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Well, I'd absolutely love a Miranda with this D'Deridex-esque layout: XXXX TRIBBLE TRIBBLE X X Would reflect how it's a starter ship that's roughly balanced between the three classes - give it a cruiser command or two, sensor analysis and I think you'd have one interesting ship to play... Or how 'bout an Oberth with the…
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Huh, it was quite a surprise to see the old threadnought closed. It was kinda like the mascot of the STO forums; seeing it closed is a little... sad. Anyway, to actually get back on topic, here are some of my thoughts on the Galaxy and its implementation in STO (Disclaimer: there are a lot, and they might not be totally…
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It would be a start if they could manage to assimilate Tactical Team, EPTS or Hazard Emitters... :P
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Personally, I don't think giving the Galaxy a universal ensign would be much of an improvement. You can put either a tac or a sci officer there - in which case your Galaxy is now either a Heavy Cruiser (with a worse console layout and turn rate), or a Star Cruiser (with a worse console layout and turn rate). Or you put an…
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Always good to see a bit of storytelling going on in the dev blogs - it's nice to see there's more happening in the STO universe than the story missions! The real question now is whether or not "advancing the curve" means advancing to gear that's still worse than Fleet/Rep stuff... ;)
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Hey, I still use all Klingon crews on my KDF chars. Just doesn't feel right to do it any other way. Makes the fact that all the dialogue is written for Klingons much less of a problem too. :D
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Ser Barristan Selmy - Excelsior. Old, much renowned, and still one of the best there is in battle.
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I (respectfully) disagree. The Galaxy is decent at tanking, sure, but she's definitely not a great one - she doesn't have enough sci slots. It can't even run HE, ST and TSS all at the same time like, say, the Star Cruiser, let alone access higher levels of those powers like an Ambassador or Oddy. The bottom line is, the…
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What builds are optimal with 8 Eng boffs? The Galaxy layout locks you into ET1 and means you can't effectively use higher level EPTX powers, a problem any ship with 7 Eng boffs doesn't have (with a much more useful Ensign power to boot). I'm not trying to be mean here, I just genuinely can't think of anything. :confused:
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How 'bout Risian Star? :P
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Random thought incoming: What if A2B was an ability starting at Lt. Cmdr rank for Eng boffs rather than Lt? That way, the ships with overly Eng focused layouts still have a means of being not completely useless, but the vast proliferation of A2B is checked... I know it'll never happen, but it was a fun thought. :P
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I disagree with this, purely because like the Odyssey is supposed to be the pinnacle of Starfleet Cruiserhood, the Bortas'qu is supposed to be the pinnacle of Klingon Battlecruiserhood. Based on literally every other comparison between equivalents in the two factions' respective cruiser lineups (Ambassador and Kamarag,…
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Personally I tend to lean more towards the Star Empire, but as it was in TNG rather than in STO. There's a lot of talk about how Romulans were pretty two dimensional in the later shows, but I never really found that. I always found them to range a wide spectrum of morality, rarely being shown as either completely good or…
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Personally I'm reminded of the Fleet Tor'kaht by the Risian cruiser. A Fleet Tor'kaht without a 4th tac console, cloak, bonus weapon power and the ability to mount cannons. :D And yeah, the whole luxury cruise ship getting made into a tactical cruiser (admittedly not a very good one) seemed... odd. How many times in this…
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Hmm. The luxury tub actually looks less powerful than I was expecting, given the pattern set by the Undine ships and then the Tempest. It kind of reminds me of the Fleet Vor'Cha, but with a more Eng heavy slant - somewhere between the Vor'Cha and Negh'Var, actually. Interesting that Cryptic didn't just make it a…
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Even more than I want all that stuff for my Miranda (and I want it a lot; I'm a huge fan of the Miranda Class), I want the option to use darkened nacelles rather than lit ones. I also agree that the Galaxy/Galaxy-X/Nebula could use another revamp, exclusively focused on the tailor this time. :D
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Agreed; I'm always glad to see more Federation species show up. Come to think of it, I wouldn't mind getting a Risian Boff option as well.
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Except that the T'varo, B'Rel and Steamrunner are all Tier 1 ships with fleet quality versions. ;)
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Personally I feel that at this point it there's so much insane, random and canon-violating stuff that's been chucked into STO in the name of fun that nothing the devs could possibly add would make much difference, swimsuits included. I just hope the pricing of the swimwear reflects the fact that it's only usable on one…
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There's a reason that I stick to Mk IX common phaser pistols on my Starfleet characters, and this is it. I would do dirty things to get Cryptic to recycle that model for an endgame weapon... :(
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I'd remove the Galaxy Class and all its variants. Purely because then Cryptic can sell an entirely new, gloriously OP ship with not horrific stats and wrap it in a Galaxy Class skin. :D
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The lack of good eyes is what really kills the in-game Remans for me. It's esspecially annoying since the C-Store pictured ones seem to have yellow eyes, we as players just don't get them. I would love a unique Reman facial expression with the lips parted and the fangs showing, though. (hint hint character artist dev…
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K'mpec. I mean, if you rule the Empire longer than anyone else (without even having the physique of a warrior :P) you've gotta be doing something right.
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I always found the whole Republic using plasma thing to be a bit weird, myself. Not from a gameplay point of view - Cryptic wanted to make the Romulans different from the other factions and so on, and Romulans had the whole plasma torpedo thing already, which is fine. But from a lore point of view? Despite having minimal…
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In no particular order: - The fact the Romulan Republic uses Ha'apax warbirds as their battleship mobs instead of D'Deridexes (D'Deridexi?). I get that they were trying to be different, but one is awesome and canon. The other is... not. - All those aliens that look like people were just hitting the random button rather…
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If the Regent is any indication, the fleet version would get the Lt Tac made universal... :P
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While it can't use the TOS model, it should be noted the T'Varo can use the Aged Romulan hull material, for what it's worth.
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Fully playable Tal Shiar/RSE was discussed a lot back when the Romulans were announced, and for a while after, but the verdict overwhelmingly seems to be that it's not going to happen (for several reasons). That said, there's enough in game that you can get a crew that feels decently like a part of the Tal Shiar - we get…
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Prior to reading this thread, I'd just assumed the Constellation would get thrown in as a Heavy Cruiser Refit for 1000 Zen at T3. But something just occurred to me - all the refits are 2409 style ships/skins. What if the Constellation just gets added as another option to all Heavy Cruisers for free... and at the same time…
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I think that's just another case of different classifications for player and NPC ships, like how the NPC Vo'quv gets called a dreadnought even though the player one is a carrier. Although now that I think about it, a tac heavy cruiser with a high turn rate would have fitted the Nebula perfectly... :rolleyes: