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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #420 on: June 02, 2009, 12:06:33 PM »
what do ya mean "Why is it over there?"
Canon is what people argue exists on ships that don't exist.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #421 on: June 02, 2009, 12:08:52 PM »
I have to admit, that 'Excalibur class' doesn't look half bad. Peronally, I wouldn't have used nacelles from a Nova class but then again, I have no say what goes into this game.

The beauty of it is that you can probably put the nacelles from a Nova class on there yourself.

I said 'wouldn't', not 'would'.

In that case, give it nacelles from any other ship than the Nova class. The point still stands.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #422 on: June 02, 2009, 12:12:48 PM »
It's over there cos it counts as Trek and that is the "Trek Discussion" thread. Not the BC Discussion thread. :P
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #423 on: June 02, 2009, 12:14:12 PM »
It's way better than the shitpile Perpetual made, at least. It's a pretty solid design IMO.


"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

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der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #424 on: June 02, 2009, 12:17:01 PM »
Mmm. not really my cup of cake. Looks too mishapen in my view.
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #425 on: June 02, 2009, 12:17:32 PM »
Shame none of it will be canon. :lol:


"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #426 on: June 02, 2009, 12:19:47 PM »
Yeah, shame. Although, I am glad it still is the Prime-line. The JJ-line would require a lot of thought.
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #427 on: June 02, 2009, 12:30:47 PM »
I'm glad they did the comic rather than incorporating it into canon.  Here are my reasons:

1.  New people that thought old Trek was too geeky don't have to be exposed to the old Trek to get the JJ Trek.

2.  New people that want to learn about the old Trek can use the comic book medium to get attached.

3.  Trekkies that want to make and keep the connection can read the comic and get their geek drive appeased.

4.  Trekkies that absolutely hate the JJ Trek can disregard the Prime universe tie-in because the comic isn't "canon".

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #428 on: June 02, 2009, 05:16:49 PM »
*smacks BES*
Can't wait for 2014 to start.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #429 on: June 03, 2009, 10:59:56 AM »
Ah well, i stop posting here for a while again, since I keep screwing such a simple thing up...this is the second time in a row..

But im still wanting this game...

ATARI is involved with Cryptic now so ATARI released a possible release date of March 2010...hinting that ATARI might try to rush them to finish it...(hopefully that tidbit of info wasnt mentioned already...dont have time atm to search..)

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #430 on: June 03, 2009, 12:13:08 PM »
Ah well, i stop posting here for a while again, since I keep screwing such a simple thing up...this is the second time in a row..
dont worry about misplacing a thread if youre unsure about where it should go, thats why we're here to move threads if they are better off elsewhere :)

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #431 on: June 03, 2009, 10:12:47 PM »
The sheer amount of ignorance towards the ship customization abilities of this game is starting to get annoying.

These are only default configurations. If you do not like them, you can do essentially anything to balance them out, switch out parts, etc. Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame. Hopefully whoever you run into has some sense of style. At the very least, you can make your ship look exactly how you want it.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #432 on: June 04, 2009, 01:40:17 AM »
The sheer amount of ignorance towards the ship customization abilities of this game is starting to get annoying.

These are only default configurations. If you do not like them, you can do essentially anything to balance them out, switch out parts, etc. Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame. Hopefully whoever you run into has some sense of style. At the very least, you can make your ship look exactly how you want it.

*sighs* We get it.  But guess what?  We're fans.  We bash.  It's what we do.  We mean no harm (usually).  It's for fun.

And quite frankly, I think the instant some of us get our mitts on it, I think we're going to be hot rodding our ships into what we think looks cool.  But until then, we sit, and we invoke the Fan's Right to Riff.  Don't take it too seriously.
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #433 on: June 04, 2009, 05:42:35 AM »
The sheer amount of ignorance towards the ship customization abilities of this game is starting to get annoying.

These are only default configurations. If you do not like them, you can do essentially anything to balance them out, switch out parts, etc. Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame. Hopefully whoever you run into has some sense of style. At the very least, you can make your ship look exactly how you want it.

*sighs* We get it.  But guess what?  We're fans.  We bash.  It's what we do.  We mean no harm (usually).  It's for fun.

And quite frankly, I think the instant some of us get our mitts on it, I think we're going to be hot rodding our ships into what we think looks cool.  But until then, we sit, and we invoke the Fan's Right to Riff.  Don't take it too seriously.

eh tells the truth and doesn't afraid of anything.


"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #434 on: June 04, 2009, 08:33:54 AM »
guys please stay ontopic and please stop bickering at each other...

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #435 on: June 04, 2009, 11:18:25 AM »
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Did I say something wrong?

I likies the idea to customise. *swaps Nova nacelles on Excalibur for TMP ones* Much better. :P
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #436 on: June 04, 2009, 02:40:29 PM »
guys please stay ontopic and please stop bickering at each other...

Many apologies, fearless leader.  Meant no harm.

....Personally, I'm wondering if you'll be able to dig up a Constitution-class.  Yeah, underarmed but still....that'd be cool.
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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #437 on: June 04, 2009, 10:05:49 PM »
Unless someone is just hardcore nuts about canonocity, you are never going to see a normal looking ship ingame.
*Waves enthusiastically* :P

Seriously though, it depends on the options.  If some combination really looks cool to me, I'll go with it!

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #438 on: June 05, 2009, 07:18:53 AM »
Said it before and I'll say it again, if stats are related to parts (Which we still don't actually know) it will define how your ship looks. If they aren't related to your parts in any way expect to see some real creativity. ;)


"The design is clearly ancient... Launched hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Quote from: JimmyB76
der-ner-ner-ner-ner ..... der-ner-ner-ner-ner .....
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Quote from: Rick Sternbach, on the topic of the Galor Class' length
...Probably not, but the number I get(379.6m) could be considered ?original intent,? a term that I think I will be using from now on, and ?canon? be damned.

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Re: Star Trek Online thread
« Reply #439 on: June 06, 2009, 11:28:45 AM »
Said it before and I'll say it again, if stats are related to parts (Which we still don't actually know) it will define how your ship looks. If they aren't related to your parts in any way expect to see some real creativity. ;)

In the interview about ship customization, the project manager said that stats are not related :D. All stat or gameplay altering upgrades are internal to the ship, and a different system from visual customization! Yay!