I can't believe you guys quoted "activate manual steering column". That is one of the most embaressing moments in Star Trek movie history - /facepalm
I liked it, even though ya the helm could of done what riker did but there must be a reason, the writers etc will think of one. Remember its a science FICTION movie. Wish we had that and a new bridge as well.
4 Tac Consoles (and 2 Sci consoles) and I would bite on this ship - so I'll have to pass for the time being as a Fleet Retrofit is a long time away for me and I don't see a point to downgrading from the Ody until that's available.
Otherwise, I think it's mostly the right direction for the Sovy - sad that the chance to make it actually an assault ship was lost and it retains its slow Fed Turtle roots with a 7 base turn and beam arrays - but that was to be expected from Cryptic's overly formulaic ship design framework (i.e. only KDF and Lockbox cruisers get to actually have the stats most people want cruisers to have).
Maybe someone bright on the dev team couldwatch this clip and calculate the turn rate? :P
Is anyone else bothered by the fact that this is yet another cruiser?
Not as much as I'm bothered by the fact that it's just a typical VA/RA ship variant which we'll have to buy again in a Fleet version for additional 5$ later on. And yet it's still priced at 2500 Zen - the same as the superior Odyssey.
Considering the price, why not include the Imperial skin with the purchase, huh Cryptic? *hint hint wink wink*
No, really, I'm serious. What do you have to lose? The Imperial is great, but I doubt people want to wait for the Tier 5 Shipyard Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit just to unlock its costume (assuming they didn't manage to buy it before it was removed from the C-Store).
Heck, I would even purchase the Imperial costume for the full price, just to use it on the Regent, were it to return to the C-Store, even for a limited time.
Can we plz have some data on the torpedo? Beacose if it is not MK XII, I may not be intresting at all.
If they follow the trend like they have in the past, the torpedo will most likely be a leveling weapon which, if the Connie phasers are any indication of, means it will be better than a Mk X but worse than a Mk XI.
But the 3 modifiers mean it will definitely be a Very Rare quality launcher.
It'll probably be like the quad cannons , no level purple same as some leveling weps , 180 arc makes up for it i suppose though
highly doubt they'd give away XII weps with a ship
I think the Sove is the most beautiful ship in the hole Star Trek, but I don?t see any reason to buy this ship.
This ship has the same hull, turn rate, shields and console slot. It has only a different (not worst or better) Boff configuration and some new stuff (console and torpedo) that are probably useless.
Sorry cryptic, but I was hoping for better than this.
And beacose you guys never show any intrest in the player feedback, this is going live anyway and I am not going to buy it
Believe it or not, you guys made me happy on so many levels. Not only we finally got the Sovereign-Refit, but the Regent is no doubt taken from my DTNE Entry.
Then on top of it, the "Riker Manuver" and the Wide-Arc Quantum Torpedo Launcher.
But I'll be honest, I'm not too thrilled over the stations. This is layout is virutally the same as the Excelsior Refit, except the only difference is the Sovereign has a LT Universal slot (that obviously will be a Science slot) and the Engisn slot is Tactical and not Engineering. But the Excelsior boosts a larger turn radius.
Personally, I wish Cryptic went with the LTC Tactical / Cmdr Engineernig / LtC Engineering / LT Scii layout. Maybe including a Universal Ensign Slot.
BTW Devs, since this was "inspitred" partly by my Frontier DTNE Entry, could I get a discount?
aw i wanted a commander universal.but this might mean that the fleet version will come back and hopefully a commander universal and a better turning rate ill take that over any hull increase
this might mean that the fleet version will come back and hopefully better turning ill take that over any hull increase
Why would the Fleet version have better Turn Rate? None of the other Fleet ships got improved Turn Rate over their "lesser" equivalent. Only Hull and Shield strength increased.
Ya know I just noticed something about the price. The blog entry doesn't list the price, only the rank requirement. The 2500z is a player assumption, though admittedly one we haven't been corrected on.
Ya know I just noticed something about the price. The blog entry doesn't list the price, only the rank requirement. The 2500z is a player assumption, though admittedly one we haven't been corrected on.
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The Assault Cruiser Refit: Regent Class is absolutely stunning, and we can?t wait for you to be able to fly it. It will be available in the C-Store as an account-wide unlock for 2,500 ZEN following server maintenance this Thursday, August 16th
I'm assuming the Fleet version will have a 4th Tactical console, more hull/shields. I don't like Fed Cruisers with the Excelsior being the exception.. we'll see if the unique console and torp are worth $25..
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The Assault Cruiser Refit: Regent Class is absolutely stunning, and we can?t wait for you to be able to fly it. It will be available in the C-Store as an account-wide unlock for 2,500 ZEN following server maintenance this Thursday, August 16th
taken from the blog
D'oh, I'm an idiot. Did a text search for 2500, but not 2,500 (that comma makes all the difference). Drat.
Insurrection was not lousy, it was way better then nemesis in terms of story, acting-vise and music, nemesis had better looks, some better acting, some better music. Story-vise it was a redone version of Wrath of Khan with out the KHANNNNNNNNNNNN. The action scenes was brilliant both ground and space. The way I see it is that nemesis is a good action movie but for a star trek movie nope. Its still one of favs but in terms of story-vise not at the top of my list.
Anyway back on topic, that Wide Angle torpedo launcher sounds great. So it will only fire front and back right? Hope it launches from the correct tube on the ship model itself. Price is very steep for a fictional ship from a game.
A Sovy with a Lt Cmd Tac station, a beautiful new skin, a wide angle quantum torp launcher that I can use on my other Fed characters, and the Riker Maneuver?
Lot's of interesting new possibilities.
I'm particularly going to have lots of fun kit bashing.
I only hope that the new parts play well with others and that existing customization bugs that have and still do plague other ship classes don't affect this ship.
Also hoping that the costume unlock can also be used on the appropriate mirror ship.
Wondering if the ship's special abilities are going to remain intact, avoiding the infamous bat. Was this ship available for testing?
I'll be really miffed if after dishing out some serious cash for this ship, it's changed into something I wouldn't have purchased in it's final form.
Regent sounds nice, just wish it had gotten a bit better turn rate than the standard Assault Cruiser. I'm in an Oddy now, not sure if the Regent is an 'upgrade' or even a 'sidegrade'.
No +1 console slot to cover the Metreon console.
Same turn rate as old Sovereign. Would rate of 8 be that bad to give it?
I'm dubious on how strong the 180 Q-Torp is gonna be. Wish there was a fore and aft version so we could have 2 yet only have 1 per facing.
A Universal slot that will "have to" be a Sci station, so no real value there. Universal slot is best when you've already given me the basics first!
Sci station went Universal, LC Eng and Lt Tac switched. Not really adding anything.
Really dislike these Tier 5+ ships having a lowly ensign station. Just bump a Lt to a LC station instead. Same # of powers, more power options.
Looks like Cryptic is saving all the good upgrades of the ship for the fleet version. I think I'll have to pass on it for now. The Metreon gas thing isn't worth the $25. Maybe when the Fleet version comes out I'll spend $25 + 1 Fleet Ship Module, for a real upgrade of the Assault Cruiser.
After so long a wait for this refit, I'm disappointed in this one.
Sometimes I think I play STO just to have something to complain about on the forums.
Insurrection was not lousy, it was way better then nemesis in terms of story, acting-vise and music, nemesis had better looks, some better acting, some better music. Story-vise it was a redone version of Wrath of Khan with out the KHANNNNNNNNNNNN. The action scenes was brilliant both ground and space. The way I see it is that nemesis is a good action movie but for a star trek movie nope. Its still one of favs but in terms of story-vise not at the top of my list.
It was a poorly written watered down lovey-dovey TNG movie (Twilight has a better love story). It really marked the demise of the the TNG movies ending with Nemesis as the final nail. Picard dancing, worfs pimple, Beverlies granie TRIBBLE, the manual override joy-stick, picard and worf singing? What is it a musical? It is a cringe worthy movie.
First I want to thank Capt. Geko for not giving us the boff layout we temporarily saw in Tribble for the Fleet Sovereign. So glad that they switched the ENS ENG to Lt ENG so it retains some of its ability to tank. Thank you for listening to our feedback.
I will be definitely buying this ship. But here is my feedback.
Boff Layout: pretty good. We lose a little tanking for more offensive power. And with the Lt Universal we have a little more versatility. However, I'm sure most of us will be using it for Science. Not awesome, but good. It would be more awesome if it was Com ENG, LtCom ENG, LtCom TAC, Lt Sci, but I can live with whatwe have.
Console/Special ability:Wide angle Quantum launcher is awesome. It will certainly be extremely useful on slow-turning cruisers. But we still have no real stats and information on this. Will it be as good as the current very rare Mark XII quantum launchers? Also I was hoping this launcher will allow quantum torpedoes to come out of the "turret" under the saucer. But seeing that it can be equipped in any ship, it'll probably will not. On that note, why is this not exclusive to the assault cruiser as the Quad Cannons are exclusive to the Tactical Escort (Defiant). I guess the reason is to get more people to buy it. Metron gas console sound intriguing...but again we have no information on it.
Skin: I'm a purist in term of starship design, so I'll probably stay with the original canon skin of the Sovereign. However a very intriguing design.
Energy bonus: I see that we get +10 weapons, +5 shields, +5 Auxillary. Personally I'd prefer +5 to Engines rather than to Auxilliary as I prefer increased speed and turn rate.
So in a nutshell, it didn't blow my socks off as I have hoped but I was not disappointed either. It is still a buy for me.
First I want to thank Capt. Geko for not giving us the boff layout we temporarily saw in Tribble for the Fleet Sovereign. So glad that they switched the ENS ENG to Lt ENG so it retains some of its ability to tank. Thank you for listening to our feedback.
I will be definitely buying this ship. But here is my feedback.
Boff Layout: pretty good. We lose a little tanking for more offensive power. And with the Lt Universal we have a little more versatility. However, I'm sure most of us will be using it for Science. Not awesome, but good. It would be more awesome if it was Com ENG, LtCom ENG, LtCom TAC, Lt Sci, but I can live with whatwe have.
Console/Special ability:Wide angle Quantum launcher is awesome. It will certainly be extremely useful on slow-turning cruisers. But we still have no real stats and information on this. Will it be as good as the current very rare Mark XII quantum launchers? Also I was hoping this launcher will allow quantum torpedoes to come out of the "turret" under the saucer. But seeing that it can be equipped in any ship, it'll probably will not. On that note, why is this not exclusive to the assault cruiser as the Quad Cannons are exclusive to the Tactical Escort (Defiant). I guess the reason is to get more people to buy it. Metron gas console sound intriguing...but again we have no information on it.
Skin: I'm a purist in term of starship design, so I'll probably stay with the original canon skin of the Sovereign. However a very intriguing design.
Energy bonus: I see that we get +10 weapons, +5 shields, +5 Auxillary. Personally I'd prefer +5 to Engines rather than to Auxilliary as I prefer increased speed and turn rate.
So in a nutshell, it didn't blow my socks off as I have hoped but I was not disappointed either. It is still a buy for me.
Good work Cryptic. Can't wait to try it out.
You can run the Quad Cannons on any Fed ship that can take Dual Heavy Cannons.
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I liked it, even though ya the helm could of done what riker did but there must be a reason, the writers etc will think of one. Remember its a science FICTION movie. Wish we had that and a new bridge as well.
Otherwise, I think it's mostly the right direction for the Sovy - sad that the chance to make it actually an assault ship was lost and it retains its slow Fed Turtle roots with a 7 base turn and beam arrays - but that was to be expected from Cryptic's overly formulaic ship design framework (i.e. only KDF and Lockbox cruisers get to actually have the stats most people want cruisers to have).
Maybe someone bright on the dev team couldwatch this clip and calculate the turn rate? :P
I'm sure a ton of these will be sold.
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Considering the price, why not include the Imperial skin with the purchase, huh Cryptic? *hint hint wink wink*
No, really, I'm serious. What do you have to lose? The Imperial is great, but I doubt people want to wait for the Tier 5 Shipyard Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit just to unlock its costume (assuming they didn't manage to buy it before it was removed from the C-Store).
Heck, I would even purchase the Imperial costume for the full price, just to use it on the Regent, were it to return to the C-Store, even for a limited time.
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If they follow the trend like they have in the past, the torpedo will most likely be a leveling weapon which, if the Connie phasers are any indication of, means it will be better than a Mk X but worse than a Mk XI.
But the 3 modifiers mean it will definitely be a Very Rare quality launcher.
highly doubt they'd give away XII weps with a ship
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This ship has the same hull, turn rate, shields and console slot. It has only a different (not worst or better) Boff configuration and some new stuff (console and torpedo) that are probably useless.
Sorry cryptic, but I was hoping for better than this.
And beacose you guys never show any intrest in the player feedback, this is going live anyway and I am not going to buy it
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Believe it or not, you guys made me happy on so many levels. Not only we finally got the Sovereign-Refit, but the Regent is no doubt taken from my DTNE Entry.
Then on top of it, the "Riker Manuver" and the Wide-Arc Quantum Torpedo Launcher.
But I'll be honest, I'm not too thrilled over the stations. This is layout is virutally the same as the Excelsior Refit, except the only difference is the Sovereign has a LT Universal slot (that obviously will be a Science slot) and the Engisn slot is Tactical and not Engineering. But the Excelsior boosts a larger turn radius.
Personally, I wish Cryptic went with the LTC Tactical / Cmdr Engineernig / LtC Engineering / LT Scii layout. Maybe including a Universal Ensign Slot.
BTW Devs, since this was "inspitred" partly by my Frontier DTNE Entry, could I get a discount?
Why would the Fleet version have better Turn Rate? None of the other Fleet ships got improved Turn Rate over their "lesser" equivalent. Only Hull and Shield strength increased.
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The Assault Cruiser Refit: Regent Class is absolutely stunning, and we can?t wait for you to be able to fly it. It will be available in the C-Store as an account-wide unlock for 2,500 ZEN following server maintenance this Thursday, August 16th
taken from the blog
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D'oh, I'm an idiot. Did a text search for 2500, but not 2,500 (that comma makes all the difference). Drat.
I never said anything about Nemesis being good.
Insurrection is still pretty lousy, though.
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I'm particularly going to have lots of fun kit bashing.
I only hope that the new parts play well with others and that existing customization bugs that have and still do plague other ship classes don't affect this ship.
Also hoping that the costume unlock can also be used on the appropriate mirror ship.
Wondering if the ship's special abilities are going to remain intact, avoiding the infamous bat. Was this ship available for testing?
I'll be really miffed if after dishing out some serious cash for this ship, it's changed into something I wouldn't have purchased in it's final form.
Looks like Cryptic is saving all the good upgrades of the ship for the fleet version. I think I'll have to pass on it for now. The Metreon gas thing isn't worth the $25. Maybe when the Fleet version comes out I'll spend $25 + 1 Fleet Ship Module, for a real upgrade of the Assault Cruiser.
After so long a wait for this refit, I'm disappointed in this one.
I'm pretty sure it will, like how the Quad Cannons are affected by Cannon Abilities. Else the Torpedo system would be useless.
It was a poorly written watered down lovey-dovey TNG movie (Twilight has a better love story). It really marked the demise of the the TNG movies ending with Nemesis as the final nail. Picard dancing, worfs pimple, Beverlies granie TRIBBLE, the manual override joy-stick, picard and worf singing? What is it a musical? It is a cringe worthy movie.
I will be definitely buying this ship. But here is my feedback.
Boff Layout: pretty good. We lose a little tanking for more offensive power. And with the Lt Universal we have a little more versatility. However, I'm sure most of us will be using it for Science. Not awesome, but good. It would be more awesome if it was Com ENG, LtCom ENG, LtCom TAC, Lt Sci, but I can live with whatwe have.
Console/Special ability: Wide angle Quantum launcher is awesome. It will certainly be extremely useful on slow-turning cruisers. But we still have no real stats and information on this. Will it be as good as the current very rare Mark XII quantum launchers? Also I was hoping this launcher will allow quantum torpedoes to come out of the "turret" under the saucer. But seeing that it can be equipped in any ship, it'll probably will not. On that note, why is this not exclusive to the assault cruiser as the Quad Cannons are exclusive to the Tactical Escort (Defiant). I guess the reason is to get more people to buy it. Metron gas console sound intriguing...but again we have no information on it.
Skin: I'm a purist in term of starship design, so I'll probably stay with the original canon skin of the Sovereign. However a very intriguing design.
Energy bonus: I see that we get +10 weapons, +5 shields, +5 Auxillary. Personally I'd prefer +5 to Engines rather than to Auxilliary as I prefer increased speed and turn rate.
So in a nutshell, it didn't blow my socks off as I have hoped but I was not disappointed either. It is still a buy for me.
Good work Cryptic. Can't wait to try it out.
You can run the Quad Cannons on any Fed ship that can take Dual Heavy Cannons.