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SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited June 2012 in PvP Gameplay
DOH!

An fleet escort with more hull (36,000) + 1 hangar bay + eng lt.commander boff

EDIT: Now the changed the blog entry, now the hull is 30k, no 36k.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    A pity. Only one hangar bay....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Can't tell if you're being serious or not......gonna give you the benefit of the doubt though.

    While I would love to see a T5 variant of the Akira, turning it into a high-hull light carrier is not a good idea when you consider what would have to be given up in order to make the ship balanced vs. everything else.

    If the Akira had to come in as a light carrier then give it on par maneuverability with the rest of the Escorts and similar hull, the only question is what's the consequence of having a hangar on a ship that small.....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Doesn't the FE have Lt + Ens engineering? This has a LtCmdr Eng.

    It looks ****ing awesome too... That will make it more difficult to refrain from buying...
    sophlogimo wrote:
    A pity. Only one hangar bay....

    As if we don't already have enough npc spamming ships in pvp :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Doesn't the FE have Lt + Ens engineering? This has a LtCmdr Eng.

    It looks ****ing awesome too... That will make it more difficult to refrain from buying...

    Giving the ship a Lt. Cmdr Eng would probably be the route that they go I think, given the MVAM layout and that just about everything else has been done.

    But then again I don't think I've ever seem them say that they were willing make a T5 Akira....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3241

    It's happening.

    Same turnrate and hull as a FE and an engineering variant of the MVAM layout.

    EDIT: Far more hull than a FE actually...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3241
    lolooololalollolo

    epts3 escort!!
    f0 klingons
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Zorena wrote:
    http://www.startrekonline.com/node/3241
    lolooololalollolo

    epts3 escort!!
    f0 klingons

    Holy TRIBBLE......

    .......and where is the KDF equal? :mad:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Think about when this thing spits out a flight of Danubes. Tractor spam + escort guns, all in one ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    the Karfi.

    I'm buying one.. not for the stupid hangar, but for the uber torp barrage and the ability to mount warp plasma on an Escort.

    WP1 + Theta. + Escort durability = HAX!

    I'll see you suckers at the respawn point.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Doesn't the FE have Lt + Ens engineering? This has a LtCmdr Eng.

    It looks ****ing awesome too... That will make it more difficult to refrain from buying...



    As if we don't already have enough npc spamming ships in pvp :rolleyes:
    Players: "We need less Spam"
    Cryptic: "More Spam? Coming up right now!"

    In theory, I think an Escort Carrier would be fine, actually. If it was designed as a Tier 5 ship, and not as a Tier 5 +1 ship. This ship is clearly Tier 5 +1, since it has everything a Tier 5 Escort has, and then gets a hangar bay on top. (It's not clear from the description whether the torpedo spam power is a console o rnot, but I figure it is)

    Mustrum "Game Balance is of no concern when it makes us 25 $ for each sale" Ridcully
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I'm trying to find more info on the point-defense system and how it relates to the torps that you have on your ship to be honest. If you're locked into using torps on your ship to make it work then no thanks to it, otherwise there is a considerable amount of anti-spam in this spam ship....

    Here I was saving up C-points for this and that, and now I got to save up for this thing, lol.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    That torpedo crapper is awesome
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Just last night I was saying to Husnak "It's a shame there isn't an Escort with a LtC Engineer.. because then I could use Eject Warp Pee.." :rolleyes: And it's a Freeking Flight Deck based Escort..

    And I can't spend any money till July.. Time to Grind Dilithium I guess.. :(
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    The ship my Andorian tac admiral has been waiting for.
    (Yeah, you can keep your Kumari class, if it ever comes out. I'll be flying this, possibly with a blend of Akira, Thunderchild, and Armitage parts.)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ezEjae4WyM

    Still waiting on that Andorian Escort. :|
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Finally DEM2 and CRF3
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I guess we should be thankful they didn't put sensor analysis on it?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I guess we should be thankful they didn't put sensor analysis on it?

    They still have two days before they release it. :rolleyes:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Finally DEM2 and CRF3

    Actually using CRF will lower your overall damage while using DEM (it makes no sense I know but it's a bug that's been in the game since launch), because it doesn't time itself properly with the DEM pulses.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Whats frustrating is that Cruptic continue to release Federation ships that all have definitive roles vs. KDF carrier spam.

    When will the KDF be afforded that some luxury...

    I hope to ... that this torpodoe thing shares a CD with torpedo spread... Lord have mercy.

    AMS + Torp Spread + photon cluster @%# = WTH?

    or worst I hope that the console is not universal? Hate to see that it would do on a D'kora. But, honestly didn't read the stats. Maybe just stiring a hornet's nest here.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Whats frustrating is that Cruptic continue to release Federation ships that all have definitive roles vs. KDF carrier spam.

    When will the KDF be afforded that some luxury...

    I hope to ... that this torpodoe thing shares a CD with torpedo spread... Lord have mercy.

    AMS + Torp Spread + photon cluster @%# = WTH?

    or worst I hope that the console is not universal? Hate to see that it would do on a D'kora. But, honestly didn't read the stats. Maybe just stiring a hornet's nest here.

    The console wont be Universal its a tier 5 ship.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Players: "We need less Spam"
    Cryptic: "More Spam? Coming up right now!"

    Ah...someone else noticed this...
    After seeing countless threads about the KDF spamming fighters, Assaiton Assimilators mines, etc they answer by giving the Feds the ability to generate just as much.
    I forsee some PvP spam wars...:D
    Which side can get the most in the air at once?!
    Now...if the KDF could just get some good point defense gear...the Feds go that then the carriers, KDF has always had fighters but not one PD system outside of BFW and it just so so because it misses a lot vs small fast ships.
    Love one of those PD consoles that works like the Thunderchild's does.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Definitely sounds like a sweet ship, but I'm not sure I'll ever want one bad enough to pay for it.

    Maybe when I level up my Tac officer...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I wonder if it can equip the reinforced shield repair units instead of a fighter/runabout Could be interesting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    I was really hoping for a Saber class Escort:(.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    SteveHale wrote: »
    I was really hoping for a Saber class Escort:(.

    They do that and the Supersaber will be reborn.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    The system works! Hull reduced from 36k to 30k :D

    Now, if we could get the turn rate lowered too :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    The system works! Hull reduced from 36k to 30k :D

    Now, if we could get the turn rate lowered too :p

    What system works? lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    SteveHale wrote: »
    What system works? lol

    Complaining on the forums fo course :D

    Turns out it was just a typo anyway :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited June 2012
    Thinking about the Boff layout... this ship will be relatively easy to kill and will be very attractive to kill because it spawns fighters. I guess it will require very competent captains to use wisely.
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