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carbongrip
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Ok so I remember STO before PWE and it was in the future but not really out of cannon context just a new point in time and new technology as expected. But now everytime I go to Earth and see all the ships in orbit I really feel that all them lockbox ships and romulan ships in orbit are ruining the game. It may just be me...
Could we at least limit Romulans from parking around earth? May be let them part by Jupiter?
Could we at least limit Romulans from parking around earth? May be let them part by Jupiter?
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And Breen, and ancient ships, and ships from the future...:rolleyes:
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Federation ships, future fed ships, rom ships, future rom ships, 100k year old ships, tholian ships, ferengi ships, voth ships, breen ships, freighters, cardassian ships, dominion ships, elachi ships, paradise planet ships, hirogen ships, and borg-modified warbirds.
It could happen in canon Star... Tre...
*Bursts into laughter*
Couldn't hold a straight face.
But anyway, ships = money, money = game continuation.
So many canon trek ships go unused, while we get fictional magical ships that make no sense. They could have used the same stats on trek hulls.
My point exactly, ships should be faction specific to me anyways so my idea is make future lock boxes have faction specific ships that are only available from lock boxes. I don't know maybe I am wrong but they should just agree its a mistake and let them slowly go extinct so we get back to the old days.
WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THE OLD DAYS! lol really
I agree Canon ships make the game more immerse. My Jem'Hadar Dreadnought Carrier is my flagship in this game. I would like to see more canon ships because this game is called "Star Trek" and not generic Space game online.
At the same time I understand the need to make money. But I'm sure canon ships can bring in money and be fun to pilot.
That ship has sailed long ago. Ever since Cryptic had its eyes opened by the very first box with the bugship in it, STO. was doomed. Better to just ignore it as best you can and try to enjoy the game in spite of it all.
I understand what you're saying. You're basically looking for a more immersive experience in STO. The problem is that this game has always been more theme park than immersion. Individual missions will sometimes be immersive but overall game play will not be.
Immersion is what you make of it.
So... Starfleet ships should be parked closer to ESD, like handicapped parking spaces at the mall?
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Instead it's a whine post about immersion.
Ugh.
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Basically, I'm the Picard/Kirk of the game, and I'm the only hero there. And when I have an unsual ship, sometimes, that's because I'm the hero. And it makes it less unusual to have only 1 alien ship in starfleet, opposed as thousands.
I don't feel superior or anything over the others players. They are just the NPC in my game
Probably the fact that with your proposal the Assault Cruiser Refit would cost effectively $200 per toon, assuming the same odds as with previous lockboxes. No thank you.
"Hey, it's already broken, let's make it worse!" :rolleyes:
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Once again, you're spot on and I completely agree. You Sir with your posts, are a breath of fresh air on these forums.
I'll however mention something else about ships in STO. I think we have waaaay to many ships compared to actual content that we need them for. Honestly, I think that there are just way too many ships. Yeah, diversity is good and enabling people choices is good as well, but it just seems that the entire focus of the game has switched to ships and even the content released is somehow starting to be related to selling those and not to stand by itself.
I believe your last line goes more like :
ships = money, money = more ships .
Content you say ?
*Bursts into laughter*
Couldn't say that one with a straight face.
If you are asking about power creep I agree. It takes a lot to keep canon designs competitive.
But if you mean the diversity of ships around places like Earth? No it is better than just SF ships. And here is why.
Go out and look at a road near you. The police cars are Star Fleet ships. But they are not the only ships on the road. You get sedans, sports cars, off roaders, pickup trucks to big delivery vehicles on the roads.
Same with an important hub like Earth. The only thing they could do to make it more immersive would be to spread out the arrival point so ships did not collide just coming out of warp at the same spot.
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Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
With the KDF, well, let's just say power talks and as long as an ally is useful the High Council will tolerate them.
It is if the ships don't originate from within the large group of diverse species. Andorian escorts, Caitian carriers and Vulcan science vessels are not out of place in the Federation Starfleet, because those species are already part of the Federation. Jem'Hadar bug ships (and most other lockbox/Lobi ships) are a different story.
But, as others have pointed out, that ship warped out of the system long ago. Three of my toons have Jem'Hadar ships and they have proven too useful for me to abandon out of such silly concerns as immersion. Especially my JHDC - it's a Dyson Sphere beast.
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I like your view on this maybe a solution would be to spread out where people warp in and even make it so non-federation ships cant have U.S.S. in the name, that would make it much more immersive to me at least. You wouldn't see cargo ships with U.S.S. in it. Nor would you see it on a civilian vessel. So maybe cryptic should really fix this!
Very true dont mind the ships from species in the federation as members, but really do we need to see Jem'Hadar ships at earth! So can we maybe see fewer unrelistic ships in game? Maybe a Bajoran ship, those would actually make since as they are a member of the federation!
How dare they use fictional ships in a game that takes place in a fictional universe!
If PWE wanted o remove the JHDC from the game they could get rid of over half just by introducing a federation hull with the exact same stats. I hear time and again that the only reason they fly the jemnaught is because it's the best carrier in the game. make a starfleet ship with the same stats and it would be a best seller
We didn't make the game we're just playing it and Cryptic doing something about it now would only inconvenience and outrage a lot of people who have spent a great deal of time and money on these ships. Does it break immersion, well of course it does, but can you honestly say that that word can even be applied to this game? As a Starfleet officer your duty is to seek out new worlds, new civilizations, boldly go where no-one has gone before and when you get there, kill everything that moves and steal anything that isn't bolted down. I don't know about you but that sounds a bit off to me, that being so immersion isn't too deep in this game even under the best conditions.