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Can we get a 'beat-up' ship Material option?

iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
edited March 2014 in The Art of Star Trek Online
Another idea for the suggestion box.

Battle scars, blackened pock marks on the hull from energy weapon damage, superficial cracks and fractures. Missing or 'melted' ablative armor sections.

The difference between 'worn', 'beat-up', and 'scarred' should be aesthetically clear and distinct from 'damaged'.

Some ships (whether KDF, Federation, or Romulan) might have various superficial (I.E. non-critical) scars on their ship as a matter of pride, intimidation, or to invite targets to attack them -- or they might simply decide said imperfections and flaws in their hull are not worth the time or resources to repair.

Again, simply as one of the many options for ship materials for the players who desire them.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Maybe a visual option to have it look like a derelict vesset? :D
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  • janus1975janus1975 Member Posts: 739 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    I get what you're saying (and it makes sense... pristine tactical ship seems odd sometimes). As an additional, it might also be useful to have such material (along with the damage graphics) based on ship damage... to serve as a pre-alert to others in team scenarios... "Hailing the crackling smoking ship with warp plasma spewing out everywhere... fix yer systems!"
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    markhawkman wrote: »
    Maybe a visual option to have it look like a derelict vesset? :D

    There is already that option. Double click on the engine and warp/singularitory core you have equipped. :P
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  • corbinwolf#9797 corbinwolf
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    edited March 2014
    Would love this option. I don't see why they don't expand on the character customization scheme for ships. Given the amount of fighting in this game is required it seems odd to me that there isn't this option. In the end, it just gives the ship more character.
    "The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." - Rocky Balboa (2006)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    iconians wrote: »
    There is already that option. Double click on the engine and warp/singularitory core you have equipped. :P
    does that disable deflector glows too?
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  • stardestroyer001stardestroyer001 Member Posts: 2,615 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    Sounds cool. I want my saucer to look like it's rammed some BoPs.
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  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited March 2014
    markhawkman wrote: »
    does that disable deflector glows too?

    Just stick some masking tape on the monitor where your ship's deflector is as a work-around. :D
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