Support Ships, Fighters and Marines

[Optec]

posted on June 15th, 2008, 2:07 pm

Last edited by Optec on June 15th, 2008, 4:07 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Three special vessel types will be featured in Fleet Operations v3. Support ships, fighter carriers and troopships. Special vessel types can be identified by their yellow description text in their tooltip. I want to give you a closer look at them today.

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posted on June 15th, 2008, 2:44 pm

Wow.  Sooo beautiful; to be honest I didn't even read the text first before clicking on the pictures. So much for going to the FO forums for the articles 

posted on June 15th, 2008, 3:33 pm

cool 

posted on June 15th, 2008, 4:51 pm

Thanks for the news, guys! You're amazing! Your work is amazing!
Well.. guess, I'm amazed 

posted on June 15th, 2008, 5:00 pm

The next version of FO will indeed be significant!

posted on June 15th, 2008, 5:16 pm

Never really cared for fighter carrier craft in any of the mods I've played, but I'm glad to see troop ships returning. Stealing ships for resources or "cheap" scouts was always a favorite tactic hehehe.

On a side note... seems like there are so many changes between the PR of Fleet Ops and the final proposed release that you may as well call the PR v3.[sup]0[/sup] and call the final version v3.[sup]5[/sup] or 4.[sup]0[/sup]?

posted on June 15th, 2008, 5:27 pm

hehe yep we thought about that too. but i think we will stick with the "Pre Release", cause it should clearly identify that it does not meet our personal quality standards in every sector v3 will be the first "real" Fleet Operations release

posted on June 15th, 2008, 6:40 pm

Fantastic work!, the new Dominion ship looks great, and I can't wait to test out the new fighter system

Keep up the awesome work!

posted on June 15th, 2008, 7:15 pm

Is the Remore Class still in and unchanged? I love that ship in PR.

posted on June 15th, 2008, 7:21 pm

Honestly I didnt care much for troopships in stock A2, but I think I can adapt and start using them
Support ships are of course a valuble asset in preV3, so I expect them to stay the same in V3.

Im looking forward to Fleet carriers. The Avalons' old fighter system was flawed and it seems that maybe the new one will be better. I can maybe forsee some problems with it tho. What if your playing on some huge map and you release a lot of fighters somewhere in the middle of nowhere and then move your fleet back to your base. Will that mean that the fighters will just move the whole maps distance over and over again untill they get destroyed? I think that would be a waste and Id hate to see that happen.
I think a better solution would be that the fighters would circle around the fleet carrier and attack any vessle that comes close to it (regardless of the carriers target). But of course that prolly isnt possible with A2 engine ^^

posted on June 15th, 2008, 7:24 pm

Yep the Remore is in and not changed except some visuals for her special abilities and some balancing adjustments made to all vessels

posted on June 15th, 2008, 7:30 pm

wow amazing modles as well I still cant beleave you made thoes for a game that is 7 years that is just amazing good job guys

posted on June 15th, 2008, 9:49 pm

Black Baron, Assault Ships are good even in the stock. It can be fun to take an entire armada then use it against the enemy without losing any of your ships. Assault Ships would also be better for Borg than Dominion, I'd expect them to board more often.

posted on June 16th, 2008, 2:15 am

Any chance for a combat tug support ship?  

posted on June 16th, 2008, 8:20 am

Black Baron, Assault Ships are good even in the stock. It can be fun to take an entire armada then use it against the enemy without losing any of your ships. Assault Ships would also be better for Borg than Dominion, I'd expect them to board more often.

I didnt say they were not good, I just said I didnt use them all that often I didnt play stock A2 all that much either lol it always came down to battleship rush so it got boring real soon.
While I agree that the Borg do like boarding ships, they can basically do it from any ship. Their crew count is big enough so I dont think they really need a dedicated marine ship I think the Dominion will do fine with it