The newest Ask Cryptic for Star Trek Online starts off with a big "Yes!" to the question of whether or not the game will feature collision detection. After that, it gets into the nitty-gritty of starship customization. The gist of it is that Cryptic wants players to have the ability to look at other ships and generally know what class they are -- so no adding four nacelles to a Miranda class vessel.
However, you can pick the type of nacelles you want on your ship and for that matter you can mix and match every single piece (IE hull, saucer, pylons, etc) on any ship. Beyond those visual changes, players will also pick colors and decals for their interstellar space rides. Now as far as the rest is concerned...
Modifications of ship systems such as weapons, warp, deflector dish, shields and more will all be possible. Plus, you'll be able to add plenty of improvements onto a ship alongside upgrades. So things like newer medical beds or targeting computers for improved accuracy. Different ships will have more or less of these enhancement slots, so a Defiant class would probably have more tactical slots than say, an Intrepid class.
You'd think that was enough, but there's one more layer to this moist cake of customization: bridge officers. Cryptic is calling this the primary way players will customize how their ship handles. Each officer will have a certain set of skills that can only be utilized while at a duty station. And since we know these guys will have their own progression system, that means it's all about how you allocate their skills.
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Feb 20th 2009 3:38PM (Unverified) said
Man... the more I read about this game, the more I'm excited to play it. TOR is going to have to really pull out the stops in the coming year(s) to persuade me to choose then over STO. As it stand now, STO is looking to really be a game that's breaking the traditional MMO mold, w/out becoming to complex.
I'm really excited to hear more.
I'm really excited to hear more.
Posted: Feb 20th 2009 3:46PM (Unverified) said
Voyager class? Do you mean Intrepid class?
Posted: Feb 20th 2009 5:08PM Minofan said
Good stuff.
Though it is a little ridiculous, I wonder if there might be ships ( or ship modifications ) specially designed for ramming ?
Sounds like quite a Klingon thing to do, and you'd certainly think it would be quite devastating...
Though it is a little ridiculous, I wonder if there might be ships ( or ship modifications ) specially designed for ramming ?
Sounds like quite a Klingon thing to do, and you'd certainly think it would be quite devastating...
Posted: Feb 21st 2009 3:01AM TheJackman said
Star trek ships with out collision detection will be a little silly :)
"Captain collision in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..... HUH!!??"
"Captain he just fly right true us like we not even where here"
Captain: Do not worry about that it happened all the time its a money issue!
"Captain collision in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..... HUH!!??"
"Captain he just fly right true us like we not even where here"
Captain: Do not worry about that it happened all the time its a money issue!
Posted: Feb 21st 2009 8:16AM Joystiq Login Bugs SUCK said
/drools eagerly
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