Feds need ships too, as they are far more bpopular than KDFs. Not saying KDFs shouldn't get much more. On the contrary, more KDF ships would be very very awesome. But the fact is, Feds get more ships because they sell more ships.
To me it's much to do about nothing. My god can't fly a light cruiser at tier 5? Oh noes the world will end.
sorry with the amount fo ships out there, it's starting to get redundant. Agian other factions need a lot more help.
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To me it's much to do about nothing. My god can't fly a light cruiser at tier 5? Oh noes the world will end.
sorry with the amount fo ships out there, it's starting to get redundant. Agian other factions need a lot more help.
Youre talking as if I was demanding something but we both know I wasnt. When did it become such a bad thing to inform the Devs of something a customer/consumer would like from them?
Considering the Federation already has more ships that both other factions COMBINED how bout we flesh out the romulan line up and IDK get some tier 5 RAPTORS first since there are what NONE!
good god, crying about wanting light cruisers, how bout the factions that really need ships get some loving first?
How about...And I know this is crazy idea. Instead of trying to derail this thread with your 'whoa is me, my faction doesnt get the attention it deserves and its all the Feds fault'. You make another thread. And tell the Devs what it is youd like to see. Id be more then willing to go to that thread and support it.
How about...And I know this is crazy idea. Instead of trying to derail this thread with your 'whoa is me, my faction doesnt get the attention it deserves and its all the Feds fault'. You make another thread. And tell the Devs what it is youd like to see. Id be more then willing to go to that thread and support it.
How about this thread is about as useful as "I want a tier 5 connie!"
Youre talking as if I was demanding something but we both know I wasnt. When did it become such a bad thing to inform the Devs of something a customer/consumer would like from them?
Bbecause this idea has been tossed around about as many times as the connie at tier 5. Other things need attention first than a Light cruiser which was basically cannon fodder at tier 5.
Sooo... you're upset because people want new ways to play the game? Really? And it's not even that unreasonable.
It's simply a bad investment for Cryptic. As much as we'd like more KDF and RRF ships to fly, they just wouldn't make enough money for Cryptic.
A bad investment? What making the other factions equally as attractive and might score them more money is a bad idea? Since when?
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this thread has derailed from upgraded light cruisers/frigates to t5 connie. guess its time to bring it back to the op point hmm?
if light cruisers were to get an upgrade, i wouldnt want two iconic ship types, the miranda and centaur class being butchered. since these classes probably wont get into t5 classification, although that never stops me hoping :P. i would rather see a few new fed light cruisers be added, take out the shi'khar and move it to the t5 group, leave the miranda and centaur to t1. i cant imagine the devs wouldnt have ideas about what designs they could bring in what little time they get between projects.
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Considering the Federation already has more ships that both other factions COMBINED how bout we flesh out the romulan line up and IDK get some tier 5 RAPTORS first since there are what NONE!
good god, crying about wanting light cruisers, how bout the factions that really need ships get some loving first?
I think there's room enough for more KDF and Romulan ships as well as the ideas in this thread about light cruisers.
if you want there is a raptor thread in the klingon section about a counter to the armitage class, raptor carriers. novel idea :P. just keep all that over there, not here.
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I think there's room enough for more KDF and Romulan ships as well as the ideas in this thread about light cruisers.
But again I ask the question, what do we need with tier 5 Light cruisers that some other ship doesn't already fill? I mean bad enough we have iconic ships at tier 5 that are already not cutting the mustard, we want to add to it by adding tier 5 LT cruisers as well? Cause you know well as I do, if these light cruisers can't do it all and then some, people are going to pitch 3 kinds of fits, much like the Gal-R now.
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But again I ask the question, what do we need with tier 5 Light cruisers that some other ship doesn't already fill? I mean bad enough we have iconic ships at tier 5 that are already not cutting the mustard, we want to add to it by adding tier 5 LT cruisers as well? Cause you know well as I do, if these light cruisers can't do it all and then some, people are going to pitch 3 kinds of fits, much like the Gal-R now.
Best way to avoid a trap, not sitck your foot in it.
The light cruiser gets to fill a niche. Less weapons than a heavy cruiser but faster. So it can keep up with escorts better.
Add the idea I suggested earlier in this thread and make 2 c-store ships like they did the t'varo with consoles that can be paired at tier 5 and they get to sell the ship twice.
You really want to add to concept. Give it more aft weapons or a dedicated mine launcher.
Many ways to make a lt. cruiser fit in t5 without it having to be an oddy clone.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
Hrm, I'd say, and no this isn't that infamous dead horse post, Something modernized like the Miranda without it being the miranda. I like the idea. But if I started a new feddie it wouldn't feel the same without my starting miranda class, so I dunno, I'm on the middle line here.
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seems the issue has been read out with talon playing the devils advocate and the rest of us the counter point. it appears some are just repeating stuff already wrote down, so im jumping off this wagon and resisting the urge to pick up that stick and poke something that just died... and its definitely a horse shaped object :rolleyes:.
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Imho, Light Cruisers/Starter Ships would be worth to update when a Fleet version of them is offered. Therefore, the design would be invested in a Tier 5 ship, with extra spoils falling into the laps of Tier 1 ships.
A bad investment? What making the other factions equally as attractive and might score them more money is a bad idea? Since when?
Here's why that assertion is flawed. Star Trek Online is as popular as it is not only because it's a good MMO. It's also as popular as it is because of the rest of the franchise, TV series and movies in particular. The series and movies focused solely on the Federation side of the universe, some DS9 episodes notwithstanding. That is the drive for the popularity of the Federation as a playable faction in STO. Even if the KDF and the RRF had an equal amount of content in this game, the Fed side would still be far more popular than the rest simply on that fact. It is more logical to take advantage of that and make more content for the Feds.
I don't like it any more than you do. I'd love for lots of new KDF and RRF ships to come out. But I do realize these facts, and accept them. I think the main solution to this is to push for a KDF- or RRF-centered TV series - not by trying to force 'equality' in a Star Trek game where it just won't work otherwise.
Here's why that assertion is flawed. Star Trek Online is as popular as it is not only because it's a good MMO. It's also as popular as it is because of the rest of the franchise, TV series and movies in particular. The series and movies focused solely on the Federation side of the universe, some DS9 episodes notwithstanding. That is the drive for the popularity of the Federation as a playable faction in STO. Even if the KDF and the RRF had an equal amount of content in this game, the Fed side would still be far more popular than the rest simply on that fact. It is more logical to take advantage of that and make more content for the Feds.
I don't like it any more than you do. I'd love for lots of new KDF and RRF ships to come out. But I do realize these facts, and accept them. I think the main solution to this is to push for a KDF- or RRF-centered TV series - not by trying to force 'equality' in a Star Trek game where it just won't work otherwise.
You do have a point here. Everybody wants to play the "good guy".
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This thread seems to have completely lost its original intent. :rolleyes:
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This thread seems to have completely lost its original intent. :rolleyes:
As does many threads. Unfortunately it didnt get as far as Id have preferred.
I do like the ideas of a T5 Miranda Offshoot that would open up the door for the skin being used on the T1 version. It wasnt what I originally intended with the OP. As I was just pointing out an opportunity for a reskin. Not a T5 version at all.
But if the Devs saw this and started brainstorming for a new 2410 version of the Miranda/Centaur Id welcome it.
They arent, the Centaur is a very canon design that was created during the Dominion War by using Excelsior leftover parts as a stopgap measure, its basicly a crappy ship out of spare parts of decommissioned ships as a emergency measure because they needed bodies.
Honestly there already is tier 5 variants of a light cruiser, just needs a variant. The Akira class, that could easily become a tier 5 light cruiser. Wham bam, it's already there, has the 2410 look, just ditch the hanger, slap on the crusier commands done and over.
Don't even have to put the miranda class up at 5.
DONE!
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As does many threads. Unfortunately it didnt get as far as Id have preferred.
I do like the ideas of a T5 Miranda Offshoot that would open up the door for the skin being used on the T1 version. It wasnt what I originally intended with the OP. As I was just pointing out an opportunity for a reskin. Not a T5 version at all.
But if the Devs saw this and started brainstorming for a new 2410 version of the Miranda/Centaur Id welcome it.
Well, the Miranda is based on the Constitution and the Centaur is apparently based on the Excelsior (I have no idea what the ShiKahr is based on). I'd imagine that a 25th century Light Cruiser should be based on the Exeter, as it's the 25th century Cruiser. I would like to see this ship in-game, even nicer if the skin was an option on the T1.
As far as a T5 version goes... as there are no T5 versions of T1 ships, I'm thinking that wouldn't fly, BUT...
Since folks have been clamoring for Federation hangar pet frigates though: Why not use the T1 ships as hangar pet frigates? Then you've got 3 possible flavors of frigates to choose from: TAC (NX), ENG (Miranda), and SCI (Oberth).
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Light Cruisers need to be a class of their own, like Klingon Raptors are a step between the BoP and Battlecruiser. Larger than the Escort class, smaller than a true Cruiser, in between the two in speed and power --a middle ground, jack of all trades ship. Nicely balanced, good at everything but not great at anything.
Light Cruisers need to be a class of their own, like Klingon Raptors are a step between the BoP and Battlecruiser. Larger than the Escort class, smaller than a true Cruiser, in between the two in speed and power --a middle ground, jack of all trades ship. Nicely balanced, good at everything but not great at anything.
Then we need to eliminate the whole "science ship" concept as they are utterly unsuitable for multi-role missions (hell, Escorts only barely qualify) and make a few support cruisers who want to play such a role in group content. There is no place for the MMO Trinity in Star Trek, it's a concept ported from fantasy games that fits the setting not at all.
If it were up to me, we'd have Destroyers, Lt Cruisers, Medium Cruisers, and Heavy Cruisers with a few more specialized variants available for players who want them.
Missed a few classes in there. Frigates, battlecruiser, battleship. Though raptors aren't even good enough to be jacks of all trades.
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Yeah as soon as you showed this would be a ship class between escort and battlecruiser I thought destroyer too.
Now of course it makes me think they should put out a c-store destroyer and raptor for tier 5 with something along the lines of a warp core for phasers and disruptors respectively.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
They arent, the Centaur is a very canon design that was created during the Dominion War by using Excelsior leftover parts as a stopgap measure, its basicly a crappy ship out of spare parts of decommissioned ships as a emergency measure because they needed bodies.
The ShiKahr is only "modern" in the sense Cryptic wanted to inflate numbers on release, nothing says its modern because its a costume.
Sharing design with a ship that is made almost entirely out of salvage components of decommissioned ships only "proves" they are crappy ships.
The STO Wiki and Cryptic got their facts wrong.
The Centaur Class is an entirely new design with design similarities to the Excelsior Class. In fact, it's roughly half the size of the Excelsior in terms of dimensions. Just because the studio model was a kitbash doesn't mean it was a "frankenship" in the series.
Your point about the ShiKahr is largely irrelevant to the discussion. Whatever the reasons behind designing it, it is still a modern starship in-game.
There is no real reason for them not getting a 2410 skin/variant, other than the devs either haven't gotten around to it, or simply have no desire to do so.
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To me it's much to do about nothing. My god can't fly a light cruiser at tier 5? Oh noes the world will end.
sorry with the amount fo ships out there, it's starting to get redundant. Agian other factions need a lot more help.
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Youre talking as if I was demanding something but we both know I wasnt. When did it become such a bad thing to inform the Devs of something a customer/consumer would like from them?
How about...And I know this is crazy idea. Instead of trying to derail this thread with your 'whoa is me, my faction doesnt get the attention it deserves and its all the Feds fault'. You make another thread. And tell the Devs what it is youd like to see. Id be more then willing to go to that thread and support it.
It's simply a bad investment for Cryptic. As much as we'd like more KDF and RRF ships to fly, they just wouldn't make enough money for Cryptic.
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A bad investment? What making the other factions equally as attractive and might score them more money is a bad idea? Since when?
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if light cruisers were to get an upgrade, i wouldnt want two iconic ship types, the miranda and centaur class being butchered. since these classes probably wont get into t5 classification, although that never stops me hoping :P. i would rather see a few new fed light cruisers be added, take out the shi'khar and move it to the t5 group, leave the miranda and centaur to t1. i cant imagine the devs wouldnt have ideas about what designs they could bring in what little time they get between projects.
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I think there's room enough for more KDF and Romulan ships as well as the ideas in this thread about light cruisers.
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But again I ask the question, what do we need with tier 5 Light cruisers that some other ship doesn't already fill? I mean bad enough we have iconic ships at tier 5 that are already not cutting the mustard, we want to add to it by adding tier 5 LT cruisers as well? Cause you know well as I do, if these light cruisers can't do it all and then some, people are going to pitch 3 kinds of fits, much like the Gal-R now.
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The light cruiser gets to fill a niche. Less weapons than a heavy cruiser but faster. So it can keep up with escorts better.
Add the idea I suggested earlier in this thread and make 2 c-store ships like they did the t'varo with consoles that can be paired at tier 5 and they get to sell the ship twice.
You really want to add to concept. Give it more aft weapons or a dedicated mine launcher.
Many ways to make a lt. cruiser fit in t5 without it having to be an oddy clone.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
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I don't like it any more than you do. I'd love for lots of new KDF and RRF ships to come out. But I do realize these facts, and accept them. I think the main solution to this is to push for a KDF- or RRF-centered TV series - not by trying to force 'equality' in a Star Trek game where it just won't work otherwise.
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You do have a point here. Everybody wants to play the "good guy".
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As does many threads. Unfortunately it didnt get as far as Id have preferred.
I do like the ideas of a T5 Miranda Offshoot that would open up the door for the skin being used on the T1 version. It wasnt what I originally intended with the OP. As I was just pointing out an opportunity for a reskin. Not a T5 version at all.
But if the Devs saw this and started brainstorming for a new 2410 version of the Miranda/Centaur Id welcome it.
It's the Star Trek version of the Zaku Tank
Don't even have to put the miranda class up at 5.
DONE!
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Well, the Miranda is based on the Constitution and the Centaur is apparently based on the Excelsior (I have no idea what the ShiKahr is based on). I'd imagine that a 25th century Light Cruiser should be based on the Exeter, as it's the 25th century Cruiser. I would like to see this ship in-game, even nicer if the skin was an option on the T1.
As far as a T5 version goes... as there are no T5 versions of T1 ships, I'm thinking that wouldn't fly, BUT...
Since folks have been clamoring for Federation hangar pet frigates though: Why not use the T1 ships as hangar pet frigates? Then you've got 3 possible flavors of frigates to choose from: TAC (NX), ENG (Miranda), and SCI (Oberth).
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Missed a few classes in there. Frigates, battlecruiser, battleship. Though raptors aren't even good enough to be jacks of all trades.
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Now of course it makes me think they should put out a c-store destroyer and raptor for tier 5 with something along the lines of a warp core for phasers and disruptors respectively.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
The STO Wiki and Cryptic got their facts wrong.
The Centaur Class is an entirely new design with design similarities to the Excelsior Class. In fact, it's roughly half the size of the Excelsior in terms of dimensions. Just because the studio model was a kitbash doesn't mean it was a "frankenship" in the series.
Your point about the ShiKahr is largely irrelevant to the discussion. Whatever the reasons behind designing it, it is still a modern starship in-game.
There is no real reason for them not getting a 2410 skin/variant, other than the devs either haven't gotten around to it, or simply have no desire to do so.