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Rants, ruminations, and rambling remarks from my mad, muddled, meandering mind.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Once Again, the Glow

One problem with leveling every time you complete a STO mission is that the dialogue box is huge and can't be moved off the screen, not even a portion of it. So I've been missing my own Glow. Luckily for Sctrz, she turned in a mission while I was tooling around, and I managed to capture this shot of her Warbird, the Calamity, as her Rommy Commander, Kerina achieved level 8 (IIRC).

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  1. Niiiiiccceee.

    But yes, I've been getting "the glow" quite frequently, and usually with a mission turn-in, so I've had the same problem.

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    1. Yeah, the leveling rate, at least for Romulans, seems designed to get you to the Fed/KDF choice a.s.a.p. Are they figuring more people are coming back for the expansion than are brand new to the game?

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    2. Well, from my experience the leveling rate doesn't slow down. I also assume that they expect new players to come in for this expansion, not to mention old players that dropped them years ago (cough me cough). I think the high experience rate is designed to make up for the dearth of other obvious leveling options; fleet actions are hidden and patrol missions have become one-off affairs. Heck, there aren't even data samples lying around the new missions!

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  2. Hmm, when I snap screenies in STO, the game automatically gets rid of my UI so when I look at the final pics they are blessedly HUD and dialogue window free. Is the "glow" considered a part of the UI and won't show up either? Guess I should test this.

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    1. I didn't know this about the in-game screen caps! I use FRAPS, and thus must live with the HUD.

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    2. AH, check your Cryptic folder for screenshots, assuming you've been using "print screen."

      Yes, the UI disappears. That's how I got the pics in this and the last post. I did take pics of my leveling to 10/Centurian last night. I'll post them this evening, probably.

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