Ships in game not designed right?

gt86

I found some interesting info on Ships from Star Trek today and it showed me they aren't designed right in STO. At least when it comes to weapons, they don't have the right amount of weapons equipped on them in STO. Here's a prime example


2363: U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

REGISTRY: NCC-1701-D
CLASS: GALAXY CLASS
CONSTRUCTED: UTOPIA PLANITIA FLEET YARDS
LAUNCHED: 2363
DESTROYED: 2371
LENGTH: 641 METERS
DECKS: 42
CREW: 1,012
TOP SPEED: WARP 9.6 (SUSTAINED)
WEAPONRY: 12 TYPE X PHASER ARRAYS
3 PHOTON TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
CAPTAINS: Jean-Luc Picard, Edward Jellico

thecoffinfly

For gameplay purposes, the weapons complement has had to be downsized.
It'd be absurd to have that many weapons per ship.

captainkeatz

Gameplay and Story Segregation.

misterde3

Somthing like this would only make sense of the weapon mounts had limited firing arcs and there were different types of torpedoes.
For example the Galaxy only has 3 torpedo launchers in seperated mode, the 3rd is actually in the saucer section aiming backwards. In connected mode it's right above the battle bridge and can't fire.
Also the Galaxy has the ability to fire up to 10 torpedoes in a single salvoe or at once like a shotgun at one or different targets. So the launcher hardpoint would have different maximum launcher size than on for example the Intreprid, which has 4 launchers but we've only ever seen her fire 2 torpedoes per launcher at once.
So while this sound nice in theory, it would make the game more complicated than most people would be comfortable with.

bodiger

i think it would be awesome to have neros ship, what did it have like 50 disruptor banks and like 500 launchers??? just kidding

thecoffinfly

The Narada was ridiculous.

unit750

While it does say the canon galaxy has 12 arrays, It's still somewhat represented in the game, as most of the phaser strips are there, and depending on the angle you are firing at, your single phaser array represents probably 2-4 strips.

My biggest problem with it all though is that if you fit multiple arrays, they all fire off the same strip, which looks pretty bad. It would be nice if it used those other strips when multiple arrays are fitted.

thecosmic1

Here's my theory: Show me an episode of TNG where they used all 12 Phaser Arrays at once and I'll argue the game should have them too. Whereas I can show you millions of examples where the Galaxy in the game uses all 8 of its weapons slots at once.

tekehd

gt86 wrote: »

I found some interesting info on Ships from Star Trek today and it showed me they aren't designed right in STO. At least when it comes to weapons, they don't have the right amount of weapons equipped on them in STO. Here's a prime example


2363: U.S.S. ENTERPRISE

REGISTRY: NCC-1701-D
CLASS: GALAXY CLASS
CONSTRUCTED: UTOPIA PLANITIA FLEET YARDS
LAUNCHED: 2363
DESTROYED: 2371
LENGTH: 641 METERS
DECKS: 42
CREW: 1,012
TOP SPEED: WARP 9.6 (SUSTAINED)
WEAPONRY: 12 TYPE X PHASER ARRAYS
3 PHOTON TORPEDO LAUNCHERS
CAPTAINS: Jean-Luc Picard, Edward Jellico

Yes, stated weapons layout from canon on ships.... I drive a scimitar, are you sure you want that?

sonnikku

OP has a point. Also my Scimitar should have 52 disruptor bays and 27 torpedoes tubes, for reasons.

tekehd

sonnikku wrote: »

OP has a point. Also my Scimitar should have 52 disruptor bays and 27 torpedoes tubes, for reasons.

As well as a perfect cloak with the ability to fire through it indefinitely.... and if the fedies don't happen to have an empathic half-betazoid counselor who had been recently mentally rapped with the aid of the Scimitar's Reman first officer... that's their problem.

misterde3

sonnikku wrote: »

OP has a point. Also my Scimitar should have 52 disruptor bays and 27 torpedoes tubes, for reasons.

The big joke of that particular ship is that it probably never fired 52 disruptor shots in the movie altogether...meaning they all have a rate of fire of what?...once very 10 minutes or so?

Another good example would be the comparatively small Vor'cha which has, according to verious sources some 18 disruptor banks. Even if we count DCs as two that would still mean a layout of for example 6 DCs and 6 turrets.

jellico1

thecosmic1 wrote: »

Here's my theory: Show me an episode of TNG where they used all 12 Phaser Arrays at once and I'll argue the game should have them too. Whereas I can show you millions of examples where the Galaxy in the game uses all 8 of its weapons slots at once.

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Watch the second encounter the Enterprise D had with the Borg where Picard tells the borg He has new weapons and defenses Thats a good show of a lot of firepower from the galaxy class