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pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited September 2012 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Read more about the new Temporal Lock Box in Season 6 Dev Blog #28 and in the new FAQ. Also, purchase a Master Key from the C-Store today to unlock one and claim its contents.

Our spotlight video that features the Temporal Lock Box can be viewed here.



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  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Branflakes do these KDF ones have a cloak and was it left out or are they KDF ships without cloaking tech?

    Kind of disappointment and turn off if they can't cloak at all :(
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Branflakes do these KDF ones have a cloak and was it left out or are they KDF ships without cloaking tech?

    Kind of disappointment and turn off if they can't cloak at all :(


    How much of a reduction of shields and hull do you suggest they get in return for an innate cloak to keep them balanced vs. the Fed versions?
  • neos472neos472 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    first box opened and i got the mirror recon sci ship followed by a polarized disruptor and i take my hat off to you cryptic if you did put a DOFF named Verne Brown into the temporal doff from the box.
    manipulator of time and long time space traveler
  • darkenzedddarkenzedd Member Posts: 881
    edited September 2012
    Whoop de doo, I look forward to buying the destroyer off the exchange including a few of the mirror ships as well :D
  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    How much of a reduction of shields and hull do you suggest they get in return for an innate cloak to keep them balanced vs. the Fed versions?

    Part of the uniqueness of the KDF is having cloaks on ships of that size or smaller... no reduction is neccessary feds get their advantages and KDF should get theirs although this ship is escaping that functionality.
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Part of the uniqueness of the KDF is having cloaks on ships of that size or smaller...

    And the KDF has them on current KDF ships, which this is technically not (this ship is from the future, we can assume they have klingons we don't know if they still use cloaks or if they are still the KDF).

    no reduction is neccessary feds get their advantages and KDF should get theirs although this ship is escaping that functionality.

    All KDF ships like the Raptor and BoP, etc already do in fact have reduced hulls or shield mods or both due to the advantage of having an innate cloak.


    So what advantage would you give the Wells & Mobius to compensate a new advantage, seeing as both faction's time ships are currently perfectly balanced vs. each other?
  • wazzagiowwazzagiow Member Posts: 769 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    How much of a reduction of shields and hull do you suggest they get in return for an innate cloak to keep them balanced vs. the Fed versions?

    in ds9 they tried taking cloaking tech back to the other universe and it wouldn't work properly. so maybe it don't. it's not something at that time they was capable of inventing?? so maybe they still can't :s
  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    And the KDF has them on current KDF ships, which this is technically not (this ship is from the future, we can assume they have klingons we don't know if they still use cloaks or if they are still the KDF).




    All KDF ships like the Raptor and BoP, etc already do in fact have reduced hulls or shield mods or both due to the advantage of having an innate cloak.


    So what advantage would you give the Wells & Mobius to compensate a new advantage, seeing as both faction's time ships are currently perfectly balanced vs. each other?

    I don't think you understand nor do you know anything about the KDF LOL... I never said an Innate cloak I just said to have a standard cloaking device like the battle cruisers have... If you want your nerf in exchange it already is missing one weapon slot in the rear that most Heavy Battle Cruisers usually have.

    Oh yeah also explain why this not being able to have cloaking devices in mirror universes or what not is not a contradiction when the qin mirror raptor has one? Also BTW the Heavy Battle Cruisers have the same amount of hull as counter parts that the federation has and the bops and raptor have lower hull due to their lower size which has nothing to do at all with the fact that they have cloaking devices.
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    I don't think you understand nor do you know anything about the KDF LOL... I never said an Innate cloak I just said to have a standard cloaking device like the battle cruisers have...

    That is the very definition of "an innate cloak".

    One that is not a console, like the Defiant and Gal-X get, rather one that is built innately into the ship's abilities.

    I hope that's clearer for you this time.

    If you want your nerf in exchange it already is missing one weapon slot in the rear that most Heavy Battle Cruisers usually have.

    The Krenn is a Destroyer, like the Guramba and Fleet Scourge - analogous to escorts. None of those ships have 8 weapon slots, and that's why this one doesn't either.

    The Korath is a Science Vessel.


    Oh yeah also explain why this not being able to have cloaking devices in mirror universes or what not is not a contradiction when the qin mirror raptor has one?

    The Qin mirror Raptor is not from the future.

    ...the bops and raptor have lower hull due to their lower size which has nothing to do at all with the fact that they have cloaking devices.

    They also have lower shield mods.

    Is that due to their size too?

    I'm willing to go out on a limb and say those things were implemented for balance purposes.
  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    That is the very definition of "an innate cloak".

    One that is not a console, like the Defiant and Gal-X get, rather one that is built innately into the ship's abilities.

    I hope that's clearer for you this time.




    The Krenn is a Destroyer, like the Guramba and Fleet Scourge - analogous to escorts. None of those ships have 8 weapon slots, and that's why this one doesn't either.

    The Korath is a Science Vessel.





    The Qin mirror Raptor is not from the future.




    They also have lower shield mods.

    Is that due to their size too?

    I'm willing to go out on a limb and say those things were implemented for balance purposes.

    TBH I haven't really heard anything from you that has any evidence of why the $250 dollar lobi/lockbox ships that are KDF shouldn't have their perks of a cloaking device.

    A lot of the problems trying to contest the notion are coming from contradictions and pure lack of knowledge of how the KDF exists.

    If you have any factual information to provide I am all ears... or eyes.
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    TBH I haven't really heard anything from you that has any evidence of why the $250 dollar lobi/lockbox ships that are KDF shouldn't have their perks of a cloaking device.

    A lot of the problems trying to contest the notion are coming from contradictions and pure lack of knowledge of how the KDF exists.

    If you have any factual information to provide I am all ears... or eyes.

    The ships for both factions are identical, this is balance.


    Or if you want a nice RP in-universe reason:


    In at least one version of the 26th century, the Klingon Empire and races such as the Ithenites, and Xindi, joined the Federation. In the 2550s of this timeline, the Federation proved instrumental in halting an invasion of the galaxy by a power known as the Sphere Builders. This action caused the Sphere Builders to try to stop the Federation from ever being formed by manipulating the Xindi into attempting to destroy Earth in 2153.


    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets
  • zeuxidemus001zeuxidemus001 Member Posts: 3,357 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    The ships for both factions are identical, this is balance.


    Or if you want a nice RP in-universe reason:


    In at least one version of the 26th century, the Klingon Empire and races such as the Ithenites, and Xindi, joined the Federation. In the 2550s of this timeline, the Federation proved instrumental in halting an invasion of the galaxy by a power known as the Sphere Builders. This action caused the Sphere Builders to try to stop the Federation from ever being formed by manipulating the Xindi into attempting to destroy Earth in 2153.


    http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/United_Federation_of_Planets

    Well pretty much its safe to say that anything I say which is from actual knowledge of how the game actually works is going to be debated by untruthful information, contradictions, or information that does not even pertain to the issue.

    There are many KDF ships with cloaking devices that are an exact rehashed/copy and pasted version of federation ships which pretty much lays down a majority of your theories to bed. With your mentality you would them remove cloaking devices from these classes of ships because your view is that it isn't balanced if say these KDF ships had a cloaking device.

    In conclusion if you want to remain ignorant that is your problem not mine :)
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    There are many KDF ships with cloaking devices that are an exact rehashed/copy and pasted version of federation ships ...


    Name 3, provide stats.
  • dm19deltadm19delta Member Posts: 206 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Was that a Krenim Time Ship in the promotional video the Wells was doing a strafing run on? Are we going to get a chance to go up against this beast soon, maybe in a future series?
  • movodormovodor Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    Tholian ship.
    (You may see them in a Fleet Alert!)
  • themartianthemartian Member Posts: 247 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    So far I've gotten a gamma duty officer pack and a normal one both with the giddy promise of at least one officer who is green quality or better (which it probably won't be). That's really worth the zen I spent on the key in hopes of a time ship.

    I think it's for the best. If I'd actually gotten a time ship, it would only have made me enjoy the game more and who wants that? No, better that the hard earned cash I put into the game gives me rubbish I don't want or need so that I can spend my spare time musing on the inherent unfairness of the universe and the futility of pleasure in a world where only death is certain.
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    K'ymara, Orion Engineer. Caedera of Borg, Liberated Borg Tactical, Elyza Vix, Joined Trill Scientist. Christina Bellona, Augmented Human Tactical.
    T'Lana, Vulcan Scientist. Arbol, Martian Tactical. Ayzer Bryn, Joined Trill Engineer. Hawke, Betazoid Scientist. Karna Valkras, Klingon Engineer. Beth Parker, Human Tactical
    Sarel, Romulan Engineer (Federation). Yazuri, Reman Scientist (KDF)
  • robeasomrobeasom Member Posts: 1,911 Arc User
    edited September 2012
    What the point in wanting a cloak because as soon ay BOFF speaks to you you decloak anyway and it's never gonna be fixed.
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