4.0 and CoH - Spoilers inside

[Revan Tair]

Just to bump this Subforum into 2021

We will start this by talking about Spoilers to CoH and 4.0
What I uncovered so far is following (Attention Spoilers):

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I've read through the t-file from the latest 4.0b4 version. There are several new plots, new unique missions and ofc sectors.

• TER/PIO(Terran Protectorate/ Segaris Pioneers) Gamestart Sectors: Mars /Brennan's Triumph. The Sectors seems to be following: TER: Sol (with everything appropiate in it, you know it people. PIO: Segaris, Brennan's Triumph, Gaian Prophecy. Savage Spur seems to be Yaki. I am guessing that the Terrans will connect to ANT or close to them.

• I've found so far 4 Plots (there should be 5): Yaki Plot, Terraform Plot, Venture Plot(?) and ANT secret service. I can't verify for myself right now the other plots.

If anyone wants to add to this please use spoilers, since that's new content that's not even released. This is the spoiler forum, but this is spoiler²

@Egosoft or @Mods if this is not allowed than please take it down or give me a wink.

It seems like Egosoft is putting in an incredible work into this DLC. The other additions like repeatable orders or mimic behaviour (we need mimic orders tbh) are very game changing in my opnion and will help us very much. I've yet to play around with the coordinate attack behaviour.

Revan Tair

[TheDeliveryMan]

There are many text lines about:

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multiverse guilds

[Revan Tair]

There are many text lines about:

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multiverse guilds

Yep! Also there seems to be

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a online map and finally a pier(edit: not dock), so we can send L and XL ships. Huge update inc for online! @z1ppeh sent me that info, thanks man!

[Raevyan]

Please don’t lock rewards I.e. paint mods and the only reasonable way to get exceptional ship mods behind online features. That’s the worst design in X4.

[Tamina]

CoH achievements are online and they reveal some details

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ACH_COH_ACCESS_DENIED
ACH_COH_ACCESS_GRANTED
ACH_COH_CADET
ACH_COH_PIONEER
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_1
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_ARGON
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_NONE
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_TERRAN
ACH_COH_PLOT_TERRAN_WAR
ACH_COH_PLOT_TF_1
ACH_COH_PLOT_YAKI_1
ACH_ONLINE_JOIN_SEASON
ACH_PLOT_PARANID_WAR
ACH_TERRAFORMING_IMPOSSIBLE
ACH_TERRAFORMING_MISSION
ACH_TERRAFORMING_PROJECT

So Yaki are confirmed if they weren't already.

Speculation:
- 4 new plots (counting the 4 different plot strings)
- Including another Paranid plot, which is not tied to the DLC.
- One of the CoH Plots seems to have 3 different branches (Argon, Terran and None)

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[Revan Tair]

CoH achievements are online and they reveal some details

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ACH_COH_ACCESS_DENIED
ACH_COH_ACCESS_GRANTED
ACH_COH_CADET
ACH_COH_PIONEER
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_1
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_ARGON
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_NONE
ACH_COH_PLOT_COVERT_TERRAN
ACH_COH_PLOT_TERRAN_WAR
ACH_COH_PLOT_TF_1
ACH_COH_PLOT_YAKI_1
ACH_ONLINE_JOIN_SEASON
ACH_PLOT_PARANID_WAR
ACH_TERRAFORMING_IMPOSSIBLE
ACH_TERRAFORMING_MISSION
ACH_TERRAFORMING_PROJECT

So Yaki are confirmed if they weren't already.

Speculation:
- 4 new plots (counting the 4 different plot strings)
- Including another Paranid plot, which is not tied to the DLC.
- One of the CoH Plots seems to have 3 different branches (Argon, Terran and None)

Source

Thanks for the Info, Tamina

Seems like Beta5 will be up soonish too (could be a week or two, max)


Revan Tair

[Teladi CEO]

Do the game files say anything about Terran ships for CoH? Thanks!

[Stoats not Goats]

Do the game files say anything about Terran ships for CoH? Thanks!

They do indeed (here's a list of Terran Ships, their functioning and where we've seen them before in trailers or screenshots). And of course all of these ships are subject to changes in name, appearance, etc. before egosoft releases the CoH DLC. So some of the ships named below might not actually make an appearance in game.

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TER Ships
Asgard - XL - Battleship (fusion of ATF and USC design, seen in SOTD thread)
Tokyo - XL - Carrier (probably similar to the X3 Tokyo)
Honshu - XL - Resupply Ship
Osaka - L - Destroyer (long ship seen in the trailer near the HQ, "design retained the two-pronged front bow of the older ship, while adopting an elongated rear section more typical of contemporary Terran designs")
Syn - L - Destroyer (Old ATF design)
Falx - M - Frigate (not seen in any footage or screenshots)
Katana - M - Corvette (almost identical to X3 and X-Rebirth renditions, seen in the SOTD thread)
Jian - M - Gunboat
Gladius - S - Heavy Fighter (could be the fighter with folding wings)
Kukri - S - Fighter (asymmetrical fighter seen in one of the trailers)
Nimcha - S - Scout
Rapier - S - Scout (possibly the tall S ship seen in the thumbnail for the trailer)
Copis - S/M/L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Bolo - S/M/L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Frog - S - Trader
Baldric - M - Trader
Hokkaido - L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Okinawa - L - Trader
Kyushu - XL - Builder

PIO Ships
Takoba - S - Fighter
Kalis - S - Fighter (modified Kukri)

YAK Ships
Moreya - S - Fighter (modified Pegasus, seen in SOTD thread)
Inari - S/M/L/XL - Unknown (may not be implemented)
Kuraokami - M - Corvette (modified Nemesis)

[Teladi CEO]

Wow! Thanks, that far more ships than I expected. Sounds like the Terrans will have the mightiest of fleets, some people think the tall ship is Yaki since it looks like the Yaki’s old x3 scout. Again thanks.

Edit: I wonder what Terran ships the PIO will get?

[Stoats not Goats]

No worries mate, I was also quite surprised when I saw just how many ships are likely to be added, however, it's quite likely that not all of the ships will make it into the final release much like the Python and Viper that were cut from the Split DLC.

[Teladi CEO]

Yeah, the python was a shame. I wanted to destroy a I with that thing. If it follows the same path as Split vendetta I’m guessing that the gunship will be removed. I also researched Syn, she’s the Norse god of defense. I think that hints to its purpose.

[Stoats not Goats]

Seeing as you're really interested in the Syn here's its description.

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The Syn-class destroyer is a remnant of the AGI Task Force fleet. With its three front-facing weapons, it was designed to take on large, slow targets. While most other ATF ships were systematically decommissioned and replaced by the Terran Protectorate, the Syn, due to its specialised nature, was absorbed into the Protectorate's military. While the Terran Protectorate developed their own destroyer-class ship, the Osaka, they saw sufficient military value in operating two distinct lines of destroyers side by side

[Teladi CEO]

Thanks for the description. Sorry for placing all the work on your shoulders, I have no skill in editing files and such.

[linolafett]

No worries mate, I was also quite surprised when I saw just how many ships are likely to be added, however, it's quite likely that not all of the ships will make it into the final release much like the Python and Viper that were cut from the Split DLC.

Because of the delay of the release, all ships will make it into the game.
The last ship currently being modelled is the M frigate, but this will be finalized before the expansion is released.

[Revan Tair]

Do the game files say anything about Terran ships for CoH? Thanks!

They do indeed (here's a list of Terran Ships, their functioning and where we've seen them before in trailers or screenshots). And of course all of these ships are subject to changes in name, appearance, etc. before egosoft releases the CoH DLC. So some of the ships named below might not actually make an appearance in game.

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TER Ships
Asgard - XL - Battleship (fusion of ATF and USC design, seen in SOTD thread)
Tokyo - XL - Carrier (probably similar to the X3 Tokyo)
Honshu - XL - Resupply Ship
Osaka - L - Destroyer (long ship seen in the trailer near the HQ, "design retained the two-pronged front bow of the older ship, while adopting an elongated rear section more typical of contemporary Terran designs")
Syn - L - Destroyer (Old ATF design)
Falx - M - Frigate (not seen in any footage or screenshots)
Katana - M - Corvette (almost identical to X3 and X-Rebirth renditions, seen in the SOTD thread)
Jian - M - Gunboat
Gladius - S - Heavy Fighter (could be the fighter with folding wings)
Kukri - S - Fighter (asymmetrical fighter seen in one of the trailers)
Nimcha - S - Scout
Rapier - S - Scout (possibly the tall S ship seen in the thumbnail for the trailer)
Copis - S/M/L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Bolo - S/M/L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Frog - S - Trader
Baldric - M - Trader
Hokkaido - L - Miner (mineral and gas variants)
Okinawa - L - Trader
Kyushu - XL - Builder

PIO Ships
Takoba - S - Fighter
Kalis - S - Fighter (modified Kukri)

YAK Ships
Moreya - S - Fighter (modified Pegasus, seen in SOTD thread)
Inari - S/M/L/XL - Unknown (may not be implemented)
Kuraokami - M - Corvette (modified Nemesis)

Thanks for the info, Stoats not Goats. That and the confirmation of linolafett is making my day

Revan Tair

[Teladi CEO]

Thanks for the info Linolafett! You and your team of art designers did an amazing job on the ships

[Tamina]

If you are bored Lino after that until release just say something

[mr.WHO]

No worries mate, I was also quite surprised when I saw just how many ships are likely to be added, however, it's quite likely that not all of the ships will make it into the final release much like the Python and Viper that were cut from the Split DLC.

Because of the delay of the release, all ships will make it into the game.
The last ship currently being modelled is the M frigate, but this will be finalized before the expansion is released.

Praise be the delay!
I'm still a bit salty about Python and Viper, so I'm happy that you delayed.


BTW People - we are at spoiler section of the forum, in topic with big SPOILER in title, so adding another layer of spoiler might be a bit redudant.


Reading ship descriptions:
1) Syn - the descriptions seem to describe something very similar to X-Rebirth Succellus - are these two related?
2) If Kukri is in fact anymetric fighter from trailer then whoever designed and named it deserve a medal- this thing really look like Kukri.
3) Frog? My impresion was "WFT?" I had to read trough dozens of wikipedia entries to find out:
Part of a sheath or scabbard for an edged tool or weapon; see Kukri Scabbard

Color me suprise - the last time you did this to me was when I found out Split Monitor is a lizzard, not a computer screen.

[Tamina]

Due to this being a "collection" of spoilers, the additional spoiler tags are a good idea so readers can choose the particular things they are interested in. I i.e. haven't looked at the shipnames for my very own reasons

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Color me suprise - the last time you did this to me was when I found out Split Monitor is a lizzard, not a computer screen.

I was wondering what you are talking about. Fun fact: In the German version "Monitor" got a proper Split ship name "Argus". Monitor is a weird name for this ship.

[mr.WHO]

I was wondering what you are talking about. Fun fact: In the German version "Monitor" got a proper Split ship name "Raptor". Monitor is a weird name for this ship.

I mean Auxilary ship "Monitor", not the Carrier "Raptor" - or there is two Raptors in german naming?
I checked the Monitor lizzard and aparently in most languages, including Polish it's called Varanus/Waran, so I wrap my head on how it could end be "Raptor" in German.