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THREE NEW STARSHIP BRIDGES!
baddmoonrizin
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Three brand new starship bridges will be available on PC with the launch of Star Trek Online: Incursion!
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11553033
https://www.playstartrekonline.com/en/news/article/11553033
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a Miranda bridge, the Yorktown bridge for the Odyssey classes, and Klingon D7 variant bridge!
Thanks Cryptic!
Two questions, though...
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l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Speaking of... I knew the Miranda was being worked on, but I am pleasantly surprised by the Odyssey and K'Tinga bridges.
I wanna say probably yes.
Personally I prefer the dimly lit ones.
These are certainly nice additions though.
I'm personally hoping that these bridges are, at the least, hooked up to the regular interior sets for us to "turbolift" to. I'm too used to having that feature for regular faction-based interiors and I do enjoy them despite their obvious age (similarly, the Scimitar's bridge not having a turbolift map transition to the regular and more wonderful Romulan ship interior has bugged me to this day). I still long for the dream of seeing the Fed and KDF faction non-bridge ship interiors get the new tilesets and all, however futile a dream that may be at this point.
These are great looking bridges and I'll enjoy them, certainly. Thanks to those who got it through this far.
The problem is return on investment on top of manpower and time needed. Past history apparently told them that bridge packs don't sell very well. That's why they've limited new bridges and interiors to those that get used in missions. Same with unique bridges for event ships nowadays. It takes a lot of time to make something that doesn't get used often, so the resources are better used elsewhere.
Many thanks
I just wish said ships could use whatever bridges and interiors we own, and not just that one grey bridge.
I do too, that parking-garage-looking thing that is the only option for so many ships is horrible. Even if they just picked one faction bridge of each faction for the standard default on otherwise "garage" bridge ships it would be an improvement, and onscreen evidence suggests that it is not unusual to use the same small set of bridges on a wide range of ships in the shows, or even several different versions on the same ship class, so extreme standardization on something like the concrete bridge actually goes against the spirit of the shows where they would just use something that is a slightly redressed version of (or even just the same version as) the show's hero bridge.
At least one of the biggest factors in the limited sales of the bridge packs is the expense/uncertainty-of-usability ratio. The majority of people whenever the subject of bridges comes up in chat seem to be uncertain if any particular bridge they are interested in will actually work with the ship they want to put it in, and they are far too expensive to buy on a whim to see if they are compatible. Not everyone flies Intrepids or Galaxies for instance, and the descriptions are very poor as to which other ships can use them.
That said, these new bridges are nice additions for the ships that can use them (and I have a few captains whose main ships are Miranda variants, along with one who flys the D7 Miracle Worker Flight Deck Carrier who can definitely use them). One suggestion (that is unfortunately probably too niche for it to ever get done) is a D7 bridge variant with brighter bluish/purplish lighting for the Romulan Stormbird that is one of the skin options for the legendary D7.
On a humorous note, when I look at that lighted path behind the D7 captain's chair I cannot help but see the Klingons musical number from SNW since it looks so much like lighted high-tech tracks for the chair to move along...