Ugh, I should've waited an hour before posting this, they just announced the anniversary event. Oh, I'll cover this tomorrow: www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11573541 Epic Games Creator Tag: STU1701 Real Merch Discount Link: real-merch.com?rs_ref=sgfaWYII Volante Design Discount Link: www.volantedesign.us/discount/stu1701
The last time the Merchantman freighter ship was ever seen in trek was startrek 3 Search For Spock and Star Trek Farragut Foward Fan Film. This frieghter was ofc destroyed by Kruge's bird of prey according to trek cannon.
Honestly, thanks for mentioning that there's plenty of players who don't have the Kobayashi Maru. I'm comparatively new to the game and very much looking forward to having the Merchantman!
one important thing to remember: you can use the interior... and thus most of the Merchantman's features... on other ships by customizing in the ship tailor. this way the "go to bridge" feature... will send you to the Merchantman's bridge instead of a regular one
To put the freighter in perspective, I started in mid-2022 and did not have a chance at a freighter because they were all old/rare/absurdly expensive by that point. That was 2.5 years ago. There are a lot of players newer to the game than I am. Having access to a freighter bridge is going to be nice for a lot of people. And yes, I know about and have the Nagus from the recent giveaway. The capabilities are overlapping but slightly different from what the Merchantman has according to the blog and it was only available for a short time so a lot of people would have missed their chance at it. Also, this is THE Merchantman. It should have been in the game long ago.
I'm excited about the merchant man, especially with the Klingon Recruitment event. I'm going to use this on all my KDF toons when they are grinding for contraband.
Stu left out that the Ferengi bridge on the Nagus, and other ships also has special stuff, and the Amarie... which is a modified freighter interior... but... Nagus was a past giveaway, and the Amarie is only easily available in Mudd
Looking forward to the freighter, love the ship model, would be nice if there was a way to do some space trucking in those ships, maybe a tfo or new patrol with your freighter?
This bug with missing Ba'ku doffs, except being probably painful and annoying (if any of them were present in the roster) is also great from the lore perspective - it perfectly fit's the Temporal Cold World story arc by making whole race temporarly displaced (simillar to Krenim) :D
I've noticed that when I went to buy some elite hanger pets, that a lot of them are gone. I still have the items of them in my inventory, but I have no want of buying more from any level store.
This merchant ship came from Star Trek 3, and given its role in that film I would not expect it to be a high end ship in STO. Its still a piece of Trek history in STO.
So I've been playing STO on and off since it went free to play, and I found out from your video yesterday that you can switch ships from the menu. It was a real 'it comes in pints?' moment for me. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your stuff.
If u remember Star Trek 3 the search for Spock thats where the this ship was most likely seen before it was destroyed by Krugge's bird of prey as trek cannon states. It later appeares in the trek fan film Farragot Foward against the Miranda class USS Faragot in a ship battle.
The buyout must be independent for it to register right - tied directly to that event. The progress might be a general function and the previous year might not have been terminated right in the system
for some reason a mudds ship i opened on a new kdf character last night ended up upgrading all the way but i had no ship upgrades on that character and i didnt try to upgrade it..
Congrats on the 10k! Time for a celebratory giveaway. DECA's CM better show some common generosity in appreciation of the loyal CCs for their little old games.
What the CM is able to give out will likely depend on DECA's policies, which could be different from Cryptic's, so we'll see. I never approached Kael in a demanding manner, and I have no intention of doing that to the new CM either, no matter the outcome.
My BOff when i rename-it it was showing the old name when i slot in officer seat( i have many boff and it was frustrating to search him by spells but a relog fix-it), load-out problems with main ship(missing spells from bars and ship traits) when i get to see my T6 Kdf M’Chla Refit Bird of Prey, crashes at log-in(can be from my end, a restart pc fix the problem), a freeze in loading screen sometimes( i need to terminate the program from Arc or from task manager, can be from my pc also, i have win 10 all updates and a decent Ryzen 5).
ha up dont no if you can help my klingons captain level 45 can't start the KDF recruitment event how do you get started how do you open up the recruitment page plz ???????
Recruitment events only work for new characters, so if you don't have a Recruit you need to roll up a new character to participate. To do that you will need a pencil, players handbook, printed character sheet for the current edition and 4d6 to roll abilities. Sorry, D&D Player humor.
Too many players have a meltdown if every new ship doesn't change the DPS meta. As a famous hockey goaltender once said, "Is only game, why you haff to be mad?"
I like the design of this new ship it looks like a batmobile in space I'm really looking forward to getting it and doing crazy stuff with it on designs😂
Don't apologize, when a company screws up as badly as Deca has been lately, they need to know the players are mad, even more are quitting beyond those that left last year, and they need to give out an 'oopsie' chest large enough to compensate for their incompetence. Also, with the T4 ship, isn't the interior basically identical to the free Ferengi ship everyone just got?
Personally, I do find offering ships below T6 in general without an option to upgrade it frustrating. The Merchantman ship will be someone's favourite ship... For some reason. Or it will fit their look for a pirate build. Regardless of the Merchantman, I'm speaking on principle and am referring to ships like the Pioneer class that are languishing in T1 and even the Kazon Raider raider at T5. I do understand some ships are a matter of time and man power, but I find the idea that Merchantman not being T6 because it's an old freighter a bit daft. It's a game - let people fly the ship they want to. By that logic, there shouldn't be a T6 NX/Columbia class. But the free features are a universal positive.
Reg the merchantman outrage: THANK YOU i have been calling ppl out for complaining about this but apprantly im a suck up for doing so. and we got the typhoon the isios and the ferengi ship last years all T6 but this apprantly just speels doom to some people.
yeah I can get how the event bug happen, since it's just giving progress for last year's and all i just assume someone hooked up the wrong one somewhere, but man are those other ones are just so random. Like sure Coding is some dark eldritch magic unknowable to the human mind but yeah.
nothing really that special about them. Some of them have useful abilities. The one I had on a lot of loadouts was a projectile officer that has a chance to buff crit severity. There are several delta quadrant duty officers than have the same ability. The issue right now is that Ba'ku duty officers have disappeared from the game for some reason, and its mess my loadouts and the doff slot slot it was in.
being STO. I wonder if the missing boff is down to something as silly as a missing apostrophe in the Ba'ku name somewhere. We all know what a fragile house of cards STO code is.
I own the Kobayashi Maru, and I'm excited for when the Merchantman drops on xbox. Not just for the RP/ Space Barbie, it's free, and it's this glorious thing called CONTENT. Without content like this, STO would be a dead game, and nobody wants that.
Negativity about freighter ship?? Absolute nonsense, the ship is a beauty, even tho I ahve them all freighters last 10 yrs this will be refreshing and nice addition to my fleet. The only remark I have is more new unique detailed bridges please! I'd buy them all
Ugh, I should've waited an hour before posting this, they just announced the anniversary event. Oh, I'll cover this tomorrow: www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11573541
Epic Games Creator Tag: STU1701
Real Merch Discount Link: real-merch.com?rs_ref=sgfaWYII
Volante Design Discount Link: www.volantedesign.us/discount/stu1701
@@Stu1701 The Kazon ship from the giveaway if you reclaim it from the promotions tab, the box is not bound.
sadly the kazon requires you to be at the correct lvl to collect, lol
The last time the Merchantman freighter ship was ever seen in trek was startrek 3 Search For Spock and Star Trek Farragut Foward Fan Film. This frieghter was ofc destroyed by Kruge's bird of prey according to trek cannon.
This game is working on duck tape and prayers
More like masking tape and boogers
I mean, always has been, no?
@@thomaszinser8714 people underestimate how much of the videogame industry is duck tape and prayer.
Any software industry.
Honestly, thanks for mentioning that there's plenty of players who don't have the Kobayashi Maru. I'm comparatively new to the game and very much looking forward to having the Merchantman!
one important thing to remember: you can use the interior... and thus most of the Merchantman's features... on other ships by customizing in the ship tailor. this way the "go to bridge" feature... will send you to the Merchantman's bridge instead of a regular one
I'd have loved to have seen them add the 2 T1 freighters from years ago
@ Well.. actually....
Cell ship is a T2 ship. Pretty sure Tuffli is too. I know.. not much of a difference, but it is there.
GG on 10k, well deserved!! Thanks for all the hard work, info dumps and funs👍
Here's hoping STO reaches its 25th anniversary, that'll be a milestone
Some craaaazy bugs yo
Guess the Sona are happy. This is like a legendary bug.
There is a web page about the 15th anniversary on the webshite now Stu.
Featuring Hugh......
Congrats to you.
For the milestone.
I saw, went live after I had already uploaded this. I'll cover that tomorrow.
I see what you did there ottism1773
@@Boxfortress 😁
I'm happy with the giveaway though I do wish it had a skin that turned the freighter in to a Winnebago with warp nacells. :D
you know..... it DOES accept shield visuals... so... something worth experimenting with
@@marhawkman303 Yeah but it's not a winnebago. Though if they added a half man/dog BOFF I could compromise for the shield visual.
@@cfbmoo1 hmm.... yeah we don't have the Antican ear shape... otherwise you could try alien. Anticans would be quite useful for variety.
To put the freighter in perspective, I started in mid-2022 and did not have a chance at a freighter because they were all old/rare/absurdly expensive by that point. That was 2.5 years ago. There are a lot of players newer to the game than I am. Having access to a freighter bridge is going to be nice for a lot of people.
And yes, I know about and have the Nagus from the recent giveaway. The capabilities are overlapping but slightly different from what the Merchantman has according to the blog and it was only available for a short time so a lot of people would have missed their chance at it. Also, this is THE Merchantman. It should have been in the game long ago.
I'm excited about the merchant man, especially with the Klingon Recruitment event. I'm going to use this on all my KDF toons when they are grinding for contraband.
Stu left out that the Ferengi bridge on the Nagus, and other ships also has special stuff, and the Amarie... which is a modified freighter interior... but... Nagus was a past giveaway, and the Amarie is only easily available in Mudd
Looking forward to the freighter, love the ship model, would be nice if there was a way to do some space trucking in those ships, maybe a tfo or new patrol with your freighter?
Im going to be honest I bet you DECA is doing a lot of backend stuff and keep fucking up front side stuff
This bug with missing Ba'ku doffs, except being probably painful and annoying (if any of them were present in the roster) is also great from the lore perspective - it perfectly fit's the Temporal Cold World story arc by making whole race temporarly displaced (simillar to Krenim) :D
I've noticed that when I went to buy some elite hanger pets, that a lot of them are gone. I still have the items of them in my inventory, but I have no want of buying more from any level store.
I love the tuffly. :) The cardassian skin is great with the updates they did ages ago.
Gratz on the 10k! 🥳🎉
This merchant ship came from Star Trek 3, and given its role in that film I would not expect it to be a high end ship in STO. Its still a piece of Trek history in STO.
So I've been playing STO on and off since it went free to play, and I found out from your video yesterday that you can switch ships from the menu. It was a real 'it comes in pints?' moment for me. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your stuff.
happens to all of us lol
I’m grateful to see the Merchantman. It’s an oddball canon ship and reminds me of trilobites (RIP, gone too soon).
If u remember Star Trek 3 the search for Spock thats where the this ship was most likely seen before it was destroyed by Krugge's bird of prey as trek cannon states. It later appeares in the trek fan film Farragot Foward against the Miranda class USS Faragot in a ship battle.
The buyout must be independent for it to register right - tied directly to that event.
The progress might be a general function and the previous year might not have been terminated right in the system
Both the Promo ships Intrip/kazon also dont have to be opened for admirality cards they all are added when you long into your new toon.
Congratulations STU1701 on 10k !!!!
for some reason a mudds ship i opened on a new kdf character last night ended up upgrading all the way but i had no ship upgrades on that character and i didnt try to upgrade it..
Congrats on the 10k! Time for a celebratory giveaway. DECA's CM better show some common generosity in appreciation of the loyal CCs for their little old games.
What the CM is able to give out will likely depend on DECA's policies, which could be different from Cryptic's, so we'll see. I never approached Kael in a demanding manner, and I have no intention of doing that to the new CM either, no matter the outcome.
My BOff when i rename-it it was showing the old name when i slot in officer seat( i have many boff and it was frustrating to search him by spells but a relog fix-it), load-out problems with main ship(missing spells from bars and ship traits) when i get to see my T6 Kdf M’Chla Refit Bird of Prey, crashes at log-in(can be from my end, a restart pc fix the problem), a freeze in loading screen sometimes( i need to terminate the program from Arc or from task manager, can be from my pc also, i have win 10 all updates and a decent Ryzen 5).
Congrats on 10K Subs Stu. You caught up to Spencer lol.
Made me sub as your information is spot on.
ty for all your help and support just to let you know that my combat log is not working
Stu! Congrats for 10K Subs, great work man!
Your nonsense, does make sense... lol
Baked Tribbles are delicious when properly prepared
The Son'a simply activated Suppression Barrage 3 on the Ba'ku. It was very effective.
ha up dont no if you can help my klingons captain level 45 can't start the KDF recruitment event how do you get started how do you open up the recruitment page plz
???????
Recruitment events only work for new characters, so if you don't have a Recruit you need to roll up a new character to participate.
To do that you will need a pencil, players handbook, printed character sheet for the current edition and 4d6 to roll abilities.
Sorry, D&D Player humor.
Even if STO has more issues since transfer.
I do agree new management did step-up rewards by a significant margin. 🤟
congrats on 10K subs
Too many players have a meltdown if every new ship doesn't change the DPS meta. As a famous hockey goaltender once said, "Is only game, why you haff to be mad?"
I like the design of this new ship it looks like a batmobile in space I'm really looking forward to getting it and doing crazy stuff with it on designs😂
Firstly, congrats on the 10k! Secondly, it seems like every time they update ANYTHING with the game, it breaks five other things!
Prepare Baked Tribble assignment is broken, however Prepare Tribble Kebab still works.
Don't apologize, when a company screws up as badly as Deca has been lately, they need to know the players are mad, even more are quitting beyond those that left last year, and they need to give out an 'oopsie' chest large enough to compensate for their incompetence. Also, with the T4 ship, isn't the interior basically identical to the free Ferengi ship everyone just got?
Personally, I do find offering ships below T6 in general without an option to upgrade it frustrating. The Merchantman ship will be someone's favourite ship... For some reason. Or it will fit their look for a pirate build. Regardless of the Merchantman, I'm speaking on principle and am referring to ships like the Pioneer class that are languishing in T1 and even the Kazon Raider raider at T5. I do understand some ships are a matter of time and man power, but I find the idea that Merchantman not being T6 because it's an old freighter a bit daft. It's a game - let people fly the ship they want to. By that logic, there shouldn't be a T6 NX/Columbia class. But the free features are a universal positive.
Reg the merchantman outrage: THANK YOU i have been calling ppl out for complaining about this but apprantly im a suck up for doing so.
and we got the typhoon the isios and the ferengi ship last years all T6 but this apprantly just speels doom to some people.
I really believe them when they talk about spaghetti code now
Thank you for proper content Sir.
Was playing On PC back when the KM was released to get an account unlocked freighter is nice now that I am a console player
yeah I can get how the event bug happen, since it's just giving progress for last year's and all i just assume someone hooked up the wrong one somewhere, but man are those other ones are just so random.
Like sure Coding is some dark eldritch magic unknowable to the human mind but yeah.
Just curious; what is the significance of the Baku doffs?
nothing really that special about them. Some of them have useful abilities. The one I had on a lot of loadouts was a projectile officer that has a chance to buff crit severity. There are several delta quadrant duty officers than have the same ability. The issue right now is that Ba'ku duty officers have disappeared from the game for some reason, and its mess my loadouts and the doff slot slot it was in.
@Stu1701 ah ok, I thought maybe they were a must have meta doff. Thanks!
Oh, and where does the Tufflie come from?
its a random drop from the Reinforcement Duty Officer Packs
It's funny this has happened and it's called the New England scenario
Congrats on The 10k subs dude
im looking forward to haveing the free ship, a free ship is a free ship. and its esentually a star trek legend since its been used so much
When it rains it pours.
being STO. I wonder if the missing boff is down to something as silly as a missing apostrophe in the Ba'ku name somewhere. We all know what a fragile house of cards STO code is.
yeah, it's weird in ways very few things are weird.
Ba'ku duty officers, Baked tribble-- could it be as simple as a database issue
yeah, the fact that two things that both start with "bak" does hint to something like that
Stu or SPC 049 congratulations on your 10000
only part of the buy out works. I got 600 which is not the full amount.
Tuffley whats the tuffley?
the original freighter stowiki.net/wiki/Tuffli_Freighter
I own the Kobayashi Maru, and I'm excited for when the Merchantman drops on xbox. Not just for the RP/ Space Barbie, it's free, and it's this glorious thing called CONTENT. Without content like this, STO would be a dead game, and nobody wants that.
this doff thing is frustrating...
Negativity about freighter ship?? Absolute nonsense, the ship is a beauty, even tho I ahve them all freighters last 10 yrs this will be refreshing and nice addition to my fleet. The only remark I have is more new unique detailed bridges please! I'd buy them all
nice
Imagine being mad about a free ship...🤦
for mee date i a lot
10K 10K 10K!!!!!!!!!!!! All hail The Honorable Admiral STU.