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icegavel
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Thanks to the most recent Lock box, we now have a plethora of Dominion ships to fly around and pew pew with. So, I think it's time we do something with them. Something fun. Something unique. Something cross-faction. Of course, what with a bounty of Dominion ships this can only mean one thing. The topic of this discussion:
A Dominion War Re-enactment.
WHAT: A series of 10v10 PvP matches with cross-faction teaming. Those using Dominion ships (or the Galor) go toe-to-toe with other players flying War-era ships for glory, conquest, and luls.
WHERE: Participating players would meet in orbit of Bajor and separate into two groups: Dominion and Alliance (Fed/KDF ships). 10 from each group would then be invited at random and face off. The map would probably be Solar Wind (beaten-up starbase).
HOW: Because this is a re-enactment, there ARE a few special rules. They would be as follows:
1: Energy-type and torpedoes are FACTION ACCURATE. Galors must use Spiral Wave Disruptors and Photon Torpedoes, Jem'Hadar ships must use Phased Polaron (regular Polaron is acceptable,as is Dominion Polaron) weapons and Quantum Torpedoes, Federation must use Phasers and Photon Torpedoes (Sovereigns and Defiants are allowed one forward Quantum Torpedo), and KDF must use Disruptors and Photon Torpedoes. Equipment sets are fine, but keep visuals off (unless you're in a Jem'Hadar ship with the Jem'Hadar set).
2: Alliance vessels must be PERIOD ACCURATE. This means that, at least on the outside, they MUST be a class that was in service during the war. The following ships are eligible (if class name specified, must use skin OF that class, as well as canon hull colors, unless specified, regardless of Fleet/Non-Fleet status - Mirror ships are acceptable):
While this is a rule-heavy proposal, it's still designed to be fun. After all, who doesn't love DS9, at least a little?
A Dominion War Re-enactment.
WHAT: A series of 10v10 PvP matches with cross-faction teaming. Those using Dominion ships (or the Galor) go toe-to-toe with other players flying War-era ships for glory, conquest, and luls.
WHERE: Participating players would meet in orbit of Bajor and separate into two groups: Dominion and Alliance (Fed/KDF ships). 10 from each group would then be invited at random and face off. The map would probably be Solar Wind (beaten-up starbase).
HOW: Because this is a re-enactment, there ARE a few special rules. They would be as follows:
1: Energy-type and torpedoes are FACTION ACCURATE. Galors must use Spiral Wave Disruptors and Photon Torpedoes, Jem'Hadar ships must use Phased Polaron (regular Polaron is acceptable,as is Dominion Polaron) weapons and Quantum Torpedoes, Federation must use Phasers and Photon Torpedoes (Sovereigns and Defiants are allowed one forward Quantum Torpedo), and KDF must use Disruptors and Photon Torpedoes. Equipment sets are fine, but keep visuals off (unless you're in a Jem'Hadar ship with the Jem'Hadar set).
2: Alliance vessels must be PERIOD ACCURATE. This means that, at least on the outside, they MUST be a class that was in service during the war. The following ships are eligible (if class name specified, must use skin OF that class, as well as canon hull colors, unless specified, regardless of Fleet/Non-Fleet status - Mirror ships are acceptable):
- B'rel Retrofit Bird-of-Prey
- Vor'Cha
- Negh'Var
- Somraw OR Qin Raptor (A bit of a stretch canon-wise, but they were probably in service, and I felt the KDF needed an extra ship class.
- K'Tinga/D7
- Kamarag (since I allowed the Ambassador and there are too few KDF ships)
- Galaxy class (no Dreadnoughts)
- Nebula class
- Excelsior class
- Defiant class
- Sovereign class
- Armitage class (Must use AKIRA class skin and carry Peregrine Fighters if using hangar)
- Akira class
- Intrepid class (no Ablative Armor, as the Federation didn't have that in the war)
- Steamrunner class
- Saber class
- Miranda class
- Prometheus class
- Ambassador class
- Breen Chel Grett Warship (The Breen didn't enter the war until after the Romulans did. As there are no player-flyable Romulan ships, there can be no Breen)
- Romulan/Reman Reinforcement powers (No playable Romulan ships means we re-enact the pre-Romulan war)
While this is a rule-heavy proposal, it's still designed to be fun. After all, who doesn't love DS9, at least a little?
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Awesome! I've gotta roll Fed-side, I have no Dom ships. BUT, one of my characters (in his backstory) IS a Dominion War veteran, so this will be FUN!
Also the fact that there's like 5 KDF hulls and like 20 Starfleet hulls is a no-go. You're sort of better off just playing the end of Boldly They Rode or replaying something in the Cardassian chain for Feds.
That said, the idea of a scenario-based event is very interesting. Pull back on the rules and you might have something.
A much more relaxed version in the same vein would make a much better public event. The version you posted sounds more like an event an organized fleet would host.
Anyway, I have an idea for an event too and I am just shameless enough to hijack this thread with it.
Carrier "Duel"
Two sides. One with an Atrox. The other with a KDF full carrier of choice. Everyone else on both sides in fighters/shuttles of some kind (preferably avoiding the slightly too good Flyer and kinda silly big Yacht, but honestly it doesn't make much difference.). Also preferably the KDF carrier would only have one frigate bay, but again, no big deal.
If you want to expand it a little, allow both sides one Flight Deck ship, too.
The only other special rules would be no Defense Turrets and no Spread. FAW is okay since it isn't strong enough on its lonesome to wtfpwn fighters, all other AOE effects are kosher.
If you really want to go the extra mile get one of those STO radio stations to spam Flight of the Valkyries and Aces High the whole time.
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Also, what about the Ambassador class? They were in the Dominion War as well.
http://en.memory-alpha.org/wiki/USS_Exeter_%28NCC-26531%29
Also, just to prevent people from having fits, I'd change the rules to allow the Dominion ships to have EITHER Phased Polaron OR Polaron.
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This is what I would play STO for. I think that CBS and Cryptic need to have a talk...
As long as it looks like a Vor'cha, sure. You can pass the mirror paintjob as personal touches.
I suppose regular Polaron is acceptable, too. Unless Phased Polaron has a different animation, which I haven't heard of yet.
I suppose they probably were. Ambassadors, too.
Fits have already been had, see above.
And TWO of them are required to be named USS Sitak and USS Majestic!
OP updated with good ideas.
Neither can I, really. I'll have to respec at least ONE of my characters into a canon ship for this fight. Might grab a Galaxy-R or a Defiant. KDF side... My Tac runs the B'rel, so I'm K.
Worked for the wormhole aliens.
But seriously, that Dreadnaught is really hard to kill without teaming up on the darn thing. 10 v 10 would be a massacre.
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The Dominion War was a massacre, until the Battle of Bajor. 112 vessels in the Seventh Fleet launched a "surprise" attack on the Dominion-held Tyra system.
14 made it back to Alliance lines. The Alliance was getting its TRIBBLE handed to it. Go watch the early Season 6 episodes of DS9, you'll see what I mean.
Other than that, I loved DS9.
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Actually, DS9 did more Klingon fleshing-out than TNG did. Klingon weddings, rites, honorable combat, ship traditions, how Houses worked. I actually came away from DS9 liking Klingons a lot more.
Still, most of the episodes really BIG into the war (i.e., A Time to Stand) had very little to do with the Klingons. It focuses more on the crew of the Defiant, Sisko's Desk Job, and the goings-on at Terok Nor.
This looks like fun; I'll keep an eye on it.
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The point was to keep it in line with the actual battle. There were no Romulans there.
First, as a common sense thing. What's to stop the Dominion players from using them? The Romulans went to war with the Dominion later. Before that, they were neutral. Making it Alliance-only gave the Alliance too much of an advantage (I've heard they were pretty OP as is).
Second, there's no guarantee of spawning a D'Deridex, and that's the only class of Romulan ship seen participating in the war. And this is supposed to be era-specific. As far as this re-enactment goes, this is pre-Romulan entrance.
If I had a phaser set for my Assault Cruiser, I'd consider joining in... even grab an appropriate outfit for the occasion.
True enough, but there's still the balance issue and the timeline. Also, I just dumped about 3 mil EC speccing an escort for when this happens, Phasers and all. It might not happen for a while, you have time to prepare.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=514701
It took place on January 20th, and by all accounts, it was a blast, so it's nice to see another one being organised. Of course, we didn't have the Dominion lockbox yet, though.
If you have any troubles, you could look in that direction as a baseline.
You know what they say about great minds...
It means i'll have to buy my last phaser-disruptor beam for my galor, and a photon torp too. At least, as long as there is no console/set restrictions i'm fine with that. I can't imagine serious pvp without my beloved consoles!
What about the cutting beams?
God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
Gotta say no to cutting beams - neither faction had that tech in the war. Any sets are fine, so long as the visual FX are off (excluding Jem'Hadar ships with the Jem'Hadar set equipped).