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Has PWE given up on adding more federation ships from the shows?
akulaeastern
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I haven't played in probably 9 months but I patched up and logged in yesterday only to find that PWE hasn't added any new canon federation ships. Has PWE given up on adding ships like:
Niagara
New Orleans
Freedom
Challenger
Springfield
Constellation
Curry
Soyuz
ect...
Niagara
New Orleans
Freedom
Challenger
Springfield
Constellation
Curry
Soyuz
ect...
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Off the top of my head, I think the Vesta was the last Federation ship to come out.
The federation will be the last to get a new ship they need to supply the romulans with their p2w fix first then they'll skip over the Klingons and get back to you
Don't worry you'll have a fresh new line of stf failboats before you know it
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The Vesta was from one of the novels. PWE now have access to the content from the ST books now.
Branflakes did a thread sometime ago about players should be seeing some ships flying around on Tribble. There are new ships in the pipeline
Yep if you want me to open my pocketbook that's what it's going to take. Frankly about 50% of the cryptic designed ships are really rough and are worse then any ship you saw on screen including the DS9 Yeager. Cryptic would have been better off if they hired Okuda and Eaves to do work here. Plus the Best of Both Worlds ships were really well done especially the New Orleans and the scratch built Niagara and Freedom. For me, and I would argue a lot of folks, Star Trek Online would be better if it could incorporate more elements (ships, phasers, ect...) from on screen.
Content PLEASE, PvP Update, Gateway Update, Foundry Update, Exploration zones, pick one.. pick them all... but for the love of god... NO MORE SHIPS... why do we need new ships to fly around the same old tired content.
Star Trek Online, Now with out the Trek....
I want more Romulan and KDF ships instead.
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PWE policy in this is governed by Rule of Acquisition 82: "The flimsier the product, the higher the price." Aka, 'boring' Feds ships don't sell, exotic lockbox ships do.
At the very least the ships that have cloaks should be inherent instead of consoles.
And no i DO NOT want a version of the B'Rel for FED's.
Im just saying would you rather have your effective and good ships, or be flooded with ships that cannot pull the only role worthwhile in the game?
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But look at the Fed line up, you pretty much have every conceivable BOFF layout.
I would be happy if they never made another new* faction ship for this game but instead focused some attention on end game stuff. 8 STFs, 6 of them are around from the start of the game. How about a new Rep and a new STF maybe not even Borg related, surely a series of Iconian STFs would be justifiable.
But you know make a Fleet version of the Missing ships like the Atrox, Galaxy Dreadnough, Garumba, Kar'fi and others I've forgotten.
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When I insult you I won't be discreet about it, I will be precise and to the point stupid.
I do concur with this, Fleet versions of ships are greatly needed, especially on both sides. And yes the Roms got a hell of a gimmik line-up. Otherwise i don't think many people would have flocked into a romulan.
I made a rom, simply for the fact that i wanted a scimitar and was sorely dissapointed by that ship. I havea ctually been toying with making another KDF player simply for carrier carnage. Though im unsure of what proffesion to roll with.
Frankly i think i would like the damage capabilities. And i REALLY want a Kar'Fi so i can have fun with frigates.
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Dare I point out the irony in that statement?
Both the Merian and the Allegiance classes are kitbashes themselves. The Merian is a Miranda built from Vesta parts and the Allegiance is a mix of Sovereign and Galaxy parts.
And by the way, the Vesta doesn't mean Cryptic has carte-blanche to use all the novel/fanon ships, they had to get special permission to use it from CBS, and only did so because of the huge demand for it on the Forum.
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The Romulans need ships and content more than either we or the KDF do, to be perfectly honest.
You mean the one that's almost hit the 300 page mark?
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Strange... when it comes to the Galaxy Class, Cryptic is ignoring the Forum completely....
(that's no criticism against you, but against cryptic)
EDIT: He surely meant the one hitting almost the 3000 replies mark.
You know the one which has over 93000 views. LINK
(the thead has been "cleaned" by a mod)
The B'rel class Bird of Prey is also from the Kirk era and T'Varo is even from Archers era and it is one of the best escorts in the game.
Those are retrofitted. Actually, since B'rel Retrofit was in the sixth movie, the 2409 one is the Retrofit of a Retrofit...
I don't care a lot about ships but I think KDF would be better off with a new ship. Feds already have a million ships and they only use Kumari, Vesta and Defiant...
So thats an unfair statement, as i see alot of different ships puttering about.
But i gotta say i wish i could forcefull board a Kar'Fi slaughter the crew nad keep it for my wown.
I am Il Shadow and i approve these Shennanigans!
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Well you're a model Starfleet officer...
Fine board and CAPTURE the crew. Then put in a request signed in triplicate to command the ship myself
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I'm not trying to pick a fight here but I was under the impression that the Merian Class was designed by Mark Rademaker for the 2012 Ships of the Line calendar and is not in any way a kitbash (the term "kitbash" meaning built from various model kits to create a "new" ship (see Yeager Class : built from and intrepid and a maquis raider/peregrine). Whilst Mark Rademaker did indeed design the Vesta, and the looks will therefore include design elements of said Vesta in the final images, his own words on the the Merian are that he wanted to update the Miranda class design (one he loved) with a more modern feel.
The Allegiance class is, again, not a kitbash as it has never appeared in model form but does, as you rightly point out, contain design elements of both the Galaxy class and Sovereign class (with the original creator/designer/artist clearly wanting to show a progression from one to the other).
I'm not a fan of the Allegiance, it just doesn't "do it" for me, but I'd welcome it if they did the Galaxy justice first and maybe used the Allegiance skin as a variant.
The Merian, however, I'd fly in a heartbeat. Love the looks and the rollbar, but then I'm a big fan of Miranda variants (with the Soyuz being my favourite despite the lack of rollbar, I know, I'm fickle).
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I think Klingons would be happy to give up the B'Rel skin if we had 3 choices or more for every ship design. The B'Rel can only look like a B'Rel the B'Rolth skin doesn't appear to work nor does the Koloth according to some.
But the B'Rel is one of the most inconsistent ships in Star Trek capable of going against the Enterprise D and being seen in Deep Space 9 and there's probably one or two in Voyager. It's size is anywhere from 50 meters to 250.
Klingons design one ship and keep re-engineering it to keep it current. The Federation change designs at the drop of a hat. The other answer is CBS said yes to the B'Rel at Fleet level and T5.
If I ask you a question it is not an insult but a genuine attempt to understand why.
When I insult you I won't be discreet about it, I will be precise and to the point stupid.
1.) B'rel - Scout
2.) K'vort - Cruiser
Do you really think Starfleet build a ship and never touches it again, there is a continuous upgrade process going on within Starfleet.
Some of this upgrades can be done by the crew of the starship others can only be made in drydocks.
The perfect example for this is the USS Lakota an Excelsior class starship upgraded to be able take out ships like the USS Defiant.
Another good example is the USS Pegasus an Oberth class starship that was used as a prototype ship to test new engines, weapons, shields and an illegal clocking device and if Starfleet is testing this on a ship class that is as old and maybe older as the Constitution and the Miranda class they should be able to upgrade those ship classes with state of the art technology.
PS: CBS said only NO! to a TOS T5 Constitution class.