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  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    More power to us if they do, but I don't expect it. And I don't think we should discount the 2 that do exist is all I am saying.
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  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    @Shan thanks for the early bonus post. I agree that Princess Jadzia and Gangster Spock should have the Exobiology trait. They are still themselves, just in costume. They aren't holograms or anything. Please have "Exobiology" added to them before the event begins. Thanks!

    I'd put Klingon Bride Jadzia in that same boat.

    In fairness, Klingon Bride Jadzia had earned herself one hell of a hangover.

    Actually i have to correct myself on this one, Klingon Bride does have the trait, just not Princess. Odd... odd odd.

    Odd indeed. Princess Jadzia was, as far as I could tell, stone cold sober. Harder to rationalize her losing that skill.

    She has astrophysics like the rest just not exobio.
  • PallidynePallidyne ✭✭✭✭✭
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Yeah well it took me 6 months to get Guinan so that's all a bit iffy. Also, I didn't get Leonardo and neither did many other people so a super-rare with decent abilities in that department (especially the med/eng combo) would be sweet.

    And I want him to look like the picture I posted.

    The Duuuuuuh look on his face too? wow.
  • al103al103 ✭✭✭
    edited March 2018
    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.
    Not the rarest any more btw. Even if Caretaker do not really count he makes it like 1.5 5* Eng/Med/Sci. Delta Paris is still only Com/Eng/Med as far as I know. Rianna Mayweather only Dip/Eng/Med. And while Defensive Phlox is not only Sec/Sci/Med... Commando Crusher count even less than Caretaker, because 3* - so 1.25 or something and Phlox himself is pack only so he's like 0.75 himself to combined 1.
  • DScottHewittDScottHewitt ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am truly shocked that we're getting Lizard Paris before Lizard Janeway.

    Otherwise this looks like a solid event, and I'm glad we're getting a new Hoshi :)

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  • Travis S McClainTravis S McClain ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    @Shan thanks for the early bonus post. I agree that Princess Jadzia and Gangster Spock should have the Exobiology trait. They are still themselves, just in costume. They aren't holograms or anything. Please have "Exobiology" added to them before the event begins. Thanks!

    I'd put Klingon Bride Jadzia in that same boat.

    In fairness, Klingon Bride Jadzia had earned herself one hell of a hangover.

    Actually i have to correct myself on this one, Klingon Bride does have the trait, just not Princess. Odd... odd odd.

    Odd indeed. Princess Jadzia was, as far as I could tell, stone cold sober. Harder to rationalize her losing that skill.

    She has astrophysics like the rest just not exobio.

    Maybe she was studying the stars in Lancelot's eyes and any belief in exobiology was snuffed when she saw there was no life in Kira's looking back at him.
  • I am truly shocked that we're getting Lizard Paris before Lizard Janeway.

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    All good, but where is Section 31? Please give us more often. Live long and prosper!
  • I hope lizard Paris has a Pilot trait. There are so few that have it.
  • If we are getting mutated Paris from a bad episode like Threshold, can we get a Sub Rosa Beverly Crusher too?
  • WaldoMagWaldoMag ✭✭✭✭✭
    I accept the earlier info as an apology for the misinformation on single faction events and the wrong amount of factions listed.

    Thanks for the improvement DB.
    Thanks @Shan and thanks for update.
  • So in perpetration for the 2 faction event what is the best kick start for i got a 3* mirror phlox and want to 4* him
  • IvanstoneIvanstone ✭✭✭✭✭
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.
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  • ~peregrine~~peregrine~ ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2018
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    Proposal: Stranded La Forge (TNG "The Enemy")

    bcwugz6j9mjg.jpg

    Dude had to know his SCI (understanding the nature of the storm), ENG (rigging his VISOR to the tricorder), and MED (tending to Bochra's injuries). Bam. Plus, who doesn't love Geordi?

    +1000
    I could kiss you for this one, @Travis S McClain . Make it so, DB! LLAP
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  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2018
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    How is this the fault of the staff writers? I mean DB is who gets to choose what skills (within reason) certain characters have. In fact, your address of Feezal and Toby are perfect evidence of that.

    Star Trek has made many characters which can embody all three of those skills, Feezal and Toby are an example of two of them. Others would be Bashir (from "Armageddon Game"), Phlox (from "Regeneration"), Kes (from "Persistence of Vision"), Kejal from ("Flesh and Blood"), Data (from "Thine Own Self"), Ma'Bor Jetrel (from "Jetrel"), Seven (from "Body and Soul"), Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (from multiple episodes) just to name a few.

    Here are more if you need them. But it was down to DB to decide what skills they would actually have, not the Star Trek staff writers in my opinion.
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  • So nxt week is another 12 max missions (6 per faction) . :|

    And yes, i know thats how it even was communicated from the very beginning. But since then we always had 3 factions. So its a 1st 2 faction event.

    But i appreciate the advanced notice. Won t buy missions before the event has started though. Learned my lesson this week. :D

    But you can get a refund, should you wish

    Also why not buy them when the event is live anyway?

    I always like to make sure I have enough for my kickstart, at the very least. But I usually end up buying more rounds than I did in the beginning anyway.

    That's fair, I don't kickstart, but can't you open the event, see what you need and then buy it, delaying the start of the kickstart by a whole minute?

    Not trying to be annoying or anything, I just don't understand it

    Every minute is precious at the start of a faction event if you're trying to rank as high as you possibly can.

    I thought it was about how much cash you wanted to spend!

    I've placed top 200 at least twice without spending a penny.

    Good for you and I mean that

    But on factions, when I see someone after less than 5hrs with over 200k in points, you think to yourself,"I aint getting that 5*" so whats the point

    There's a HUGE difference in VP between rank 1 and rank 1000. I can almost always finish top 1k without spending if I want the 1/5. But that's mainly because I spent so much time developing a deep roster of immortalized crew. Having tons of bonus crew for every event makes a world of difference in rank. Every week I level event/bonus crew for the following week. I've done that for over a year now. And I did it so that I COULD get a sub 1k finish WITHOUT having to spend money. Persistence is everything.

    This sums up my gameplay, playing since launch & started out ftp & then monthly only for almost entire first year.
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  • [10F] Belle'Anna [10F] Belle'Anna ✭✭✭✭✭
    Pallidyne wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Yeah well it took me 6 months to get Guinan so that's all a bit iffy. Also, I didn't get Leonardo and neither did many other people so a super-rare with decent abilities in that department (especially the med/eng combo) would be sweet.

    And I want him to look like the picture I posted.

    The Duuuuuuh look on his face too? wow.

    Yes, indeed. I need a good laugh now and again.
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  • PompeyMagnusPompeyMagnus ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 2018
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    Proposal: Stranded La Forge (TNG "The Enemy")

    bcwugz6j9mjg.jpg

    Dude had to know his SCI (understanding the nature of the storm), ENG (rigging his VISOR to the tricorder), and MED (tending to Bochra's injuries). Bam. Plus, who doesn't love Geordi?

    I'd rather see a 3* Bochra that can be fused with 3* Geordi to create a 4* Piggybacking Bochra/Geordi with Engineer, Science and Diplomacy (I think diplomacy would make a lot more sense given the need to overcome their mutual distrust and the teamwork needed to overcome their obstacles). I don't think a Stranded Geordi should be given Medical skill for putting a bandage or a splint on a Romulan.
  • Dirk GundersonDirk Gunderson ✭✭✭✭✭
    Star Trek has made many characters which can embody all three of those skills, Feezal and Toby are an example of two of them. Others would be Bashir (from "Armageddon Game"), Phlox (from "Regeneration"), Kes (from "Persistence of Vision"), Kejal from ("Flesh and Blood"), Data (from "Thine Own Self"), Ma'Bor Jetrel (from "Jetrel"), Seven (from "Body and Soul"), Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (from multiple episodes) just to name a few.

    Here are more if you need them. But it was down to DB to decide what skills they would actually have, not the Star Trek staff writers in my opinion.

    That’s a good list. Somewhere else, possibly in the most wanted crew topic, I mentioned that a Nanoprobe-Infested Phlox would be a good MED/SCI/ENG character to have. Also, given her expertise in cybernetics and work with Data, I would submit a version of Doctor Crusher as a MED/ENG/SCI candidate. Perhaps one from The Game where she disabled Data?
  • Travis S McClainTravis S McClain ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    Proposal: Stranded La Forge (TNG "The Enemy")

    bcwugz6j9mjg.jpg

    Dude had to know his SCI (understanding the nature of the storm), ENG (rigging his VISOR to the tricorder), and MED (tending to Bochra's injuries). Bam. Plus, who doesn't love Geordi?

    I'd rather see a 3* Bochra that can be fused with 3* Geordi to create a 4* Piggybacking Bochra/Geordi with Engineer, Science and Diplomacy (I think diplomacy would make a lot more sense given the need to overcome their mutual distrust and the teamwork needed to overcome their obstacles). I don't think a Stranded Geordi should be given Medical skill for putting a bandage or a splint on a Romulan.

    I'm not sure you get the point of this part of the conversation.
  • IvanstoneIvanstone ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    How is this the fault of the staff writers? I mean DB is who gets to choose what skills (within reason) certain characters have. In fact, your address of Feezal and Toby are perfect evidence of that.

    Star Trek has made many characters which can embody all three of those skills, Feezal and Toby are an example of two of them. Others would be Bashir (from "Armageddon Game"), Phlox (from "Regeneration"), Kes (from "Persistence of Vision"), Kejal from ("Flesh and Blood"), Data (from "Thine Own Self"), Ma'Bor Jetrel (from "Jetrel"), Seven (from "Body and Soul"), Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (from multiple episodes) just to name a few.

    Here are more if you need them. But it was down to DB to decide what skills they would actually have, not the Star Trek staff writers in my opinion.

    So out of ~750 episodes of Star Trek we have a very small list of characters that are Sc/M/E. None of those appearances are the lead actors from their respective shows. Thanks for proving my point.

    I've said it once and I'll say it again. Star Trek is a show where most characters are CSD. There are plenty of characters who are SCI, MED or ENG but not necessarily all three. But I guess since we have to have everything right now, you can be the STT Ambassador who gets to explain to new players who join up next year why there are no new Sc/M/E crew to add.
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  • Lady GaghgaghLady Gaghgagh ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    How is this the fault of the staff writers? I mean DB is who gets to choose what skills (within reason) certain characters have. In fact, your address of Feezal and Toby are perfect evidence of that.

    Star Trek has made many characters which can embody all three of those skills, Feezal and Toby are an example of two of them. Others would be Bashir (from "Armageddon Game"), Phlox (from "Regeneration"), Kes (from "Persistence of Vision"), Kejal from ("Flesh and Blood"), Data (from "Thine Own Self"), Ma'Bor Jetrel (from "Jetrel"), Seven (from "Body and Soul"), Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (from multiple episodes) just to name a few.

    Here are more if you need them. But it was down to DB to decide what skills they would actually have, not the Star Trek staff writers in my opinion.

    So out of ~750 episodes of Star Trek we have a very small list of characters that are Sc/M/E. None of those appearances are the lead actors from their respective shows. Thanks for proving my point.

    I've said it once and I'll say it again. Star Trek is a show where most characters are CSD. There are plenty of characters who are SCI, MED or ENG but not necessarily all three. But I guess since we have to have everything right now, you can be the STT Ambassador who gets to explain to new players who join up next year why there are no new Sc/M/E crew to add.

    Your smugness is not welcome, appreciated, or appropriate. So please come off that attitude.
    The situation is you and I are talking about two different things, that's what I see now.

    You're saying the dearth of MED/SCI/ENG characters is due to show writers not writing enough of them.
    I'm saying in the context of this game, it is DB who decides the skills of whatever crew they release.

    Two different topics which have some relatability but which need neither a bad attitude or rudeness.
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  • IvanstoneIvanstone ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    Ivanstone wrote: »
    al103 wrote: »
    IS TOM PARIS GOING TO BE THE ENG/SCI/MED COMBO WE'VE ALWAYS WANTED??????

    We already have two ENG/SCI/MED combos???
    Leonardo da Vinci and The Caretaker.

    Caretaker do not count - he's pure RNG thing. Da Vinci is gold and so is whale + non-whale part of top1000 (well, "I bought just one pack, I'm not whale!" RNG too) and will not drop in normal circulation for a year (if they will add him and not Jazz Muzician him). Paris is puple so much more people would be able to get him if they care. Everybody if he's threshold.

    I mean I'm all for more ENG/MED/SCI combo characters, but you can't be willfully stubborn and just decide The Caretaker and Leo don't count because you either don't have them or they aren't a breeze to get. They still count, sorry about your or others' luck, but they still count.

    If you are playing a largely super-rares game, they don't count for much. We had a similar discussion around Med crew - when we'd had some nice legendaries over the last 6 months but not a single super-rare.

    Some of these things are really not easy to get.

    I can concede that point, but the way DB has treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo, then it kind of makes sense they won't part with it so likely on a 4-star.

    Correction. Star Trek staff writers have treated the ENG/MED/SCI combo as a rarest of the rare holy combo. Quite frankly I think Paris is too much of a meathead to have the SCI skill anyways. Sometimes I'm surprised he didn't set the ship on fire every time he picked up a hyperspanner.

    There are relatively few characters on that show that have exhibited all 3 of those skills at the same time. However, feel free to send angry messages to DB for not changing Feezal Phlox and Toby Russell to that skill set.

    How is this the fault of the staff writers? I mean DB is who gets to choose what skills (within reason) certain characters have. In fact, your address of Feezal and Toby are perfect evidence of that.

    Star Trek has made many characters which can embody all three of those skills, Feezal and Toby are an example of two of them. Others would be Bashir (from "Armageddon Game"), Phlox (from "Regeneration"), Kes (from "Persistence of Vision"), Kejal from ("Flesh and Blood"), Data (from "Thine Own Self"), Ma'Bor Jetrel (from "Jetrel"), Seven (from "Body and Soul"), Dr. Lewis Zimmerman (from multiple episodes) just to name a few.

    Here are more if you need them. But it was down to DB to decide what skills they would actually have, not the Star Trek staff writers in my opinion.

    So out of ~750 episodes of Star Trek we have a very small list of characters that are Sc/M/E. None of those appearances are the lead actors from their respective shows. Thanks for proving my point.

    I've said it once and I'll say it again. Star Trek is a show where most characters are CSD. There are plenty of characters who are SCI, MED or ENG but not necessarily all three. But I guess since we have to have everything right now, you can be the STT Ambassador who gets to explain to new players who join up next year why there are no new Sc/M/E crew to add.

    Your smugness is not welcome, appreciated, or appropriate. So please come off that attitude.
    The situation is you and I are talking about two different things, that's what I see now.

    You're saying the dearth of MED/SCI/ENG characters is due to show writers not writing enough of them.
    I'm saying in the context of this game, it is DB who decides the skills of whatever crew they release.

    Two different topics which have some relatability but which need neither a bad attitude or rudeness.

    I don't insult you, why do you have to do that to me?

    The game has a finite number of characters to deal with. Those characters have to metered out over time in an appropriate manner. I don't really have the time to prove it but its distinctly possible that DB could make more variations of Picard than make Sc/M/E crew.

    Furthermore, not everyone has the same in game goals. A lack of Sc/M/E crew is a lesser concern to someone who wants every possible variation of Picard and is pretty salty at the lack of Picard in the game at the moment. DB has to juggle character popularity, CBS's demands and long term game health. They don't always do a great job of that but its still gotta be done. What happens next summer when the Caretaker leaves the Gauntlet? He fills the Sc/M/E role well but there were people who were choked that he was even considered.

    Sc/M/E are a convenience sometimes. I recently buffed my Leonardo for that reason. But their absence is not game breaking.
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  • AcerAcer ✭✭
    I don’t suppose that there is any chance that Festive Dax will be a threshold reward...
  • <TGE> Clifford<TGE> Clifford ✭✭✭✭✭
    Acer wrote: »
    I don’t suppose that there is any chance that Festive Dax will be a threshold reward...

    This is literally my life.

    The problem is, Hoshi, Paris, and Phlox all have their own 2* variant, so I doubt it. ):
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