Buyable Special Weapons

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:32 pm

Since we will have ships we can hire I was thinking that maybe we could buy a special weapon, research it and give it to a class of ship. So even if you are playing as the federation, maybe you could buy a phase cloak from a neutral station and give it to a class of ship. What do you think?

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:42 pm

I don't really like this. Number 1, it would be very difficult. Number 2, having a Fed. Ship equipped with Phase Cloak makes no sence. Or a Dominion ship with Phase cloak, which doesn't make sence either.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:49 pm

The enterprise and the pegasus had phase cloak at onbe point.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:52 pm

That defied the Treaty of Algeron. The crew of Pegasus mutinied because of it. The Phase Cloak was promptly destroyed. It was an unauthorized use of a cloaking device.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:52 pm

I don't think it would be as hard as it sounds. In the original A2 game the borg came with a special weapon which could take other ship's special weapon. That weapon was then added to the borg's research station. I think it could be adapted. I was just using the phase cloak as an example. The ferengi could be the sellers and they sell all sorts of weapons from cloaking devices to quantum torpedos.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 9:55 pm

I still don't like it. It would make the game completely unrealistic. Cloaking Sovereigns? Warbirds with Quantum Torps? BOPs with Plasma Torps?

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 10:03 pm

Maybe sertain weapons wouldn't be avaible for sertain races. So for the federation they couldn't buy cloaking devices because of the Treaty of Algeron. Then Romulans couldn't buy quantum torpedos because they wouldn't work with their launchers.

posted on March 2nd, 2004, 10:07 pm

Still doesn't sound right.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 12:38 am

That could be very big punch to the balancing system of Fleet Ops. But on the other hand it's an interesting idea. It should be "Refit Equipment" tht you can buy at some kind of trading stations. You could buy them, then you should research it (so that you can replicate more), and then each ship can be refited like Rhein Class and phaser/torpedo refit. It should cost a lot of resaurces for refiting. For example for refiting the Sovereign Class you should pay for 1000 Dil. and 800 Trit. and for that you can build three or more avarage power ships. So you'll think twise about it.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 1:35 am

I like the idea, but instead of having romulans and federation technology interchangable, maybe just give thats races technology refitable on ships that dont have it. For example, the Excelsior refitted class fires Quantum torpedos but maybe you could refit it to use special energy and fire closer range Photons when they come in range. Maybe be able to refit alot of clases with more Phasers. With the romulans extra disruptors or plasma torpedoo, each time one of these weapons fire, it takes 5-10% of the special energy. One problem with this, other special weapons would'nt get much special energy.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 2:29 am

I don't think this buying special weapons would workout ... it would be to .... Wacky.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 5:21 am

Well mine can work just as a refit that can be bought at a science station or from the ship itself and dosent have to be a special weapon.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 12:42 pm

How about Credit-Cost refittable ships. For 3CR, you can "Uprate" A Sovereign with More powerful Phasers, Short-Range Rapidfire Photons, and more shield and Hull HPs. For 2CR: Refit an Akira with a 3-Target Torp Launcher. For 1CR: Increase range of Monsoon Phasers to Long. How about this?

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 2:05 pm

I think that could work out.

posted on March 3rd, 2004, 4:56 pm

From my pov its too complicated.