Honestly i could for them updating/upgrading the heavy cruiser to a tier six, and giving it either a pilot seating (it is heavy/large, but aso quite compact), or a temporal seating..
That Merian-class is sweet. Has a really aggressive battleship profile, and fits in fine with STO's aesthetic with nacelles resembling the Thunderchild and deflector kind of like the Bellerophon.
Mark Rademaker (same guy who designed the Vesta class) already made a ship that strongly resembles the Miranda class:
Merian Class Starship:
to this day I don't understand how they ...while they were there didn't also get him to agree to put this in the game ...FFS ..sometimes I just wanna scream
Mark Rademaker (same guy who designed the Vesta class) already made a ship that strongly resembles the Miranda class:
Merian Class Starship:
to this day I don't understand how they ...while they were there didn't also get him to agree to put this in the game ...FFS ..sometimes I just wanna scream
After the Vesta was released, there were a few tweets of his that indicated he was still pretty interested in getting the Merian class into STO.
I feel like both Rademaker and Cryptic just got tired of dealing with their respective legalities, to be honest.
I love the Meridian! I had seen it already before starting my own design, and you might pick up on a coupek of similarities (Especially the Nacelles and Deflector position).
That said, I really wanted to stick with a roughly circular sauser section. I also wanted to try to work in the 'hull pontoons' as seen on the Intel Escort (in particular - though I took some aesthetic cues from the Intel ships as a group too).
I really need to get around to finalising the design... It's unique weapon in particular (The only hint on which I'll give is the name "Point Defense Burst-Phaser Cannon Array").
Oh! And any (constructive) critiques and/or refinement suggestions are welcome, and in fact actively requested! I also want to send it in to those 'TREKYARDS' fellas, so the more refined it is before it gets to them the better!
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I hope the devs are watching I mean FFs they need to do a design a ship contest again
to this day I don't understand how they ...while they were there didn't also get him to agree to put this in the game ...FFS ..sometimes I just wanna scream
After the Vesta was released, there were a few tweets of his that indicated he was still pretty interested in getting the Merian class into STO.
I feel like both Rademaker and Cryptic just got tired of dealing with their respective legalities, to be honest.
That said, I really wanted to stick with a roughly circular sauser section. I also wanted to try to work in the 'hull pontoons' as seen on the Intel Escort (in particular - though I took some aesthetic cues from the Intel ships as a group too).
I really need to get around to finalising the design... It's unique weapon in particular (The only hint on which I'll give is the name "Point Defense Burst-Phaser Cannon Array").
Oh! And any (constructive) critiques and/or refinement suggestions are welcome, and in fact actively requested! I also want to send it in to those 'TREKYARDS' fellas, so the more refined it is before it gets to them the better!
~JD
MedMod Dev: http://cohslmod.prophpbb.com/forum24.html - http://steamcommunity.com/groups/CoH_MedMod
Aspiring artist: http://jonarus-drakus.deviantart.com/