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900-day vet reward hull material - not for all ship classes?

nanomorphnanomorph Member Posts: 203 Arc User
edited July 2012 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
See, I run a Galor, so you can imagine my disappointment that the "Veteran" hull material isn't available for it.

So what gives?
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  • capnbluddcapnbludd Member Posts: 17 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    nanomorph wrote: »
    See, I run a Galor, so you can imagine my disappointment that the "Veteran" hull material isn't available for it.

    So what gives?

    /shrug I expected it to be for fed/klingon ships myself so I wasn't looking to see it on my galor or d'kora. I would have been surprised to be honest.
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  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    I can see why iy might have problems for the lockbox ships, since its not faction specific they would have to make the unique material for it twice, once for each faction, and it might not work properly as the material doesnt tell what faction your from it would most likely randomly pick one of the two.
  • shantavishantavi Member Posts: 129 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Yeah, I also only expected it for ships you can currently switch materials for, which would not include any of the 'racial' ships that have no alternate hull material currently.

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  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Would be cool to see on my Tuffli when I get there... the Tuffli already looks pretty hilarious with the Aegis set on it.
  • nanomorphnanomorph Member Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    tenkari wrote: »
    I can see why iy might have problems for the lockbox ships, since its not faction specific they would have to make the unique material for it twice, once for each faction, and it might not work properly as the material doesnt tell what faction your from it would most likely randomly pick one of the two.

    Then they could just make a unique veteran material for the ship class itself regardless of the faction?
  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    azniadeet wrote: »
    Would be cool to see on my Tuffli when I get there... the Tuffli already looks pretty hilarious with the Aegis set on it.

    pics or it didn't happen.
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  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    darkstarkirian wrote: »
    pics or it didn't happen.

    I'd be happy to post some when I'm at home later. :)
  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    nanomorph wrote: »
    See, I run a Galor, so you can imagine my disappointment that the "Veteran" hull material isn't available for it.

    So what gives?

    JamJamz official word.
    Ian Richards&#8207 wrote: »

    Unfortunately, no. Only Human and Klingon ships will be getting the vet materials. The TOS Connie is also excluded.
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  • darkstarkiriandarkstarkirian Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    azniadeet wrote: »
    I'd be happy to post some when I'm at home later. :)

    groovy, can't wait.
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  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited July 2012
    Hi Captains,

    We mentioned the following in this Dev Blog: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=597211
    *Please note that allied alien (Catiain Atrox Carrier, Vulcan D?Kyr, etc.) and lock box (Jem?Hadar Attack Ship, Cardassian Galor, etc.) ships, as well as the TOS Constitution class, are not able to use this new material.

    Sorry! :(

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Speaking of...

    Any chance the TOS Constitution material can be unlocked for ALL ships at some point, as well as the "Type 6" material that is used on +1 C-Store ships?

    FWIW, i'm pretty sure Caitian, isn't spelled the way you wrote it PWE_BranFlakes
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  • th3gr4ndnagu5th3gr4ndnagu5 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Please note that allied alien (Catiain Atrox Carrier, Vulcan D?Kyr, etc.) and lock box (Jem?Hadar Attack Ship, Cardassian Galor, etc.) ships, as well as the TOS Constitution class, are not able to use this new material.

    And the reason those ships wont be "able" to use that skin is because they *decided* not to make versions for those ships. The question is, why did they make that choice?
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  • phantomeightphantomeight Member Posts: 567 Bug Hunter
    edited July 2012
    It would probably look stupid... imagine a Galor, the vulcan ship, D'Kora, a bug, or any others on that list flying around with a "Material" that looks Federationish... like the type 6. It would look incredibly stupid.

    I would bet the new material will be like the type 6 where it will look Federationish... and some variant for the Klinks.

    As far as the TOS Connie, they probably wont touch that ship with a 10 foot pole and rightfully so. Probably because of CBS and probably because anything about that ship is just radioactive around here... I personally think the Connie and the NX should not even be in game... and I am only cool with the Miranda because it was getting one shotted all over in the DS9 series during the war.
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  • sotaudisotaudi Member Posts: 7 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    meurik wrote: »
    Speaking of...

    Any chance the TOS Constitution material can be unlocked for ALL ships at some point, as well as the "Type 6" material that is used on +1 C-Store ships?

    FWIW, i'm pretty sure Caitian, isn't spelled the way you wrote it PWE_BranFlakes
    (would also love to be un-blocked on Twitter, since I can't send pm's on the new forums)

    Correcting his spelling and then asking to be unblocked is not exactly the strategy I would employ. :D
  • jam062307jam062307 Member Posts: 197 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    th3gr4ndnagu5 wrote: »
    And the reason those ships wont be "able" to use that skin is because they *decided* not to make versions for those ships. The question is, why did they make that choice?

    Isn't that obvious....because they wanted to give you something to point out and complain about on the forums. Mission Succeeded!
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  • blitzy4blitzy4 Member Posts: 839 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    phantomeight wrote: »
    It would probably look stupid... imagine a Galor, the vulcan ship, D'Kora, a bug, or any others on that list flying around with a "Material" that looks Federationish... like the type 6. It would look incredibly stupid.

    I'd actually like that
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  • meurikmeurik Member Posts: 856 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    sotaudi wrote: »
    Correcting his spelling and then asking to be unblocked is not exactly the strategy I would employ. :D

    I was blocked on Twitter for a completely different reason than "spell correction" :D

    Would love to apologize, but it's hard to do unless I know he reads it. Can't send him a PM under this new forum software.

    EDIT: Guess I found the PM system after writing this post :)
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  • th3gr4ndnagu5th3gr4ndnagu5 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    jam062307 wrote: »
    Isn't that obvious....because they wanted to give you something to point out and complain about on the forums. Mission Succeeded!

    Complaints mean you are unhappy about something. I dont personally care about this issue, so I have no complaint. Pointing out a fact(that the Dev team did not create a skin for the ships listed) is not a complaint either, it is simply a fact.
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  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    th3gr4ndnagu5 wrote: »
    Complaints mean you are unhappy about something. I dont personally care about this issue, so I have no complaint. Pointing out a fact(that the Dev team did not create a skin for the ships listed) is not a complaint either, it is simply a fact.

    Its possible the skin looked silly on those ships and the devs decied to not release it. Or could be a CBS issue, or maybe they were too lazy to do it. I'm not but hurt about it either so I don't care. And I don't feel the devs need to explain every business/art decision they make.
  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    Here's my Tuffli freighter with the Aegis set equipped:
    http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/254/aegisfreighter.png

    Here it is with the Borg set equipped:
    http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/507/borgfreighter.png

    I haven't had a chance to try out the Jem Hadar, Reman, or Breen sets.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    azniadeet wrote: »
    Here's my Tuffli freighter with the Aegis set equipped:
    http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/254/aegisfreighter.png

    Here it is with the Borg set equipped:
    http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/507/borgfreighter.png

    I haven't had a chance to try out the Jem Hadar, Reman, or Breen sets.

    The Aegis looks so much better on it.
  • th3gr4ndnagu5th3gr4ndnagu5 Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    kingdoxy wrote: »
    Its possible the skin looked silly on those ships and the devs decied to not release it.

    If I hadnt just seen the Reman skin on a D'kora that logic might actually make sense :o
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  • azniadeetazniadeet Member Posts: 1,871 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    starkaos wrote: »
    The Aegis looks so much better on it.

    The cool blue combined with the general shape of the freighter just draws up thoughts of an ice cube tray. :P
  • dunespicedunespice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    th3gr4ndnagu5 wrote: »
    If I hadnt just seen the Reman skin on a D'kora that logic might actually make sense :o

    Agreed completely. I'd like to know if these lockbox ships (which amount to a large amount of revenue for Cryptic) are ever going to get these new skins.

    The ships sure cost the players enough to get in the first place, you'd think Cryptic could perhaps return the favour in the form of some Veteran skins.

    But if time and resources are truly limited, I suppose I can understand the lack of lockbox ship skin support.

    Looks nice though! :D
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    The regular ship materials fit only the regular Starfleet and KDF ships. The alien ships are built with alien shipyards so the same options are not available. Therefore the alien ships don't have the same options that the main shipyards have. Its kind of like how people don't expect Volkswagons coming from Honda. The set shields on the other hand are upgrades that are added to the ship on top of ship armor. So that is why it makes sense for alien ships to have unique ship skins and the set shields work on them or at least should work on them.
  • dunespicedunespice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    starkaos wrote: »
    The regular ship materials fit only the regular Starfleet and KDF ships. The alien ships are built with alien shipyards so the same options are not available. Therefore the alien ships don't have the same options that the main shipyards have. Its kind of like how people don't expect Volkswagons coming from Honda. The set shields on the other hand are upgrades that are added to the ship on top of ship armor. So that is why it makes sense for alien ships to have unique ship skins and the set shields work on them or at least should work on them.

    Perhaps lockbox ships could retain their original hull "color," but adopt the veteran glowy lines (blue for feds and red for klinks).

    Just a thought :)
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  • talzerotwotalzerotwo Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    If the focus is being brought back to Federation and KDF specific faction ships, then I'm all for making the skin limited to those specific ships. Shift focus from lockbox ships, back to fleet ships. Just be glad you got those unqiue boats :)
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  • nanomorphnanomorph Member Posts: 203 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Hi Captains,

    We mentioned the following in this Dev Blog: http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=597211



    Sorry! :(

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    Alright, I'll accept that. So what about the freebie Odyssey? It's the only other ship I have that'll let me run all four of my efficient boffs, and I can't use the Veteran material on it either. :(
  • matteo716maikaimatteo716maikai Member Posts: 823
    edited July 2012
    i am having issues with the new skin, i cant seem to use it on my intrepid retro fit and when i go to select the ship paint pattern there are only the basic 13 to pick from. did i miss something?
  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited July 2012
    How about for the 900 day material on lockbox ships we have the following:
    Galor= yellow lines
    D'kora = Gold pressed latinum (come on Jamz, we know you have that)
    Jem'hadar = purple lines

    Feel free to add to this list the faction allied ships.
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