Cyclone Intel Escort T6

ometaklahn

Can someone explain why you cannot use the Nadion Saturation Bomb on the Cyclone Intel (Patrol ) Escort T6?

Would be nice to be able to use it on the Strike Wing Escort too or any Federation Escort for that matter.

Also Heavy Phaser lance for Phantom would be great to use on other escorts as well. At least the new Cyclone due to it being also a Intel Escort.

duncanidaho11

Simple oversight, permissions on those consoles need to be set individually and they weren't for release (Cyclone was the only ship of the bundle with a T5 c-store version, its console slipped through the cracks). Should be fixed soon (this week or next, if not afterward then post to the bug forums to remind Cryptic. General forums aren't browsed by QA extensively).

Phaser lance being applied to more ships would be homogenizing, ie. something to avoid as we continue into the hundreds/thousands of ships for STO. It's not an intel ship feature so intel ships with/without creates a point of distinction to help govern use between. These types of decisions are bedrocks for RPGs as they use tradeoffs to create a metagame around equipment choices, so its worth preserving them as much as possible (as STO's flexibility means it has limited means of restricting and differentiating ships. I for example am using my Cyclone as a science vessel that happens to have big guns.)

captainkoltar

It's in today's patch notes.

As for the phaser lance question: https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/star-trek-online/#/discussion/1271391/will-the-heavy-phaser-lance-ever-be-unlocked