Akira class idea.

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 9:30 pm

whether or not the creator designed it with aft torps or not, i believe for gameplay's sake it deserves one.

as for the special, i say leave it as it is, if it is modified to just spam more torps then how do you explain them penetrating shields? didnt the galaxy lose its ability to penetrate shields?

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 10:04 pm

Yeah it did, the Akira get sheild breaker torps AND a special that penetrates torps when the rank up.

Get a few ranked Akiras and you can nearly instakill some ships. A SINGLE veteran Akira can kill some smaller ships in 1-2 shots since their shields have no effect.

Personally I say remove the sheild breaking torps for ranked Akiras, remove the current special as well.

Then have the new special (with the same name, torp barrage) just spawn torps from multiple places along the hull as a massive torp salvo whose damage adds up to about the same as the previous special.

As for explinations myles, it's less of a strech for a torpedo cruiser to spam torpedos on occasion than for it to penetrate shields

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 10:10 pm

Yeah it did, the Akira get sheild breaker torps AND a special that penetrates torps when the rank up.

Get a few ranked Akiras and you can nearly instakill some ships. A SINGLE veteran Akira can kill some smaller ships in 1-2 shots since their shields have no effect.

Personally I say remove the sheild breaking torps for ranked Akiras, remove the current special as well.

Then have the new special (with the same name, torp barrage) just spawn torps from multiple places along the hull as a massive torp salvo whose damage adds up to about the same as the previous special.

As for explinations myles, it's less of a strech for a torpedo cruiser to spam torpedos on occasion than for it to penetrate shields

i like the akira as it is. its torps dont break shields until vet. only their aoe dust damage does.

also you recently chided a person for spelling and grammatical errors in their post. your post i just quoted has several of its own. we all make errors.

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 10:41 pm

If you mean that cardassian message thing, that was done as a semi roleplay post, I replied in kind




And it's a torpedo cruiser, not a dust cruiser

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 10:46 pm

Canon wise the Akira is also the fighter carrier of the federation . I wonder how she could do all the things, where is the space for dozens of torpedoes AND some fighter squadrons AND a crew?
And well, 15torpedo tubes are a nice dream of a creator, but who needs them? Many Fed classes have 4 and are okay with it, the galaxy is after the souvereign the main battleship and cuts through Dominion fleets with only two.
And by the way, all Klingon ship classes have have aft torp tubes  ::) (yes, even the Bird Of Prey, as we saw in way of the warrior).

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 10:57 pm

And well, 15torpedo tubes are a nice dream of a creator, but who needs them? Many Fed classes have 4 and are okay with it, the galaxy is after the souvereign the main battleship and cuts through Dominion fleets with only two.

People who use Torps a lot and don't want them all dying when 1 launcher is hit come to mind. Sovs have close to 8 or 9. It's not a dream when it's the correct number.

And by the way, all Klingon ship classes have have aft torp tubes  ::) (yes, even the Bird Of Prey, as we saw in way of the warrior).

The Akira's lack of aft launchers has what to do with the Klingons?

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 11:52 pm

The fact is, the Akira has no canon aft torpedo launchers.  Can't we just move on?

posted on December 2nd, 2010, 11:54 pm

Probably best, before we start going in circles.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 12:56 am

Canon or not I feel  as a refit  that a Akira should get a  "Micro Torpedo Laucher " as a player option.  MTL equipped Akirias should get a Aft launcher  that will  fire two torpedos  that deal 50% of a normal torp. However they will recive a 15% reduction in  movement  for the extra weight  to balance  gameplay out . as  well  max  capp the # to say three Aft  tube equiped Akirias .

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 1:08 am

Canon or not I feel  as a refit  that a Akira should get a  "Micro Torpedo Laucher " as a player option.   MTL equipped Akirias should get a Aft launcher  that will  fire two torpedos  that deal 50% of a normal torp. However they will recive a 15% reduction in  movement  for the extra weight  to balance  gameplay out . as  well  max  capp the # to say three Aft  tube equiped Akirias .

15 % less speed for getting one complete aft launcher is not balancing gameplay out, it's more like giving back the current 360° firing arc while reducing speed.


If the Akira is going to become a torpedo-bomber with a phaser-DPS like the Descent has, it would probably get the defense lowered first. A ship with 15 torp-tubes deserve a defense that doesn't exceed the current Steamrunners one.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 1:40 am

I don't think the Akira will ever get close to replacing the Steamrunner.

And no ship in FO will ever get 15 torpedo launchers.  That would be scary.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 2:48 am

The Akira allready has aft tubes ingame.


Note that I'm NOT saying give it 15 tubes, I'm saying replace it's magic dust special which is named torpedo barrage for some reason with a true torpedo barrage, that does about the same damge.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 7:47 pm

i found a french copy of Akira volume 1 today, just sitting in a drawer in a desk. the room is used by many people and the drawer was unlocked.

posted on December 3rd, 2010, 8:47 pm

i found a french copy of Akira volume 1 today, just sitting in a drawer in a desk. the room is used by many people and the drawer was unlocked.

posted on December 20th, 2010, 7:13 pm

I believe that the Akira is a flexible weapons platform. Meaning it could be alternatively be outfitted as a fighter carrier variant where all the torpedo launchers would be cleared away to make room for fighter bays.

IMHO.