In the latest episode of Massively.com's podcast, the crew sat down with Executive Producer Daniel Stahl and me to talk about our 3-year anniversary and the future of STO.
so the T3 will be free and the T5 will be a paid for ship ?
It was stated that the T3 ships will always be claimable in the episode but the free T5 ships would only be claimable during the anniversary event (like the Ody was previously).
Brandon mentioned that lvl10 and up can play the event but you had to be lvl 40 to unpack the boxed T5 ships on a toon.
KUDO's to Cryptic to making these available to everyone for FREE!
I am intrigued by Dan's comment that the Ambassador has a LOT of Phaser firepower - Can't wait to see the stats
It was stated that the T3 ships will always be claimable in the episode but the free T5 ships would only be claimable during the anniversary event (like the Ody was previously).
Hopefully they follow oddy line and make it a buyable deal...3 versions... the like
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You might as well just put it in your Sig... :P
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Ambassador...Tactical Cruiser, then. I know the blog's likely going up today, but still - last moment speculation, eh?
You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
should it not out-gun the excelsior with being a newer design ? , oh wait it's sto we are talking about here so i take that back
You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
Well, my Idea for a T5 Exeter/Connie would be: LTC Tac/Eng/Sci/Uni but some might think that was OP.
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You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
Hey now, I still want my T5 Fleet Oberth Retrofit Carrier. It doesn't have any hangar bays, but you're able to launch a Redshirt named Biff at your target. EVA suits for Biff will be available from the Dil store.
Honestly though, until we see the specs (and not only see them, but fly it as well) we're not going to know...
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Hey now, I still want my T5 Fleet Oberth Retrofit Carrier. It doesn't have any hangar bays, but you're able to launch a Redshirt named Biff at your target. EVA suits for Biff will be available from the Dil store.
Honestly though, until we see the specs (and not only see them, but fly it as well) we're not going to know...
Grind your Starbase to T6 and Embassy to T4 to get access to the Elite Biff Launcher right?
In all seriousness, given the hybrid kick that Cryptic has been on of late I'm of the opinion that the Ambassador effectively has to be more than just a generic 9 console T5 cruiser option.
Brandon may be full of fiber, but I'm full of beans! ETA: I guess that's kind of the same thing. >.<
...and meat, and cheese, and lettuce...:D;)
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You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
It can be that an old design schematic is used, but in fact it's a modern powerfull refit, you know, something as the fleet Excelsior is atm. Besides it's suposed to outshine the Excelsior. The thing is, the Galaxy needs to be tuned up just a bit to make it more competitive. Although, I personally like to play slower supertanks :P
That's pretty much my point. Date of service and tactical capacity are (currently) inversely related in STO when it comes to T5 Fed cruisers.
I see your point. Is it that the Federation gets more peacefull as time passes by, so their ships are more oriented towards exploration and research rather than raw firepower?
Nah....the Vesta totally undermines my last point.
Antares, Challenger, Constellation, Curry, Freedom, New Orleans, Niagara, Norway, Soyuz, Springfield, Sydney, Yeager...hrmm, they are running out of Fed ships (with some of even these being questionable - Soyuz was decom'd). Will be interesting to see how the 2409 designs continue.
@Branflakes ~ Mentioned in part of this interview was reviewing problems that have existed since the launch of the game, right? Any chance of us actually seeing the Benzite Bridge Officer available to us at some point?
I'm only reposting this here cause I've posted it in the wrong thread.
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Right after I said that, I knew that it would now haunt me for the rest of my life.
Cheers,
Brandon =/\=
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You are indeed , very regular.
As a presence here on the forums I mean.
Seriously though , really good interview.
so the T3 will be free and the T5 will be a paid for ship ?
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both Free T5 only during event.
It was stated that the T3 ships will always be claimable in the episode but the free T5 ships would only be claimable during the anniversary event (like the Ody was previously).
Brandon mentioned that lvl10 and up can play the event but you had to be lvl 40 to unpack the boxed T5 ships on a toon.
KUDO's to Cryptic to making these available to everyone for FREE!
I am intrigued by Dan's comment that the Ambassador has a LOT of Phaser firepower - Can't wait to see the stats
Hopefully they follow oddy line and make it a buyable deal...3 versions... the like
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Not confirmed lol... probably wont be until they do it... if they do it
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Bring on the specs hehe
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You might as well just put it in your Sig... :P
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ETA: I guess that's kind of the same thing. >.<
Ambassador...Tactical Cruiser, then. I know the blog's likely going up today, but still - last moment speculation, eh?
and what does a lot of beans make ? :rolleyes::D:P
hopefully a proper tactical cruiser (unlike the galaxy-x)
DELTA PRICE RISING
You know it's going to hit the fan (even more) when a ship class that's more than a century out of date outshines every other offensive Fed cruiser (barring the Excelsior). Kind of makes you wonder how stupidly OP the T5 Connie would end up being based on that trend...
should it not out-gun the excelsior with being a newer design ? , oh wait it's sto we are talking about here so i take that back
DELTA PRICE RISING
Well, my Idea for a T5 Exeter/Connie would be: LTC Tac/Eng/Sci/Uni but some might think that was OP.
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Hey now, I still want my T5 Fleet Oberth Retrofit Carrier. It doesn't have any hangar bays, but you're able to launch a Redshirt named Biff at your target. EVA suits for Biff will be available from the Dil store.
Honestly though, until we see the specs (and not only see them, but fly it as well) we're not going to know...
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Grind your Starbase to T6 and Embassy to T4 to get access to the Elite Biff Launcher right?
In all seriousness, given the hybrid kick that Cryptic has been on of late I'm of the opinion that the Ambassador effectively has to be more than just a generic 9 console T5 cruiser option.
That's pretty much my point. Date of service and tactical capacity are (currently) inversely related in STO when it comes to T5 Fed cruisers.
After then event is over, the mission will be repeatable for just the T3 Ambassador.
It will always be available in the mission journal after the event ends, but only the T5 ships are awarded during the 3-year Anniversary event.
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Cheers,
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...and meat, and cheese, and lettuce...:D;)
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It can be that an old design schematic is used, but in fact it's a modern powerfull refit, you know, something as the fleet Excelsior is atm. Besides it's suposed to outshine the Excelsior. The thing is, the Galaxy needs to be tuned up just a bit to make it more competitive. Although, I personally like to play slower supertanks :P
I see your point. Is it that the Federation gets more peacefull as time passes by, so their ships are more oriented towards exploration and research rather than raw firepower?
Nah....the Vesta totally undermines my last point.