Here's what I know about it so far - The cannon is specific to this ship, and takes the place of a weapon's slot, but is not an item that can be removed and placed on another ship. It shows up as a captain's power on your weapon tray. The beam is intendend to be a very narrow front cylinder beam that can pass through objects and hit multiple targets if you are lined up properly (out to a set distance).
There are no details yet on recharge timers or how it impacts cooldowns of other powers/weapons.
I've also heard rumor that it may have a non-battle cloak - which means that it might be able to cloak - but only out of combat.
Once the designer is finished with the ship - I'll see if I can get the full details.
So, currently cloak is only a rumor. The cannon less so.
Talking with the systems designer who is working on the Galaxy - there is a goal to bring iconic ships to the end game - not just as geo variants - but with unique functionality. The Galaxy X is the first such ship he's working on but it is setting the tone for how the others will/may work. The trade-off may be that these ships will be restricted from customization. Take for example the Galaxy. One of the reason's we haven't implemented a Galaxy saucer separation yet is because the fx to do so will not work with all the different parts that players can customize on their ship. However if we restrict the geo customization - we could do cool features like that and make some of these end tier ship super unique. btw.. we are currently *not* working on a Galaxy saucer separation power - but we'd sure like to.
So this is in a way previes of things yet to come - unique functionality for ships.
Regarding cloak:
I think one big difference between one unique ship model with cloak and having a Bridge Officer power effectively giving cloak is that the ship model is limited. Not everyone wants to fly a Galaxy-X. It's most likely still a cruiser, with cruiser-like performance.
MES is avaialble for everyone with a Science BO slot. If MES was as good as cloak, this means every ship and every faction could cloak. (And heck, as I understood, even Klingons used MES since it was one way to circumvent cloaking cooldowns, particular on BoPs with Battle Cloak).
So the end result will hardly be something like KvK engagements. Instead, you'll get closer to getting occassionally surprised by a Galaxy-X decloaking behind you while you're attacking the weak spot of a Fedball.
So they take away the unique, canon characteristic of the Klingons and give it to the faction that, by canon, refuses to use Cloaking devices in every TV show and series of the franchise?
Glad I cancelled. Just another "take a s**t on the Klingons" by Cryptic.
This is also another thing I get from the RAF rewards... it rewards only Federation players, i.e. Galaxy-X. Your Klingon can do anything with that even if you refer TEN guys who subscribe? No.
If you want to be correct, the Federation in the shows did use a cloak the Deffiant had one. The reason the federation did not use a cloak before was due to the treaty they had with the Romulans.
And for the sake of argument the Romulans cease to be as they were, its a good bet that treaty is void especially with the warlike Empress in charge. It is highly possilbe that the federation could have started using them in mass. So don't throw the canonical iron in the fire. That being said, I think if all tier 5 fed ships were to have a cloak that would be bad. But if you feel the need to give them one, it most certainly should be non battle in nature. Maybe escorts only with a non battle cloak I dunno, they do get focused fired quite a bit.
As most people in this thread have voiced. i also disagree with feds having cloak. I'm a fed player and no desire to play klingon but yeah the cloak should stay with klingons and romulans.
I would prefer if they allowed us to use what ever ship we want at T5 (back to the refit/Admiral ship idea).
Im fairly sure this is just cryptic giving in to the cries from the majority (fed players). Shame really, because if they do introduce cloaks for T5 fed ships I think I will have to call it a day and find another game to play.
Making all factions the same is poor by design and will only hurt this game more.
Im fairly sure this is just cryptic giving in to the cries from the majority (fed players). Shame really, because if they do introduce cloaks for T5 fed ships I think I will have to call it a day and find another game to play.
Making all factions the same is poor by design and will only hurt this game more.
Don't go jumping to extremes. At the very most we have a rumour from dstahl saying the Galaxy X *MIGHT* have a non-battle cloak. There is not even a slight hint that could lead to your assumption that all T5 Federation ships will get a cloak.
So this is in a way previes of things yet to come - unique functionality for ships.
Regarding cloak:
I think one big difference between one unique ship model with cloak and having a Bridge Officer power effectively giving cloak is that the ship model is limited. Not everyone wants to fly a Galaxy-X. It's most likely still a cruiser, with cruiser-like performance.
MES is avaialble for everyone with a Science BO slot. If MES was as good as cloak, this means every ship and every faction could cloak. (And heck, as I understood, even Klingons used MES since it was one way to circumvent cloaking cooldowns, particular on BoPs with Battle Cloak).
So the end result will hardly be something like KvK engagements. Instead, you'll get closer to getting occassionally surprised by a Galaxy-X decloaking behind you while you're attacking the weak spot of a Fedball.
in the science officer forums, a thread on MES practically covers why the skill was nerfed to what it is now. its not that its because the feds wont be getting cloak, its that MES was ridiculously OP. during beta its ability never drained shield energy, and allowed full use of support skills without breaking cloak. basically it gave anyone on either faction an invisible healer ship. it got complained about and now MES is what it is, the full abilities of cloak with its detriments, but only in PVE.
Don't go jumping to extremes. At the very most we have a rumour from dstahl saying the Galaxy X *MIGHT* have a non-battle cloak. There is not even a slight hint that could lead to your assumption that all T5 Federation ships will get a cloak.
I know and I agree with you, but the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
True... or it could be that klinks gameplay sucks so bad that why not make the cool faction even cooler! right... riiiighhhttt? fed power FTW
LOL, please don't hold back your enthuiasom in future replies.
Klingons doesn't so much suck as is just not complete. In CB, I was under the impression that the Klingon faction was a quickly thrown together game aspect for those fans of just the Klinks and was in theory suppossed to make them happy.
I feel that any faction added to STo will need to be a complete stand alone part of the game.
Ah, TY, sir. Of the literally hundreds of post about this ship, those are the first ones I've seen from a developer about them.
So all this bickering is based on...pure speculation...? LMAO
This paragraph from Atari's website about the rewards caught my eye:
This Tier 5 vessel will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Once it is available it may be claimed by all Federation & Klingon characters on an account however it may not be cosmetically edited via the ship tailor.
Hm, by the wording of it, kinda sounds like the Klingons are also eligible for one.
Being able to fly a Fed ship while being on the Klingon side could prove most...interesting in PvP.
I have confimation request post in 3 different threads in an attempt to get a Dev to actually answer, but, I have only a slim hope of actually getting a Developer answer.
Its not speculation.
I saw the Atari email about the offer.
Galaxy X with cloak.
I saw the link to it in a STO discussion subforum post.
If Atari says it has a Cloak then it will have a cloak they run the show after all and have over-ruled Cryptic already.
Its not speculation.
I saw the Atari email about the offer.
Galaxy X with cloak.
I saw the link to it in a STO discussion subforum post.
If Atari says it has a Cloak then it will have a cloak they run the show after all and have over-ruled Cryptic already.
lol...well then, I guess I can also believe that Klingons will be able to get one also, it's on the Atari website as well.
This Tier 5 vessel will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Once it is available it may be claimed by all Federation & Klingon characters on an account however it may not be cosmetically edited via the ship tailor.
lol...well then, I guess I can also believe that Klingons will be able to get one also, it's on the Atari website as well.
This Tier 5 vessel will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Once it is available it may be claimed by all Federation & Klingon characters on an account however it may not be cosmetically edited via the ship tailor.
Wouldn't that be special? Seeing Klingons flying around in Federation ships.. It is bad enough the Galaxy X is based upon a time-line created by Q that never materialized due to Picard's actions.
So will the Galaxy X also go "Warp 13" or have the "super-shield-and-ship-penetrating-phaser-beam-cannon" too? Those were both in the episode as well after all.
Wouldn't that be special? Seeing Klingons flying around in Federation ships.. It is bad enough the Galaxy X is based upon a time-line created by Q that never materialized due to Picard's actions.
So will the Galaxy X also go "Warp 13" or have the "super-shield-and-ship-penetrating-phaser-beam-cannon" too? Those were both in the episode as well after all.
FWIW.this is from the Email I got as well, and im sure you all have too.
"The Tier 5 "All Good Things" Galaxy Class starship, as seen in the final Episode of The Next Generation television series, will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Players who successfully recruit five subscribers to Star Trek Online will receive this powerful vessel, which comes with a cloaking device and a special forward-facing cannon."
The Federation gained cloaking tech in Star Trek (Captain Kirk got it from the Romulans) This was at the start of the general war by the time line. It was the treaty at the end of the general war, that repositioned the various neutral zones that made it so the Federation could not continue to research cloaking tech and banned them from the use of the cloak, this was mentioned in an episode of Next Generation. Now this would so that the Federation, if it uses cloaking technology would be from the time of the original series and not as good as that used by both the Romulans and the Klingons (who received it from the Romulans in a tech trade during the general war). I have no problem with the Federation getting cloaking technology and using it. It is, however, one of the balances in PvP enviroment. I do think too much attention is being paid to just one side of the game and more needs to be paid to the Klingon side, like getting an actual story arc going for them. This is based off of Atari/ Cryptic story arc of the Klingons being the first to discover the infiltration by the Undine, who the Klingons want to stop, not the Federation!
The current speculation on the forum suggests that the new Galaxy X model will have a cloaking device.
There is also others rumors that future Starfleet T5 ships may also have a cloaking device.
How do you feel about this Klingons?
Edit: i can confirm that an Atari email states the Galaxy X will have a cloaking device.
So where's the KLINGON equivalent of the Galaxy X for those KLINGONS that recruite 5 players?
(Or simply sign up for 5 accounts for 30 days.)
Imagine how awesome a ship the KLINGONS would deserve for such a feat.
If Atari says it has a Cloak then it will have a cloak they run the show after all and have over-ruled Cryptic already.
While I have no idea if it's the case here, I'm counting the number of times I've personally seen marketing make an erroneous public statement. I'll just say I quickly ran out of fingers and toes to count on.
The current speculation on the forum suggests that the new Galaxy X model will have a cloaking device.
There is also others rumors that future Starfleet T5 ships may also have a cloaking device.
How do you feel about this Klingons?
Edit: i can confirm that an Atari email states the Galaxy X will have a cloaking device.
This is how things start. weres the image of the E-mail, weres the Dev post about this? I call BS on this untill I get some proof, but, it would be bad news.
On the other hand, I can see it, the Romulans are in pretty bad shape, StarFleet could have decided enough is enough and that they should use it. I don't know. I don't think it would affect my style of play.
If you want to be correct, the Federation in the shows did use a cloak the Deffiant had one. The reason the federation did not use a cloak before was due to the treaty they had with the Romulans.
And for the sake of argument the Romulans cease to be as they were, its a good bet that treaty is void especially with the warlike Empress in charge. It is highly possilbe that the federation could have started using them in mass. So don't throw the canonical iron in the fire. That being said, I think if all tier 5 fed ships were to have a cloak that would be bad. But if you feel the need to give them one, it most certainly should be non battle in nature. Maybe escorts only with a non battle cloak I dunno, they do get focused fired quite a bit.
Has the Romulan Star Empire entered a state of war against the Federation in STO?
No? What you're fighting are offshoots of the Empire, elements that they've lost control of. The same type of guys the way "True Way" faction is to the Cardassians.
Then the Treaty still stands, and to put it bluntly, the Federation NEEDS that treaty to remain in effect more than ever. Why? The Federation is dealing with the following:
- Borg incursions
- Undine infiltration and attacks
- Offshoot factions from the Cardassians and Romulans that their own governments have no control over right now.
- Terran Empire attacks
- And the one that is really making an impact on the Feds... the war with the Klingons.
Starfleet isn't strong enough anymore to decisively end ANY of these threats. What you see in the campaign storyline for the Feds are mere "holding the line" type of actions or rescuing some beleagured planet or battered Starfleet unit.
There are no grand offensives to finish off any of these problems once and for all. There are no drives to hunt down and destroy the True Way, despite the Federation having an agreement with the Cardassia for them to not have a big military since the Feds will take care of their security. They can't do anything to destroy the Undine for good. Same with the Borg. Same with the Terran Empire. Those are constant drains on Starfleet. Then there's the open war with the Klingons, which further saps away their strength. Starfleet has no attacks to strategically or diplomatically defeat or even weaken the Klingons. The KDF just keeps pounding away.
And you think the Federation wants to go to war with the Romulans to top it all off? The Empress does not like the Federation. That is a given. But has the Romulan government or military made hostile moves against the Federation? No. And the Feds are content with that, since they have more than enough troubles to deal with. Troubles they can't defeat now.
Cloaks and the USS Defiant... made possible by a single, loaned Cloaking device from the Romulan Empire, due to a diplomatic agreement regarding the Dominion. The entire Defiant-class was NOT cloak capable. This didn't mean Starfleet was fielding cloaking technology. The USS Defiant was an extremely unique ship in Starfleet due to diplomacy.
And lastly, I'll say this: A cloaked Starfleet goes against the grain... against the theme of how Starfleet is represented in every Star Trek TV show and movie.
The current speculation on the forum suggests that the new Galaxy X model will have a cloaking device.
There is also others rumors that future Starfleet T5 ships may also have a cloaking device.
How do you feel about this Klingons?
Edit: i can confirm that an Atari email states the Galaxy X will have a cloaking device.
I don't see this as much of a problem really, given that it will be a fairly rare ship I think. As long as no other Federation ships get it (and the faction never gets it) then we're still ok in that area
And lastly, I'll say this: A cloaked Starfleet goes against the grain... against the theme of how Starfleet is represented in every Star Trek TV show and movie.
Except in that one episode, All Good Things where they had this three nacelled Enterprise-D with a cloaking device that saved an Olympic class from a Klingon attack since they were at war or in a very close to war position with Klingons in the distant future from TNG...something like 2400 or 2409 or so...
Oh...wait...TRIBBLE...nevermind.
Just make PvP zones where cloaks are disabled and instead perception is naturally dropped for all ships like the Nebula from WoK...problem solved.
Except in that one episode, All Good Things where they had this three nacelled Enterprise-D with a cloaking device that saved an Olympic class from a Klingon attack since they were at war or in a very close to war position with Klingons in the distant future from TNG...something like 2400 or 2409 or so...
Oh...wait...TRIBBLE...nevermind.
Just make PvP zones where cloaks are disabled and instead perception is naturally dropped for all ships like the Nebula from WoK...problem solved.
Except that it isn't solved.
The problem is not whether it is canon or not.
The problem IS good game design. So far, this is just rumor. If it is true, then it shows Cryptic has completely abandoned any attempt to clearly define differences between each faction's game play. That is a very VERY bad sign for the future of STO...enough that I would consider trying to get a refund for my Lifetime sub somehow, less the months I have currently played.
Now, I'm not saying we are to that point yet. Far from it. However, I do strongly hope it doesn't come to this.
The problem IS good game design. So far, this is just rumor. If it is true, then it shows Cryptic has completely abandoned any attempt to clearly define differences between each faction's game play. That is a very VERY bad sign for the future of STO...enough that I would consider trying to get a refund for my Lifetime sub somehow, less the months I have currently played.
Now, I'm not saying we are to that point yet. Far from it. However, I do strongly hope it doesn't come to this.
they already started doing that when the klingon defense force, a faction that cryptic said would have less pve than pvp, complained that they wanted pve content.
1. warrior society lore
2. cool looking ships (i love the look of BoP)
3. and CLOAKING!
if fed players get a ship that cloaks (i don't care if it is a reward for signing up people), how long will it be before starfleet gets to fly a klingon BoP? i seem to remember a movie where kirk and crew flew a BoP.
i always thought it was stupid for mmo's to give opposing factions identical powers and abilities.
But whiners? cummon people! Ok you say it isnt cannon... it isnt the federation boohoooo The starship pegasis... ring a bell? The treaty did not do anything.. the federation not only tried to develop cloak BUT the cloak developed was able to phase through SOLID OBJECTS... the Defiant had a cloak... whether or not it was a federation developed cloak or not... it still cloaked... and was a federation ship... I think that it is dumb that the defiant class in the fed T4 doesn't cloak! how would that OP feds? a cloak that did nothing but hide your ship... not op... not ruining klink... totally cannon... quit complaining
first one, It was not the whole Federation that tried to develop it, did you even watch the episode?
Riker and the captain fought off a mutiny because of the device. If you had payed attention to the ending, you'd have seen that is got The Admiral and Riker (by choice) in the brig and in alot of trouble with Star Fleet.
second one, The cloak was only for the Defiant, it had a Romulan with it when used, and was to only be used fighting the Dominion in that specific sector.
Maybe have the cloak only work in certain sectors?
I for one think cloak should stay with KDF. Then again, Star Fleet is not acting star fleet in most of the missions. I don't remember shoot first, ask questions later the Fed motto.
Except in that one episode, All Good Things where they had this three nacelled Enterprise-D with a cloaking device that saved an Olympic class from a Klingon attack since they were at war or in a very close to war position with Klingons in the distant future from TNG...something like 2400 or 2409 or so...
Oh...wait...TRIBBLE...nevermind.
Just make PvP zones where cloaks are disabled and instead perception is naturally dropped for all ships like the Nebula from WoK...problem solved.
Except there's this thing called: Alternate timeline. Which the Galaxy-X is from.
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http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2636940&postcount=391 So this is in a way previes of things yet to come - unique functionality for ships.
Regarding cloak:
I think one big difference between one unique ship model with cloak and having a Bridge Officer power effectively giving cloak is that the ship model is limited. Not everyone wants to fly a Galaxy-X. It's most likely still a cruiser, with cruiser-like performance.
MES is avaialble for everyone with a Science BO slot. If MES was as good as cloak, this means every ship and every faction could cloak. (And heck, as I understood, even Klingons used MES since it was one way to circumvent cloaking cooldowns, particular on BoPs with Battle Cloak).
So the end result will hardly be something like KvK engagements. Instead, you'll get closer to getting occassionally surprised by a Galaxy-X decloaking behind you while you're attacking the weak spot of a Fedball.
If you want to be correct, the Federation in the shows did use a cloak the Deffiant had one. The reason the federation did not use a cloak before was due to the treaty they had with the Romulans.
And for the sake of argument the Romulans cease to be as they were, its a good bet that treaty is void especially with the warlike Empress in charge. It is highly possilbe that the federation could have started using them in mass. So don't throw the canonical iron in the fire. That being said, I think if all tier 5 fed ships were to have a cloak that would be bad. But if you feel the need to give them one, it most certainly should be non battle in nature. Maybe escorts only with a non battle cloak I dunno, they do get focused fired quite a bit.
I would prefer if they allowed us to use what ever ship we want at T5 (back to the refit/Admiral ship idea).
Making all factions the same is poor by design and will only hurt this game more.
Don't go jumping to extremes. At the very most we have a rumour from dstahl saying the Galaxy X *MIGHT* have a non-battle cloak. There is not even a slight hint that could lead to your assumption that all T5 Federation ships will get a cloak.
in the science officer forums, a thread on MES practically covers why the skill was nerfed to what it is now. its not that its because the feds wont be getting cloak, its that MES was ridiculously OP. during beta its ability never drained shield energy, and allowed full use of support skills without breaking cloak. basically it gave anyone on either faction an invisible healer ship. it got complained about and now MES is what it is, the full abilities of cloak with its detriments, but only in PVE.
I know and I agree with you, but the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if they did.
LOL, please don't hold back your enthuiasom in future replies.
Klingons doesn't so much suck as is just not complete. In CB, I was under the impression that the Klingon faction was a quickly thrown together game aspect for those fans of just the Klinks and was in theory suppossed to make them happy.
I feel that any faction added to STo will need to be a complete stand alone part of the game.
Ah, TY, sir. Of the literally hundreds of post about this ship, those are the first ones I've seen from a developer about them.
So all this bickering is based on...pure speculation...? LMAO
This paragraph from Atari's website about the rewards caught my eye:
This Tier 5 vessel will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Once it is available it may be claimed by all Federation & Klingon characters on an account however it may not be cosmetically edited via the ship tailor.
Hm, by the wording of it, kinda sounds like the Klingons are also eligible for one.
Being able to fly a Fed ship while being on the Klingon side could prove most...interesting in PvP.
I have confimation request post in 3 different threads in an attempt to get a Dev to actually answer, but, I have only a slim hope of actually getting a Developer answer.
I saw the Atari email about the offer.
Galaxy X with cloak.
I saw the link to it in a STO discussion subforum post.
If Atari says it has a Cloak then it will have a cloak they run the show after all and have over-ruled Cryptic already.
lol...well then, I guess I can also believe that Klingons will be able to get one also, it's on the Atari website as well.
This Tier 5 vessel will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Once it is available it may be claimed by all Federation & Klingon characters on an account however it may not be cosmetically edited via the ship tailor.
Wouldn't that be special? Seeing Klingons flying around in Federation ships.. It is bad enough the Galaxy X is based upon a time-line created by Q that never materialized due to Picard's actions.
So will the Galaxy X also go "Warp 13" or have the "super-shield-and-ship-penetrating-phaser-beam-cannon" too? Those were both in the episode as well after all.
Super-gun - 7:10 mark - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqX2FD9SelQ&feature=related
Warp 13 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBWyP9PhXNI&feature=related
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showpost.php?p=2637012&postcount=399
No indication it would.
"The Tier 5 "All Good Things" Galaxy Class starship, as seen in the final Episode of The Next Generation television series, will be cleared for active duty and released from the Utopia Planetia Shipyards when Season One, Update Two releases. Players who successfully recruit five subscribers to Star Trek Online will receive this powerful vessel, which comes with a cloaking device and a special forward-facing cannon."
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So where's the KLINGON equivalent of the Galaxy X for those KLINGONS that recruite 5 players?
(Or simply sign up for 5 accounts for 30 days.)
Imagine how awesome a ship the KLINGONS would deserve for such a feat.
While I have no idea if it's the case here, I'm counting the number of times I've personally seen marketing make an erroneous public statement. I'll just say I quickly ran out of fingers and toes to count on.
the klingon equivalent is already in there too. its called the galaxy x.
read 5 posts above yours >.>
This is how things start. weres the image of the E-mail, weres the Dev post about this? I call BS on this untill I get some proof, but, it would be bad news.
On the other hand, I can see it, the Romulans are in pretty bad shape, StarFleet could have decided enough is enough and that they should use it. I don't know. I don't think it would affect my style of play.
Has the Romulan Star Empire entered a state of war against the Federation in STO?
No? What you're fighting are offshoots of the Empire, elements that they've lost control of. The same type of guys the way "True Way" faction is to the Cardassians.
Then the Treaty still stands, and to put it bluntly, the Federation NEEDS that treaty to remain in effect more than ever. Why? The Federation is dealing with the following:
- Borg incursions
- Undine infiltration and attacks
- Offshoot factions from the Cardassians and Romulans that their own governments have no control over right now.
- Terran Empire attacks
- And the one that is really making an impact on the Feds... the war with the Klingons.
Starfleet isn't strong enough anymore to decisively end ANY of these threats. What you see in the campaign storyline for the Feds are mere "holding the line" type of actions or rescuing some beleagured planet or battered Starfleet unit.
There are no grand offensives to finish off any of these problems once and for all. There are no drives to hunt down and destroy the True Way, despite the Federation having an agreement with the Cardassia for them to not have a big military since the Feds will take care of their security. They can't do anything to destroy the Undine for good. Same with the Borg. Same with the Terran Empire. Those are constant drains on Starfleet. Then there's the open war with the Klingons, which further saps away their strength. Starfleet has no attacks to strategically or diplomatically defeat or even weaken the Klingons. The KDF just keeps pounding away.
And you think the Federation wants to go to war with the Romulans to top it all off? The Empress does not like the Federation. That is a given. But has the Romulan government or military made hostile moves against the Federation? No. And the Feds are content with that, since they have more than enough troubles to deal with. Troubles they can't defeat now.
Cloaks and the USS Defiant... made possible by a single, loaned Cloaking device from the Romulan Empire, due to a diplomatic agreement regarding the Dominion. The entire Defiant-class was NOT cloak capable. This didn't mean Starfleet was fielding cloaking technology. The USS Defiant was an extremely unique ship in Starfleet due to diplomacy.
And lastly, I'll say this: A cloaked Starfleet goes against the grain... against the theme of how Starfleet is represented in every Star Trek TV show and movie.
I don't see this as much of a problem really, given that it will be a fairly rare ship I think. As long as no other Federation ships get it (and the faction never gets it) then we're still ok in that area
Except in that one episode, All Good Things where they had this three nacelled Enterprise-D with a cloaking device that saved an Olympic class from a Klingon attack since they were at war or in a very close to war position with Klingons in the distant future from TNG...something like 2400 or 2409 or so...
Oh...wait...TRIBBLE...nevermind.
Just make PvP zones where cloaks are disabled and instead perception is naturally dropped for all ships like the Nebula from WoK...problem solved.
Except that it isn't solved.
The problem is not whether it is canon or not.
The problem IS good game design. So far, this is just rumor. If it is true, then it shows Cryptic has completely abandoned any attempt to clearly define differences between each faction's game play. That is a very VERY bad sign for the future of STO...enough that I would consider trying to get a refund for my Lifetime sub somehow, less the months I have currently played.
Now, I'm not saying we are to that point yet. Far from it. However, I do strongly hope it doesn't come to this.
they already started doing that when the klingon defense force, a faction that cryptic said would have less pve than pvp, complained that they wanted pve content.
1. warrior society lore
2. cool looking ships (i love the look of BoP)
3. and CLOAKING!
if fed players get a ship that cloaks (i don't care if it is a reward for signing up people), how long will it be before starfleet gets to fly a klingon BoP? i seem to remember a movie where kirk and crew flew a BoP.
i always thought it was stupid for mmo's to give opposing factions identical powers and abilities.
first one, It was not the whole Federation that tried to develop it, did you even watch the episode?
Riker and the captain fought off a mutiny because of the device. If you had payed attention to the ending, you'd have seen that is got The Admiral and Riker (by choice) in the brig and in alot of trouble with Star Fleet.
second one, The cloak was only for the Defiant, it had a Romulan with it when used, and was to only be used fighting the Dominion in that specific sector.
Maybe have the cloak only work in certain sectors?
I for one think cloak should stay with KDF. Then again, Star Fleet is not acting star fleet in most of the missions. I don't remember shoot first, ask questions later the Fed motto.
I am not sure I asked those bar patrons any questions?
They should just merge KDF with Federation, and that way, we can go where ever we want, when we want.
And PVP would be made even simpler. All FVF missions.
Except there's this thing called: Alternate timeline. Which the Galaxy-X is from.
That is all, carry on Ensign.