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Introduction to Pilot Ships

pwlaughingtrendypwlaughingtrendy Member Posts: 2,966 Arc User
edited June 2015 in Galactic News Network [PC]
We’re super excited to reveal the brand new Tier 6 Pilot starships! These agile and powerful ships will be released soon!

Learn more about these maneuverable beauties!

~LaughingTrendy

(PS - Danger Zoooooooone)
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  • chalpenchalpen Member Posts: 2,207 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Wow!
    One question: why could it not have been a bird of prey for the kdf?

    It just seems like a fit for pilot specialization.
    Should I start posting again after all this time?
  • acoldtacoldt Member Posts: 64 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I hate the Romulan ship. It looks like an insect. Apart from it being green, it doesn't look Romulan.

    The Klingon one is nice. I like the sleekness of it, and the touches of the Kitinga I can see in it. It's a huge improvement of the horrible flying shipping crates that are the Klingon command cruisers. Nearly every Klingon design we see should look as well built as this.

    The Fed one, just another Defiant wanabe. I couldn't care less. But it looks so blocky to be even worse than the Defiant... It's a pig nosed ugly brick... Come on... who approved this piece of TRIBBLE?
  • rnaughtrnaught Member Posts: 3 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Yay, new T6 Escorts for everyone!

    Too bad they (so far) look like TRIBBLE.

    Pass.
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  • neos472neos472 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    i think they look real cool and would love to own the tac fedscort these ships are my thingand i might just have to own them all XD
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  • forthegamerforthegamer Member Posts: 177 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Upgrades of the Defiant, Raptor and Dhelan, aren't they? Therefore no worries folks. You'll get to put the older looks on them.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Golly, I hope these $30 ships are fast enough to outrun the lag and rubberbanding plaguing the gameplay they're required in.

    Also, I'm surprised you actually went with "Pilot Ships". I was actually anticipating their classification as being corvettes.
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  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Another 9 pack? :rolleyes:
  • kontarnuskontarnus Member Posts: 289 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    'corvettes' would be smaller runabout class ships
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  • canis36canis36 Member Posts: 737 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Okay, so I was actually expecting a cross-faction bundle, but doing another three-pack per faction, especially so soon after the release of the command ships is...well it's personally something I find quite annoying and tedious/tiresome.

    I had been planning to buy the pilot ships for my ship collection when I expected it to be one pilot ship per faction with a cross faction bundle. Now though...I'm not sure. I'm going to have look at the stats and decide whether I want to pay that kind of money for the ships or if I'm going to just give them a complete pass. Hopefully if I give them a pass like I'm leaning towards right now then I'll be in the minority.

    Edit:
    Just to be clear this isn't an "entitlement" thing, this is me not being sure that dropping a hundred dollars on the cross-faction bundle is going to be worth it to me.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    kontarnus wrote: »
    'corvettes' would be smaller runabout class ships

    The Risian Corvette and Orion Corvette would disagree with you.
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  • z3ndor99z3ndor99 Member Posts: 1,391 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Hey trendy you mean Archer danger zone!

    https://youtu.be/kyAn3fSs8_A
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Star Trek Online: Fast & Furious...

    We've got the Federation Muscle Car...
    We've got the Romulan Rice Burner...
    We've got the Klingon...er...beat up ol' pickup of the guy that works on the other cars?
  • gl2814egl2814e Member Posts: 328 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    If only you had some 'Star-Trekked' up Kenny Logins to play as we open page...
  • canis36canis36 Member Posts: 737 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    forthegamer wrote: »
    Upgrades of the Defiant, Raptor and Dhelan, aren't they? Therefore no worries folks. You'll get to put the older looks on them.

    The fact that it's a set of factional 3-packs (for a grand total of 9 ships) would strongly suggest otherwise.
  • acoldtacoldt Member Posts: 64 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    kontarnus wrote: »
    'corvettes' would be smaller runabout class ships

    Corvettes usually have 50-100 man crews. You can't fit that in a runabout.
  • nyniknynik Member Posts: 1,626 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I hope these sell well. Pappa needs a new expansion.
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited May 2015
    Double tap forward - Immune
    Rock & Roll - Immune
    Double tap left - Immune
    Hull heal with temporal insight - Immune
    Double tap back - Immune

    I give up with trying to argue about how out of control things have gotten, and we haven't gotten to the traits and consoles.

    Back to playing Rust, where it's PvP all day and teamwork and balance exist.
  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Put me in the not buying it until the lag is fixed category. They look cool and I liked the KDF one.
  • suavekssuaveks Member Posts: 1,736 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Another "super bundle" so soon?

    Has money started to grow on trees, or something?

    Also, I wonder how those Pilot Maneuvers will work under such lag...
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    gl2814e wrote: »
    If only you had some 'Star-Trekked' up Kenny Logins to play as we open page...

    Hrmm, I read it listening to the Chipmunks doing it from Batmunk.
  • cylon74656cylon74656 Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    They don't look that bad. Still... Not gonna buy them.

    Give me a Typhoon and I'll throw the money at you Cryptic. And so will half of the players. Till then, you gotta create a very very nice ship for me to buy it.

    Typhoon... C'mon...
  • drreverenddrreverend Member Posts: 459 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    You're mileage may very and all, but I kind of like 'em. The Romulan ship reminds me very much of the Elachi escort, and I can totally buy that Romulans are studying captured Elachi technology.
  • iconiansiconians Member Posts: 6,987 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    suaveks wrote: »
    Also, I wonder how those Pilot Maneuvers will work under such lag...

    Maybe marketing can make it sexy by saying all Piloting ships come with integrated Temporal Backstep.
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  • sarosssaross Member Posts: 248 Media Corps
    edited May 2015
    nynik wrote: »
    I hope these sell well. Pappa needs a new expansion.

    We just had an expansion that introduced a bunch of new skills and traits that are starting to lag many out as more and more get them. I don't think we need a new expansion until they fix the current skills and traits causing issues now.
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  • jaturnleyjaturnley Member Posts: 1,218 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    canis36 wrote: »
    Okay, so I was actually expecting a cross-faction bundle, but doing another three-pack per faction, especially so soon after the release of the command ships is...well it's personally something I find quite annoying and tedious/tiresome.

    I had been planning to buy the pilot ships for my ship collection when I expected it to be one pilot ship per faction with a cross faction bundle. Now though...I'm not sure. I'm going to have look at the stats and decide whether I want to pay that kind of money for the ships or if I'm going to just give them a complete pass. Hopefully if I give them a pass like I'm leaning towards right now then I'll be in the minority.

    Edit:
    Just to be clear this isn't an "entitlement" thing, this is me not being sure that dropping a hundred dollars on the cross-faction bundle is going to be worth it to me.

    Expect to see a pack every three months - this is the new standard for T6 spec ships.

    The packs are a great deal for everyone if you think about it. If you only want one, you can get one, but the packs allow them to get the money back for the art resources invested in the ships' customization options. The 9-packs are a way to justify making ships for the lesser two factions, which if you remember used to get maybe one ship a year. They've gotten SEVEN in the first quarter because of the new dynamic.

    As the usual disclaimer, nobody is making you buy anything. If you want them get them. If you don't, don't. The ships you already have aren't suddenly useless because a new batch came out. If they are too expensive, wait for the next ship sale, it's not like if you don't buy them this week, they will be gone.
  • gavinrunebladegavinruneblade Member Posts: 3,894 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    Kinda surprised at a megabundle instead of a one for each like the iconics. I guess I was fooled by the appearance from the delta flight episode.

    Fed ones look good. Klingon one is amazing. Not liking the romulan one at all, really hope the other two variants are more appealing.

    Please tell me there's one of those awesome behind the scenes on design blogs coming for these? I know we'll get the stats, but I do love those concept art blogs. ^.^
  • tuskin67tuskin67 Member Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    I'll pass on these ships, but I hope the inevitable T6 Defiant is a full on Pilot ship
  • jonathanlonehawkjonathanlonehawk Member Posts: 674 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    forthegamer wrote: »
    Upgrades of the Defiant, Raptor and Dhelan, aren't they? Therefore no worries folks. You'll get to put the older looks on them.

    Most likely we'll get an "Iconics 2" bundle in about a month if the trend continues.

    Intel ships were released and the Iconic Science ship were released alongside it with an Intel seat (Pathfinder/Intrepid)

    Command ships were released and the Iconic Engineering ships were released about a month later with a Command seat (Andromeda/Galaxy, Neg'Var, D'Deridex)

    Now the Pilot ships are coming out, so I expect the Iconic Tactical ships to come about a month later with a Pilot seat. (Defiant, B'rel, T'Varo)

    So, I don't expect to see the Defiant parts to be usable on this ship.
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  • tuskin67tuskin67 Member Posts: 1,097 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    jonathanlonehawk wrote: »

    So, I don't expect to see the Defiant parts to be usable on this ship.

    Yeah, they're too big anyways to fit Defiant parts.

    Go put a Defiant next to the Pilot ships in 'Delta Flight' they're way bigger.
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