I know that the notion of 'buying extra content' is not well received by some, but it would sure demonstrate and stimulate demand more effectively than trying to wheedle the devs into making more KDF missions at the expense of the rest of the development schedule.
I wonder if they'd go for that idea (as a way to accelerate KDF content delivery)?
I like this idea. I know people who don't use the foundry as they consider it substandard content (even though that's not always true). Putting an Official Seal on it could take away that stigma. Cryptic could give the story to one of it's normal mission givers at the appropriate level, players would just see it as part of their normal progression, and as you say, it would free-up one of the author's mission slots. Add some official rewards (XP, BO pts, Honor, maybe even a "physical" prize), and you've got a "real" KDF mission. Nice.
The only downside is I know Crpytic has said in the past, for other things, that they can't publish user-submitted material. How the exception works for the Foundry, I don't understand, but I fear there could be some kind of Rights issue (?). I don't know, honestly, but it's a concern I have. Overall though, this idea should have very little, to no, resource investment on Crpytic's part, and I like that, too.
Your wisdom is great Archancellor! This is a fantastic idea to add some Exclusive Content to the KDF side. I especially like the idea of Faction-specific BoE Prize. If they would add this sort of uniqueness to even half of the new FEs (more is better, naturally), it would really give more players reason to try the KDF (especially the alternate rewards incentive, I think).
My concern though is that adding new maps, story lines/objectives, and prizes mean adding resources to the project. Probably not as much as a mission created "from scratch", but more none-the-less. Especially adding a new prize. Because then you have to worry about balance issues, and they already have hard enough time balancing any single new device to this game, now they're adding two, and they'd have to make sure the items balance against what the other faction received.
New items don't have to be done all the time, and it doesn't even have to necessarily be a "unique" item. Imagine there was a Covariant [Cap]x2 in the KDF mission and a Hyper Combat Impulse Engine [Trn] x2 in the Federation mission. That would already provide some incentives to players, I think.
"Play episode X on the KDF, cheapest way to get decent shields at any tier!"
Overall I think it's naturally a little more work, but ultimately - Without any work at all, Klingon-specific missions won't come into being at all. So try to look for efficient ways to do it.
So, Tranman and Mustrum, you both said "instead of" my idea try your ideas. And I like both of yours! Was there something(s) you didn't like about mine? Or why couldn't all/any of these be done in-part or combination?
The instead only applied to removing an entire Featured Series or Episode. The idea to promote Foundry missions to official status and giving them decent skill point and item rewards sounds great to me.
Season 2 was kind of Cryptic's "great experiment". They spent a ton of resources and time developing 8 awesome KDF only episodes and according to them, it made basically no difference at all in the KDF population. Unfortunately for us that means they arent going to be spending time making anymore KDF exclusive content any time soon because it didnt pay off when they tried it before.
I hate to say it, but I cant actually blame them; at least not from a business standpoint. They gave us exactly what we asked for, KDF exclusive PvE content, and it didnt do anything to increase the KDF playerbase.
Problem with that logic, IMO, is that Cryptic points at those missions and says they didn't make the KDF population explode.
Cryptic also pointed at the few bridge packs in the C-Store and said "KDF Stuff does not sell really well".
That is like giving a cripple a cane and then complaining he can't participate in a marathon.
Problem with that logic, IMO, is that Cryptic points at those missions and says they didn't make the KDF population explode.
Cryptic also pointed at the few bridge packs in the C-Store and said "KDF Stuff does not sell really well".
That is like giving a cripple a cane and then complaining he can't participate in a marathon.
I think you miss the point. No one ever claimed the 8 episodes in Season 2 were going to fix the KDF faction, and no one would claim giving a cripple a cane would fix his condition. However, giving a cripple a cane should at the very least help him walk better. But according to what we have been told, the 8 Season 2 episodes did nothing at all to increase the KDF playerbase.
I think you miss the point. No one ever claimed the 8 episodes in Season 2 were going to fix the KDF faction, and no one would claim giving a cripple a cane would fix his condition. However, giving a cripple a cane should at the very least help him walk better. But according to what we have been told, the 8 Season 2 episodes did nothing at all to increase the KDF playerbase.
I'm not entirely sure I do.
First they said it was 12% of the players, later they said 18%.
Either those were different percentages of something or there was growth (about 50%) but it was appearently not enough.
I'm not entirely sure I do.
First they said it was 12% of the players, later they said 18%.
Either those were different percentages of something or there was growth (about 50%) but it was appearently not enough.
Or the Federation player base shrunk significantly while the KDF player base remained the same. Percentages are a terrible way to measure.
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I know that the notion of 'buying extra content' is not well received by some, but it would sure demonstrate and stimulate demand more effectively than trying to wheedle the devs into making more KDF missions at the expense of the rest of the development schedule.
I wonder if they'd go for that idea (as a way to accelerate KDF content delivery)?
Problem with that logic, IMO, is that Cryptic points at those missions and says they didn't make the KDF population explode.
Cryptic also pointed at the few bridge packs in the C-Store and said "KDF Stuff does not sell really well".
That is like giving a cripple a cane and then complaining he can't participate in a marathon.
I think you miss the point. No one ever claimed the 8 episodes in Season 2 were going to fix the KDF faction, and no one would claim giving a cripple a cane would fix his condition. However, giving a cripple a cane should at the very least help him walk better. But according to what we have been told, the 8 Season 2 episodes did nothing at all to increase the KDF playerbase.
I'm not entirely sure I do.
First they said it was 12% of the players, later they said 18%.
Either those were different percentages of something or there was growth (about 50%) but it was appearently not enough.
Or the Federation player base shrunk significantly while the KDF player base remained the same. Percentages are a terrible way to measure.