Hi Tom, There is a lot of good and bad points for both paths you suggest. Personally, I like the ability to have variety, and just playing the popular ships would get old after a while. The truth will set you free... Jesus of Nazareth 33 AD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 11:34 AM Subject: [Audyssey] STFC generic vs popular starships.
> Hi all, > While I am working on the design documentation for the real time Trek > game I'm wondering about something. While there are several classes of > starships I can include in the game most of the ships are unfamiliar to > all but the true Star Trek follower. Here is an example of what I mean. > There is the Sovereign-class, and the most popular ship of the class is > Enterprise E. My guess is most people are going to want to be Enterprise > and ignore any other ships of the class such as Monarchy, Seleya, etc in > favor of the ship they know. Although, game play using either of the > ships would be identical. However, it might be a change of pace to play > out an adventure for a ship we don't know as well. > On the other hand we have other classes such as the Intrepid. The most > popular ship of that class is U.S.S. Voyager. However, I have seen other > ones mentioned or seen briefly on DS9 during the dominion war such as > the U.S.S. Haden. > Bottom line is do you guys like the option of choosing less known ships > or would you rather I just use the most popular ship of each class and > pick from those. For example, Defiant, Enterprise, Voyager, etc... > If we use less known ships as well like Seleya it won't preform any > different from Enterprise, but have a different name. If I added other > Intrepid class ships like Hayden and Itasca they will perform the same > as Voyager, but be a different ship. > Since we are talking about multiple ships and classes do you guys want a > wide range of classes to pick from. For example, the Excelsior-class is > a very old class, but they were used clear up in to the DS9 era ships > like U.S.S. Pendragon. They aren't as well armed as the Sovereign-class, > are better armed than the Intrepid-class, but are very slow compared to > modern standards. Most modern designs do warp 9.7 and above with the > Excelsiors only doing warp 9.4. However, all Excelsior-Class ships in > the TNG and DS9 era have been upgraded with the Type X phaser array and > carry a torpedo payload of 120. Double that of the Intrepid-Class, > probably good enough for a slug fight, but not good if speed is critical > to the mission. > Then, you have the Saber-Class frigates. From all I have read on them > they are pretty much like an Intrepid-Class armourment and speed wise, > but rather than just photons some of them carry quantums as well. > So anothr question is how much does difference matter? Are you guys more > interested in justplaying the popular ships we know and love or are you > interested more in a true sim style game where you can basicly make up > your ship with all the features you want based on known classes, and you > can pick class and name of your ship? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
