My initial feedback after playing a couple of quick half-games as the Feds: 1: Everything looks and sounds outstanding! (Though I agree that it does sound a lot like "all hands on sanctions.") Wonderful work, guys. 2: I agree that battles are too quick - though in my personal opinon, far too quick. A small fleet of an Excelsior, a Miranda, and a Constellation were able to destroy nearly any Klingon ship (except a cap) that jumped into their system in about five seconds. While
Ah, cool - I looked up a closeup (YouTube doesn't do it justice) and yeah, that's an awesome design - not a Warbird ripoff, yet very distinctly Romulan. I also really liked the Ael'hlaiim class Warbird - is that one in there too?
I wonder if the Entrenchment mines will let you pull off the cloak the way you want. I haven't actually tried them yet, but they appear to be invisible to most ships (except scouts). If that could be applied to a ship in a toggleable ability, it might be what you're looking for.
[quote who="vp21ct" reply="18" id="1976236"] more rather, the klingons lack of creativity. Cannonically, the klingons seldom made changes in hull design. This isn't even a retcon so don't try to write it off as one, it was establihed before then.[/quote] Well, if you consider that the Bird of Prey's lifespan is identical to that of the Excelsior (they both showed up for the first time in STIII) and that the Vor'Cha and Negh'Var were both introduced in the TNG era, no, I wouldn't
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="13" id="1970834"]When i saw ENT use a Ktinga model in unexpected, that was all she wrote for me with the show. Yea yea i know it was supposed to be John Eaves D-4, but the model wasnt ready yet yada yada. [/quote] I think I had already given up on Enterprise by that point (it pretty much just took sitting through Broken Bow to do that) but having looked up the D-4 on Ex-Astris-Scientia.org, it looks nearly identical to the D-7 anyway, yet again demonst
Wow, all excellent work! It's such a shame, though, that the Romulans have such a limited canonical fleet lineup for the next-gen era - they don't even have any kitbash designs of the Warbird, which one would think would be fairly easy to do some cool stuff with. Hell, they never even did the lazy and obvious single-hull varient. I guess they figured that the D'Deridex is so distinctive and awesome looking that they never needed anything else, but still.
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="22" id="1967141"]Like i said I do not have entrenchment, and i have no immediate plans on getting it soon (no job so i dont have the 9 bucks lol).[/quote] Well hell, sorry to hear you're out of work. It's brutal out there right now! But I don't intend to let you go without Entrenchment, so I hereby pledge $3 to the Buy Major Stress Entrenchment fund. Anyone else want to kick in a buck or two to reward Stress for all his hard work?
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="20" id="1958668"]The cardassian /dominion merger is only temporary until they can in secret build enough units to break off from dominion rule [/quote] ...what was unclear about that?
[quote who="Zhai_Morenn" reply="8" id="1958114"]Will the Reman Scimitar be making an appearance in the Romulan armada? [/quote] I believe this was already raised a while back, and Stress reacted very negatively to the idea of including that ridiculous pos in his mod. It's not even a Romulan ship. [quote who="Ultimate_Trekkie" reply="9" id="1958133"] why not just create some similar looking Cardassian Ships that just have different abilities, or stats. [/quote]</
Hm, I guess I see things a little differently. Klingons: high speed, low shields, high weapons The BoP and Vor'Cha always seemed to be built for speed. They're got almost all forward-facing weaponry, so they have to be manuverable to make use of it. And they never seem to take that much abuse. Feds: moderate speed (at sublight), high shields, low weapons With the exception of "hero" ships like Voyager and the Defiant, most Federation ships seem to be unab
I did see the AI build several Enslavers when I was playing against an unfair AI. It sure took the Klingons a while to build a Negh'Var, though they eventually got around to it.
Amazing, as always! I'm having a blast. One observation for balancing: combat might be a little too fast. I have trouble getting a damaged elite ship out of even small engagements before it's destroyed, and I found my fleet of maybe eight or nine ships was able to destroy an enemy capital ship frighteningly quickly. I think I'd tone down the weapon power a little - maybe make them this effective when they've had the full 30% tech upgrades, but start them off a little weaker. Particula
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="13" id="1879646"]Already fixed for both the b'rel, and k'vort[/quote] Way ahead of me, I see. Too bad we have to wait for Ironclad to get around to finalizing the 1.1 patch before we get to play with the new ships and tweaks!
A nitpicky suggestion: I notice the B'rel's disruptor cannons are set to alternate firing. I don't know if a BoP has ever been shown firing that way - every clip I could remember or find had them firing their cannons linked, usually in bursts of three. I tried this out and it looks pretty good, but in groups it starts to look messy. I think it would be a little better if the size of the disruptor pulses were reduced by about 25%.
[quote who="Croshy" reply="20" id="1876410"]well, in the end i say: Why are you just thinking about stuff you have seen in the DS9 seasons ? i mean the Star-Fleet was not just fighting around the Defiant didnt she ? I think you should give people who make use of fantasy at least the chance to have some other ships in game then the ones you had just seen in the seasons ... [/quote] I have an idea, let's complain about someone single-handedly creating an aw
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="15" id="1875956"]The Nebula on the other hand. Its model is not done yet. So i can afford to give it the axe if i have to. However i found new evidence that she did participate. In the battle for Cardassia she was in the main fleet formation, and fighting. So that means she is most definetly in the mod.[/quote] Awesome, I love that ship. [quote who="Major Stress" reply="15" id="1875956"]I think about this more now, and the Intrepid really shoul
[quote who="cmdrleeadama" reply="10" id="1874824"]btw, the soveriegn class was in service for the dominion war. if you watch insurrection, picard references needing to find allies for the federation durring the war as his mission in the beginning of the movie.[/quote] Dude. Read, then write. Major Stress just explained his policy for considering things included in the Dominion War. In regards to the Nova, a) it was not seen at all in the Dominion War, and b) Str
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="24" id="1873805"]Nebula is another toss up, while she was seen in passing in a fleet gathering at SB 375. She was not seen participating in any of the fighting.[/quote] The only reason I know this is that I'm in the midst of re-watching DS9, but in the episode Waltz, Gul Dukat is being transported to trial aboard a Nebula class ship, the Honshu, which was attacked and destroyed by Cardassian ships. So that does count as seeing action in the war. 'Cours
So is the Vor'Cha supposed to cost 200 credits, 400 metal, and 170 crystal, or did you leave a zero off of that credit cost? [e digicons]o_O[/e] The AI spams the hell out of them. Also, I suggest reducing the duration of beams to, at the very most, 1.5. Those 4-second Cardassian disruptors are kind of visually dull, and not at all in keeping with the canon. If you watch the battle scenes in Sacrifice of Angels, most phaser beams last less than a second. I toned them all down
Saucer seperation was also used to that effect in the first-season episode Arsenal of Freedom, when LaForge seperated the ship to keep the civilians safe and took the stardrive section into battle. The only time the saucer was used in combat was in Best of Both Worlds when it was used as a diversion. So yeah, kinda sorta pointless in a game.
