Battlestar Galactica Online publisher,Bigpoint, has released some new screenshots and new informations about player and ship customization. As we wrote about BSG Online in MMOHaber.com some couple of day before, new informations are still coming! Battlestar Galactica Online is currently in development at ArtPlant and is touted as being a ‘ground breaking browser based MMO’.

BGO will feature 20 levels. Players will begin as either a human ‘nugget’ or as a recently created Cylon pilot mind. XP will be gained through the completion of tasks for a player’s faction. There are two types of missions: Story and Assignments. From the information available, these missions are akin to plot and side quests found in other MMOs.
Ship Class and Customization:

Each faction in Battlestar Galactica Online has several playable ship classes, divided into three ‘tiers’ by size (small, medium and large) and role (Offensive, Defensive and Command).  Each ship class has a specific number of slots for Ship Systems, which are items that grant ships abilities and bonuses when installed.  There are four general categories of ship systems (Weapon, Hull, Engine and Computer) and three sizes (small, medium and large). In addition, most systems have several levels of increasing in power and effectiveness.

Characters begin the game with a small ship, but by collecting enough resources can requisition additional ships, and by earning enough XP can qualify to command larger vessels. Eventually, a character can own several ships of different classes. By allocating XP, characters can train the skills required to use additional types and higher levels of ship systems, which can be requisitioned with resources.

Battlestar Galactica Online will give players more flexible space and freedom in gameplay. Bigpoint will not force players to put a category, war or something like other web browser. Players can choose fight, or trade or whatever they want to do in huge gamespace of Battlestar Galactica Online. But ofcourse, there are advantages and disadvantages of taking big ship or small ship. Here comes a strategy and tactics. It seems we will not wait a long time, there are some gameplay screens, so beta can come late of 2010 maybe!

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