I'll be blowing the last of my Zen stash on the bundle when available. When I consider how much I spent on my one, lonesome fedside Marion doff, picking up that trait for all of my characters is a bargain.
Now I just have to hope that when I do spend the last of my cash they don't pop an upgraded Gal-X like 2 weeks later like last time... Can't complain tho. I still loved my Avenger. I missed my V.A.T.A. a ton as well. It got a bad rap from a lot of people, but shield drain mode on it gave me SOOO many PvP kills...
I once again match my character. Behold the power of PINK!
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Looking at the Fleet Battlecruiser side by side with the Fleet Arbiter, I see +8 features for 2,500 Zen (weekend special only) + 1 Fleet Ship Module + T4 Fleet Starbase:
+7,562 hull
+1 Eng console slot
LtC Uni Boff
LtC Intel
Ablative Hazard Shielding
T6 Op Trait
Deadly Maneuvers
New skin to mix & match
Considering how much it shares with the Eclipse, the extra features the Eclipse has over the Arbiter, and the Dil exchange trends, I'm more inclined to just save for something else and enjoy the "competitive" Avenger as it is since to me it looks great.
Also glad to see ongoing efforts to fix game bugs, graphic driver crashes, low FPS, SNRs, and in-game lag, making it more attractive to look at new ships.
I still have cash waiting for a 2410 design Typhoon though. As long as it keeps the double-nacelles and angled pylons, I could care less if it looks even more angular than the Arbiter,
This design you are speaking of is essentially the T6 Command Battlecruisers, the Geneva, Presidio, and Concorde classes. The old NPC Typhoon class has been essentially phased out and replaced by these specific ships, and the ships themselves share many design traits with the Typhoon. In essence, these ships are probably about as close to a playable Typhoon as we're gonna get.
Neither the Typhoon or Jupiter has been forgotten. And the Typhoon hasn't been completely phased out in the game.
From Mr. Thomas Marrone a few days ago on a Reddit AMA:
As for the Jupiter Dreadnought - I'd love to go back and retcon both the Jupiter and the Typhoon. We'll see if the opportunity happens and if it were up to me I have no idea how similar the new versions would look to the old versions. But it has certainly not been forgotten.
Both are still on the developers' radar. When and how is still up in the air, and may never happen.
There is a new science ability that is pretty much a direct damage dealer and debuffs the enemy damage resistance: Destabilizing Resonance Beam. It's even an AoE. I am pretty sure if you feel you have enough defensive abilities, that's a power to check for.
Any Lt. slot can make use of it. And Science Team is pretty useful against a lot of the annoying crowd control skills in the game. Or Hazard Emitters against shield drains and plasma fires.
I can only imagine you are replying to me. And if you look at the skills I post many cycles are broken by the introduction of a science seat. I find every science power useless... so I forgo them for more Tac powers (and by that result more DPS, which is my overall goal).
Like I said, a T6 Sovereign with the same BOff layout (eg no Science seats or if they really want it in addition to the T5Us layout) would be just perfect for me... and Im sure the T6 sovereign is coming... the usual source has 11 more T6 ships coming...
Sorry, I stopped listening at "I find every science power useless..."
Nothing to see here...
Ah yes the "Their opinion doesnt matter because it differs from mine" defense. How original.
Please note: I did not say that every science power is useless in general. I said I find them useless. There has never been a moment where I said to myself: "Gee I wish I had Science Team" or "Gee I wish I had a Tractor Beam" or "Gee I wish I had Hazard Emitters". My playstyle does not lend itself to using science powers, so they are, effectively, useless to me. The may be useful to others, but not to me.
Well, if my powers are so useless, I'll thank you not to shoot at anything I've sucked into my grav well, or drained of power, or sapped the shields, or, or, or...
Heh, if my powers are so useless, I may as well just autofire and do laps around the battlefield like everybody else... FAW... circle... FAW... circle..
I once again match my character. Behold the power of PINK!
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Well, if my powers are so useless, I'll thank you not to shoot at anything I've sucked into my grav well, or drained of power, or sapped the shields, or, or, or...
Heh, if my powers are so useless, I may as well just autofire and do laps around the battlefield like everybody else... FAW... circle... FAW... circle..
Well to be fair, she (I'm assuming) isn't saying sci is useless for everyone. It just gets in the way of her pewpew. I might find her reasoning completely daft, but hey, she can play how she likes.
Having said that, expecting the new ship to have zero sci boff stations is completely unrealistic. That had *literally* zero chance of happening.
"You Iconians just hung a vacancy sign on your asses and my foot's looking for a room!"
--Red Annorax
Hehe, I'm not really worried about it. A few times wondering why all that plasma fire is ripping thru the hull will illustrate the point better than I ever could.
I once again match my character. Behold the power of PINK!
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Having said that, expecting the new ship to have zero sci boff stations is completely unrealistic. That had *literally* zero chance of happening.
I wasnt expecting it... but it would have been nice, and meant I could keep flying the ship after getting the trait from it. Now I just toss it once I get the trait.
But ships with 0 science slots arent exactly new... I point you toward the Assault Cruiser Refit, and its Fleet Version. The Aquarius Light Escort and its fleet version dont have one. Klingon Bird of Preys dont have one. The Temporal Destroyers dont have one. 2 of andorian escorts dont have one. The only ship coming in the future that Im going to expect not have one is a T6 Assault Cruiser.
Hehe, I'm not really worried about it. A few times wondering why all that plasma fire is ripping thru the hull will illustrate the point better than I ever could.
Ive run through so many borg missions, and other missions where plasma fire should be a problem... and never once have I thought that I needed something to deal with it.
like these new fourms, the new T6 battleships are fugly. I wont be getting because of looks alone. stuff what ever god like trait they might have. Craptic strikes again. please fire the person that designed these ships.
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I actually kinda like the Fed one.
I'll be blowing the last of my Zen stash on the bundle when available. When I consider how much I spent on my one, lonesome fedside Marion doff, picking up that trait for all of my characters is a bargain.
Now I just have to hope that when I do spend the last of my cash they don't pop an upgraded Gal-X like 2 weeks later like last time... Can't complain tho. I still loved my Avenger. I missed my V.A.T.A. a ton as well. It got a bad rap from a lot of people, but shield drain mode on it gave me SOOO many PvP kills...
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Considering how much it shares with the Eclipse, the extra features the Eclipse has over the Arbiter, and the Dil exchange trends, I'm more inclined to just save for something else and enjoy the "competitive" Avenger as it is since to me it looks great.
Also glad to see ongoing efforts to fix game bugs, graphic driver crashes, low FPS, SNRs, and in-game lag, making it more attractive to look at new ships.
I can only imagine you are replying to me. And if you look at the skills I post many cycles are broken by the introduction of a science seat. I find every science power useless... so I forgo them for more Tac powers (and by that result more DPS, which is my overall goal).
Like I said, a T6 Sovereign with the same BOff layout (eg no Science seats or if they really want it in addition to the T5Us layout) would be just perfect for me... and Im sure the T6 sovereign is coming... the usual source has 11 more T6 ships coming...
Nothing to see here...
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Amen
Ah yes the "Their opinion doesnt matter because it differs from mine" defense. How original.
Please note: I did not say that every science power is useless in general. I said I find them useless. There has never been a moment where I said to myself: "Gee I wish I had Science Team" or "Gee I wish I had a Tractor Beam" or "Gee I wish I had Hazard Emitters". My playstyle does not lend itself to using science powers, so they are, effectively, useless to me. The may be useful to others, but not to me.
Heh, if my powers are so useless, I may as well just autofire and do laps around the battlefield like everybody else... FAW... circle... FAW... circle..
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Having said that, expecting the new ship to have zero sci boff stations is completely unrealistic. That had *literally* zero chance of happening.
--Red Annorax
Fleet Admiral Space Orphidian Possiblities Wizard
Just need a t6 to come out.
its coming.