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Get your first look at how the T6 Risian corvette handles, and unlock her by partying on Risa!
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11196353
https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/11196353
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So with the Fleet version it appears one will get the standard +10% more to hull & shields, gain 1 more option of Pilot seating as well, & those spry piloting maneuvers.
Doesn't Fleet versions usually gain 1 more console slot too, I thought I saw where both versions get 4Tac 4Eng 3Sci?
I'm not sure if previous event ships have been separated into different tiers like this, but I see some pros & cons to it, & not so bad since if one wants to invest the time a FSM can be earned.
Is there going to be Dilithium given for completing the event as well or just the ship? How about marks?
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They've never given us more than the event ship (and maybe a warp core or torpedo) before, it seems unlikely they'll add dil and marks now.
Event ships normally are already fleet grade. So I am actually surprised that they altered anything but the seating and the Pilot Maneuvers at all.
By breaking it down to the modifier, all the ship-independent factors are eliminated, and you can compare ships by their modifiers. A ship with a hull modifier of 0.99 has weaker hull than a ship with a hull modifier of 1.2, assuming the same gear and skills etc.
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Any chance "usable on any ship" can be made retroactive on various ships (where it makes sense, obviously)?
T5 Risian consoles are usable only on risian ships, but T6 is now on any ship.
of course, just making a console usable on any ship doesn't actually make it GOOD *cough*grappler*cough*...seriously, a version of tractor beam with 4x the CD and doesn't even deal damage
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
As stated to the one above you, the second one is the Fleet unlocked one after acquiring the Event ship.
No, probably not, for the simple fact that you can buy the equivalent raider with the current DSC Shran Light Pilot Escort T6 ship (Also the Ouroboros Temporal Raider T6 is only other Fed playable Raider, that does not come from lockbox). I flew the Fleet Aquarius before that was released, and pilot maneuvers really help. The ships are pretty much same layout. Only differences are the Aquarius being T5/u and the consoles Sci +1, and Eng -1. While the Shran has 2 Lt. Commanders vs 1 Lt. Commander of the Aquarius. In fact I would say the Risian Pilot Corvette T6 is also better than the Aquarius at this point, If anything you should be asking Cryptic to make a T6 version of the Aquarius---hopefully also with a better model, as the way the engine pylons are positioned/extend/slide make no sense with the size of thing( I rather see something exteriorly slide out holding the engines, but that is just me)
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#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
Never really mastered the pilot maneuvers so i won't miss them, but i wonder about the precedent this sets.
I think this is the entire point, to see how it works and how it's accepted. They want to see it it may be worth trying it with future event ships, perhaps even past ones as well. This could be a one and done if it flops, or it could be the new norm. Time will tell.
I personally think it's a way to tempt folks into spending more money on the game. "Get the free event ship, and UPGRADE it for only 500 ZEN!" Oh sure, loads of folks might use one of their free FM's from the reps, if they haven't already used all those to upgrade ships they currently have. Some folks aren't in a fleet either so they may be locked out. Though honestly, a T1 Fleet Shipyard is pretty easy to do, even solo, so...
Anyway, I will get the free ship and be happy with it as is.
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*T5 Corvette is still fleet grade as clear by its console slot amount (same for the T6 one), it's just supposedly her hull/shields bonuses were sacrificed for the unusual speed. Now either you could argue the T6 version still has all that maoeuvrability on top of the console slots making it a worthy Fleet grade vessel. In that case, they are making a Fleet+1 grade ship by adding to the hull and shields still. Hooray for powercreep.
Or you could argue that the manoeuvrability itself got powercreeped long ago, meaning the T6 Corvette badly needed buffs. In that case, tough luck. You only get Fleet grade console slots out of the event and have to pay extra for the actual Fleet grade ship. That's then a first for an event ship (other than kinda the weird shortened attempt at the good old Dyson destroyer anniversary grind) to not be Fleet level.
Whichever choice you pick, this is bloody disgraceful. Hell there's not even a mention of a Risian spcific interior either. What a lazy unscrupulous greedy job.
Toi'Va, Ti'vath, Toivia, Ty'Vris, Tia Vex, Toi'Virth: Add Tier 6 KDF Carrier and Raider.
Tae'Va, T'Vaya, To'Var, Tevra, T'Vira, To'Vrak: Give us Asylums for Romulans.
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There never was a Risian Bridge, even back in T5. So how is it lazy if the T5s never had them either? Also... what would it look like? A frickin' Tiki Bar?
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I am curious, what negative precedent are you concerned with?
The 'regular' version is actually still a fleet ship. It's officer/specialist seating and 11 consoles are a full fleet level ship from the Event store just like we're used to getting every year.
The 'fleet version' just adds the pilot maneuvers and a little extra hull/shield modifier and is completely optional.
I think they would have avoided a lot of confusion if they called the Fleet Version the 'Pilot Version,' or 'Enhanced' version.
Even if you don't spend a fleet module, you're still getting a full, fleet level, T6 account wide ship unlock. Nothing has been lost the only change is the addition of the option to get just slightly more if you want it. They didn't nerf the base ship to encourage the fleet unlock.
I honestly don't see a problem here.
I unlocked the original T5 and have always loved the ship, though it did sit in my drydock for quite a while to make room for other, newer ships (until recently). When I saw we were gonna get a T6 version, I decided to bring out my old one (T5U) on my main character and try all the newer equipment on it and see how it flew. Let me tell you, it was fast and maneuverable when I first got it, but there is nothing that can compare to it now. Boosting the flight turn and engine power/performance with more recent equipment and combining that with the right boff abilities makes this ship so fast that she is almost uncontrollable at times. And insanely fast! It is almost unbelievable and is incredible to fly. I love it! I can fly circles around the enemy like crazy, bombarding them with my beams and turrets (skip cannons, can't keep them lined up long enough). I have never seen another ship in the game except the fighter/swarmers do this. And the maneuvers I can pull of with my ship are the most insane. I have never seen another player ship ever pull these crazy maneuvers off. And the enemies have such a hard time landing a good hit that it becomes funny to watch.
A properly equipped corvette is just SO freakin' much fun to fly!
So to say that the T6 version has to have pilot maneuvers to be worth anything is ridiculous. The T5 ship in the right hands with the right equipment can even fly circles around any of the current pilot ships I've seen. I've been able to complete missions and TFOs in the T5 corvette that normally I would need a large strong cruiser to easily win. Normally anything smaller and I'm dying too often. But not in my corvette. It's all over the place!
And now they are giving us a T6 version, with Pilot Boff seating! I am actually more excited about the boff seating than the Pilot maneuvers. With my current equipment/abilities and the added pilot boff abilities, this ship will be insane. Now don't get me wrong, I'm gonna get the Fleet version too, but I'm trying to point out to everyone, that even without the pilot maneuvers, if you use this ship correctly, you will never be disappointed by it, at any teir.
I will admit that I'm kind of on the fence about the idea of giving us two different versions of the ship so they don't break their event rules, one free and the other with a small added cost. But I must say it is much, MUCH better than them just giving us one version that not everyone is happy with (which I still don't think anyone should be unhappy with any of the corvettes) and ignoring what the players are asking for. So kudos for that Cryptic. Probably something that would work with the other event ships too, though I may not be getting them all.
As for me, I'm uber excited for the T6 corvette and wish I didn't have to wait 25 days for it. My current corvette is named "Winged Draco" and I can't decide if I should just keep that name, or rename it something like "Blue Speedster", "Lightning Hornet" or "Spinning Top of Doom". What do you guys think?
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I unlocked the original T5 and have always loved the ship, though it did sit in my drydock for quite a while to make room for other, newer ships (until recently). When I saw we were gonna get a T6 version, I decided to bring out my old one (T5U) on my main character and try all the newer equipment on it and see how it flew. Let me tell you, it was fast and maneuverable when I first got it, but there is nothing that can compare to it now. Boosting the flight turn and engine power/performance with more recent equipment and combining that with the right boff abilities makes this ship so fast that she is almost uncontrollable at times. It is insanely fast and turns on the head of a pin! It is almost unbelievable and is incredible to fly. I love it! I can fly circles around the enemy like crazy, bombarding them with my beams and turrets (skip cannons, can't keep them lined up long enough). I have never seen another ship in the game except the fighter/swarmers do this. And the maneuvers I can pull of with my ship are the most insane. I have never seen another player ship ever pull these crazy maneuvers off. And the enemies have such a hard time landing a good hit that it becomes funny to watch.
A properly equipped corvette is just SO freaking much fun to fly!
So to say that the T6 version has to have pilot maneuvers to be worth anything is ridiculous. The T5 ship in the right hands with the right equipment can even fly circles around any of the current pilot ships I've seen. I've been able to complete missions and TFOs in the T5 corvette that normally I would need a large strong cruiser to easily win. Normally anything smaller and I'm dying too often. But not in my corvette. It's all over the place!
And now they are giving us a T6 version, with Pilot Boff seating! I am actually more excited about the boff seating than the Pilot maneuvers. With my current equipment/abilities and the added pilot boff abilities, this ship will be insane. Now don't get me wrong, I'm gonna get the Fleet version too, but I'm trying to point out to everyone, that even without the pilot maneuvers, if you use this ship correctly, you will never be disappointed by it, at any teir.
I will admit that I'm kind of on the fence about the idea of giving us two different versions of the ship so they don't break their event rules, one free and the other with a small added cost. But I must say it is much, MUCH better than them just giving us one version that not everyone is happy with (which I still don't think anyone should be unhappy with any of the corvettes) and ignoring what the players are asking for. So kudos for that Cryptic. Probably something that would work with the other event ships too, though I may not be getting them all.
As for me, I'm uber excited for the T6 corvette and wish I didn't have to wait/grind 25 days for it. My current corvette is named "Winged Draco" and I can't decide if I should just keep that name, or rename it something like "Blue Speedster", "Lightning Hornet" or "Spinning Top of Doom". What do you guys think?
Edit: Someone somewhere else who has seen my ship in action recommended the name "Meat Grinder".
"Never Surrender! Never give up Hope!"
"Prosperity and Success in everything you do."
"To Boldly go.........well punch it already!"
"To Be or Not To Be"....Alas, the Foundry is Not To Be. We Shall miss Thee, dear Friend!
"Does anyone remember when we used to be explorers?"- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Thank You, Cryptic......even when I don't agree with all your decisions....Thank You for Star Trek Online!
Yes, it's interesting to have a different setup on the Fleet Store. Nice they put the Pilot on the Uni LC instead of being stingy and making it a Lt station. You can get access to most pilot powers that way. So no great need to get the Fleet one unless you just really want to squeeze all the pilot goodness you can into the ship.
And while it's not account wide, the cost of 1 FSM and 20k isn't bad considering most of our toons should have T6 reps and a pile of Rep available FSMs available. If you're like me and most of your alts have never bought any of their FSMs from the Rep missions/store.