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In this brand-new, special edition of Ask Cryptic, Executive Producer Daniel Stahl delivers answers to player submitted questions about our upcoming expansion.
Link to the Ask Cryptic.
A note from dStahl:
Link to the Ask Cryptic.
A note from dStahl:
Thank you for all of the feedback and responses to this Ask Cryptic. Over the next month we will be sharing more details about the specifics of Legacy of Romulus, and later in April, we will be opening up access to create and play a Romulan on TRIBBLE so that you can see how everything works for yourself.
Keep in mind that the team has been hard at work on this expansion and this remains an entirely FREE expansion. We are not charging for it. It will be a free download when the expansion hits. So with that in mind, try it for yourself and see what you think without any risk. This isn't a $50 expansion that you have to buy up front in order to play. Yes there will be plenty of additional items in the store later on to enhance the experience (we are a business), but you will be able to play a Romulan from 1-50 as a free player.
We are happy that many players appreciate our decision to have the Romulans join existing FED or KDF fleets at launch. We realize that not everyone understands or agrees with why we did this, but it is the best decision for Star Trek Online. As stated in the Ask Cryptic, we will consider allowing the construction of Romulan Starbases in the future, but at launch, we want to recognize all the effort that existing Fleets have put into their Starbases and not introduce a "must start over" approach this early.
Additionally, we have a story to tell with the Romulan Republic that is central to the future updates in our game. We specifically chose to go this route as far back as the Romulan Feature Episode series where we introduced Obisek and Hakeev. Romulans are splintered and there are factions within the Romulan Empire that are specifically pursuing goals that are not necessarily beneficial to the Romulan species (investigating Borg Technology, collaborating with Iconians). One of our next blogs will go into detail about these conflicts and how they will play into the Romulan Republic storyline. That storyline will advance the plot for all factions in coming seasons.
With the Romulan Republic being a prequel to the Romulan FE series and the founding of New Romulus, our intention has been to allow players to explore the backstory of what has happened since the destruction of their homeworld. New Romulan captains do not even start in the military. These are Romulan citizens that must decide how they will survive. As the launch site says, "you are one of the survivors." "These are dark and dangerous times for your people."
The New Romulan storyline will dive deeper into the underlying darkness threatening the galaxy than any species has thus far and by the time they finish their storyline, it will be clear why New Romulus needs to exist and why we chose to have players play Romulan citizens rather than the Tal Shiar. Future Feature Episode series will continue the story from this point.
To answer some specific questions, Romulans will be asked to choose sides in the war by the time they are level 10. The exclusive Romulan storyline takes place in all of the new prequel episodes that have been made that will now end in and around the events that culminate in the Romulan Feature Episode series. Since we are moving around many of the levels of episodes with this expansion, we expect Romulan captains to be around level 40 when they finish their primary episodes (much like the Feds at launch). Note that for Romulans, most of the feature episode series have all been moved past this point. Thus the Devidians, Breen, and 2800 series all take place after the Romulan storyline. This also includes all of the Borg, Undine, STFS, Nukara, New Romulus and end game event content. So when we say that the alliance has an impact on end game, it is in reference to all of the level 40+ missions and end game content that exist for all factions. Instead of creating a 3rd set of queues, we're limiting it to the existing 2 sets and, at least for now, limiting Romulans to helping the Feds or KDF with their Starbase while the Feds and KDF help to build new Romulus. We will be adding more Fleet Holdings in the future and, as stated, Romulan Starbases have not been ruled out.
As an MMO we can always evolve this in the future, but this is how it will be at launch on May 21. Again, you'll have a chance to see all of this in action when we put the update up for testing prior to May.
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I guess some Fed players can quit begging because you kinda got Cloaking with your new Romulan allies.
Wish he answered my Question about what does a 1-50 KDF faction mean in May
and I WANT MY WARBIRD NOW!!!! can't wait!!!
I cut and pasted it
1: Are we getting the "Raptor Gorn" Costume? That new J.J. Abrams one?
1.2: Can we expect more KDF Costumes than just spikes of death and bloody intentions?
2: Do we go on Redshirt For Testing or Tribble?
3: How did this "come to be" so to speak? As in how did you complete Romulans AND Finish off the KDF Faction which you said you'd finish before Romulans? Also, what shall we expect for the Empire?
4: What fills the KDF 1-20 Gap?
4.2: Any KDF ships possible comming up after not getting any (Z-Store) Since Last May?
4.3: Any chance of More KDF Social Maps?
4.4: Any Chance of New KDF Races?
4.5: Are there new KDF Missions?
4.6: Is there a New KDF Tutorial?
5: Is Warp Core For Everyone or Just Romulans?
6: Are Romulans Complete or Half?
6.2: Are KDF Complete or Still Half or 3/4?
7. (Personal) Do you mind these questions?
8. When shall we expect this to air?
9. What are the new skill things like?
10. How is the new Rep like?
Thank you for your time!
I can see many KDF (not me, mind) fans not being happy upon seeing the cursed green amongst them... the UFP will embrace them fully and give them hugs and cocoa, of course.
BTW, what's red and green and goes really fast?
and it's not a fight with romulans and klingons
...a frog in a blender.
Jo Cox 22.6.1974 - 16.6.2016
Uh Chief, you missed the "Submit Q&A" questions in the other thread. This is the one linking to the questions that Dan Stahl has answered.
You could hold on to your questions for the April one, though.
(UFP) Ragnar
I think its misleading of Mr. Stahl to suggest that pvp queues will see more captains with three factions feeding into two fighting parties. Naturally there will be new and returning players engaging in Romulan content, but there will also be runoff from the existing factions, particularly the Federation.
Plenty to be pleased and intrigued about, but as always, its best to wait and see.
Also bummed we don't get our own starbases. Would love to see an actual Romulan Starbase.
All and all I am still excited though.
You never know.... https://twitter.com/PWE_BranFlakes/status/317716479413985280
(UFP) Ragnar
I do hope the Fleet Starbase system will get hooked up in the future, though.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Hoping liberated borg romulans get added though for us lifetimers
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And what the heck is an Alien Gen Hybrid ????
:annoyed:
etc.
I hope that the missing parts don't overshadow all the things that were actually done for Romulans, like ships, episodes, social-zones and the hard work they required. We can only go up from here now.
I kinda knew this is the approach cryptic would have taken with the romulans (although I wish it was KDF only)
I know several people, including myself, who have starting writing and even building Romulan missions, and we don't want to be left at the alter, y'know?
you can be either a KDF romulan or a fed romulan. That answers it.
Thanks for answering my question too.
Not to say that I'm not still excited though.
BOOO! I want to be part of the Empire! Or the Tal'Shiar! Why not create a story line that actually innovates, and allows us to choose which Romulan faction we want to join?
Liberated Borg are a must! They clearly exist, and even though the most prominent one was a Tal'Shiar agent, they're not all like that.....
And what about Hirogen? They're allied with Sela, why not them?
WORST. DECISION. EVER. The Romulans need to be THEIR OWN FACTION! I get that you're railroading us into the Republic already, but why make us choose sides in the Fed / KDF war? Don't the Romulans just want to live in peace (or make war) on their own?
The Romulans are worthy of their own faction. It may be too much work now to create 3-way PvP, or to create unique assets for Romulan bases, but that's what people want!
And isn't this going to cause issues within the faction? How can the Romulans be allied with the Feds or KDF, and still be cool with each other?
..except for the fact that the Romulans aren't actually a faction, since they join the Feds and KDF anyways. Will it be the same for the Dominion? Even though they have their own quadrant, and clearly would have their own agenda, will they be shoe-horned into the great big Fed / KDF war?
What I asked was not about the variants of ship, it was about COSTUMES, not cruiser / escort / science. Will all the ships have three COSTUME variants? Like nearly all of the Fed / KDF ships? (except for Odyssey, Chimera, Bortasqu', etc. - and why don't they have costume variants?)
Why is the crystalline entity limited time?
Nicely done.
Where's the STAR TREK man?
I DON"T WANT TO REROLL!
But May update is pretty awesome overall.
3-ways fights could bring the pvp into the light
Nice! Thanks for taking the time to answer that one for me. That was one I was really hoping to see answered.
I find the whole implementation of the New Romulans to be very interesting. From what I've read here I'm liking it so far. I'm really looking forward to this now. Now I'll just wait for more info on what the plan is to help smaller fleets with their bases.
Mine Trap Supporter
Unlikely, if someone doesn't like PvP, increasing the number of sides won't change that.
Sounds like they ally with one of the other ingame factions. BUT I'm gonna play it like my fed starter toon: never play that deciding mission and level up by doing the routine grind, that way he'll be authentically neutral and still be at max level.
I'll make the choice when it's convenient (and beneficial) for my toon, like a true Romulan captain.
:P
BTW, good job avoiding ANY mention of KDF inclusion in the update DS, thats why we have so much faith in you.
Awoken Dead
Now shaddup about the queues, it's a BUG