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What's your beef with non-glowy warp nacelles Cryptic
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NX.
Connie.
Miranda.
Oberth.
Constellation.
Basically, a bunch of ships from ENT, ToS, and TMP eras that are canon-onically depicted with warp nacelles that don't ever use the "blue glow in the middle that shows the warp drive engaging".
Of course, with no modification to the design the Excelsior's warp nacelles were easily given the blue glowy-patch in the center like the Galaxy, Nebula, etc. that generate a blue glow in the middle before going to warp.
Granted, 4 of these 5 ships exist in "early game". The 5th, meanwhile, only exists as skins/designs that were from the "glowy nacelle era". Yet, every time a discussion of any of these ships comes up for endgame-inclusion, not only do we have heavy duty playerbase discussions of age, appropriateness, etc., there is a telling silence from the Devs, punctuated with one measly "CBS said no" as "explanation".
Therefore, the only "logical" explanation I can come up with is that someone has an irrational belief that if the warp nacelles don't glow in the middle, and can't be made to glow in the middle, they don't deserve endgame inclusion. Granted, it's quite the nifty effect, however, TMP demonstrated that ships from these eras can generate visible "ionic" warp trails without lighting the whole ship up like a christmas tree (or other light-oriented holiday ornament/display of your choice), and therefore are "appropriate" for the 25th century where people can see glowy warp trails everywhere you look...
Connie.
Miranda.
Oberth.
Constellation.
Basically, a bunch of ships from ENT, ToS, and TMP eras that are canon-onically depicted with warp nacelles that don't ever use the "blue glow in the middle that shows the warp drive engaging".
Of course, with no modification to the design the Excelsior's warp nacelles were easily given the blue glowy-patch in the center like the Galaxy, Nebula, etc. that generate a blue glow in the middle before going to warp.
Granted, 4 of these 5 ships exist in "early game". The 5th, meanwhile, only exists as skins/designs that were from the "glowy nacelle era". Yet, every time a discussion of any of these ships comes up for endgame-inclusion, not only do we have heavy duty playerbase discussions of age, appropriateness, etc., there is a telling silence from the Devs, punctuated with one measly "CBS said no" as "explanation".
Therefore, the only "logical" explanation I can come up with is that someone has an irrational belief that if the warp nacelles don't glow in the middle, and can't be made to glow in the middle, they don't deserve endgame inclusion. Granted, it's quite the nifty effect, however, TMP demonstrated that ships from these eras can generate visible "ionic" warp trails without lighting the whole ship up like a christmas tree (or other light-oriented holiday ornament/display of your choice), and therefore are "appropriate" for the 25th century where people can see glowy warp trails everywhere you look...
Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...
To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
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Your best bet is to go to the next CBS Star Trek panel and ask about it.
(UFP) Ragnar
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Really? I could have sworn I saw it on all three. Interesting.
(UFP) Ragnar
I'm pretty sure it's only on the two lateral warp nacelles. It's been a while.
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Though this is actually canon, as it was shown in the Startrek Borg Interactive DVD release...