One question I have that I have to wonder, and that I keep forgetting to ask in Ask Cryptics, or have asked and it never seems to get answered is..
Why can't foundry authors publish PVP Based Missions/Maps of their own as a way to give us our own maps to PVP in till you can provide more PVP Content in the future?
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Guess I need to keep saying this till im blue in the face since theres a few people who are extremely thick....
WHAT DO YOU WANT KDF??? seriously? please cryptic give us levels 1-20 so i can be just as TRIBBLE bored with 1 extra day tacked on to my leveling curve as is, I know it will take you probably 3-6 months to add those extra 20 missions but I really want to play 1 full day of new content and than cry there is still nothing for my klingon to do at 50.
Thats what im hearing? right? WAKE UP. Ask for more end game klingon content and stop asking for the darn fluff to start with that wont amount to a hill of beans in the first place.
And...secondly....how many kdf members are actually klingon....because you know most stfs ive run i see....orion, and gorn...i see 1 klingon character per every 3 of those 2 races...so apparently its not so much people play kdf to play as a freaking klingon, its because they just didnt want to be federation.
People are asking for pvp improvements and I couldnt agree more, with a 3rd faction that can switch sides at a moments notice dont you think that would spice things up a bit? itll give diplomacy a whole new meaning as well.
But I see most of the haters and naysayers saying a romulan faction isnt whats needed, theyd rather die than see the kdf be forgotten for a 3rd faction and so on and so on. More fe are needed....derp on that too, we need content but not in the form of a 2 month 5 mission story arc that you run 20 times each week for each alt and than scream for something else again.
Heres something else to help some people that scream theres nothing to do in the game...try not sitting infront of it for 10 hours a day each day..I play like 3 hours a week total...and I barely feel any burn out or need for something new every minute. Or just make a foundry mission...that chews up alot of time too.
So much passion. I love it!
I have four fed toons and ten KDF. I have slots reserved for the Romulan faction when and if it shows up, (just so you know that to some degree I am on your side). I can't wait to swallow the green pill, even if I still favor the red.
Still, if you don't mind, I would like to point out a little detail. How much faith could any reasonable player have in investing in character spaces and other C-Store fluff for a new mini faction given Cryptic's track record with the KDF as it stands today?
1-50 leveled play is a big deal for getting those new players who want to play a particular faction over another and keeping them invested in their preferred faction's toon(s). Forcing new players to level a Fed toon despite interest in playing KDF or even Romulan reduces the chance of them rolling that other faction when the option does come up at Fed level 22.
Beyond that, as the KDF should show, a lack of 1-50 play means a bigger lack of ships at certain tiers, (low tiers). This in turn reduces the options available to players via fleet ships when they do get to end game and start to try PvP.
I can empathize with an eagerness to get into something as new, mysterious and potentially sophisticated as the Romulans. In my eyes it is better in the long term to finish, to some degree, what was already started before starting something new.
If you are a pickle in a pickle jar you know every pickle's different, sort of, but really they're all just pickles...
Woot Playable Romulans is winning, we need this, getting boreing playing the same races over and over and over. Next playable Race should be the BORG, you already have all the different BORG ship in game we could fly. EVERYONE loves the BORG, Thats why Star Trek First Contact was the best movie. Also all the Voyager shows that had the BORG in them. Resistance Is Futile.
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Dedication Plaque: "By Any Means Necessary" -Malcolm X
One question I have that I have to wonder, and that I keep forgetting to ask in Ask Cryptics, or have asked and it never seems to get answered is..
Why can't foundry authors publish PVP Based Missions/Maps of their own as a way to give us our own maps to PVP in till you can provide more PVP Content in the future?
OMG! That is an AWESOME idea!
If you are a pickle in a pickle jar you know every pickle's different, sort of, but really they're all just pickles...
Woot Playable Romulans is winning, we need this, getting boreing playing the same races over and over and over. Next playable Race should be the BORG, you already have all the different BORG ship in game we could fly. EVERYONE loves the BORG, Thats why Star Trek First Contact was the best movie. Also all the Voyager shows that had the BORG in them. Resistance Is Futile.
I'll be honest , thats a ridiculous idea :rolleyes:
how on earth would that work
borg dont have ' captains' , only missions playable as drone #1827393832 would be ' go clean something '
Yes hit wrong macro before.. I think as an MMO you had to build what you could with the staff and time available before launch.
Then you were limited in resources at the time to build o that. .is been a struggle
to find parity.. I don't like the whole Hobus mess.. and i dint like Legacy Multi player play..
I did like the DC Fontana Script for the Single Player Generations Every Series Captain had a part and VO it..
Their Trek in Bethsoft Trek better then your take on the JJ Alt Trek..
I like your team and the fun and general Trek feel and locations..
AWEN gave out alot of Open Beta keys that could not be properly used because ZINC was not given the Server Resources to support them.
AWEN had a Community POLL and over 7000 fans voted for a faction when ask
"WHat should out next playable faction be?"
The Faction ROMULANS.
Its never too late to offer limited or FE Romulan play
But without a real Career Track and Faction.. You cant draw its fans..
Cart before horse Launch before a faction is included its happen before..
But even SFC III the Nemesis Tie In Had Captain Picards Unity One Narration talent ..
and playable Romulans almost 12 years ago.. it was a large Faction in the Star Fleet Command Universe. On Par with Federation for active fleet sizes and Traditions like the Klingon Empire.. We also had Mirak Lyran Hydran ISC Gorn Player Controlled empires and fleets For years.. of Course the Graphics required to run a proper MMO of STOs nature were either not available or the vision wasn't there to WOW things.. into the EverQuest Dimension of player control .. not to mention the sizes of Quake World server games in the past.. for FPS environments and glitz.. OPENGL Quake may be more pixely then sTO
but it had more maps and variety becuse we could MOD about any real world environment to it or Duke Nukem or Rainbow Six..
I'll be honest , thats a ridiculous idea :rolleyes:
how on earth would that work
borg dont have ' captains' , only missions playable as drone #1827393832 would be ' go clean something '
' regenerate'
' go fix something '
Do missions where you have to assimilate a Colony, or a enter world, or a ship. Start off flying a Borg Probe, move up to a Sphere, then a Borg Cube, then last a Borg Tactical Cube. You be able to fight FED and KDF, other players have to try to stop you. Lots of ideas, I could go on forever on this topic.
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Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral Maximus@blueamdgamer
Dedication Plaque: "By Any Means Necessary" -Malcolm X
yes , but how could you justify your drone being in charge ?
its a drone
also , aside from pvp , there would be practically no missions at all , and the ones you'd get would be so repetitive and mind numbing that leveling up would be more chore than fun
playing liberated borg under the umbrella of a larger faction works
playing a borg drone wouldnt work in the slightest
not to mention stuff like social zones :rolleyes:
the idea of a borg shopping for better weapons and shields does funny things to my brain
What you needed at Launch was a Conquest Dynaverse area.. .with a reason to grab territory. Show of hands how many DEV TM at launch ever played Starfleet command to understand the Starfleet battles dynamic.. for what it meant to have real fleets and a area players controlled?
yes , but how could you justify your drone being in charge ?
its a drone
also , aside from pvp , there would be practically no missions at all , and the ones you'd get would be so repetitive and mind numbing that leveling up would be more chore than fun
playing liberated borg under the umbrella of a larger faction works
playing a borg drone wouldnt work in the slightest
not to mention stuff like social zones :rolleyes:
the idea of a borg shopping for better weapons and shields does funny things to my brain
Honestly, every Fed and KDF captain is the exact same: we follow orders. We get to do what we want because it's a game, but in the game's story, we just follow orders.
As a Borg, it'd be the same. We follow orders in the story, but the gameplay has no affect on the story or following orders. In other words, we can act like an independent drone all we want, but as far as the game is concerned, it doesn't care.
Sure, in shows and movies and stuff, the Collective would care. But this is a game, and it'd be hard, if not impossible, to make a playable Borg faction that actually followed the Borg's philosphy to a T.
Consider Borg gameplay an entirely separate dimension from the Collective's policies (story and following orders), and all issues go away, more-or-less.
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
Why do people want to see a Romulan faction so much? It has been three years and they still haven't finished off the KDF, now you want another faction that will likely never have a complete storyline and only offer the same end game content as the other one and half factions? How many times can we run the same missions only using different characters and new ships? Where is the revamped PvP that could make multiple factions viable?
Honestly, every Fed and KDF captain is the exact same: we follow orders. We get to do what we want because it's a game, but in the game's story, we just follow orders.
As a Borg, it'd be the same. We follow orders in the story, but the gameplay has no affect on the story or following orders. In other words, we can act like an independent drone all we want, but as far as the game is concerned, it doesn't care.
Sure, in shows and movies and stuff, the Collective would care. But this is a game, and it'd be hard, if not impossible, to make a playable Borg faction that actually followed the Borg's philosphy to a T.
Consider Borg gameplay an entirely separate dimension from the Collective's policies (story and following orders), and all issues go away, more-or-less.
the only way i can see it working is a liberated borg faction
lump liberated drones from all races together in a fight to survive in a galaxy that hates them, sort of like hugh's crew in that one TNG episode , make junk like ships etc
the only way i can see it working is a liberated borg faction
lump liberated drones from all races together in a fight to survive in a galaxy that hates them, sort of like hugh's crew in that one TNG episode , make junk like ships etc
Hmm... didn't Hugh make his own 'colony' of liberated Borg drones, seen in VOY?
Perhaps they can come to the Alpha quadrant, somehow, and make a new home in the galaxy. Every race leaves them alone, because they don't want to cause undue trouble like their former Collective, but they can help also lash out against the Borg.
And considering the oft-mentioned fact that the galaxy needs to be united against the Borg, and push them back, they'd be a great help in that fight.
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
About the Well-class timeship being introduced later this month: I wonder whether we could also get the 29th century Starfleet uniform, with pin and pips? :cool:
about The well-class Timeship Being Introduced Later This Month: I Wonder Whether We Could Also Get The 29th Century Starfleet Uniform, With Pin And Pips? :cool:
About the Well-class timeship being introduced later this month: I wonder whether we could also get the 29th century Starfleet uniform, with pin and pips? :cool:
That would truly be the... latest fashion!
Since Wells class will likely be Lockbox content the uniform to go along with it is feasable as lobi store.
I am torn apart by this poll. Too many good & important choices.
From a creative standpoint, i would like to see more Foundry Improvements. Please add more assets & tools. There is still sooooo much unused potential!
From a story & pleasant anticipation standpoint, i cant wait to see more Feature Episodes! It is so great to have something to look forward on a weekly basis. This was a BIG thing to get people back in the game playing. You (Cryptic) got the raw data, so you know it!
From an explorer point of view, i would like to see a change to the Exploration in the game. One of the things Star Trek is best known for, and STO is lacking since launch.
From a KDF standpoint, if it takes too much ressources (and the return is not supporting such a move) to flesh out missions for the first levels, give them at least once in a while a new exclusive mission like "Alpha". From what i heard (in one interview with Kestrel by Gates of Stovokor), there are a lot of good storys still waiting to be told! I know it's the old chicken & egg argument, but really, a new ship & costume once in a while wont hurt you much. I dont have the data, but it's hard to beleive that the Klingon store sales are so low in comparison.
And then there are the Romulans. Since 2010 i am waiting for it to happen. Sure, the Klingons still need more attention, but i really think that a third playable faction would enrich the game on a whole. It is fun to start from a fresh new perspective and to delve deeper into their storys. A lot of the art assets are already in the game, the groundwork is done so to speak, and Season 7 is already heading in the direction of the Romulans. It's a logical choice, to quote their famous sisters & brothers. I wont expect a big new faction on a par with the Federation. But if you (Cryptic) decide to do this, it would be great to have them almost on a par with the Klingons (in their current state).
All things considered, i voted and i am looking forward to the future of STO.
PS: Good to see that a lot of people choose something in this poll that somehow relates to more story & new things to do. I think it shows.
About the Well-class timeship being introduced later this month: I wonder whether we could also get the 29th century Starfleet uniform, with pin and pips? :cool:
That would truly be the... latest fashion!
Ooo, I really like that uniform. I'd consider buying it.
Just remember...Sthal promised a complete KDF faction before any new playable factions were added....not that hes been able to keep his word...but still.
The poll is a waste of time. If Cryptic were really concerned with player interests then the same old choices wouldn't be on here two and a half years after the first poll that got us nothing. For those voting Playable Romulans note what that says: Playable Romulans not Romulan Faction. If Stahl was incapable of properly making a Klingon faction don't think for a second he'll make a reasonable attempt at making one Romulan.
Jack Emmert: "Starfleet and Klingon. ... So two factions, full PvE content." Al Rivera hates Klingons Star Trek Online: Agents of Jack Emmert All cloaks should be canon.
Honestly, I'd just appreciate it if the starbase stuff wasn't so much about gouging the players and actually about giving us something in return for our investment.
Ok, I get it, the Special, Limited Time projects are going to stay at 200K Dilithium so Larger Fleets can have the Fleet Credits spread out more, but please, for the love of all that is good, make them actually WORTH 200K Dilithium. Many projects (both already out and leaked in screenshots or visible on the minimap) should have really been combined together. The Last 2 KDF Projects have been VERY lackluster (a few pieces of glass in the previous one and banners that are either too high to see unless you look for them or not adequately lit in this one). The last 3 KDF Projects (Ops upgrade, Statues, banners) should really have been combined into one, or at least 2 (Statues and banners as one and Ops/Transporter upgrade with something else as the other).
The Pictures from this upgrade should have had the Conference Table and Chairs added at the very least and probably should have included the Fed Banners and Transporter Room Logo as well (or have the banners and Logo packaged with the plants). As sad as the Dance Floor is going to be, it should have been added to the Bar Upgrade (though I think the Bar, Lounge and Dance Floor should really be on the "Crew" Deck that is non-existant, but that is an argument made in another thread)
I do wonder why Cryptic hasn't added the KDF Project I'm sure most KDF players want (and the one they tempted everyone with pre-season 6) which is the Hunting Lodge upgrade with Fireplace and Rug, rather we get "upgrades" you can't even notice when looking right at them.
Sadly, the entire Starbase System that was the basis of Season 6 has, in my opinion, been one lackluster thing after another. Sure, some of it was new, some may even be considered "innovative", but the vast majority has been reuse of existing tech and graphics.
The Ops sections are new, but every other level are just reused maps
The Over-Priced DOFF Contacts are IDENTICAL to what you can get on your ship for free, particularly the Bartender, which even big fleets are having trouble with
The Fleet Ships and Refits all reuse existing graphics and just have slight database changes to them
I can have an Exchange on my ship, but can't have one on my starbase?
I have to run the same handful of projects over and over (only difference is the number of inputs increases while the output either decreases or stays the same, while the required output also increases)
A good quantity (1/4th) of DOFF given have nowhere to be used in the system (Civilians)
Even the Targs and tribbles were reused (Tribble piles from a mission and Targs from First City
The Fleet Weapons (ect) are all just modifications of existing ones with "X"x3 +"Y" instead of the existing "X"+"Y"+"Z" that used to be there (Ultraviolet is just a database modification of Purple, just the same as Purple is only a modification of Blue, it shouldn't require that much time or effort once the database is set up in the first place)
Honestly, every Fed and KDF captain is the exact same: we follow orders. We get to do what we want because it's a game, but in the game's story, we just follow orders.
As a Borg, it'd be the same. We follow orders in the story, but the gameplay has no affect on the story or following orders. In other words, we can act like an independent drone all we want, but as far as the game is concerned, it doesn't care.
Sure, in shows and movies and stuff, the Collective would care. But this is a game, and it'd be hard, if not impossible, to make a playable Borg faction that actually followed the Borg's philosphy to a T.
Consider Borg gameplay an entirely separate dimension from the Collective's policies (story and following orders), and all issues go away, more-or-less.
wouldn't work ... borg social zones? ever seen a borg run?? they would have to walk every where .....
I hope this represent what's a priority from 1 to 10 with not just only one feature being done, but the top 3 or 5 features on the list being done or consider as well.
here's my Top 5
[1. KDF Content] Even though i voted Playable Romulans, but as a KDF player i do want to see some new stuff, like new ships, outfits and unique missions.
[2. Playable Romulans] No doubt i would love to play a Romulan Faction, the start off races would most likely be the Romulans, Remans, Hirogen, Liberated Borg Romulan and prob a few beta quadrant races that's gonna get annexed by the Romulan Star Empire. as for ships they would have to use classic cannon designs as well as many new non-cannon Romulans ship designs as well with color schemes like TOS grey, TNG green and Reman dark. and also don't forget about the Hirogen ships. Romulan ship classes would end up being Birds of Prey, Warbirds, Hunters, Etc. as for any other playable factions in the years up ahead all i can see is the Dominion (Founder, Vorta, Jem'hadar, Dosi, Keramma, Liberated Borg Vorta or Jem'hadar, etc.) and maybe a possible Renegade Borg Faction (Not sure how they gonna deal with the Races or Traits compare to Liberated Borg char) Don't see the Cardassians, Species 8472 (Undine) or any other single race faction being a playable faction in STO without an Union with other species, but i can see the Cardassians as a Playable Character and BOff in the Cryptic store for other Factions. as for the missions maybe they'll end up giving us a mission where u have to rescue Empress Sela from the Iconians lolz.
[3. PvP] The only ppl that say PvP sucks or get rid of PvP all together are nothing more than terrible Fed players that have no concept how to fight against other players. but saying that, the PvP no doubt needs to be Revamp with new features, better rewards, and new maps like an open ground map like a jungle, forest, deserts on a alien planet which would be perfect for a Capture and Hold Ground PvP. and maybe a Destroy Enemy Starbase Space PvP map with 2 opposing starbases (Not Fleet Starbase) where u can capture check points or destroy obstacles along the way forcing players to attacking or defending them.
[4. More Feature Episodes] Would luv to get some unique items similar to the Jem'hadar, Reman, Breen tech for both ground and space and for once put my Bridge Officers back in action too... in combat!
[5. Improve Duty Officer System] Thee most important part of the game, but unfortunately most ppl don't even realize it.
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The poll is a waste of time. If Cryptic were really concerned with player interests then the same old choices wouldn't be on here two and a half years after the first poll that got us nothing. For those voting Playable Romulans note what that says: Playable Romulans not Romulan Faction. If Stahl was incapable of properly making a Klingon faction don't think for a second he'll make a reasonable attempt at making one Romulan.
My only response is :rolleyes:
A lot of events have led to where we are now, mostly because of lack of funding and limited staff, but still, the devs have done the best they can with what they had. Not everyone agrees with all of it, but the game is still here, and more is on the way.
Saying they should of done better, whether true or not, is unrealistic. And frankly, just plain rude.
wouldn't work ... borg social zones? ever seen a borg run?? they would have to walk every where .....
You can say it wouldn't work, but apparently it's coming anyway And also, we already have running disabled while in EV suits. A little tech here and there, and Borg can't run, pretty much the same thing.
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
Why do non-Romulan fans keep trying to add the Bloody Hirogen. NO HIROGEN in the RSE!! Only acceptable races would be the Romulans, Remans, Liberated versions, any client races they decide to introduce and maybe aliens.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
Why do non-Romulan fans keep trying to add the Bloody Hirogen. NO HIROGEN in the RSE!! Only acceptable races would be the Romulans, Remans, Liberated versions, any client races they decide to introduce and maybe aliens.
Sela's using the Hirogen as allies in-game, and they're in a few of the Romulan missions...
So there's basis for making them part of it, or at least allies
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
They're allied with Sela, NOT the RSE, they are a hunter society which respects strength made up of clans. They made an agreement with an individual they respect not the Empire.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
They're allied with Sela, NOT the RSE, they are a hunter society which respects strength made up of clans. They made an agreement with an individual they respect not the Empire.
Currently, yes.
But all things can change And if the Romulans are added, that could be one of them.
Was named Trek17.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
About the Well-class timeship being introduced later this month: I wonder whether we could also get the 29th century Starfleet uniform, with pin and pips? :cool:
That would truly be the... latest fashion!
Yes who cares about that the ship is from the very distant future? I'm sure they will come up with some fanciful story to explain why it's in the game. Meanwhile this game becomes more and more a wild hodgepodge of everything ever seen on screen.
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Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
So much passion. I love it!
I have four fed toons and ten KDF. I have slots reserved for the Romulan faction when and if it shows up, (just so you know that to some degree I am on your side). I can't wait to swallow the green pill, even if I still favor the red.
Still, if you don't mind, I would like to point out a little detail. How much faith could any reasonable player have in investing in character spaces and other C-Store fluff for a new mini faction given Cryptic's track record with the KDF as it stands today?
1-50 leveled play is a big deal for getting those new players who want to play a particular faction over another and keeping them invested in their preferred faction's toon(s). Forcing new players to level a Fed toon despite interest in playing KDF or even Romulan reduces the chance of them rolling that other faction when the option does come up at Fed level 22.
Beyond that, as the KDF should show, a lack of 1-50 play means a bigger lack of ships at certain tiers, (low tiers). This in turn reduces the options available to players via fleet ships when they do get to end game and start to try PvP.
I can empathize with an eagerness to get into something as new, mysterious and potentially sophisticated as the Romulans. In my eyes it is better in the long term to finish, to some degree, what was already started before starting something new.
Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral Maximus@blueamdgamer
Dedication Plaque: "By Any Means Necessary" -Malcolm X
OMG! That is an AWESOME idea!
I'll be honest , thats a ridiculous idea :rolleyes:
how on earth would that work
borg dont have ' captains' , only missions playable as drone #1827393832 would be ' go clean something '
' regenerate'
' go fix something '
Rear Admiral , Engineering Division
U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016
Then you were limited in resources at the time to build o that. .is been a struggle
to find parity.. I don't like the whole Hobus mess.. and i dint like Legacy Multi player play..
I did like the DC Fontana Script for the Single Player Generations Every Series Captain had a part and VO it..
Their Trek in Bethsoft Trek better then your take on the JJ Alt Trek..
I like your team and the fun and general Trek feel and locations..
AWEN gave out alot of Open Beta keys that could not be properly used because ZINC was not given the Server Resources to support them.
AWEN had a Community POLL and over 7000 fans voted for a faction when ask
"WHat should out next playable faction be?"
The Faction ROMULANS.
Its never too late to offer limited or FE Romulan play
But without a real Career Track and Faction.. You cant draw its fans..
Cart before horse Launch before a faction is included its happen before..
But even SFC III the Nemesis Tie In Had Captain Picards Unity One Narration talent ..
and playable Romulans almost 12 years ago.. it was a large Faction in the Star Fleet Command Universe. On Par with Federation for active fleet sizes and Traditions like the Klingon Empire.. We also had Mirak Lyran Hydran ISC Gorn Player Controlled empires and fleets For years.. of Course the Graphics required to run a proper MMO of STOs nature were either not available or the vision wasn't there to WOW things.. into the EverQuest Dimension of player control .. not to mention the sizes of Quake World server games in the past.. for FPS environments and glitz.. OPENGL Quake may be more pixely then sTO
but it had more maps and variety becuse we could MOD about any real world environment to it or Duke Nukem or Rainbow Six..
Tsuki ni Kawatte Oshioki Yo
Do missions where you have to assimilate a Colony, or a enter world, or a ship. Start off flying a Borg Probe, move up to a Sphere, then a Borg Cube, then last a Borg Tactical Cube. You be able to fight FED and KDF, other players have to try to stop you. Lots of ideas, I could go on forever on this topic.
Commanding Officer: Vice Admiral Maximus@blueamdgamer
Dedication Plaque: "By Any Means Necessary" -Malcolm X
its a drone
also , aside from pvp , there would be practically no missions at all , and the ones you'd get would be so repetitive and mind numbing that leveling up would be more chore than fun
playing liberated borg under the umbrella of a larger faction works
playing a borg drone wouldnt work in the slightest
not to mention stuff like social zones :rolleyes:
the idea of a borg shopping for better weapons and shields does funny things to my brain
Rear Admiral , Engineering Division
U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016
Tsuki ni Kawatte Oshioki Yo
As a Borg, it'd be the same. We follow orders in the story, but the gameplay has no affect on the story or following orders. In other words, we can act like an independent drone all we want, but as far as the game is concerned, it doesn't care.
Sure, in shows and movies and stuff, the Collective would care. But this is a game, and it'd be hard, if not impossible, to make a playable Borg faction that actually followed the Borg's philosphy to a T.
Consider Borg gameplay an entirely separate dimension from the Collective's policies (story and following orders), and all issues go away, more-or-less.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
the only way i can see it working is a liberated borg faction
lump liberated drones from all races together in a fight to survive in a galaxy that hates them, sort of like hugh's crew in that one TNG episode , make junk like ships etc
Rear Admiral , Engineering Division
U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016
Perhaps they can come to the Alpha quadrant, somehow, and make a new home in the galaxy. Every race leaves them alone, because they don't want to cause undue trouble like their former Collective, but they can help also lash out against the Borg.
And considering the oft-mentioned fact that the galaxy needs to be united against the Borg, and push them back, they'd be a great help in that fight.
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
That would truly be the... latest fashion!
Yeaaaaaaaaah
Rear Admiral , Engineering Division
U.S.S. Sheffield N.C.C. 92016
Since Wells class will likely be Lockbox content the uniform to go along with it is feasable as lobi store.
From a creative standpoint, i would like to see more Foundry Improvements. Please add more assets & tools. There is still sooooo much unused potential!
From a story & pleasant anticipation standpoint, i cant wait to see more Feature Episodes! It is so great to have something to look forward on a weekly basis. This was a BIG thing to get people back in the game playing. You (Cryptic) got the raw data, so you know it!
From an explorer point of view, i would like to see a change to the Exploration in the game. One of the things Star Trek is best known for, and STO is lacking since launch.
From a KDF standpoint, if it takes too much ressources (and the return is not supporting such a move) to flesh out missions for the first levels, give them at least once in a while a new exclusive mission like "Alpha". From what i heard (in one interview with Kestrel by Gates of Stovokor), there are a lot of good storys still waiting to be told! I know it's the old chicken & egg argument, but really, a new ship & costume once in a while wont hurt you much. I dont have the data, but it's hard to beleive that the Klingon store sales are so low in comparison.
And then there are the Romulans. Since 2010 i am waiting for it to happen. Sure, the Klingons still need more attention, but i really think that a third playable faction would enrich the game on a whole. It is fun to start from a fresh new perspective and to delve deeper into their storys. A lot of the art assets are already in the game, the groundwork is done so to speak, and Season 7 is already heading in the direction of the Romulans. It's a logical choice, to quote their famous sisters & brothers. I wont expect a big new faction on a par with the Federation. But if you (Cryptic) decide to do this, it would be great to have them almost on a par with the Klingons (in their current state).
All things considered, i voted and i am looking forward to the future of STO.
PS: Good to see that a lot of people choose something in this poll that somehow relates to more story & new things to do. I think it shows.
Ooo, I really like that uniform. I'd consider buying it.
Unless they do this...
yea id also like to see holodecks on ship that u can access the UGC missions
Al Rivera hates Klingons
Star Trek Online: Agents of Jack Emmert
All cloaks should be canon.
Ok, I get it, the Special, Limited Time projects are going to stay at 200K Dilithium so Larger Fleets can have the Fleet Credits spread out more, but please, for the love of all that is good, make them actually WORTH 200K Dilithium. Many projects (both already out and leaked in screenshots or visible on the minimap) should have really been combined together. The Last 2 KDF Projects have been VERY lackluster (a few pieces of glass in the previous one and banners that are either too high to see unless you look for them or not adequately lit in this one). The last 3 KDF Projects (Ops upgrade, Statues, banners) should really have been combined into one, or at least 2 (Statues and banners as one and Ops/Transporter upgrade with something else as the other).
The Pictures from this upgrade should have had the Conference Table and Chairs added at the very least and probably should have included the Fed Banners and Transporter Room Logo as well (or have the banners and Logo packaged with the plants). As sad as the Dance Floor is going to be, it should have been added to the Bar Upgrade (though I think the Bar, Lounge and Dance Floor should really be on the "Crew" Deck that is non-existant, but that is an argument made in another thread)
I do wonder why Cryptic hasn't added the KDF Project I'm sure most KDF players want (and the one they tempted everyone with pre-season 6) which is the Hunting Lodge upgrade with Fireplace and Rug, rather we get "upgrades" you can't even notice when looking right at them.
Sadly, the entire Starbase System that was the basis of Season 6 has, in my opinion, been one lackluster thing after another. Sure, some of it was new, some may even be considered "innovative", but the vast majority has been reuse of existing tech and graphics.
wouldn't work ... borg social zones? ever seen a borg run?? they would have to walk every where .....
here's my Top 5
[1. KDF Content] Even though i voted Playable Romulans, but as a KDF player i do want to see some new stuff, like new ships, outfits and unique missions.
[2. Playable Romulans] No doubt i would love to play a Romulan Faction, the start off races would most likely be the Romulans, Remans, Hirogen, Liberated Borg Romulan and prob a few beta quadrant races that's gonna get annexed by the Romulan Star Empire. as for ships they would have to use classic cannon designs as well as many new non-cannon Romulans ship designs as well with color schemes like TOS grey, TNG green and Reman dark. and also don't forget about the Hirogen ships. Romulan ship classes would end up being Birds of Prey, Warbirds, Hunters, Etc. as for any other playable factions in the years up ahead all i can see is the Dominion (Founder, Vorta, Jem'hadar, Dosi, Keramma, Liberated Borg Vorta or Jem'hadar, etc.) and maybe a possible Renegade Borg Faction (Not sure how they gonna deal with the Races or Traits compare to Liberated Borg char) Don't see the Cardassians, Species 8472 (Undine) or any other single race faction being a playable faction in STO without an Union with other species, but i can see the Cardassians as a Playable Character and BOff in the Cryptic store for other Factions. as for the missions maybe they'll end up giving us a mission where u have to rescue Empress Sela from the Iconians lolz.
[3. PvP] The only ppl that say PvP sucks or get rid of PvP all together are nothing more than terrible Fed players that have no concept how to fight against other players. but saying that, the PvP no doubt needs to be Revamp with new features, better rewards, and new maps like an open ground map like a jungle, forest, deserts on a alien planet which would be perfect for a Capture and Hold Ground PvP. and maybe a Destroy Enemy Starbase Space PvP map with 2 opposing starbases (Not Fleet Starbase) where u can capture check points or destroy obstacles along the way forcing players to attacking or defending them.
[4. More Feature Episodes] Would luv to get some unique items similar to the Jem'hadar, Reman, Breen tech for both ground and space and for once put my Bridge Officers back in action too... in combat!
[5. Improve Duty Officer System] Thee most important part of the game, but unfortunately most ppl don't even realize it.
Yanin Vismitananda / Killian Qatar / Aya Ueto@oakland4life
A lot of events have led to where we are now, mostly because of lack of funding and limited staff, but still, the devs have done the best they can with what they had. Not everyone agrees with all of it, but the game is still here, and more is on the way.
Saying they should of done better, whether true or not, is unrealistic. And frankly, just plain rude. You can say it wouldn't work, but apparently it's coming anyway
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
So there's basis for making them part of it, or at least allies
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
But all things can change
Been playing STO since Open Beta, and have never regarded anything as worse than 'meh', if only due to personal standards.
Yes who cares about that the ship is from the very distant future? I'm sure they will come up with some fanciful story to explain why it's in the game. Meanwhile this game becomes more and more a wild hodgepodge of everything ever seen on screen.