Longasc says:

I wonder if a “Blob” will follow… and if STO players will believe this ship to be something like a new Crystalline Entity and start a Fleet Action, with some people ramming the Titan at full impulse speed. ;)

For the Trekkies, this is not a 1:1 Sovereign class. Cryptic allows for variations when it comes to Saucer/Hull/Narcelles etc.. I found the Sovereign design to be too much of a flounder.

I think they should start out with “Project Ambulation” by adding a bridge and possible some more areas of the ship interior. Cryptic could also expand the bridge, e.g. add at least an option to zone to the “engine room” instance through the turbolift or something like that. Though being able to walk through the whole ship would be for sure even more awesome. :)

Tesh says:

The doctrine of “separation of avatar and ship” really does help with the notion of putting yourself in a game. I enjoyed the Descent games, but Privateer seemed much more interesting (“immersive”?) to me, largely because I had a character to hang the story on. Now, if my *ship* had personality, like Moya or Gomtuu, well, that would be another thing entirely.

Tangentially, the mute cipher as a protagonist is a curious design habit in many RPGs, ostensibly meant to let the player pour themselves into the empty vessel… but all too often, it’s just boring. Neverwinter Nights was pretty good, but I’ll take a well crafted Final Fantasy over it, purely because the characters are more interesting. I don’t mind not being able to project myself into a game, so long as what *is* offered in the game is interesting.

wilhelm2451 says:

At the risk of making the enemies list, isn’t that a Gallente Erebus? The Amarr titan looks like a mushroom, while that ship looks.. Gallente.

If Gallente meet Gallente coming through the rye…