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Season 7 Dev Blog #37

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited February 2013 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Ship Artist Ian "JamJamz" Richards shares details about the process behind designing the upcoming Andorian Kumari Escorts in this entry of the Season 7 News Dev Blog series.


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  • liquidraven26liquidraven26 Member Posts: 94 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Looking forward to seeing the stats/consoles on this
  • burstdragon323burstdragon323 Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Kumari gets a bridge.

    Ody, and Bort got bridges

    Vesta did not, why? Do you not care about science ships?
  • ussultimatumussultimatum Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Please don't make it turn like a Raptor.

    Please let special weapons have ACCx2 at least.
  • seannewboyseannewboy Member Posts: 667 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Kudos to the JamJamz!:D
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  • usscapitalusscapital Member Posts: 985 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    i ask this everytime = why no better & bigger pics ? , i hope that you took time and did the maco shield look better than most of the recent ships
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  • aegon1iceaegon1ice Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Brandon, is it possible to put in pics with high res on clicking on them? Most of the time you use good images which would fit perfectly as a wallpaper, but they are all low res-pics.

    Would be nice of you if you can link high-res versions :)

    And of course I am so looking forward to getting these beasts!
  • joshmaaaaaaansjoshmaaaaaaans Member Posts: 32 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Why would you buy 3 of the same ship with minor differences for, lol.
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  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    The Andorian Mining Consortium runs from no one.


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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    So will all C-Store ships be stupid MACROtransaction bundles now? If this doesn't say "This game is doing poorly, we need moar moneyz!" I don't know what will.

    And what about the Klingons? Nothing for the KDF again? Wow...
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited February 2013
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  • foxalpha5foxalpha5 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I may just have to actually spend money to get this one. Kudos!

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  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Would you rather have an awful MMO where they lock 90% of the game content behind a pay wall, or a game where a bunch of shiny ships you don't actually need are behind the pay wall?

    I'm pretty content to choose the second any day of the week.


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  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Would you rather have an awful MMO where they lock 90% of the game content behind a pay wall, or a game where a bunch of shiny ships you don't actually need are behind the pay wall?

    I'm pretty content to choose the second any day of the week.


    Yes but there is a disconnect here: We're paying in, and we're not getting useable content out. Instead we get grinds, unlock-stores, more grinds and then we are told we are grinding THE WRONG WAY -- and they smack our hands.

    I would almost rather pay per freshly developed story arc going forward... than pay $50 for ships that are "slightly different" and that you need all three to unleash the "special power."

    $20 for a set of three high quality FE-length missions and two repeatable support missions... now that's an unlock I could get behind!
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Suit yourself. Charge-content games are pretty much the absolute antithesis of an entertaining game as far as I'm concerned. It's pretty much destroyed console gaming for me with this trend of releasing 70% of the game then charging you a second time for the other 30%. This is one area I actually think Cryptic have got it right (regardless of what I think of the pricing of things in this game).


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  • purplegamerpurplegamer Member Posts: 1,015 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    themarie wrote: »
    Yes but there is a disconnect here: We're paying in, and we're not getting useable content out. Instead we get grinds, unlock-stores, more grinds and then we are told we are grinding THE WRONG WAY -- and they smack our hands.

    I would almost rather pay per freshly developed story arc going forward... than pay $50 for ships that are "slightly different" and that you need all three to unleash the "special power."

    $20 for a set of three high quality FE-length missions and two repeatable support missions... now that's an unlock I could get behind!

    You nailed it. I'm just at a loss as to what they're using the money for except to make things we have to pay for anyway.

    EDIT - I guess we'll find out come May.
  • firekeeperhufirekeeperhu Member Posts: 416 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    i thought we will have exact specifications about the ship today, but instead, we just had this little nothing about it's appearence... i guess it won't be avaliable for purchase this week... but i want it NOW
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  • malkarrismalkarris Member Posts: 797 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Keep in mind, I'm just talking about look, and this is IMHO.

    Am I the only one who doesn't like these? Heavily inspired, why not just copy the old Kumari? Its what you did on the Vulcan ship. Maybe its the chrome that bothers me so much, either that or the giant wing guns, maybe both. Don't get me wrong, its a good looking ship, it just doesn't look like an Andorian ship to me, or really a Star Trek ship either.

    Oh well, one less ship for me to think about.
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  • trek21trek21 Member Posts: 2,246 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    hypl wrote: »
    So will all C-Store ships be stupid MACROtransaction bundles now? If this doesn't say "This game is doing poorly, we need moar moneyz!" I don't know what will.

    And what about the Klingons? Nothing for the KDF again? Wow...
    If something's successful, then why change it? (just look at how many Odyssey's are flying around) ;) I highly doubt that's a sign of needing money (and besides, the lockboxes are bigger money-makers)

    And why do we need 'nothing for the KDF' posts in every single new ship annoucement? :rolleyes: I'm primarily a KDF person myself now, and you don't see me being that low
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  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I'd like to see a picture next to another ship. The Kumari sorta looks like a BoP, but from those window lines I'm getting the feeling of a much larger ship than I'd assumed, more Armitage if not Chimera size.
  • themariethemarie Member Posts: 1,055 Arc User
    edited February 2013

    EDIT - I guess we'll find out come May.


    Why wait. Look back on the last four seasons, and you will see beyond any doubt what we are in for.

    The May update will be more of the same. Promises of awsome that are unfinished, huge glaring bugs and dozens of patches to address poor grammar and spelling in lockbock tool-tips.
  • sfc#5932 sfc Member Posts: 992 Bug Hunter
    edited February 2013
    Why would you buy 3 of the same ship with minor differences for, lol.
    I'm guessing you've never seen the Vesta/Odyssey/Bortas class ship packs, right?
  • synthscanner#2101 synthscanner Member Posts: 470 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Thanks JamJamz, they look incredible, much better than I ever expected. My Andorian captain has been long awaiting the arrival of these ships. :)
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    The Andorians are planning to rebel against the Federation, and restore the Andorian empire I say we take their ships to stop this uprising.
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  • f8explorer#7814 f8explorer Member Posts: 1,328 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Kumari gets a bridge.

    Ody, and Bort got bridges

    Vesta did not, why? Do you not care about science ships?

    Vesta is a Starfleet vessel while this one is Andorian.

    I'd want the Ambassador (being a ship out of time) to have one first or the Breen ship which just doesn't look right with a Fed bridge.
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  • f8explorer#7814 f8explorer Member Posts: 1,328 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    The Andorians are planning to rebel against the Federation, and restore the Andorian empire I say we take their ships to stop this uprising.

    Nope .... We let them leave the Federation and come on over the Klingon Empire.

    Look to the books ... They left the Federation behind in those. :)
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    Dunno about buying it (I'm not much of an escort pilot), but aesthetically that is a very pretty ship. Nice work Jamz.
  • idronaidrona Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I honestly don't know if I should be glad or sad seeing this coming ship.

    Glad - Awesome looking shiny and just cool.

    Sad - I'm very happy with the Vesta right now, but this new ship will make my Vesta look like something the cat dragged home.

    Anyway, good job! JamJamz needs a raise. :P
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  • tuskin67tuskin67 Member Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    i thought we will have exact specifications about the ship today, but instead, we just had this little nothing about it's appearence... i guess it won't be avaliable for purchase this week... but i want it NOW

    You must be new to this

    Dev blogs for C-Store ships ALWAYS have 2 Dev Blogs, one about the ship and one with the Stats.

    IMO I would expect the Stats Blog tomorrow or Wednesday and the ship to be out Thursday.
  • thestargazethestargaze Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I hope to god that this is for Zen Store,... and not a lockbox
  • tuskin67tuskin67 Member Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited February 2013
    I hope to god that this is for Zen Store,... and not a lockbox

    It is C/Zen-Store

    If it was a lock box ship we would have had a Dev Blog on the Box before the ships.
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