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Possible New Lifetime Ship Design

ronanobrienronanobrien Member Posts: 117 Arc User
in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Just had an idea for a possible new Veteran ship design.

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The ship in that image-and I just put up a link to the image as I'm not real sure how to put the actual image onto a forum post, so apologies there-is the Federation Class, found in the game "Star Fleet Battles-" ironically, the same game that has the very designs that many of the new TOS themed ships were apperently pulled from as well. My idea was that this particular ship could have a TOS skin, a Kelvin skin, and a skin much like is seen on the Federation Temporal Escort and similar ships. This design, from the looks of it, could be taken a few ways-a destroyer, as is the norm; a battlecrusier, which fits with TOS; or even a dreadnought, as it was in Star Fleet Battles. There are many ways this idea could work.

I'd value dev feedback on this idea.
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  • vampeiyrevampeiyre Member Posts: 633 Arc User
    edited July 2016
    That design is from an old 1970s licensed product, a Federation Handbook by Franz Joseph. There are issues with licensing rights, i.e., they don't want to pay him for it, so it can't go in the game at present. Too bad, I'd like it. Some people thought it'd be perfect for the TOS Fed Veteran Ship, I think that was a great idea. Oh well.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Yeah, Franz Joseph owns all that stuff. It was officially licensed and thus sorta canon, but... not owned by CBS, and thus it never got used for anything official.
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  • sorceror01sorceror01 Member Posts: 1,042 Arc User
    Yeah, if we wanted to see his starship designs, we'd have to contact his estate.

    Though frankly, maybe they might be amenable to getting his designs in-game? Who knows, I guess they'd have to be asked.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 58,669 Community Moderator
    Well... we have a ship based on her already. The Galaxy-X.
    But... *shrug* Based on isn't the same.
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  • sylveriareldensylveriarelden Member Posts: 531 Arc User
    You know, PWE/C could go a looooooong way in acquiring more LTS sales with the release of a "scaling" ship that has "universal specialization boff slots" and increases in base stats with skills/spec choices. The spec boff slots would allow you to put whatever specialization boff you want in them and utilize the skills (rather than having ONLY Intel or Command or whatever) up to whatever ranked slot it is.

    Such a ship, that evolves as the game evolves, could be a nice selling point for LTS's, perhaps even having gear on it that does the same. This doesn't restrict anyone who has an LTS from buying/acquiring other ships, just gives them a nice solid base ship they can use as the game changes and doesn't lock them out of current content.
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  • vampeiyrevampeiyre Member Posts: 633 Arc User
    sylveriarelden wrote: »
    You know, PWE/C could go a looooooong way in acquiring more LTS sales with the release of a "scaling" ship that has "universal specialization boff slots" and increases in base stats with skills/spec choices. The spec boff slots would allow you to put whatever specialization boff you want in them and utilize the skills (rather than having ONLY Intel or Command or whatever) up to whatever ranked slot it is.

    Such a ship, that evolves as the game evolves, could be a nice selling point for LTS's, perhaps even having gear on it that does the same. This doesn't restrict anyone who has an LTS from buying/acquiring other ships, just gives them a nice solid base ship they can use as the game changes and doesn't lock them out of current content.

    Sounds fun, but that would cannibalize future sales of C-Store Ships and/or Lockbox gambling, so they'd never do that.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    vampeiyre wrote: »
    sylveriarelden wrote: »
    You know, PWE/C could go a looooooong way in acquiring more LTS sales with the release of a "scaling" ship that has "universal specialization boff slots" and increases in base stats with skills/spec choices. The spec boff slots would allow you to put whatever specialization boff you want in them and utilize the skills (rather than having ONLY Intel or Command or whatever) up to whatever ranked slot it is.

    Such a ship, that evolves as the game evolves, could be a nice selling point for LTS's, perhaps even having gear on it that does the same. This doesn't restrict anyone who has an LTS from buying/acquiring other ships, just gives them a nice solid base ship they can use as the game changes and doesn't lock them out of current content.

    Sounds fun, but that would cannibalize future sales of C-Store Ships and/or Lockbox gambling, so they'd never do that.
    that or it'd be useless due to being weaker than a top of the line ship.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    Shouldn't TOS Veteran ship transform like all the others?
    vampeiyre wrote: »
    sylveriarelden wrote: »
    You know, PWE/C could go a looooooong way in acquiring more LTS sales with the release of a "scaling" ship that has "universal specialization boff slots" and increases in base stats with skills/spec choices. The spec boff slots would allow you to put whatever specialization boff you want in them and utilize the skills (rather than having ONLY Intel or Command or whatever) up to whatever ranked slot it is.

    Such a ship, that evolves as the game evolves, could be a nice selling point for LTS's, perhaps even having gear on it that does the same. This doesn't restrict anyone who has an LTS from buying/acquiring other ships, just gives them a nice solid base ship they can use as the game changes and doesn't lock them out of current content.

    Sounds fun, but that would cannibalize future sales of C-Store Ships and/or Lockbox gambling, so they'd never do that.

    Not only that, but it would be a pain to code. Ships are designed with fixed slots and base stats. This is the reason why Fleet ships don't have a Fleet Upgrade consumable, but require buying a completely new ship. Doing the T5-U upgrade requires deleting your old T5 ship and acquiring the T5-U ship. So it would require a massive effort to make scaling ships. Some time could be avoided by making scaling consoles where your ship stays the same, but additional slots and stats are added through the console.
  • hugin1205hugin1205 Member Posts: 489 Arc User
    Obviously I'd love vets to get more stuff - and including another ship. But I very much doubt that this will happen. They already have our Money...
    Well...adding 3 more ships would boost lifetime sales but that's not the way cryptic think.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    I think that a TOS-ified version of the Chimera would be appropriate for TOS characters who are lifers.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    They already added 3 x T6 ships (1 per faction) so it will probably be awhile before they add more. T7 Connie? ;)
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  • jadz3jadz3 Member Posts: 107 Arc User
    Everyone wants a ToS or Refit Connie and I'm just sitting here still wanting a Warship Voyager.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    Another good choice is a Kelvan Timeline ship from Andromeda ;)
  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    Any design will probably look better than the Chimera's fat belly ;)

    No, actually, it is an interesting design. At least it's somewhat unique.

    A new Vet ship should have as many customisation options as the Chimera, that's what I find the most important thing for a ship that's mostly a status symbol.
  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    I believe I saw somewhere one of the devs actually said that they had tried to get Franz Joseph stuff but CBS has just flat out killed that.
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  • peterconnorfirstpeterconnorfirst Member Posts: 6,225 Arc User
    A few pointed out already that some key factors of a faction are missing for our AoY faction.

    When it comes to livers an exclusive playable race as well as ship are obviously missing so thumbs up from me for your idea OP.
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  • gaevsprivsmangaevsprivsman Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    Another good choice is a Kelvan Timeline ship from Andromeda ;)

    Kevlar ship?
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    gaevsprivsman wrote: »
    davefenestrator wrote: »
    Another good choice is a Kelvan Timeline ship from Andromeda ;)

    Kevlar ship?

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    http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1218778/kelvins-are-from-andromeda-not-a-timeline/p1

  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    peterconnorfirst wrote: »
    A few pointed out already that some key factors of a faction are missing for our AoY faction.

    When it comes to livers an exclusive playable race as well as ship are obviously missing so thumbs up from me for your idea OP.

    There is a huge difference between livers and lifers. Lifers are stuck with something for life. Serving a life sentence in jail or spending their entire life in a particular career. Livers, on the other hand, are a certain organ within the body of animals that is sometimes used as part of a despised meal for most people.
  • goodscotchgoodscotch Member Posts: 1,680 Arc User
    Being a Lifetime subscriber...I'm all for having another choice. But because I play Klingon predominately, I would hope that they release a ship for each faction. Maybe this is where they'll release the T6 K'tinga?
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Being a Lifetime subscriber...I'm all for having another choice. But because I play Klingon predominately, I would hope that they release a ship for each faction. Maybe this is where they'll release the T6 K'tinga?
    Nah, K'Vort! :p

    but seriously, my desire to see a T6 K't went away after I flew this beauty:
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    What, except a different trait, would a K't have? :p And yes, I totally kept the RRW intentionally... It's being flown by an Orion. :p
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  • sorceror01sorceror01 Member Posts: 1,042 Arc User
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Being a Lifetime subscriber...I'm all for having another choice. But because I play Klingon predominately, I would hope that they release a ship for each faction. Maybe this is where they'll release the T6 K'tinga?

    Uh, the KDF already has a Lifetime Veteran ship? Like, I thought the topic of the thread was discussing a potential 23c Starfleet exclusive Veteran ship?
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  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    kjwashington wrote: »
    I think that a TOS-ified version of the Chimera would be appropriate for TOS characters who are lifers.

    I'd fly one of those on at least one of my toons.
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    hanover2 wrote: »
    kjwashington wrote: »
    I think that a TOS-ified version of the Chimera would be appropriate for TOS characters who are lifers.

    I'd fly one of those on at least one of my toons.
    I might too. I use one for a torp boat already, but maybe as a retro phaser beam boat, making ears bleed for everyone I group with ;)
  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    Looks like a Federation-Class dreadnought.
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  • ronanobrienronanobrien Member Posts: 117 Arc User
    sorceror01 wrote: »
    goodscotch wrote: »
    Being a Lifetime subscriber...I'm all for having another choice. But because I play Klingon predominately, I would hope that they release a ship for each faction. Maybe this is where they'll release the T6 K'tinga?

    Uh, the KDF already has a Lifetime Veteran ship? Like, I thought the topic of the thread was discussing a potential 23c Starfleet exclusive Veteran ship?

    Been out of commission for a while, computer died. But yes, that was what I was saying, but I was implying for TOS and Fed-I actually forgot about the other two factions. But I also did talk to Thomas the Cat on Facebook about this and alas, there likely will NOT be any new Veteran rewards anytime soon as a part of this expansion. If at all.

    And Nikephorus that was exactly what that was :)
  • gawainviiigawainviii Member Posts: 328 Arc User
    I don't like the idea of LTS Veteran rewards being anything more than cosmetic. Free ships and gear that nobody else has access too? Can you say "Pay to Win"?
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