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I would like to see Cryptic hire another full team for the Klingon part of the game, if a company invests in a product it wants to do well, it will! I heard Stahl talk about how very few people used The Klingons, Thats why they dont get any love. Then later I heard that if you play them your about 10% of the game that does. To quote General Patton, The problem is obvious! They dont look soldiers, they dont act like soldiers. Why should they be expected to fight like soldiers?
In the same vain The Klingons dont have very much; in fact some of what was an option for Klingon players are not options anymore such as using the best buy tribble, Sure it doesnt do the Klingons any good, it still worked with the Orions and the Gorn and the Aliens in this section of the game. So, why remove it? Another thing that has been removed is the Orion Bikini option; I for one would like to use it, I never heard why it was removed. Its still a minus! I thought the idea was to add options and features to entice people to use them, Not to take it way.
In my time on STO, Ive seen many items offered to the Federation but not so much the Klingons, Dont get me wrong I play them both, (I have one of each division in game (Sci, Tac, Eng.) in both factions and 2 additional toons for creating content in ether faction.) and will most likely play any new faction that comes out.
So I suggest the problem is reciprocal, you have no money for the Klingon part because the players arent there; you have no players for this fine part of the game because the company hasnt invested in it.
Anyway please dont try to tell me that its because the Klingons arent popular, I remind you that Star Trek Klingon Academy was a huge hit! And that some of the best parts of the shows and movies revolved around klingons!
Food for thought! Am I wrong what are your thoughts?
P.S. This is in no way a flame of Cryptic; Im just a guy exercising my first amendment rights.
In the same vain The Klingons dont have very much; in fact some of what was an option for Klingon players are not options anymore such as using the best buy tribble, Sure it doesnt do the Klingons any good, it still worked with the Orions and the Gorn and the Aliens in this section of the game. So, why remove it? Another thing that has been removed is the Orion Bikini option; I for one would like to use it, I never heard why it was removed. Its still a minus! I thought the idea was to add options and features to entice people to use them, Not to take it way.
In my time on STO, Ive seen many items offered to the Federation but not so much the Klingons, Dont get me wrong I play them both, (I have one of each division in game (Sci, Tac, Eng.) in both factions and 2 additional toons for creating content in ether faction.) and will most likely play any new faction that comes out.
So I suggest the problem is reciprocal, you have no money for the Klingon part because the players arent there; you have no players for this fine part of the game because the company hasnt invested in it.
Anyway please dont try to tell me that its because the Klingons arent popular, I remind you that Star Trek Klingon Academy was a huge hit! And that some of the best parts of the shows and movies revolved around klingons!
Food for thought! Am I wrong what are your thoughts?
P.S. This is in no way a flame of Cryptic; Im just a guy exercising my first amendment rights.
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The reason that the vast majority of content is faction agnostic is quite specifically because they can't afford to do otherwise.
With the PW deal in the works that might change, or it might not.
And of course even if the PW deal does lead to significantly more funding there are a lot of concerns that are arguably more pressing which effect broader groups (like PvP issues, lack of endgame, gear issues, etc.).
The klingons do need more love, but the effort tends to go where the money is I'm afraid. They are a business after all, and the better the game does the longer it stays afloat and progresses.
The Company must remain viable, 400 may seem a steep price, (For Boff and Ship slots) and I think so also. Its basic business, sell what you can to recoup the cost of the product and or service and make a profit. So now the question becomes are they selling enough of these items to do that and perhaps bring prices down... after all no one does business to lose money.
This does not bode well for the future, in my thinking, because there will be even less of an interest in any other factions to be introduced into STO as a stand alone faction. The percentages of the player base that actually play the other factions will probably not ever reach even a third of the total player base. I just don't see that much interest in other factions currently. Whatever gimmick or content or enticement is created to lure players to the other factions, the Feds will always be the predominant faction in STO.
You sir are incorrect. I've played KDF pretty much exclusively since OB, but I've taken a few breaks along the way. The number of KDF players (who also played KDF exclusively) that I know of that have either quit the game or go on similar extended leaves of absence is in the dozens. There have been entire KDF FLEETS leave the game, since OB.
This is not uncommon among KDF-exclusive players.
"Few new players?" No, we're talking about the possibility of bringing back a lot of retired players too.
A concentrated effort to bring back retired KDF players would pay off big-time in the long-run, I've said it many times before and it still holds true. Espescially if you can retain said players. No business stays afloat if it continues down a path that hemorraghes customers (in this case a playerbase). Businesses that continue to expand, seek out new customers, they thrive.
Do you think UFP players would leave the game if CS put UFP content on hiatus for 5 months to focus on KDF content, or do you think those UFP players would play KDF? Do you not think the UFP already has enough content for those players completely uninterested in playing KDF to 'ride it out' a couple of months? Look what happened to the Klingon playerbase when CS focused on UFP content- more KDF rolled UFP toons.
To say that there is no profit to be gained in expanding the Klingon experience is downright absurd.
I disagree with this statement. They built the famework and very few came, but saying "they built it" sounds like it was a full faction and it wasnt; not even close.
Yes, I believe UFP players would leave if they were subjected to five months without a content update. I do not believe they'd roll KDF because the five months of Klingon content that we see would be sporadically added as probably between 1 and 3 sub par missions each week and scaled for a fixed level. In essence, it would be waiting, with baited breath, for content equivalent to what the UFP started the game with, and that content isn't worth waiting for or grinding an alt for.
I do not in any way think the UFP already has enough content, and certainly not enough for players who've already done the content once to 'ride it out' for five months.
There is no immediate profit in catering to a 12% minority exclusively. I hate it too but recognize the reality of our predicament
the Klingon Assault Group and Klingon Alliance International. Besides dressing up for conventions doing charity groups, costuming for others and building props some come here to command a Klingon Ship it is
one of the few games since Klingon Academy that on can do so. If you doubt that theres a site
Called Klingonspace where alot of us post photos and information. KAG and KAI have websites.
As does the Klingon Language Institute. (yes there really is one!) I am studying the Klingon Language there online. I wish they would fully flesh out the faction. there is a segment of fans they are missing.
And some of us take being klingon very seriously.
Qapla Batlh Je!
Marok
But ... but ... but ... the c-store?
hear, hear...this has been my thought since Beta...
It is worldwide, there are hundreds of such fan clubs.
How could they have overlooked such a possibility?
Nice to see another True Warrior.