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drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
edited October 2012 in PvP Gameplay
Hi All,

It just occurred to me, and was wondering if some of the more prominent PvP players would care to speculate.

We all know who the real talented players are right? Those few that make PvP seems so effortless.

I'm on the opposite of that great divide :)

Anyways, what I would like to know from these guys, teams like TSI, Sad Panda's etc.

Will their loyalty to the Federation continue?

[ cue Elaborate Dr. Evil ]
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  • shimmerlessshimmerless Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Implying that anyone in PvP is loyal to Fedside in the first place!

    All that implying, good sir!
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  • houseofcritzhouseofcritz Member Posts: 185 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Hi All,

    It just occurred to me, and was wondering if some of the more prominent PvP players would care to speculate.

    We all know who the real talented players are right? Those few that make PvP seems so effortless.

    I'm on the opposite of that great divide :)

    Anyways, what I would like to know from these guys, teams like TSI, Sad Panda's etc.

    Will their loyalty to the Federation continue?

    [ cue Elaborate Dr. Evil ]

    I dont really Care what side i am on as long as some Pew is involed.:D
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  • corsair114corsair114 Member Posts: 276
    edited October 2012
    I guess it'd depend on how good the Romulan faction/ships are. That and, well, who doesn't have a cross-faction toon or two? Can't see anyone not at least taking the Romulans out for a spin once or twice after launch-day fever has subsided (maybe launch week would be more accurate).
  • hurleybirdhurleybird Member Posts: 909
    edited October 2012
    Unless there is some way to transfer starbases between factions, I can't see too many established PvP fleets moving.
  • lordmalak1lordmalak1 Member Posts: 4,681 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    As long as feddies die I don't care what faction kills them.
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  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    What I would absolutely love is 3-faction arena and C&H!!!

    Can you imagine the blast that will be!
  • crypticarmsmancrypticarmsman Member Posts: 4,115 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    If they make an actual playable Romulan faction, I'll roll a Romulan to see and play whatever content be it PvE or PvP. I have no particular loyalty to any in game faction. STO is a game I play to relax, and it doesn't matter whether I'm doing it as a Fed, KDF, or a Romulan character.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Has something been said about them actually being a distinct faction rather than a mini-faction for both Feds and KDF?
  • houseofcritzhouseofcritz Member Posts: 185 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    What I would absolutely love is 3-faction arena and C&H!!!

    Can you imagine the blast that will be!

    Did i miss something, is there talk of a playable Romulans??:confused:
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    a pure cannon build is always less effective than original starfleet specs

    correct build is as it comes out of the factory
  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Has something been said about them actually being a distinct faction rather than a mini-faction for both Feds and KDF?

    Not sure, I was rather just speculating. But hopefully it's time to show some keen support for a full faction?

    At the very least a PvP-starter faction, like the KDF started out like. Just this time with lessons learnt.
  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Did i miss something, is there talk of a playable Romulans??:confused:

    I feel it in my bones. I absolutely believe that the Romulans are very very close to completion. I just know it!

    [ Shakes the 8-ball vigorously ]

    Its the next huge income stream. PWE must know this.
  • aquitaine985aquitaine985 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    What I would absolutely love is 3-faction arena and C&H!!!

    Can you imagine the blast that will be!

    A three-way? **** YEAH! That might even make the same old ****ty maps fun for a few days if i was looking at it through a mint green HUD instead of blue/red.
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Its the next huge income stream. PWE must know this.

    Unlock Romulan play via the Z-Store.
    Fleet Romulan ships requiring FSMs.
    Hirogen Z-Store ships.
    Better Hirogen Lockbox ships.
    Reman skins via the Z-Store.
    Romulan and Reman BOFFs/DOFFs via the Z-Store.
    Better Romulan/Reman BOFFs/DOFFs via Lockboxes.
    Romulan/Reman sets via the Lobi store.

    Hrmmm... income stream.
  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Come to think of it?

    I wonder, what ships would Romulans classify as cruisers?

    The Bird of Prey - Raider? (Cloak?)
    The D-7 Cruiser - cruiser.
    The TOS Eagle Cruiser - sci/escort?
    The Valdore - heavy escort? (Battle Cloak?)
    The D'deridex - battleship? (Cloak?)
    The Scimitar - sci dreadnought? (Cloak?)

    Ooh! The joy.
  • houseofcritzhouseofcritz Member Posts: 185 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    What I would absolutely love is 3-faction arena and C&H!!!

    Can you imagine the blast that will be!

    Speaking of 3 Factions queues.. whatever happen to one big Queue and cross faction teams they talked about a few months ago:confused:
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    a pure cannon build is always less effective than original starfleet specs

    correct build is as it comes out of the factory
  • shimmerlessshimmerless Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I don't know if any of y'all ever played a Masters of Orion clone called "Birth of the Federation", but it had the absolute best Star Trek HUDs I've ever seen. The Romulan one was positively godly (and all your actions had full voiceovers, Civ IV-style).

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIh5LckXAk

    I really should make a mod sometime...

    Ironically Ferengi were broken as hell in that game.
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  • webdeathwebdeath Member Posts: 1,570 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I dont really Care what side i am on as long as some Pew is involed.:D

    Agreed. Though I would make about 3 Romulan characters and Pew pew with them pretty regularly. Maybe even more so then my Klingons.
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  • paxottomanpaxottoman Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Speaking strickly in terms of role-play some of my fleets will b esticking to fed side, with the occasional (in-rp) traitor and or double-agent.

    Now speaking in terms of oorp actions, people are always changing their actions like they change underwear.----

    P.S. having playable Romulans and romulan ships, will make for some extremely juicy rp story-lines. 1) because Romulans are heavily into espionage. Sometimes especially where vulcans are concerned, and 2) because considering the events in Nemesis, we might be able to use good Romulans on Federation side. Who knows, we'll see

    Nice, your RP categorization of the Romulan faction is so exuberant! I love you.

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  • redrickyredricky Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I will roll a Romulan to fly the Scimitar when the current power creep/greed mechanic lets it hit the Z-store.
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  • bitemepwebitemepwe Member Posts: 6,760 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Yes, I too will play RSE.
    though I detest the idea of them being a mini-faction tied to the two current factions.
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  • ghostyandfrostyghostyandfrosty Member Posts: 864
    edited October 2012
    hurleybird wrote: »
    Unless there is some way to transfer starbases between factions, I can't see too many established PvP fleets moving.

    Knowing the LOLCryptic the rommies will have ships every bit as good as fed or KDF Fleet Ships, by default and not have to worry about starbases. It'd be an ultimate **** Move.

    Though it has one tremendous upside. It gives New PvP Fleets a chance to grow against the rest of us on even terms.

    Would I move over? Only if I could start at level cap. PvE in this game is so bad I can barely level my new kdf sci... who gets a level every quest turn in.
  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Oh man, I would have three roms for sure. Id show those bops who the originator was. :cool:
  • ghostyandfrostyghostyandfrosty Member Posts: 864
    edited October 2012
    cidstorm wrote: »
    Oh man, I would have three roms for sure. Id show those bops who the originator was. :cool:

    My Vorcha will turn whatever Garbage Scows the Romulans are capable of fielding into Debris fields!
  • redrickyredricky Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Until the Scimitar gets here I will fly a ship called Defender with a toon called D'Deridex so it will induce pants-wetting on sight in a particular population of players.
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  • dassemstodassemsto Member Posts: 792 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Romulans should have the buttons for switching side in the middle of a battle, and get bonus Dili for cloaking and AFKing while their enemies weaken each other... we want it to be canon after all!

    That said... a launch of a seperate Romulan faction will instantly earn Cryptic the Z for 3 new char slots!
  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    After every match id tell my enemies that we could have been friends.
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    all this season 7 stuff is a ramp up for them shoving down our throats a romulan faction tacked on to both the fed and klingon faction. be season 9 i reckon we will be buying playable fed/romulans and kdf/romulans in the c store that have access to playable d'deridex, norexins, and bops.

    with this move, a third faction is dead, its pretty obvious. at least their going to the trouble of setting up this elaborate transition to this reality with this romulan colony stuff and sector block. instead of having fed and kdf crawling all over it, which is bat**** TRIBBLE if you know anything about the romulans, it should have been the romulan faction home zone, and all this work they put into this season 7 romulan stuff should have been FOR the romulan faction.

    just think, we could be having the romulan faction for season 7 here any day now,but instead we get content were we are super nice to them until they willingly join our faction in season 8 or 9.
  • phyrexianherophyrexianhero Member Posts: 768 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    For better or for worse, playable Romulans does not necessitate Romulan faction. It's quite possible you can have Feds or KDF playing Romulans.
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