David Hingtgen

New ship seems to be level 11, not 10.

Actually, I'm kind of getting bored with it already. Missions are repeating. Last 3 space ones in a row were: "Circle around a planet. Eliminate the 5 groups of enemies. 1 group is a battle cruiser, 2 are a pair of destroyers, and 2 are a trio of frigates". Sometimes Gorn, sometimes Orion, sometimes Klingon. Ground missions are also all the same---"dispatch several groups of enemies---the leader of each group has shields, and most groups will also have some alien dogs to hassle you too". Klingons have targs, Gorn have saurs, dunno what Orions have. And I'm already running into missions that I simply cannot complete with a Miranda class. Like any with 3 Negh'var class cruisers at once... Yes, I realize it's an MMO, but these are "starter" missions I'm being given that are 10x what some of the other ones are. Again---early levelling is too slow. I don't want to do the same 4 missions another couple dozen times to get another ship. Also---is there a plot, or is the goal of the game simply to acquire a Sovereign class while reading tidbits of narrative?

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It's always been that way. I mean, you STILL can't find any FemShep references for ME1, asides from maybe 1 official screenshot. Also, the "official" Shep is featured for a reason---it's pure marketing, they want a "face" for the brand that's iconic and consistent. Mainly to stick in the mind of the casual gamer who only sees the occasional ad and box art. That's why you also don't ever see any other male Sheps. Note that Dragon Age doesn't have an "official" player Grey Warden at all, but they do show Duncan a lot. (plus, they have a really cool blood dragon logo anyways---Mass Effect's logo is merely a silver font) Anyways--plenty of reports of street date being broken the past day, if you're out and about this weekend, may want to look around. (I won't be, as I'm waiting for my collector's edition) Also, I noticed that during The Plan, they showed ME 2 ads constantly---and now again during the Caprica premiere---they must think there's an overlap in appeal or something, as it's the only time I see ME 2 ads.(which I of course mute and close my eyes for)

A lot of people just plain don't press the pedal down AT ALL and just idle away from the light. I mean, when I'm the 2nd or 3rd person at a light, and I'm the last one to get through---they're accelerating WAY too slow. (also, when you accelerate THAT slow, it's actually less fuel efficient than a more rapid acceleration----full throttle is of course the least efficient, but just like going 10mph instead of 50mph, a "moderate" rate is the most efficient, both for acceleration and cruise)

FF VII was shorter, and once you bought it, you could take as long as you wanted. You weren't paying each month and feeling a need to "justify" the montly expense. Also, 10 hours in, you were proportionately much more powerful, compared to STO.

Levelling up seems to take a while---I swear my missions are giving me LESS stuff, but taking longer. I may not get a new ship before the beta ends at this rate. (also, I'm getting real sick of the "find randomly located ships/anomalies/planets" missions--which is like half of them)

New episode tonight. (I really don't get how they schedule---a week ago it was a repeat of what was new just 2 weeks before that)

"More clicks than a school of dolphin telegraph operators". Epic.

Took the back of a crashed F-18C, the front of a crashed F-18B, and ended up with what they say is an F-18D. Canada invented the franken-Hornet (they have a sorta-C model I think made from a CF-18A and someone's F-18D), but the US beat them all with the Franken-Prowler, which is made from THREE different planes! Franken-Hornets and Franken-Prowlers exist because they're desperately needed but out of production. (you really can't buy an F-18F to replace a B-model)

Yeah, loading seems to be MUCH slower than the first time I played.

Finland's franken-Hornet crashed. Hope it wasn't related to the "surgery". Both crew members are safe luckily.

Fists? This is Basara's valk. Much like missiles and landing gear, those were almost never used in the show and so aren't really missing.

I just started, then the 'net went out across half the state, so I just got to play again for the 2nd time for a little bit. Got the new patch, and ironically---THEN I started getting some big bugs, but the "bug" button is gone! Graphical, mainly. My character and ship keep getting switched. I've got a Miranda class skating around on the ground, and my captain swims through space... (and can fire phasers!)

The internet was down across much of Iowa for the past 24 hours, so my connection went out very soon after I started trying out the beta. I'll play again tonight. I think I have the only Kobali captain so far...

I'll have to agree---the V2 toys that I have seen, are pretty good as toys go for sprue marks. There's few that are better.

Blame EXO, he's the one that locked it IIRC.

Well, if you managed to transform a Yamato toy without breaking it, you should be able to transform almost anything now.

Anyone else find it ironic that Bandai did so well on a small VF-19 which is generally considered to have the most "anime magic" of all valks with regards to shape/transformation-----yet they didn't do so well on a larger, more expensive, much simpler/realistically-transforming VF-25?

They split the intakes off from the hips! No one has done that but SHE. (it's one of the 2 big things I complained about and drew illustrations for when the CAD for Yamato's came out). That makes a big difference to battroid mode appearance/poseability. (and that's how the line art shows it).

No, I haven't ever modeled a D-model Hornet, and when I do it'll be the Bengals. (only D-model I've ever seen)

Flankers as aggressors has long been suggested/rumored. Especially as there is now no F-14 for the F-15/16/18 to practice against.

Almost all instructions for all transforming toys tend to "simplify" things. If what's REALLY required is to "pull out slightly to the side to disengage a post, then rotate just a bit to get past the hook on the tab, then you can pull the legs down"---the instructions will really just say/show "pull the leg straight down", and depend/hope on the plastic bending without breaking until the owner figures out EXACTLY what really needs to happen. The above is true for all toys from all manufacturers. The chest plate/forward fuselage joint on the V2 VF-1 is a great example of this. What they show and what really needs to happen are very different--I'm surprised there's no broken chest plates/tabs on MW AFAIK.

No, this not the Black Aces. Also see: http://www.airliners.net/photo/USA---Marin...-18D/1488110/L/

I'd appreciate that. And with Mass Effect 2 coming next week, I couldn't put many hours into it anyways now.