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Season 6 Dev Blog #19

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    trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I got the forward sweeping with my Imperial class skin, actually looks pretty good.

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    EDIT: Does this mean we are getting the Fleet Assault Cruiser back?
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    insanerandomnesinsanerandomnes Member Posts: 228 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Aaaaaaaaaaahhhh, finally! Wewt! Hoping too see some serious firepower out of this (and the inevitable fleet version). Been waiting for this ship for a long time, and I have too say, it looks freakin' spectacular.
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    f8explorer#7814 f8explorer Member Posts: 1,328 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    hypl wrote: »
    I don't like it, but at least people wanting to fly a better Sovereign will get their wish.

    ...Assuming the stats are good.

    I'm betting she has the stats that the "Fleet Assault Cruiser" was supposed to have before it was pulled from the ship procurement window in game.
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    jonathanlonehawkjonathanlonehawk Member Posts: 674 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    koppenflak wrote: »
    Subsequent question...

    And I would take back everything I said if you say yes...

    ...Will mixing parts prevent me from using the 2409 skin? As that is still the case with the Venture, Sao Paulo and Armitage...

    Yeah -- I have this same question. It would be nice if we could use parts from the whole ship we purchased with the material we received with that purchase.
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    f8explorer#7814 f8explorer Member Posts: 1,328 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    linyive wrote: »
    Twenty bucks says its slow turn rate will kill its potential.

    Turn rate will be around six to eight.

    After buying the Science Odyssey from the c-store, I learned a valuable lesson form the experience.

    Do not invest in floating bricks.

    Even though this may have a strong hull, the ship is going to be a paper weight in space.

    Betting her turn rate is at least as good as the current assault cruiser.
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    f8explorer#7814 f8explorer Member Posts: 1,328 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    thenaphl wrote: »
    Can we get one Klingon ship? Just one? Please?

    If you want a KDF equal of this bird ... look to Tier II of the fleet ships.

    Fleet Vor'cha refit ... http://www.stowiki.org/Fleet_Vor%27cha_Battle_Cruiser_Retrofit
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    daalagtcdaalagtc Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Looks ok on the screenshots.
    Something worth to spend the stipend on :)
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    xenor002xenor002 Member Posts: 424
    edited August 2012
    Holy Shat!

    Finally the Sovereign refit people have been asking for over a year haha. Hmm the one thing I'm iffy about (well seeing that we don't have stats yet) is that half the ship looks like a kitbash of the science vessels we have.
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    aegon1iceaegon1ice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Yay for the Sovie refit, but nay for the design. I am gonna use the "classic" Sovereign design instead.
    Good try JamJamz, but this design shot a bit too far away from the original:(
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    captain4mericacaptain4merica Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Honestly, there was already a good looking Sov refit skin in game. Dont remember the name, but this is the ship:

    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17n1hva5jvt5jjpg/original.jpg

    If I were to get that ship that would be the skin I'd use, not the default one.
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    icegavelicegavel Member Posts: 991 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Honestly, there was already a good looking Sov refit skin in game. Dont remember the name, but this is the ship:

    http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17n1hva5jvt5jjpg/original.jpg

    If I were to get that ship that would be the skin I'd use, not the default one.

    That's the original Noble class.
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    daalagtcdaalagtc Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Isn't that the Noble skin without the thingy between the pylons?
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    jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,802 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Adorable! It looks like a teenage Odyssey. The forward-swept pylons being the equivalent of getting a mohawk and dying part of it purple; everyone around him knows it's hideous, but in a weird way it's endearing and makes it stand out in a "Pay attention to me!" sort of way.
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    captain4mericacaptain4merica Member Posts: 55 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    icegavel wrote: »
    That's the original Noble class.

    Yes, thats exactly what I'm talking about. The Noble class IS a sovereign refit, they just gave it the same stats as the standard Sov, which made no sense. The Noble should have always been what this new ship is.
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    burstdragon323burstdragon323 Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Woot. Another FED ship.

    Where is our KVORT?!
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    venetar90venetar90 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    The wierd thing is that these new ships look great although they are all federation and none KDF. So if you want to look good but be crappy as far as gameplay you go fed... If you wanna be awesome and fly around with things that look like a pile of metal that got some paint cans thrown at it... you play KDF.


    Its been long enough I think there needs to be some KDF stuff...K'vort bops, ferasan and orion escorts, nausicaan flight deck cruiser, and possibly a negh'var retrofit like the sovy just got.

    Yes! I really like the k'vort I'd buy that in a second and try and get some of the lyran or mirak missile barrage cruiser and rename them ferasan!
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    mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Don't forget, if you prefer forward swept pylons/stanchions, you can always put the Sovereign's rear swept ones on instead! Also, the other way around ;)

    Will we be able to use Material 6 on our "frankenstein" Sovereigns, mixing parts of the other Assault Cruiser materials? Or is it like most ships that only the new model will have Material 6 support?
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    venetar90venetar90 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Probably won't I'm betting :(
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    timelord79timelord79 Member Posts: 1,852 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Now, i suppose we won't see it come with the nemesis skin, right? That would be too much to ask, since it is "way to close to the original" to make people pay for it. But an even more important question? Will it come with a movie grade and true to scale Sovereign BRIDGE?!?!? ;)
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    mkilczewskimkilczewski Member Posts: 284
    edited August 2012
    Gonna have to agree with diogene0. We have cruisers, upon cruisers, upon cruisers, and the thing is, cruisers are a very "aquired taste" for playstyle, due to the beamboat / battleship / USS Missouri type of combat and the ultra-hindered manueverability.

    I'd be much more inclined to play on a regular basis if we had some more options. Awhile back, I made a suggestion for a "middle-weight combat cruiser" which would be approximately the size of an Intrepid, with a cruiser type styling (saucer, neck, primary hull, pylons & nacelles) and a tactical loadout. Basically a stepping stone between full blown escort, and whale cruiser. Not to mention it would give tactical players a different look which doesn't exist in the Escort line, since either you have to fly a fighter jet wannabe, or a 4 nacelle frankenstein.

    Essentially a more survivable Tactical Alternative. More survivability than an Escort, and more powerful than a Cruiser. Less Survivable than a cruiser, less firepower than an escort. A true hybrid.

    Why can't we get some hybrid type ships? Why do the ships have to be distinctly Escort, or distinctly Whale Cruiser, or distinctly Science? You guys placed STO in the 25th Century so you could have some freedom of creativity. So why aren't you exercizing that freedom?

    Border Patrol Mid-Size cruiser FTW!

    Oh, and Sci needs some major love too. Those guys really don't have much in the way of options.

    We've got more than enough cruisers.

    New Orleans class.
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    mkilczewskimkilczewski Member Posts: 284
    edited August 2012
    So much for the Odyssey Program being the apex of Federation Technology. This game gets wackier, every day.
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    toivatoiva Member Posts: 3,276 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    As I posted in another thread, I don't like the design of this Regent class. It feels unfinished, as in unpolished welded metal sheets. It lacks the grace and elegance of the original Sovereign, which at the same time looked ready for war. This seems like an "edgy" and "sharp" version of the Odyssey.

    Could we have bigger photos from more angles? Maybe it looks better than it would seem.
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    akrilonakrilon Member Posts: 137 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    As an escort pilot, this isn't a ship that I'll be flying, but I think the design is quite nice :) Nice work, Jam Jamz!

    Nudge, nudge for an MVAM refit :D

    I know that the Sci Captains have been patiently waiting for a new Starfleet science ship; my vote is to give them some love next. We've seen a lot of cruisers lately, and I don't think that the Caitian carrier is really the science ship that the community has been waiting for, despite having a Sci favorable bridge officer seating.

    Overall thumbs up :)
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    zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Don't forget, if you prefer forward swept pylons/stanchions, you can always put the Sovereign's rear swept ones on instead! Also, the other way around ;)

    I prefer ships that are well... KDF :)
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    zerobangzerobang Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    *honest opinion* ?

    JamzJamz still has a bit of a way to go until he can beat John Eaves work.
    keep working on it dude, you'll get there.


    Granted, it doesn't look bad as a Starfleet Ship, but imho it's too far away from the Sovereign.
    Those visuals won't make me shell out 2000 C-Points (or 2500 Zen).

    The prospect of flying the SOVEREIGN class at Endgame without feeling outclassed by everything else = SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!

    The only thing that makes me sad is that the original visuals will NOT get an update even though i will now spend 2000 CP on this Refit, and then another 500 Zen on the Fleet Version that will surely follow just in time for the first Tier 5 Starbase unlocks.

    So that is $30 and i still fly the same old Art Asset,
    with oldschool open beta style Weapon Hardpoint Pimples and a Deflector that magically swaps its color from gold to blue when the camera distance is high enough for the low poly LoD model to kick in, because Logan only ever updated the high poly variants :rolleyes:



    Well, giving ALL variants of a Ship a bit of love would probably be too much to ask for if you only pay over half a Retail Game for a single DLC item.


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    ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    Let's hope the console isn't some nearly pointless one-shot wonder with a 3 minute cooldown like the Armitage got. :rolleyes:


    Otherwise, the ship looks good - nice work by JamJamz pulling it all together although like many others I'm not a fan of the forward swept pylons.

    Hopefully we will be able to use the type 6 material if we make adjustments to the skin.
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    switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    I was excited when I heard a Regent Class, as it sounded like something for the KDF (you know, Regent Worf ) but no, it is yet another FED Cruiser.
    Don't forget, if you prefer forward swept pylons/stanchions, you can always put the Sovereign's rear swept ones on instead! Also, the other way around ;)

    Maybe we can get a reply about everyone wanting to see KDF ships for a change... Maybe something telling us if using your suggestion will limit the materials we can use...
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    diogene0diogene0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    It looks really great, the designer made a good job with this cruiser.

    But there is one, huge problem : it's a cruiser. Again. Moar and moar cruisers. Where are our science ships? :rolleyes:
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    ferdzso0ferdzso0 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2012
    first I thought this was the odyssey. this looks really really nice.

    however I think this is gonna follow the footsteps of the Ody. I mean whenever you see an Ody in a PVE, you are unhappy, because chances are, the player did not build it well. I hope this wont be like that (however seeing, how it is the successor of the Enterprise -yeahyeah, I know not- we will definately see lots of these ships named the ENTERPRlZE)

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