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Season 9 Dev Blog #18: Undine Lockbox & Lobi Store Ships

pwecaptainsmirkpwecaptainsmirk Member Posts: 1,167 Arc User
edited April 2014 in Galactic News Network [PC]
It's almost time for the new Undine Lockbox to begin dropping in-game with tomorrow's launch of Season 9: A New Accord. This latest lockbox is filled with Fluidic Universe goodies, brought to you by the Lobi Crystal Consortium.

Check out the details of the latest ships, weapons, Duty Officers and more, in this latest entry of the Season 9 News Dev Blog series.

Link to the Blog.

~CaptainSmirk
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  • cookiecrookcookiecrook Member Posts: 4,537 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Thank you! :)
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  • topsettopset Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Are the lockbox and Lobi ships supposed to have identical stats and boff layouts (minus the console) or did you just mess up the copy/paste?
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  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    You went there... you actually did... And I hate you for it.

    At this rate when can we expect a playable Borg Tactical Cube?

    Iconians? Pfffft... I wonder why the Lobi Consortium isn't ruling the galaxy by now... Borg can't assimilate the Undine, yet Ferengis have managed to capture their ships without much of an issue.

    I call BS. Won't even bother commenting the stats. We all know by now each and every new ship has to be more powerful than the last one. Typical. Power creep all the way.

    Playable planet destroyers... Christ... And people thought putting Thalaron Pulse on Republic Scimitars was stupid enough. But I guess no amount of idiocy will stop Cryptic from getting their money.
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  • raud1raud1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Copy / Paste fail on ship stats and looks like the pictures are swapped??

    Where's the rest of the info on lockbox contents like new weapon type, doffs, traits?
  • overlapooverlapo Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Is that raptor supposed to have a 1.05 shield mod?
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  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    It's almost time for the new Undine Lockbox to begin dropping in-game with tomorrow's launch of Season 9: A New Accord. This latest lockbox is filled with Fluidic Universe goodies, brought to you by the Lobi Crystal Consortium.

    Check out the details of the latest ships, weapons, Duty Officers and more, in this latest entry of the Season 9 News Dev Blog series.

    Link to the Blog.

    ~CaptainSmirk

    Is there another Blog coming? The one it links to only details ships, no mention of Doffs, Weapons or other goodies.
    You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
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  • zeratkzeratk Member Posts: 409
    edited April 2014
    Fail! 6789
    This is Crypticverse... :mad:
  • talgeezetalgeeze Member Posts: 196 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I think both Undine ships have the same stats (avaibility and console aside).
  • drake122svkdrake122svk Member Posts: 731 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    pwecaptainsmirk wrote: »
    Check out the details of the latest ships, weapons, Duty Officers and more, in this latest entry of the Season 9 News Dev Blog series.

    Link to the Blog.

    ~CaptainSmirk

    Info on weapons? DOFFs? Where? :rolleyes:
    https://www.youtube.com/Drake122
  • primar13primar13 Member Posts: 1,896 Bug Hunter
    edited April 2014
    So many Typos and Stat Issues. it Burns!!!!! (Just poking fun)

    I do like the Ships, I just want to see the Real Stats, they all seem to be duplicates..
  • gofasternowgofasternow Member Posts: 1,390 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Okay, it's funny - I put up a post on to what kind of ship I should get for my Sci Gorn and it turns out the new Somraw Mirror leans on Sci stuff. Sweet!
  • killdozer9211killdozer9211 Member Posts: 919 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Sigh, why did we need to do this? That first paragraph alone is just a list of the reasons no civilized being should have any interest in flying these nightmarish abomination ships. I shudder to think what's next in the lockbox rotation.

    Anyway...

    Universal Console?
    Weapons packs?
    Lobi stuff?
    Other random goodies?

    And were the ships supposed to have identical stats or...?

    Positive side though: They look good. I'm going to enjoy destroying these crimes against nature in the new missions. And kudos on the new mirror ships. It's always nice to see you giving players more options and diversity in there. Thanks for that.
  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Yeah looks like the identical stats thing are a mistake ( I hope ).
  • myrnwynmyrnwyn Member Posts: 103 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I was hoping you guys would have the sense not to make Undine ships flyable because that makes even less sense than any of the other lockbox ships but it's not like I can say I'm surprised.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,478 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    The only thing which doesn't urge me to claw my eyes out this second is the Mirror Nova.

    Seriously? Undine ships? Why not throw in a playable tactical cube while you're at it.
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Also wow. Wow. Those stats. So unbalanced. Much overpowered. Wow.

    These things are Cdr. Tac, Lt. Cdr Uni and Lt. Cdr Sci, 4/4, can equip dual cannons, have five tac slots, a hull of 34k and a turn rate of fourteen? Not to mention the +10 to weapon power.

    These things will make the Scimitar look like a runabout. Why don't you just replace the Undine ships with a device that you activate that instantly destroys all enemies and completes all mission objectives. Something like [Console - Universal - Insta-Win Button].

    For all the talk of curbing power creep, you've not thought this one through very well.
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  • wbaker256#3172 wbaker256
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         Member Posts: 300 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    *Sigh* I figured it would go this way. You know, the other lockbox ships made sense, because even the most alien ones (Tholian, Elachi etc.) were mechanical ships that could be operated by humanoids. Like Killdozer9211 stated, the first paragraph of the blog is the exact reason why we shouldn't be allowed to have these ships, let alone fly one. The Logical route would've been to include faction-based ships that are modified with various pieces of Undine tech, kinda like the Dyson ships.

    Then again, this is Cryptic. I shouldn't be surprised.
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  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    "Undine Bioships are a complicated combination of organic tissues, engineered and grown for the specific purpose of serving as warships for the Undine fleet. Although originally designed to be manned and flown by as little as a single Undine pilot, the internal systems of every bioship available for use by Alpha Quadrant species have undergone extensive modifications. While these modifications have made larger crew compliments a necessity, they have also done away with the need for the ship’s pilot to have powerful psionic capabilities, or for the interior of the vessel to be flooded with bioplasma, thus allowing even Humans, Klingons and Romulans to fly these complex organic starships"

    * F A C E P A L M *

    The stench of desperation is strong in this one Cryptic. So very strong.
    You guys have become truly pathetic.
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  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    edited April 2014
    z3ndor99 wrote: »
    Yeah looks like the identical stats thing are a mistake ( I hope ).

    The stats for the Nicor are correct in this blog. We'll be correcting the Dromias' stats in an update shortly.

    Sorry for the confusion!
    Jeremy Randall
    Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
    "Play smart!"
  • verlaine11verlaine11 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    And CBS signed off on letting them do this, oh dear, now we get to see more and more alien ships flying around
  • gofasternowgofasternow Member Posts: 1,390 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    I'm seriously starting to think this is a major misprint. When I caught it earlier, for some reason, they had the pictures for the Mogai and Somraw flipped around, so I think someone did some rearranging and forgot to fix things.
  • j0hn41j0hn41 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Maybe there isn't anything else in the box...

    Just your standard shot at a ship or... 4 lobi...?
  • ragnar0xragnar0x Member Posts: 296 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    GIVE US MINI TACTICAL CUBE PLAYABLE :P i want to buy and fly those. Take my money!
  • trek21trek21 Member Posts: 2,246 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    For a ST game, you can either be all-canon-all-the-time, or the gameplay can not match up to the story (which isn't that uncommon in games), allowing us to fly these ships

    So it's fairly intentional, and much more fun imo :D The identical stats are a funny typo

    Oh and shpoks, at least try to enjoy them before you condemn them...

    That is all for me here
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    borticuscryptic wrote: »
    The stats for the Nicor are correct in this blog. We'll be correcting the Dromias' stats in an update shortly.

    Sorry for the confusion!

    ...Now it's saying that the Dromias gets 3 LtCdr seats.
  • cbrjwrrcbrjwrr Member Posts: 2,782 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    While the Undine ships are... ill-advised at best, I like the mirror ships. New Nova seems a bit closer to a mini-Sovereign like it should be, the KDF gain a much needed Sci vessel, and The Mogai will definitely do as a replacement for my Roms T3 Mogai.
  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,478 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    ragnar0x wrote: »
    GIVE US MINI TACTICAL CUBE PLAYABLE :P i want to buy and fly those. Take my money!

    At least a tactical cube or borg sphere could happen. We've seen a borg sphere taken over by liberated borg after the unimatrix zero incident.

    Undine bioships though.. <walks away to find a wall to bang head against..>
    This program, though reasonably normal at times, seems to have a strong affinity to classes belonging to the Cat 2.0 program. Questerius 2.7 will break down on occasion, resulting in garbage and nonsense messages whenever it occurs. Usually a hard reboot or pulling the plug solves the problem when that happens.
  • colonelchenchuancolonelchenchuan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    shpoks wrote: »
    "Undine Bioships are a complicated combination of organic tissues, engineered and grown for the specific purpose of serving as warships for the Undine fleet. Although originally designed to be manned and flown by as little as a single Undine pilot, the internal systems of every bioship available for use by Alpha Quadrant species have undergone extensive modifications. While these modifications have made larger crew compliments a necessity, they have also done away with the need for the ship’s pilot to have powerful psionic capabilities, or for the interior of the vessel to be flooded with bioplasma, thus allowing even Humans, Klingons and Romulans to fly these complex organic starships"

    * F A C E P A L M *

    The stench of desperation is strong in this one Cryptic. So very strong.
    You guys have become truly pathetic.

    yeah, rather than just making a decent Odyssey, Starfleet is spending all its time retrofitting ships they dont actually need and arent designed for humans in the first place
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  • bobsisko47bobsisko47 Member Posts: 67 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    So, the Dromias has now a Commander Eng and 3 Lt.Cmd (Tac, Sci, uni)?
  • ussprometheus79ussprometheus79 Member Posts: 727 Arc User
    edited April 2014
    Given the blog is incomplete and there is mistakes, if something as simple as this can't be proof read, I genuinely do wonder about the QC process for these kind of things. :confused:

    Already a couple of folks I know in game chatting about quitting for this in addition to the rep nerf.
    If you've come to the forums to complain about the AFK system, it's known to be bugged at the moment.
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