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admiralq1732admiralq1732 Member Posts: 1,561 Arc User
COULD IT BE? Could the romulans now be playable in may? My hopes are up. Cryptic/PWE, DON'T MESS THIS UP!
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  • agentexeideragentexeider Member Posts: 180 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    COULD IT BE? Could the romulans now be playable in may? My hopes are up. Cryptic/PWE, DON'T MESS THIS UP!

    Dude, this is Cryptic.......Of course they are going to TRIBBLE it up.
  • welshavengerwelshavenger Member Posts: 30 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Waits for the inevitable "What about Klingons?" rage posts.
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  • sasheriasasheria Member Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It will be interesting to see this third playing faction.

    The question would be what will happen with the Romulan rep system? Aren't we going to fight each other? (3 way PvP)
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  • mikeflmikefl Member Posts: 861 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I just don't know how they would have time to make a Romulan faction so quickly when they haven't had the resources for even the klingons all this time.

    I wonder if it's some type of level 50 unlock to play as a Romulan. Maybe it will be through some type of Romulan reputation unlock that allows you to fly a Rommie ship and be a Rommie character. It just seems highly unlikely they have had time to sport a complete Romulan faction.

    Maybe it's just an intro to an Iconian/Sela alliance. Since we've been hearing about Denise Crosby coming into the mix as well.
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  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    COULD IT BE? Could the romulans now be playable in may? My hopes are up. Cryptic/PWE, DON'T MESS THIS UP!

    19 and a half days and we'll see, according to the teaser page with a new image featuring Romulan ship-styled silhouettes...
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Awesome.

    I love a good countdown clock. One of the oldest promo tricks in the book but it never fails to get the point across.

    Also, goes without saying, scroll over the May 2013 logo if you haven't... pretty darn sure I see a Warbird in there.

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  • lterlter Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Oh. Yes. I can't wait to another bunch of crappy missions.At least it'll mean Romulan PVP.
    Oh. Wait...
  • deano65ehgdeano65ehg Member Posts: 40 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Hope it's a new mission involvin the thoilians as it's too early for a third factions as the klingons arnt a full faction yet with story line
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  • nierionnierion Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I'm hoping it's not a new Romulan faction and have Romulan STFs instead. I think many aspects of the game need to be improved first before we add yet another faction, this game in many aspects still feels very beta.

    The UI still feels very archaic, especially with the Fleet Interface. I'm not even that overly fond of the Embassy to start with, it doesn't even make sense for a Fleet to have an Embassy with the Romulans. Yes the Federation would have an Embassy, that makes sense, but I think they should have made it into a ground outpost where fleets help the Romulans build up a location to be hospitable for the civilians.

    Eventually, maybe after a year of them spending time to revamp and refine this game I would then like to see a Romulan playable race. But for now, I'd rather see a fully refined and in-depth STO game before more is added.
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  • averyddaverydd Member Posts: 74 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Dunno what it is the page source narrows the date to 21/3/2013 6am PST.

    I'd love a new playable faction, saying that I'd like anything that is new, although its usually a remake of something old.

    Either way not long to wait.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Beware (6 days after) the ides of march
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  • marshalericdavidmarshalericdavid Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    It could be any number of things.

    It could be the Romulans as a playable faction. Considering how they have handled the Klingons I am not as excited about this as I wish I would be.

    It could be Romulan theme lock boxes. I don't think it will be.

    It could be new missions involving the Tal Shiar. I think this is most likely. If so I hope they have some new Romulan related items as mission reward.
  • kamiyama317kamiyama317 Member Posts: 1,295 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    What's up with the timer on the launcher? It shows the Romulan wings with "May 2013" and a timer counting down from 19 days and 16 hours.

    It's March 1st. It's not 19 days to May. It's not even 19 days to April. Cryptic can't count!!!
  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    What's up with the timer on the launcher? It shows the Romulan wings with "May 2013" and a timer counting down from 19 days and 16 hours.

    It's March 1st. It's not 19 days to May. It's not even 19 days to April. Cryptic can't count!!!

    It's probably 19 days until some kind of big news gets announced.
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  • welshlogicwelshlogic Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Im not if anyone has looked at the "Romualn" text when scrolled over says " Our shadows will dim the stars"
  • oldkhemaraaoldkhemaraa Member Posts: 1,039 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    A romulan STF series!

    Now I had not thought of that ! And in March, not May. Now that's a much much greater possibility for many reasons.

    (sorry, I won't be throwing myself on my Bat'leth for you. My main in play these days is a Orion, and female, we don't do the ritual suicide thing. We just send a hit man to remove the person who dared to irritate us by pointing to something ..shame full.., I'm Orion, what is this "Shame" you speak of anyway? *puzzled look*)

    I was thinking an FE series, but having it as a STF series would be far more interesting. Kudo's to "nierion" for bringing it up.

    If it is a STF series, it would provide additional umf to the New Romulas/embassy rep grind. The Borg have the defara invasion, and thier STF's. Might be a more balanced approch.. but I can see the possibilities and it would be all in all rather strait forward!

    There was talk months and months... and months ago about the concept of non Borg STF's.

    what an interesting concept.
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  • dixa1dixa1 Member Posts: 92 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Dude, this is Cryptic.......Of course they are going to TRIBBLE it up.

    this is silly. a third faction is the last thing this game needs. it can't even properly support a 2nd.
  • doctormerkindoctormerkin Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    19 days till may,must be a temporal thing. :confused:
  • jexsamxjexsamx Member Posts: 2,803 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    My gut tells me Romulan Faction. My logical brain tells me Featured Series.

    If I had to choose, I'd put my money on a Faction. I don't think it's any more likely than an FE, but experience has taught me that overthinking things increases the likelihood that you wind up with the wrong answer. I gotta go with my gut.
  • nierionnierion Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I was thinking an FE series, but having it as a STF series would be far more interesting. Kudo's to "nierion" for bringing it up.

    If it is a STF series, it would provide additional umf to the New Romulas/embassy rep grind. The Borg have the defara invasion, and thier STF's. Might be a more balanced approch.. but I can see the possibilities and it would be all in all rather strait forward!

    There was talk months and months... and months ago about the concept of non Borg STF's.

    what an interesting concept.


    ;) - Yep and I heard it on one of the interviews with either Stahl or Goatshark, in reference to more additional STF-Type content being added or them wanting to add at least. I'm on the same boat with you on this one, I feel a Romulan type STF series would be far more beneficial to the game with their own version of Borg Neural Processors as a reward as well (Theta Radiation Samples maybe?).
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  • admiralq1732admiralq1732 Member Posts: 1,561 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    nierion wrote: »
    ;) - Yep and I heard it on one of the interviews with either Stahl or Goatshark, in reference to more additional STF-Type content being added or them wanting to add at least. I'm on the same boat with you on this one, I feel a Romulan type STF series would be far more beneficial to the game with their own version of Borg Neural Processors as a reward as well (Theta Radiation Samples maybe?).

    If so then they have failed. If it is a playable rommie faction i friend of my would return more to STO
  • nierionnierion Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    If so then they have failed. If it is a playable rommie faction i friend of my would return more to STO


    I think "failure" is a little harsh. I personally think it's too early to add a Romulan faction when so many aspects of the game need to be addressed and the lack of STFs for Romulan Marks is one of them from my perspective. I feel that the KDF side still needs a lot of work, more depth added to the existing content with a decent amount of replay value that doesn't get you bored too quick and an update to the UI (especially for the Fleet System) I feel is still in need as it's very archaic IMO.

    The fleet interface could really do with an update, such as being able to have more ranks, not be limited to one fleet mail a day. One of the things I am looking forward to is that on one of the recent interviews there was mention in regards to the character customization getting an update which may include additional items/features to add to your character.
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  • tiberiansamtiberiansam Member Posts: 6 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I don't want to get my hopes too high, but at the same time, I must admit that I'm kinda curious to see what kind of special news we'll get by the end of March... While I would enjoy a Romulan faction, I too think that KDF should get some love... Although I would also enjoy an increase in maximum lvl with new skills and such.
  • marshalericdavidmarshalericdavid Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I don't think they should make the Romulan faction yet. They should first do more work on getting people to play as the Klingons by adding more Klingon unique missions and more unique Klingon stuff like outfits and whatnot. Also more end game missions need to be added their simply is not enough end game missions.
  • admiralq1732admiralq1732 Member Posts: 1,561 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    nierion wrote: »
    I think "failure" is a little harsh. I personally think it's too early to add a Romulan faction when so many aspects of the game need to be addressed and the lack of STFs for Romulan Marks is one of them from my perspective. I feel that the KDF side still needs a lot of work, more depth added to the existing content with a decent amount of replay value that doesn't get you bored too quick and an update to the UI (especially for the Fleet System) I feel is still in need as it's very archaic IMO.

    The fleet interface could really do with an update, such as being able to have more ranks, not be limited to one fleet mail a day. One of the things I am looking forward to is that on one of the recent interviews there was mention in regards to the character customization getting an update which may include additional items/features to add to your character.

    I don't, Consider what recently happened on the forum, while bug fixes and more KDF content would be good. So would the Rommies. I expect these to happen in phases and maybe some bugs would be fixed. Relations are strained between the players and the devs. If all this is just for STF style for rommies then yes it's a failure for what would the reaction be? the rage will be as big or bigger than the foundry thread.
  • nierionnierion Member Posts: 326 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I'm not going to say it's just for STF content alone. But I would like to think it's a part of the big picture in the update. Many people talk about the existing content and bugs, even in my fleet we talk about how many aspects of this game could do with a revamp and the UI could do with a major update. I'm happy to have a little patience and have Cryptic make strong progress and focus on what they've got before they start adding a great deal more that could then end up with many problems.

    More depth could be added to the 3 classes, so everyone can specialise into some kind of sub-class system. More customisation and control over the Fleet interface / starbase etc. The list goes on and on with what existing content needs updating, which would result in providing us with a solid game that provides a real Star Trek experience.

    I'm use to playing MMO's that on average release some major new content every 6 months while tweaking everything they currently have in between and perfecting it. So if the Romulan faction wasn't to be added this year, I don't believe it'd be another failure on Cryptic's part as long as they don't stop trying to improve the Star Trek experience for all players. You only fail when you give up IMO and I'd rather wait for more factions and have Cryptic deliver us a ST game we can truly be proud of..... this game has almost infinite potential, we just have to hope that Cryptic can deliver.
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  • lazarus51166lazarus51166 Member Posts: 646 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Waits for the inevitable "What about Klingons?" rage posts.

    Excuse me? What rage is that exactly? Its not going to be a romulan faction. However if it was cryptic would have some serious explaining to do, given all these claims of not having the resources to do anything for the KDF. So where exactly would those resources have come from and how is it they could get a third faction into the game so quickly, yet be unable to do squat with the KDF?

    Explain that one
    It's probably 19 days until some kind of big news gets announced.

    Then thats a very odd way to go about doing an announcement. Its deceptive to say the least. Not to mention extremely confusing
    My gut tells me Romulan Faction. My logical brain tells me Featured Series.

    If I had to choose, I'd put my money on a Faction.

    Then your gut needs a serious realignment. See previous statement above.
    I don't, Consider what recently happened on the forum, while bug fixes and more KDF content would be good. So would the Rommies

    Abandoning one faction to do a half assed attempt at a third when the second isn't even close to being anything resembling being in a good place is not a good thing. especially after years of being told they didn't even have the resources or time to work on the second faction. if by some bizzare chance it really was a romulan faction, its proof beyond doubt that we've been lied to in a major major way, straight to our faces, for three straight years
  • foundrelicfoundrelic Member Posts: 1,380 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Everyone seems to have forgotten the Mini-faction thing.


    THis would allow access to the race and some of the ships and equipment, as well as a small group of story missions culminating in a single mission that gives you a choice, Fed or Klingon?
  • brangel13brangel13 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Always love reading the communities rage posts regarding "what about the Klingons, Romulans will be screwed up, Cryptic Sucks, PWE needs to burn in hell, etc, etc, etc" Same comments I've heard since launch, and yet these people... for some reason... feel compelled to still play this game. :confused:

    While I've never played it, I've heard WoW may be your game of choice. You may now proceed with the Flame. :D
  • kintishokintisho Member Posts: 1,040 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Ah the Rommies.... Perhaps a new faction to off balance the "stagnate war" between feds and klinks.. perhaps a monumental let down.. we will see, high hopes are held.. but buying 2 more char slots better be rewarded ( a Romulan and a Reman????) maybe a Dred worth flying? (scimitar) we will see...
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