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  • captainwexlercaptainwexler Member Posts: 60 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    But why have a worse cloak than what was in the movie? I mean should it not be Enhanced Battle cloak at bare Minimum?

    Ah, so we are giving all ships the abilities of movie counterparts? Stf's should get interesting.....Seriously;

    Go watch first contact.

    Then play an stf.

    Ill wait.........
  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    But why have a worse cloak than what was in the movie? I mean should it not be Enhanced Battle cloak at bare Minimum?

    Because movies don't have to worry about balance?

    If you make the Scimitar like it's movie counterpart then what you have is a perfect-cloak wielding, fighter-launching super-carrier with a doomsday weapon in addition to an arsenal that would put North Korea to shame, and whose only weakness is to Betazoid women and Captains who have zero qualms ramming their ship into things.

    And even that is assuming that you have a particularly rapey Reman onboard.
    You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
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  • newromulan1newromulan1 Member Posts: 2,229
    edited June 2013
    johngazman wrote: »
    Because movies don't have to worry about balance?

    If you make the Scimitar like it's movie counterpart then what you have is a perfect-cloak wielding, fighter-launching super-carrier with a doomsday weapon in addition to an arsenal that would put North Korea to shame, and whose only weakness is to Betazoid women and Captains who have zero qualms ramming their ship into things.

    And even that is assuming that you have a particularly rapey Reman onboard.

    Hmm - Uber super ship of doom - vs - balance?? Tough choice.

    How many what the uber super ship of Doom? 3 pack only 7000 zen or 3000 zen each.
  • thratch1thratch1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
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  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    thratch1 wrote: »

    True, but I like that bit. It has weight.

    And it's mildly humorous.
    You're just a machine. And machines can be broken.
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  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    It had the best cloak we ever saw so it better at least be a romulan battle cloak.
  • derbock203derbock203 Member Posts: 2 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    what about this idea -> every shot makes it visible like with the consoles set for the tvaro, so ppl cant just do rapidfire all the time, cause they decloak permanantly then.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Maybe we can introduce the Nemesis Scimitar at a cost of 2,000,000 Zen or $20,000. Thalaron Generator would have to be replaced of course with something not despised by every person in the Alpha Quadrant, but everything would be the same. Perfect Cloak, insane speed and turn rate, dual shielding, 5 hangars, and 79 weapon slots. Of course, the unstripped temporal ships would be available for that price as well so they could go to the 29th Century Earth Space Dock and Starfleet Academy. The Temporal shuttles would be worth $10,000.
  • lilchibiclarililchibiclari Member Posts: 1,193 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Ok, to be serious for a moment, I am expecting the playable Scimitar to be the Romulan counterpart to the Odyssey. It will get similar stats, will have the normal Romulan Battle Cloak, and will mount dual cannons. It will come in theee flavors, each with slightly different console and BOFF layouts, and a special console for each. If we are fortunate, it will also have a hangar bay for Scorpion fighters.
  • foundrelicfoundrelic Member Posts: 1,380 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    starkaos wrote: »
    If they nerfed the temporal ships to be more balanced, then they will nerf the Scimitar. A temporal ship should be able to solo any STF. There will be some story about why the playable Scimitars are not as powerful as the Nemesis Scimitar.

    Our Temporal ships are weakened thanks to the crystal bugs. This is why I take so much pleasure in breaking them in game.

    Though I do smash them quickly, if they hadn't been jumping around in time we wouldn't have our ships anyway.
  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    foundrelic wrote: »
    Our Temporal ships are weakened thanks to the crystal bugs. This is why I take so much pleasure in breaking them in game.

    Though I do smash them quickly, if they hadn't been jumping around in time we wouldn't have our ships anyway.

    Have you figured out the process to use Tholian bodies instead of dilithium to power your ship? If not my Captain, can give you the process. It increases the efficiency of the Warp Engines by 0.4%. There are ways of improving on the process which increases the efficiency by 20%, but they require not damaging the Tholian bodies while in combat and special equipment found on the black market.
  • skyranger1414skyranger1414 Member Posts: 1,785 Arc User
    edited June 2013

    What Kind of gimmic can they add to make it kind of badass just like the movie?

    It will be a three ship pack and be the Romulan carrier. People will line up to give Cryptic their money.

    Edit: By the way, perfect cloak may have been a thing when the Scimitar was first used, but technology moves forward, the cloaks of yesterday can be detected and seen through by shuttles today, so there's nor eason to assume it'd work the same at all.
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