Pretty much any weekday after 6:30PM PDT and anytime on the weekends.

Bumpity bump.

So how's the recruitment going for everyone?

What day is good raiding day for you?

Like with everything there will always be people who have issues with content.

I guess common ones are the perceived Pay to Win model and I have to agree, it is there.

I think any one of us would struggle to compete against someone who had the best offerings that the game has. Can all these offerings be earned... yes, however, look at the time it would take. By the time anyone got to matching someone who had paid to get there, new abilities and content would be out and the gear would be redundant.

My big bug with the game is Multiple Toon grind... I would happily grind my merry way on my main toon, but once I have achieved that grind, to then have to spend the same time on each other toon, is disappointing :(
That said, do I need all these toons, probably not, But it would be nice to have one of each career. That is a lot of grind! Then there is wanting one of each faction lol.

They have gone a long way to improving this, new craft-able gear is account bound and rep tokens.

For every player that complains there will be 9 that are happy, and thus nothing will change :P

That is so amazing reading this and looking at those pictures of one of the first missions you do as soon as you enter the game. I remember looking up things about the game and hearing things people spoiled about the game as well as watching the ship and faction videos in the original STO site which was so cool! This was deffinatly one of the few Star Trek games that actually connected with me so much that I find my self falling in love with the Galaxy, the factions that make up the whole story that captivated me and the memories of logging in for the first time, making Scott Tetrius and being bummed that there was no Romulans. Then jumping right into the story and creating a family...my crew. :)

The game has it's bugs, it's lagging and rubber banding, it's fair share of trolls and people you wanna punch in STFs but as a whole game it really does make you feel like it's your star trek story. Just seeing those things that changed brings me back. :)
(kinda off topic but it's how i felt when I read the Article :) )

If anyone's still around and playing, I'm leveling an alt DamienXIII say hi or kill me or trade with me. Whatever suits your fancy.

Just a reminder to anyone who is attending today's events. The clocks have gone back in some countries, but not all.

To our European friends. This event link will offer an updated time to the days events.

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Dilithium+Battlezone+and+Mining+Event&iso=20141026T11&p1=80&ah=1

The start time is for the Voth Battleground. One hour later will be Dilithium mining, followed by another hour of Battlezone.

Yay! Thanks for the tips Voleron!
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ALSO, be sure to join us today (Saturday) and tomorrow (Sunday) for our bonus dilithium events and free prize give-aways! See the first post on the first page of this thread for a schedule of events! See you out there!

How did I JUST NOW see this thread??? I'll have to work overtime to get my costumes ready and do my hair/makeup just so. :P

I am working on mine, putting on the finishing touches tonight when I get home from work :)

Please find this link as my submission to the contest.

May the odds be ever in my favour.... hehehehehehe

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Jadis Dax's Biography. Please enjoy.

Captain Jadis Kinséy Tigán was born on Trill in the year 2370, her parents met while their ships were docked at Deep Space Nine during the installation phase of advanced Starfleet weapons systems upgrades prior to the Klingon-Cardassian war. It wasn’t until the year 2385, a decad after the Dominion Wars, that Jadis’s family decided to retire from Starfleet to live the simpler life back on Trill. During this time Jadis received training to become a host to the symbiont from another Trill. It wasn’t until she turned twenty three that she joined Starfleet. She became known for ability to analyse Borg technology and be able to apply Borg syntax algorithms to increase Starfleet Academy's main computer information processing speedby 15 %.

By the time she was twenty-six; she graduated from Starfleet Academy with high distinction and was given her first posting on the U.S.S. Farragut as the ship’s main science officer under the command of Captain Jeffrey Giles. During her time on the Farragut, she was called upon by the Trill Symbiosis Commission to join with the Dax symbiont. She felt the greatest honour in being able to be the host of a very renowned and respected symbiont. She was requested to come back to Trill to undergo the joining ceremony. The experience of the joining took a major toll on her ability to processes the memories and being able to separate her memories from her previous host’s memories and feelings. After she made a full recovery and was able to travel, she returned to the Farragut and proceeded with her duties. Her newly formed persona, strong, confident and serine in, nature were very characteristic of pasts hosts.

The U.S.S. Farragut was sent out to the Neutral Zone near Romulan space in the Alpha Centauri Sector. Its purpose was to catalog spatial distortions which looked similar to what the U.S.S. Voyager had encountered during its time in the Delta Quadrant. Before completing their scan of the distortion, a Borg Sphere appeared out of transwarp and began its attack on the Farragut. Both Captain Giles and the Commander were killed, and the 2nd officer was nowhere to be found during the attack. Jadis had to assume command and hold off the the Borg as long as she could. Her symbiont's knowledge of the Borg was very limited besides what she had read during her time as a cadet in the Academy as well as from her symbiont's pervious hosts experiences.

The last think Jadis remembered upon waking up with a green lights shining around her was a group of Borg drones appearing on the bridge and beginning to attack and assimilating the crew stationed there. Jadis was caught in the blast of an exploding console and knocked unconscious. She turned her head and saw several crew members whom she knew had been assimilated into the collective. Her worst fear came to life before her very eyes. The next feeling she felt was at her neck, where a pair of assimilation tubules piercing her carotid artery, injecting Borg nanites throughout her body.

Jadis’s eye opened up on an ice world, she couldn’t feel her body, and was feeling disoriented from the massive impalement of a metal pole through her abdomen. She looked around the area but knew something was wrong, she was hearing some soft voices as if someone was whispering in her ear, very closely. She looked around and reached out her left arm and saw that it had been replaced with a cybernetic prosthesis of Borg origin. She didn't remember anything about how it got there, let alone any memory of who she was. The next few moments became a blur to her as she saw silhouettes of a group of people appearing in front of her before losing consciousness due to her injuries.

She awoke laying on a biobed in a sickbay. She attempted to move but felt restrained. She spoke out with her mechanically modulated voice that the Borg gave her. A person in a silver body suit came forth and said, "You were damaged and we have made attempts to correct this.". Jadis was mesmerized by the person who spoke to her. She had pale, golden blonde hair, with a silvery crescent of metal encompassing her left orbital eye contour. She wondered if she was dreaming or if it were a hallucination of some sort. “Doctor, Please remove the forcefield that is holding this drone in the biobed,” said the silver-suited stranger. "Drone, what is this person talking about?" Jadis thought, and then she remembered about her arm. Jadis didn't know what she could do or say at this moment of time to be able to understand what had happened to her.

Jadis' disconnection from the Collective allowed her to remember who she was, what she was and what year it was. The year was 2407; a long time has passed to what her service record had contained prior to her assimilation into the Collective. Both her parents had died as they attempted to search for Farragut’s remains out in the Alpha Centauri Sector. They were killed by the Romulan Warbird Virinat; she was reminded about the incident on Romulus back in 2387. These people and their names meant nothing to her, as all she remembers were these 9 people whom seemed important to her, but she couldn't recall their faces, yet she knew them as well as she knew herself. Then it suddenly hit her, the symbiont!

Jadis’s symbiont was injured due to the abdominal trauma, but made a full recovery thanks to is infusion of Borg technology, though she could not understand why the symbiont was not removed when they were both assimilated. Starfleet Medical wanted to get their hands on the symbiont in order to study and understand the nature of its partially assimilated state. The Trill Symbiosis Commission objected to and insisted to have the symbiont removed and destroyed. Since being released from Starfleet Medical, Jadis has conducted her own investigation into the condition of the Dax symbiont she still carries within her. She has determined that the symbiont's size is slightly bigger than it originally was prior to her assimilation into the Collective. The symbionts natural chemicals it produced had increased significantly. Jadis has theorized that with these changes to her metabolic, the symbionts healing capabilities are higher than any known symbiont on record.

Jadis refused and appealed to both of Starfleet HQ and the Trill Symbiosis Commission and made it clear that no attempts at examining or removing of the symbiont would be done as they deemed Jadis as an individual and no longer a Borg Drone. This sparked massive debates on the Trill Homeworld on the fact that the Dax symbiont was no longer a symbiont fully recognised by Trill standards. Jadis was approached by many people who insisted on examining it to see what changes were done which were supervised closely to ensure no harm came to Jadis.

The next two years after being found on the P class planet, Starfleet had asked if Jadis would consider taking up a field commission of Captain with her insights and knowledge of the Borg as there has been an increase in Borg activity. Jadis accepted the field commission of Captain and became the Captain of the U.S.S. Armagosa and the U.S.S. Olympus. Her dual command of these two ships was very rare and unusual, but she found the need to use one ship to take care of imminent needs to nearby planets and the other for escort and protection missions. She mainly commands the Armagosa for its quick nimble maneuvering capabilities in combat.

During her time of being in command, there was a transporter incident where Jadis became two people. This incident happened twice before with Commander William Riker and Captain James T Kirk. But in this case, Jadis’s twin, Jade wasn’t just a copy of Jadis, but was the complete polar opposite of Jadis. Instead of being kind and compassionate, Jade was ruthless, analytical and aggressive. In Jade’s eyes the world was too soft and she wanted to cause trouble during her stay on the Armagosa. It wasn’t until Jade left the ship and found her calling to join the Klingon Empire during their war with the Federation. Not much was certain on how much information she knows about the Starfleet protocols and codes to access encrypted messages from Starfleet. After this incident Starfleet had changed all necessary protocols to prevent possible sabotage by the Klingon Empire. As far as Starfleet was concerned, this incident was to be kept confidential and not disclosed without Beta level clearance. As such, Jadis’s twin Jade, was as far as anyone was concerned, a rogue Trill who was impersonating a Starfleet Captain in hopes to destabilized the Alpha Quadrant by fostering an image of corruption in the Starfleet Ranks. The pair have met in battle several times but neither were able to gain the upper hand over the other. The only physical characteristic that differentiates the them from one another, is the sizable scar along the left side of her face, obtained from a ship to ship combat between the U.S.S. Armagosa and the I.K.S. Vurn.

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Thread bump! Halloween's coming up quickly! Be sure to head to the tailor and create your zombie and costume contest costumes, for multiple chances to win BiG ZEN!

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Hope i can make it if not i heard dex will give me half of the dil he earns

you heard that did you? then you might need to get yourself a hearing test :)

Hope i can make it if not i heard dex will give me half of the dil he earns

DO NOT FORGET THE FREE LOBI>

To celebrate the amazing success of the expansion, we’re giving away 20 Lobi each day on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday this coming weekend. To get your free Lobi visit Grym in Earth Spacedock or Qo’noS to pick yours up.
You can visit once each day on Friday October 24, Saturday October 25, and Sunday October 26 between 12:00AM and 11:59PM PDT. ( http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9001223 )

I’m not entirely planning on winning here, but this is probably the greatest opportunity to share the bio I've had on my character since inception. So here it goes:

Born on Earth from a Trill mother and Human father Justin Matthew Jovanisen lived quite a normal life. His dreams and aspirations early in childhood included joining Starfleet and captaining his own vessel. He played make-believe with a few of his friends to this end and, of course, he was the captain. Although it was a game to most, he took it as training for his future endeavors

The basement of his parent cottage served as the bridge of the USS CandyCane (a name created spontaneously by his sister.) According to the schematics of the ship, it only had three decks. The basement served as decks one and two with a hung sheet to separate them. The bathroom (head) had its own deck, upstairs and to the left. It was given that one must make the ‘whoosh’ noise as you pass under the sheet.

Con was an old style school desk, a wicker chair as the captain’s chair, and a board covering two sawhorses served as tactical and science. The ancient 386 computer was the most recent upgrade from crayon drawn consoles. Sickbay was stuffed onto the second deck right next to the brig (which was occupied frequently), and 2-forward. The second deck also had what can only be described as a generic space which was used as a science lab, holodeck, armory, crew quarters, transporter room, shuttle bay, engineering (most of the time), phaser room (not kidding here, there was a room dedicated to phasers), cargo bay, nacelle operations, and hide and seek spot. All of which were staffed by whatever friend was over at the time. Field commissions were handed out liberally.

Away missions were always a given. The equipment for them was not so much up to Starfleet regulations. Tricorders were made out of creatively colored pieces of wood, a broken TI-96, and an old speak-and-spell. Water guns served as phasers. It was a known fact that the medical officers aboard the ship performed miracles for he and his friends died a lot. Mostly from lego-laden borg equipped with wrapping paper tubes and tongs. Additionally, the USS CandyCane exploded more than 26 times. After that he ran out of letters and didn’t care anymore.

In a dramatic twist, an emergency procedure saw him joined to the Zov symbiont when he was only 19. After a traumatic two years he felt ready to start his Starfleet career. Starfleet agreed. Through the difficult task of sorting his memories from those of the previous hosts he changed his name to Rand.

You guys are so picky sometimes. *stuffing things in fleet bank willy nilly* ;) :P

Hey Maxwell, the following is directly off the SWTOR website:

To qualify for the Class Experience Boost, you must pre-order the Shadow of Revan Digital Expansion and your account must be in active subscription status during the pre-order period ending December 1, 2014, at 11:59PM PST / December 2, 2014, at 7:59AM GMT. For Subscribers, the Class Experience Boost is effective immediately upon your pre-order purchase and expires December 1, 2014, at 11:59PM PST / December 2, 2014, at 7:59AM GMT.

The way I read this, you'll need a 1 or 2 month subscription to get the 12 XP boost in addition to the purchase of the expansion.

I'm a bit confused now. Is the XP boost available only for subscribers or all who pre-ordered? Note: I'm not subscriber (only preferred status).

The results of the Capture this event have now been posted. Thank you to all who participated in all events and see you at our next member mixer, stay tuned! :)