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Season 8 Dev Blog #46

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited February 2014 in Galactic News Network [PC]
More details about the new Hirogen Lock Box and Lobi ships are revealed in this entry of the Season 8 News Dev Blog series.


Link to the blog.
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  • ziggydsziggyds Member Posts: 84 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I'm getting that escort!

    The Evil Queen - Tac - Hobo
    John May Lives - Sci - Hobo
  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Wow we're swapping LtCmdrs around now. Verrrrrry interesting.
  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Interesting boff layout on the escort. I'd love it, which means others hate it...

    Looking forward to the 180 console...

    Does it face you to do a 180 or give you the capability to do a 180?
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Nice stats on those mirror ships...
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    So many blogs. So much EC to spend. @_@
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    Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited January 2014
    mightybobcnc wrote: »
    So many blogs.

    Right?! By the time the week is done, 20+ blogs/ news posts will have gone live. Was really fun to take most of the screens for the all, and CaptainSmirk helped immensely (as did the Devs who wrote their blogs) in getting these all out to you.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • boogieman624boogieman624 Member Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Rom and KDF ranks have been switched so KDF says Rear Admiral and Rom says Brigadier General.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    You know, I should have started saving up for the Apex back before the LoR announcements when I was teasing folks that wanted Roms that I wanted an Apex...meh. Must fight the urge to roll another toon for that ship...mus-TRIBBLE it. C'mon, picture that with a Rom Tac sporting a mix of the Hirogen Tet, Nukara Tet, some R-Tets and wheeeee!
  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Hull Strength: 36,000
    Shield Modifier: .1

    I think that mirror cruiser got jipped.
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  • mightybobcncmightybobcnc Member Posts: 3,354 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Right?! By the time the week is done, 20+ blogs/ news posts will have gone live. Was really fun to take most of the screens for the all, and CaptainSmirk helped immensely (as did the Devs who wrote their blogs) in getting these all out to you.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    Yeah I heard you guys worked really hard to get all of these overlapping blogs ready (new destroyers, new lockbox, anniversary, all at the same time).
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    Finger wrote:
    Nitpicking is a time-honored tradition of science fiction. Asking your readers not to worry about the "little things" is like asking a dog not to sniff at people's crotches. If there's something that appears to violate natural laws, then you can expect someone's going to point it out. That's just the way things are.
  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    edited January 2014
    boogieman624 wrote: »
    Brigadier General rank for The Mirror Dhelan Warbird Retrofit, huh?

    Sorry! Typo, clearly. ;)

    They require the same level as the Fed and Kdf Mirror Ships... that's Subadmiral I right? (man, I'm terribad with Rom ranks)
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Negh'var FTW!!!!


    This is what happens when you want Cryptic to release more blogs in one day BLOG OVERLOAD!!!!!!
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  • skiffy1skiffy1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Right?! By the time the week is done, 20+ blogs/ news posts will have gone live. Was really fun to take most of the screens for the all, and CaptainSmirk helped immensely (as did the Devs who wrote their blogs) in getting these all out to you.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=

    ... And then it's vacation time for our tired overworked community manager? I see no reason why PWE couldn't have you hosting a live play from the beaches of Maui. :D
  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    New mirror ships is just what the doctor ordered.
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  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    That dark material looks really nice.

    The Mirror ships look very interesting too.

    That's all I have to say.
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  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    Right?! By the time the week is done, 20+ blogs/ news posts will have gone live. Was really fun to take most of the screens for the all, and CaptainSmirk helped immensely (as did the Devs who wrote their blogs) in getting these all out to you.

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
    You done a good job Branny!
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  • boogieman624boogieman624 Member Posts: 73 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    pwebranflakes wrote: »
    More details about the new Hirogen Lock Box and Lobi ships are revealed in this entry of the Season 8 News Dev Blog series.


    Link to the blog.
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    Sorry! Typo, clearly. ;)

    They require the same level as the Fed and Kdf Mirror Ships... that's Subadmiral I right? (man, I'm terribad with Rom ranks)

    It is OK. You Devs have been working really hard lately to bring us Season 8.5... And the Dauntless class Right?
  • wraithshadow13wraithshadow13 Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    It does seem like an interesting ship series
  • twamtwam Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Those are some wildly powerful vessels, potentially. Not a lot of downsides to either escort or cruiser, unless I'm missing something.
  • kyuzos7kyuzos7 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    "The Mirror Negh'Var Heavy Battle Cruiser favors science Bridge Officer Seating and Console Slots more than the Prime Universe version does."

    nooooooo i wanted it to favor Tactical Bridge Officer Seating nooooooo why did you do this to meeee.
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  • thay8472thay8472 Member Posts: 6,159 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Do a blog on the ground hirogen set :P
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  • twamtwam Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    kyuzos7 wrote: »
    "The Mirror Negh'Var Heavy Battle Cruiser favors science Bridge Officer Seating and Console Slots more than the Prime Universe version does."

    nooooooo i wanted it to favor Tactical Bridge Officer Seating nooooooo why did you do this to meeee.

    But it also gets that ensign tac instead of the 3rd eng ensign :)
  • switchngcswitchngc Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Do Escort Carriers count as Escorts for the console?
  • gofasternowgofasternow Member Posts: 1,390 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Holy TRIBBLE, the Mirror Heavy Cruiser is better than the Heavy Cruiser Retrofit! It favors all three to a point (Tac still has the Ensign and Lt. BOFF seating, but the Sci gets the Lt. Comm. seating this time and their Console is 3-3-3 instead of 2-4-3)

    I hate the design, but I WANT IT!

    I also love the Hirogen bridge layout!
  • rinksterrinkster Member Posts: 3,549 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Do a blog on how you deal with customer feedback :P
  • pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    empireofsteve wrote: »
    Hull Strength: 36,000
    Shield Modifier: .1

    I think that mirror cruiser got jipped.

    Sorry for the .

    We got it fixed and updated, along with the right Rank Requirements for the KDF and ROM Mirror Universe Ships.

    Thanks for the watchful eyes!

    #SmirkFail
  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Everything that I can see looks awesome.

    Unfortunately, I've been unable to see most of the pictures on the website for days--do you guys know what's up with that?

    Also, that mirror Dhelan warbird retrofit looks awesome.

    The heavy escort's boff seating is ridiculously awesome. Key splurge time!

    The Apex has a very nice adaptable seating configuration--that would be a lethal weapon in the hands of my Fed engineer.

    The heavy cruiser retrofit is MUCH better than the one I'm using on my Vulcan right now--I definitely want one of those. Same with the Negh'var for my Gorn eng--that's going to be a killer ship, with crowd control to back up the raw power and defense.

    Mirror Dhelan should be a nice complement to my Romulan tac's T'varo; the extra eng seating is going to make survival so much easier.
  • orangeitisorangeitis Member Posts: 5,222 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    kyuzos7 wrote: »
    "The Mirror Negh'Var Heavy Battle Cruiser favors science Bridge Officer Seating and Console Slots more than the Prime Universe version does."

    nooooooo i wanted it to favor Tactical Bridge Officer Seating nooooooo why did you do this to meeee.
    Uuuuh... get the prime universe version then?
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  • dave18193dave18193 Member Posts: 416 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Love this lockbox, which is not a sentence i ever though id type.

    I dont know what's more perfect. Two new space traits for freshly built B'rel kinetic boat (making his tropedos and his Nukara mines more potent), new tetryon gear for my Andorian themed Charal and my tetnaught Excelsior, or new mirror ships.

    A Neghvar which is not only not-awful, but actually awesome?!?!?

    Besides, this opens the floodgated for even more potential morror designs for the next lockbox. Mirror Sabre with LtCmdr Eng anyone? Or Mirror Intrepid with LtCmdr Tac?

    Quite apart from the competitive possiblities opened up, this opens up the possibility of cheaper purchases for those of us who love certain ship deigns just for the looks. The t5 Dhelen was 2,000 zen I think? The Neghvar 120,000 dilithium and the non-fleet T5 Cheyenne a hefty 200,000 fc.

    I just hope we see mirror Defiant, Akira and Galaxy down the line, though I doubt cryptic would mirror such (potentially) saleable ships in mirror, since the Defiant and Akira sell well s is and the Galaxy is, supposedly, due a full revamp down the line.

    On an unrelated note, the mirror Dhelen also lends credence to my theory about tomorrow's giveaway. I bet rom side we'll get the Z Store Dhelen whos sales will drop even more now.

    Apart from anything else, hooray for more tetryon, and double hooray for more true factio ships in sector space.
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  • worffan101worffan101 Member Posts: 9,518 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    Sorry for the .

    We got it fixed and updated, along with the right Rank Requirements for the KDF and ROM Mirror Universe Ships.

    Thanks for the watchful eyes!

    #SmirkFail

    I forgive you, because these ships are AWESOME. I need to know who designed them, so that I can show my appreciation properly.
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