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[Vaarna_Aarne]

Remember, full pack. The turn rate bonus the console set gives is important.

 

[Norfleet]

i am. at'von here.

Not YOU!

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

stupid english speakers, can't distinguish you from you u_u

 

[Subject37]

This is apparently the Romulan Vet ship, but no official announcement yet. Me like. See how there's a sharp line between the wings and main hull? The thinking is that the wings will extend outwards to uncover the Rommie version of the lotus array.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Interdasting. I wonder if it'll be analoguous of the KDF version, or more like an improved BoP (it looks kind of small and has the Rommie BoP shape).

 

[Jarpie]

TNG Romulan uniforms incoming:
http://sto.perfectworld.com/blog/?p=934231

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Funny thing is, this was revealed just after I talked about how I'd pay good money for premium TNG era Romulan uniforms.


I'll start talking about a Contitution Retrofit more often now.

 

[Norfleet]

This is apparently the Romulan Vet ship, but no official announcement yet. Me like. See how there's a sharp line between the wings and main hull? The thinking is that the wings will extend outwards to uncover the Rommie version of the lotus array.

It's a fake, you can clearly spot the obvious shoopery.

 

[Davidshky]

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=11332391

Looks like I'll be getting some elite mesh weavers. Now I just need some fleet credits...

 

[Drakron]

I'll start talking about a Contitution Retrofit more often now.

That happens and I quit.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

I'll start talking about a Contitution Retrofit more often now.

That happens and I quit.

Okay, sheesh, what should I talk about wanting to pay money for?

 

[Drakron]

Putting everything at T5 would make the game a pure litterbox, something without a course that pretty much is what STO been since launch ... they just pile "stuff" on top of the existing stuff without actually doing anything to advance the game in any actual direction.

The T5 connie would the the last straw, one that would show they would have no interest of it being anything but everything goes, shitty fanfic crap (published or not) without cohesion, having 22th century, 23 century, 24th century and 29th century ships having the exact same potential because dur dur "SCIENCE IS MAGIC" pisses me off to no end.

It happens, I fucking walk ... end of discussion.

 

[Jarpie]

I can't see there ever being T5 Connie since CBS has vetoed it.

 

[Drakron]

I can't see there ever being T5 Connie since CBS has vetoed it.

Yes but that doesnt stop from the litterbox crowd from asking it again and again, also using some streaky arguments (D'Kyr, Somraw) and even downright lies (Kumari).
This is why it annoys me, the reason Sandbox games get a bad rep is because they quickly became a litterfox as its human nature to shat on plate were other people eat and in a MMO we all eat from the same plate.

 

[Davidshky]

Looks like Nerds of Prey has extended their offer of free access to their starbase with elite kdf hangars indefinitely.

You join the "NoP public service" channel and say "x nop" to get an inivte to their starbase. And if you write "x snoo" you'll get invited to a starbase with access to elite space disruptors.

 

[Drakron]

Looks like Nerds of Prey has extended their offer of free access to their starbase with elite kdf hangars indefinitely.

I guess that puts a end on trying to profiteering on Starbase access, at least KDF side.

That is good because KDF have a much smaller playerbase and so would allow some fleets to really milk players, Fed side is not as bad sue to the much larger playerbase and so number of Fleets.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Incidentally, I haven't been online for the past few days because I'm at the cabin, and the laptop I have here is teh suck. I'll be back next week's Wednesday.

 

[Drakron]

I kinda forgot to mention this but the Scimitar is kinda bugged to hell and back, there are unexplainable massive hull damage and I have been oneshooted by a Warp Core Breach that dealt 52k damage.

The turn rate is high but not high enough, part because they screwed up on the ambush bonus calculations of the console and this have been confirmed (math is wrong) but also because the turn rate is negatively affected by the inertia ratio that simply puts it on the Bortas category, you dont actually turn but rather face a different direction.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Facing a direction is what matters when using cannons tho, I'm jumping from joy with how fast it turns so the drifting is not a problem to me. As for the hull damage, yea it's really weird and seems to have absolutely no pattern to it (it's not as noticiable as with the Kumari when it was first released).

 

[Drakron]

The Kumari doesnt have that problem as its a escort and can just evade just fine outside focused fire, even my Kumari Kumari that since its just tactical stations and LOL what damage control? have more survivability that the Scimitar and it shouldnt.

The Breen warship is a far superior escort/cruiser, I have no idea how they managed to screw up this so hard ... I do hope they have another so called focused testing so I can call on their BS.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Right now I think you're just doing something wrong, I've never had any problems with the Scimitar's durability outside of the handful of times the bug must have happened (I can tank CEE with my Scimitar unless re-crystallize stack count goes FUBAR). So far the ship is hands down one of the best in the game, being the purest jack-of-all-trades ship around on the Cruiser-Escort-Carrier axis. It doesn't tank as well as pure cruisers, or have as much firepower as a pure Escort, but it's got a really high degree of both.

(Also the Kumari's damage-taking bug was fixed long ago)

 

[Norfleet]

The turn rate is high but not high enough, part because they screwed up on the ambush bonus calculations of the console and this have been confirmed (math is wrong) but also because the turn rate is negatively affected by the inertia ratio that simply puts it on the Bortas category, you dont actually turn but rather face a different direction.

Facing a different direction without actually forcing the ship to fly that way is AWESOME! Circlestrafe FTW.

 

[Jarpie]

http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/0...erview-with-star-trek-onlines-al-rivera-part/

couple selected quotes:

When asked whether he sees DOffs becoming a more integrated part of the crafting system, Rivera replied, "I would love to see DOffs and the reputation system merged into a greater DOff system that involves crafting, but as much as I want to see it built up, I also want to see it simplified." Rivera thinks that the current DOff system tends to scare away many of the game's more casual players; he would like any new changes to also include ways to make the system less complicated and therefore more fun to use.

To prove his point, he turned the question around on me. "Right now the duty officer system allows people to make ship consoles. Terilynn, how do you make ship consoles using your duty officers?" I admit it -- I was silent. I had no clue. He smiled and said, "Exactly." He wants it to be easier for players to identify the types of assignments that are available to achieve more specific goals, like building a console or similar items. He said that it was a "failure on [their] part" and that he wants to ensure that if a player wants to make a console, she has what she needs to make it the way she wants it.

This is a problem though.

The conversation took a hard turn when I brought up a question from reader WayneMC, who asked if we will ever see the U.S.S. Vengeance from the most recent J.J. Abrams' film Star Trek Into Darkness. I broadened the question to include any ship or designs from any of the "Abramsverse" films. Rivera smiled and said, "No."

When I asked him what Cryptic planned to do to keep up with the demand for new ships, he stated that the devs got "a lot of breathing room" when they were able to focus on creating so many ships for the Romulan Republic faction in the Legacy of Romulus expansion, and they will likely get more breathing room in the future if the next expansion (which they are "seriously considering" and may contain another new playable species!) provides them with ample opportunity for new ship designs. He also said that they could do a lot with "alien" vessels like the Caitian, Ferasan, Lethean, and Xindi.

As long as the new playable species/faction isn't Borg.

 

[Vaarna_Aarne]

Playable species doesn't entirely give the "new faction" vibe tho... Could just be adding more premium species for the Romulans, like Suliban or Hirogen.

As for next faction, I still firmly stand at Borg being astronomically unlikely, not just due to the whole ship problem, but also due to the fact Liberated Borg are an LTS feature. I'd still say that despite the jewboxed cruiser, Cardie bastards are still the most logical next mini-faction (I mean, they could just NOT have a Galor among their normal roster of ships, or a different variant of it).

 

[Jarpie]

Playable species doesn't entirely give the "new faction" vibe tho... Could just be adding more premium species for the Romulans, like Suliban or Hirogen.

As for next faction, I still firmly stand at Borg being astronomically unlikely, not just due to the whole ship problem, but also due to the fact Liberated Borg are an LTS feature. I'd still say that despite the jewboxed cruiser, Cardie bastards are still the most logical next mini-faction (I mean, they could just NOT have a Galor among their normal roster of ships, or a different variant of it).

Yeah, good point. Borg is extremely unlikely and CBS would probably veto it anyway. I can't see why Hirogen are even in STO since they're in delta quadrant, and fucking ridiculous like most things in Voyager.