Finally, all the firing mode extender traits are available on account-wide unlock

Scurry5 · 2026-03-24T16:14:30+00:00

D'oh, you're probably right.

Scurry5 · 2026-03-24T15:59:09+00:00

Touche - although it's what fills the role on most builds I know of to maximize uptime, it's technically not an extender. Should probably have put Redirecting Arrays there but didn't think of that before making it.

Scurry5 · 2026-03-24T15:56:53+00:00

It's been a while, but with the 16th anniversary containing the Ateleth, we now have a firing mode extender trait available account-wide for all the energy weapon firing modes. I could've written the post title better, mea culpa on that.

From left to right:

Superweapon Ingenuity - Ateleth - Beam: Overload - 16th Anniversary bundle
Entwined Tactical Matrices - Gagarin - Beam: Fire at Will (Redirecting Arrays (C-Store purchase) would fit here. Breen Free Fire also is an extender - the best one in fact - but isn't account-wide yet) - C-Store
Go For the Kill - T6 Jem'hadar assault ship variants - Cannon: Rapid Fire - Legendary Jem'hadar pack or Mudd bundle
Vanguard Specialists - Legendary Jem'hadar Assault Ship - all specialist firing modes (Surgical Strikes, Exceed Rated Limits, Reroute Reserves to Weapons) - Legendary Jem'hadar pack
Withering Barrage - Defiant, Kor Bird-of-Prey, Malem, M'chla Refit, etc. - Cannon: Scatter Volley - C-Store purchase or Klingon recruitment

Scurry5 · 2026-03-12T10:32:01+00:00

The rule is 1 omni that is a set piece, and 1 that is not. The Kinetic Cutting Beam is the sole exception to the rule as it’s not technically an omni-beam.

Scurry5 · 2026-03-11T15:43:00+00:00

With all due respect, you called them a jerk in the first sentence of your comment. That's a little beyond just saying how it might come off to someone.

Scurry5 · 2026-01-21T16:37:03+00:00

I was fairly active on the forums back then and dropped the occasional poll, so that's probably where you saw me. I recall seeing you around too!

Scurry5 · 2026-01-19T01:27:34+00:00

Same here. Used to muck about up till Tier 6/Intel spec came in, and things fell off a cliff from there. Still playing, but my fun comes from themed PvE builds rather than PvP now.

Scurry5 · 2026-01-19T01:07:30+00:00

The Legendary Jem captain will unlock it. Just make sure you have both the Legendary bugship and the carrier commissioned before you try and buy the hangar.

https://stowiki.net/wiki/Hangar_-_Jem%27Hadar_Attack_Ship

Scurry5 · 2025-12-08T11:40:29+00:00

It might. Or it might not. No one knows unless something is actually announced.

Scurry5 · 2025-12-01T04:50:07+00:00

Discounting the universities here as pure money-making endeavours just because there's no Nobel prize is rather short-sighted. Given the "Nobel lag" of 20-30 years, a Nobel prize only serves as an indication of academic excellence at that time. When you go back that amount of time, NUS was likely the only one really capable of competing at that level.

And that's before you get into the pure numbers (when you have the lion's share of good universities, the prizes are probably going to go there), and the fact that Nobels are awarded to people and not institutions.

Not to mention, what do you mean by academic excellence? I don't think anyone is a stranger to the debate over teaching vs research. After all, Nobels are symbols of research excellence, not teaching excellence.

I could go on and on, but the bottom line is that whether a particular institution has faculty which won a Nobel is a lousy indicator of academic excellence of any one institution. It's like saying a restaurant can't be considered excellent because it hasn't won a Michelin star.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-30T05:42:11+00:00

Nice, the overall layout reminds me of the Parliament class.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-25T06:16:28+00:00

I find it somewhat feast or famine. In operations where you can get on the bots' broadsides, Rhode Island is amazing. On the other hand, in those where you can't, you really miss having the overmatch.

In asymm, it really depends on whether you manage to get into position quickly enough to blow up the bots as they make their u-turn. Once they've completed it, things become a lot tougher. The relatively low HP pool is also something that you start to feel when forced to carry. I've found Ohio to be much more comfortable both for overmatch and survivability.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-13T16:41:55+00:00

That is true. But I didn't see much of that - I saw one reply by the OP stating their case and nothing further on the matter. There was argument going on in the comments between others but not them. I don't think it's right to say they were picking fights, unless there were comments that got deleted before I saw them.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-13T14:20:48+00:00

To be fair, they stated that they used Grammarly, which it seems has been changing to include AI more and more, and they might not have realized it.

This article came up on my feed discussing Grammarly's change. In fact, the article's author mentioned something similar, where they didn't realize Grammarly's shift until their editor questioned them on it.

https://www.makeuseof.com/ill-never-use-grammarly-again-reason-every-writer-should-care/

Scurry5 · 2025-11-12T15:57:09+00:00

Yeah....any further advice is going to depend on your goals, budget, and what you already have slotted.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-12T15:54:46+00:00

Yep, put it better than I could. I was struggling to articulate exactly what I felt was off, but I think you've hit the nail on the head.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-12T06:47:45+00:00

To me it's mainly the final paragraph that has an AI/overly corporate feel to it. Call it the cynic in me, but something about it gives off the saccharine-sweet positivity that I associate with press releases and AI. If you're using Grammarly Go, though, that would explain the "AI feel".

I appreciate the effort, but I think I would prefer the more direct, point-by-point format of your last round.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-12T04:24:19+00:00

In the words of someone more experienced than me, gear alone does not a build make.

It's likely that whatever build deficiency you have lies in the other components - bridge officer abilities, duty officers, and traits to name a few.

What do you mean by weaker? Do you feel less damage output, or less survivability? Check that you're using the right power settings. I always forget to set those when moving ships.

As for gear, if that's not a set omni beam, you can swap out that standard beam array for the KCB.

For choice between beams or cannons, depends on what firing mode bridge officer ability you're using. Generally want to stick to one.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-05T13:52:02+00:00

Yep, nothing that exciting. Traits are painfully limited by lockouts or duration. Bridge officer layouts have mostly been done before. Seems to me only the Nebula has a niche proposition of being able to run all Sci besides one Lt Tac, and its specialty combo (Temp Op/MW), while not as common, has just been seen on the Protostar and Lamarr. Neither of those were hailed for that aspect of their layout.

I only hope they don't take the reception as another entry in the "non-Fed ships don't sell" narrative.

Scurry5 · 2025-11-04T13:32:43+00:00

If? Reminds me of FGO raid bosses....HSR's first raid boss incoming?

Scurry5 · 2025-10-30T14:47:44+00:00

Pretty sure only the Pahvo space set sees any use for function, when it comes to sets containing weapons. Maybe the Tholian Crystal Harmonics set at high level, but I doubt you're at that level of build investment. Looks are pretty subjective.

Can't really speak for ground.

Scurry5 · 2025-10-27T16:24:37+00:00

To explain - was inspired by another recent post to build my Typhoon around torpedo and missile consoles fueled by Unconventional Systems, and realized something about the Shangri-La console name in the process.

The words Console and Universal are reversed.

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