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Breen Carrier Ship Scaling

medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
edited December 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
For a Breen Carrier I find the overall size to not make a lot of sense, especially when compared to the pet ships it can launch.

I know there are a lot of ship scaling problems in this game but this one caught my eye recently

I have the Elite Frigate pets on my Breen Carrier, and they come out looking as big as they would probably if you played as one of them as a main ship. They are the exact same size as the Carrier.

Those Breen must have a patent on resizing technology
Deep Space Nine in HD, make it so!
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  • synthiasuicidesynthiasuicide Member Posts: 458 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Think of it more as your calling in backup and not launching from your ship. Like fleet support and is fine. Lol.
    Actually that's something I like about is size. Most carriers gotta zoom far out. This one don't have to. I like being closer to the action. This is like the karfi . but that one the viewing angle blows.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    medalionemissary wrote: »
    Those Breen must have a patent on resizing technology

    There's a comment from one of the artists out there (Hell, probably multiple comments since the discussion of scaling goes back to before the launch of the game) regarding how scaling is handled in STO on a not to scale fashion. Can't remember which one it was, but it's nothing new in the least with this particular ship. If I could remember who said it, though, I'd have happily quoted them saying it...
  • medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    I'd still like to see a slight increase in mass for the ship.. It is not very intimidating looking now, especially with the Elachi Dreadnought towering over most things that is not the Scim
    Deep Space Nine in HD, make it so!
  • nyasayanyasaya Member Posts: 93 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Soo big, how do they fit inside? :eek: Carrier should be a bit bigger.
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  • orion0029orion0029 Member Posts: 1,122 Bug Hunter
    edited December 2014
    There is already a thread about this: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1323591

    And I do agree the Sarr Theln does need to be increased in scale, those frigates popping out of such a small hangar bay looks odd to say the least.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    orion0029 wrote: »
    There is already a thread about this: http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1323591

    And I do agree the Sarr Theln does need to be increased in scale, those frigates popping out of such a small hangar bay looks odd to say the least.

    More odd than any other hangar pet popping out of ships that are woefully too small to have held them?

    Meh, I wish I could find the last post I remember from them on it...pretty sure it had to do with shuttles/fighters/etc being at a goofy scale just to make them visible.

    edit: Basically, it's not a case that the ships are too small but that the pets are too big (including those pets that are ships).
  • worgausworgaus Member Posts: 91 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Well, I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical when I read the OP, but after seeing those screenshots this has got to be the smallest carrier in the game. I have a character that flies those Plesh raiders and they're pretty small. I guess the Breen Carrier uses extra-dimensional hanger technology in order to fit those raiders inside.
  • jagdhippiesjagdhippies Member Posts: 676 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Sush you, I don't want the carrier to be resized.

    Think of it as a command ship that is escorted by frigates :P
    My carrier is more powerful than your gal-dread
  • medalionemissarymedalionemissary Member Posts: 612 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Defeats the purpose of a CARRIER if it doesn't carry the ships it deploys. If it is just being escorted by ships it calls in of any size, might as well be a freighter with a HALP ME button
    Deep Space Nine in HD, make it so!
  • tekehdtekehd Member Posts: 2,032 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    medalionemissary wrote: »
    I'd still like to see a slight increase in mass for the ship.. It is not very intimidating looking now, especially with the Elachi Dreadnought towering over most things that is not the Scim

    Yes, the Elachi Dread is massive.... it's Like a Scimitar sitting on top of a Jem' Dread... it just dwarfs everything.

    I don't mind my Sarr Theln being a bit compact.
  • tekehdtekehd Member Posts: 2,032 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    worgaus wrote: »
    Well, I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical when I read the OP, but after seeing those screenshots this has got to be the smallest carrier in the game. I have a character that flies those Plesh raiders and they're pretty small. I guess the Breen Carrier uses extra-dimensional hanger technology in order to fit those raiders inside.

    They outsourced construction of the Sarr Theln to Gallifrey.
  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,896 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    Not that I hate this skin but I liked the old skin more and it looked more like a carrier than this new skin does...
    Can't have a honest conversation because of a white knight with power
  • gerwalk0769gerwalk0769 Member Posts: 1,095 Arc User
    edited December 2014
    lianthelia wrote: »
    Not that I hate this skin but I liked the old skin more and it looked more like a carrier than this new skin does...

    I like the original NPC's more circular large arm.

    Regarding scaling; I finally ran a mission with a Plesh, VCE. While waiting for the mission to begin I noticed that the frigate pets and the player's raider looked very similarly sized. Only a visual observation, nothing scientific...
    Joined STO in September 2010.
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