[quote who="cperceful" reply="450" id="2521395"]Awesome! No more Cardassian dogs dirtying the Dominion Fleet! At least in terms of cap ships..[/quote] That's not what I said... I merely said the lineup would change... You never know what will happen when you let slip the dogs of war...
Ship of the (Yester)Day Class: Intrepid Cla
[quote who="AdmiralTeridoc" reply="448" id="2521358"] Quoting JTAYLORPCS, reply 447 -snip- The keldon wont be a cap for much longer at either rate. Ooh! we're getting a different cap ship? a Breen capital, perhaps?[/quote] I don't wanna talk out of turn, but it'll be nice for you Dom lovers (worthless scum!).
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="445" id="2521336"]I have not even looked at the beta build... No free time :/ Jay is in the hot seat for this one lol The Keldon should NOT have fighters. The Leviathan should have fighters. I know the roletypes for the two ships are switched, but it should not effect the AI at all. A carrier roletype does not have to have strike craft in order for the AI to build it. Typos.. not my fault Borg screw ups... not my fault
-NOTICE RE: MULTIPLAYER GAMES THIS WEEKEND- The SOA2 Team has given me the head's up to set up that planned multiplayer game this weekend. The time and requirements (SOA 0.4E plus hotfix) are posted above in the topic header. We're good as long as Stardock doesn't push the next update too soon. We prolly have a week or two to enjoy this mod, so let's get our game on and make a break for Sto'Va
Ship of the (Yester)Day (Mystic Angel forgot to post one yesterday, so I figured he wouldn't mind if I post my favorite. Hats off to Eomega or whoever designed this.) <img src="http://d
BTW - All: I have asked the Project Admin to post a planned time for a multiplayer game this weekend on the thread. Since Stardock is releasing a new patch soon, we may not have long before ICO is no longer available for online play. If a new time isn't posted, I'll propose something in the thread (not up in the banner). Tentatively, it will probably be afternoon Saturday and/or Sunday (US Eastern) so that the UK crowd can still play and aren't waiting around 'till
[quote who="Alpha_Sniper" reply="428" id="2521133"]great mod guys, really impressed, but only 3/5 races have abilities... i expected that with the borg, the short notice and all, but the dominion not so much...[/quote] Note that many of the abilities have been kinda fleshed out at the last minute - there was enough work to do just making the thing function well and look pretty that not all of the balancing could get done and make a Jan release. We're always on the lookout for mo
[quote who="AdmiralTeridoc" reply="366" id="2520009"]interesting that the tech-tree has that much effect on AI behavior. Now, when you say the current settings allow the hard AI to be challenging, would you say they're on par with vanilla hard AI, better, or worse? and you say your rommie cap ship tweaks made it in? does that mean you know what capital ships the Romulans have, and would you like to share the class names so I can go look them up on Memory Alpha before release?[/quot
Sweet, my rommie cap ship tweaks made it in! BTW - For people who play single player mostly: The last few weeks, the team's been making tweaks to the tech tree to make the gameplay a solid experience for both multi-player and single player. Some of the tweaks we tried at one point (which have been abandoned) reverted the AI back to chumps. We think we've got a solid tech tree right now that gives a great multi-pl
(Okay, JTaylor and Mystic Angel get to make the official team posts, including any storyline, so to avoid interfering with their narative this is a 'renegade' post:) TO: Commander, Starfleet Command (COMSTARCOM) FROM: Commander, Deep Space Four (COMDS4) SUBJ: BORG IN
I believe there is a Klingon proverb that describes how many of us feel about a new patch coming out and breaking the mod so soon after fixing things from the last one: F*ck.
[quote who="Alpha_Sniper" reply="320" id="2517833"]I wonder, is there any way you can make the borg cubes spin on their own when they attack? would bring all of their weapons to bear on the target like in scorpion (i know it's voyager but still, it makes sense)[/quote] Unfortunately, no. Sins ships do not have a setting for that, and you can't put one in (note that is it possible for structures like starbases, but only them). None of the properties that abilities can modif
Actually, if you want to go by any "book" canon, Captain Kirk returned from beyond the grave to beat the crap out of Worf in one-on-one combat (in Klingon style), flew to the borg homeworld, and kiled the entire collective. Of course he did, 'cause William Shatner wrote about it: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/The-Star-Trek/William-Shatner/e/9780743519533/?itm=6
Granted, I'm only helping out with Beta Testing and some ability coding right now, but I can assure you that JTaylorPCS and the rest of the Mod Team are hard at work, and you'll be glad they're not pushing it out early when you play it. They're working on all the small bugs that would together be infuriating if they weren't fixed, things like: 1. Making sure the tech trees actually let you upgrade all your race's weapons (vice accidentally leaving some ships' weapons non-upgra
$239.00??? Oy, that's a terrible deal. Note that plenty of disastarous MMORPGs have folded after less than 24 months, so if STO is of the same quality as recent Star Trek games, you may not get your money's worth. I hate to rain on anybody's parade, but don't hold your breath for STO to be a good game. Far too many mediocre games have come out over the years bearing the name "Star Trek" for me to have any faith in it. P
[quote who="Vulturev4" reply="215" id="2507017"]Just a quick question for those who have played this mod more than I... Is it me, or do the scouts need a significant speed boost. My scouts are dying 2 to 3 grav wells away from where I send them out from. I find that just about everything can keep up with them. I'm not the best player, but am I supposed to micro them? I normally just set them to auto and let them go unless I need something c
I don't want to speak for the development team since I'm just helping with the beta at the moment, but I'm pretty sure there are no plans to add those ships for the following reasons: 1--> The mod already has enough Federation ships to put one in each slot w/o pulling from the STO ships. Adding more would probably screw up the AI. BTW - the work the development team has done with roletypes is amazing. In fact, the AI plays the mod about as well as it plays the gen
@ Eomega, and Major Stress, who said "Dominion may have taken over some stations. However if the Cardassians are fast becoming the minority species (soon to be extinct). Do you think the Jem Hadar will perform better in a cardie station or a Dominion designed battle station? Its not a question of preference, because the jemmys, and vorta do what the founders command. Its a question of pure efficiency. Right now they mix cardie, and jemmy tech because that is what is most efficient right now."
[quote who="Major Stress" reply="189" id="2502823"] Another thing is the Cardassians need a "mutiny" ability to switch sides depending on certain situations (like being heavily outnumbered). They dont want to fight for the dominion. So they seek any opertunity to escape.[/quote] I dunno, that would be pretty hard to code and may be less than useful for the guy who gets the ships. The only appropriate link I can think of is whatever in the AI makes it turn tail when
Good to hear Loki. I'll be checking in periodically. Lemme know if you need any help debugging or testing this weekend. I'll try to keep up-to-date.
[quote who="LokiGodOfMischeif" reply="166" id="2499818"] btw i am not dead and the borg will be in the next release been on a very long AFK [/quote] Uh oh, we're in trouble now! BTW, I hacked the pirate player file to play as the borg. F*cking scary. Real scary.
P.S. - scratch that, I think I found the changes in grav well. Terran planets (only those that are not your homeworld) have a problem placing structures. See post on issues page.
Taylor - I haven't noticed much change on planet size or grav well. What changed? It looks like the grav well got a little bigger, which is good (annoying when scouts can jump in, turn 90 degrees and jump out). P.S. - looks like the Rom E. Tree/Ovhd/infocard icons got fixed. Much better. Any chance we're gonna see icons for starbases and Rom anti-structure? That's a huge annoyance when trying to target them. I'm using the E. Tree for t
[quote who="Yanxa" reply="1937" id="2470520"] You, dear Sir, have no taste in TV. Voyager was kick-ass. You're just unhappy because it places a woman in charge, or because it actually looks like a pretty ship. I guessed you wouldn't incldue the Prometheus. It's an awesome looking ship though Have you come up with any suggestions for the remaining Fed ship slots?[/quote] For the record, I concur w/ Major Stress. Blech on Intrepid, and dou
