Okay cryptic is about time you get something right after all these years. The fed uniforms, all NPC should use the current time line uniforms instead of every one is wearing something different. I can understand about players, but not NPC. Why do we out rank Tuvok, seriously that doesn't make sense. What's this that you want to wait into the future before you bring the original bridge of voyager into the game. How many years now since we have been asking for it. Am an intrepid ship fan, I can not fly a ship which to me looks and feel incomplete. Please make it so.
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Today, on STO Fashion Review, a screeching slap fight over era-appropriate uniforms and rank pips....
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LOL, I've been envisioning this thread in full-on hand-flapping mode.
Bran, from the teasers you guys have let us see so far, I like the visuals. You could dress him in a nun's habit for all I care and it would be fine in my book, it's Tuvok!
I'm not going to be as anal retentive as others about the staged bridge (excellent way to keep story imagery under wraps!) or his rank & uniform. If the rank and uniform are tied to the storyline, then so be it, a lot of people need to put a sock in it until we can play it & see where these clues fall. If you're looking for suggestions on the uniform, though...I have to agree the DS9 one is pretty classy.
The uniform thing doesn't really seem like a problem, given the precedent set by other NPCs. If we were to give Tuvok what matches up best with everyone else, we'd be seeing him in one of those ugly default uniforms, which seems like a step back to me. Given that in STO's canon every captain seems to be allowed to set whatever uniform they want for they crew, I'm fine with Tuvok having his crew use the DS9 uniforms.
The bridge, on the other hand? Old, big, ugly, and the LCARS no longer match those found everywhere else. May I humbly suggest changing this to either the Origin bridge (a much better 2409 era bridge, and not unreasonable on Voyager), or perhaps the Belfast (to capitalise on the nostalgia factor)?
Perhaps the reason we haven't seen more Bridge Packs, like the Constitution and Defiant, is because they didn't sell too well? If so, Cryptic obviously doesn't have new Bridge Packs at the top of their schedule. Why would they devote resources into a project that isn't going to net them a nice, big income (which is completely understandable)?
Perhaps the reason we haven't seen more Bridge Packs, like the Constitution and Defiant, is because they didn't sell too well? If so, Cryptic obviously doesn't have new Bridge Packs at the top of their schedule. Why would they devote resources into a project that isn't going to net them a nice, big income (which is completely understandable)?
perhaps but there is also doing things right. i think it's reasonable to expected 5/6 replica bridges fed side, being the main ones from the tv shows and the ent-e. sadly this game launched with no hits all misses. the variants just make me think errrm if you went to that effort why didn't you just make the real deal.
idon't own the tos bridge pack. i prefer ds9 so i obviously use the Belfast. arguably the best bridge in the game.
but despite not owning the tos bridge pack i look at it and always think that is a master piece. tos and Belfast(defiant) bridges are really well done and actually is something i believe anyone that worked on them should be proud of.
sadly can't feel that at all about any other fed bridge in game.
here is my fed side wish list.
voyager bridge and interior
enterprise - E bridge and interior
Prometheus .....
ent-D ....
oh and while I'm here. if some one can fix or add an account bank option the Belfast bridge that would be nice. it's either a massive oversight or a bug.
The baseball fields Cryptic calls "a bridge" are something we have and will continue to complain, I could point out the Enterprise maintain its overall bridge SIZE, dont belive me?
maintians its overall size, yes, however, in that 39 year period, it had 7 different bridges, while not all were complete overhauls, the bridge did change. and if you look closely, the 2254 to 2265 change increased it's size a little.
That's one of the little things that always irked me about STO since early beta, I always thought there should have been one 'official' uniform for Starfleet of that time period. All of the NPC's would wear that offical uniform, players would be aware which uniform was considered the official one, but of course the player would still have the option of choosing to wear which uniform they desired.
technically, there IS "One" official uniform in STO..... the one all the crew NPC's are wearing. the others are variants, with jupiter being their newest variant.
You guys are killin it with the likenesses of the actor's faces for Tim Russ and Michael Dorn. Whomever does your character animation/design needs a RAISE!
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Bran, from the teasers you guys have let us see so far, I like the visuals. You could dress him in a nun's habit for all I care and it would be fine in my book, it's Tuvok!
I'm not going to be as anal retentive as others about the staged bridge (excellent way to keep story imagery under wraps!) or his rank & uniform. If the rank and uniform are tied to the storyline, then so be it, a lot of people need to put a sock in it until we can play it & see where these clues fall. If you're looking for suggestions on the uniform, though...I have to agree the DS9 one is pretty classy.
The bridge, on the other hand? Old, big, ugly, and the LCARS no longer match those found everywhere else. May I humbly suggest changing this to either the Origin bridge (a much better 2409 era bridge, and not unreasonable on Voyager), or perhaps the Belfast (to capitalise on the nostalgia factor)?
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perhaps but there is also doing things right. i think it's reasonable to expected 5/6 replica bridges fed side, being the main ones from the tv shows and the ent-e. sadly this game launched with no hits all misses. the variants just make me think errrm if you went to that effort why didn't you just make the real deal.
idon't own the tos bridge pack. i prefer ds9 so i obviously use the Belfast. arguably the best bridge in the game.
but despite not owning the tos bridge pack i look at it and always think that is a master piece. tos and Belfast(defiant) bridges are really well done and actually is something i believe anyone that worked on them should be proud of.
sadly can't feel that at all about any other fed bridge in game.
here is my fed side wish list.
voyager bridge and interior
enterprise - E bridge and interior
Prometheus .....
ent-D ....
oh and while I'm here. if some one can fix or add an account bank option the Belfast bridge that would be nice. it's either a massive oversight or a bug.
maintians its overall size, yes, however, in that 39 year period, it had 7 different bridges, while not all were complete overhauls, the bridge did change. and if you look closely, the 2254 to 2265 change increased it's size a little.
technically, there IS "One" official uniform in STO..... the one all the crew NPC's are wearing. the others are variants, with jupiter being their newest variant.
Time travel? Did you learn nothing from Braga and Berman's latter day meltdown into ceaseless use of time travel as a crutch for plots?
Not a good thing. You're making me happy I made a toon modeled on Doctor Who with all the timey wimey TRIBBLE in this game.
This man speaks the truth.