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Flying Winged Races

patcrowpatcrow Member Posts: 89 Arc User
edited October 2014 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I wished that the programers could add some flying creatures to the game. Birds pets are nice but we need something new. How about adding the Skorr from ST:TAS. I think an updated version of this race would look really cool.

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  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    If you mean playable races, any winged player characters would have to have their wings permanently clipped, to keep the game from being horribly broken.
    You're right. The work here is very important.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    It could probably be done for NPCs. It can't/won't be done for playable species for the same reasons they won't let us use jetpacks everywhere.
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  • patcrowpatcrow Member Posts: 89 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Playable characters I don't think could be included. But they had fish aliens, on TNG. Why not have bird aliens?
  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    I could definitely get behind winged NPCs. Combat against them would be pretty entertaining.
    You're right. The work here is very important.
    tacofangs wrote: »
    ...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
  • hpgibbshpgibbs Member Posts: 395 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    I could definitely get behind winged NPCs. Combat against them would be pretty entertaining.

    It'd be just like fighting the Swarmers on the Dyson ground battlezone. But they won't have jetpacks being used, and that being said, they won't have any like systems being used either. It's not the engine, its the limited maps.
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  • leviathan99#2867 leviathan99
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    edited October 2014
    In general, I'd say that's too much tech for something that would only work on a limited map.

    I guess maybe I could see it if we had a big Xindi Prime/Preservers themed adventure zone with the return of the Avians as a hostile group.

    You could have a flight enabled single adventure zone with winged enemies. For players, it's too tricky.
  • reynoldsxdreynoldsxd Member Posts: 977 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    I could definitely get behind winged NPCs. Combat against them would be pretty entertaining.

    yes.. the swarmers in the dyson sphere battlezone are amazingly entertaining enemies to fight...



    No. No they aren't. As all STO ground combat, they are as boring as any other enemy. Flying does not grant the usual FPS boon of high mobility and ambush angle attacks. In Sto, a target is selected and a button is pressed, the attack homes in and only stats decide whether its a hit and for how much.
    The only input that really matters are power activations and perhaps dodging. Now, if STO had a more FPS like ground combat system a flying race might shake things up. But right now, a big old "meh" is all you would get for it.
  • jeffel82jeffel82 Member Posts: 2,075 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    reynoldsxd wrote: »
    As all STO ground combat, they are as boring as any other enemy.

    All right, I'll revise.

    It could be pretty entertaining.
    You're right. The work here is very important.
    tacofangs wrote: »
    ...talking to players is like being a mall Santa. Everyone immediately wants to tell you all of the things they want, and you are absolutely powerless to deliver 99% of them.
  • havokreignhavokreign Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    In UIE, Undine like to get stuck in the cave ceiling. That's pretty close right?
  • bones1970bones1970 Member Posts: 953 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    jeffel82 wrote: »
    I could definitely get behind winged NPCs. Combat against them would be pretty entertaining.

    just don't make them engineers... minefields falling from the sky around you, isn't fun
  • hpgibbshpgibbs Member Posts: 395 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    bones1970 wrote: »
    just don't make them engineers... minefields falling from the sky around you, isn't fun

    I think it'd be fun to do it though! Gives a whole new meaning to "Making it rain!!"
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  • ashkrik23ashkrik23 Member Posts: 10,809 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Eh, I don't expect anything like flying to ever happen here. I just want to play as a Skorr.
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  • hyperionx09hyperionx09 Member Posts: 1,709 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    It would be nice to have winged races; moreso if playable or at least available as a BOff, even if wings will only ever be decorative due to current limitations/lack of time preventing a functional flight option on-foot.

    Before we get into the argument that it will just turn the game into a Fantasy game with Star Trek elements, plenty of them can easily fit into new alien species. In fact, the Alien race option should allow for some really unique race options, whether it's a giant, winged, scaled, humanoid Dragon/Gorn hybrid or a dwarf-sized pixie (wielding a BFG thanks to combat armor/SCIENCE), as well as anything in between. Additionally, the Alien race option should also include more skin and species head-design types as well.
  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    It sounds really cool. However the game isn't made for flying everywhere. As it would take a lot of work to make it happen. Just something I don't see this game doing unless during a special place or mission.

    We can't even walk around in EV suits outside our own ships for crying out loud. I loved that borg fight scene on the Enterprise E. I would love to do more of stuff like that.
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  • valenn1valenn1 Member Posts: 842 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Skorr? /+1
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  • chainfallchainfall Member Posts: 258 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    The flying enemies in the Fek'lhr arc are just annoying, they add nothing to them.
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  • janus1975janus1975 Member Posts: 739 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    Yes, we need playable winged Orion/Tellerite-cross species like this :D
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    edited October 2014
    janus1975 wrote: »
    Yes, we need playable winged Orion/Tellerite-cross species like this :D
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