Would players be happy with....

jorantomalak

Would the players of STO be happy if they implemented the Kobali as the next faction along the lines as they have done the romulan republic?

As a player ive found them intruiging after the way cryptic implemeted them into the game and it would give the game a firm foothold in the delta quad.

so how do the rest of you feel about if we got the kobali as the next faction in STO.

Keep it civil people

Just give your answer and a explanation why or why not

hypl

I doubt it. Cardassians have been requested by players for the longest time and are more than likely the next candidate for a playable faction.

gavinruneblade

I think the large and vocal group that deise the kobali and have been asking for cryptic to let them help the vaadwaur commit genocide would be upset.

I don't particularly se any narrative value in adding them, I think cardassians would sell better and open up a lot more story potential.

The cooperative Borg would be more likely as a delta faction, but there the ships would be noxious.

jorantomalak

hypl wrote: »

I doubt it. Cardassians have been requested by players for the longest time and are more than likely the next candidate for a playable faction.

gavinruneblade wrote: »

I think the large and vocal group that deise the kobali and have been asking for cryptic to let them help the vaadwaur commit genocide would be upset.

I don't particularly se any narrative value in adding them, I think cardassians would sell better and open up a lot more story potential.

The cooperative Borg would be more likely as a delta faction, but there the ships would be noxious.

Oh i agree the cardassians should be the next faction dont get me wrong but if we dont get them and they decided to do a kobali faction would you be angry or pleased if they did.

Thats the question im presenting to everyone

kintisho

no no no.. youve got it all wrong, Se 11: all factions are 1 new faction - Iconians slaves...

moskata

I couldn't see myself play as a Kobali. Honestly they wouldn't interest me. No other reason. No hate. Just no interest.

imruined

A playable species perhaps, not a faction in their own right however...

sunfrancks

Utterly pointless to add more factions, if they're tied to Fed and KDF like the RR is..

sirmayday

And, at the risk of being inflammatory, Geko basically said having two factions was undesirable (leaving me with the impression that it was too much work). I don't think STO will see a fourth faction, but new playable species seems like a given at some point.

sisteric

The Kobali are not an important and powerful enough faction in the Delta quadrant to warrent them to be the token faction of the Delta Quadrant.

jorantomalak

sirmayday wrote: »

And, at the risk of being inflammatory, Geko basically said having two factions was undesirable (leaving me with the impression that it was too much work). I don't think STO will see a fourth faction, but new playable species seems like a given at some point.

If there are no more factions then whats the point of playing

shevet

An entire faction based off an alien-of-the-week species from Voyager? Not interested, thanks.

thay8472

"Undine faction please!" - me back in 2012

imruined

jorantomalak wrote: »

If there are no more factions then whats the point of playing

Presuming you do mean playable factions? Why do we even need more playable factions? What will it actually bring to the game?

Before you say more episodes, it may do, but only up until about level 15-20 equivalent content, before that new faction starts running the existing episodes...

The only thing of note that a new faction brings to STO is a new range of playable ships and character customisation/trait options...

The Kobali will not fit the bill here... The Cardassians, are the obvious choice for any new faction and they will undoubtedly be another sub-faction, like the Romulans were...

davefenestrator

I think the Sontarans -- sorry, potatoheads -- wait, Hierarchy, would work better than the zombies.







(No, I'm not serious.)

sirmayday

jorantomalak wrote: »

If there are no more factions then whats the point of playing

The answer kinda depends on what you meant by 'no more.'

If you meant 'no additional' factions, well, I'm not sure what to say, since my understanding is plenty of MMOs get by with just two, and once upon a time, gamers made due without even that to provide a flimsy pretense for PvP.

If you mean 'no longer any' factions, well, I don't think that's happening, either. Cryptic seems to have, at the very least, accepted that they have three factions to maintain. Moreover, there's something somewhat more authentic about the direction STO is moving; disparate interstellar nations working together despite their differences for the good of everyone involved was common underlying theme in Star Trek, when it wasn't the main point of a given episode.

Of course, Rodenberry probably would've preferred diplomacy and science providing the solution, but as I gamer, I'll be happy to take the militarized version of his vision that STO runs on.

drakethewhite

I don't see the point of adding new factions, especially one-shot wonders from the show.

Now mind, I would like to see the Orions split out into their own mini-faction like the Romulans along with Gorns and maybe some others. But while it would be nice, there are so many other things that I consider more important.

starkaos

New mini-factions just require an initial investment of time and resources. All that is needed is a couple of social zones, a bunch of missions, ships, and costume options. Then it is just adding more stuff to the C-Store. When was the last time that the Romulan mini-faction and Klingon faction got unique mission content, maps, or gameplay after LoR?

davefenestrator

starkaos wrote: »

New mini-factions just require an initial investment of time and resources. All that is needed is a couple of social zones, a bunch of missions, ships, and costume options. Then it is just adding more stuff to the C-Store. When was the last time that the Romulan mini-faction and Klingon faction got unique mission content, maps, or gameplay after LoR?

For all that work they could create (guessing) 3-4 extra new episodes for the existing 3 factions to play. That's even if they didn't do tutorial and level-up missions.

I'd rather have new content for the existing 3 factions. They can add Kobali as a race for the existing factions if people really want to play a living dead girl.

starkaos

davefenestrator wrote: »

For all that work they could create (guessing) 3-4 extra new episodes for the existing 3 factions to play. That's even if they didn't do tutorial and level-up missions.

I'd rather have new content for the existing 3 factions. They can add Kobali as a race for the existing factions if people really want to play a living dead girl.

But a new faction means more costumes to sell, more ships to sell, and more slots to sell. Cryptic doesn't like to make unique endgame content for each faction as proved by Gateway to Gre'thor and Brotherhood of the Sword queues coming next week.

davefenestrator

starkaos wrote: »

But a new faction means more costumes to sell, more ships to sell, and more slots to sell. Cryptic doesn't like to make unique endgame content for each faction as proved by Gateway to Gre'thor and Brotherhood of the Sword queues coming next week.

Right, I meant 3-4 new episodes of cross-faction content. If we ever get more faction-specific content in the future (other than revamps of old content) it will probably be Federation.

kdawgenigma

sunfrancks wrote: »

Utterly pointless to add more factions, if they're tied to Fed and KDF like the RR is..

Absolutely this. Don't need another half a faction. A new faction needs to be complete experience that is not influenced in any way by the existing factions.

cirran1

I have zero interest in playing a necrophiliac faction. I do have plenty of interest in eliminating said faction from the Delta Quadrant. I cant see how the Federation would put aside their prime directive and help grave robbers. The KDF would see zero honor in helping them and would most likely be of the mind to eliminate them.

Cirran

spyralpegacyon

Given the reception the Romulans received even after getting their very own expansion, I think the odds on any new faction are roughly around the odds of Tom Paris replacing Admiral Quinn.

starkaos

spyralpegacyon wrote: »

Given the reception the Romulans received even after getting their very own expansion, I think the odds on any new faction are roughly around the odds of Tom Paris replacing Admiral Quinn.

He already did. It just didn't last long so Admiral Quinn had to come back out of retirement.

centaurianalpha

I would much rather see more development of KDF & Romulan factions, starting with cleaning up all the costume & ship deficiencies. Additional content would also be appreciated, but these two essential factions have been neglected far too long...