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Jupiter carrier design okay aesthetically, I guess.

From most angles it's pretty cool. But I think they totally dropped the ball on the profile. From the side it looks like an oddly inflated football. Sometimes even reminds me of a parrot fish.

And to beat a dead horse, STILL hoping for a second hangar pet to complement the existing frigate (like the two-pet setup for the Jem'hadar Dreadnought).

"As with all living things, each according to his gifts."

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  • bozzy88bozzy88 Member Posts: 37 Arc User
    i think it looks like them aliens from *batteries not inclueded... i still bought it though... and i really like it, just not the looks
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  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    No matter how baddly you inflate a football you shouldn't get a tour oval shape. A rughby ball maybe, not a football.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    I like the look of it well enough.

    What I hate is the performance of it's Frigate Pets.
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  • tenderbitstenderbits Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    I like the look of it well enough.

    What I hate is the performance of it's Frigate Pets.

    This! So frustrating when the pets dont cooperate. It would be nice if they at least pretended to listen to orders.
  • makocallowaymakocalloway Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    You mean there are frigate pets that you actually like how they behave? ;P

    Seriously though, I'm in total agreement. Pet AI is #1 on my list of things that need fixing. The only thing going for these is they have scratch the paint, so they die slightly less quickly.

    As to the original topic, I'll admit, I was a hardline Alpha supporter. But I'll admit, the Jupiter has really grown on me. I actually like it now and have fun flying it.
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    You mean there are frigate pets that you actually like how they behave? ;P

    Seriously though, I'm in total agreement. Pet AI is #1 on my list of things that need fixing. The only thing going for these is they have scratch the paint, so they die slightly less quickly.

    As to the original topic, I'll admit, I was a hardline Alpha supporter. But I'll admit, the Jupiter has really grown on me. I actually like it now and have fun flying it.

    I get kind of ok performance out of the Plesh Brek Raiders.. sort of.

    They still won't touch my Elite Swarmers, but they vastly outperform Callisto's. I think Callisto Frigates are the weakest hangar unit in the game just because their AI is abysmal.

    I put 2 Hangars of Elite Swarmers on my Jupiter and the difference was pretty drastic. I realize that Fighters should out DPS frigates but I'm pretty sure it's not supposed to be by that wide of a margin. They're night and day.
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  • lilchibiclarililchibiclari Member Posts: 1,193 Arc User
    artan42 wrote: »
    No matter how badly you inflate a football you shouldn't get a tour oval shape. A rughby ball maybe, not a football.

    Sorry, for many Yankees, the word "football" with no other qualifier usually refers to American Football, which is a Rugby derivative, not Association Football, which we call "Soccer".
  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    It looks like the Hindenburg with four warp engines attached. Two of which they had to make shorter to really illustrate how gimped the ship is or perhaps they just ran out of construction materials. Either way I enjoy watching them explode like the Hindenburg.
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  • makocallowaymakocalloway Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    Hm I hadn't considered swarmers. I tried the Yellowstones and the Callistos. ..I'll have to get a 2nd wing of elite swarmers and test then out with the Jupiter.
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  • blitzy4blitzy4 Member Posts: 839 Arc User
    does the fleet skins give anyone customization options yet for anyone else?
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  • groomofweirdgroomofweird Member Posts: 1,045 Arc User
    I have the fleet variant, and no aside from the material and windows there isnt much more in terms of customization.
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    My fleetmates and I are all selecting whale related names for this vessel.
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  • makocallowaymakocalloway Member Posts: 455 Arc User
    As far as the shape, this is my (in character) theory for the design (yes, I know there was a vote for the design…just work with me here :P):

    “The first question was obvious. What does Starfleet even need a carrier for? Is it for long range multi-system exploration? Catastrophic emergency relief where scores of people and equipment need to be moved ASAP? All those possible use questions/ scenarios were really helpful to determine the design of the ship.”

    Based on the rounded bottom, flattened midsection, and long tank/blisters, the carrier was designed to float on water. If the theory of the Feds needing a carrier to help in setting up colonies or mass evacs, it would be much easier if the carrier was able to launch/recover shuttles from a nearby body of water than having to relay them back and forth into space hauling people and equipment. And that crescent white spot in the front? Sonar.

    That’s how I’m justifying it at least :)
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    edited December 2015
    I'm getting pretty good results with them. Just be advised that under very heavy fire like the Badlands Zone and Advanced or Elite STF's, they tend to die rather quickly. I still find them generally more effective because at least they do some damage before they go and then when you launch new ones they have their Beam Overload ready to go.

    I was also hoping that the Fleet version would have unlocked some alternate customization options, I share the disappointment that there aren't even a few basic variations. It would have been cool if they provided at least a few alternate looks for the nacelles.
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