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avengerkid1993
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Hi guys, if you (like me) have made foolishness to ally with the Klingons, then you will understand that we need to change our ally:
I choosed the Klingons because i already got a FED character, so, i wanted to see how was to be KDF.
terrible foolishness:
Klingon Fleet Alert: it is difficult to reach the required number of players to play.
Klingon Fleet Defense: Never played ... never reached the required number.
uff ... it is really annoying.
We need a token or something else to change alliance.
I choosed the Klingons because i already got a FED character, so, i wanted to see how was to be KDF.
terrible foolishness:
Klingon Fleet Alert: it is difficult to reach the required number of players to play.
Klingon Fleet Defense: Never played ... never reached the required number.
uff ... it is really annoying.
We need a token or something else to change alliance.
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So unless you have unlocked a Bugship, or similarly expensive ship, my suggestion is that if you are unhappy you should just reroll.
Either that, or find a big KDF fleet.
Go to Character select. Click on delete character. Click on create new character. Boom, your alliance change.
It warns you that it's permanent. And it tells you to choose carefully. So do so next time.
Btw, you don't need fleet alerts or fleet defense to get fleet marks. You can use Atmospheric Assault, Azure Nebular Rescue, The Vault: Ensnared, Crystalline Catastrophe, PvP, etc etc.
If there are other reasons besides the queues, then fair enough, but, like ussultimatum stated, I suggest a big KDF fleet to queue up with
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There is other games like this where you start neutral then you choose sides. On various things. So choose wisely.
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Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Plus one.
Obviously there's a genuine problem here that players faced with that permanent faction choice - especially new ones - could not reasonably anticipate.
It's bad enough discovering this problem in the game. But to come to the forums and get these responses is rubbing salt in the wound.
How was this player "unwise" or "not careful" in choosing to side with the Klingons? Answer - they weren't!
How did I know that, by choosing the Klingons, I would find myself in this situation ?
That's why I need something to change faction.
I don't want to restart a character: it took me 2 weeks to reach the level 50.
But yeah, the Fleet Alert pops regularly in the bonus hours, and not too bad outside it, nowadays. The Starbase event, yeah, that's rare outside of big fleets.
Still, things might well start to improve soon. They have, already, as the Fleet alert thing was rarer than it is now. Remember, the LoR expansion is still recent, if there start to be more people like you, and they persevere, the queues WILL start popping!
I know leveling a new character seems like a lot of work and all since it took you two weeks to level this one, but the more they add to end-game the thinner that Klingon population is going to be spread out. So in the long run it would just be better to replace it or add a new one for the fed side this time, because Cryptic isn't going to change it now.
There's usually less than a minute wait during the bonus marks hours, I find. Non-bonus, it can take two or three minutes, but that's still a hell of an improvement over the waits a month or two ago.
I've also noticed that KDF-side you're a lot more likely to get to (and complete) the bonus round. Whether that's down to less lower-level players in the matches, better quality players who will watch the backs of their allies and throw heals when necessary, a total coincidence, or a combination of all three I don't know.
I'm obviously sympathetic - see my previous post - but I strongly doubt you'll be given a faction change option. Certainly not in under 2 weeks.
It definitely isn't fair but I think the advice to start another character, if you're inclined to go fed, is probably sound. This problem isn't new and they haven't done anything to address it prior to this point. They're unlikely to change anything now for you.
Might also be worth following the suggestion of trying more non-aligned stfs with your klingrom.
Long-term I half suspect they'll knock this issue on the head by ending the Federation / Klingon conflict. The Romulans being allied with both as they are would be a convenient stepping stone towards that.
That's not what they said.
They said they thought players should be able to continue the story and level to 50 without having to make a faction choice.
I think that suggestion has some merit, but it would leave players unable to join a fleet or team up and they still might not see problems like this one before making their faction choice.