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Cruiser retrofit

superspeed500superspeed500 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited December 2012 in Federation Discussion
Hello.
I once had the tier 2 escort. It was a good escort when I was at that level. Today I discovered that this escort had a retrofit version for vice admiral players. Why not create a retrofit version for the tier 2 cruiser? The tier 2 version of the science cruiser do also have a retrofit.

Thanks for all answers.

Links:
Federation cruiser
Federation escort
Federation escort retrofit
Federation Science vessel
Federation Science vessel retrofit
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  • diotwdiotw Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I thought the Exeter Class was the Cruiser Retrofit? http://www.stowiki.org/Cruiser_%28Federation%29#Exeter_class
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Because if they did that, then there would be a T5 Constitution floating around the game, and for some kind of legal or licensing reasons, that is apparently not allowed.
  • rodentmasterrodentmaster Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    The end game cruiser is essentially the Excelsior retrofit cruiser. It's from the TOS era[ed: well, the TOS movies...] but high enough to be useful at end-game. While I'd personally LOVE to have a fleet cruiser that looks like a Miranda class (they're in plentiful use during the DS9 cookie cutter battle scenes), I don't know if it will ever happen.

    Basic ENG cruiser setup, ENS/LT tac, CMDR/LtCDR ent, LT sci... or make the ENS tac and the LT sci universal so you can mix and match.

    That would be a good cruiser to have. Not too different from the tier5 cruisers, but with new looks.

    They gave us the KDF K'Tinga, which was an early ship still in use by DS9 times, so why not Miranda?
  • utilyanutilyan Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    We are not allowed T5.


    GIVE US T4.

    Even a T4 cruiser would be awsome.
  • superspeed500superspeed500 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited November 2012
    Thx for all answers.
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  • superspeed500superspeed500 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    I have now bought a T1 TOS Constition class light cruiser to test how well it fights level 50 NPC's in normal dificultiy. I will share my build later. It's still work in progress.

    The hull is only 13 000 and that is smal. It helps a lot with a XII MACO shield. There are only 3 weapon slots on this ship, so you can't get much firepower. There are three ensign bridge officer slots. That makes abillities with shared cooldown a bad idea.

    I have tested this ship in PvE with other players. The fun thing there is that the enemies doesn't target me often. They choose to target targets with more hull. I die maximum one time in such a event. It have happend that ships with more hull than me have blowed up before me, but that is because the enemies target them instead of me.

    I have not tested PvP with this ship. Why? Because it would have blown up in a few seconds. This ship is only for PvE engineers.

    Fllying a ship like this is a good way to train your pilot skill, because it forces you to surrive without many buffs.

    I will do more testing with this. Remember: Everything old is new :3
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  • vesolcvesolc Member Posts: 244 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    superspeed500 wrote: »
    I have now bought a T1 TOS Constition class light cruiser to test how well it fights level 50 NPC's in normal dificultiy. I will share my build later. It's still work in progress.

    The hull is only 13 000 and that is smal. It helps a lot with a XII MACO shield. There are only 3 weapon slots on this ship, so you can't get much firepower. There are three ensign bridge officer slots. That makes abillities with shared cooldown a bad idea.

    I have tested this ship in PvE with other players. The fun thing there is that the enemies doesn't target me often. They choose to target targets with more hull. I die maximum one time in such a event. It have happend that ships with more hull than me have blowed up before me, but that is because the enemies target them instead of me.

    I have not tested PvP with this ship. Why? Because it would have blown up in a few seconds. This ship is only for PvE engineers.

    Fllying a ship like this is a good way to train your pilot skill, because it forces you to surrive without many buffs.

    I will do more testing with this. Remember: Everything old is new :3


    They ignore you because you pose no threat to them;)
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  • hereticknight085hereticknight085 Member Posts: 3,783 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    vesolc wrote: »
    They ignore you because you pose no threat to them;)

    Something about only 4 weapons... as opposed to the 8 of a standard tier 5 cruiser... and the 7 of a tier 5 escort... and the 6 of a tier 5 science ship...

    Yeah, if he drew ANY aggro, that would mean one of two things: 1) Everyone else was already dead. 2) Everyone else was AFK and not shooting.

    Let the Connie go where the Excelsior should have stayed: HISTORY.
    It is said the best weapon is one that is never fired. I disagree. The best weapon is one you only have to fire... once. B)
  • unangbangkayunangbangkay Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    hereticknight085 wrote: »

    Let the Connie go where the Excelsior should have stayed: HISTORY.

    Or at the very least Cryptic should add some "25th-century" skins for the Excelsior.

    The Connie already has two, the "Constitution" skin for the T2 Cruiser and the Exeter Refit skin (which is a hybrid of Enterprise-A and Abrams-Trek), so the Excelsior should get at least one to bring it up to speed. It almost feels wrong that this aging centuries old dinosaur is STILL arguably one of the best Tac cruisers in the game, AND now has a Fleet version!
  • superspeed500superspeed500 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    vesolc wrote: »
    They ignore you because you pose no threat to them;)

    I know :D My DPS on the ship is too low :3
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  • superspeed500superspeed500 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    What starship components can increase hull? I do have the hull skill, and I know about the MACO deflector. I will be choosing the hit point skills in the Omega reputaion system.
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  • smokeybacon90smokeybacon90 Member Posts: 2,252 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    hereticknight085 wrote: »
    Let the Connie go where the Excelsior should have stayed: HISTORY.

    Over a few of your posts I have determined that you really hate the Excelsior and anything TOS-related, even extending into TNG. I take it you never had a Star Trek upbringing?
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  • unangbangkayunangbangkay Member Posts: 10 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    smokeybacon90 wrote: »
    Over a few of your posts I have determined that you really hate the Excelsior and anything TOS-related, even extending into TNG. I take it you never had a Star Trek upbringing?

    It could be retroactive hate from all the nasty canon nerds that show up from time to time and demand that all transphasics be "Voyager powerful" or that weapon types be restricted by race or alien ships be banned or that THEIR fan kitbash Mary Sue ship, which THEY (i.e. "my trekker community herp derp") consider canon be added to the game for free.
  • hereticknight085hereticknight085 Member Posts: 3,783 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    smokeybacon90 wrote: »
    Over a few of your posts I have determined that you really hate the Excelsior and anything TOS-related, even extending into TNG. I take it you never had a Star Trek upbringing?

    On the contrary, I grew up watching kirk argue with klingons, have fun with the gateway, watch his friend fall for a salt vampire, and even lose his mind... more than once. And watch his best friend die. And then bring his best friend back to life. All the while haunted by his past and his son. And Khan.

    I just don't like the Constellation or Excelsior hull designs. Never did. Is that suddenly a crime?
    It is said the best weapon is one that is never fired. I disagree. The best weapon is one you only have to fire... once. B)
  • alexhurlbutalexhurlbut Member Posts: 292 Arc User
    edited December 2012
    reginamala78 wrote: »
    Because if they did that, then there would be a T5 Constitution floating around the game, and for some kind of legal or licensing reasons, that is apparently not allowed.
    Its not THAT hard to remove the Constitution Refit skin from the Cruiser Retrofit.
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