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With the year of hell and the utter incompetence of Dan Stahl to execute any kind of project that involved KDF despite the numerous claims of "Hey guys, trust me, i am a lover of KDF.". One wonders if its time to pack up and get more enjoyment from watching Startrek instead of playing STO.
Are we going to see an "Klingon Flagship" only for the next month a revised or otherwise rehashed Enterprise F to show up with the exact same stat line as the KDF Flagship?
I'll get down to the point.
My brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of Kahless; What are your visions of KDF in 2012?
ADDENDUM:
I apologize for laying it at Stahl's feet, he was not the only one that has caused our hardships.
Are we going to see an "Klingon Flagship" only for the next month a revised or otherwise rehashed Enterprise F to show up with the exact same stat line as the KDF Flagship?
I'll get down to the point.
My brothers and sisters, sons and daughters of Kahless; What are your visions of KDF in 2012?
ADDENDUM:
I apologize for laying it at Stahl's feet, he was not the only one that has caused our hardships.
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Recent improvements and announcements give a flavour of the positive things yet to come for the KDF.
But, to reply to the OP's closing statement, here is my wishlist for the KDF in 2012:
To be honest, there is so much potential both for this faction and game that it would be an endless feat to try listing all possiblities here but it is the duty of all loyal KDF (and Fed) players to ensure that our voice is heard in helping to keep this game at the top of its game for as long as possible.
NX89 hit the good ones already, (by the way man your suggestions... Duh. Winning).
Racking my brain here...
Seriously NX89 got the really good ones.
Targ breeding.
A-10 Warthog style teeth for our forward torpedo launchers.
More KDF stories/missions.
18% patches for all who got a KDF to LtG over a year ago.
God these are so basic.
I would like to see house intrigue and territory control tied into KvK PvP. That way we could get marading points the way that Fedies get diplo from non-combat missions doing what Kingons do when they are not fighting others. Besides we should still be encouraged to PvP.
A complete KDF faction with PvE gameplay to allow immersion into what it is to be in the KDF.
We have very little, though what we have is awesome in design and function, but we need full faction gameplay if F2P sto is to draw in any Klingon fans and get them to stay
the klingon faction is in a massively better state that its ever been but 2011 is hardly a good year to judge on klingon improvement for multiple reasons to do with atari/pw and f2p.
now in terms of going forward;
i would like to see those first 20 levels all get an episode (probably wont all happen in 2012 but 10 would be a decent start).
i would like to see a couple of unique klingon locations like rura penthe and ty'gokor added with something to do there.
more tier 5 kdf ships and skins.
a new playable species.
more sorties.
improvements to pvp which would benefit both factions.
Cryptic needs to add meaningfull PVE KDF missions that tells a Star Trek story from the Klingons perspective.
Federation built FE that Klingons will be able to play will not be enough and it never will be.
Hell at this point I'm willing to pay for a KDF expansion if it gives me a much better Klingon experience.
Indepth story driven PVE Klingon missions that depict stories of Honor, Betrayal, Revenge and Klingon Politics.
Throughout Trek it seemed that the Klingons were always dealing with some internal Political power struggles and the threat of Civil War was always looming; the Klingons in STO feel nothing like this.
The Romulan Star Empire is ripe for conquest! Why are we not seizing this opportunity to deal with one of our most hated Blood Enemies Once and For All!!
The Undine, these cowards mock us from the shadows; they seek to sow the seeds of fear and distrust throughout the Alpha Quadrant! Why do we not continue the Hunt for these Honorless DenIb Qatlh !!
The Federation, if these P'Tok are truly our enemies then why has J'mpok not ordered a full Offensive strike on the Sol system so we can rip out the very Hart of the Federation!!!
I think it may be time for New Leadership in the Klingon Council!
Yes! we need a new Leader! a Leader that does not Fear conflict!!
Leader that shows no Mercy to the Enemies of the Empire!!
Things if i recall that were promised half way through '11.
For some reason in the US now, there is 7.5 percent unemployement yet nobody wants to work at cryptic.
They have had those job openings on their site for months and no takers.
OR, they just aren't hiring. PWE put a stop to it.
Cryptic saying sorry for last year, and improvements for this year (but no plan) isn't real.
The difference is KDF got ever little since launch and not just 2011. I The difference is once again much was promised for KDF for 2011 but never happen.
Let see Season 4 where supposed to get
1. Klingons toturial and playing starting at level 1. Instead we got move to level 25.
2. We supposed to get Federation mission that were remaster for KDF play.. IE fed klingon mission redone to play for KDF side.. We got Zip while federation got 3 remaster missions.
3. We got 1 c-store uniform and several -store ship. Not ONE free shipping dispute having less ships then federation.
That a little miss leading. My company been looking for Additions service that for steel measuring gauges since 2005 when I was hired. Today they hired 3 and we still looking. Probleme is people are not willing to do the job. Just because there people unemployed those not mean there skill or want to do that job
Gorn Bridge
Rura Penthe missions to stop prisoners escaping and by following tracks across the snow to find the prisoners insted of a big circle saying where they are and then you can explore the dilithium mines.
That sums up the whole employement issue in one sentence. The modern American worker no longer wants to work, they just want to be paid.
Basically, the changes might appear plenty, but, especially from the KDF side and PvPer side, they are not. This game has had two years to become so much more and still fails. Please do not get me wrong, I love this game, but when I left about 20 months ago, it was because devs - really management - listened to lifers and not us who subbed.
Before Lifers scream foul - the game would not have gone F2P if you were contributing enough finacally, and ideas that increased population. Not saying you caused this, but you really didn't help. I bet if I searched I would find tonnes of post saying F2P is fine, but I yadda yadda, and I want yadda yadda - basically sounding like bankers on Wall Street. BTW, 90% of the lifers in my KDF and SF clans have not been on since 2010.
But they kept saying more klingon stuff was on the way and how they have an entire team (of 1?) working on KDF content yet what happened? 2012 better be an amazing year for KDF.
C-Store ships are not content. What the frak do I do with ships that are 20 levels below me that have no useful consoles either? Give me new content to level in and maybe I'll roll an alt and actually buy one. KA having DOFF missions is the only reaon I visit it. Gear is not content either.
At least I can grind DOFFs and STFs with my KDF characters. My short (for now) wishlist:
Orion, Gorn and Nausicaan bridges (even if only few).
Exploration revamp (not just for KDF).
Expanded Klingon Empire (why are we stuck in OL?)
Missions, missions and missions.
I'm with you Roach.
All Cryptic did was to hammer in C-Store ships and stuff.
I don't scream foul but I'd like you to actually give examples.
When?
Where?
To what extend?
And why are ideas from lifers supposedly less sophisticated and helpful than those from subbers?
Otherwise this is just unfounded bogus.
And I very much resent your generalizations and comparisons.
I'm a lifer and I've done only one constant screaming in the two years, Give us Klingon fans a fully fleshed faction so we might enjoy our aspect of the Star Trek genre that we Klingions fans have supported faithfully over the decades.
In the mean time I've spent plenty of money in those two years on STO, waiting against hope that teh Devs would strop following the fedfans like a lost puppy wanting a treat.
How did that bringing the game down?
Thankfully after such a long wait it appears that a light is at the end of the tunnel for us.
And anyone who doesn't believe this simply needs to spend 6 months in any other country and observe the natives to confirm it.
On the Home Front:
Story arcs that show us better what it means to be klingon. Klingons are a dangerous species, and other posters have said it better: We need to not only see, but, become involved in the intrigues, politics, threats of civil war, and more!
The Gorn Homeworld, complete with a few story arcs to open our eyes to the lumbering, insightful, and decisive Gorn Hegemony. The Gorn are known for their slow and methodical method of decision making. Once they gird for war, they are 100% convinced that there is no other alternative, and then they commit to total war. This is something that we need to see in the game. Right now, the gorn are really kinda mythological in lore, when they should be solvent and solidly defined.
Ter'jas Mor, and the intrigues (and possiblly the depravities) of the Orion Syndicate. Melani D'ian went to alot of trouble to have Ramius killed and all of the non-orions either liquidated or shooed off. Theirs is an ancient culture whose knowledge of medicine and engineering extend into antiquity. In the TV lore, we saw how an archeologist made tremendous scientific breakthoughs for the Federation, based on what he found on Orion. Having some stary ars here would do much to sharpen the focus of exactly how the Orions and their Syndicate fit into the Klingon Empire.
Naussicans, and Lethians, and Trills! Oh, my! We know these species from the series, and we've played them in the game, but, really. Why are they here? Let's see some story arcs that bring these three species back into the gaze of our minds, and help us understand the value they represent to the Empire.
The Romulan Front The Federation has it, and we see it in the new opening movie with dialogue from Ambassador Spock that the KDF has it. Now, give it to us, with both barrels and a good dose of tenacious and treacherous entrenchment from those filthy romulans!
These things are what I would like to see this year.
Good list.
I'd like to add
Federation Front
"For some time now our war with the Federation has ground to a stalemate.
End this with a few decisive victories so our forces can gain momentum and we can finally establish a foothold in their space"
We need Breathing Room!
"Due to our protracted conflicts with the Federation and the Romulans and the reappearance of the Borg, we need new resources to sustain the war effort.
The [insert klingon sounding name] Sector is currently unexplored.
We must change that.
So you will be sent to map its available resources
-asteroids for minerals
-nebulae for energy production
-planets for both the above as well as living space and food production
Should you come across worlds that are populated you must subjugate them.
Bring those worlds under the heel of the Empire, make their population jeghpu'wI' so
they may serve us as an effective labour force.
Due to continued fighting on the other fronts we will only be able to send a limited number of ships into the [insert klingon sounding name] Sector so if you get into trouble you will be on your own for quite a while.
Quapla!"
We will continue to be blasted as being Op by the fed playerbase while they chew us apart in PvP and while the Devs explain to us that the KDF just doesn't have the numbers to justify its completion as a faction just yet, but they really want too.
/sigend. I'm with you Roach. Cryptic will frow us the one or the other bone and C-Store ship and that's it.
Sad...but probably true....
I sure hope you're proved wrong, tho.
As do I.
I do not like having to go through the game with the constant thought of being the redheaded child of the family that is STO. Unfortunately 2 years of this slow as targ snot progress ahs made me imbittered to the point of looking for a bench on Qo'nos so I can sit around like a sour old man and say thing like, " This chaffs my tuckus" and " Rot rot rot" while smoking a hand-rolled cigar.
They will also fix pvp.
The rest is cstore.
There will be no kdf/fed equality.
Sad really. All the Fed explanations of Star Trek is Fed centric and KDF are bad guys and no one wants to play bad guys, oh and the 18% theory it all just goes out the window when you consider that other space MMO where the traditional, non-centric, but fully fleshed out, (content wise), baddie faction out populate the good guys on almost all of the PvP servers.
One speculative figure I read was that Reps are about 20% of the functional player base.
Make KDF content, make it right, and more than 18% of the players will play it.