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And what about that Ship Leveling! So, the quicker you spend the skill points on ships the more they level up(to T5)... soo the real question will turn into Which do you want to spend you SP on, making the ship better, you better, or a balance @_@

It's an interesting choice.

The trope for many seasons now, essentially since F2P, has been to incentivize newer, faster, better shinies - whether than be through Lockboxes, Lobi, or even the ole' fashioned Z-Store.

Plenty of players (and in this Fleet, of course) are happy to ride that carousel. It's how Cryptic makes their money, and I'm all for it, even if I largely choose to not participate.

Ship advancement and customization is something I could be super-into; but with the caveat that I'm nervous how that doesn't run contrary to Cryptic's essenial monetization priorities.

Put another way, it's been in Cryptic's interest to make ships essentially interchangeable and disposable. It's what keeps players buying the new shinies. So choosing to now incentivize sticking with, and investing in a ship. It just strikes me as cause for concern that there are going to be layers that keep Cryptic's income stream through that system, that we haven't yet been introduced to yet.

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Nah, they've still got the "but what does this mean for my T5 ships" sickles and handaxes.

I'll admit it remains my key concern for DU. Money and time and sweat and blood and tears poured into some of those ships down the drain is integral in some ways to a cap raise. Though it clearly won't jive with Cryptic's monetization model.

Only speaking for myself, natch, I suppose it would help if Cryptic was capable of designing ships that weren't so gosh darn fugly.

So we can gain Starship Traits, which in turn can be used on any ship. These gonna be something that override the genetic sequencer packs that have been available in LBs?
And what about that Ship Leveling! So, the quicker you spend the skill points on ships the more they level up(to T5)... soo the real question will turn into Which do you want to spend you SP on, making the ship better, you better, or a balance @_@

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. Even better is that it should shut up all those yabbos in the sto forums, the ones with the pitchforks and torches. B)

Nah, they've still got the "but what does this mean for my T5 ships" sickles and handaxes.

And I have to admit, the MSD of the Fed ship is making it grow on me. (It's the nacelles that bother me, mostly.)

Sweet new mechanics! Though I'm really hoping there' s a tier 6 version of the reagent and/or odyssey. Not big on the models they've given us a peek at thus far, aside from the Romulan birds that are rather sleek!

. Even better is that it should shut up all those yabbos in the sto forums, the ones with the pitchforks and torches. B)

Pretty neat stuff!

I wonder if the Specialized Bridge Officers are going to be like what we saw in Temporal Ambassador or A Step Between the Stars. Those were pretty neat abilities!

http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online/news/detail/7001833

Congratulations, Liam.

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I hope I can remember to get up in time :)

Want me to arrange a 60 pain stick wake-up call

ooooo!! Congratulations Dex!!! Welcome to the Accounts.. I mean membership Dept!! I must say im relived .. Parker used to beat us black and blue with a rope of sausages.. and laugh at us while doing it.

joking :p

Theres nowt wrong with Chicken pizza! mmm

CONGRATZ WILL!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Congratulations Liam! I leave Membership in excellent hands. You'll need to find someone to fix the chair in the conference room, it's a little squeaky.

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Congratulations!! Welcome to the Membership Department! We're not as dull as most people think we are, I promise... :woohoo:

I think the words used were, dull as dishwater... I don't believe it for a second though :)

Congratulations!! Welcome to the Membership Department! We're not as dull as most people think we are, I promise... :woohoo:

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Chicken pizza? What a great idea!

No, no its not, and thats why those of the commonwealth do not belong in the kitchen. :P

Congrats on the promotion. :woohoo:

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Good lord... I knew I should've asked engineering to fix my cryostasis chamber.

Oh, I mean, a BIG congratulations to you, Dex! We're all... very VERY happy to have you on the team here in leadership, yes.. and... well, we all believe that you will do a fantastic job *awkward laugh*

Lol, truly you'll do awesome ;) You have been one our greatest FC's and I think it's a promotion well deserved! I'm slightly sad that I won't be able to boss you around anymore, being the same rank and all now, but I think I can work through that as we're getting a great addition to our team :) If you need any assistance feel free to contact me!

Once again, congrats and welcome! Woohoo! *party popper!!!!*

Don't worry. I'm sure you can boss me around in other ways ;)

Also Aikune, the British have always been here, just a little more represented :).

Now to celebrate my promotion.. Chicken anyone? Or pizza?

Chicken pizza? What a great idea!

Thank you all. I look forward to working closely with the leadership and continuing to support the membership :)

Congratulations!

Oh I will be there :D