually wants to generate threat to call attention to itself, this console helps you hide and heal. Then tries to help you be ready for battle when existing stealth by reducing boff cooldowns and buffing crit chance when exiting stealth. Interesting console, but I think is going to only appeal to certain players wanting this sort of stealth playstyle.
The trait will be useful for Support builds since it lowers enemy damage resistance, meaning everyone on the deal will be dealing more damage to affected enemies.
Overall: decent ship. Not amazing, but will probably appeal to some who are seeking a unique playstyle that fits their interest.
Stu1701
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I cancelled my subscription to Fanhome's Star Trek Official Starships Collection today.
They announced the next wave of ships in the collections a while back and I was pretty unimpressed with them. I was hoping they'd finally release models of ships like Gagarin, Reliant, Sutherland, and Ross. But instead they're doing the Synth ship from Picard, the Galileo Shuttle from SNW, and a bunch of other ships that I just don't care enough about to keep spending that kind of money every month.
Another factor in this decision was the unboxing/review series I've been doing on Fanhome's Starships Collections; it hasn't done as well as I'd hoped. A couple of those videos did rather well, but most didn't. So if I don't want the upcoming ship models and you guys aren't watching the videos on them, there's no point in continuing.
To the few of you who were watching those videos, I'm happy you stuck with me on them for as long as you did. Collecting model ships has been a hobby of mine for a long time and it was fun to indulge in that on the channel.
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After two week, my Enterprise-F lore video is now the most viewed video on the channel, currently at 69k views. Nice.
I'm really glad so many of you liked it.
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Reminder for PC players: Star Trek Online is doing a stress test on the Tribble test server at 1pm PT at Deep Space Nine! If you're planning to take part in the mayhem, be sure to copy a character over to Tribble (link below). I'd recommend getting there early to sort out your build because some of your loadout info may not transfer over (I had to rebuild my whole power tray).
Also, keep in mind that DS9 is a social zone, so not all console abilities will function there. You may want to adjust your build accordingly.
UPDATE: heads up, stress test got pushed back to 1:30pm PT.
Where to copy a character to the Tribble Test Sever: www.arcgames.com/en/my/character/copy/sto
Blog announcement: www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/1158125…
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So, now that I have all the Top 10 lists up for this year, what did you all think of the new format? Based off suggestions made last yeah, I divided this year's Top 10's in account for just playable ship stats and for ships that are valued for their traits/consoles. Do you guys like this format better? Do you prefer the old format? Do you think this format needs further refinement?
Personally, I think this format worked fine. Having more defined parameters for each list helped keep them more focused on what defined them as being good, I think. The only other thing to consider is that it requires twice the videos, which means twice the amount of work.
I saw some suggest refining the Top 10's to be focused on specific ships/builds. Top 10 Cruisers, Top 10, Escorts, Top 10 Sci Ships, and such. Honestly, at that point, I'd probably start cutting them down to Top 5 lists. And even then, four videos to cover what is basically one topic is already a lot.
If you have suggestions or comments, post them here.
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With all the other stuff I'm trying to get done, I don't have much time to do a video on the Gral Command Scout. Also, because it's an Infinity Lockbox ship, I don't think enough of you are going to care about it to make a video worth doing, so I'll do a quick first impression of the ship here.
The ship itself is interesting. Being a Scout, it's effectively a Science Raider, so lots of Universal seating. Command/Pilot is an interesting combo. Could make a decent Sci/Torp build. The Command seating will help the torps. Pilot brings and Uncon trigger and allows you to make use of Synthetic Good Fortune (Equinox's trait, buffs crit chance and control expertise). Actually, speaking of Equinox, the two ships are very similar, so if you like Equinox, you may like the Gral.
Console is good if you want to make a Stealth themed build. Kinda the opposite of a typical Tank build, helps with healing, but while a Tank usually wants to generate threat to call attention to itself, this console helps you hide and heal. Then tries to help you be ready for battle when existing stealth by reducing boff cooldowns and buffing crit chance when exiting stealth. Interesting console, but I think is going to only appeal to certain players wanting this sort of stealth playstyle.
The trait will be useful for Support builds since it lowers enemy damage resistance, meaning everyone on the deal will be dealing more damage to affected enemies.
Overall: decent ship. Not amazing, but will probably appeal to some who are seeking a unique playstyle that fits their interest.
You can read the full stats of the ship here: www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/1158066…
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