So we aren't a Romulan Faction we're just the "native auxiliaries" for the mighty Federation and Klingon Empires? Such BS.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
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.
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Which brings up the question when exactly will this "Choosing a side" mission happen ? I hope I don't have to level to 50 to actually join my fleet.
Unlikely, if someone doesn't like PvP, increasing the number of sides won't change that.
there are a lot of players that want to do pvp, but they don't 'cuz at this point pvp in sto is nonsense. in addition the pvp's reward is very lame and we don't have a leaderboard or some ranks.
there are a lot of players that want to do pvp, but they don't 'cuz at this point pvp in sto is nonsense. in addition the pvp's reward is very lame and we don't have a leaderboard or some ranks.
True, but none of those things have anything to do with the number of sides to choose.
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
Going to have to borrow your idea its brilliant lol.
During one of the episodes in the Romulan Republic storyline, the Federation and Klingon Defense Force will challenge Romulan captains to choose sides in the Federation-Klingon War. This permanent and personal choice forges a very important alliance. Once this decision is made, individual Romulan captains will gain many benefits through their alliance, all the while remaining their own independent faction. Romulans still continue their own independent mission journal and storyline after this choice, remaining neutral within the Romulan faction, but the choice has an impact on their progression towards end-game.
Interesting. Can't wait for more details on this and the benefits each alliance will provide, so we can make a more informed choice. (Guess I'll be making two Romulan characters )
Q: (archanubis) Will Romulan characters be able to access the Romulan Reputation System?
Dstahl: Yes, they?ll gain access to the same reputation and rewards including the ability to unlock the Reman species through the New Romulus Reputation.
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Q: (felderburg) Will basic Romulan ships have the three standard variant, escort, cruiser, science?
Dstahl: Romulans have their own unique ship class, Warbirds, which is the first new ship class in STO. This new class uses singularity cores instead of warp cores and introduces new ship combat powers tied to the harnessed energy released by the singularity core.
Max-level Romulan Republic captains will find a nice variety of Warbirds that each gravitate towards a specific type of existing ship class and play style. There will be some Warbirds that lean towards existing classes (escort, cruiser, science, etc.) that players are familiar with, though they will all feel distinct in that they are from the new Warbird class.
Nice pun I wonder how the singularity core works? Sounds like a sciency kinda thing..
Which brings up the question when exactly will this "Choosing a side" mission happen ? I hope I don't have to level to 50 to actually join my fleet.
Probably at Lieutenant Commander. Otherwise you'd be stuck with only the single ship class.
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Actually now that I think about it this makes me want to play a Romulan even more. Now that I know I can help build up my fleet's existing bases rather than having to start yet another one, I find that the prospect of rolling a new character doesn't seem so tedious anymore. Me likey.
Errr... the Starbase thing confuses me.... do Romulans actually have their own fleets or do I have to join a Fed/KDF fleet ?
And what the heck is an Alien Gen Hybrid ????
Fleets are either FED or KDF. Romulans can create a FED or KDF Fleet, but then only allow Romulans in if they want. This was done for the reasons stated in the Ask Cryptic.
Alien-gen hybrid means that you'll be able to create custom aliens with limited filters to keep aliens on the Romulan faction more within boundaries of the somewhat Xenophobic Romulan species.
I would've though "can we expect new STFs" would have been a frequently-asked-and-relatively-easily-answered question. Certainly more than HEY, WHAT'S THE NEW SECRET ENEMY IN YOUR EXPANSION.
New STFs will not be released in Legacy of Romulus as they are part of a future season where we will be increasing the rank cap. That said, there will be new max level events released in Legacy of Romulus.
BTW, good job avoiding ANY mention of KDF inclusion in the update DS, thats why we have so much faith in you.
Not that I disagree with the sentiment (I'm again amazed at how someone can talk so much but still say so little), but the KDF is included in the "pick your flavor of Romulan" reveal.
Dissappointed that Romulans are not their own faction. I thought it woud be a good thing to break up te preponderance of Federation payers. Now everyone will more likely than not, roll a Romulan and stay on the side they already primarily play as. So Federation will still get the VAST majority of new content, down the road. Not to mention PvP will soon consist of KDF roms in Warbirds duking it out with Federation Roms in Warbirds. As if the current Dominion lockbox ships vs. Dominion lockbox ships wasn't lame enough. :rolleyes:
Note to Cryptic, if its a Federation vs. KDF war, let the ships fighting the battles reflect that.
Fleets are either FED or KDF. Romulans can create a FED or KDF Fleet, but then only allow Romulans in if they want. This was done for the reasons stated in the Ask Cryptic.
Alien-gen hybrid means that you'll be able to create custom aliens with limited filters to keep aliens on the Romulan faction more within boundaries of the somewhat Xenophobic Romulan species.
New STFs will not be released in Legacy of Romulus as they are part of a future season where we will be increasing the rank cap. That said, there will be new max level events released in Legacy of Romulus.
Nothing was mentioned about Klingons levels 1-50 in the ask Cryptic. I was expecting something to be mentioned about it. Will there be more klingon missions added to the may expansion?
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Fleets are either FED or KDF. Romulans can create a FED or KDF Fleet, but then only allow Romulans in if they want. This was done for the reasons stated in the Ask Cryptic.
Alien-gen hybrid means that you'll be able to create custom aliens with limited filters to keep aliens on the Romulan faction more within boundaries of the somewhat Xenophobic Romulan species.
New STFs will not be released in Legacy of Romulus as they are part of a future season where we will be increasing the rank cap. That said, there will be new max level events released in Legacy of Romulus.
Thanks so much for taking time to personally answer posts, Mr. Stahl.
I hope fully independent factions will be introduced in the future.
As an endgame Fed. player I count on the KDF to help me win STF's, and earn dilithium, against my main enemy: The Borg. The Fed/KDF war means almost nothing to me.
Dissappointed that Romulans are not their own faction. I thought it woud be a good thing to break up te preponderance of Federation payers. Now everyone will more likely than not, roll a Romulan and stay on the side they already primarily play as. So Federation will still get the VAST majority of new content, down the road. Not to mention PvP will soon consist of KDF roms in Warbirds duking it out with Federation Roms in Warbirds. As if the current Dominion lockbox ships vs. Dominion lockbox ships wasn't lame enough. :rolleyes:
Note to Cryptic, if its a Federation vs. KDF war, let the ships fighting the battles reflect that.
It seems to me that some of you are failing to read what was said by DStahtl...
all the while remaining their own independent faction.
That's what he said about the Romulans when they make their decision, they'll still be their own faction, but they'll be allied with either the Federation or the KDF. How difficult is it to understand that?
Do we have to pick a side or can we remain unaligned?
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
Do we have to pick a side or can we remain unaligned?
I imagine you can 'remain unaligned' in the same way that you can right now run a character without a fleet. Possible, but you're missing out on a great deal of content.
Fleets are either FED or KDF. Romulans can create a FED or KDF Fleet, but then only allow Romulans in if they want. This was done for the reasons stated in the Ask Cryptic.
Alien-gen hybrid means that you'll be able to create custom aliens with limited filters to keep aliens on the Romulan faction more within boundaries of the somewhat Xenophobic Romulan species.
New STFs will not be released in Legacy of Romulus as they are part of a future season where we will be increasing the rank cap. That said, there will be new max level events released in Legacy of Romulus.
HAHA, what MASSIVE cop-out... Instead of adding a THIRD unique faction, your basically adding a mini-faction, which you must CHOOSE to ally with either FED or KDF at a certain level. Where do I remember this from? Oh right, World of Pandas (Mists of Pandaria).
No self-respecting Klingon would ever willingly help, much less, ally themselves with a Romulan. The only ones (in canon) who ever allied themselves with Romulans, were labeled traitors of the Empire.
From what i'm reading in the Ask Cryptic, your basically saying that the Romulan "faction" will be launched with a handful of new episodes that are unique to them, then at a certain point, you must choose to ally yourself with FED or KDF. Whereupon, you end up running exactly the same mission content that we've already had these past 3 years.
I have a character in a fleet and I don't see that much content I'd be missing out on.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
you can be either a KDF romulan or a fed romulan. That answers it.
That doesn't answer it at all. It makes sense for Romulans to be able to get the Fleet benefits for whatever side they ally with, but it does not make sense for them to be limited to Foundry missions that are specifically written for other factions.
We need to be able to build Romulan Foundry missions that appear only for Romulan players, the same way we can build for Fed and KDF right now. I put that question in the Ask Cryptic: whether we'd be able to build for the faction at launch. I'm disappointed it wasn't picked while at the same time he picked a question on the Silent Enemy and didn't answer it at all. I'm certainly willing to wait for more information, but as an author who is very excited to build Romulan missions, it is a pressing concern.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
Question 1:
So, I am confused, a Romulan could fly a starfleet vessel but a starfleet captain cannot fly warbirds? Just wondering, at the end, I would prefer roms not being able to touch fed ships... maybe except the non-starfleet ones (same applies to KDF).
Question 2:
Does this mean romulan players cannot start a fleet until reaching lvl 50?
Alien-Gen Hybrid? What does that mean? Like alien characters currently? So FED and KDF can make alien characters free but only subscribers or lifers can make aliens in the Romulan Faction?
Or are you going to restrict aliens to only lifers and subscribers across all factions in May?
HAHA, what MASSIVE cop-out... Instead of adding a THIRD unique faction, your basically adding a mini-faction, which you must CHOOSE to ally with either FED or KDF at a certain level. Where do I remember this from? Oh right, World of Pandas (Mists of Pandaria).
No self-respecting Klingon would ever willingly help, much less, ally themselves with a Romulan. The only ones (in canon) who ever allied themselves with Romulans, were labeled traitors of the Empire.
From what i'm reading in the Ask Cryptic, your basically saying that the Romulan "faction" will be launched with a handful of new episodes that are unique to them, then at a certain point, you must choose to ally yourself with FED or KDF. Whereupon, you end up running exactly the same mission content that we've already had these past 3 years.
Actually if you read it properly you will see that he said the Romulans have their own INDEPENDANT story line. Seriously is so difficult to people to read and understand simple things instead of jumping the gun?
Feel like its not a 3rd faction at all. Just romulans joining the current 2. March beneath the raptors wings??? March into the arms of the federation or the kdf would be more accurate. Very disappointing. I don't agree at all with your reasoning for this. It's a cop out. And I hate to say that. All that quality hard work for what's not actually a 3rd faction.
Yeah a Liberated Borg Romulan would probably make more sense than an alien-gen hybrid. Hoping that one comes down the line as that would be ideally what I would play as.
You side with Feds or kdf. In pvp you fight their war. This expansion divides the romulan people not unite them. It makes them more splintered than before. So roms will fight roms under the name of kdf and fed. Awful decision.
I would've though "can we expect new STFs" would have been a frequently-asked-and-relatively-easily-answered question. Certainly more than HEY, WHAT'S THE NEW SECRET ENEMY IN YOUR EXPANSION.
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Which brings up the question when exactly will this "Choosing a side" mission happen ? I hope I don't have to level to 50 to actually join my fleet.
there are a lot of players that want to do pvp, but they don't 'cuz at this point pvp in sto is nonsense. in addition the pvp's reward is very lame and we don't have a leaderboard or some ranks.
True, but none of those things have anything to do with the number of sides to choose.
Going to have to borrow your idea its brilliant lol.
Interesting. Can't wait for more details on this and the benefits each alliance will provide, so we can make a more informed choice. (Guess I'll be making two Romulan characters
Moar grind!
Nice pun
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Probably at Lieutenant Commander. Otherwise you'd be stuck with only the single ship class.
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It says a full ship progression from level 1 to 50. I strongly suspect that Romulans will have more than one ship per tier...:eek:
Fleets are either FED or KDF. Romulans can create a FED or KDF Fleet, but then only allow Romulans in if they want. This was done for the reasons stated in the Ask Cryptic.
Alien-gen hybrid means that you'll be able to create custom aliens with limited filters to keep aliens on the Romulan faction more within boundaries of the somewhat Xenophobic Romulan species.
New STFs will not be released in Legacy of Romulus as they are part of a future season where we will be increasing the rank cap. That said, there will be new max level events released in Legacy of Romulus.
Not that I disagree with the sentiment (I'm again amazed at how someone can talk so much but still say so little), but the KDF is included in the "pick your flavor of Romulan" reveal.
Note to Cryptic, if its a Federation vs. KDF war, let the ships fighting the battles reflect that.
Thanks oh mighty one for answering !
No Liberated Borg ?
Thanks so much for taking time to personally answer posts, Mr. Stahl.
I hope fully independent factions will be introduced in the future.
As an endgame Fed. player I count on the KDF to help me win STF's, and earn dilithium, against my main enemy: The Borg. The Fed/KDF war means almost nothing to me.
I imagine you can 'remain unaligned' in the same way that you can right now run a character without a fleet. Possible, but you're missing out on a great deal of content.
HAHA, what MASSIVE cop-out... Instead of adding a THIRD unique faction, your basically adding a mini-faction, which you must CHOOSE to ally with either FED or KDF at a certain level. Where do I remember this from? Oh right, World of Pandas (Mists of Pandaria).
No self-respecting Klingon would ever willingly help, much less, ally themselves with a Romulan. The only ones (in canon) who ever allied themselves with Romulans, were labeled traitors of the Empire.
From what i'm reading in the Ask Cryptic, your basically saying that the Romulan "faction" will be launched with a handful of new episodes that are unique to them, then at a certain point, you must choose to ally yourself with FED or KDF. Whereupon, you end up running exactly the same mission content that we've already had these past 3 years.
I chuckled at this.
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That doesn't answer it at all. It makes sense for Romulans to be able to get the Fleet benefits for whatever side they ally with, but it does not make sense for them to be limited to Foundry missions that are specifically written for other factions.
We need to be able to build Romulan Foundry missions that appear only for Romulan players, the same way we can build for Fed and KDF right now. I put that question in the Ask Cryptic: whether we'd be able to build for the faction at launch. I'm disappointed it wasn't picked while at the same time he picked a question on the Silent Enemy and didn't answer it at all. I'm certainly willing to wait for more information, but as an author who is very excited to build Romulan missions, it is a pressing concern.
So, I am confused, a Romulan could fly a starfleet vessel but a starfleet captain cannot fly warbirds? Just wondering, at the end, I would prefer roms not being able to touch fed ships... maybe except the non-starfleet ones (same applies to KDF).
Question 2:
Does this mean romulan players cannot start a fleet until reaching lvl 50?
Or are you going to restrict aliens to only lifers and subscribers across all factions in May?
Actually if you read it properly you will see that he said the Romulans have their own INDEPENDANT story line. Seriously is so difficult to people to read and understand simple things instead of jumping the gun?
Yeah a Liberated Borg Romulan would probably make more sense than an alien-gen hybrid. Hoping that one comes down the line as that would be ideally what I would play as.
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