Rom ships do R-rated things to me. In a good way. Think I'll name one the Harpagornis. Those are really sweet ships.
Fed ships--most are OK.
Cons:
Klingon ships, let's face it, are blocky and ugly. My advice would've been to say "Feds get 3 command battlecruisers, Rommies get 3 command battlecruisers, and KDF gets a command carrier, a command BOP, and a command hybrid battle carrier." That shuts up the KDF whiners, and if you give 'em some nice elegant lines like the Mat'Ha, they'd look really cool. Unlike these...space bricks.
New mechanic looks cool but adds a lot of hassle. My skill bars are already full.
Okay. . . So how is this going to reflect on those whom have already bought the T6 ship pack for over $100 (USD)? Back when that package was being introduced and up for pre-order there was also a small hint about the Romulan and Klingon Factions getting one or more T6 ships in the future. . .
The pricing was also a bit of a surprise...means things are going to be more expensive because they're cheaper. ie, these aren't going to be FT6 ships - they're T6 ships - so when it comes time to FT6 them, each character will have to Fleet them...which will cost more in the long run than if they had been more expensive now and FT6 ships. Thinking back to the previous 3packs which were FT5 boats...hrmmm, oh well.
Love the look of the fed ships, just a hint of Fuzzyprize in there!
Not a fan of another bundle, though. Never have done for the ability to customize ships; I saw the flaw/waste way back when I got the Andorian Escorts...
Hangar bays again..... kind of a waste since the DR pet nerf. I don't use pets any more because of it..
The only thing that could redeem the hangar, would have been faction specific Frigate pets, and these command cruisers could have been the perfect moment to release them...
I'd rather pay 12,000 zen to upgrade my T5U ship to have specializations than to fly those things :rolleyes:
Plus Commander Engi... gross
I do not think I would pay or grind that much when there is T6 ships for much less. But I would definetely pay a reasonable amount for a T5U -> T6 upgrade. The state it is, I do not think it is worth upgrading the ship at all.
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As far as being unable to train BOFFs in Intelligence (and Command), that's false.
For around 300k on the exchange, you can buy a Specialization token under the Intel tab to traind any Boff into Intel (they all come with the same basic Intel set). Then you just search for and pay for the Rank III abilities you want/need.
Command also already has some Rank III skills and the Specialization token available on the exchange as well. Those were going for 1M or so for the Command Spec and more than that for Rank III skills.
It's really just a matter of how badly you need those Rank III skills and the Specialization PADD. The Specialization tokens are Ultra Rare in color and rarity, if you need help searching them up.
So if you really want Intel SROs, you can now do so if you don't already have the DR bundle BOFFs (or if you want more in any case).
It's not false... you can buy all the manuals you want but if you don't have that specialization qualification as a captain... meaning you have spent 10 spec points or 1.5 million skill points in that specialization tree you can't train in those abilities --manual or not.
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Oh well. New ships... Does the captains quarter have some customization options & will they come with Boff quarters where I can hang out with my staff for some poker or maybe just to get to know them better?
... bored of even more mobile gun platforms. Why not release something different? A crew deck! A whole crew deck level of a big sized starfleet/klingon/romulan cruiser applicable to all "true" fraction ships replacing the one we have with the new cooler one. That would be something new! But noonoonoo, just another thing that shoots beams/cannons again.
The new ship's look nice, that's right...
But i think we all can wait a few month to buy this ships but we cannot wait for Fixing bugs with the old ones and the rest of the game.
So please make a new priority list on developement and establish a functioning Quality Management because if you don't do that, there would be nobody left to by those ships.
what is wrong with that kdf design, I have a few idea's first of all the textures very much do not help the ship they aren't hiding at all that the ship is merely a bunch of intersecting planes. This is really disheartening. The other problems are just too many very flat long and wide surfaces.
I don't usually complian or critic cryptic designs, some simply arn't my cup of tea but, most do at least adhere to a good art standards the game has put forth so far. But these kdf ships are step backwards in terms of quality.
I look forward to the fed and romulan ships. But I really was hoping for Teir 6 flagship command ships.
I really like the Romulan ones on this - and knowing we got customization and seeing the options up front is really nice after the intel ships and it wasn't obvious.
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Love the customization options and thanks for remembering all three factions this time. A bit "meh" on the across the board commander engineer boff seat. I was hoping for science or tactical for one of three at least.
ROM looks amazing, fed looks fed,but I agree with so many others, kdf not so hot. Again, its been said before, what's wrong with the classic Klingon D7 style? Can't we get a cruiser like that please?
True, but the money Cryptic spent on developing these new ships could have been redirected to the dept that does handle bug fixes and instability.
that doesn't make sense at all... so you want one department to stop all work and not get paid so another completely different department can work extra? These people get salary, they're not contractors...
As for the ship? IDK yet, I'll need more info before I think about buying. One thing though, these will be the first flight deck cruisers for the feds.
what is wrong with that kdf design, I have a few idea's first of all the textures very much do not help the ship they aren't hiding at all that the ship is merely a bunch of intersecting planes. This is really disheartening.
I don't usually complian or critic cryptic designs, some simply arn't my cup of tea but, most do at least adhere to a good art standards the game has put forth so far. But these kdf ships are step backwards in terms of quality.
I look forward to the fed and romulan ships. But I really was hoping for Teir 6 flagship command ships.
I see a lot of complaints about the way the KDF ships look. With the exception of the Ice-Scraper head piece, I think they don't look too bad. Reminiscent of the Orion Flight-Deck carriers...which makes sense, since they're flight deck carriers.
Frankly, they look considerably more Klingon than the Qib does. Sorry, but that thing is not Klingon-looking enough.
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They're cool and all, but like many others, I'd much prefer the ability to upgrade existing ships. My main is a Ferengi, and no matter what snazy new ships you come out with, there's going to be a need to stick with my D'kora. Now if you wanted to get me excited about throwing some money at goods and services, you'd give me the means to further upgrade my D'kora, from T5U to T6, adding Intelligence and/or Command support, and while you're at it, some new material skins for appearance customization to make it match some of the other Fed styles (or KDF styles, to go along with making Ferengi available to the Klingons). While I'm on that subject, I'd really love if my Klingon Fed Captain had access to a Fed-skinned B'rolth. Yeah, the KDF might be offended, but what are they gonna do, go to war with us?
I play all three factions but KDF is my favorite so I concur with the opinion of my fellow players that say' "Wow those KDF command ships are ugly." I don't have tons of money to spend - when I spent it on a ship, I gotta love it, not only for abilities but looks are also important. I just don't love these.
Please make us a T6 Bird of Prey and a real T6 Science ship for KDF. A variation on a proven, current design is fine.
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I see a lot of complaints about the way the KDF ships look. With the exception of the Ice-Scraper head piece, I think they don't look too bad. Reminiscent of the Orion Flight-Deck carriers...which makes sense, since they're flight deck carriers.
Frankly, they look considerably more Klingon than the Qib does. Sorry, but that thing is not Klingon-looking enough.
They all are developers, the one Group for the ships the other for functionaly code.
Mather of fact is that there are many bugs in the game so the Design Grou could fix their bugs befor designing new ships with new bugs.
And all together they should test the things they develop ingame and not only in their mind.
It is easy to develop some code, compile it and think, that should work at all...
But you see the result. There are bugs in the game which Shows that this is the Standard procedure by Cryptic.
And if it is not worse enough there is nobody left in the developers team who knows the original code.
The pricing was also a bit of a surprise...means things are going to be more expensive because they're cheaper. ie, these aren't going to be FT6 ships - they're T6 ships - so when it comes time to FT6 them, each character will have to Fleet them...which will cost more in the long run than if they had been more expensive now and FT6 ships. Thinking back to the previous 3packs which were FT5 boats...hrmmm, oh well.
they would have to be fleet level, with 11 console. no 3 pack/9 pack ship has been sold thats less then fleet level.
im starting to wonder if fleet tier6 is ever even going to happen though
ROM looks amazing, fed looks fed,but I agree with so many others, kdf not so hot. Again, its been said before, what's wrong with the classic Klingon D7 style? Can't we get a cruiser like that please?
I wish they would look to some of the old fasa designs for inspiration for all 3 factions. I would pay 200 USD for a 9 ship pack with designs based off Klingon L-20 and D-10 , romulan winged defender and whitwind, fed chanley and thufir classes. I can dream can't I?
They all are developers, the one Group for the ships the other for functionaly code.
Mather of fact is that there are many bugs in the game so the Design Grou could fix their bugs befor designing new ships with new bugs.
And all together they should test the things they develop ingame and not only in their mind.
It is easy to develop some code, compile it and think, that should work at all...
But you see the result. There are bugs in the game which Shows that this is the Standard procedure by Cryptic.
And if it is not worse enough there is nobody left in the developers team who knows the original code.
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Nice blog, ships are balanced across factions.
Rom ships do R-rated things to me. In a good way. Think I'll name one the Harpagornis. Those are really sweet ships.
Fed ships--most are OK.
Cons:
Klingon ships, let's face it, are blocky and ugly. My advice would've been to say "Feds get 3 command battlecruisers, Rommies get 3 command battlecruisers, and KDF gets a command carrier, a command BOP, and a command hybrid battle carrier." That shuts up the KDF whiners, and if you give 'em some nice elegant lines like the Mat'Ha, they'd look really cool. Unlike these...space bricks.
New mechanic looks cool but adds a lot of hassle. My skill bars are already full.
Not a fan of another bundle, though. Never have done for the ability to customize ships; I saw the flaw/waste way back when I got the Andorian Escorts...
Hangar bays again..... kind of a waste since the DR pet nerf. I don't use pets any more because of it..
The only thing that could redeem the hangar, would have been faction specific Frigate pets, and these command cruisers could have been the perfect moment to release them...
Are you talking about this? when the Odyssey became the next enterprise?
http://trekmovie.com/2011/05/05/sto-update-design-new-enterprise-winner-revealed-section-31-uniforms/
4th place became the Chimera? looks more like the Pathfinder, but the top down view is more Avenger.
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I do not think I would pay or grind that much when there is T6 ships for much less. But I would definetely pay a reasonable amount for a T5U -> T6 upgrade. The state it is, I do not think it is worth upgrading the ship at all.
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It's not false... you can buy all the manuals you want but if you don't have that specialization qualification as a captain... meaning you have spent 10 spec points or 1.5 million skill points in that specialization tree you can't train in those abilities --manual or not.
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I mean, it'd be poor form to execute someone for being competent.
Oh well. New ships... Does the captains quarter have some customization options & will they come with Boff quarters where I can hang out with my staff for some poker or maybe just to get to know them better?
... bored of even more mobile gun platforms. Why not release something different? A crew deck! A whole crew deck level of a big sized starfleet/klingon/romulan cruiser applicable to all "true" fraction ships replacing the one we have with the new cooler one. That would be something new!
But i think we all can wait a few month to buy this ships but we cannot wait for Fixing bugs with the old ones and the rest of the game.
So please make a new priority list on developement and establish a functioning Quality Management because if you don't do that, there would be nobody left to by those ships.
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Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
True, but the money Cryptic spent on developing these new ships could have been redirected to the dept that does handle bug fixes and instability.
I don't usually complian or critic cryptic designs, some simply arn't my cup of tea but, most do at least adhere to a good art standards the game has put forth so far. But these kdf ships are step backwards in terms of quality.
I look forward to the fed and romulan ships. But I really was hoping for Teir 6 flagship command ships.
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ROM looks amazing, fed looks fed,but I agree with so many others, kdf not so hot. Again, its been said before, what's wrong with the classic Klingon D7 style? Can't we get a cruiser like that please?
that doesn't make sense at all... so you want one department to stop all work and not get paid so another completely different department can work extra? These people get salary, they're not contractors...
As for the ship? IDK yet, I'll need more info before I think about buying. One thing though, these will be the first flight deck cruisers for the feds.
I see a lot of complaints about the way the KDF ships look. With the exception of the Ice-Scraper head piece, I think they don't look too bad. Reminiscent of the Orion Flight-Deck carriers...which makes sense, since they're flight deck carriers.
Frankly, they look considerably more Klingon than the Qib does. Sorry, but that thing is not Klingon-looking enough.
Thats not nice. I just asked because I didnt know about the recent changes in the team.
Please make us a T6 Bird of Prey and a real T6 Science ship for KDF. A variation on a proven, current design is fine.
They all are developers, the one Group for the ships the other for functionaly code.
Mather of fact is that there are many bugs in the game so the Design Grou could fix their bugs befor designing new ships with new bugs.
And all together they should test the things they develop ingame and not only in their mind.
It is easy to develop some code, compile it and think, that should work at all...
But you see the result. There are bugs in the game which Shows that this is the Standard procedure by Cryptic.
And if it is not worse enough there is nobody left in the developers team who knows the original code.
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=/\= Lieutenant General |₳|₳|₳| K'ratak@Motzi =/\=
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they would have to be fleet level, with 11 console. no 3 pack/9 pack ship has been sold thats less then fleet level.
im starting to wonder if fleet tier6 is ever even going to happen though
I wish they would look to some of the old fasa designs for inspiration for all 3 factions. I would pay 200 USD for a 9 ship pack with designs based off Klingon L-20 and D-10 , romulan winged defender and whitwind, fed chanley and thufir classes. I can dream can't I?
O...kay.
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