Yup, I hear ya on this!
I expect that they will add a ton of new ships that they have had on the back-burner (like the ambassadors and other ships seen in the tv shows) before they add the Jupiter or the Typhoon. However, that's not gonna stop me from letting it be known that I'd like to see the ship in game.
-Quiiliitiila
well with season six they have plenty of time to do it.
I think these type of classes would fit these 2 ships, altough on a personal note i think the Jupiter is ugly , but i rather see it ingame then another shutle.
I think these type of classes would fit these 2 ships, altough on a personal note i think the Jupiter is ugly , but i rather see it ingame then another shutle.
Good idea!
I'm not thinking KDF players would be too happy if the Feds got flight deck cruisers too...
I think the Jupiter would be best as a Dreadnought (live up to it's name) with a ton of weaponry.
It goes without saying that if they were released as playable ships, both the Jupiter and the Typhoon would get some love. C'mon, just cause you think they are ugly doesn't mean no one should be able to fly them! I think the Atrox and the Oddy are both FUGLY, but I'm not complaining because people want to fly it.
It's simple. Spruce the two ships up and sell em in the c-store for 2,000 c-points each. I'd call that a profit, and if you don't want it, don't buy it. There's no reason to ruin it for those who do.
-Quiiliitiila
I agree with you on the Oddy. And I also agree with you about adding the Jupiter to the C-Store. If player's don't want it, they don't have to have it. As an adium, I would restrict it to players who have reached Fleet Admiral (If they would just add the ten more levels for it).
Because unlike the playable ships, NPC ships are low-quality models. They look bad when zoomed all the way in, and the artists have never made high-quality models of them. They also lack the "framework" for weapons hardpoints. Same reason the Gorn, Nausicaan, and Orion NPC ships were never made playable for the KDF.
Basically, making them playable would require somebody to put in a lot of work, and the people who could do it don't have the time.
Tbh this isn't a huge problem, even if it is true. Most models in game are going to be low poly anyhow, due to performance issues. They only make high-polys for texturing purposes (normal maps) so that they can basically make a low-poly game model appear to be high-poly.
In any case they could easily make whatever ship they wanted to be playable if they were inclined to do so. It's just a matter of what their priorities are on the development side of things.
I agree with you on the Oddy. And I also agree with you about adding the Jupiter to the C-Store. If player's don't want it, they don't have to have it. As an adium, I would restrict it to players who have reached Fleet Admiral (If they would just add the ten more levels for it).
Yeah, I'm hoping that if the two ships don't come out before the level increase, they will be some of the ships implemented for the new ranks.
On another note, here's a picture done by Phoenix316 that they made to spruce up the Jupiter and make it a bit more svelt. I think Phoenix316 did a great job!
Yup, I would LOVE to see the Typhoon playable and I will like to play as Jupiter class aswell, they are sweet ships, Typhoon I'd like to see first tho :p