Fed idea

posted on April 21st, 2009, 4:24 am

I know what everybody is thinking, this is probably anothe "feds are too weak whinewhinewhine" thread, but its not. The federation (and the dominion to a lesser extent) are just kinda build up your fleets and attack. Why not make carriers play a more prominent role in their fleet? After all, star trek battles are loosely patterned after sea combat and fighter carriers were very important in many historic battles. Things you could do are:
  * reduce the cost and buildtime of fightercarriers
  * add more types of fighter (long range fighter, scout fighter, etc.)
  * make the fightercarrier buildable from the first yard
  * make other ships slower (otherwise there wouldn't be much point to use the fighters)

posted on April 21st, 2009, 8:13 am

Fighters are not that Trekky, we only saw them in a few shots, so yea we have them, they can be used to play a good role in the fleet, but they are not ment to dominate gameplay. We dont want to make the differences between Avatars too large either

posted on April 21st, 2009, 8:18 am

Yeah i forgot at the time that fightercarriers were a risner special. It would be nice to see something to make the feds not as boring though.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 8:59 am

The Federation isn't boring, having Warp-In ships random makes them interesting.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:02 am

we also planed a redo to change the Federation gameplay a bit, using some "fedy" characteristics, like an Earl Grey Facility

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:12 am

imo the feds r the most versatile race FO. if anything the borg r boring atm.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 7:37 pm

Yup Feds are definitely very versatile... and Borg are really... monolithic in strategy terminology.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:44 pm

Earl Grey Facility

DO WANT! 

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:45 pm

I really don't see what you guys are talking about. With the romulans and klingons you can do hit and runs, harass, etc. With the feds you just kinda build ships until you have a massive fleet.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:49 pm

Hehe come play online if you wanna find out...

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:56 pm

Nope ill stick to regular games.

posted on April 21st, 2009, 9:58 pm

...but you can't learn much about balance and usefullness of ship classes from "regular" games 

[Anonymous]

posted on April 21st, 2009, 10:14 pm

Last edited by Anonymous on April 21st, 2009, 10:16 pm, edited 1 time in total.

"Coffee...Black...not that sissy Earl Grey stuff."

     I agree, I think the only thing the feds need is more different ships.  It is just the Fed way.

Edit:I agree with Tom and those like minded.  That is what I ment

posted on April 21st, 2009, 10:17 pm

earl gray is tea.

black coffee is a herbal remedy for diarrhoea. It is said to constipate....explains quite a bit... hmmmm 

posted on April 21st, 2009, 10:22 pm

earl gray is tea.

Duh. Im not that dumb.

black coffee is a herbal remedy for diarrhoea. It is said to constipate....explains quite a bit... hmmmm