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Darkthunder · « **Reply #4820 on:** February 22, 2014, 10:20:04 PM »

He's the "Game Design Lead", which explains why STO is so backwards in oh so many ways. Not to mention, his overall hatred of the canon ships. For a very long time, he refused to add the Ambassador Class on the grounds of it being "too similar to the Galaxy Class", making it difficult (in pvp) to tell the difference between ships.

Yet here we are, 4 years in, with an entire "faction" of Romulans being able to ally with either side. You literally could end up with Romulans populating both teams in PVP, and not knowing which ones are allies, and which ones are hostiles.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4821 on:** February 22, 2014, 10:35:13 PM »

You can easily tell which Romulans are hostile and which ones are not, the ones with the red frames around them, kind of hard to miss that.

I don't recall him hating canon ships.

I'm pretty sure he wanted a Constellation class in game as well which we are getting.

FarShot · « **Reply #4822 on:** February 23, 2014, 05:45:46 AM »

I'm so glad that he should lose his job because of these things. Man, I wanted half of the staff that made Bridge Commander booted because they didn't have the Defiant. I mean seriously, how can you not have my favorite canon ship? Stupid idiots.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4823 on:** February 23, 2014, 01:16:10 PM »

FarShot are you being sarcastic or serious?

FarShot · « **Reply #4824 on:** February 23, 2014, 01:49:19 PM »

The usage of italics reflects my tonal inflections that might hint as to the answer to that query.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4825 on:** February 23, 2014, 03:53:24 PM »

I'm not sure how I missed those.

BarnesSFC · « **Reply #4826 on:** February 23, 2014, 06:29:56 PM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on February 22, 2014, 10:20:04 PM

He's the "Game Design Lead", which explains why STO is so backwards in oh so many ways. Not to mention, his overall hatred of the canon ships. For a very long time, he refused to add the Ambassador Class on the grounds of it being "too similar to the Galaxy Class", making it difficult (in pvp) to tell the difference between ships.

Yet here we are, 4 years in, with an entire "faction" of Romulans being able to ally with either side. You literally could end up with Romulans populating both teams in PVP, and not knowing which ones are allies, and which ones are hostiles.

Without Geko we probably wouldn't have Tim Russ or Denise Crosby in STO. He was responsible for getting both ingame.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #4827 on:** February 23, 2014, 07:58:16 PM »

Oh good lord, I haven't laughed this much since I saw a blooper reel from "whose line is it anyway"!

FarShot · « **Reply #4828 on:** February 23, 2014, 08:13:27 PM »

He's almost as bad as JJ Abrams. Having his own ideas and opinions about what should be in STO? Blasphemy!

Darkthunder · « **Reply #4829 on:** February 24, 2014, 03:07:30 AM »

Quote from: BarnesSFC on February 23, 2014, 06:29:56 PM

Without Geko we probably wouldn't have Tim Russ or Denise Crosby in STO. He was responsible for getting both ingame.

Without Geko, we probably wouldn't have things like the;

Atrox Kitty Carrier
NX-01 replica
Kumari ships
Voth ships
Dyson ships

oh and let's not forget: Dino's with freaking lazers shooting from their heads.

FarShot · « **Reply #4830 on:** February 24, 2014, 06:00:29 AM »

And... those are bad things.

1DeadlySAMURAI · « **Reply #4831 on:** February 24, 2014, 06:04:18 AM »

I see nothing wrong with those ships, but the dinos with freaking lazers shooting from their heads.

BarnesSFC · « **Reply #4832 on:** February 24, 2014, 07:39:05 AM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on February 24, 2014, 03:07:30 AM

Without Geko, we probably wouldn't have things like the;

Atrox Kitty Carrier
NX-01 replica
Kumari ships
Voth ships
Dyson ships

oh and let's not forget: Dino's with freaking lazers shooting from their heads.

Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?

Also:

Quote from: Kori Barnes on February 22, 2014, 09:17:58 PM

What is wrong with Geko? And don't say 'Dinosaurs" we already know that part.

captain_obvious · « **Reply #4833 on:** February 24, 2014, 10:48:50 AM »

Quote from: BarnesSFC on February 24, 2014, 07:39:05 AM

Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?

Didn't you slam those ships for not being starfleet or something?

I'm sorry dude, I couldn't resist

Darkthunder · « **Reply #4834 on:** February 24, 2014, 01:00:09 PM »

Quote from: BarnesSFC on February 24, 2014, 07:39:05 AM

Didn't you try to defend those same ships a few pages left, saying they should have gotten the type 5 skin just because those ships are Starfleet aligned?

I did nothing of the sort.

What I did say, was that ships like the Kumari line-up, or the Atrox or Vulcan should have access to the same "Starfleet Materials", because like it or not, they're still part of Starfleet. As are you and anyone else playing a FED character. Does that mean I want the Kumari or Atrox in the game? No. But like it or not, they ARE in the game, and they should have access to the same hull materials as every other FED ship.

Besides which, the Type 5 (FED) and Type 3 (KDF) have been reported not to be working properly, or not working on all the ships they previously listed. Note that the blog said "ALL Federation ships", which is simply not true. So as expected, Cryptic releases something "new", broken and half-baked. Modus operandi.

BarnesSFC · « **Reply #4835 on:** February 24, 2014, 04:29:46 PM »

Quote from: Darkthunder on February 24, 2014, 01:00:09 PM

I did nothing of the sort.

What I did say, was that ships like the Kumari line-up, or the Atrox or Vulcan should have access to the same "Starfleet Materials", because like it or not, they're still part of Starfleet. As are you and anyone else playing a FED character. Does that mean I want the Kumari or Atrox in the game? No. But like it or not, they ARE in the game, and they should have access to the same hull materials as every other FED ship.

Besides which, the Type 5 (FED) and Type 3 (KDF) have been reported not to be working properly, or not working on all the ships they previously listed. Note that the blog said "ALL Federation ships", which is simply not true. So as expected, Cryptic releases something "new", broken and half-baked. Modus operandi.

Works on my Fleet Excelsior without having to rebuy it so I'm happy.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4836 on:** February 24, 2014, 04:31:48 PM »

I'm not sure about the Atrox, but the NX-01 and Kumari ships were wanted by the community.

After they added the Vulcan science vessel people started wanting the Kumari.

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4837 on:** February 25, 2014, 09:04:56 PM »

SFC found a website of one of Cryptics concept artists, some nice art in here.

http://jag-artist.org/

Tuskin38 · « **Reply #4838 on:** February 26, 2014, 06:49:04 PM »

Everyone is getting free inventory and Character bank slots

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3035023-storage-slots-increase

Also news involving the Galaxy-X is coming tomorrow.

Darkthunder · « **Reply #4839 on:** February 26, 2014, 06:53:02 PM »

Quote from: Kori Barnes on February 26, 2014, 06:49:04 PM

Everyone is getting free inventory and bank slots

http://community.arcgames.com/en/news/star-trek-online/detail/3035023-storage-slots-increase

Also news involving the Galaxy-X is coming tomorrow.

The entire Galaxy line-up should be fixed up. Especially in lieu of the addition of Fleet ships. Fleet Galaxy for instance, should've had a Lt Cmdr Universal, and possibly a Lt or Ensign Universal as well, due to the "multi-role" nature of the class.

Thou, I admit I am a bit curious as to what the Galaxy-X news might be.

News:

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