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Following the thread about the difficulty of getting the Gumarre DOFF I induldged in some STO nostalgia and noticed that the Assimilated Set (including the Assimilated Console) still seem the only set that really adds interesing geometries.
Most sets seem to boil down to three changes:
- Shields alter the color/material of the ship
- Deflectors add some glow
- Impulse Engines add a different impulse trail.
But the Assimilated Set and the Competitive Impulse Engines seem to be the only ones that actually add custom "hard" geometry (I figure the deflector glow is technically also geometry, just transparent).
I think they could become a bit more creative here. Instead of a glow, maybe they could add some sort of grill or cap to the deflector. A console item or shield could add some antennas or dishes. Impulse Engines could more often do something like the Competitive and Assimilated Engines do.
Most sets seem to boil down to three changes:
- Shields alter the color/material of the ship
- Deflectors add some glow
- Impulse Engines add a different impulse trail.
But the Assimilated Set and the Competitive Impulse Engines seem to be the only ones that actually add custom "hard" geometry (I figure the deflector glow is technically also geometry, just transparent).
I think they could become a bit more creative here. Instead of a glow, maybe they could add some sort of grill or cap to the deflector. A console item or shield could add some antennas or dishes. Impulse Engines could more often do something like the Competitive and Assimilated Engines do.
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I think they went with the material/glow route because its easier to accomidate all ships that way.
But it is interesting. I put the competitive engines on my Aeon, and they really add some mass to her. Kinda nice.
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And it's not like the glowing deflector doesn't need to adjust size to the actual deflector already.
That said, I know it doesn't always work fine, there are some odd cases. I think particularly the Assimilated Console can be weird.
Perhaps an Iconian set adding disconnected 'shards' floating around the nacelles or a fleshy Undine set that adds organic spines/pylons protruding out of the hull? (Or a mirror universe set that just straps guns to everything.. because bussards can be weapons if you strap enough cannons to them.)
The idea is that the set items give your ship new abilities. It makes sense that some of these features might be visible from the outside, be it because your deflector uses an additional set of exotic particles. Or your deflector might get a grill to provide additional protection for the deflector. Your improved shield emitter has additional emitter arrays scattered across the surface.
Also the Lukari, the Breen and the Jem-H. The older rep/mission pieces seemed to make a much bigger change than newer shields, that's ferr shure.
Assimilated is a bit too much, and if they'd remake them, they'd probably have higher quality overall. I mean, they predate even the Tier 2 Nova Rhode Island Refit model, and you know how awful that looks compared to current ship models...
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Would love to see what the Borg deflector looks like on the front of a BoP or the Marquis Raider
We can imagine some other 3D elements, like :
-Fek'Ihri (Some well of fire)
-Dominion (Lay of purple blindage)
-Risian (Wide view bay)
-Risian2 (solar sails)
-Hu'rk (Organic spin)
-Starfleet (warp pods added)
-KDF (Head/deflector of war bird)
-Romulan (wings)
-Tholian (Small elements linked with Tholian web)
-Voth (spheric turret like in the queued but smaller)
-etc ^-^