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4 things which need need big revamp in STO universal consoles place in ship inv, crew, shuttles....
vedran0picard
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STO in general is great game but 4 things need big revamp and this is universal consoles place on ship crew, shuttles and Escorts
1. I really think that universal/set consoles need big revamp As Cryptic overrun us with sets and consoles. Example T6 Odyssey now can have 7 ship related universal consoles which usefulness is only low to medium so I think that most players don’t use most of these consoles because it uses precious console space for little bonus. Similar situation is also with other consoles with come with ships so this part of game need revamp.
My suggestion for resolving of that problem is to add a special part of ship inventory just for ship sets and universal consoles, it will be 9-12 slots big and we will have limitation on number of sets can be active at same time between 3 or 5
So example you have 1 Long Range Science Vessel Voyager set 3 items + one universal consoles from 1. Omega Adapted Borg Technology, 2. Radiant Armaments, 3. Delta Alliance Ordnance, 4. Protonic Arsenal and Regenerative Integrity Field. So in this example you have 5 sets and you can choice which 3 sets will give you bonuses from other sets bonuses will be inactive expect damage from weapons. I mean if you choice that Delta Alliance and Protonic Arsenal been inactive you don’t get its set bonuses
1.Delta Alliance Ordinance
Set 2: Efficient Bio-Circuitry
+13.8% Radiation Damage
+20% Cooldown Reduction to Neutronic Torpedo
Set 3: Isokinetic Cannon
2. Protonic Arsenal
Set 2: Arsenal Synergy
Passive
+22.9% Photon Projectile Weapon Damage
+3% Critical Chance
Enables usage of Beam Array: Fire at Will with the Experimental Proton Weapon
Set 3: Particle Stabilizer
Passive
+10% Critical Chance with Photon Projectile weapons
+10% Critical Severity
Enables usage of Cannon: Rapid Fire with the Experimental Proton Weapon
On this way we will free room for normal ENG/SCI/TAC consoles which most players prefer to use in their builds instead of sets (at least me especially ones which comes with ships).
2. I think that ship crew losing rate and their impact in battle that its mechanic need revamp! I In reality when ship all ship crew become KIA game is over and ship can't continue with fight.
So I think that in STO we lost crew too fast and it number have little impact in battles. My option is that you need to make its losing much more harder but on other side that Impact of KIA crew have bigger impact on ship systems and combat skills of ship this will be much closer to reality.
3. In STO is kinda stupid and unrealistically that only few starships have access to hangar. Every starship in Star Trek have hangar with at least few shuttles. Carriers is different thing because it carry big number of Fighter shuttles specialized for fight like Peregrine Attack Fighter
So I suggest that every ship in STO have access to basic hangar from which can launch a few shuttles for adding in combat but carriers that can use much stronger attack crafts in bigger number
My Suggestion is that Cruisers can launch 3, Escorts 1, Science Vessels 2 shuttles (Type 8 Shuttle, Type 10 Shuttle, Type F Shuttle, Delta Class Shuttle) and carriers all other heavier shuttles like Runabouts and Fighters in bigger numbers min 6
4. In STO Cruisers have Cruiser Commands, Science Vessels Secondary Deflectors and Sensor Analysis Escorts don’t have nothing. So I suggest to make unique device for it something like AGEIS Computer which will boost Escort weapons damage and accuracy.
1. I really think that universal/set consoles need big revamp As Cryptic overrun us with sets and consoles. Example T6 Odyssey now can have 7 ship related universal consoles which usefulness is only low to medium so I think that most players don’t use most of these consoles because it uses precious console space for little bonus. Similar situation is also with other consoles with come with ships so this part of game need revamp.
My suggestion for resolving of that problem is to add a special part of ship inventory just for ship sets and universal consoles, it will be 9-12 slots big and we will have limitation on number of sets can be active at same time between 3 or 5
So example you have 1 Long Range Science Vessel Voyager set 3 items + one universal consoles from 1. Omega Adapted Borg Technology, 2. Radiant Armaments, 3. Delta Alliance Ordnance, 4. Protonic Arsenal and Regenerative Integrity Field. So in this example you have 5 sets and you can choice which 3 sets will give you bonuses from other sets bonuses will be inactive expect damage from weapons. I mean if you choice that Delta Alliance and Protonic Arsenal been inactive you don’t get its set bonuses
1.Delta Alliance Ordinance
Set 2: Efficient Bio-Circuitry
+13.8% Radiation Damage
+20% Cooldown Reduction to Neutronic Torpedo
Set 3: Isokinetic Cannon
2. Protonic Arsenal
Set 2: Arsenal Synergy
Passive
+22.9% Photon Projectile Weapon Damage
+3% Critical Chance
Enables usage of Beam Array: Fire at Will with the Experimental Proton Weapon
Set 3: Particle Stabilizer
Passive
+10% Critical Chance with Photon Projectile weapons
+10% Critical Severity
Enables usage of Cannon: Rapid Fire with the Experimental Proton Weapon
On this way we will free room for normal ENG/SCI/TAC consoles which most players prefer to use in their builds instead of sets (at least me especially ones which comes with ships).
2. I think that ship crew losing rate and their impact in battle that its mechanic need revamp! I In reality when ship all ship crew become KIA game is over and ship can't continue with fight.
So I think that in STO we lost crew too fast and it number have little impact in battles. My option is that you need to make its losing much more harder but on other side that Impact of KIA crew have bigger impact on ship systems and combat skills of ship this will be much closer to reality.
3. In STO is kinda stupid and unrealistically that only few starships have access to hangar. Every starship in Star Trek have hangar with at least few shuttles. Carriers is different thing because it carry big number of Fighter shuttles specialized for fight like Peregrine Attack Fighter
So I suggest that every ship in STO have access to basic hangar from which can launch a few shuttles for adding in combat but carriers that can use much stronger attack crafts in bigger number
My Suggestion is that Cruisers can launch 3, Escorts 1, Science Vessels 2 shuttles (Type 8 Shuttle, Type 10 Shuttle, Type F Shuttle, Delta Class Shuttle) and carriers all other heavier shuttles like Runabouts and Fighters in bigger numbers min 6
4. In STO Cruisers have Cruiser Commands, Science Vessels Secondary Deflectors and Sensor Analysis Escorts don’t have nothing. So I suggest to make unique device for it something like AGEIS Computer which will boost Escort weapons damage and accuracy.
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I definitely agree that the crew system needs to be revamped big time.
As for all starships having a hangar bay, the problem with this is that game balance (is there such thing as a game balance now in STO currently? lol) and realism collide with each other so some sacrifices need to be made.
You have to make choices for your build. You can't have it all.
It can change its politics that we get a new gear set in every new episode of story I prefer old model when we get set gear only in key story arc episodes as reward not in every mission. this model is nothing more then milking little by little by buying INV slots
one or 3 shuttles don't make ship automatically carrier
Bad idea, put quite simply the mechanics of the game currently reward certain specific niche builds, while relegating creative builds to novelty. You won't solve that problem by inflating every ship's existing potential and power, you'll just make the gap between fun and serious play even larger. The game's foundation needs to be reworked before it goes much farther upwards.
Agreed, escorts need a better achille's heel, and I would love to see Jem Hadar crew bracing actually have a point. Though, this point is rather tricky to implement since crew numbers are estimates based off of ship design, so translating that into game balance would be tricky.
Every ship Does have a hanger! That's why you can actually have a personal shuttle for certain story missions or queues, and it's why you can use the engineering boff skill, boarding party, which actually has shuttle pets flying from your ship to the other ship, we just never use that skill because it is garbage. In the shows in movies, it's clear that the shuttles and shuttle bays on non-carriers are meant for landing when a transporter is not viable, lifeboats, transportation without delaying the main vessel, and secondary mission objectives, not launching, sustaining, fueling, arming, equipping, repairing, and coordinating entire wings of fighters or frigates. Also, I have to wonder what the consequences on the servers would be if everyone suddenly could launch wings of pets.
Unwise, escorts are more or less top dog already, while i think cruiser commands and sensor analysis were more or less meant to provide a unique experience, and not to compensate for not being escorts, there is little denying that science vessels especially, need all the advantages they can get. There isn't a decent reason to compensate escorts right now.
So basically, the Federation is an organization that exists to protect and preserve peace. I guess we do an awful lot of killing though. Oh well, that isn't important, for now let's roll up our sleeves and get to work.
The only part of this that actually needs "fixing" is the Crew mechanics system, which simply has the damage function working backwards(!). Instead of being a % of crew or MINIMUM # of crew incapacitated or killed (whichever is larger!), it should work on being a % of crew or a MAXIMUM # of crew incapacitated or killed (whichever is smaller) with a minimum number of -1 crew incapacitated or killed per crew hit.
S imple
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... not being done ... >.<#
And this is why we can't have nice things.
Protonic Kool-Aid Down The Drain Cruiser
Immortal BOff Skills combo for Ground
1. Counterpoint, give all universal consoles a passive and active effect, Cryptic seem to be doing this now but I would like for them to go back to older consoles and do the same.
2.If there is one thing that STO fans can agree on it is that the crew system is TRIBBLE, no real idea on the answer for this.
3.No, simply no. Just thinking about the lag this would create scares and anger me
4.This one is odd but I think we need more info. The reason why I say this is because I really don't think we're in the escort age right now. It seem to be more of the FaW Crusier era and WHILE I STILL WAIT FOR THE SECOND GREAT AGE OF SCIENCE I do think we should try to bring cruisers back into line. Giving escorts something might be the way
What do you mean? Between the new damage batteries, hull heal batts, and a device that drops your BOff cooldowns (from Delta Recruits), device slots are pretty useful now. The cooldowns on Batts were dropped to.
I think it would not be too much to ask for all ships to get 3 uni slots, to put their ship specific sets or lower level consoles in. This would impact pve very little. Pvp however, will end up suffering but honestly it has been for a long time. I do think though with the skill revamp as well as changing the way queue pvp works all together like making pvp only gear etc, all other gear would be disabled, as well as all traits and boff passives. Would be a start.