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It's the Constellation Class

edwardianededwardianed Member Posts: 0 Arc User
edited August 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
To all who are awaiting a dev blog, the new ship is the Constellation Class; available for 1000 Zen, Tier 3 (commander level). Console is the Picard maneuver.

EDIT: More details:

Rank: Commander (Tier 3)
Crew: 500
Weapons: 3 fore, 3 aft
Device Slots: 4
BOFF Stations: 1 Ensign Universal, 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Commander Engineering, 1 Ensign Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science
Console Upgrades: 1 Tactical, 2 Science, 3 Engineering
Base Turn Rate: 8 degrees per second
Impulse Modifier: 0.15
Hull Strength: 26,000
+5 Power to all subsystems
Warp Burst Capacitor console
All 4 comm array abilities
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  • havokreignhavokreign Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    So much for 'new' ship. It's already got a T5 retrofit, they just want to tempt people with the console for zen.

    Which is also not 'new'. :rolleyes:
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I am going to assume that buying the T3 unlocks the skin for the T5.5 Fleet version.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2014
    Lol on calling the console Legendary!

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  • edwardianededwardianed Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    valoreah wrote: »
    Any link to more info available?

    I shall edit my original post to reflect the C-Store details.
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    O-ohhhhhh yessssss.....

    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    I am going to assume that buying the T3 unlocks the skin for the T5.5 Fleet version.

    Yep. From the C-store info: "The Heavy Cruiser Refit configuration includes the Constellation, Cheyenne, Stargazer, and Dakota class costumes. Purchasing the Heavy Cruiser Refit unlocks the Constellation costume for all Heavy Cruiser variants."
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  • capnmanxcapnmanx Member Posts: 1,452 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    havokreign wrote: »
    So much for 'new' ship. It's already got a T5 retrofit, they just want to tempt people with the console for zen.

    Which is also not 'new'. :rolleyes:

    Just depends on how you interpret it.

    The Constellation was not in the game, therefore it is a new addition. Additionally, unlike most ships, the Heavy Cruiser never got a '.5' refit version because the Excelsior was kind of filling in for it; therefore an alternate Heavy Cruiser costume with a fancy console is also a new thing.

    Nobody ever said it would be a completely new stand alone ship type like the Avenger or something.
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  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ussCHoQttyQ
  • johngazmanjohngazman Member Posts: 2,826 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Well, I stand corrected. I was highly expecting it to be obselete in six weeks time.

    As it happens, it's already obselete. Nice.
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  • duncanidaho11duncanidaho11 Member Posts: 7,980 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    havokreign wrote: »
    So much for 'new' ship. It's already got a T5 retrofit, they just want to tempt people with the console for zen.

    Which is also not 'new'. :rolleyes:

    Well its better. There's two things on sale here, the skin and the console. The skin can be used on any heavy cruiser retrofit that the player may have (and the mirror was certainly cheap enough to be accessible) to satisfy the need of a full T5 Stargazer. The console on the other hand is the ****ing Picard Maneuver and to only be able to use it on a T5 Stargazer refit would probably disappoint a lot of Galaxy or Galaxy-X users out there. It needs to be a low tier ship to allow that flexibility and because of what's already available you can still sport the classic ship in whatever STF you want. And its only 1000 zen.
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  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    johngazman wrote: »
    Well, I stand corrected. I was highly expecting it to be obselete in six weeks time.

    As it happens, it's already obselete. Nice.


    Well...it is an old ship. Aleady obsolete by the time of TNG. Only the Excelsior gets a free pass there.
  • havokreignhavokreign Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Doesn't the 'photonic displacement' ability already exist? I mean that's not even really 'new'.
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  • hyplhypl Member Posts: 3,719 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    So, when do we start flipping out there's no T5 retrofit or fleet Constellation?

    *grabs popcorn* :cool:
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  • pweistheworstpweistheworst Member Posts: 986 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I was very excited about this new ship and purchased it immediately but then I discovered there's no fleet discount like with other ships!

    When you purchase the lower-tier C-store version of a ship you are supposed to get a fleet module discount on the fleet version (so instead of paying 4 ship modules you only have to pay 1).

    Why is there no discount for the Fleet version of the Heavy Cruiser???
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  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    hypl wrote: »
    So, when do we start flipping out there's no T5 retrofit or fleet Constellation?

    *grabs popcorn* :cool:

    They already exist. Read the end of the news post.
  • mjaybirdmjaybird Member Posts: 106 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Good that fed got a ship. I do not play fed. When will we know what the KDF and Romulans are getting.
  • sle1989sle1989 Member Posts: 552 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    It's a nice looking ship and it's really cool to see another canon ship. That console seems like it would really benefit escorts. Get in super close with canons, have ambush damage, pound the TRIBBLE out of your target. Sounds like it would be even better with a cloaking Defiant, decloak, get that bonus, use the console, get that bonus, kill, kill everything.
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    pweistheworst wrote: »
    I was very excited about this new ship and purchased it immediately but then I discovered there's no fleet discount like with other ships!

    When you purchase the lower-tier C-store version of a ship you are supposed to get a fleet module discount on the fleet version (so instead of paying 4 ship modules you only have to pay 1).

    Why is there no discount for the Fleet version of the Heavy Cruiser???
    Your information is incorrect. Fleet discounts only come by purchasing T5 ships. They have never come from purchasing other Tiers.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • altechachanaltechachan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    pweistheworst wrote: »
    I was very excited about this new ship and purchased it immediately but then I discovered there's no fleet discount like with other ships!

    When you purchase the lower-tier C-store version of a ship you are supposed to get a fleet module discount on the fleet version (so instead of paying 4 ship modules you only have to pay 1).

    Why is there no discount for the Fleet version of the Heavy Cruiser???

    The Constellation-class is pretty much the Sao-Paulo of the Defiant line. T3 don't give discounts, only T5 ships do (in my analogy, it'll be the Defiant with the cloak). Since the Heavy Cruiser line doesn't have a T5 ship, you would need to spend the full 4 ship modules to get the Fleet version.
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  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mjaybird wrote: »
    When will we know what the KDF and Romulans are getting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztVMib1T4T4
  • tehbubbalootehbubbaloo Member Posts: 2,003 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    just what we needed; another escape console.
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  • ussinterceptussintercept Member Posts: 627 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    edwardianed wrote: »
    To all who are awaiting a dev blog, the new ship is the Constellation Class; available for 1000 Zen, Tier 3 (commander level). Console is the Picard maneuver.

    EDIT: More details:

    Rank: Commander (Tier 3)
    Crew: 500
    Weapons: 3 fore, 3 aft
    Device Slots: 4
    BOFF Stations: 1 Ensign Universal, 1 Lieutenant Tactical, 1 Lieutenant Commander Engineering, 1 Ensign Engineering, 1 Lieutenant Science
    Console Upgrades: 1 Tactical, 2 Science, 3 Engineering
    Base Turn Rate: 8 degrees per second
    Impulse Modifier: 0.15
    Hull Strength: 26,000
    +5 Power to all subsystems
    Warp Burst Capacitor console
    All 4 comm array abilities

    So its a repackaged console. I really hope they bite the bullet with this one.
  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    ussintercept wrote: »
    So its a repackaged console. I really hope they bite the bullet with this one.

    Plenty of people will buy this ship just for the skin.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    its a question of what happens to a2b because currently the heavy cruiser line is not even useful for bfaw spam so i cant see where to put the darn thing with it lacking that sorta thing. suppose it could be useful as a fleet hc torpedo boat.
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  • vermatrixvermatrix Member Posts: 335 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    aaand here we go, I predict that within the next few hours we're going to see the game fill up with Pikard, Pckard, Pickhard, Jen Luk, John Luke, Jean-Luc, Jean-Luck, Jean-Luk, and another 3 or 4 hundred variations on the name using that ship under the ship names Stargazer, Starhazer, Sargazer, Starmazer, and another 3 or 4 hundred variations on the ship name because theres little to no origionality on the game
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  • variant37variant37 Member Posts: 867 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mirrorchaos wrote: »
    currently the heavy cruiser line is not even useful for bfaw spam

    Really? I don't fly one but looking at the boff layout it seems like it would support a standard A2B BFAW build just fine (I looked at the fleet version only). What am I missing?
  • quaestusquaestus Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    tehbubbaloo wrote: »
    just what we needed; another escape console.

    Gonna come in handy for all that challenging PvE content we have... you know... for when you're tired of sitting in the same spot spamming space bar and want to sit in a new spot.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    variant37 wrote: »
    Really? I don't fly one but looking at the boff layout it seems like it would support a standard A2B BFAW build just fine (I looked at the fleet version only).

    i thought about the fleet version, but the lack of tactical slots leaves little in the way of tt bfaw and attack patterns to make the attack pretty nasty.
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