Akira

posted on January 12th, 2009, 7:22 am

The upgraded akira is exceeeeeeelent. Just try it and comment it

posted on January 12th, 2009, 9:37 am

meh, its ok but still not the torpedo machine it supposed to be. Imho it still needs an offensive special weapon to better portray its intended role within the fed fleet , something like:

"Torpedo barrage": can be toggled on/off. while active reduces reload time for torpedo weapons, at expense of phaser fire and mobility.

OR

"Torpedo barrage": for a limited time causes the akira to fire torpedoes in 3 round bursts instead of normal 1. reduces phaser fire and mobility while in effect.

with those i reckon it can truely be the akira it was meant to be plus with those handicaps should keep them balanced with the other specials too.

posted on January 12th, 2009, 10:54 am

i think the akira should get a nice torpedo attack.
Something like vector-torpdedos or anything else, cause at the moment it is not really a gun ship but it should be one.

posted on January 13th, 2009, 1:34 am

I like the idea of Torpedo Assault mode:

"Torpedo barrage": for a limited time causes the akira to fire torpedoes in 3 round bursts instead of normal 1. reduces phaser fire and mobility while in effect.

I think Admiral Risner's avatar should get this, since Risner gets a boosted attack value for the Akira. That way, Mayson gets "Defensive patterns" because he gets a boosted defence value for the Akira.

I think Risner needs a boost, since I always choose Mayson due to the Excelsior II boost (+4 attack and +4 defence) as well as Quantum Torpedo turrets.

posted on January 13th, 2009, 5:19 am

how about the torpedo thing from the stock armadas, the red bouncy torpedo? thatd be cool

posted on January 13th, 2009, 5:45 am

Hmmm.... the Romulans already get a similar thing (hits two enemy ships) when you upgrade (forgot the name) the first type of ship in the most basic yard to torpedo (as opposed to disrupter).

posted on January 13th, 2009, 6:47 am

I like the Akira as it is now, honestly, but i will try to get you closer to the flying-torpedo-launcher-feeling with the next set of new features that will be introduced in the 3.x patches 

[Actium]

posted on January 13th, 2009, 4:38 pm

Last edited by Actium on January 13th, 2009, 5:48 pm, edited 1 time in total.

actually it IS a flying torpedo launcher ... some have up to 15 (!!!) torpedo tubes 
Akira Class

posted on January 13th, 2009, 4:51 pm

Since we are on the topic of the Akira, can the hardpoints be altered so that if the target is at the side it fires out of a side launcher rather than fire foward and turn?

posted on January 13th, 2009, 5:58 pm

You can modify your Akira quite easy.

I copied the multi launcher lines from the sovereign into the Akira weapon ODF.

Now it fires three torps when it is on rank 4 and 6 torps on the highest rank.

For this just put:
saveFire = 1
maxShots = 3
minimumShotInterval = 0.5

into the fedW_akiraYr42.odf

and

saveFire = 1
maxShots = 6
minimumShotInterval = 0.7

into fedW_akiraYr52.odf

That´s all

posted on January 15th, 2009, 5:01 am

actually i start to think that the excesior II class should be replaced by the Akira class, because the ExcesiorII ships are very very rare

posted on January 15th, 2009, 8:41 am

How do u know that, since the Excelsior II is a FO made-up ship?

posted on January 15th, 2009, 11:12 am

I think he might have based it on the fact that the Akira started replacing the real Excelsior.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 11:33 am

^ That is a fact?

posted on January 15th, 2009, 11:48 am

Backgroud info, not canon.