Ask Cryptic (September 17, 2008)

Kestrel · 09-17-2008, 10:29 AM

Ask Cryptic returns with answers on ships, customization and PvP content. Thanks very much to our development team for taking time out of their busy schedules to answer these!

Federation ship classes are inspired by the television shows. So, for example, you could have a ship like the Enterprise, the Defiant or the Voyager. We call the different classifications of ships Cruisers, Escorts and Science Vessels.

Read more here!

mrberrie · 09-17-2008, 10:35 AM

good info guys, keep it coming.

Keep up the good work.

TheDart · 09-17-2008, 10:36 AM

PLAYABLE HORTA FIRST PLEASE

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*cough*

Thank you for another awesome chunk o' info, guys. It's very very appreciated. I am very much looking forward to finding out if I can convert an Akira into a rockin' science vessel.

Vicelance · 09-17-2008, 10:48 AM

So playable Horta will be in the game at some point?

Though I don't know how a living rock is going to pilot a ship or do anything else on board ship. Though I want one.

Nice to hear we can use any ship regardless of our specialty, so maybe I can have a medical specialty and still fly my Akira which would more likely be a tactical specialty ship,

CasiusOntius · 09-17-2008, 10:51 AM

Yay! More info! My Gamestop didn't have that issue of game informer

so I feel good when I see mroe info, lol. I so can't wait for this game!

Michell · 09-17-2008, 10:52 AM

always nice to see a dev team talking to it's fans thanks and keep it up.

Lance85 · 09-17-2008, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kestrel

Ask Cryptic returns with answers on ships, customization and PvP content. Thanks very much to our development team for taking time out of their busy schedules to answer these!

Federation ship classes are inspired by the television shows. So, for example, you could have a ship like the Enterprise, the Defiant or the Voyager. We call the different classifications of ships Cruisers, Escorts and Science Vessels.

Read more here!

lets hope there will be npcs captable of keeping pvp gankers out of non pvp zones and protecting those that do not wish to pvp,
and also hope that the gms will take a grim look on those that attack others for no reason while they are just trying to do their unrelated mission.

marscentral · 09-17-2008, 11:09 AM

More news, sweet. I still would like to know what happens to your ship when you beam down, especially in a PvP zone where it could be attacked!

Lance85 · 09-17-2008, 11:12 AM

maybe it cloaks

Linton · 09-17-2008, 11:31 AM

I'm super excited about the bridge crew customization, and happy that player specialties don't limit us to certain classes of ships. Thank you, Cryptic.

09-17-2008, 10:29 AM	#1
Kestrel Cryptic Dev Team Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Los Gatos, CA	Ask Cryptic (September 17, 2008) Ask Cryptic returns with answers on ships, customization and PvP content. Thanks very much to our development team for taking time out of their busy schedules to answer these! Federation ship classes are inspired by the television shows. So, for example, you could have a ship like the Enterprise, the Defiant or the Voyager. We call the different classifications of ships Cruisers, Escorts and Science Vessels. Read more here! __________________ "Fun will now commence."

09-17-2008, 10:36 AM	#3
TheDart Career Officer Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta	PLAYABLE HORTA FIRST PLEASE ... cough Thank you for another awesome chunk o' info, guys. It's very very appreciated. I am very much looking forward to finding out if I can convert an Akira into a rockin' science vessel. __________________ Captain Lees Valeri USS Derna Advanced Technologies Division Last edited by TheDart : 09-17-2008 at 10:50 AM.

09-17-2008, 10:48 AM	#4
Vicelance Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008	So playable Horta will be in the game at some point? Though I don't know how a living rock is going to pilot a ship or do anything else on board ship. Though I want one. Nice to hear we can use any ship regardless of our specialty, so maybe I can have a medical specialty and still fly my Akira which would more likely be a tactical specialty ship, __________________ Akira Class USS _____________ NCC 921567 "The sword of justice has no scabbard". Antione De Riveral

09-17-2008, 10:51 AM	#5
CasiusOntius Career Officer Join Date: Aug 2008	yay Yay! More info! My Gamestop didn't have that issue of game informer so I feel good when I see mroe info, lol. I so can't wait for this game! __________________ "You think I want to go to the stars? I don't even fly - I take trains!" - Dr. Zefram Cochrane "We are the Borg. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."-The Borg "Mr. Data, lay in a course for the 24th century. I suspect our future is there waiting for us."-Captain Jean-Luc Picard

09-17-2008, 10:52 AM	#6
Michell Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008	always nice to see a dev team talking to it's fans thanks and keep it up. __________________ "No. I know Hamlet. And what he said with irony I prefer to say with conviction. "What a piece of work is man! How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. In action, how like an angel. In apprehension, how like a god... "" Captain Picard "Life Forms" "God" "Coffey black." Janeway 0 "Make it yourself!" Replicator 1

09-17-2008, 10:35 AM	#2
mrberrie Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Scotland, UK	good info guys, keep it coming. Keep up the good work.

09-17-2008, 11:09 AM	#8
marscentral Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Malacandra	More news, sweet. I still would like to know what happens to your ship when you beam down, especially in a PvP zone where it could be attacked! __________________ "The Angels have the phone box." Follow my Twitter nonsense. Captain Arbol Knights Templar (Recruiting)

09-17-2008, 11:12 AM	#9
Lance85 Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: United Kingdom	maybe it cloaks __________________ Lance85

09-17-2008, 11:31 AM	#10
Linton Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008	I'm super excited about the bridge crew customization, and happy that player specialties don't limit us to certain classes of ships. Thank you, Cryptic. __________________ "The green fire . . . it eats everything! Then there's the lava and the geysers . . . and the wind . . . that awful wind --"