Absolutely. There are a wealth of unused Orion, Nausicaan, and Gorn ships that could be tapped into to flesh out the KDF.
And not just the ships either- I'm sure that Nausicaan/Gorn and Orion players would also appreciate begin able to use Stinger fighters, Naga fighters, Orion interceptors, Orion Slavers and Marauding Force as shuttles so they didn't have to get stuck with the Klingon ones.
Why not use them? Since the models and textures are already there, and the exhaust trails, shield interactions, etc are already done for the NPC ships. It would be certainly easier than building new ships from the ground up.
There's lots of unplayable ships that should be in within reason to play with the KDF. The "KDF Faction" in STO isn't just the KDF. It's a conglomeration of various powers. It's not like the Federation where everyone is absorbed with 1 military force, Starfleet. The KDF in STO is a hodgepodge of the Klingons, Orions, Nausicaans, Gorn, Letheans as the core races. The Orions, Nausicaans, Gorn have a slew of ships that aren't playable at all.
This link (here) pretty much shows the Orion, Nausicaan, Gorn ships the NPCs use. At least most of them that I'm aware of. That is a very large chunk of race specific ships not playable. I would love to have a Nausicaan Ravager Battleship.
It would be nice if instead of the usual three pack of the same ship with slight variations they did a pack with a Warbarge, Balaur, and Ravager, or something similar.
The Klingon military is something of a coalition of several different species each with their own unique designs and specialties. You wouldn't know it by looking at the playable ships available to Klingon faction players though.
Some new Nausicaan/Orion/Gorn ships would make the Klingon faction more appealing IMO- I know I'd use mine much more often then I do these days if there was more than the handful of non-Klingon ships available at endgame.
I would love to see a T6 Orion flight deck cruiser, but the design mentioned above Link to NPC version doesn't tickle my fancy.
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Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
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I voted yes because I know someone would want to fly it.
I personally am not going to buy anymore ships, so won't matter to me unless it's free.. but if someone else can have fun with it then sure.. by all means throw it in.
I'l sas what i alwas say: I am sure that players of evey Race would be happy to see their ships, Vulca Cruisers for Vulcans, Andorian ships for Andorians Orion for Orions and so on.
But it only works if they make good ships not like the D'Kyr which is the only vulcan ships but was one o the worst T5s and T5u. Almost all other ships of that tier were and are better.
So an Orion FCD or Dreadnought (4/4 WEapons, 1 Hangar, 3 Tac consoles) would be cool, a Nausicaan Battlecruiser and a Gorn "Support" cruiser
One thing that i'd like to se for those ships is that hey have a race/faction specific crew. Orion ships have an Orion Crew, Vulcans only or mostly Vulcans and so on
I think it would go a long way towards improving sales if they made the crew race specific for the racial ships.
There are a ton of race ships which honestly, I think should be introduced as free as well. There's a whole line of Gorn cruisers for example, which could be released for free to play as simply "the KDF's cruiser line", which after having played in them, I think would increase sales of old Gorn ships, as well as of their dreadnought if it were made purchasable.
I'm using my Command Cruiser on my Orion Captain as a Flight Deck Cruiser of sorts. I'd rather see a Ferasan ship, in the meantime using the KDF Pilot Ships and KDF Vet ship in that role.
Now a T6 Nausican Space Fish Destroyer would get my vote.
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And not just the ships either- I'm sure that Nausicaan/Gorn and Orion players would also appreciate begin able to use Stinger fighters, Naga fighters, Orion interceptors, Orion Slavers and Marauding Force as shuttles so they didn't have to get stuck with the Klingon ones.
Why not use them? Since the models and textures are already there, and the exhaust trails, shield interactions, etc are already done for the NPC ships. It would be certainly easier than building new ships from the ground up.
This link (here) pretty much shows the Orion, Nausicaan, Gorn ships the NPCs use. At least most of them that I'm aware of. That is a very large chunk of race specific ships not playable. I would love to have a Nausicaan Ravager Battleship.
The Klingon military is something of a coalition of several different species each with their own unique designs and specialties. You wouldn't know it by looking at the playable ships available to Klingon faction players though.
Some new Nausicaan/Orion/Gorn ships would make the Klingon faction more appealing IMO- I know I'd use mine much more often then I do these days if there was more than the handful of non-Klingon ships available at endgame.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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I personally am not going to buy anymore ships, so won't matter to me unless it's free.. but if someone else can have fun with it then sure.. by all means throw it in.
But it only works if they make good ships not like the D'Kyr which is the only vulcan ships but was one o the worst T5s and T5u. Almost all other ships of that tier were and are better.
So an Orion FCD or Dreadnought (4/4 WEapons, 1 Hangar, 3 Tac consoles) would be cool, a Nausicaan Battlecruiser and a Gorn "Support" cruiser
One thing that i'd like to se for those ships is that hey have a race/faction specific crew. Orion ships have an Orion Crew, Vulcans only or mostly Vulcans and so on
There are a ton of race ships which honestly, I think should be introduced as free as well. There's a whole line of Gorn cruisers for example, which could be released for free to play as simply "the KDF's cruiser line", which after having played in them, I think would increase sales of old Gorn ships, as well as of their dreadnought if it were made purchasable.
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Now a T6 Nausican Space Fish Destroyer would get my vote.