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Mk XI and XII hand weapon fugliness
captainhunter1
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What's the deal with Mk XI and XII hand weapon looks?
Most lower level weapons beat them hands down in style.
Take for just two examples disruptor and plasma pistols:
The Mk VIII compression disruptor pistol is a sleak, mean looking handgun. The 'uber' versions, the Mk XI and XII, have these funky 'blades' that stick out of the bottom of the barrel which are more of a hazard to the owner than any enemy.
The plasma pistol at lower levels is also pretty sleak looking, but the 'top gear' versions have these ugly 'barrel extensions' and huge grip guard strap that make them almost as big as a rifle sitting on your hip.
It seemed like a rule of thumb that the even numbered Marks of ground weapons generally were better looking than their odd numbered (lower performance) counterparts, so is there any hope in the future that Mk XIIs will see the same treatment?
I mean really, my Lt. General is tired of getting stabbed in the leg everytime a pistol is holstered! :P
Most lower level weapons beat them hands down in style.
Take for just two examples disruptor and plasma pistols:
The Mk VIII compression disruptor pistol is a sleak, mean looking handgun. The 'uber' versions, the Mk XI and XII, have these funky 'blades' that stick out of the bottom of the barrel which are more of a hazard to the owner than any enemy.
The plasma pistol at lower levels is also pretty sleak looking, but the 'top gear' versions have these ugly 'barrel extensions' and huge grip guard strap that make them almost as big as a rifle sitting on your hip.
It seemed like a rule of thumb that the even numbered Marks of ground weapons generally were better looking than their odd numbered (lower performance) counterparts, so is there any hope in the future that Mk XIIs will see the same treatment?
I mean really, my Lt. General is tired of getting stabbed in the leg everytime a pistol is holstered! :P
My consolidated list of game improvements for STO:
arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline/#/discussion/1203368/pve-content-a-list-of-gamewide-polishing-pass-suggestions
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I believe the Elite Fleet personal weapons are planned to have unique appearances, like the set weapons. That said, your problem seems to be a more general art style issue, so there's a chance you might not like those either. For the record I'm OK with most of the weapons except plasma and polaron. The plasma is too long, the polaron is too fat.
That said, I'd like it if Cryptic took an idea from a recent MMO, The Secret World. In that game vendors sell special crafting kits that allow you to destroy a weapon you own to make another weapon look like the previous one. You can even make "generic" crafted weapons look like unique weapons from a set, so long as you have both, which is great if you're going for a certain look and don't want to sacrifice stats, or just hate that your shiny new sword looks like a cricket bat with teeth in it.
Because, kids, better weapon means MORE SHININESS!
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I had hoped that. I got myself the fleet assault phaser minigun. It looks like the XI one it replaced. It even has the same annoing holographic mumbojumbo all high end phasers share. Considering the complaints against that holostuff on them I hoped that cryptic will use at lease a low level version skin for that if not a unique one.
But noooo, someone there probably fell in love with that :mad:
Apparently that is too much to ask.
its effective
Canon
Stylish and does not Glow in the dark
You can get as many as you want once you buy the pack
It's not like we're asking for anything like brink or ghost recon. Although being able to pick parts to add/change functions would be awesome i think most people would just prefer to roll back the look and not the power of each weapon.
For a while I used tetryon weapons (they're relatively streamlines even on lower levels, and while they're "alien" and "exotic" they still don't look out of place on a Starfleet officer), but wasn't too fond of their sound nor their beam/bolt color. So I decided to switch back to phasers. The ugly blue glowy stuff (or rather, the ugly blue glow stuff at the front - the stuff on the scope is OK) is still there but ... I think I can live with it.
Still, I would prefer a better-looking phaser rifle for my away team, and so the prospect of gaining some fleet weapons is alluring ... but what do they look like? The little "preview pics" at the store are simply the generic weapon pics, AFAIK nobody has yet to provide screenshots of the weapons in action. Are these in fact the fleet weapon phasers? I found the display at my Fed fleet station, and since phasers are Starfleet's primary energy weapon of choice...
The weapons do look good, but there is one major flaw ... they lack trigger guards!
Yes, I know, there's a ton of handheld phasers and other weapons in canon Trek that don't have trigger guards, but that is no excuse. (Think of all the times you've accidentally hit a button on your cell phone. Now imagine that you cell phone could disintegrate you. You see the problem.)
Take the phaser rifle. The first one is boring, the second one looks more sturdy, the third one looks complete...and after that, it just gets sillier with every tier.
As a Fed, I use Tos Mk II Phaser, with is best looking but too big (scaling would be nice)
My Klingy compromised on the Tos Disruptor, a silver shiny mediocre weapon, but at least no spikes like the Mk XI ( I hate this weapon!)
I Hope something will be done about that
The Tos Disruptor is actually kind of pretty... It's a shame the same can't be said for the rest of the disruptors...
Disruptors simply cease to be goodlooking at mk IX, romulan Disrupter looks good, but has the size of a car battery!
I would settle with a tailor choice to modify size and looks of a weapon....MkXI looks like MkII and then scaled down.
If you're reading this, Cryptic, this would be the best thing since canned bread.
Not really.
It's a reward for a time travel mission so it would most likely be a "souvenir" you got from your trip to the 23rd century.
Kinda like if you went back in time and came home with a band new Gladius.
It would be shiny since it would still be new even though it was made centuries ago.
You got me there ;D
Has anyone acutally done that? If so, could you provide screenshots of what the usable fleet weapons actually look like in-game?
My tactical captain looks like a borg when I make it visible.
(Or a pig)
Sorry if my English is bad.
Wow, just like the normal XII rifle. That was so worth the wait. :rolleyes:
They already have a number of good models made - just look at the aforememntioned weapon models in the display, or some of those weapons on the table by the vendor (such as that "cut-off" MACO rifle.) Why couldn't Cryptic use [those weapons instead?
I also dislike the blue energy stuff on some phaser weapons, they look just awful and childish IMO.
Live long and prosper.
Indeed. I'd love that.
Oh yeah. Particularly on the MACO rifle. It looks like a bad Mass Effect gun. :P