Season 7 Dev Blog #35

By PWE_BranFlakes @ February 12, 2013 at 9:00am

137 Comments »

• journey56 @ Feb 28th, 2013 8:46AM

  The Klingon version definitely needs more hull strength. The Fed version has nearly double that. Another thought, can all fed ships come with a base torpedo launcher as transphasic, instead of photon. its just photons are a bit weak in kinetic damage.

• mattewg11 @ Feb 22nd, 2013 12:52PM

  how do get it?

• borgressistance @ Feb 15th, 2013 6:10AM

  the fleet ambassedor got almost the same hull points as a dreadnought carrier,wich make's this fleet ship way overpowered,they need to reduce the hull,or make the dreadnought carrier and oddy cruiser better with increased hull.

• zuigje010

  Almost! imo let it be like it is, nerf it and no one wants 1.

• sanokskyrat

  They will be coming out with a Fleet versions of both the Dreadnought (AKA Galaxy X) and the Oddy. So problem solved.

• johann2112 @ Feb 14th, 2013 6:00PM

  Just a thought, why not make a Galaxy-class skin available for use on the Ambassador-class? Seems an easy way to settle dissatisfaction with the existing Galaxy. Could use the justification that the Ambassadors were upgraded to Galaxy specs.

• theillusivenman @ Feb 14th, 2013 5:16PM

  Thank you Cryptic. Personally I like the fleet variants of the free ships, and out of this two, K'maj seems considerably better optimized by specs. Cheers.

• sololionman65 @ Feb 14th, 2013 3:59PM

  I like the Ambassador, but it would be nice to see its turn rate be bumped up by 1 point. The difference in hull strength between it and the Klingon version doesn't justify how much quicker the Klingon ship can go. Then again, I think most of the fed cruisers could do well with a 1 bump. Love the console slot layout though, and the universal boff. Finally... can I just ask if we're done seeing ships going into the c-store... and all we'll see are Fleet Ships? $20-25 is a pretty fair price when we get a ship account wide.... but buying the same ships over again for other characters is making me a lot less likely to buy them in the first place. I don't have a problem spending money, but buying the same thing twice is kind of a downer. I'd rather pay $30-40 for fleet-ship caliber ships in the c-store than the modules, since I have a bunch of characters, or have the option of buying more c-store versions of ships and only have to buy 1 module per extra character.

• moonlander69 @ Feb 14th, 2013 3:07AM

  i see that you all can play sto, when well rest of us will be able to play ,i have been able to play since janury i am a _3 year member??!!!

• korzan1

  Its been free to play for awhile. You can play -.-

• paragon92518 @ Feb 13th, 2013 10:17PM

  I don't know why I'm bothering to waste my breath, (it's not like the Devs care), however some of them did ask for feedback on the Ambassador, so my advice simply is: Please 1 the turn rate and I think the ship gets a thumbs UP. The Excelsior would still have better DPS output, but the Ambassador would just be a utility. That 1 is a HUGE difference, and most players would notice if swap between an Excelsior and an Ambassador.

• breadandcircuses

  I agree about the turn rate on the Ambassador class in general. I was greatly disappointed when I saw the stats, especially given the information mentioned in the "Technical data" section here: http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/Ambassador_class Just saying, there is canonical justification to it turning better than it does at this point.

• sirokk @ Feb 13th, 2013 12:14PM

  Should have skins for both the Yamaguchi, Probert... and... maybe... (wait for it...) A skin for the Constitution-class then we can have a T5 Connie! *slap* *ouch*

• general1devon

  no, just no

• sololionman65

  I wouldn't mind seeing a Fleet version of the connie in the game, but they'd really have to improve the turn rate to justify having a much lower HP count than other fleet cruisers. It should be higher to begin with, like a 10-12. Some people don't like the idea of 'older' ships being in the game as viable, but personally, I think it's pretty much possible for any ship to be retrofitted to being viable. Throw on an advanced warp core for more power, stronger hull materials, advanced equipment, etc. and a Connie could pretty much be a differently skinned Intrepid if Starfleet wanted, since they're about the same size.

• harbingerzero @ Feb 13th, 2013 10:52AM

  "Personally, the T3 should have been the Ambassador, T5 the Yamaguchi, and Fleet the Probert design." QFT

• britewolf

  Agreed!

• robertjenkins @ Feb 13th, 2013 9:01AM

  great looking ship(s) but the Probert version would be great as a heavy tactical cruiser..! we could call it the Probert-Class. give it fore and aft wide-angle torpedoes and a phaser array lotus.... by the way, when and how do you enter the starship design contest?

• ultimusmagus

  You forgot to ask Disney for permission to tow a Death Star via tractor beam while you're at it.

• pandastarnc @ Feb 13th, 2013 8:14AM

  Natejam101 the fleet variant also has 2K more hull points then my Ambassador refit so that makes it almost worth the 4 fleet modules I have horded back almost.

• hesht @ Feb 13th, 2013 6:50AM

  I hope someone names their Yamaguchi class ship Anamanaguchi. They would be awesome.

• helvetiamatt81

  why?

• hesht

  @helvetiamatt81 They're a cool band and it sounds similar :)

• hartzilla @ Feb 13th, 2013 5:54AM

  Wait I thought the 2360s upgraded version of the Ambassador was called the Zhukov, or are they calling it the Yamaguchi becuase it retroactively showed up first.

• robertjenkins

  the true first upgrade i think was the Ambassador Class USS EXCALIBUR.

• goldendharmny @ Feb 12th, 2013 7:46PM

  Dose this means the T5 will got in the Z-Store for 1500?

• wolfpacknz

  Didn't they say the T5 was limited time only and won't be going to the store?

• general1devon

  wolf is righ

• bresali @ Feb 12th, 2013 7:41PM

  When are we getting the fleet version of the assault cruiser? I don't want to use the refit version since it doesn't have the Lt.Cmdr Eng Boff slot.

• daemoncaptrix

  Unfortunately for you, the Fleet Assault Cruiser Refit has the same boff slots as the Regent.

• ahilles7

  Fleet Assault cruiser is already in the game. You only need to have tier 5 starbase to get it. Plus if you don't like refit variant you won't like Fleet variant because of same boff layout.

• sander233 @ Feb 12th, 2013 7:30PM

  Oh, this is where that horrible whining noise is coming coming from. I thought maybe the airport had routed departure traffic over my house. But its not jets taking off, its just another pair of new ships. Carry on.

• ultimusmagus

  Nicely done lol.

• bunansa @ Feb 12th, 2013 7:17PM

  once again Romulans get screwed and get no ship at all.....just had to throw this out there to prove a point.

• captainmerzan

  what r u talking about, how can the romulans get screwed when there is no romulan faction, duuuaaaaa

• ultimusmagus

  Someone's been smoking eppoh waste.

• theagoeb @ Feb 12th, 2013 6:45PM

  I'm not getting all these complaint posts. They just made something available and wrote a post letting us know. That's cool with me. Keep up the awesome shiny things guys.

• swellgrim @ Feb 12th, 2013 6:00PM

  I aways like to see new ships and hope for new content, but still no new faction...

• captaingunslayer

  Hey it will come in may

• sololionman65

  Is the game really crying out for a new faction? Don't get me wrong, I like the idea of playable Romulans or Cardassians, etc. etc. etc., but it's a LOT of work to make a faction viable -- as we've seen with Klingons, which even Cryptic admits *still* isn't up to par --- and what do we get? If a second faction were so valuable, why does it take forever to queue up as a Klingon, especially for pvp? Where are they all? Personally, while I'd like to see more factions, I think it would be worse to release a bad faction than it would be to not release another one at all. Perhaps a better idea would be to allow playable Romulans, Remans, etc. and allow them to join one of the other factions, with perhaps some access to Romulan ships.

• natejam101 @ Feb 12th, 2013 4:09PM

  Strange and irritating at the same time..the free version and the fleet variants are the exact same design, just a different color...very creative and worth my money.

• bekstorm0cz

  Clear your eyes man and then look cerefully

• natejam101

  My eyes are clear sir, the ship is no different than the free level 40 RA version..like I said before, different color does not count.

• natejam101

  Instead of the front end of the Nacells being all red, the top and bottom portion are grey now..that is a different color. Thanks

• bridgern

  This will show you the difference between the Ambassador and the Ambassador Refit http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/ambassador.htm

• natejam101

  I am not talking about the Ambassador and Ambassador Refit..Im talking about the Ambassador Refit and the FLeet version..no difference except for color on nacells and hull.

• natejam101

  Hmm even from that site u linked, sure looks identical to me, some color differences, but thats it.

• misterde3

  I think you missed the point: The T3 and T5 Ambassador (the retrofit) only have the basic Enterprise-C look. Only the Fleet Version gets the TNG-Style refitted look (with the nacelle caps, the shortened pylons, the new deflector, the added shuttlebay) bridgern linked.

• bayonettawiccan @ Feb 12th, 2013 3:50PM

  The KDF gets shafted again. The hull strength is weaker on it.

• natejam101

  Weaker hull yes..but way better turn rate, it can equip cannons..what the problem?

• natejam101

  Not to mention the Klink version has more weapon power, and more engine power bonus too

• theindefatigable

  Don't forget the integral cloaking ability

• chalpen @ Feb 12th, 2013 2:34PM

  Nice ship. I may buy it

• captsol @ Feb 12th, 2013 2:27PM

  There's probably some reason they can't give us the Probert. Like CBS didn't have the rights or something since it was only concept art.

• captaind3

  Agreed. But I'm holding out hope. Maybe it will be a C-Store skin, like the Venture, cause that ship is beautiful. We should hold out hope, after all, they finally got he Vesta in game, and it was good.

• redfriar @ Feb 12th, 2013 2:09PM

  When will tiers 1 and 2 get some love? it seems everything interesting starts at tier 3... which is hard for a small fleet.

• naval10

  Agree, I sing on.

• sololionman65

  The tier 1 and 2 fleet ships wouldn't be so bad... if they didn't cost the same number of modules as 3, 4 and 5. Either they should be bumped up considerably, or cost half the modules... but I guess that's a different topic for a different time. (Though, Cryptic, if you're listening... I'd definitely buy them if t1 and t2 only cost 2 modules, since they're pretty... but 4 is out of the question since they would be purely for cosmetic purposes. LOL.)

• breadandcircuses

  Wholeheartedly agree with the idea to have the Module cost of a ship actually relate to the tier of that ship. I like the Tor'Kaht, and might get that at Tier II, but that's pretty much all I have an interest in as far as Fleet ships until the higher Tiers, be it Fed or Klingon.