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[PC] The Stats of the Europa Class!
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Starfleet is resurrecting the Star Trek: Discovery-era ship, the Nimitz, as the brand new Europa for the 25th Century! Find out what she can do under your command:
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11007803
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11007803
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The design seems mostly reused assets with some refinement polish on a few pieces looking nice. The stats look solid too mostly. Inferior consoles deployment for my liking though, I would've preferred 4T 4E 3S, & the special console after reading about the negatives with the active ability doesn't create enthusiasm for me despite the nice passives. The Trait sounds good though & I like the group benefit aspect. I wish Cryptic would have more of that group dynamic focus on things. I'll probably pass since the best part is it looks good & it doesn't really add anything out of the ordinary or new imho.
"Battlecruiser-class vessel" with 2 Tactical Consoles?
Really?
Don't get me wrong.. it's a great looking ship. As always, the Art department knocked it out of the park.. but wow. 2 Tactical Consoles on a Battle Cruiser just makes no sense to me. The ships layout is incredibly inconsistent with it's intended purpose.
Guess it goes with the theme of discovery, as its TRIBBLE Star Trek.
The Fleet version does have 3 Tac consoles.
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LIKE A PEASANT!!!
Things I want in STO:
1) More character customization options such as more clothing options, letting the toon complexion affect the entire body, not just the head. Also a true RGB color picker applied to all costume and appearance options, which would allow for true appearance customization and homogenous colors instead of "this same exact color looks vastly different on two different pieces."
2) Bridge customization, not bridge packs. Let us pick a general layout and adjust the color palette, console appearance, and chair types, as well as more ready room layout options.
3) Customizable ground weapons, i.e. The aesthetic look of phaser dual pistols but they shoot antiproton bolts. For obvious reasons this would only apply to standard ground weapons.
4) For the love of Q please revamp Plasma Ground Weapons. They look like demented Supersoakers right now.
5) True Vanity Impulse and Deflector effects similar to Vanity Shields.
6) A greater payout for hitting T6 Reputations. Currently it takes more time and resources to get from T5 to T6 than it does to get from nothing to T5. Make that grind really pay out at the end.
7) Mirrorverse Refugee event similar to AoY/Delta/Gamma, complete with new Mirrorverse recruits for all factions.
8) Independent Faction, because yo ho yo ho a pirate's life for me!
I personally don't try for super DPS (or probably even above average, TBH), but seeing only 2 Tac consoles means that those long fights I normally have will be even longer with this ship. You only get past content by blowing stuff up and the quicker the better. This is in the ballpark, but it's way up there in the cheap seats.
Again, nice looking ships with the old and new skins for it, but I just cannot see myself buying something that will make me frustrated later on.
Losing faith in humanity, one person at a time.
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Please, if it is coming, let it be on Zstore!
Member since December 2009
The Intel Assault Cruiser is awesome.. just FYI. I think it's one of the most fun cruisers to fly, handles like a dream.
If you're on the fence, it's worth it.
Actually, I checked, this has the same turn rate, base console layout, and inertia rating of the T5 star cruiser (has one more engineering console).
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My forum single-issue of rage: Make the Proton Experimental Weapon go for subsystem targetting!
Yeah, I doubt it.
Still, knowing Cryptic, it'll get a hangar in a few maintenences time - To be honest with the design and description in the prestat blog, I almost expected it to be a carrier battlecruiser with the two tac consoles as a way to mitigate opness at having more fore weapons
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Why call it a battlecruiser with only 2(3) tac consoles? And it can mount cannons but turns like a whale as well. And the locked Ens Engineering seat kinda locks you out of a lot of flexibility that might have made it more appealing.
Honestly, i'm disappointed. I was definitely going to buy this but now its a no from me having thought over those stats.
Unless there are some serious changes in the game mechanics for space combat, DPS is still more important than tanking - enemy ships that are dead sooner deal less damage overall and therefore there is less need to tank.
BC with 2 tactical...wtheck>?? i thought that bc were hybrid vessels, a cross between the speed and agility of cruisers coupled with the firepower of a bs...why then this....its more a heavy cruiser than a bc. the fleet variant gets the third tac console granted which is an assistance, but even so, id then have to buy the cstore for the console/trait then a fleet module to get the third tac console....hmmm, really making this a hard sell there cryptic.