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Escape Pods?

aiden089aiden089 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
edited October 2013 in Federation Discussion
I think it would be a good idea to have the option to flee a battle using an escape pod from my ship (not a shuttle craft as this too would have been dewstroyed).

Player can then be rescued by a rescue team/ship or fly pod to Starbase (whichever is closest).

Please discuss:o
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    I can understand wanting that from a role-play standpoint, but from a game standpoint it would just slow everything down. STO is a combat sprint where everyone tries to get everything done as quickly as possible. Immersion is generally lost in the run for Marks, ECs, and Dilithium.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • aiden089aiden089 Member Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    I can understand wanting that from a role-play standpoint, but from a game standpoint it would just slow everything down. STO is a combat sprint where everyone tries to get everything done as quickly as possible. Immersion is generally lost in the run for Marks, ECs, and Dilithium.

    Sad but true
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  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    aiden089 wrote: »
    I think it would be a good idea to have the option to flee a battle using an escape pod from my ship (not a shuttle craft as this too would have been dewstroyed).

    Player can then be rescued by a rescue team/ship or fly pod to Starbase (whichever is closest).

    Please discuss:o

    Just hit "abandon ship" ability when you are going down. That's partially what it is.
  • crusty8maccrusty8mac Member Posts: 1,381 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    Ummmmm..... what kind of captain are you? A real captain goes down with his ship.
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  • whamhammer1whamhammer1 Member Posts: 2,290 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    crusty8mac wrote: »
    Ummmmm..... what kind of captain are you? A real captain goes down with his ship.

    Nope, a real captain command his ship so it doesn't go down in the first place.:D
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  • kublahkankublahkan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2013
    WHAT??

    A DOff that his specialty is to help blow up your own ship?
    What happens if he gets drunk one night and gets funny ideas...!?!

    You should put THAT DOff on the Escape Pod ASAP !
    :P

    Cheers
    "Starship captains are like children. They want everything right now and they want it their way. The secret is to give them what they need, not what they want."
    - Scotty, to La Forge
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