Upgrading ship as you level, makes a lot of IP sense. It would also makes sense as a preparation for a future lvl increase. So Introduce the tech to romulans and then later make it game wide.
I just hope we get sci heavy faction. Feddies are eng, KDf are tacs, so romulans should be sci baddies.
My apologies first, if my question has been asked - after a couple of pages, I started glossing - after a few pages, well - here I am.
Given the unlikelihood of seeing 60-80 Romulan ships, outside of certain special ships (or even including those); are the Romulans going to be a test bed for more modular ship design? We've heard in recent interviews about various customization methods for ships (warp cores, computers, secondary deflectors, armor slots, etc) - will that be something that we see with the Romulan ships?
After you've moved from your TOS starter BoP to a ship - you'll start with "base" gear for it. As you level, you'll have the option to upgrade to new "base" gear or purchase improved refit/retrofit gear. While each ship will maintain certain base stats, will it be akin to having three packs-in-one for each ship? You can get the free "base" Tac/Eng/Sci gear or purchase refit/retrofit Tac/Eng/Sci gear (cores, computers, bridges, etc, etc, etc)...?
Upgrading ship as you level, makes a lot of IP sense. It would also makes sense as a preparation for a future lvl increase. So Introduce the tech to romulans and then later make it game wide.
I just hope we get sci heavy faction. Feddies are eng, KDf are tacs, so romulans should be sci baddies.
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We're halfway there with the other factions anyways given all the fleet and retrofit versions, at least for the popular ships. Might as well go all the way.
We have made a fleet?? I WAS going to make a fleet! =|
There are several folks trying to get folks together to do fleets so it can be ranked as fast as possible...
...one could possibly make a killing by having some Romulan Fleet Creation Consultants there in the early days as folks try to put together their fleets outside of the groups that are prepared. I dread how much it will cost to hire folks should I FleetOfOne Romulans as well...meh.
So what.. now that they announced it, all the excitement has faded?
Well I'm still Excited!!
WEEEEEE!!!!
It's kind of funny, all the arguments taking place elsewhere. There was just so little initial information in that announcement, it's left the doors wide open for vast argumentative speculation.
Course, there's also the playing as Romulan Republic rather than Romulan Star Empire (though there's a tendency from folks to say they're happy they're not playing as one of D'Tan and Obisek's hippies...lol).
Even with the little information they've released, they've disappointed some folks. As the wild speculation continues and more information is released, there are bound to be more disappointed folks.
WARBIRDS
Romulan captains take command of mighty Warbird Class starships. Push the engines to the limit and unleash the new and devastating powers of the Singularity Core.
This says to me that big ships are going to have less hull points but faster engines that turn better than fed or kdf ships. Does it say the same thing to you guys? We know that cryptic usually gives more speed and turn to ships with less hull.
This says to me that big ships are going to have less hull points but faster engines that turn better than fed or kdf ships. Does it say the same thing to you guys? We know that cryptic usually gives more speed and turn to ships with less hull.
Not necessarily. *points at the Bug ship* That thing has nearly cruiser-esque level hull, and turns pretty much like a BoP.
And 'pushing the engines to the limit' might just be a selling line more than actual 'facts' of the Warbird and this 'Singularity Core' they're talking about.
I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
This says to me that big ships are going to have less hull points but faster engines that turn better than fed or kdf ships. Does it say the same thing to you guys? We know that cryptic usually gives more speed and turn to ships with less hull.
Speculation ofc but im flying the warbird exclusivly.
2 D`dereidex Warbirds and 3 Norexan Mogais will be the ideal setup in a 5v5.
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My fanishself wants the D'deridex. My realistic self though realises it'd probably be closer to a Fed cruiser than a KDF battlecruiser. As such I'm not going to waste my token on it, if it can be bought by a token.
I'll probably end up getting the Mogai or whatever decent T5 escort they have.
IDK, unless something drastic happens with pvp I can see this ending up like the klink state. Then again what do I know. I am not sure I even want to start all over again from scratch. Guess we will see when they add it.
I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
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you can turn your rom into a fed basically. so no worries for pvp really. other then the ships you fight regardless of faction will be an even bigger cluster****
you can turn your rom into a fed basically. so no worries for pvp really. other then the ships you fight regardless of faction will be an even bigger cluster****
At this point I'm just happy to get any content that isn't designed to be nothing but a grind fest. A low bar I know.
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Meh, my reaction to the Ask Cryptic wasn't that great when they first put it out there. Three hours later and well... <expletive meh> would better explain the feeling.
I mean, in order of the Q&A:
#1 - Meh
#2 - Bah
#3 - FFS
#4 - Meh
#5 - Zzzz
#6 - Blah
#7 - Duh
#8 - Uh huh (#3)
#9 - So no different, meh
#10 - Zzzz
#11 - Meh
#12 - Uh huh (#3)
#13 - Faction? BS! Species play/subfaction.
#14 - Zzzz
#15 - Barbie and Ken called to say thanks. /cough
#16 - Hrmmmm, interesting.
#17 - Duh
#18 - FFS (#3)
#19 - Da ???
#20 - Can my Gorn get a pedicure too? FFS
#21 - Hrmmm
#22 - Meh
#23 - Awesome! /cough
#24 - So no
#25 - I've got some Excedrin left.
#26 - Meh
#27 - How much will it cost us?
I had thought the stuff on Tribble was bad. The Ask Cryptic was miles beyond bad.
I'm at a quandary as to whether I should bother to continue with STO.
edit: That sounds so melodramatic, lol - it's mainly just a case of being drained. I knew that them letting speculation run wild for a week would likely result in something like this. Just drained.
Honestly, I'm ok with the Romulans being tied to either helping the Feds or helping the Klingons. I like that we'll be able to join existing fleets. It makes it difficult for me to decide which side of the game I'd want to join up with at first. Maybe I'll make one for each side, we'll see what the Warbirds look like of course. And just how game breaking they will be.
In otherwords..
WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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Actually, there are some rather interesting later possibilities with this, especially when it comes to ships.
Just hope they don't make Romulan D7s exclusive to KDFRom.
I'd assume all Rommy gear is available to all Rommies. Also, any KDF or Fed gear available is similar to how the Rep system allows KDF/Feds access to some Rommy stuff. The only difference would what if any Fleet gear would be available to the Rommy toons in a Fed/KDF Fleet.
If/when they get around to PvP @ Fleet bases that has impacts on the Fleets fighting then I'd want a Rommy Fleet Starbase. Otherwise it's basically just a grind anyway unless you're into RPing (not that it's a bad thing, just not my thing).
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I think the next question they will have to answer is...
Will there ever been Rom Fleet ships ?
Because if there isn't that means the cost of quality Rom ships will be higher priced zen store versions.... Secondly if there is fleet Rom ships, does that mean they will be open to feds and klinks seeing as its the same base ?
The entire thing is lazy.
Its not a new faction at all....
They could write 20 different versions of levels 1-10 for Cardasians / Gorn / Liberated Borg / Ferengi / Hirogen / the Husnock (lol) / Jem'Hadar / Vidiian / Tholian why not / Species 8472.... and at level 10 they pick a major faction and play there missions....
Hey look we have like 20 factions where great. lol
Romulans are a Minor Faction... and that is all. There a Race option that gets its own unique 1hr of game play at the start of the game... unless I'm completely wrong.
Still something but hardly what anyone hoped for.
PS just had a fantastic idea.....
Cryptic should hold a foundry comp... for the creation of starter levels for multiple races... mhahaha. A bit of polish on the winners and bingo bango new factions.
One thing I do like, even if it's not truelly it's own independent Faction of it's own, and a third side to the game, it kinda is done right. Especially since it still has its own ships and it can use the ships of the faction it sides with. I have no problem with this at all and I can understand it.
Might even fly around with Mini again.
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I just hope we get sci heavy faction. Feddies are eng, KDf are tacs, so romulans should be sci baddies.
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wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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We're halfway there with the other factions anyways given all the fleet and retrofit versions, at least for the popular ships. Might as well go all the way.
We have made a fleet?? I WAS going to make a fleet! =|
PaxOttomana: gawd mirror event is like fighting a tsi premade, they keep comin and comin!
There are several folks trying to get folks together to do fleets so it can be ranked as fast as possible...
...one could possibly make a killing by having some Romulan Fleet Creation Consultants there in the early days as folks try to put together their fleets outside of the groups that are prepared. I dread how much it will cost to hire folks should I FleetOfOne Romulans as well...meh.
Well I'm still Excited!!
WEEEEEE!!!!
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
It's kind of funny, all the arguments taking place elsewhere. There was just so little initial information in that announcement, it's left the doors wide open for vast argumentative speculation.
Course, there's also the playing as Romulan Republic rather than Romulan Star Empire (though there's a tendency from folks to say they're happy they're not playing as one of D'Tan and Obisek's hippies...lol).
Even with the little information they've released, they've disappointed some folks. As the wild speculation continues and more information is released, there are bound to be more disappointed folks.
This says to me that big ships are going to have less hull points but faster engines that turn better than fed or kdf ships. Does it say the same thing to you guys? We know that cryptic usually gives more speed and turn to ships with less hull.
Not necessarily. *points at the Bug ship* That thing has nearly cruiser-esque level hull, and turns pretty much like a BoP.
And 'pushing the engines to the limit' might just be a selling line more than actual 'facts' of the Warbird and this 'Singularity Core' they're talking about.
Speculation ofc but im flying the warbird exclusivly.
2 D`dereidex Warbirds and 3 Norexan Mogais will be the ideal setup in a 5v5.
PaxOttomana: gawd mirror event is like fighting a tsi premade, they keep comin and comin!
you haven't even seen the stats yet...wait and see if those ships are any good before you go planning out optimal groups
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A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
It will be the same mix of ships that Feds and KDF fly. :P
WEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
Edit: I'm hoping to God they don't make the Warbird a "Cruiser" and make it an actual science like ship.
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I'll probably end up getting the Mogai or whatever decent T5 escort they have.
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I don't care what it is. As long as I can fly a D'deridex...
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At this point I'm just happy to get any content that isn't designed to be nothing but a grind fest. A low bar I know.
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I mean, in order of the Q&A:
#1 - Meh
#2 - Bah
#3 - FFS
#4 - Meh
#5 - Zzzz
#6 - Blah
#7 - Duh
#8 - Uh huh (#3)
#9 - So no different, meh
#10 - Zzzz
#11 - Meh
#12 - Uh huh (#3)
#13 - Faction? BS! Species play/subfaction.
#14 - Zzzz
#15 - Barbie and Ken called to say thanks. /cough
#16 - Hrmmmm, interesting.
#17 - Duh
#18 - FFS (#3)
#19 - Da ???
#20 - Can my Gorn get a pedicure too? FFS
#21 - Hrmmm
#22 - Meh
#23 - Awesome! /cough
#24 - So no
#25 - I've got some Excedrin left.
#26 - Meh
#27 - How much will it cost us?
I had thought the stuff on Tribble was bad. The Ask Cryptic was miles beyond bad.
I'm at a quandary as to whether I should bother to continue with STO.
edit: That sounds so melodramatic, lol - it's mainly just a case of being drained. I knew that them letting speculation run wild for a week would likely result in something like this. Just drained.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=8897471&postcount=157
It does clarify some things that might not have been clear in the actual Ask Cryptic. It's a Stahl post...
In otherwords..
WEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Romulan costumed feds or klinks... that choose a faction at level 10.
Boring. lol
Just hope they don't make Romulan D7s exclusive to KDFRom.
I'd assume all Rommy gear is available to all Rommies. Also, any KDF or Fed gear available is similar to how the Rep system allows KDF/Feds access to some Rommy stuff. The only difference would what if any Fleet gear would be available to the Rommy toons in a Fed/KDF Fleet.
If/when they get around to PvP @ Fleet bases that has impacts on the Fleets fighting then I'd want a Rommy Fleet Starbase. Otherwise it's basically just a grind anyway unless you're into RPing (not that it's a bad thing, just not my thing).
Random Quote from Kerrat
"Sumlobus@****: your mums eat Iced Targ Poo"
C&H Fed banter
Will there ever been Rom Fleet ships ?
Because if there isn't that means the cost of quality Rom ships will be higher priced zen store versions.... Secondly if there is fleet Rom ships, does that mean they will be open to feds and klinks seeing as its the same base ?
The entire thing is lazy.
Its not a new faction at all....
They could write 20 different versions of levels 1-10 for Cardasians / Gorn / Liberated Borg / Ferengi / Hirogen / the Husnock (lol) / Jem'Hadar / Vidiian / Tholian why not / Species 8472.... and at level 10 they pick a major faction and play there missions....
Hey look we have like 20 factions where great. lol
Romulans are a Minor Faction... and that is all. There a Race option that gets its own unique 1hr of game play at the start of the game... unless I'm completely wrong.
Still something but hardly what anyone hoped for.
PS just had a fantastic idea.....
Cryptic should hold a foundry comp... for the creation of starter levels for multiple races... mhahaha. A bit of polish on the winners and bingo bango new factions.
Might even fly around with Mini again.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku