I don't mean to be greedy, I am truly loving STO, coming from WoW...it is refreshing to get rewards for being a decent player I.e. Stfs and fleet actions. Not to mention how there are actual devs that reply to concerns and in some cases just for sh!ts and giggles; that is just phenomenal and I thank Cryptic for the gaming experince thus far. I digress now.
Escort players are finally getting a "new" ship to fly, well a ship that has been reskinned and having an ability (through a console) to use a brand spanking new ability...I love it.
But...there was talk of an andorian ship on the table that seemed to have lost all of its hype and interest, no one even knew what kind of ship this was going to be and from its specs, it could have been a contender to be the new escort.
Does anyone know anything about this ship? And I mean anything at all...escort?cruiser?what the special ability would be? (I'm guessing mine related)
and just some more food for thought....I know that a sci ship was just released, an escort ship is on the way and that would leave a spot for a cruiser. There is enough cruisers atm, as well as scis. Next ship should be another escort or a kdf one.
Also, we just got 1 fed and 4 kdf race ships added to the game, games are creatures of habit, more race ships are on the way and the only one we know of is the andorian...what does that say? Speculation time
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And HIGH CEILINGS so Antennas don't get brusied....
I literally lol'd
Its all speculation so far, but based on the vessel's size and performance in Enterprise, I'd absolutely assume that it's an escort, or an engineering focused escort (I.e. Commander tactical, LTC eng). Which is sadly what we've all been screaming about for an Akira refit...*sigh*.
The vessel in the show also used blue energy weapons, so...hoping for either retrofit phasers or tetryons to come standard. It definitely wasn't a pushover vessel, and its very cool looking. Luckily for me, my tactical captain is in fact Andorian, so he'll feel right at home in one!
I know Dan likes sharing
I'm hoping he'll leak us another ship pic this week. The Andorian ship would be nice.
If anything, as long as its an Admiral Escort, ill be buying it as soon as it hits C-Store.
Speculations? I just hope they do a hybrid cruiser/escort type thing, so it gets a tiny bit less firepower and more survivability than the other escorts.
That's the thing...the Andorian ship didn't really have a "special ability" or any kind, it was just a really good ship. Personally I'd like to get away from the special abilities in general, but this would be a good time to speculate on ideas for it if it really must have a special ability. What do the Andorians do best? Kick behind, that's my best guess.
Yeah, it didn't really seem to have any truly unique abilities in ENT. It was shown to be better in all areas than the NX class, and it was said to be an equal to the Vulcan D'Kyr, but there was no one thing that was unique to the ship.
Based on the size, shape, manueverability, and number of weapons seen on screen, it does seem to be an escort. Perhaps a science based escort, since it has excellent sensors.
i like the suggestion made that special abilities are attached to consoles so you either have it equipped or take it off and get your console slot back.
either way the ship was due for around feb so im hoping that means its due soonish.
then again there a few ships due soon so i guess it just depends what ship has hat priority.
All that makes it look to me like MVAM will be the next "ship" release and not the Andorian ship.
It'll either be the MVAM console or the craftable Fed and KDF fighters I think. The Oberth appears to be mostly done, so it'll probably be next after those. After that, I want the Andorian ship, then the Ambassador, then the T5 K'tinga/D7 that has been mentioned by the devs, then the Vesta (they need time to make sure the Vesta is done just right, many are counting on it to fill a certain missing gap among cruiser types).
Its must have something in its design philosphy that is heavily influenced by the Andorian social structure and thought process. A peoples outlook on life often end up having a representation in thier designs.
What is unique about the Andorians?
Cold Dwelling durability
External extended sense (attenae)
What is it about the Andorian vessel thats different?
Toughness? then how is that carried over into its design? heavy hull points? thicker armor? bonus hull resists?
Best special power would be no special power.
Just great basic stats and a minimal change to the BOff layout (aka Ecxelsior) and voila it is a great ship.
imho i would prefer to see a engineer improved tactical version. Either a Escort with a LCdr Eng BOff or maybe in a long haul a battelcruiser because after all it was a battelcruiser in the show.