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Devs: Just a "Yes" or "No," please.

stelakkhstelakkh Member Posts: 185 Arc User
edited March 2013 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
The Federation is fairly fleshed-out as a faction, even if total game content is light.

The Klingon faction is not and has never been even remotely fleshed out.

I'm going to guess here that the Romulan faction is gong to require a C-Store purchase in order to play. It certainly will require at least the purchase of character slots for many of us.

So, since it's likely to cost us money to play as a Romulan (and I really would love to - always had a fondness for the Romulans), I'd like just simple "Yes" or "No" answers about the Romulan faction.

1: Is the faction fully fleshed-out, or will it be like the Klingons faction - with little to do and no real reason to spend money on any kind of expansion or character slots?

2: Is the Romulan faction considered a paid expansion?

3: Will existing members get a character slot to play the new faction, or will we have to buy more slots (or delete an existing character)?

4: When will we see server-wide events of Federation/Klinon/Romulan incursions into each other's space and allow for faction wars between players? (Just kind of throwing that into the mix, though I rather suspect I know the answer to this one.)

Thank you.
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  • broodwynbroodwyn Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    I'm not sure about the rest but #2 It was stated on the FB page by STO in one of their comments that its a FREE expansion

    I hope someone can help you with 1,3 and 4
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  • logicalspocklogicalspock Member Posts: 836 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    stelakkh wrote: »
    The Federation is fairly fleshed-out as a faction, even if total game content is light.

    The Klingon faction is not and has never been even remotely fleshed out.

    I'm going to guess here that the Romulan faction is gong to require a C-Store purchase in order to play. It certainly will require at least the purchase of character slots for many of us.

    So, since it's likely to cost us money to play as a Romulan (and I really would love to - always had a fondness for the Romulans), I'd like just simple "Yes" or "No" answers about the Romulan faction.

    1: Is the faction fully fleshed-out, or will it be like the Klingons faction - with little to do and no real reason to spend money on any kind of expansion or character slots?

    2: Is the Romulan faction considered a paid expansion?

    3: Will existing members get a character slot to play the new faction, or will we have to buy more slots (or delete an existing character)?

    4: When will we see server-wide events of Federation/Klinon/Romulan incursions into each other's space and allow for faction wars between players? (Just kind of throwing that into the mix, though I rather suspect I know the answer to this one.)

    Thank you.

    1. The faction is free.

    2. The expansion very likely will come with a free Romulan character slot for silver players, much like the current free KDF slot.

    3. I think that once a faction can level from 1-50 using mostly story content, they consider it "complete". If you are expecting the same number of missions, ships, et cetera, then your expectations of a "full" faction will go unfulfilled. The Klingons, for instance, will never be completely equal to the federation, but if this expansion delivers what it promises, the Klingon's will have completed their transition from a "monster play" faction that levels via PvP to a complete faction.
  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    Beep Once for Yes, Twice for No :rolleyes:
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  • spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Member Posts: 408 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    Beep Once for Yes, Twice for No :rolleyes:

    /e slaps a 'Honk If You Think The Tal Shiar Are Jerks' sticker to the back of the D'Deridex
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    stelakkh wrote: »
    1: Is the faction fully fleshed-out, or will it be like the Klingons faction - with little to do and no real reason to spend money on any kind of expansion or character slots?
    I would imagine it will start similar to the KDF: a Tutorial and 6-10 core Missions. From there it will use existing FEs and the like to go all the way to 50.
    2: Is the Romulan faction considered a paid expansion?
    Branflakes has stated it is free on the forum. If you want to know what the Devs are saying about various things click the Dev Tracker thread on the main forum.
    3: Will existing members get a character slot to play the new faction, or will we have to buy more slots (or delete an existing character)?
    You will probably get 1 free Rom slot just as you currently get a free KDF and free Fed slot.
    4: When will we see server-wide events of Federation/Klinon/Romulan incursions into each other's space and allow for faction wars between players? (Just kind of throwing that into the mix, though I rather suspect I know the answer to this one.)
    That type of things sounds more like a Season 9 or Season 10 build.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Member Posts: 408 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    I would imagine it will start similar to the KDF: a Tutorial and 6-10 core Missions. From there it will use existing FEs and the like to go all the way to 50.

    I'm not so sure, I'm scratching my head on how your personal timeline goes from saving the Romulan Republic to all the old FEs that happened before there was a Republic. Unless I'm missing something and you start waaaaaaaay back somewhere around the Romulan FEs.
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  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    spyralpegacyon wrote: »
    I'm not so sure, I'm scratching my head on how your personal timeline goes from saving the Romulan Republic to all the old FEs that happened before there was a Republic. Unless I'm missing something and you start waaaaaaaay back somewhere around the Romulan FEs.
    As the FEs tend to give some of the best gear, prior to end-game, I seriously doubt the Roms would not be allowed access to them - and there are more FEs than just the Reman FE. :)

    And, of course, since it is an MMO that never truly has an ending, you never really "save" the Rom Republic. You simply keep defending it.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
  • tenkaritenkari Member Posts: 2,906 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    thecosmic1 wrote: »
    As the FEs tend to give some of the best gear, prior to end-game, I seriously doubt the Roms would not be allowed access to them - and there are more FEs than just the Reman FE. :)

    And, of course, since it is an MMO that never truly has an ending, you never really "save" the Rom Republic. You simply keep defending it.

    true, but considering time line wise... a majority of the FE's take place before the events of the Romulan/Reman FE there isnt a really good reason for new romulus romulans to be there. lets just hope the new way of doing text can fix most of these problems... especially second wave, since there is no romulan representative at the meeting....
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  • jermbotjermbot Member Posts: 801 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    tenkari wrote: »
    true, but considering time line wise... a majority of the FE's take place before the events of the Romulan/Reman FE there isnt a really good reason for new romulus romulans to be there. lets just hope the new way of doing text can fix most of these problems... especially second wave, since there is no romulan representative at the meeting....

    The promotional information leads me to believe the Romulan Storyline will start shortly after the destruction of Romulus and Remus putting the total Romulan experience into a nice position to through Featured Episodes in as the developers see fit.

    The only story-sticky parts are the abduction of Sela, and only if they plan on including the return of Sela in Romulan mission content, and the lack of representation at second wave, which the player himself can rectify when he does those missions.
  • thecosmic1thecosmic1 Member Posts: 9,365 Arc User
    edited March 2013
    jermbot wrote: »
    The promotional information leads me to believe the Romulan Storyline will start shortly after the destruction of Romulus and Remus putting the total Romulan experience into a nice position to through Featured Episodes in as the developers see fit.

    The only story-sticky parts are the abduction of Sela, and only if they plan on including the return of Sela in Romulan mission content, and the lack of representation at second wave, which the player himself can rectify when he does those missions.
    Exactly! I don't believe the Rom content will be starting at a Fed's level 50 end-game Stardate. I assume Roms will start at an earlier Stardate and work their way toward having New Romulus, just as the Feds and KDF do.

    From what I have heard on the forum the Sela return is a new FE - probably set in end-game - so the timing will work for level 50 Feds, KDF, and Roms.
    STO is about my Liberated Borg Federation Captain with his Breen 1st Officer, Jem'Hadar Tactical Officer, Liberated Borg Engineering Officer, Android Ops Officer, Photonic Science Officer, Gorn Science Officer, and Reman Medical Officer jumping into their Jem'Hadar Carrier and flying off to do missions for the new Romulan Empire. But for some players allowing a T5 Connie to be used breaks the canon in the game.
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