My fleet members (Epsilon Fleet) and I were talking the other day about ship consoles, devices and upgrades.
We were talking about how it would be nice if the developers would add device slots for a Warp Core and for a Hull Armor.
The Warp Core: Depending on what type you would use (There would be different kinds like all shields and engines etc ) the Warp Core would help with ship power performance. Either by helping boast your weapons shields, engines and auxiliary powers. Or by faster recharge rates or power bonus settings.
For example say a Combat Warp Core gives +10 to weapons +5 to shields and +2 to the other systems with a 10% chance of no power drain to weapons when weapons are fired.
The Hull Armor: I would like to see different hull types that would add more hit points to the hull with a small damage resistance of some kind and then you can use the hull engineering consoles to boast that. Maybe with the different hull types it would change the look of the ship?
For example say an Ablative Hull would give you +8000 hit points with 15% kinetic and 10% energy resistance. Then use a hull engineering console to add more damage resistance to that.
So if youre running an Assault Cruiser with a base hull of 39,000 hit points. With all 9 skill points in Assault Cruiser Captain your hull is now 44,098 hit points. Now with the new device slot for Hull Armor your total hit points goes up to 52,098.
Im still brain storming about how to really do this one. We just started talking about this because no matter what every similar class ship will always have the same hit points.
We also talked about how it would be nice to have the ability to upgrade equipment, using crafting skills from Memory Alpha to upgrade devices or weapons. (Like enchanting gear in WOW).
I like this idea, I feel everyone is just cookie cuttered by the time we RA5. Player done mods would give everyone a different, or more of variety at the end game level. It would also add more items to Memory Alpha.
It would be cool to be able to change the color of your weapons too, my fleet admiral really wants an orange beam to complete his death rainbow. Id like the polarons in blue myself.
a few more ship paint schemes wouldnt hurt either.
you can customise the TRIBBLE out of your toon why not your ship as well?
thank you for the forums....I spend too much time on them but thank you anyways.
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a few more ship paint schemes wouldnt hurt either.
you can customise the TRIBBLE out of your toon why not your ship as well?
thank you for the forums....I spend too much time on them but thank you anyways.
http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?t=145072&highlight=armor
Unfortunately people scoffed at the idea of an armor thread.
I even suggested some ideas for new consoles in the thread as well (in later posts).