I had no idea they snuck elite jem hadar fighters in there... Dammit.
Two things...
1: A Cat With a Pipe and Monocole.... way cute.. so cute I ate that cat with my crew (lol)
2: Lets put it this way... I am happy for all this stuff but I see much copy and pastes for KDF as well as the last things that make KDF KDF going away... but I am happy we are now getting attention
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Why do you say that? DS9 ran from 1993-1999 and was set in 2369-2375... So, there's no direct analogue.
Edit: Or maybe you just meant it's strange that the year hasn't ticked up since the game was released? Apologies if I misread.
He means that the year hasn't ticked up. The in-character dev blogs have given some clear progression of events, but they imply that it's been weeks or months and not the years it's been for players. DS9 ran 6 years and the setting progressed 6 years. STO's ran 3 years and the setting has progressed maybe six months.
He means that the year hasn't ticked up. The in-character dev blogs have given some clear progression of events, but they imply that it's been weeks or months and not the years it's been for players. DS9 ran 6 years and the setting progressed 6 years. STO's ran 3 years and the setting has progressed maybe six months.
MMOs rarely (and sometimes never) really advance from their starting timeframe. That's often something you (as a player) need to decide for yourself as to how fast or how much time passes. yes, the game itself has been running for 3 years; but a new player (who may have just discovered the game) doesn't really care about that - and advancing the time in game takes a fair amount of work in redoing text on already finished content, etc.
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MMOs rarely (and sometimes never) really advance from their starting timeframe. That's often something you (as a player) need to decide for yourself as to how fast or how much time passes. yes, the game itself has been running for 3 years; but a new player (who may have just discovered the game) doesn't really care about that - and advancing the time in game takes a fair amount of work in redoing text on already finished content, etc.
It doesn't take any of that. All it takes is indicated order of events, even its uninforced (STOs is weakly enforced thanks to the skip button). A game can depict both past and current events by offering them sequentially with the latest in sequence being designated as current.
Most MMOs do advance their starting timeframe in that way - every major update in WoW, for example, has advanced the story. With it the big bad of the previous content is considered canonically defeated and the new big bad is the greatest threat to the world. Different games vary on how much of the "past" players have to go through to get to the present, but the past doesn't have to be changed, since it's still the present to any player at that point in the story.
personally, I don't think it'll make that much of a difference, KDF NPCs already have Battlecloaks and I hardly ever see the AI use it, how will some weak pets having this power they never use make any difference?
For Star Trek sake, "KDF is over", "End of KDF" and such titles of threads are becomming very old very fast. Give it a rest. The KDF survived much harder times, so it's not about to fall apart when it finally is shaping up to become a proper full faction.
You forgot option three - you lodge an argument against the OP that doesn't come across as insipid and pointless back-biting because your beloved Cryptic was criticized.
I will lead by example - battle cloaks suck, and unless stalker fighters have taken the place of those annoying runabouts, the suck of the battle cloak will likely only make people who buy them cry.
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The whole point of the signature was that it is near impossible to type that saying in french, much less any language, while walking past the Cafe Dumonde holding a screaming stanley in one hand, smoking a hand rolled belacosi cigar and my phone in a crowd of people dancing to the music.
Fun to try, very hard to accomplish.
For me that is.....
I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
Chronitons (if they are buffed by the hy ability for 100% hold), TB3 and EWP is going to be CC nightmare.
At least now the feds should not be able to complain so loudly on drain boats of the KDF as they have an excellent chance to make thier on CC boats to harras us in pvp.
Stalkers are already a poor choice for damage output, and they already had masked energy signatures that made them nearly invisible to the enemy and twice as hard to hit - why did they need battlecloaks?
Slightly off-topic... Will Scorpions be the only flyable fighters in the game with a battle cloak?
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I remain empathetic to the concerns of my community, but do me a favor and lay off the god damn name calling and petty remarks. It will get you nowhere.
I must admit, respect points to Trendy for laying down the law like that.
For Star Trek sake, "KDF is over", "End of KDF" and such titles of threads are becomming very old very fast. Give it a rest. The KDF survived much harder times, so it's not about to fall apart when it finally is shaping up to become a proper full faction.
I actually enjoy them. I feel it helps contribute to the STO game universe where the Empire is hanging on the ragged edge, trying to survive in a war against a multitude of honorless and strangely impotent foes.
Giving stalkers battle cloak is just barely enough to get an Atrox pilot interested enough to cough up the dil and credits for them. Even then, I only want them for hanging out outside ESD with some cloaked fighters. I'm vain, I'll pay for pretty.
Stalkers aren't like Bird of Prey pets at all. The BoPs have teeth, so the battle cloak is nice for upping damage. Stalkers don't keep up with other pets for damage, the battle cloak isn't likely to bring their damage up to that of a Peregrine, let alone a Scorpion, for the duration of the alpha strike. Forget about its damage over time if you are trying to constantly pull them off to make them burst with their cloak.
Admittedly I do not have them yet and may possibly change my mind after actually getting to use them, but I have the advanced ones. If you can do anything other than giggle over them getting battle cloak rather then a proper torpedo or damage ability you don't understand how laughable Stalkers are in the first place. Just about any other ability would have had more true impact then a cloak.
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All I see here is knee-jerk reactions from KDF babies whining about Feds getting a (laughably minor and insignificant) buff to one of our most useless fighters (from amongst our already ridiculously small choice pool) that will make absolutely zero difference in the grand scheme of things.
Honestly, KDF whines about having less content, but they have the best ships and toys in the game. Give it a rest.
The context is an extension of Caitain based technology (Thoron stealth) on the fighters of the Caitain specific ship.
Caitain not Federation.
Perhaps there will be a battle cloak CAITAIN escort/cruiser/sci ship in the future.
Do I necessary want to play it??? Every time a new Fed ship comes out its the end of the klingon faction and pvp game balance. Heard the same thing about the Vesta shield powers, and the Andorian 5 hardpoints up front (storm in a teacup BS).
Surely if this was an issue then why isn't the cloaking of the Tier 5 Romulan reward not an issue.
Cloak and still fire even if only a few seconds... If you want to focus on a thin end of the wedge there it is. Essentially with the Romulan Rep any ship can have cloaking. how long before a cooldown on cloak doff gets introduced or one that upscales the length.
If the Devs really wish to undermine the cloak enjoyed by the Klingons, they've already got something now in game they could play with to do so.
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Two things...
1: A Cat With a Pipe and Monocole.... way cute.. so cute I ate that cat with my crew (lol)
2: Lets put it this way... I am happy for all this stuff but I see much copy and pastes for KDF as well as the last things that make KDF KDF going away... but I am happy we are now getting attention
He means that the year hasn't ticked up. The in-character dev blogs have given some clear progression of events, but they imply that it's been weeks or months and not the years it's been for players. DS9 ran 6 years and the setting progressed 6 years. STO's ran 3 years and the setting has progressed maybe six months.
MMOs rarely (and sometimes never) really advance from their starting timeframe. That's often something you (as a player) need to decide for yourself as to how fast or how much time passes. yes, the game itself has been running for 3 years; but a new player (who may have just discovered the game) doesn't really care about that - and advancing the time in game takes a fair amount of work in redoing text on already finished content, etc.
PWE ARC Drone says: "Your STO forum community as you have known it is ended...Display names are irrelevant...Any further sense of community is irrelevant...Resistance is futile...You will be assimilated..."
It doesn't take any of that. All it takes is indicated order of events, even its uninforced (STOs is weakly enforced thanks to the skip button). A game can depict both past and current events by offering them sequentially with the latest in sequence being designated as current.
Most MMOs do advance their starting timeframe in that way - every major update in WoW, for example, has advanced the story. With it the big bad of the previous content is considered canonically defeated and the new big bad is the greatest threat to the world. Different games vary on how much of the "past" players have to go through to get to the present, but the past doesn't have to be changed, since it's still the present to any player at that point in the story.
It's the Yellowstones that really catch my eye. I'm hoping the Orion Interceptors got something nice to keep some kind of pace with them.
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Is the yellowstone the TB3/EWP pet?
I honestedly have not looked at the new pets yet.
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You forgot option three - you lodge an argument against the OP that doesn't come across as insipid and pointless back-biting because your beloved Cryptic was criticized.
I will lead by example - battle cloaks suck, and unless stalker fighters have taken the place of those annoying runabouts, the suck of the battle cloak will likely only make people who buy them cry.
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For me that is.....
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Yes they are.
Chronitons (if they are buffed by the hy ability for 100% hold), TB3 and EWP is going to be CC nightmare.
At least now the feds should not be able to complain so loudly on drain boats of the KDF as they have an excellent chance to make thier on CC boats to harras us in pvp.
R.I.P
Stalkers are already a poor choice for damage output, and they already had masked energy signatures that made them nearly invisible to the enemy and twice as hard to hit - why did they need battlecloaks?
Right now by the looks of it ALL the romulan ships have a battlecloack.
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I have a feeling they will be the only one.
Those yellowstones are going to make the PvP crowd super angry though.
I actually enjoy them. I feel it helps contribute to the STO game universe where the Empire is hanging on the ragged edge, trying to survive in a war against a multitude of honorless and strangely impotent foes.
Stalkers aren't like Bird of Prey pets at all. The BoPs have teeth, so the battle cloak is nice for upping damage. Stalkers don't keep up with other pets for damage, the battle cloak isn't likely to bring their damage up to that of a Peregrine, let alone a Scorpion, for the duration of the alpha strike. Forget about its damage over time if you are trying to constantly pull them off to make them burst with their cloak.
Admittedly I do not have them yet and may possibly change my mind after actually getting to use them, but I have the advanced ones. If you can do anything other than giggle over them getting battle cloak rather then a proper torpedo or damage ability you don't understand how laughable Stalkers are in the first place. Just about any other ability would have had more true impact then a cloak.
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Honestly, KDF whines about having less content, but they have the best ships and toys in the game. Give it a rest.
The context is an extension of Caitain based technology (Thoron stealth) on the fighters of the Caitain specific ship.
Caitain not Federation.
Perhaps there will be a battle cloak CAITAIN escort/cruiser/sci ship in the future.
Do I necessary want to play it??? Every time a new Fed ship comes out its the end of the klingon faction and pvp game balance. Heard the same thing about the Vesta shield powers, and the Andorian 5 hardpoints up front (storm in a teacup BS).
Surely if this was an issue then why isn't the cloaking of the Tier 5 Romulan reward not an issue.
Cloak and still fire even if only a few seconds... If you want to focus on a thin end of the wedge there it is. Essentially with the Romulan Rep any ship can have cloaking. how long before a cooldown on cloak doff gets introduced or one that upscales the length.
If the Devs really wish to undermine the cloak enjoyed by the Klingons, they've already got something now in game they could play with to do so.