Well, as a critic of Cryptic designed ships, I gotta say this looks pretty good. Not much of a fan of flat ships, but still looks pretty slick.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,568Community Moderator
edited May 2014
If I don't have to spend money to replace my current Fleet Patrol Escort... I might get the Tempest just for the looks. Currently running with Dervish parts and Hermes Saucer I believe.
I happened to have the page open before the 502 bad gateway hit.
Patrol Escort Refit: Tempest Class
The Patrol Escorts were envisioned as escorts with an engineering bent. The Patrol Escort Refit: Tempest Class improves on those original designs with greatly improved Bridge Officer seating, a 5th Tactical Console slot, and additional aft firepower that will give Tempest captains new options in combat.
The Tempest comes equipped with a Nadion Saturation Bomb console. Firing the Nadion Saturation Bomb lays down a string of explosive fire that strafes between the ship and its target and then continues to detonate past the target. Any enemy ships caught in the explosions will take severe damage. After detonation, an intense Nadion Radiation Field lingers in space, creating a deadly hazard for enemies. The Nadion Saturation Bomb console may be equipped in any console slot of any Patrol Escort.
The Patrol Escort Refit: Tempest Class also comes with the Aft-Firing Tempest Tail Gun. This unique dual cannon is set up to fire on targets in the rear 90 degree arc of the Patrol Escort, and defaults to the Rapid Fire I firing mode. Like other cannons, the Aft-Firing Tempest Tail Gun can be modified by Scatter Volley and higher rank Rapid Fire bridge officer abilities. The Aft-Firing Tempest Tail Gun is fused to its own slot and does not fill one of the ships three aft weapons slots. It cannot be removed.*
The Patrol Escort Refit comes with the new Tempest class costume by default. As a Patrol Escort, it can also use costume parts from the Dervish, Gryphon and Hermes class costumes. If you have already unlocked the Maelstrom costume, it will also be available to you. Purchasing the Patrol Escort Refit: Tempest Class will unlock the Tempest costume for all Patrol Escorts.
There is currently a Fleet Patrol Escort available in the in-game ship store if you have a Tier 1 Fleet Shipyard. That ship will be retired and no longer available. It will be replaced with the new Fleet Patrol Escort Refit. Like all Fleet ships, the Fleet Patrol Escort Refit enjoys additional HP and shields, as well as a bonus console slot in this case, a 3rd Engineering console slot. The Fleet Patrol Escort does not come with the Nadion Saturation Bomb console item, but it does come equipped with a 4th aft weapon slot, fused with the Aft Tempest Tail Gun.
The new Fleet Patrol Escort Refit will come with Maelstrom class costume by default. It can also use costume parts from the Dervish, Gryphon and Hermes classes costumes. Purchasing the Fleet Patrol Escort Refit: Maelstrom Class will unlock the Maelstrom costume for all Patrol Escorts.
Minimum Rank: Vice Admiral
Fleet Shipyard Requirement: Tier 1
Cost: 5 Fleet Modules (1 Fleet Module if you already own the Patrol Escort Refit) plus Fleet Credits
Hull Strength: 34,700
Shield Modifier: 01.045
Crew: 200
Weapons: 4 Fore, 3 Aft*
Device Slots: 2
Bridge Officer Stations: 1 Commander Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Commander Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science, 1 Lieutenant Commander Universal
Console Modifications: 5 Tactical, 3 Engineering, 2 Science
Base Turn Rate: 16 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.2
+15 Power to Weapons
Can Load Cannons
Fused Aft Tempest Tail Gun
Note: all stats are subject to change.
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This makes me mad in an annoyed and disappointed kind of way.
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rattler2Member, Star Trek Online ModeratorPosts: 58,568Community Moderator
edited May 2014
So basically those of us who already have it are screwed?
Great. I have the existing FPE and now we get a new one...so I have a ship that's obsolete, taking up room in my Tac stable with no chance for an update or recompense for having. Awesome. o_O
Ugh, don't do this to us, Al. Now some of us are going to be paranoid you're going to update the other fleet ships with new shinies that in turn won't be converted either.
There go my plans for a Fleet Star Cruiser or a Fleet DSSV, time to stay paranoid because they might get a surprise update that would require me to re-buy them.
And that's just for starters. There's no way of knowing which Fleet ships are on the agenda to be upgraded, so if this goes live -- now we have to deal with the reality that at any given moment, any of our fleet ships might be "upgraded". And smart players will simply hold off on their purchases as a result.
I don't feel like playing STO in fear that I won't be able to upgrade my Fleet ship, Mr. Rivera. Please reconsider your position.
Ugh, don't do this to us, Al. Now some of us are going to be paranoid you're going to update the other fleet ships with new shinies that in turn won't be converted either.
There go my plans for a Fleet Star Cruiser or a Fleet DSSV, time to stay paranoid because they might get a surprise update that would require me to re-buy them.
And that's just for starters. There's no way of knowing which Fleet ships are on the agenda to be upgraded, so if this goes live -- now we have to deal with the reality that at any given moment, any of our fleet ships might be "upgraded". And smart players will simply hold off on their purchases as a result.
I don't feel like playing STO in fear that I won't be able to upgrade my Fleet ship, Mr. Rivera. Please reconsider your position.
Yeah, I only recently got a Fleet Star Cruiser and Fleet Advanced Escort. I hope I'm not going to regret it...I can't afford to be buying new ships all the time, especially when I thought I'd got my fleet ships and that was endgame sorted, budgetwise.
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Makes no sense to me. They updated the Galaxy variants when they did the revamp. Why not pre existing Fleet Patrol Escorts?
In real life ships are refitted all the time............however some ships are not refitted but a newer version of the same ship is made
The new refitted ship is bought for full value
The older ships are never refitted.................... usually its a polotical decision ( corruption ) or the new technology is not compatble wth the old tech and it would cost more to refit the ship than construct a new one
I expect the Fleet ships to all see mk2 versions of themselves in the future
A lot of people are sick of the alien ships and want up to date classic ships
This is the only way cryptic can do it and stay in buisness
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Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
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especially when I thought I'd got my fleet ships and that was endgame sorted, budgetwise.
This is the important part. People made these financial decisions under the auspice that the Fleet ships were "top-of-the-line" and built to the "highest standard", or whatever other marketing terms every Fleet ship has. Only now? Surprise! Turns out your Fleet Patrol Escort wasn't built to the highest standard! Because now there's another with a tail gun!
You gave us Fleet-quality ships, and now you're giving us... what? Tier 5.75 ships (as previously mentioned)?
This is a bad mistake, and one that needs to be corrected quickly.
Yes it does , someone asked if players who already own the existing fleet patrol escort will get theirs updated into the new one , Geko said no
*whine*
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DOOM!
STOOOOOPPPPP!
Don't any of you go on a rant on misinterpreted information. Geez... you guys sometimes...
The guy over on Twitter asked "@CaptainGeko If I already own a Fleet Patrol Escort, will it be transformed into the refit version ?" Al answered a succinct: "No." which totally makes sense.
The Patrol Escort Refit is a C-Store ship. It isn't a Fleet ship. The player has a Fleet Patrol Escort.
The blog says the following:
There is currently a Fleet Patrol Escort available in the in-game ship store if you have a Tier 1 Fleet Shipyard. That ship will be retired and no longer available. It will be replaced with the new Fleet Patrol Escort Refit.
So, everyone that owns a Fleet Patrol Escort are getting it swapped for a 'Fleet Patrol Escort Refit'. But you're not getting the Z-Store Patrol Escort Refit.
It's not because you go and get a Fleet Heavy Carrier Escort that you're suddenly entitled to getting the Z-Store Armitage if you hadn't already. Same difference.
A new Patrol Escort? The Tempest and the Malestroem? Funny, and yet to access the news about it is showing "Bad Gateway". So explain this to me Perfectworld, riddle me this, to heck with that, if you are introducing a new ship? Then why has your site to talk about it just gone flat. BRILLIANT, PERFECTWORLD BRILLIANT!
Captains! The design specs are in! We're pleased to announce our brand new Patrol Escort! The Tempest and the Maelstrom come loaded up with new Nadion Saturation Bombs, the Fused Aft Tempest gun, and more. Al 'Captain Geko' Rivera shows off the ships in our latest entry of the Season 9 News Dev Blog series.
Don't any of you go on a rant on misinterpreted information. Geez... you guys sometimes...
The guy over on Twitter asked "@CaptainGeko If I already own a Fleet Patrol Escort, will it be transformed into the refit version ?" Al answered a succinct: "No." which totally makes sense.
The Patrol Escort Refit is a C-Store ship. It isn't a Fleet ship. The player has a Fleet Patrol Escort.
The blog says the following:
So, everyone that owns a Fleet Patrol Escort are getting it swapped for a 'Fleet Patrol Escort Refit'. But you're not getting the Z-Store Patrol Escort Refit.
It's not because you go and get a Fleet Heavy Carrier Escort that you're suddenly entitled to getting the Z-Store Armitage if you hadn't already. Same difference.
If that's the case, then either Geko needs to work on his communication skills, or the person who asked him that question had a really bad way of phrasing it.
I took it as "Will my Fleet Patrol Escort be transformed into the Fleet Patrol Escort Refit?" to which he said no. Meaning, no fixed tailgun and whatever else was added.
I also interpreted "it will be replaced by..." as it would be replaced in the ship store -- not in players inventories (or ship slots, or however you want to put it).
If Geko wants to flat out tell me I'm wrong, I welcome it. I want to be wrong in this instance. I'd also like it if he used the forums to communicate important answers to these kinds of questions instead of using Twitter. But that's a rant for another day.
kk i can't cycle trough 5 toons to do doffing, i can't change maps with one toon without crashes to desktop
everytime i log on my doffs have magically reset themselves
dev blogs are 502 Bad gatways
WTF is going on in cryptic land??
BTW makin people regret spending money in the C-store is a really great business model. Just like when the Nebula C-store ships were converted when the fleet version came out.
KDf still lacks a single 5tac console raider, and are still waiting for fleet roomba
If that's the case, then either Geko needs to work on his communication skills, or the person who asked him that question had a really bad way of phrasing it.
I took it as "Will my Fleet Patrol Escort be transfromed into the Fleet Patrol Escort Refit?" to which he said no. Meaning, no fixed tailgun and whatever else was added.
I also interpreted "it will be replaced by..." as it would be replaced in the ship store -- not in players inventories (or ship slots, or however you want to put it).
If Geko wants to flat out tell me I'm wrong, I welcome it. I want to be wrong in this instance.
Yeah I read it as that too , call me paranoid , but that seems more in line with things .
I'm pretty sure if geko understood what the guy meant , especially since he specifically asked if his FPE would be turned into a FPER , I think we need clarification from geko on this matter
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I keep getting 400 Bad Request messages when I try to click on pictures. Annoying as heck.
Please enable us to buy a token with Zen to faction change a 25th Century FED to a TOS FED.
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Doesn't really answer any questions...
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This makes me mad in an annoyed and disappointed kind of way.
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Seems so , unless there will be some form of discount on the new one
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There go my plans for a Fleet Star Cruiser or a Fleet DSSV, time to stay paranoid because they might get a surprise update that would require me to re-buy them.
And that's just for starters. There's no way of knowing which Fleet ships are on the agenda to be upgraded, so if this goes live -- now we have to deal with the reality that at any given moment, any of our fleet ships might be "upgraded". And smart players will simply hold off on their purchases as a result.
I don't feel like playing STO in fear that I won't be able to upgrade my Fleet ship, Mr. Rivera. Please reconsider your position.
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Yeah, I only recently got a Fleet Star Cruiser and Fleet Advanced Escort. I hope I'm not going to regret it...I can't afford to be buying new ships all the time, especially when I thought I'd got my fleet ships and that was endgame sorted, budgetwise.
There used to be a picture here, but they changed signatures and I can't be bothered to replace it.
In real life ships are refitted all the time............however some ships are not refitted but a newer version of the same ship is made
The new refitted ship is bought for full value
The older ships are never refitted.................... usually its a polotical decision ( corruption ) or the new technology is not compatble wth the old tech and it would cost more to refit the ship than construct a new one
I expect the Fleet ships to all see mk2 versions of themselves in the future
A lot of people are sick of the alien ships and want up to date classic ships
This is the only way cryptic can do it and stay in buisness
Saphire.. Science ground......Ko'el Romulan space Tac
Leva........Tactical ground.....Koj Romulan space Eng
JJ-Verse will never be Canon or considered Lore...It will always be JJ-Verse
This is the important part. People made these financial decisions under the auspice that the Fleet ships were "top-of-the-line" and built to the "highest standard", or whatever other marketing terms every Fleet ship has. Only now? Surprise! Turns out your Fleet Patrol Escort wasn't built to the highest standard! Because now there's another with a tail gun!
You gave us Fleet-quality ships, and now you're giving us... what? Tier 5.75 ships (as previously mentioned)?
This is a bad mistake, and one that needs to be corrected quickly.
it's an extra 4th slot on the rear arc , you aren't sacrificing anything by having it there :rolleyes:
Rear Admiral , Engineering Division
U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016
STOOOOOPPPPP!
Don't any of you go on a rant on misinterpreted information. Geez... you guys sometimes...
The guy over on Twitter asked "@CaptainGeko If I already own a Fleet Patrol Escort, will it be transformed into the refit version ?" Al answered a succinct: "No." which totally makes sense.
The Patrol Escort Refit is a C-Store ship. It isn't a Fleet ship. The player has a Fleet Patrol Escort.
The blog says the following:
So, everyone that owns a Fleet Patrol Escort are getting it swapped for a 'Fleet Patrol Escort Refit'. But you're not getting the Z-Store Patrol Escort Refit.
It's not because you go and get a Fleet Heavy Carrier Escort that you're suddenly entitled to getting the Z-Store Armitage if you hadn't already. Same difference.
All I'm getting is "502 Bad Gateway". I really wanted to read the blog.
If that's the case, then either Geko needs to work on his communication skills, or the person who asked him that question had a really bad way of phrasing it.
I took it as "Will my Fleet Patrol Escort be transformed into the Fleet Patrol Escort Refit?" to which he said no. Meaning, no fixed tailgun and whatever else was added.
I also interpreted "it will be replaced by..." as it would be replaced in the ship store -- not in players inventories (or ship slots, or however you want to put it).
If Geko wants to flat out tell me I'm wrong, I welcome it. I want to be wrong in this instance. I'd also like it if he used the forums to communicate important answers to these kinds of questions instead of using Twitter. But that's a rant for another day.
Yeah everytime I try it says "Bad Gateway".
I +1 this post... cant seem to get in the Product Page for STO or the News page for STO...
also the Link from this thread to the Dev Blog comes up as, not found....
using IE10, Google Chrome, Firefox on Laptop and
Chrome, and browser on Nexus Tablet and still nothing....
I can't read any of the news Aaargh....
We're concerned about pre existing Fleet Patrol Escorts being updated to the new model. Not getting the C-Store ship.
everytime i log on my doffs have magically reset themselves
dev blogs are 502 Bad gatways
WTF is going on in cryptic land??
BTW makin people regret spending money in the C-store is a really great business model. Just like when the Nebula C-store ships were converted when the fleet version came out.
KDf still lacks a single 5tac console raider, and are still waiting for fleet roomba
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Yeah I read it as that too , call me paranoid , but that seems more in line with things .
I'm pretty sure if geko understood what the guy meant , especially since he specifically asked if his FPE would be turned into a FPER , I think we need clarification from geko on this matter
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U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016