STF Khitomer Ground Advanced 2-man Run Attempt

• published: 12 Feb 2015
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What have I been up to? Well, a bit of Star Trek Online action I feel like mentioning. And this is something I've wanted to do for a long time. That is, 2-manning Borg Ground STF. Aside of that, I've also used the recorded video to make a tutorial for my Czech STO friends, in order to at least make some nice use of the video, hence why the comments in Czech language throughout the video. Sooo... How did the run go? :) So - Me & friend, both of us Tactical Officers, tried our go at 2-manning Khitomer Ground Advanced. Normally, full 5-member team is required to complete the mission, and recommended too, as this is endgame content, geared towards full-teams - but as I said, this is something I wanted to do for along time as well as I look for more challenges for myself, hence why me & friend purposefully entered with just two of us. I also enjoy close-combat to hell & it's been my somewhat "signature" style for quite a while, as far as ground missions are concerned in Star Trek Online. Before it's dismissed that we "failed", as we didn't manage to destroy the IMR in alotted 15 minutes - it shall be noted, that current 'Advanced' STFs are equivalent to old Elite version of the mission - some people say it's harder than that. In fact - If this was old elite, we would have succeeded, but without the optional, as destroying IMR's in 15 minutes was originally an optional objective in Elite version of this STF. Unfortunately, we have missed the 15-minutes time-limit by a small margin. Since this was private queue, we have gone through the whole mission regardless, accomplishing it & killing the boss, as if this was the old Elite version. Regardless, despite of this, we still did better than some of 5-men teams out there. :P However - there's always room for improvement & by time of writing this description, I've already devised plan for our next attempt, to succeed in the 15 minutes timelimit, as I studied my playtrough and found moments, where we could've easily save time and make the completion possible in time. It goes without saying, that I'll be aiming to make a full completion and bring it to everyone's amusement, should I succeed with the endeavor. Note: My fleetmates have completed the run with just 2 people, before Delta Rising expansion, using completelly different setup than me and my friend, where they'd go Engineer (as such, explosives for nodes' destruction) and a Tactical Officer, so this shall be interesting challenge to set in front of myself. Stay tuned for completion with optional! Now, without further addo, the recorded video of my and my friend's run. MUSIC: Mass Effect 2 Soundtrack: Suicide Mission, because I thought it was fitting theme for this run! PS: No Captain Jan Darkrider was harmed, assimilated, mutilated or killed during filming of this video. However, it needs to be said, that without a single regret, a lot of Borg have fallen under the mighty shoes of before-mentioned Captain & her sidekick. XD