Why do all the new ship (save the NX) have to be in the high end side of the ranking
Admirals and Generals for the most part; What is wrong with a few ships for Lt Commanders or Captains?
I agree, older ships should stay older and lower class. I can see refits during DS9 time but at best should equal Galaxy from TNG and not better than that. Ent-E, Gal -x and T-5 should be top only.
Modern MMOs are about end game content. This been the model for years. Leveling in the is there only to tech you how to play the game. For this reason 75% of all content in MMOs are end game content.
I leveled from commander 1 to captain 1 in 3 days. Once I hit VA, I'll be there at least 6 months, since cryptic isn't raising the level cap until at least season 4.
Therefore, it makes more sense for new ships to be T5, as you won't be able to enjoy them for long at lower levels.
Why do all the new ship (save the NX) have to be in the high end side of the ranking
Admirals and Generals for the most part; What is wrong with a few ships for Lt Commanders or Captains?
People play at level cap far longer then they do getting to level cap. It takes about 75 hours of PvE to go from 1 to 51 on the Fed side. I agree there should be more lower-level ship choices but most people are only at a tier around 10-15 hours before moving on.
I leveled from commander 1 to captain 1 in 3 days. Once I hit VA, I'll be there at least 6 months, since cryptic isn't raising the level cap until at least season 4.
Therefore, it makes more sense for new ships to be T5, as you won't be able to enjoy them for long at lower levels.
While that is true, playing them at lower levels (T3) gives you a chance to test drive it, to get a general idea of what your getting. If for instance, I try a Cmndr level version of the Orion ship... then I can decide if I want to spend my ONE ship token on that... or the Vorcha retrofit. If I don't get to try it first, then I don't want to get the orion ship and find out it totally SUXXORS with my playstyle and regret not getting the vorcha instead.
Feds get ALL their ships at lower teirs... Klingons get the b'rel (T1) and the Vorcha (T4) and thats it. No carriers, no Varanus, no Garumba... it's kind of sad as an avid Klingon player!
People play at level cap far longer then they do getting to level cap. It takes about 75 hours of PvE to go from 1 to 51 on the Fed side. I agree there should be more lower-level ship choices but most people are only at a tier around 10-15 hours before moving on.
And if you really want, you can do it considerably faster than 75 hours. That's solo, no twinking. Just dinged a guy to 51 in under 2 days played. And that was with goofing off and a bit of a learning curve perfecting the route. Go go mission replay.
Anyway, me, I'd like to see a way to be able to use lower level ships at the higher levels. Something like a T3 cruiser being like a T5 cruiser, except with a universal ensign slot at the cost of having only 2 science and tactical consoles. If they set up something universal like that for each category (cruiser, science, escort fed side), then any ship T2 through T4 can be upgraded to very close to T5 standards. And that means they can introduce new lower tier ships and they'll still have value at the highest levels.
I like the look of the older ships better than the new ones. If Starfleet can update the Excess class and make it better than a Miranda, then they can update the other ships to current standards (aka T5) as well. Plus I like the idea of a wider variety of vessels hanging out, seeing some of this and some of that, rather than the same ships over and over.
I am just saying that middle rank players should get something new....thats all....
No one stays a mid-level player. If that changes (and it might be possible it does, there has been discussion on the ability to stop leveling), then the ship options at a certain level might be discused again, too.
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Not sure on Klingons, atm.
Have patients and give it time!
1 low tier and 1 high tier.
Therefore, it makes more sense for new ships to be T5, as you won't be able to enjoy them for long at lower levels.
While that is true, playing them at lower levels (T3) gives you a chance to test drive it, to get a general idea of what your getting. If for instance, I try a Cmndr level version of the Orion ship... then I can decide if I want to spend my ONE ship token on that... or the Vorcha retrofit. If I don't get to try it first, then I don't want to get the orion ship and find out it totally SUXXORS with my playstyle and regret not getting the vorcha instead.
Feds get ALL their ships at lower teirs... Klingons get the b'rel (T1) and the Vorcha (T4) and thats it. No carriers, no Varanus, no Garumba... it's kind of sad as an avid Klingon player!
And if you really want, you can do it considerably faster than 75 hours. That's solo, no twinking. Just dinged a guy to 51 in under 2 days played. And that was with goofing off and a bit of a learning curve perfecting the route. Go go mission replay.
Anyway, me, I'd like to see a way to be able to use lower level ships at the higher levels. Something like a T3 cruiser being like a T5 cruiser, except with a universal ensign slot at the cost of having only 2 science and tactical consoles. If they set up something universal like that for each category (cruiser, science, escort fed side), then any ship T2 through T4 can be upgraded to very close to T5 standards. And that means they can introduce new lower tier ships and they'll still have value at the highest levels.
I like the look of the older ships better than the new ones. If Starfleet can update the Excess class and make it better than a Miranda, then they can update the other ships to current standards (aka T5) as well. Plus I like the idea of a wider variety of vessels hanging out, seeing some of this and some of that, rather than the same ships over and over.