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Could I get some monster player in my STO please?

trekfangrrrl#6910 trekfangrrrl Member Posts: 111 Arc User
I am a pretty casual player, and have never been a PvPer in any game I played. Then Champions Online did something that made me actually do some PvP; which is let you temporarily play as one of the game's villians.

I've never been a fan of normal PvP where an uber player can stomp someone who will never bother to min/max, but for some reason playing as a powerful "monster" with a crowd of people attacking you(or conversely, playing as a member of that crowd attacking the monster and being able to duck out if you start getting kilt) is just kind of fun.

It's not hard to imagine this in STO, where in a special queue or battlezone a limited number of people are playing as Borg or Undine or whatever, while the majority are wailing on them. And of course it almost goes without saying that both sides of that fight could earn marks in a new reputation.

So yeah, I would enjoy something like this in STO =)
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  • where2r1where2r1 Member Posts: 6,054 Arc User
    edited August 2018
    So, you find it fun to stomp on a bunch of players who are not as powerful as you....in PvP??? Not likely to be popular here.

    I would rather see them use the mechanic to level out PvP gear to a common level... (edit: in other words to be on a more equal footing) where players have a chance without investing heavily in specialty gear and traits.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 57,973 Community Moderator
    There is kinda something like this in one competative PvE queue. The ground one. You actually have a chance at temporary contol of something to slow down the other team. I remember getting turned into an Elite Borg Drone and getting into combat with the other team. But you're limited by what abilities the Elite is given, and they're slow so either you get dropped by massed fire or just plain ignored.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • trekfangrrrl#6910 trekfangrrrl Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    So, you find it fun to stomp on a bunch of players who are not as powerful as you....in PvP??? Not likely to be popular here.

    Actually, I've played both "sides" of this system and enjoy each perspective. Playing as the monster against the crowd can be fun, but playing as the crowd against the monster is also fun. But no, it's not the monster curb stomping 1 regular guy; it's the monster vs a crowd, and the crowd eventually wins.
  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    I would prefer a nemesis system, that your mirror counterpart appears to hunt you randomly, equiped with your level gear and your playing techniques.. that would be cool!!
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  • lagomorphic#0794 lagomorphic Member Posts: 28 Arc User
    gaevsman wrote: »
    I would prefer a nemesis system, that your mirror counterpart appears to hunt you randomly, equiped with your level gear and your playing techniques.. that would be cool!!

    Not a bad idea. The only problem is it is 100% off topic to this thread.
  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    I know, it's just that it's better than be, i don't know, the Cristaline Entity.. if i where the CE, no one will survive.. :blush:
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  • admrenlarreckadmrenlarreck Member Posts: 2,041 Arc User
    A few years ago Cryptic said that Sto is not designed for Monster play. And it will not be an option because of this.
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  • coqaunandos117#2576 coqaunandos117 Member Posts: 65 Arc User
    A few years ago Cryptic said that Sto is not designed for Monster play. And it will not be an option because of this.

    Not only is that false because they never said that, it's false because recent missions like Renegade's Regret prove they can let you play as a different type of character and ship that isn't your own.
  • nimbullnimbull Member Posts: 1,564 Arc User
    Monster?

    *turbo lift door opens*

    ("'\(o.O)/'")

    Captain: Ensign Red Shirt, there's a bear in teh turbolift! I'll be in the ready room!

    *Dashes off*
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  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    A few years ago Cryptic said that Sto is not designed for Monster play. And it will not be an option because of this.

    Not only is that false because they never said that, it's false because recent missions like Renegade's Regret prove they can let you play as a different type of character and ship that isn't your own.
    And STO runs on the same engine as CO to begin with.
  • jaephjaeph Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    where2r1 wrote: »
    So, you find it fun to stomp on a bunch of players who are not as powerful as you....in PvP??? Not likely to be popular here.

    I would rather see them use the mechanic to level out PvP gear to a common level... (edit: in other words to be on a more equal footing) where players have a chance without investing heavily in specialty gear and traits.

    I think the asymmetry can be fun. There's a boardgame called "ogre" that built around that principal, and it's a blast.


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  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,331 Arc User
    A few years ago Cryptic said that Sto is not designed for Monster play. And it will not be an option because of this.

    Not only is that false because they never said that, it's false because recent missions like Renegade's Regret prove they can let you play as a different type of character and ship that isn't your own.

    Renegades Regret was a test-bed for Monster play, but just cause they've done it once, doesn't mean this is 'easy' to implement either. It's something they are continuing to develop though, so we may well see even more in the future.
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    We DO actually have monster play in STO... in fact we have an entire reputation built around it!
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member Posts: 57,973 Community Moderator
    We DO actually have monster play in STO... in fact we have an entire reputation built around it!

    Competative?
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,231 Arc User
    rattler2 wrote: »
    We DO actually have monster play in STO... in fact we have an entire reputation built around it!
    Competative?
    but of course! :)
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    My character Tsin'xing
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