My Reman doesn't trust the KDF because while things look all hunky-dory right now, they are still an empire, meaning the existence of second-class species. She's not exactly keen on going through that again, after how the Romulans treated the Remans (and some still do). The Federation is not so guilty of this. Though Admiral T'Nae showed herself to be disgustingly racist in the worst Solokian fashion, at least Sugihara and the other Federation rep were much better behaved and were genuinely interested in helping the Republic build and put itself in a better position in the long run.
There's also the fact that most everything I do is Fed-side, so it was also more convenient for me to go that way.
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I choose the KDF because I want my Romulan Commander to be like the one in TOS. Working towards a K'tinga battlecruiser so its more like the episode "The Enterprise Incident". Plus I'm really bored of the Federation if you need another reason.
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From a story standpoint (IE from the perspective of my character) the Klingon's actually fought when the Tal Shiar attacked. They were honest about their opinions (unlike the Fed senator who was jabbering about how much he liked and respected us while T'Nae was talking about how she didn't trust us at the same time) and didn't hide behind the Prime Directive every step of the conversations my character had with them
Also, for someone whose born into a shattered government, the 'protection' of lower species and governments outside yours' is the last thing on your mind... plus, the Klingon's are a LOT closer to the Romulans than the Feds are (location-wise that is) and a lot quicker to back up an ally in a fight instead of rabbiting on about the 'prime directive' and such.
Earning the good graces of your next door neighbor seemed more important (to him) than winning over a faction of human-centric negotiators several billion light years away from his home
As for myself... I chose them because I (in general) prefer Klingon ships to Fed ships and the Klingon uniforms seemed a lot cooler than the Fed uniforms
I have not purchased anything from Cryptic Store. There seems to be loads more FED stuff (understandable) ...
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FED All Good Things Uniform look sharp!
KDF Combat Enviro Suit looks wicked!
ROM Uniforms looks wild, futuristic but very cool too.
For me, this decision is KDF - despite Star Trek being based around Federation.
The Klingons are all about "their honor" and that appeals to me very much.
Went with the Feds for my first character since they line up more with his philosophy. Also, with the Fleet Science ship being locked behind tier 5 shipyard, choosing Starfleet gives me a glimmer of hope that I might be able to purchase it in the next year.
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I went with the KDF out of laziness. I wanted the Empire Defence missions for Dilithium. This has turned out to be a poor choice. The Empire Defence missions aren't there, the Breathing Room missions (AKA KDF Exploration) aren't there, and the Pi Canis Missions(When they turn up, silently) don't give Dilithium.
I went with the KDF out of laziness. I wanted the Empire Defence missions for Dilithium. This has turned out to be a poor choice. The Empire Defence missions aren't there, the Breathing Room missions (AKA KDF Exploration) aren't there, and the Pi Canis Missions(When they turn up, silently) don't give Dilithium.
Hmm... are you 20+ yet? It seems that some of the KDF side stuff has a hidden requirement for you to be over the pre-LoR KDF starting level.
As for me... I currently have one KDF and one Fed.
I chose KDF simply because I have a long-established level 50 Fed character already, but never maxed out a KDF character. If I was going to start from the beginning and go all the way through, I figured I might as well try the KDF side.
I wish I had gone Federation. The KDF is just fine, but I made C-Store purchases on Fed side in my main toon, and am a member of a Fed fleet. The KDF isn't different enough to warrant the sacrifices, and I don't see myself making this my primary toon as I have too much money and time invested in my Fed character. However, I'm almost Level 40, so I plan on plowing through to the end. I'll start a Federation allied Rom later.
Lets see KDF, the feds push the prime directive on you and so forth. And kdf rom alliance alliance goes back tos era and star trek 1 through 6. and better doff missions.
One thing I noticed is if you choose Klingon you get a much larger selection of ships when you go to choose a ship every 10 levels...
Also no matter which side you choose you get two transporters installed in your ship, one for you Romulan/Reman boffs and another for your Klingon and Federation boffs.
It really looks odd on away missions when at the end you beam up and most of your crew uses the green Romulan transporter and your lone fed boff gets their federation blue transporter beam...:rolleyes:
It would be nice to get a clarification on the "missing" KDF aligned rewards / missions from Cryptic. That said, I much prefer being allied to Klingons than Feds. The whole sneak attack just fits better with "in war nothing is more honorable than victory" than "to boldly go where no one has gone before".
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I'm on my first Romulan. I chose KDF. It's always been my favorite faction.
Besides...the Fed ambassador was such a slimey double talking politician I felt like I needed a shower after talking to him. At least the KDF understands action.
As a returning player, I finally chose to ally with SF. I actually sat there staring at the screen a good half hour and more trying to decide. I did so because the character will be a new ?main? for a long time and I will want active ques, developed fleets, and lots of people around to play with even at crazy hours. I am also having trouble convincing myself that PVP is worth anything in this game in current times so access to PVE took the forefront.
I chose the Feds. For all their bluster about honour and glory, the Klingons are opportunistic, politically motivated, manipulative, and most of all: hypocritical liars. War and destruction and murder are not lofty pursuits either. The Federation builds worlds to live on and gives its people the hope that they can fullfil their dreams without interference from others.
And if I had to choose between a Starfleet soldier and a Klingon warrior to back me up in a firefight, I'd pick the Starfleet soldier every time. Because when the **** hits the fan, he will fight longer and harder and more ferociously than any clumsy, talentless yet bloodthirsty Klingon thug.
Klingon all the way to me, the community are a lot nicer, I barely see any members flaming newbies in ZOne chat for asking a question unlike ESD. The KDF are more fun. We don't keep demanding for the other factions consoles in every other thread.
The only reason for going Federation over KDF would be the population to get teams for Defera and other queues. Which doesn't help the situation, to be totally honest the Romulans don't fit with Starfleet, in Trek history how many alliances did the Romulans have with the Federation? How many did they have with the Klingons? Plus the KDF are cloakers too, disruptor users and so from the IP point of view it makes more sense to go KDF.
Cryptic had an opportunity here to try and equalise the population on both sides, but choose to allow the Romulans to align with the Federation. Another missed opportunity for them I suppose, one of many.
I chose the Feds. For all their bluster about honour and glory, the Klingons are opportunistic, politically motivated, manipulative, and most of all: hypocritical liars. War and destruction and murder are not lofty pursuits either. The Federation builds worlds to live on and gives its people the hope that they can fullfil their dreams without interference from others.
And if I had to choose between a Starfleet soldier and a Klingon warrior to back me up in a firefight, I'd pick the Starfleet soldier every time. Because when the **** hits the fan, he will fight longer and harder and more ferociously than any clumsy, talentless yet bloodthirsty Klingon thug.
I guess you never read the Path to 2409? Nor taken the time to notice the Federation in this game is more like the Terran Empire.
The Federation are just as much liars, manipulative and politically motivated as the KDF, in fact the Federation is under Undine control and refused to act while the KDF did. And for that the Federation in their arrogant wisdom declared the war illegal with the Gorn. The Klingon actions to solve the Undine thread might have been in a Klingon fashion by invading the Gorn, but at least they did something and removed the Undine from both their Empire and the Gorn. The whole reason the KDF/Fed war exists and still continues is because the Federation refuse to get rid of the Undine from within their ranks.
And I'd like to quote what I saw a Romulan once say in Zone chat:
And don't call me a "Fed." I'm allied with an Empire that admits it's an empire, instead of one that euphemistically calls itself a "Federation." Feh.
The Federation faction has driven a lot of players from this game due to how violent they are. Not very Federation at all, considering what we saw in TNG. This game should have been set in the Mirror Universe with the Terran Empire and Klingon/Cardassian Alliance.
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Look, if the Undine are doing that well, I call getting on their side joining the winning team. :cool:
In all seriousness, the Devs have done at least an OK job of making both sides reasonably justified, something I'm pretty happy about.
- Klingons have good reason to be suspicious that Undine infiltrators have killed or replaced most of the leadership of their former ally, and they've had to return to their old ways to survive and indeed prosper in a galaxy overrun by fiends from fluidic space.
- The Federation has good reason to stand together against a Klingon Empire on the march, holding the line for civilization as the happy, shiny galaxy of fifty years ago begins slippng into darkness. We don't have much in-game evidence of significant Undine infiltration of the Federation, though we do know it's happening...
(And yes, the Federation has gotten rougher around the edges by the early 25th century - that's true, but OTOH it would be pretty boring to play as, say, the TNG Federation in an MMO context - just as the TNG Klingons who don't let aliens into positions of significant leadership would have been pretty boring to play too)
Anyway, I had my Romulan go Fed because of the events leading up to 2409, particularly the Klingon invasion of Romulan space after Nero's rampage.
Hmm... are you 20+ yet? It seems that some of the KDF side stuff has a hidden requirement for you to be over the pre-LoR KDF starting level.
28. A normal Klingon should have Breathing Room and two Empire Defence missions. And Pi Canis should give Dilithium. None of these are the case.
Hmm... next time I go to Qo'nos I'll have to ask around to see if low level KDF chars have a similar issue. (I only have one true KDF char and he was created way back in season 3....)
orion girls (oh i'm going to pick one up tomorrow)
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its the fun side of life....the stale federation gets old!!!
This is why my Reman is KDF-aligned. The uniforms look really nice and the players tend to be much more helpful.
Plus it fits with my character's story. Why would he run and hide, in Federation space, from the people that destroyed his home? He would go out and fight them, and since Klingons (and their conquered races) make the best vengeance-seekers in the galaxy, he went with them. Besides, Remans have only been fighting for their freedom for the last 30 years.
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There's also the fact that most everything I do is Fed-side, so it was also more convenient for me to go that way.
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"You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon, taH pagh, taH be"
Also, for someone whose born into a shattered government, the 'protection' of lower species and governments outside yours' is the last thing on your mind... plus, the Klingon's are a LOT closer to the Romulans than the Feds are (location-wise that is) and a lot quicker to back up an ally in a fight instead of rabbiting on about the 'prime directive' and such.
Earning the good graces of your next door neighbor seemed more important (to him) than winning over a faction of human-centric negotiators several billion light years away from his home
As for myself... I chose them because I (in general) prefer Klingon ships to Fed ships and the Klingon uniforms seemed a lot cooler than the Fed uniforms
As requested... http://i.imgur.com/pv6Rph4.jpg
I have not purchased anything from Cryptic Store. There seems to be loads more FED stuff (understandable) ...
"I must choose who will offer protection for those too weak or morally crippled to defend themselves..."
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p.s. --
FED All Good Things Uniform look sharp!
KDF Combat Enviro Suit looks wicked!
ROM Uniforms looks wild, futuristic but very cool too.
For me, this decision is KDF - despite Star Trek being based around Federation.
The Klingons are all about "their honor" and that appeals to me very much.
Onto the next!
Ann Manistee Traverse - Human Science ~~ Oken Miquat - Saurian Tactical
Exin Jor - Joined Trill Engineer ~~ Vartox - Romulan Science
Dn'Dok, son of Ladok - Klingon/Romulan Engineer ~~ Mosa M'ren-faa - Ferasan Tactical
Krushan Twinn - Orion Science
As for me... I currently have one KDF and one Fed.
My character Tsin'xing
I wish I had gone Federation. The KDF is just fine, but I made C-Store purchases on Fed side in my main toon, and am a member of a Fed fleet. The KDF isn't different enough to warrant the sacrifices, and I don't see myself making this my primary toon as I have too much money and time invested in my Fed character. However, I'm almost Level 40, so I plan on plowing through to the end. I'll start a Federation allied Rom later.
Also no matter which side you choose you get two transporters installed in your ship, one for you Romulan/Reman boffs and another for your Klingon and Federation boffs.
It really looks odd on away missions when at the end you beam up and most of your crew uses the green Romulan transporter and your lone fed boff gets their federation blue transporter beam...:rolleyes:
28. A normal Klingon should have Breathing Room and two Empire Defence missions. And Pi Canis should give Dilithium. None of these are the case.
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Besides...the Fed ambassador was such a slimey double talking politician I felt like I needed a shower after talking to him. At least the KDF understands action.
And if I had to choose between a Starfleet soldier and a Klingon warrior to back me up in a firefight, I'd pick the Starfleet soldier every time. Because when the **** hits the fan, he will fight longer and harder and more ferociously than any clumsy, talentless yet bloodthirsty Klingon thug.
The only reason for going Federation over KDF would be the population to get teams for Defera and other queues. Which doesn't help the situation, to be totally honest the Romulans don't fit with Starfleet, in Trek history how many alliances did the Romulans have with the Federation? How many did they have with the Klingons? Plus the KDF are cloakers too, disruptor users and so from the IP point of view it makes more sense to go KDF.
Cryptic had an opportunity here to try and equalise the population on both sides, but choose to allow the Romulans to align with the Federation. Another missed opportunity for them I suppose, one of many.
I guess you never read the Path to 2409? Nor taken the time to notice the Federation in this game is more like the Terran Empire.
The Federation are just as much liars, manipulative and politically motivated as the KDF, in fact the Federation is under Undine control and refused to act while the KDF did. And for that the Federation in their arrogant wisdom declared the war illegal with the Gorn. The Klingon actions to solve the Undine thread might have been in a Klingon fashion by invading the Gorn, but at least they did something and removed the Undine from both their Empire and the Gorn. The whole reason the KDF/Fed war exists and still continues is because the Federation refuse to get rid of the Undine from within their ranks.
And I'd like to quote what I saw a Romulan once say in Zone chat:
The Federation faction has driven a lot of players from this game due to how violent they are. Not very Federation at all, considering what we saw in TNG. This game should have been set in the Mirror Universe with the Terran Empire and Klingon/Cardassian Alliance.
In all seriousness, the Devs have done at least an OK job of making both sides reasonably justified, something I'm pretty happy about.
- Klingons have good reason to be suspicious that Undine infiltrators have killed or replaced most of the leadership of their former ally, and they've had to return to their old ways to survive and indeed prosper in a galaxy overrun by fiends from fluidic space.
- The Federation has good reason to stand together against a Klingon Empire on the march, holding the line for civilization as the happy, shiny galaxy of fifty years ago begins slippng into darkness. We don't have much in-game evidence of significant Undine infiltration of the Federation, though we do know it's happening...
(And yes, the Federation has gotten rougher around the edges by the early 25th century - that's true, but OTOH it would be pretty boring to play as, say, the TNG Federation in an MMO context - just as the TNG Klingons who don't let aliens into positions of significant leadership would have been pretty boring to play too)
Anyway, I had my Romulan go Fed because of the events leading up to 2409, particularly the Klingon invasion of Romulan space after Nero's rampage.
My character Tsin'xing
This is why my Reman is KDF-aligned. The uniforms look really nice and the players tend to be much more helpful.
Plus it fits with my character's story. Why would he run and hide, in Federation space, from the people that destroyed his home? He would go out and fight them, and since Klingons (and their conquered races) make the best vengeance-seekers in the galaxy, he went with them. Besides, Remans have only been fighting for their freedom for the last 30 years.
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