When I see threads like this I am always reminded of one thing, and that is we haven't actually seen any stats for the plain old T6 ships yet. We have seen stats for the T6 Intel ships which are T6 with bells and whistles but the plain old vanilla T6 hasn't been revealed yet.

I am pretty sure when we see the stats for those our T5-U ships will be slated for being to powerful compared to the new shinies which will be deemed pointless.

Hiya! I'm moving from STO to SWTOR and would like an invite,

character name: Kehick, Commando
and Character name: Vhran, Agent

Thanks!

And we keep marching on....

http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2014/09/u-s-supreme-court-adds-same-sex-marriage-cases-to-sept-29-agenda/

That "The Great Bird Of The Galaxy" had some dark feathers should not come as much of a surprise.
He was still a corporeal bipedal Terran after all.

Again I point you to:

http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=18831241#post18831241

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Let's just go back to Vegas.

Why is that your answer to everything?

...

Not that I disapprove or disagree in any way.

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Well, seeing as how we're all Devs in here, consider it done.

Let's just go back to Vegas.

Zander Hawk

I have no doubt of the homophobia that was rampant in the 80's, but without another witness to Gerrold's story, I have to ask it with a grain of salt. I used to follow him on Facebook, but I eventually couldn't stand it anymore because he was just so toxically bitter about everything. I just feel that this story is more of the same.

I'm willing to take a wait and see approach. People have been asking for higher player levels up to fleet admiral for years. Now that we've finally got it, what did people expect ship wise?

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I just want to point out that Meta made a Trek reference. In conversation. Successfully.

GOLD STARS FOR J00!

:woohoo:

For those of you who couldn't make it last month, here's a vlog by a friend of mine, who's been a long-time convention-goer and you've probably also ran into lately on our TS server. The video features yours truly, plus other Fleeties and even a few celebrity cameos. ;)

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T6 ships dont get an 11th till they eventually get fleet upgraded to begin with it will be 10.

Also gravitos the T5-U ships will have scalling hull up to level 60 just like T6

In the past year several articles have appeared discussing some of the issues going on behind the scenes in TNG, et al. This is the first i've seen from a major player in the first seasons.

thank u for this, it's a very interesting read and shows that even in trek there is a darkness that underpins it all.

the truth will always come out!

Well, seeing as how we're all Devs in here, consider it done.

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7002133-tier-5-starship-upgrades

According to that the T6 ships get the additional console slot on top of the bridge officer ability, starship trait and specialist seat.

As for hull strength my Vesta has a base of 27900 while the Scryer has a base of 29700 that goes up to 36000 at lvl 60 so I have lower hull starting off.

The only plus so far to my Vesta is the hangars. The new ships have by far better stats all around and tossing in a BOFF slot on top of that makes me a lot weaker.

http://sto.gamepedia.com/Multi-Mission_Surveillance_Explorer

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7004313

Has anyone publicly asked Berman why he weeded out every gay character and reference from his Star Trek productions?

I'm asking in reference to this interview with David Gerrold. It's the 2nd or 3rd reference to Berman being partly responsible for the lack of gay on trek.

http://trekmovie.com/2014/09/12/exclusive-david-gerrold-talks-frankly-about-tng-conflicts-with-roddenberry-berman-jj-trek-more/

Your first ship is the Fleet Heavy Escort Carrier, Armitage Class.

It’s purpose is to penetrate enemy shields and deliver a devestating blow directly to their hull. And then to keep them crippled and/or destroy them shortly after.

Remember this ship is a Carrier

http://skillplanner.stoacademy.com/?build=armitagechallenge_6481

A couple of things to keep in mind:

-Beam Overload now lands a critical hit 100% of the time
-Shield penetration, even a chance, is key
-Enemies are easier to hit when they are sitting still

Remember to fill out the Space, Traits and Skills tabs and write your Active Space Duty Officers in the notes tab. Save it as "Armitage Challenge (@Handle)" and upload the link as a reply to this thread.

Details about the contest can be found HERE

Good Luck and we look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Well the T-6 ships so far have far lighter hulls than T-5U ships and they lack the 11th console slot. The extra console slot is the difference between having to CHOOSE from aceton assimilator and plasmonic leech to HAVING aceton assimilator and plasmonic leech.

I'd been on the forums begging for them to allow ship leveling in much the same way as character leveling since beta. Tiered ships are all well and good, but they didn't really fit as neatly in with Trek canon as they tried to do it in the game. A ship that leveled with you would have made far more sense than abandoning the ship you loved for one you did not.

Of course Cryptic's remedy was to simply add in T5 retrofits of some of the old favourites, but left others shivering out in the cold. An example would be the T5 ENT era ships (eg the Vulcan science ship, Andorian warships and Romulan warbird) and the much more iconic Constitution class left languishing down at T2 because CBS did not want it to be a T5 ship, not even as a retrofit (for whatever reason).

If Cryptic had simply made ships level with their captains, I feel that ships like the dear old Connie would not have been left out like that (but then again neither would the TOS Connie or NX-01 Enterprise. But if other ENT era ships can be T5 without mass whinging, then what's good for the goose is good for the gander) and this whole T5/T5-U/T6 row would not be happening.