Oh well that's a different subject for another day..
I still suspect the ship will have the same turn rate and inertia as the KDF Raptor. It just has the appearance that is nearly identical to the Raptor. Probably increased hull and shields that the Raptor doesn't have because of it's innate Cloaking device.
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Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Oh well that's a different subject for another day..
I still suspect the ship will have the same turn rate and inertia as the KDF Raptor. It just has the appearance that is nearly identical to the Raptor. Probably increased hull and shields that the Raptor doesn't have because of it's innate Cloaking device.
Yeah, but they'll probably move the pivot point forward so it actually turns decently. You know, like that *unintentional bug* the raptor has that they were *totally* going to fix last year in short order, but I guess decided it was working as preferred.
Heavy Escort? Uh oh.. I smell another word not mentioned... Carrier..
Nah, they wanted to recreate the Kumari from ENT... they want Particle Cannon QBB badassery...
Picture DHC damage.
Picture quad beams.
Picture BO.
Picture having to buy the 3pack to get three of them.
Picture there being a 3pc set bonus that allows your BO to work for all three Particle Cannon QBBs...
Nah, they wanted to recreate the Kumari from ENT... they want Particle Cannon QBB badassery...
Picture DHC damage.
Picture quad beams.
Picture BO.
Picture having to buy the 3pack to get three of them.
Picture there being a 3pc set bonus that allows your BO to work for all three Particle Cannon QBBs...
Picture the QBB having no [Acc] and missing... ALOT. :P
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Picture the QBB having no [Acc] and missing... ALOT. :P
Picture one of the variants having both a LCdr Eng and Sci BOFF... so you can MAS the EWP and TB them... so you don't need any [Acc] to light up their hull with pretty particle FX...
I still find it funny - because for the most part - didn't the Kumari just serve as a ship to get blown up a lot - pretty fast at that, no?
Kind of do not understand why an escort must get 5 forward slots, when pretty much its already escort online :rolleyes: Why couldn't they try something less game-breaking...like giving those 5 slots to Galaxy :P
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Instead of all of them being escorts, could it be 1 escort, 1 sci and 1 cruiser?
doesn't matter it ll be the escort to rule them all. We knew it was coming, and we knew that it was going to be a fed thing, while kdf scorts are left in the dust once more.
Personally dont care what its layout is as long as its pvp/ESTF viable
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Don't forget this from the Ask Cryptic December 2012...
Q: (cousteau1701e) Anything you can say about the upcoming Andorian ship?
Dstahl: It is an escort, has massive guns, is a new model based on an older design, it has a custom bridge, and is not coming out in January as I had originally thought. It will be in the first half of 2013, though.
Massive Guns, eh? QBBs? QDHCs?
Or are we looking at the possibility of a SHC?
Wish I could find a still of the Kumari firing from In a Mirror, Darkly (Part 2)...meh.
well looking at the picture of it. We do see two large cannons like things on its wings. So dual phaser lance anyone?
"Nobody can say "no" to a ship with two huge wing-mounted cannons, especially three of them."
last thing we need is a ship to (obviously) have 5 forward weapon slots.
-sighs-
look at ff14, when it released it was pretty ****ty.
not to long after they fired everyone who had anything to do with it and redid/relaunched the game, now i see theyre already beta testing open world random event encounters.
I seriously hope that this statement is a sales pitch and not an assessment:
"They say a picture can say a thousand words, but seeing these ships in action is something that not even a million words can describe. I hope to see all of you out in space soon, hopefully sporting one of these fantastic escorts, letting those cannons spit out destruction upon anything in your firing arc."
You know what the most frustrating thing is. I want to express my true feelings, and I can't.
Judging by the three side ports the Kumari has while the other two have only two side ports it seems maybe those are broadside weapons. Maybe the Andorian Escorts will have two weapons on each side and two or four on the fore, leaving none for the aft.
And why the heck is it called the Kumari line of ships? The Kumari was just the name of an Andorian Battlecruiser. Some people really cant name ships properly -.-
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Al talks about no broadside.
Logical step is...?
Klingons won't gets new stuffs? Yeesh.....
Oh well that's a different subject for another day..
I still suspect the ship will have the same turn rate and inertia as the KDF Raptor. It just has the appearance that is nearly identical to the Raptor. Probably increased hull and shields that the Raptor doesn't have because of it's innate Cloaking device.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Yeah, but they'll probably move the pivot point forward so it actually turns decently. You know, like that *unintentional bug* the raptor has that they were *totally* going to fix last year in short order, but I guess decided it was working as preferred.
Heavy Escort? Uh oh.. I smell another word not mentioned... Carrier..
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Nah, they wanted to recreate the Kumari from ENT... they want Particle Cannon QBB badassery...
Picture DHC damage.
Picture quad beams.
Picture BO.
Picture having to buy the 3pack to get three of them.
Picture there being a 3pc set bonus that allows your BO to work for all three Particle Cannon QBBs...
Picture the QBB having no [Acc] and missing... ALOT. :P
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
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Picture one of the variants having both a LCdr Eng and Sci BOFF... so you can MAS the EWP and TB them... so you don't need any [Acc] to light up their hull with pretty particle FX...
I still find it funny - because for the most part - didn't the Kumari just serve as a ship to get blown up a lot - pretty fast at that, no?
Oh, but that they will, my friend, that they will...
*silently powers up disruptors while approaching under cloak*
Boff layout of all three:
Cm Tac
Lt Eng
Lt Sci
Ens Uni
LtCm Uni
Tactical version consoles:
5 Tac
3 Eng
2 Sci
+15 weapons power
Engineering version consoles:
4 Tac
4 Eng
2 Sci
+10 weapons power
+5 shield power
Science version consoles:
4 Tac
3 Eng
3 Sci
+10 weapons power
+5 auxiliary power
Other stats (based on size and title):
Weapons 5 fore and 2 aft, or the standard 4 fore and 3 aft
Around 32000-35000 hull
x1.1 or x1 shield modifier
Crew 200
Turn 15
Impulse 2.0
Price 2500 for one, or 5000 for all three
doesn't matter it ll be the escort to rule them all. We knew it was coming, and we knew that it was going to be a fed thing, while kdf scorts are left in the dust once more.
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- Dual Tripple Quad Beam Banks
- Quad Dual Double Heavy Heavy Cannons
- Dual Rapid Fire Quad Torpedo Launchers
and ...
- Double Tripple Spiral Quad Beam Arrays
6 Tactical weapon slots.
In compensation, they will remove 1 aft weaponslot to make it less OP :P
Q: (cousteau1701e) Anything you can say about the upcoming Andorian ship?
Dstahl: It is an escort, has massive guns, is a new model based on an older design, it has a custom bridge, and is not coming out in January as I had originally thought. It will be in the first half of 2013, though.
Massive Guns, eh? QBBs? QDHCs?
Or are we looking at the possibility of a SHC?
Wish I could find a still of the Kumari firing from In a Mirror, Darkly (Part 2)...meh.
"Nobody can say "no" to a ship with two huge wing-mounted cannons, especially three of them."
http://sto.perfectworld.com/news/?p=821691
last thing we need is a ship to (obviously) have 5 forward weapon slots.
-sighs-
look at ff14, when it released it was pretty ****ty.
not to long after they fired everyone who had anything to do with it and redid/relaunched the game, now i see theyre already beta testing open world random event encounters.
why cant sto show a turnaround like ff14 did?
Do you even Science Bro?
"They say a picture can say a thousand words, but seeing these ships in action is something that not even a million words can describe. I hope to see all of you out in space soon, hopefully sporting one of these fantastic escorts, letting those cannons spit out destruction upon anything in your firing arc."
You know what the most frustrating thing is. I want to express my true feelings, and I can't.
your laughter will be drowned out by how releaved i will be
I wasn't going to get this ship, but now I'm thinking I may.
I'll have to buy a rename token so I can call my Captain Bluegrass or Quicksilver...
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