New Ships ? Yes ? No ?

connormckeith

New expansion out Jun 6th , I heard somewhere the level cap is going to 65 ?
Does this mean there will be new Teir 7 ships coming ? Or is it still safe to buy T6's ?

halemc20

no t7 all good to buy t6

duncanidaho11

This has been covered by other threads, there are no plans to introduce T7 to STO. It's not impossible for a future team to consider but it's part of the plan for the game now (source: Ten Forward Weekly).

The level cap increase coming with ViL will affect passive scaling stats, allow further MK upgrades, and confer a few additional bonuses. It will not bring a new ship tier. Future level cap increases are being considered (source: Ten Forward Weekly). However, it is unlikely (given: no plans for T7) that these will involve ship tier increases (only MK increases and other incidental bonuses).

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postagepaid

T7 is a never say never, just don't hold your breath while you wait.

If the jem ships are anything to go by we may see more ships with a 6th tier unlock while remaining under the umbrella of being a T6. Whether they expand it so things beyond a simple unlock for other races is down to them but the potential is there for creative use, depends if they decide to make braver choices to go beyond the escorts online ships=content potential stagnation or not.

rattler2

postagepaid wrote: »

depends if they decide to make braver choices to go beyond the escorts online ships=content potential stagnation or not.

That's a slight symptom of the current Meta in game. "It can't kill you if its already dead" is apparently the best tanking strategy there is. No need to actually be able to TAKE hits. Just vape the enemy before they can even so much as poke you.

davefenestrator

Did you look at the giant pack of new ships being released? T6. Not T7.

seaofsorrows

azrael605 wrote: »

There is no T7 coming, this has been stated multiple times.

This.

T6 is top of the line and more then likely will be for the duration of the games life span. Can anyone promise this for sure? No.. but it's been stated multiple times that the development team is not interested in increasing ship tier and it's not even on the table at this point.

You're good to go.. get the T6 ships.

szim

azrael605 wrote: »

There is no T7 coming, this has been stated multiple times.

To be precise, Ambassodor Kael said:

T7 ships are NOT a planned feature of VIL

Sounds oddly specific to me. He could have said "..are not a planned feature at this time."

rattler2

The Devs have also said that there are no plans for T7.

szim

rattler2 wrote: »

The Devs have also said that there are no plans for T7.

Good to hear. So it was indeed just bad phrasing...

postagepaid

They have to be vague and specific at the same time because these days anything said by a dev will be dissected by the denizens of the internet and used as ammunition against them at somepoint in the future.

arionisa

But didn't the Devs also say that there would never be a T6 Connie ?

baddmoonrizin

By the Founders! Let's not start this T7 nonsense again. /Thread