If you think about it, ship sharing up to T4 actually makes sense - the Republic is still weak, and doesn't have the resources to mass-produce warbirds, so their allies (Starfleet and the KDF) are supplying them with some of their own ships. By the time the player reaches T5, the Republic is strong enough that using their allies' ships is no longer necessary.
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When a Romulan Captain chooses to ally with the Federation or the Klingon Defense Force, they gain access to a limited number of their ally?s ships. Romulan Captains can obtain Tier 1 through Tier 4 allied ships for Dilithium or in the C-Store, depending on the specific ship. Romulan Captains cannot command, nor purchase/ claim, Tier 5 (Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral, Brigadier General, or Lieutenant General) ships from the faction that they have allied with."
This is great, great, GREAT news!! To everyone who says the devs don't listen, consider this your big, fat helping of "I told you so!"
"1000-Day Veteran Ship
At launch, Romulans will not have a 1000-day Veteran ship available. We are planning to address this as soon as possible."
^Also very exciting!
I'm glad to hear this - really. It is not T3 but hey it is a nice compromise. I'm glad to see Cryptic agreeing with many of us on this point because it would be so hard in the future to make the Romulans independent if many people buy end game ships and all of a sudden would run the risk of losing them in the process.
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Not sure I agree with the OP that being able to play other faction's ships would mean that Romulan players will be stuck with them. I suspect you will play a Romulan to fly Romulan ships.
Also the BoP was originally supposed to BE a Romulan design not a Klingon design. Just look at the bird paint pattern on its wings and that is obvious.
However, I do find the canon destroying nature of having Federation Captains (Klingon Captains are fine because they WOULD steal enemy vessels and fly them) flying around in practically anything BUT Federation Vessels. That would be fine if they were all privateers but to PRETEND that they are part of Starfleet and then have them fly a slew of non-Starfleet approved vessels is just inane.
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Also the BoP was originally supposed to BE a Romulan design not a Klingon design. Just look at the bird paint pattern on its wings and that is obvious.
However, I do find the canon destroying nature of having Federation Captains (Klingon Captains are fine because they WOULD steal enemy vessels and fly them) flying around in practically anything BUT Federation Vessels. That would be fine if they were all privateers but to PRETEND that they are part of Starfleet and then have them fly a slew of non-Starfleet approved vessels is just inane.