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Why have they destroyed the Sovereign model?
falconnightperu
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Why the hell have they done with a classic model in Star Trek? It's a joke? Those nacelles seem to belong to a lego model!
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10266883-archon-class-assault-cruiser
http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/10266883-archon-class-assault-cruiser
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Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
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*shrug*
As others have rightly said though, there are other nacelles available to better suit the aesthetic.
'Cause heaven forfend STO do anything new or creative that you can kit bash freely with. Oh noes!
One thing's for sure; I'm loving the giant deflector dish.
Your father was captain of a starship for twelve minutes. He saved 800 lives, including your mother's, and yours.
I dare you to do better.
Seriously though, I agree. Those nacelles aren't what I would call 'good-looking'. So it's a good thing we can use the parts of other ships, as already noted. I actually like the saucer (is it even a saucer?) and the new pylons so as usual, having more options now is a good thing.
Edit: smiley.
I must say, i like the 26c ships, the 23c ships and the Geneva catches my fancy. Otherwise, the science ships especially don't agree with me.
^ 100%
Whatever happened to the great designs of STO. It's like they forgot their target audience is not little children, but includes many adults.
I don't know how much more glowy and exaggerated the sizes can get before most people will start to agree it looks less like a science fiction space ship meant for battle and exploration, and more like a kid toy found in happy meals or kinder surprises.
I mean seriously, do you hear the things you say?
Its not to your taste. GREAT. Put a different skin on it and get over yourself.
When your other data point must presumably be the Excelsior refit I don't think this holds up at all. Here's some counter examples:
Valiant
Pathfinder
Andromeda
Hestia
Yorktown
Endeavour
Sojourner
Jupiter
Arbiter
Eclipse
Phantom
Scryer
What you have here is simply a ship you don't like, not a campaign against your taste in science fiction (regardless of all else, there's simply no pattern.) If you don't like the Archon, use the Regent skin (it's pretty much the exact opposite, which may in fact be why Cryptic went this direction: more variation.) Don't have the Regent skin? Try Sovereign. Don't like that? Then why comment on this ship?
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Looks good - which nacelles have you used?
Those nacelles are from the "Imperial" parts set.
Another surprising thing is that people playing STO still haven't figured out that a Tier 6 ship release usually means a new ship costume that can be kitbashed freely with all the existing ones, so no matter how ugly you find the new model, you can use any of the old ones you like, or a new combination. It's such an awesome system...
And to further that..
Like they did with the Galaxy a while back, this one not only lets you use the original Sovereign skin, but they did a total cosmetic revamp on the original skin that looks fantastic.
The OP contends that they 'destroyed the Sovereign Model,' which couldn't be further from the truth. Not only did they breathe new life into the original model, but they also provided the new skin as an alternate. All they did here was provide options, it's up to the individual player how many of those options (if any) are even used.
I'm one of the first ones to get on board and break out the pitchforks when Cryptic does something stupid, but this is definitely not one of those times. Personally, I like the Vizier/Archon with the exception of those awful nacelles. Great thing is.. I can simply not use them.. problem solved. Those that like them, can use them and I can use what I like.
Or I could make a thread and complain that they put options into the game that I am free to never use.