Originally Posted by The.Grand.Nagus

You can post it as many times as you want, its not going to change anything I said in the post you quoted.

Originally Posted by MustrumRidcully

They should probably have never included the Constitution (Refit or Old) or the Miranda. Or the Bird of Prey. Excelsior may be really the last feasible ship, on its last leg, so to speak, a training vessel only, something to blow up defending the hero ship like the Miranda's in DS9.

But they went theme park, which giving Cryptic's specialty (customization) is not really surprising. Too bad they also made the ship tier system as is, there would have been a lot easier time to reintroduce old ships without wrecking any sense of believability. If BO ranks on a ship were dependent on your rank and only the type of station by ship type, the hull, shield and turn rate differences between lower and higher tier ships would have been meaningful but overall, they would remain in a roughly competitive area for PvE and PvP....

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All that said - I am not really that interested anymore in going back to older ships. I wouldn't mind seeing some new creations now.

Originally Posted by dontdrunkimshoot

of course not. giving a frame of reference like that takes wind out of your argument's sails, so of course your going to dismiss it.

Originally Posted by The.Grand.Nagus

I'm not dismissing it, I'm simply telling you that it doesnt change anything I said. The ship won the poll. The ship is possibly the best selling ship per Al Rivera. Your personal opinion doesnt change any of that and never will no matter how many times you post it. Sorry

Originally Posted by The.Grand.Nagus

You would think that the priority of the ships they made would be determined by customer desire, not the personal tastes of the Dev, but go figure.

Originally Posted by The.Grand.Nagus

Recently, a certain Dev repeatedly stated that the Excelsior class was not a popular ship(as part of an argument that the Ambassador was a low priority). However, Al Rivera disagrees. In an interview with Priority One, he said of the Excelsior:

"I think its probably our best selling ship in the game" -start at 28:00 to get full reference to Excel

http://thequantumcafe.com/priorityon...d-thingspart-2

To be fair, the statement above has 2 qualifiers: "I think" and "probably". But whether it is actually the absolute best selling or not, it is obviously very popular for him to even think that. The certain Dev in question who denied what Al just said made it clear that he did not personally like the Ambassador design, which is completely fine. But please do not mislead the community by making false statements to support your position.