I'm something of a brand new player, having only been logging in for around two weeks at this point, and have been enjoying the game a great deal. Running through the episodes has been quite fun and it's been making me all nostalgic for the old series. So, good job there! It was only about a week ago that I noticed the Peregrine on the C-Store...
Now, I'm a great fan of DS9 and watching the fighters being used in the Dominion Wars were pretty great, so, naturally, the first inclination was to pull out the credit card and see if I could snatch up one of those, since it was relatively cheap. Alas, though, the problem that I (and likely many others) have is making sure the extraneous bucks I do have (which, sadly, isn't a lot) go to things that will last. So, I started asking myself, "Ohh, how much will I get to do with the Peregrine?"
I have to say, I really want to buy it, but I can't really seem to validate its usefulness at the moment. The shield mod, 0.5, seems fairly low in a universe that can allow a box the size of an RV with two small nescells strapped to it go multiple times the speed of light, shoot particle beams and loose torpedoes. Granted, it's a smaller ship and shouldn't have the same shields, I admit fully, but It seems like you'd more or less get ripped to shreds in most situations. The shields would be gone in seconds. I've also heard that there's not very much content yet for shuttles and fighters at the present either...
So! To the point, I was wondering if there's been any word on anything in the near (or semi-near) future that focuses a little more on shuttles/fighters? It seems like a fun aspect of play that a lot of people would enjoy (I know I would) and I need those straws to grasp for so I can surpass fiscal common sense.
Anyways, thanks for your time!
(Also, please, avoid posts just outright bitterly attacking Cryptic or whatever about things not to one's own standards, how the game is doomed and what have you. Pretty much every other thread on the boards seem to have those lately.)
i hope for a PVP section devoted to shuttles and fighters and more stuff like the vault. Otherwise i would love to see the Valkyre class attack fighters and the Typhon Class Carrier get added to the game.
I suppose it might be a much to ask for something complex dedicated to the shuttles and fighters beyond PvP (I've never been great at that sort of play), but I can't imagine it'd be too difficult to make something akin to the repeatable Exploration missions, but made for doing with fighters and shuttles instead. Or even just a little mission series (nothing too complicated) to show them a little love. They're a fascinating part of the game play that I hope will see more light of day in the near and pseudo-near future.
It's nice to see some of the talented folks occasionally taking a crack at shuttle missions in the Foundry, of course, but it just whets the appetite and you want a little more, you know?
Actually, now that I've been thinking about it, I think there IS a rather simple solution to make them a little more (though not completely) viable for more missions.
Simply increase the tier of certain shuttles. A simple shuttle and runabout probably don't need to be higher then tier 1, since they are rather basic, but C-Store bought ones like the Peregrine could be improved a little. Or, they could run a tiered system dependent on rank/level. They already have items for the shuttles and fighters that tier dependent on your level, so perhaps the shuttles could tier along with them, thus making them slightly more effective as you go up in rank? You are, after all, going to be more skilled as you go. That addition of higher tiers automatically raise shield value in larger ships, so the system is already in place to do something like that for the smaller craft...
I'm mostly just tossing out ideas here. Still, could be interesting.
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You really aren't meant to use the fighters as your "Everyday Mission Running" ship, though. It just isn't powerful enough and was never meant to be.
It's nice to see some of the talented folks occasionally taking a crack at shuttle missions in the Foundry, of course, but it just whets the appetite and you want a little more, you know?
Simply increase the tier of certain shuttles. A simple shuttle and runabout probably don't need to be higher then tier 1, since they are rather basic, but C-Store bought ones like the Peregrine could be improved a little. Or, they could run a tiered system dependent on rank/level. They already have items for the shuttles and fighters that tier dependent on your level, so perhaps the shuttles could tier along with them, thus making them slightly more effective as you go up in rank? You are, after all, going to be more skilled as you go. That addition of higher tiers automatically raise shield value in larger ships, so the system is already in place to do something like that for the smaller craft...
I'm mostly just tossing out ideas here. Still, could be interesting.
Me 2 ! Would love to see more fighters released too I like the Peregrine its just not as sleek looking as the KDF fighter which names elude me atm
To'Duj. They ARE a very nice looking fighter, aren't they?