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Cyrano4747 posted:FTFY What do you mean? They let Klingons use Federation ships so technically they got a ton of new ships. 
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Whoooooooooooooo wants a very tiny star cruiser?      Hey, maybe they'll give Cryptic the models and we can get an interior out of it!
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Oct 30, 2021 08:02
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Hector Ortiz's artstation page has some interesting initial sketches of possible Ferengi ships before they came up with the Nandi. Just saying, Cryptic! https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ow9Bg 
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Oct 30, 2021 11:05
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Huh, it's nice to have some Ferengi ship design visuals if I ever wanted to use the non-D'Koras from some of the Star Trek Adventures sourcebooks were I to get into that TTRPG (where so many of the official ships don't have official visuals, only descriptions and stats).
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Oct 30, 2021 13:01
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Chortles posted:Huh, it's nice to have some Ferengi ship design visuals if I ever wanted to use the non-D'Koras from some of the Star Trek Adventures sourcebooks were I to get into that TTRPG (where so many of the official ships don't have official visuals, only descriptions and stats). Is that one of the trek ttrpgs that Ken Hite helped write? I feel like I might be in a buying a book I’ll never use mood
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Oct 30, 2021 16:31
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I actually rather liked the star cruisers looks. Sure it handled like a whale but it was an interesting design. So the Protostar could be fun, also it's bridge is awesome, it would Odyssey tier in terms of cool bridges, which is probably why they wouldn't do it. They still haven't even given the Donnie's a unique bridge. More allied alien ships would be good, as my heart wants a bunch of t6 Vulcan ships.
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Oct 30, 2021 17:37
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Eimi posted:I actually rather liked the star cruisers looks. Sure it handled like a whale but it was an interesting design. So the Protostar could be fun, also it's bridge is awesome, it would Odyssey tier in terms of cool bridges, which is probably why they wouldn't do it. Bridges don't make back the money they cost to make these days so they don't do them anymore unless they're going to show up in an episode. I was just wondering if the protostar might end up an exception on account of they might be able to get the 3D files and just simplify them, save some time.
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Oct 30, 2021 17:47
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MikeJF posted:Bridges don't make back the money they cost to make these days so they don't do them anymore unless they're going to show up in an episode. I was just wondering if the protostar might end up an exception on account of they might be able to get the 3D files and just simplify them, save some time. Yeah it's a drat shame, though I get it. The TOS interior is STILL bugged with people melting into the floor. Still I love when a ship gets a unique bridge, I love my Konnie bridge and hate that there's no interior, and while I don't have a T6 Odyssey I absolutely flew it at T5 just because that bridge is cool as hell.
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Oct 30, 2021 17:50
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Oddy was a cool bridge at the time but these days it looks so rough, lots of pointy polygons and all the textures are pixely as hell.
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Oct 30, 2021 17:55
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:Is that one of the trek ttrpgs that Ken Hite helped write? I feel like I might be in a buying a book I’ll never use mood The original and Klingon core rulebooks have the D'Kora-class along with three NPCs, while the Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook has three different NPCs, an 'Acquisition-class scout' (a centuries-old but warp-capable armed shuttle design, possibly this RPG's name for the shows' Ferengi shuttles?), and a seemingly-original 'Ul'ess-class mobile cruiser' that's twice the length of a D'deridex with manufacturing/shuttlebay, marketplace, and luxury resort sections (this last one being so well-outfitted that the ship's stats may be used to assist the crew's Task rolls in hosting negotiations).
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Oct 31, 2021 01:34
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Chortles posted:No, it's the most recent one (since 2017, using the 2d20 system) and the physical and digital-only versions of its Alpha Quadrant Sourcebook are advertised as including a code for a T6 Tzenkethi Shuk'din Escort for PC, while both versions of the Beta Quadrant Sourcebook are advertised as including a T3 Gorn Phalanx Science Vessel code. Well drat, wish I'd known about this for the Shuk'din like 2 years ago :-/
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Oct 31, 2021 04:30
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I don't know how Star Trek Adventures plays but I do know that man the books are super cool looking.
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Oct 31, 2021 06:34
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I feel like if I'm going to do a Trek TT game, I'd just use Lasers and Feelings. Simple enough system and the Rude Tales guys make it seem really good for that style. But I do love me some sourcebooks...
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Oct 31, 2021 07:03
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MikeJF posted:I don't know how Star Trek Adventures plays but I do know that man the books are super cool looking. They just put up pre orders for a TOS themed revised edition in an oldschool tricorder carrying box, looks rad.
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Mormon Star Wars posted:They just put up pre orders for a TOS themed revised edition in an oldschool tricorder carrying box, looks rad. MikeJF posted:I don't know how Star Trek Adventures plays but I do know that man the books are super cool looking. Chortles fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Oct 31, 2021 |
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Oct 31, 2021 21:26
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I've decided I like the look of the Clarke Multi-Mission Cruiser, even though it does the disco thing of making the ships way too thin. I wish it was a frigate or something though.
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Nov 3, 2021 02:19
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Hopped on today hitting T6 rep with my Temp Recruit and the new EV suit slot is nice. And I've got a bunch of dilzen ready for whatever black friday sale comes up.
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Nov 3, 2021 02:46
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Huh. I logged in to find a week old zen order in the dilithium exchange was actually fulfilled.
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Hunter Noventa posted:Hopped on today hitting T6 rep with my Temp Recruit and the new EV suit slot is nice. And I've got a bunch of dilzen ready for whatever black friday sale comes up. What has the Black Friday sale been like in the previous years? -75% everything, or something lame like "bundles -30%"?
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Nov 3, 2021 09:50
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Der Kyhe posted:What has the Black Friday sale been like in the previous years? -75% everything, or something lame like "bundles -30%"? Who knows, they just did a bundle sale so I'd expect at least 50% off.
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DancingShade posted:Huh. I logged in to find a week old zen order in the dilithium exchange was actually fulfilled.
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Nov 3, 2021 14:48
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g0del posted:It's at 6-7 days backlog right now. The backlog didn't seem to increase when they announced the new ship bundle, and didn't increase with the current flash promo sale. Maybe the sales have been so constant that they don't even push players to try to convert dil anymore. Or maybe a bunch of players are just saving up until the backlog drops down to only a couple of days worth. There's probably also a lot of people sitting on sizable dill stashes trying to cash out in anticipation of a black friday / christmas sale.
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Nov 3, 2021 14:51
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As I suspected, Rhode Island Saucer/hull + new pylons/nacelles makes an adorable smooth lil baby.
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So what's the best way to take advantage of the bonus exp for leveling alts? Is it just grinding story missions or are there turn-ins or something which give more exp?
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OGS-Remix posted:So what's the best way to take advantage of the bonus exp for leveling alts? Is it just grinding story missions or are there turn-ins or something which give more exp? Patrols. MikeJF posted:As I suspected, Rhode Island Saucer/hull + new pylons/nacelles makes an adorable smooth lil baby. It's just a shame the bussard collectors are stuck that ugly orange.
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Eimi posted:It's just a shame the bussard collectors are stuck that ugly orange. There's a Mirror T6 Nova with red ones in the Battlezone, I'm sure they'll manage to sell that skin to us eventually.
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OGS-Remix posted:So what's the best way to take advantage of the bonus exp for leveling alts? Is it just grinding story missions or are there turn-ins or something which give more exp? The best free way to do it is probably running patrols until you hit 52. Admiralty throws XP at you, so once that's unlocked you can finish up by just running a handful of admiralty missions.
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With all the hovering glyphs and things this game could really use some SDF textures.
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I spent the Rep T6 fleet modules I had on a baby Galaxy just because I love the Galaxy. Although I do wish they had the nacelles without the venture-style phaser strips, those weren't on the onscreen model. Really wish, given the way they're running out of canon ships, that they'd push the rest of the canon Galaxy family in the game, the Springfield, the Challenger, maybe update the Chyenne. And the Olympic too, I guess. But I guess they're probably too small and obscure to sell enough to be worth the effort (even if they're mostly just Galaxy kitbashes). Be nice to see them flying around in the background, though. Always bugged me there was a whole generation of Galaxy-based TNG-era ships that existed but were only onscreen for seconds, and the only Galaxy-family we really saw was the Nebula. It'd be cool to be able to have a family portrait of them in-game. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 06:46 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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I figure at some point, probably after they are completely out of other ships, we might get T6 versions of the Heavy Cruiser and Patrol Escort. And the Olympic.
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Olympic might come sooner just because it came back in lower decks. Surprised me a bit they didn't have a T6 Patrol Escort right off the bat when they introduced T6, didn't it come out right before? The Tempest was one of the better looking ships at the time even if it's a bit dated now.
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MikeJF posted:Although I do wish they had the nacelles without the venture-style phaser strips, those weren't on the onscreen model.
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In general the kitbashes are bad and only the New Orleans and Cheyenne elevate up to acceptable is because they ended up looking like another class that the designers actually spent real time on. It’s a shame nobody’s ever fixed the proportions of the New Orleans to make it look good, either. They should do T6/visual updates for the star cruiser and deep space research vessels tho, 2 reasonably nice original cryptic designs imo Fidel Cuckstro fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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Nov 6, 2021 16:58
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MikeJF posted:Olympic might come sooner just because it came back in lower decks.
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:In general the kitbashes are bad and only the New Orleans and Cheyenne elevate up to acceptable is because they ended up looking like another class that the designers actually spent real time on. Yeah I'm not a fan of a lot of the Wolf 359 kitbashes. The Challenger is a total mess that I'm generally not a fan of. Freedom is one of the worst ships ever made. The Springfield is probably the closest to being an okay ship out of what's not in STO.
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Nobody ever did a kitbash of a galaxy class styled Miranda right? Unless you count the California class there (which would be sorta fair)
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:Nobody ever did a kitbash of a galaxy class styled Miranda right? Unless you count the California class there (which would be sorta fair) The Galaxy Miranda is the Nebula.
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Eimi posted:The Galaxy Miranda is the Nebula. You take that back! You take that back right this instant!!!
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Nov 6, 2021 17:21
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Fidel Cuckstro posted:You take that back! You take that back right this instant!!! I mean the original Phoenix was intended to be quite the powerful tactical cruiser. It only later because a more research/floating laboratory type vessel.
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Eimi posted:The Galaxy Miranda is the Nebula. Ehhhh, not really, it's got a full engineering hull and all. Honestly, a Galaxy Miranda would almost be the Akira. It's very Galaxy styled in most ways and it's got the saucer/rollbar+pod/nacelles as main components, it's just a bit more stretched out with the struts. Eimi posted:Yeah I'm not a fan of a lot of the Wolf 359 kitbashes. The Challenger is a total mess that I'm generally not a fan of. Freedom is one of the worst ships ever made. The Springfield is probably the closest to being an okay ship out of what's not in STO. Yeah there's a reason I didn't mention the Freedom, or, god forbid, the Niagra. The Springfield could be turned into something decent, there's a lot of gaps to fill in anyway on it. The challenger I don't mind as a very basic 'goes from here to there and that's about it' ship. MikeJF fucked around with this message at 17:43 on Nov 6, 2021 |
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