We know the next lock box will be Dominion themed, so here are what I think the ships will be...
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: 1
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 100
Boffs:
Tac Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 5
Eng console: 3
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 17
Hanger bay: 1
+ 15 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
Lobi store
Jem'hadar battle cruiser
Hull: 39600
Shields: 1.1
Weapons: 4/4
Crew: 1000
Boffs:
Eng Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 4
Tac console: 4
Eng console: 4
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 13
+ 10 weapon power
+ 10 engine power
Can use dual cannons
Jem'hadar fighter
Hull: 6000
Shields: 0.6
Weapons: 2
Crew: 3
Boffs:
Tac ens
Uni ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 2
Eng console: 1
Tune rate: 33
+ 10 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
while not ship based.. I think the jem'hadar stick with a blade will be in the boxes.
No, I think that could be the Lobi Store novelty weapon. Like the energy whip, the crystal sword, etc
I am curious about their MU variants that will release this time thou.
Tholian box - Cruiser/battlecruiser
Temporal - Science ships/Raptor
Dominion - ?Escorts?/ ???BoP???
A MU BoP wouldn't make much sense.
AND certainly they didn't redo the Breen ship art JUST to give away a Chell Grett...
Could we see a another Breen ship? Perhaps the Sar Theln warship, which launched fighters, as a sort of Flight deck cruiser? Or a Breen Capital ship as a Carrier?
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I am fairly certain we will get a Jem'Hadar ship(because they ARE the dominion, after all)and a breen ship. Granted, I'm not exactly sure where the Breen are at "today" as far as the dominion goes. But if they are still part of the dominion for some reason then yes, I strongly believe we will get a breen and Jem'Hadar ship since they are calling it a dominion lockbox and not Jem'Hadar lockbox.
I'd like to see an escort of some kind because I'm sick to death of all the ships unfriendly to tac. The JHAS has been great and all but it's time for the escort to make it's presence known to lockboxes. Whether that's a breen escort or a JHHE, either is fine for me. It might be both. The dominion isn't really a faction of explorers. They are of war. So I don't care to see any ships out of this lockbox that aren't tactically themed. That means guaranteed commander and lt commander BO layouts, and at least 4 tac console slots.
I hope you guys get the ships you want. I'm happy that we got Sci vessels in the past couple lockboxes so it's only fair that escorts and cruisers get a turn too.
If the Attack Ship were to be offered as a Grand Prize or for 600 Lobi... Well I'd imagine there'd be a lot of unhappy people losing 200 million EC on the exchange, and a lot of amused bystanders.
personally, I don't care much about the ships, i'm more concerned updated purple mk12 phased polaron weapons my fleet Saber is all decked out Jem Hadar style so I'd love to make everything match up.
I'm thinking that the 2 Dominion ships will have an Engineer and Science slant. Engineer for the battleship and science for the heavy escort. I think Sci for the heavy escort because of the two powers it frequently uses: tractor beam and charged particle burst. There is already an existing Dominion ship for tactical officers.
I'm betting on Dominion duty officers as well. A changeling ultra rare Doff would be cool.
Maybe even a Vorta or Wadi Bridge Officer.
A Jem'hadar Attack Ship as a Hangar, like how the Voq'ue has BoPs. Just don't make the mistake they did with widow fighters and make them unupgradable.
We know the next lock box will be Dominion themed, so here are what I think the ships will be...
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: 1
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 100
Boffs:
Tac Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 5
Eng console: 3
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 17
Hanger bay: 1
+ 15 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
Lobi store
Jem'hadar battle cruiser
Hull: 39600
Shields: 1.1
Weapons: 4/4
Crew: 1000
Boffs:
Eng Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 4
Tac console: 4
Eng console: 4
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 13
+ 10 weapon power
+ 10 engine power
Can use dual cannons
Jem'hadar fighter
Hull: 6000
Shields: 0.6
Weapons: 2
Crew: 3
Boffs:
Tac ens
Uni ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 2
Eng console: 1
Tune rate: 33
+ 10 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
I love carriers and I don't fly many larger ships so a dominion heavy escort carrier would be a dream for me, but a carrier with 5 tac consoles even if it has only one hanger would be OP.
Maybe that tac lt cmdr should be a sci as well as a bit lower turn, hull, and shields.
It won't be a dreadnought. It's also very unlikely to be an entirely new design, like an escort carrier.
The most likely combination is Jem'hadar battlecruiser and heavy escort. The heavy escort would have to be Chel Grett-ish, only better, if only because it must be slower and tougher than the attack ship. The battlecruiser would just be a cruiser, probably with an interesting console so that people would open it to use the console on the other ship.
They might even put in the attack ship, though that would mean they'd have to create a new ultra-rare ship to give out once in a blue moon. There's also some non-zero chance of there being a Breen ship in the lobi store, if only because they said the Chel Grett's Energy Dissipator console would fit on "any Breen ship."
And there will probably be:
* Mirror universe versions of the Patrol Escort and Advanced Escort, plus some Klingon ship
* Phased Polaron weapons with stats exactly as you'd expect
* Some new pair of cross-faction consoles for the KDF fanboys to complain about
* A Mk XII Jem'hadar space and/or ground set in the lobi store, possibly requiring the old set(s) to buy
* That Jem'hadar poking stick that's nowhere near as cool as the crystal sword or energy whip
* Some Dominion costume pieces that everyone says are too expensive, but buy them anyway
* Some bonus pool item that hopefully won't be for Romulan or Omega marks, because that would suck
* The same doff mini-packs that all lockboxes have (standard & gamma quadrant)
* Maybe some unique doffs in a requisition pack and/or some trinket that lets you do an assignment that will give a unique doff on crit
I'm betting on Dominion duty officers as well. A changeling ultra rare Doff would be cool.
Maybe even a Vorta or Wadi Bridge Officer.
A Jem'hadar Attack Ship as a Hangar, like how the Voq'ue has BoPs. Just don't make the mistake they did with widow fighters and make them unupgradable.
I'm thinking that the 2 Dominion ships will have an Engineer and Science slant. Engineer for the battleship and science for the heavy escort. I think Sci for the heavy escort because of the two powers it frequently uses: tractor beam and charged particle burst. There is already an existing Dominion ship for tactical officers.
Just my speculation.
My tac needs a new shiny ship so, I'm hoping you are wrong but it's nothing personal; I just want a new escort.
Edit: Actually, upon further consideration I recant that, a slant towards science skills would actually be quite nice.
Nevermind getting details on the Cardassian lockbox though, what I really want to see is that dilithium article re-posted.
Looking forward to see what it turns out to be. Already have a Jem'Hadar on my KDF crew. So he can show the KDF crew how to fly it. Like how I did my Breen ship and Breen officer. The Battlecruiser would be very nice. Since that was another workhorse of the Dominion.
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Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: 1
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 100
Boffs:
Tac Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 5
Eng console: 3
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 17
Hanger bay: 1
+ 15 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
I really doubt they're going to issue a ship that will outperform their new and shiny Fleet Heavy Escort carrier in every regard. Your creation would have a better console & boff setup, more hull, better shields and a better turn-rate without any downsides. If I were to take your creation as a basis, my guess would look something like this:
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: .99
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 400
Boffs:
Tac Com
Uni Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Eng Lt.
Tac Ens
Devices: 3
Tac console: 4
Eng console: 4
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 15
Hanger bay: 1
+ 5 all power levels
Can use dual cannons
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: 1
Weapons: 4/3 Crew: 300
Boffs:
Tac Com Sci Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt. Sci Ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 5
Eng console: 2
Sci console: 3
Turn rate: 17
Hanger bay: 1 + 10 weapons power + 10 Aux power
Can use dual cannons
I like the idea of a Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier, but I think it will have a Sci slant to it.
Comments
No, I think that could be the Lobi Store novelty weapon. Like the energy whip, the crystal sword, etc
I am curious about their MU variants that will release this time thou.
Tholian box - Cruiser/battlecruiser
Temporal - Science ships/Raptor
Dominion - ?Escorts?/ ???BoP???
A MU BoP wouldn't make much sense.
AND certainly they didn't redo the Breen ship art JUST to give away a Chell Grett...
Could we see a another Breen ship? Perhaps the Sar Theln warship, which launched fighters, as a sort of Flight deck cruiser? Or a Breen Capital ship as a Carrier?
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It would be nice to get more bug ships so all of my alts could have them.
I'd like to see an escort of some kind because I'm sick to death of all the ships unfriendly to tac. The JHAS has been great and all but it's time for the escort to make it's presence known to lockboxes. Whether that's a breen escort or a JHHE, either is fine for me. It might be both. The dominion isn't really a faction of explorers. They are of war. So I don't care to see any ships out of this lockbox that aren't tactically themed. That means guaranteed commander and lt commander BO layouts, and at least 4 tac console slots.
Just my speculation.
Maybe even a Vorta or Wadi Bridge Officer.
A Jem'hadar Attack Ship as a Hangar, like how the Voq'ue has BoPs. Just don't make the mistake they did with widow fighters and make them unupgradable.
A cross faction console option.
Dominion Polaron Weapons.
Gamma Quadrant mini Pact.
Fleet Credit earning buff.
I love carriers and I don't fly many larger ships so a dominion heavy escort carrier would be a dream for me, but a carrier with 5 tac consoles even if it has only one hanger would be OP.
Maybe that tac lt cmdr should be a sci as well as a bit lower turn, hull, and shields.
I'd be happy with a 4/4 to be able to fly such a beautiful ship!
With turn rate of 3:P
The most likely combination is Jem'hadar battlecruiser and heavy escort. The heavy escort would have to be Chel Grett-ish, only better, if only because it must be slower and tougher than the attack ship. The battlecruiser would just be a cruiser, probably with an interesting console so that people would open it to use the console on the other ship.
They might even put in the attack ship, though that would mean they'd have to create a new ultra-rare ship to give out once in a blue moon. There's also some non-zero chance of there being a Breen ship in the lobi store, if only because they said the Chel Grett's Energy Dissipator console would fit on "any Breen ship."
And there will probably be:
* Mirror universe versions of the Patrol Escort and Advanced Escort, plus some Klingon ship
* Phased Polaron weapons with stats exactly as you'd expect
* Some new pair of cross-faction consoles for the KDF fanboys to complain about
* A Mk XII Jem'hadar space and/or ground set in the lobi store, possibly requiring the old set(s) to buy
* That Jem'hadar poking stick that's nowhere near as cool as the crystal sword or energy whip
* Some Dominion costume pieces that everyone says are too expensive, but buy them anyway
* Some bonus pool item that hopefully won't be for Romulan or Omega marks, because that would suck
* The same doff mini-packs that all lockboxes have (standard & gamma quadrant)
* Maybe some unique doffs in a requisition pack and/or some trinket that lets you do an assignment that will give a unique doff on crit
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: 1
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 100
Boffs:
Tac Com
Tac Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Uni Lt.
Eng ens
Devices: 2
Tac console: 5
Eng console: 3
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 17
Hanger bay: 1
+ 15 weapons power
Can use dual cannons
You had me a Bug ship for Carriers
My tac needs a new shiny ship so, I'm hoping you are wrong but it's nothing personal; I just want a new escort.
Edit: Actually, upon further consideration I recant that, a slant towards science skills would actually be quite nice.
Nevermind getting details on the Cardassian lockbox though, what I really want to see is that dilithium article re-posted.
Wish granted...Thank you, Cryptic.
ROFL! Was thinking the exact same thing when I saw it.
Mirror... Cardassian shuttle thing for the kdf ? :P
USS Casinghead NCC 92047 launched 2350
Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
I really doubt they're going to issue a ship that will outperform their new and shiny Fleet Heavy Escort carrier in every regard. Your creation would have a better console & boff setup, more hull, better shields and a better turn-rate without any downsides. If I were to take your creation as a basis, my guess would look something like this:
Lock box
Jem'hadar heavy escort carrier
Hull: 35200
Shields: .99
Weapons: 4/3
Crew: 400
Boffs:
Tac Com
Uni Lt. Com
Uni Lt.
Eng Lt.
Tac Ens
Devices: 3
Tac console: 4
Eng console: 4
Sci console: 2
Turn rate: 15
Hanger bay: 1
+ 5 all power levels
Can use dual cannons
http://i.imgur.com/dDLgN.jpg
I like the idea of a Jem'Hadar Heavy Escort Carrier, but I think it will have a Sci slant to it.
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