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bpharma
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So this has been bugging me for a while now but can't see anyone bring this up.
Ships are getting bigger in general and Romulans seem to be making up for other issues with theirs by making most of their ships bigger than cruisers.
This is all leading to a huge problem maneuvering ships both in sector space and especially in missions. Not to mention we get that silly thing where if 2 spawn in the sector too close they fly up or down to the edge of the map.
Would it be possible to get at least a 25% size reduction of some of the bigger ships like the scimitar and the RA ships? I don't care if it's "realistic" size, it's a huge road block in space!
Ships are getting bigger in general and Romulans seem to be making up for other issues with theirs by making most of their ships bigger than cruisers.
This is all leading to a huge problem maneuvering ships both in sector space and especially in missions. Not to mention we get that silly thing where if 2 spawn in the sector too close they fly up or down to the edge of the map.
Would it be possible to get at least a 25% size reduction of some of the bigger ships like the scimitar and the RA ships? I don't care if it's "realistic" size, it's a huge road block in space!
It is through repetition that we learn our weakness.
A master with a stone is better than a novice with a sword.
Has damage got out of control?
This is the last thing I will post.
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I always feel vaguely violated when that happens.
One of my other ships is as small as one of the bigger carrier pets. Actually ferjai frigates are bigger. :P
Elite Defense Stovokor
I can almost here the Navigation officer at the helm:
"Excuse me....look out!...coming through...make way please...oops!! Sorry!... *clang!* ... oh that'll be expensive...sorry, excuse me... *crunch* ooooh sorry we'll pay for that!...captain we may lose some paint here!..... "
In fact last night, in my freighter, I had just started to move off when the ship veered to the right to to avoid an obstacle, not once, not twice but about five times...thank god for inertial dampeners!! :P
I laughed harder than I should have, but it's true!
I spawned at DS9 the other day and I was managing some Doff assignments when I noticed that, inexplicably, my ship was being shoved straight down to the very bottom of the map. Accompanying my plummeting was a giant Haakona Warbird. (The C-store Version that reminds me of an X Wing)
The problem of ship size is one of relationship to its environment. Space is big. Really big.
There should be 1 or 2 additional levels of scale to the space environment. Each sector should have its own map. Transitions between maps should be seamless.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind- bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space. ~ D. Adams
Yep. I had that hhgttg quote in mind.
Space does need an overhaul.
But a more immediate solution to part of the traffic jam problem would be to put the player in motion when transitioning them from one sector map to another.
Better still... let the player choose their final destination within a distant sector and simply continue their trek through each new map. eta: Without a Boff asking them if they want to enter a sector not on their set course whenever they get close to a border.
The Scimitar's size doesn't bother me so much - after all, it is trying to represent the movie Scim which was apparently blot-out-the-sun huge. It would be nice if they could turn off collisions in sector space or provide multiple spawn points or something.
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My character Tsin'xing
And as for the Ha'... line, as a cryptic original, it wouldn't hurt to make it somewhat smaller.
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
Don't make ARC mandatory! Keep it optional only!
As are weapon ranges.
But how can you under scale something when they never existed but in game? I don't remember any Vo'Quv in the Dominion Offensive and since the Oddy was made in 2409...yeah.
That's a good idea... the Enter Sector thing is a massive pain. It should never come up with unrequested prompting windows if you have a course set and "autopilot" active.
It's been brought up a lot.
The traffic jam issue in sector space can be slightly annoying and some of the larger Romulan vessels are problematic in group content. It's too easy to become an obstacle. I find I have to fly around above everyone else.
There's also an irritating bug/quirk where if two large ships enter the same STF the game tries to place them both above other ships but both ships get progressively bumped right up to the maximum height of the map.
It is through repetition that we learn our weakness.
A master with a stone is better than a novice with a sword.
Has damage got out of control?
This is the last thing I will post.
LTS, here since...when did this game launch again?
ROFL!! Even my Girlfriend laughed at that!!
Is everything too big for you people? http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=874311
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
But I thought they had already bull dozed Romulus to make way for an intergalactic hyperspace expressway!
Parallels: my second mission for Fed aligned Romulans.
But I definately agree, the D'Deridex and up should definately get scaled down....a LOT!
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Temperance Brennan, "A building"
Another thing that would be fun is if I could fly my T'Varo between the top and bottom wings of a D'D. There's enough room for it to fit, but collision will not allow it to do that.
My character Tsin'xing
I'd love to do that. Find some guy in a D'D, fly my Defiant or JHAS in there, and hitch a ride. :rolleyes: