So, why all the 'March beneath the Raptor's wings?' 'Will you March?', etc stuff? Why not just 'Fight against the growing shadow?' or something?
I mean, when a game like LOTRO makes an announcement like that they tend to make sure it's not... cryptic. (No pun intended.)
The difference between Turbine and PWE is pretty night and day in may ways, sadly. If this were a Turbine expansion, we would know every detail from the moment they talked about it, it would be a complete expansion, there would be an open beta period for all LTS holders and it would cost $50 for everyone, including said LTS holders. PWE doesn't charge for content, their revenue comes strictly from in-game boost items and race/class unlocks.
I am going to revise my stance on what it will cost for the RSE faction - I forgot that CO already has a silver/gold class unlock mechanism in place. Here you go, my new guess:
* The Romulan faction will be a "Gold" option. If you are a gold subscriber or have a LTS, you can make and play Romulan toon, but if your sub lapses, you cannot make new ones, or play the ones you have. This is the same system as gold toons on Champions Online.
* Other races will be added later. Want a Cardassian? It's on the list, but you need to be Gold to play one.
* There will be a flat fee to permanently unlock each given faction. It will be significant (5000 zen?), to make the value of an LTS seem more reasonable.
* The may POTENTIALLY move the KDF over to this system, but unlock it for free for everyone who has an account up to that point.
This accomplishes a few things. It gives value to a gold sub, for the first time since F2P went live. It encourages LTS purchases. It gives them room for growth in the future. It uses tech they already have in the engine. It really does make sense.
The difference between Turbine and PWE is pretty night and day in may ways, sadly. If this were a Turbine expansion, we would know every detail from the moment they talked about it, it would be a complete expansion, there would be an open beta period for all LTS holders and it would cost $50 for everyone, including said LTS holders. PWE doesn't charge for content, their revenue comes strictly from in-game boost items and race/class unlocks.
I am going to revise my stance on what it will cost for the RSE faction - I forgot that CO already has a silver/gold class unlock mechanism in place. Here you go, my new guess:
* The Romulan faction will be a "Gold" option. If you are a gold subscriber or have a LTS, you can make and play Romulan toon, but if your sub lapses, you cannot make new ones, or play the ones you have. This is the same system as gold toons on Champions Online.
* Other races will be added later. Want a Cardassian? It's on the list, but you need to be Gold to play one.
* There will be a flat fee to permanently unlock each given faction. It will be significant (5000 zen?), to make the value of an LTS seem more reasonable.
* The may POTENTIALLY move the KDF over to this system, but unlock it for free for everyone who has an account up to that point.
This accomplishes a few things. It gives value to a gold sub, for the first time since F2P went live. It encourages LTS purchases. It gives them room for growth in the future. It uses tech they already have in the engine. It really does make sense.
15 hours to see....
If you think Gold account offers nothing then why do you pay for it? I also will tell you this will not fly at all as limiting content to only those who are paying just like SWTOR will give Cryptic a bad rep and that will be the end of it for them and the game will slowly die overtime and then the servers will be shut down. It's just not going to happen.
Pissst .... The forums are priivatly owned by a Chinese company based in the U.S.
They are an international company headquartered in Redwood California. Which has nothing to do with the fact that the Chinese government strictly regulates the internet in China.
If you think Gold account offers nothing then why do you pay for it? I also will tell you this will not fly at all as limiting content to only those who are paying just like SWTOR will give Cryptic a bad rep and that will be the end of it for them and the game will slowly die overtime and then the servers will be shut down. It's just not going to happen.
The only real reason to get a gold subscription right now is the Foundry. Everything else can be kept after one month's worth of paid sub (bank slots, character slots) or bought more cheaply from the C-Store (EC limits, respecs, ships).
As for limiting content, as I said, they already do that in Champions Online, and it works fine over there. It would not be a change in policy at all. Everything in the game today on the Fed side (the vast majority of the game) would remain free. Additional race options being pay to play would not diminish what the game is today in the least bit. In what way would that give them a bad rep?
FYI, if you think that SWTOR's failure in F2P is the same thing as I am guessing, you do not understand the limits set by SWTOR. If STO were SWTOR, F2P players would be limited to warp 5 in sector space, have no transwarp, have to buy all of their ships from level 10 on from the C-Store, and would only get 1/3 the XP that gold players get. People don't hate on SWTOR because they want you to pay, they hate on it because what they did was STUPID.
FYI, if you think that SWTOR's failure in F2P is the same thing as I am guessing, you do not understand the limits set by SWTOR. If STO were SWTOR, F2P players would be limited to warp 5 in sector space, have no transwarp, have to buy all of their ships from level 10 on from the C-Store, and would only get 1/3 the XP that gold players get. People don't hate on SWTOR because they want you to pay, they hate on it because what they did was STUPID.
You also forget to mention : New Romulus would cost $10 for gold, and $30 for everyone else. New lockbox every months.
Oh, and no christmas event (only some items on the cash shops), and Omega/Romulan gear on the cash shop.
I played SWTOR since beta. Bought the collector, never unsub. Until they announced maked at $10. I unsubbed this day.
If a playable Romulan faction of some sort or other isn't involved, I think Cryptic have been profoundly foolish in not shutting down that line of speculation a long time ago. At this point, the way expectations are running, if its not playable Romulans, but is the biggest and best chunk of content they've ever released, its going to be met by profound disappointment by most of the playerbase. If it is just a huge chunk of new content without playable Romulans, all they had to say a month or so ago was, "Its not a new faction, but you guys are going to love it anyway..." and most folks would be happy with it. So I hope for the sake of the game and public perception, at this point, that its a Romulan faction.
that's kinda like what I'm thinking. The devs know what is going around the rumor mill..... Stahl even posted in one of the threads to stir up discussion... I really can't see them not squashing it unless it's true.
My new "title of sorts for may" (Tears in the Shadows) when all the die hard roms who have put themselves up there expecting may to be the release of their faction be nothing of the sort.
If it is an announcement that Tribble is going to house a Romulan Faction, I doubt I'll do much more than dabble with it a bit.
I went full steam with the DOff System while it was on Tribble and then did it once again on Holodeck when it hit... (though with a quite a bit less enthusiasm)
I am, really looking forward to playing as a Romulan in this game, but I don't think I want to do it Twice... again.
It'll be fun to fly a Rom ship, but I'm going to save all my full-fledged efforts for when it finally hits the Holodeck.
(when ever that is)
<shrug>
Well, if it is indeed a Romulan Faction, and I have huge doubts this would happen anytime soon, it will be a mini faction where you choose to side with the Federation or The KDF upon completion of some tutorial.
I feel bad for you guys hoping for a true Romulan faction.
IF we do get a Romulan faction: It is NOT going to cracked up like many of the purely Federation players think it's going to be. Look at Cryptic's track history with the factions in STO, after several years of getting a chance to put the KDF and Federation on par with each other, it is a dismal failure. And you guys are expecting the Romulans to be all the sudden separate and complete? Cryptic has had YEARS to fix the KDF, and in 2013, it is not the equal in the Federation experience and variety. From ships to uniforms, mission totals, it's just not there.
IF we do NOT get a Romulan faction: Heartache abound, and I'll be feeling for you.
Personally, I'd *love* to see the Romulans as a playable faction. But I place a premium more on multiple factions that are complete and equal in content and gameplay. It doesn't mean they should be carbon copies, but the experience and variety should make each faction a worthwhile experience.
That is something STO does not have after several years of being live.
That alone should make you guys wary about the prospect of a Romulan faction.
You guys are setting yourselves up for a huge fall...
I feel bad for you guys hoping for a true Romulan faction.
IF we do get a Romulan faction: It is NOT going to cracked up like many of the purely Federation players think it's going to be. Look at Cryptic's track history with the factions in STO, after several years of getting a chance to put the KDF and Federation on par with each other, it is a dismal failure. And you guys are expecting the Romulans to be all the sudden separate and complete? Cryptic has had YEARS to fix the KDF, and in 2013, it is not the equal in the Federation experience and variety. From ships to uniforms, mission totals, it's just not there.
IF we do NOT get a Romulan faction: Heartache abound, and I'll be feeling for you.
Personally, I'd *love* to see the Romulans as a playable faction. But I place a premium more on multiple factions that are complete and equal in content and gameplay. It doesn't mean they should be carbon copies, but the experience and variety should make each faction a worthwhile experience.
That is something STO does not have after several years of being live.
That alone should make you guys wary about the prospect of a Romulan faction.
You guys are setting yourselves up for a huge fall...
Well, if it is indeed a Romulan Faction, and I have huge doubts this would happen anytime soon, it will be a mini faction where you choose to side with the Federation or The KDF upon completion of some tutorial.
That is the best you can hope for from Cryptic.
That's the best that KDF fans can hope for from Cryptic. Because then the KDF would possibly get some content added, albeit for the sub-factions. :P
Would Cryptic then fold in the Cardassians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Ferengi the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Horta the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Borg the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Tholians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Iconians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Q the same way?
I'm just curious as to where you think the faction folding-in would end? Perhaps with all non-Fed factions folded into the Federation as mini-factions?
I feel bad for you guys hoping for a true Romulan faction.
IF we do get a Romulan faction: It is NOT going to cracked up like many of the purely Federation players think it's going to be. Look at Cryptic's track history with the factions in STO, after several years of getting a chance to put the KDF and Federation on par with each other, it is a dismal failure. And you guys are expecting the Romulans to be all the sudden separate and complete? Cryptic has had YEARS to fix the KDF, and in 2013, it is not the equal in the Federation experience and variety. From ships to uniforms, mission totals, it's just not there.
IF we do NOT get a Romulan faction: Heartache abound, and I'll be feeling for you.
Personally, I'd *love* to see the Romulans as a playable faction. But I place a premium more on multiple factions that are complete and equal in content and gameplay. It doesn't mean they should be carbon copies, but the experience and variety should make each faction a worthwhile experience.
That is something STO does not have after several years of being live.
That alone should make you guys wary about the prospect of a Romulan faction.
You guys are setting yourselves up for a huge fall...
I feel bad for you guys hoping for a true Romulan faction.
IF we do get a Romulan faction: It is NOT going to cracked up like many of the purely Federation players think it's going to be. Look at Cryptic's track history with the factions in STO, after several years of getting a chance to put the KDF and Federation on par with each other, it is a dismal failure. And you guys are expecting the Romulans to be all the sudden separate and complete? Cryptic has had YEARS to fix the KDF, and in 2013, it is not the equal in the Federation experience and variety. From ships to uniforms, mission totals, it's just not there.
IF we do NOT get a Romulan faction: Heartache abound, and I'll be feeling for you.
Personally, I'd *love* to see the Romulans as a playable faction. But I place a premium more on multiple factions that are complete and equal in content and gameplay. It doesn't mean they should be carbon copies, but the experience and variety should make each faction a worthwhile experience.
That is something STO does not have after several years of being live.
That alone should make you guys wary about the prospect of a Romulan faction.
You guys are setting yourselves up for a huge fall...
IMHO, expecting Cryptic (even with the current expanded team) to spend the time and effort to create non-Fed content for non-Fed factions on par with or anywhere nearly equal to Fed content is "not logical". It is not a sound financial investment as they will not see the same amount of return on their investment because there is not the same amount of interest in the non-Fed factions as there is in the Fed faction.
But, based on the opinions I just put forth, it would be a sound financial investment and make logical sense for Cryptic to at least tap into the interest in other non-Fed factions to provide alternative options for the player base which would in turn add to Cryptics income making for a decent return on investment.
If at some point in the future, the player base were to stabilize with equal representation and interest across all factions in game, at that point it would be logical for Cryptic to generate content equally across all factions.
That's the best that KDF fans can hope for from Cryptic. Because then the KDF would possibly get some content added, albeit for the sub-factions. :P
Would Cryptic then fold in the Cardassians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Ferengi the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Horta the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Borg the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Tholians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Iconians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Q the same way?
I'm just curious as to where you think the faction folding-in would end? Perhaps with all non-Fed factions folded into the Federation as mini-factions?
kDF is not a full faction, has not been since launch and Cryptic have never given any signs that they would ever flesh it out to Federation levels other than a passing if only.
What makes you think, based on that poor record, that they would then create another full 1-50 level Romulan faction before finishing the KDF?
At best, you can hope for what I already suggested and not a proper full faction, which you would then be the second part faction that gets no love from cryptic. Or at worst, nothing.
Another interesting idea someone mentioned, was that they are doing away with faction specific missions entirely, and are moving towards what NW are doing.
You first choose your race, which determines the selection of traits you can choose from.
Then, you choose what starting faction you want: Federation, KDF and Romulan.
You then do the faction specific tutorial including a couple of starting missions.
from then on all missions are the same for all factions, only worded differently for your specific choice.
This choice has the one thing that Cryptic seems to be heading towards, an easy scale-able system that they can easily tack on new factions for with minimum effort.....
Full faction, schmull faction.... If you gauge that based on what Feds have you're missing the boat. Feds have a stupid amount of stuff. Besides, the most abstract ways of measuring if it's a full faction would have it that Feds aren't a "full" faction either....
It's unrealistic to expect ANY other faction to get the sheer amount of stuff feds have. It is reasonable to expect them to get cool toys to play with. KDF has plenty of cool toys. As long as Romulans have some cool toys for me to play with I'll be happy.
I think adding a 3rd faction is unlikely due to finances.
If only 18% of the population is playing KDF, what kind of numbers do they think Romulans will hold? I'd bet less then 18%
If 18% of the population is not enough to generate the funds needed to convince them to complete the faction, which has been half finished and waiting for a touch of polish for years, what financial motivator would there be to create a faction that statistically has a smaller fanbase?
Other then a passing curiosity on what their ships would feel like, I have no deep love of Romluans. I would roll one to see some new zones and fly a newb ship around, but I learned my lesson from the KDF. If I'm going to put serious effort into a character it is going to be my Fed main. I like to actually have things to do when I play.
I'd like to call flat out no new faction, the proposed mini faction at best, but who knows. Cryptic doesn't know how to handle factions. They haven't in the past, and I don't see any reason why they suddenly have it right now. It very well could be tomorrow we will all be talking about the new faction...
Personally, I think they should have shipped with just Fed and saved KDF for later. The only reason we have the rushed garbage that is the current KDF is WoW has 2 factions, so other games need 2 factions to "compete." If they had just released Fed at launch and then added the KDF as a full faction later they could have had more time to get them right, and a ton of launch hype when they did release what could only be called an expansion pack to the game... but... hindsight...
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If a playable Klingon faction of some sort or other isn't involved, I think Cryptic have been profoundly foolish in not shutting down that line of speculation a long time ago. At this point, the way expectations are running, if its not playable Klingon, but is the biggest and best chunk of content they've ever released, its going to be met by profound disappointment by most of the playerbase. If it is just a huge chunk of new content without playable Klingon, all they had to say a month or so ago was, "Its not a new faction, but you guys are going to love it anyway..." and most folks would be happy with it. So I hope for the sake of the game and public perception, at this point, that its a Klingon faction.
That's about how people felt left down 3 years ago when beta launched and so on... Well, ok, there was an actual playable Klingon faction, but it was quite an empty shell... It was more like a klingon petting zoo with toy ships and a red background.
So, expecting that Cryptic HAVE to release a rom faction because they did not deny the rumors is really setting yourself up for the biggest disappointment trip ever.
I think adding a 3rd faction is unlikely due to finances.
If only 18% of the population is playing KDF, what kind of numbers do they think Romulans will hold? I'd bet less then 18%
If 18% of the population is not enough to generate the funds needed to convince them to complete the faction, which has been half finished and waiting for a touch of polish for years, what financial motivator would there be to create a faction that statistically has a smaller fanbase?
Other then a passing curiosity on what their ships would feel like, I have no deep love of Romluans. I would roll one to see some new zones and fly a newb ship around, but I learned my lesson from the KDF. If I'm going to put serious effort into a character it is going to be my Fed main. I like to actually have things to do when I play.
I'd like to call flat out no new faction, the proposed mini faction at best, but who knows. Cryptic doesn't know how to handle factions. They haven't in the past, and I don't see any reason why they suddenly have it right now. It very well could be tomorrow we will all be talking about the new faction...
Personally, I think they should have shipped with just Fed and saved KDF for later. The only reason we have the rushed garbage that is the current KDF is WoW has 2 factions, so other games need 2 factions to "compete." If they had just released Fed at launch and then added the KDF as a full faction later they could have had more time to get them right, and a ton of launch hype when they did release what could only be called an expansion pack to the game... but... hindsight...
It seems like the big assumption here is that just because Cryptic releases a Romulan Faction, the Klingon players will no longer see any additional content added to their faction.
I believe that that is a False Assumption.
There is no reason to believe that the Klingons will suddenly be cut off from further development, just because of an additional faction being added.
It's an MMO..., as long as They don't close down the offices (which have had a threefold addition of staff over the last eleven months), it is completely reasonable to assume that all three factions will get some love for the foreseeable future.
Albeit, NOT in equal terms... The FED's will still be the favorite child, getting the most attention.
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Maybe it is a early April fools joke, but if not, we are REALLY getting a romulan faction.
Hadn`t really thougt that this would happen in May :eek:
It's...
...it's beautiful.
Also, it might be Google Translate TRIBBLE with me, but
HIGHLIGHT: "Create your first character as a member of the Federation, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic and level up your captain from 1 to 50"
Holy hell.
Ladies and gentlemen, if you ever wondered where your lockbox money went, behold.
So it does confirm a Romulan faction - Romulan Republic?
"Play as Romulan or Reman"
Fly warbirds with Singularity Cores.
Level 1 to 50? :eek: (Klingons don't even have that yet - I said yet).
The translated text does say (highlight for spoiler);
BEGINS WITH ANY FACTION
Create your first character as a member of the Federation, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic and level up your captain from 1 to 50
Granted, after 3 years of the KDF being shafted at every corner, i'd have my doubts too. I remain "cautiously optimistic".
I currently have 9 characters (6 FED, 3 KDF) on my account. Of the six Feds, I have 2 of reach class and 1 of each class on the KDF side. That is the limit I currently have. Now I need to decide if I want to save up the Zen to by a character slot pack or retire three of my Feds. Yes I said three as I do want at least 1 of each class.
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The difference between Turbine and PWE is pretty night and day in may ways, sadly. If this were a Turbine expansion, we would know every detail from the moment they talked about it, it would be a complete expansion, there would be an open beta period for all LTS holders and it would cost $50 for everyone, including said LTS holders. PWE doesn't charge for content, their revenue comes strictly from in-game boost items and race/class unlocks.
I am going to revise my stance on what it will cost for the RSE faction - I forgot that CO already has a silver/gold class unlock mechanism in place. Here you go, my new guess:
* The Romulan faction will be a "Gold" option. If you are a gold subscriber or have a LTS, you can make and play Romulan toon, but if your sub lapses, you cannot make new ones, or play the ones you have. This is the same system as gold toons on Champions Online.
* Other races will be added later. Want a Cardassian? It's on the list, but you need to be Gold to play one.
* There will be a flat fee to permanently unlock each given faction. It will be significant (5000 zen?), to make the value of an LTS seem more reasonable.
* The may POTENTIALLY move the KDF over to this system, but unlock it for free for everyone who has an account up to that point.
This accomplishes a few things. It gives value to a gold sub, for the first time since F2P went live. It encourages LTS purchases. It gives them room for growth in the future. It uses tech they already have in the engine. It really does make sense.
15 hours to see....
If you think Gold account offers nothing then why do you pay for it? I also will tell you this will not fly at all as limiting content to only those who are paying just like SWTOR will give Cryptic a bad rep and that will be the end of it for them and the game will slowly die overtime and then the servers will be shut down. It's just not going to happen.
They are an international company headquartered in Redwood California. Which has nothing to do with the fact that the Chinese government strictly regulates the internet in China.
The only real reason to get a gold subscription right now is the Foundry. Everything else can be kept after one month's worth of paid sub (bank slots, character slots) or bought more cheaply from the C-Store (EC limits, respecs, ships).
As for limiting content, as I said, they already do that in Champions Online, and it works fine over there. It would not be a change in policy at all. Everything in the game today on the Fed side (the vast majority of the game) would remain free. Additional race options being pay to play would not diminish what the game is today in the least bit. In what way would that give them a bad rep?
FYI, if you think that SWTOR's failure in F2P is the same thing as I am guessing, you do not understand the limits set by SWTOR. If STO were SWTOR, F2P players would be limited to warp 5 in sector space, have no transwarp, have to buy all of their ships from level 10 on from the C-Store, and would only get 1/3 the XP that gold players get. People don't hate on SWTOR because they want you to pay, they hate on it because what they did was STUPID.
Oh, and no christmas event (only some items on the cash shops), and Omega/Romulan gear on the cash shop.
I played SWTOR since beta. Bought the collector, never unsub. Until they announced maked at $10. I unsubbed this day.
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I would give that title to EA, and their fine work with Simcity.
Well, if it is indeed a Romulan Faction, and I have huge doubts this would happen anytime soon, it will be a mini faction where you choose to side with the Federation or The KDF upon completion of some tutorial.
That is the best you can hope for from Cryptic.
IF we do get a Romulan faction: It is NOT going to cracked up like many of the purely Federation players think it's going to be. Look at Cryptic's track history with the factions in STO, after several years of getting a chance to put the KDF and Federation on par with each other, it is a dismal failure. And you guys are expecting the Romulans to be all the sudden separate and complete? Cryptic has had YEARS to fix the KDF, and in 2013, it is not the equal in the Federation experience and variety. From ships to uniforms, mission totals, it's just not there.
IF we do NOT get a Romulan faction: Heartache abound, and I'll be feeling for you.
Personally, I'd *love* to see the Romulans as a playable faction. But I place a premium more on multiple factions that are complete and equal in content and gameplay. It doesn't mean they should be carbon copies, but the experience and variety should make each faction a worthwhile experience.
That is something STO does not have after several years of being live.
That alone should make you guys wary about the prospect of a Romulan faction.
You guys are setting yourselves up for a huge fall...
Agreed....
That's the best that KDF fans can hope for from Cryptic. Because then the KDF would possibly get some content added, albeit for the sub-factions. :P
Would Cryptic then fold in the Cardassians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Ferengi the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Horta the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Borg the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Tholians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Iconians the same way?
Would Cryptic then fold in the Q the same way?
I'm just curious as to where you think the faction folding-in would end? Perhaps with all non-Fed factions folded into the Federation as mini-factions?
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IMHO, expecting Cryptic (even with the current expanded team) to spend the time and effort to create non-Fed content for non-Fed factions on par with or anywhere nearly equal to Fed content is "not logical". It is not a sound financial investment as they will not see the same amount of return on their investment because there is not the same amount of interest in the non-Fed factions as there is in the Fed faction.
But, based on the opinions I just put forth, it would be a sound financial investment and make logical sense for Cryptic to at least tap into the interest in other non-Fed factions to provide alternative options for the player base which would in turn add to Cryptics income making for a decent return on investment.
If at some point in the future, the player base were to stabilize with equal representation and interest across all factions in game, at that point it would be logical for Cryptic to generate content equally across all factions.
kDF is not a full faction, has not been since launch and Cryptic have never given any signs that they would ever flesh it out to Federation levels other than a passing if only.
What makes you think, based on that poor record, that they would then create another full 1-50 level Romulan faction before finishing the KDF?
At best, you can hope for what I already suggested and not a proper full faction, which you would then be the second part faction that gets no love from cryptic. Or at worst, nothing.
Another interesting idea someone mentioned, was that they are doing away with faction specific missions entirely, and are moving towards what NW are doing.
You first choose your race, which determines the selection of traits you can choose from.
Then, you choose what starting faction you want: Federation, KDF and Romulan.
You then do the faction specific tutorial including a couple of starting missions.
from then on all missions are the same for all factions, only worded differently for your specific choice.
This choice has the one thing that Cryptic seems to be heading towards, an easy scale-able system that they can easily tack on new factions for with minimum effort.....
It's unrealistic to expect ANY other faction to get the sheer amount of stuff feds have. It is reasonable to expect them to get cool toys to play with. KDF has plenty of cool toys. As long as Romulans have some cool toys for me to play with I'll be happy.
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If only 18% of the population is playing KDF, what kind of numbers do they think Romulans will hold? I'd bet less then 18%
If 18% of the population is not enough to generate the funds needed to convince them to complete the faction, which has been half finished and waiting for a touch of polish for years, what financial motivator would there be to create a faction that statistically has a smaller fanbase?
Other then a passing curiosity on what their ships would feel like, I have no deep love of Romluans. I would roll one to see some new zones and fly a newb ship around, but I learned my lesson from the KDF. If I'm going to put serious effort into a character it is going to be my Fed main. I like to actually have things to do when I play.
I'd like to call flat out no new faction, the proposed mini faction at best, but who knows. Cryptic doesn't know how to handle factions. They haven't in the past, and I don't see any reason why they suddenly have it right now. It very well could be tomorrow we will all be talking about the new faction...
Personally, I think they should have shipped with just Fed and saved KDF for later. The only reason we have the rushed garbage that is the current KDF is WoW has 2 factions, so other games need 2 factions to "compete." If they had just released Fed at launch and then added the KDF as a full faction later they could have had more time to get them right, and a ton of launch hype when they did release what could only be called an expansion pack to the game... but... hindsight...
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That's about how people felt left down 3 years ago when beta launched and so on... Well, ok, there was an actual playable Klingon faction, but it was quite an empty shell... It was more like a klingon petting zoo with toy ships and a red background.
So, expecting that Cryptic HAVE to release a rom faction because they did not deny the rumors is really setting yourself up for the biggest disappointment trip ever.
Expect little, enjoy what's released...
It seems like the big assumption here is that just because Cryptic releases a Romulan Faction, the Klingon players will no longer see any additional content added to their faction.
I believe that that is a False Assumption.
There is no reason to believe that the Klingons will suddenly be cut off from further development, just because of an additional faction being added.
It's an MMO..., as long as They don't close down the offices (which have had a threefold addition of staff over the last eleven months), it is completely reasonable to assume that all three factions will get some love for the foreseeable future.
Albeit, NOT in equal terms... The FED's will still be the favorite child, getting the most attention.
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Maybe it is an early April fools joke, but if not, we are REALLY getting a romulan faction.
Hadn`t really thougt that this would happen in May :eek:
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I didn't believe they'd do it. There it is. Bravo, Cryptic.
It's...
...it's beautiful.
Also, it might be Google Translate TRIBBLE with me, but
HIGHLIGHT: "Create your first character as a member of the Federation, the Klingon Empire and the Romulan Republic and level up your captain from 1 to 50"
Holy hell.
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As it is, it seems legit. If they manage to successfully pull it off, and launch in May, that _MIGHT_ earn them a bit of goodwill in my book.
I second that.
I'm not going to suffer google translate for the whole thing, I'm heading to bed.
Good luck to the new green team, and good luck to the red team, too.
I'm not going to get excited about it until we see if they get it right this time.
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Level 1 to 50? :eek: (Klingons don't even have that yet - I said yet).
And the video..........TOS Warbirds! And with the classic warbird at the bottom!
The translated text does say (highlight for spoiler);
Granted, after 3 years of the KDF being shafted at every corner, i'd have my doubts too. I remain "cautiously optimistic".