hell yes, an updated D7/ b'rel buy i would.
as a side thought, i find it interesting that the b'rel and D7/k'tinga are availible at T5 but the corrasponding fed ship ( yes i'll say it, the constitution class ( the refit version anyway)) has been vetoed by CBS. and just so every1 knows, this is NOT a request for an end game constitution class.
Really. All I'm seeing is a standard D-7 with hull detailing on the wings and a green colour.
So I really got into it and found some interesting things. It is based off a D7 model, but not the original TOS studio model. The phase 2 D7 was used as a base for the model in question and it has the same sloped torpedo pod angle as the K't'inga, which led to my confusion.
You can see the difference in torpedo pod slope here. http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/alien-chart.jpg
The phase 2 model is probably the reason the the K't'inga has the slope it does, now that I think about it.
It is really sad what state this Klingon icon is in.
I recently upgraded my Fleet K't'inga to tier 5U.
In addition to the already mentioned missing nacelle glow and general sloppiness and inaccuracy of the model, you can now add the following problems to the list that showed up after upgrading this ship (mind you I do not know if the lower versions of the ship are affected by this):
- The ship list icon is that of a B'rel Bird-of Prey. It would seem that someone forgot to code it so it defaults to that.
- The HUD icon (the one where it shows your HP and shields) is that of a Constitution (!!!) fed cruiser. This one left me baffled to say the least.
- The icon of the ship in your team list is the shape of a square. This seems to happen with quite a few ships, so add this one to the list of problematic ships.
This ship needs some desperate attention. Surely this is below Cryptic's standards of quality (to borrow the term)?
Season 10 update.
As we can see in the cinematic scenes of "Delta Flight" the high-resolution version of the K't'inga is still in the game and working. It is still just not working on the player version.
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as a side thought, i find it interesting that the b'rel and D7/k'tinga are availible at T5 but the corrasponding fed ship ( yes i'll say it, the constitution class ( the refit version anyway)) has been vetoed by CBS. and just so every1 knows, this is NOT a request for an end game constitution class.
So I really got into it and found some interesting things. It is based off a D7 model, but not the original TOS studio model. The phase 2 D7 was used as a base for the model in question and it has the same sloped torpedo pod angle as the K't'inga, which led to my confusion.
You can see the difference in torpedo pod slope here.
http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/schematics/alien-chart.jpg
The phase 2 model is probably the reason the the K't'inga has the slope it does, now that I think about it.
Here are the angles on the TAT D7 torpedo pod.
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Here is the Phase 2 D7.
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I recently upgraded my Fleet K't'inga to tier 5U.
In addition to the already mentioned missing nacelle glow and general sloppiness and inaccuracy of the model, you can now add the following problems to the list that showed up after upgrading this ship (mind you I do not know if the lower versions of the ship are affected by this):
- The ship list icon is that of a B'rel Bird-of Prey. It would seem that someone forgot to code it so it defaults to that.
- The HUD icon (the one where it shows your HP and shields) is that of a Constitution (!!!) fed cruiser. This one left me baffled to say the least.
- The icon of the ship in your team list is the shape of a square. This seems to happen with quite a few ships, so add this one to the list of problematic ships.
This ship needs some desperate attention. Surely this is below Cryptic's standards of quality (to borrow the term)?
"Let them eat static!"
As we can see in the cinematic scenes of "Delta Flight" the high-resolution version of the K't'inga is still in the game and working. It is still just not working on the player version.