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Archon, Vizier, and Reliant on PS4
alchemistid
Member Posts: 74 Arc User
I'm fairly certain this has been asked, but for curiosity's sake: Considering how long ago the Archon and Vizier were released, and how the Miranda's visuals have been cleaned up, is there any general idea of when these ships will be released on the console version?
None of these are visible under the T6 tab in the c-store, but their models and materials are already clearly in game. My T1 Miranda is even using the materials and windows for the new canon model. The models for the Reliant, Vizier, and Archon are even visible in the ship requisitions page for the T1 Miranda and T5 Assault Cruiser complete with their materials and livery, and fully intractable.
I understand the console versions have a much slower update schedule due to having to go through Sony/Microsoft, but these ships and materials are clearly already in the game. I'm genuinely curious as to why they haven't been "turned on" for lack of a better term.
Here's the T1 Miranda in the new material, the TMP era aztec pattern and the bright tron nacelles class the old model up a lot. Though there are missing textures on the weapons hardpoints and along the front of the nacelles.
https://imgur.com/a/QYMRH
Here's the Reliant on the T1 Light Cruiser's page as an unlockable variant. As you can see the model is shipspinningly complete.
https://imgur.com/a/MF9ax
None of these are visible under the T6 tab in the c-store, but their models and materials are already clearly in game. My T1 Miranda is even using the materials and windows for the new canon model. The models for the Reliant, Vizier, and Archon are even visible in the ship requisitions page for the T1 Miranda and T5 Assault Cruiser complete with their materials and livery, and fully intractable.
I understand the console versions have a much slower update schedule due to having to go through Sony/Microsoft, but these ships and materials are clearly already in the game. I'm genuinely curious as to why they haven't been "turned on" for lack of a better term.
Here's the T1 Miranda in the new material, the TMP era aztec pattern and the bright tron nacelles class the old model up a lot. Though there are missing textures on the weapons hardpoints and along the front of the nacelles.
https://imgur.com/a/QYMRH
Here's the Reliant on the T1 Light Cruiser's page as an unlockable variant. As you can see the model is shipspinningly complete.
https://imgur.com/a/MF9ax
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Basically put, there is no-one on the forums, at all, that can give anyone any timetable of releases, at all! The only official 'channel' where you will find this out is when Cryptic releases this info to their social network, and websites. There isn't even a pattern to deduce how long after release on PC to Consoles.
What you need to understand is that all the ships that have been released on the PC version of STO has been done so over time for two basic reasons:
#1 - It took time to develop and polish them obviously. Since the ships do actually exists though at least in "PC format", does take a bit of time to convert them over to the consoles.
#2 - More importantly, releasing the ship over time allows Cryptic to earn more money in the long run. While the ship players actually want may not exist yet, they may decide to buy a ship that is close enough to what they really want. And when Cryptic releases more ships that are close to the players' "ideal" ship; they will spend more money.
Cryptic has been releasing ships more quickly for the console than they have on the PC (because of #1). They released the T6 Tal Shiar Adapted Cruiser / Destroy for the console first before the PC got it. You just need to be a bit more patient because #2 is important to Cryptic which means they will have more money to continue to develop content for the game. Eventually consoles will be pretty much on equal parity compared to the PC when it comes to ships just like how for story missions on the console has caught up to the PC in less than 1 year.