Star Trek Online thread

[hobbs]

please dont take offense i know its only my opinion but i really dont like that ships style

[FarShot]

It's a style certainly more radical than anything else Cryptic has put out.  I'd like to point at another vessel that pushed the Starfleet aesthetic so far it has a very mixed reception - the Enterprise J.

[Tuskin38]

All the Intel Ships can share nacelles if you own the others which is neat.

You can get rid of all the 'Tron' glows, and you can also apply any Hull Material to them, but I don't think any of the other materials look good on it.

The science ship also has an option for a closed saucer.

Also, I bought a Kazon Raider of the exchange for 1 Mil because why not

I say 'also' too much.




There is a mission missing, one that takes place aboard an Elachi Outpost, you can see it in 2 of the trailers, and all the files for it are there, including images for the mission Journal, it would be called "Whats Left Behind" it has the prefix "Ep7". Possible this will be a future episode, maybe something to gap releases.

They said at STLV that they had plans up to the next anniversary, and Kestral tweeted on Tuesday that there was going to be more recording sessions on Wednesday.

[Tuskin38]

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/9001393-building-the-vaadwaur

[Joshmaul]

Seeing them up close, the Vaadwaur seem to have shades of "Homeworld" to them. More specifically, I'm reminded of the Kushan ion cannon frigate.

[Tuskin38]

New Hull texture coming to T6 Ships of all factions. Here is the fed one, I don't have any T6 Rom or KDF ships.



All sector maps are going to get map textures like Tau Dewa and the Delta Quadrant have now, they look great.

[hobbs]

hmm thats better

[Darkthunder]

An improvement for certain, but the underlying model issues are still there. Too angular, "low poly appearance". As a rather ameteurish modeller, I feel I could easily do better.

[Tuskin38]

Too angular, "low poly appearance". As a rather ameteurish modeller, I feel I could easily do better.

But thats the whole point of the design, its meant to look "Stealthy". Thats why it is squished and angular. Lower sensor profile or some shit.

The Material can also be applied to the Guardian and Dauntless, but I don't have either of those.

The Dyson science ships can also use all standard federation Materials now

Album from a dude on reddit with the new Klingon T6 texture, plus the Fed texture on the Guardian

http://imgur.com/a/LKzDV

[hobbs]

An improvement for certain, but the underlying model issues are still there. Too angular, "low poly appearance". As a rather ameteurish modeller, I feel I could easily do better.

agreed... i think most of the BC community could make better models.

[FarShot]

As Kori said, it's intended to look angular and "low poly".  When your ship is essentially papercraft origami, poly count means squat.  I think they're very well executed for what they are.  But they very much fill a niche role.  I could only see a couple of my characters with those ships in their rosters.

[Darkthunder]

But thats the whole point of the design, its meant to look "Stealthy". Thats why it is squished and angular. Lower sensor profile or some shit.

In other words: You bought into Cryptic's BS excuse for the designs, hook, line and sinker.

Starfleet has a stealthy, compact vessel, capable of gathering intelligence. It's called a Defiant Class. "Stealth Aircraft in space" mean diddly squat, when you have Cloaking Devices.

[FarShot]

...except you can't fire weapons when cloaked.  What do you do when you want a ship that's still stealthy in combat?  Give it a thin profile and few reflective angles.  It's simple stealth science.  They've simply taken original arguments for why the Defiant was already a radical departure and carried them further.

[Tuskin38]

As Kori said, it's intended to look angular and "low poly".  When your ship is essentially papercraft origami, poly count means squat.  I think they're very well executed for what they are.  But they very much fill a niche role.  I could only see a couple of my characters with those ships in their rosters.

...except you can't fire weapons when cloaked.  What do you do when you want a ship that's still stealthy in combat?  Give it a thin profile and few reflective angles.  It's simple stealth science.  They've simply taken original arguments for why the Defiant was already a radical departure and carried them further.

Exactly this.

[Joshmaul]

In other words: You bought into Cryptic's BS excuse for the designs, hook, line and sinker.

It galls me that people who like a certain element of a game or try to explain it rationally are dismissed as apologists and their opinions considered "bullshit".

[BarnesSFC]

It galls me that people who like a certain element of a game or try to explain it rationally are dismissed as apologists and their opinions considered "bullshit".

The Unmitigated Gaul

[Tuskin38]

How is a BS excuse if it is the legit reason they designed the ships this way? They wanted to make ships that looked stealthy and they did it.

I can understand why you don't like the designs, but they're designed that way for a reason, it wasn't some BS excuse to make something radically different.

I'm not a fan Cryptic right now after the XP Nerf, I probably won't play for a while since I don't feel like grinding for levels.

[Joshmaul]

The Unmitigated Gaul

I just did that earlier today, heh heh.

[Tuskin38]

I really like the hull material. I want it for everything




Also the Escape Pod texture is pretty nice

[Joshmaul]

I'll confess the design looked a little wonky to me, but you make 'em look good.

*wishes he had a computer that could take screenshots like that*