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Suggestion: Update New Romulus.

gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
It's been quite awhile since the colony was started. Why not revamp the place a bit in an update, add a bit more to the city, bit more development in the different areas, have some sense that the Romulans are making progress building their new home.

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Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
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  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Included in my list of what I would like to see.
  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    I'd still like to have access to the Reman quarter you see from the staging area.
  • tolmariustolmarius Member Posts: 400 Arc User
    What I would love is something like First City. The KDF has the coolest social zone in the game atm. A the High Council building, forges, bar, red light district, residential area's, a mini combat arena. Thas the kind of thing that New Romulus should be.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    tolmarius wrote: »
    What I would love is something like First City. The KDF has the coolest social zone in the game atm. A the High Council building, forges, bar, red light district, residential area's, a mini combat arena. Thas the kind of thing that New Romulus should be.

    ^what she said
    these are things we've been asking for since LoR launched basically and with the Iconian raid on the planet we even have a great excuse to see things updated.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    I'm still waiting for them to update some of the assets, replacing the Imperial uniformed Romulans with Republic NPCs and switch the refugee looking civilians from Imperial to Republic.
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  • reximuzreximuz Member Posts: 1,172 Arc User
    I'd love to see a Central Senate Building like in the intro to Nemesis, and an Academy grounds inside the ring, as well as a update of the Romulan NPCs outside to either have them dress appropriately for the ones listed as soldiers/scientists instead of almost everyone wearing the refugee clothing. It would also be cool if there was a balcony on the North side of the ring that looked out on Virinat inspired farm land that shows the refugees have been settling in.
  • angrytargangrytarg Member Posts: 11,016 Arc User
    I agree. Hard to believe the Romulans just can't advance their tent city a bit but at the same time we are to believe they field vast fleets of magic starships they pulled from somewhere, control spheres and delta quadrant territory etc.
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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    coupaholic wrote: »
    I'd still like to have access to the Reman quarter you see from the staging area.

    Oh, yes...this is exactly what I was going to request. That could be a really interesting environment. Let tacofangs shine! ;)

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  • commanderkassycommanderkassy Member Posts: 1,005 Arc User
    Yeah New Romulus needs a major update. Every time I go there I wonder why those buildings aren't finished. As I recall, the original plan was to update the zone as time went by but that clearly did not happen.
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  • farmallmfarmallm Member Posts: 4,630 Arc User
    I would like to see the Reman area opened up. And some more additions to the staging area. They can even add to the map with new areas they found.
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  • ltminnsltminns Member Posts: 12,573 Arc User
    Can't get these upgrades - there are too many yawning Romulans that need to be constantly admonished to ever get the work done. :)
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  • guljarolguljarol Member Posts: 980 Arc User
    Clearly, we must go more often to admonish them. ;)
  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    ltminns wrote: »
    Can't get these upgrades - there are too many yawning Romulans that need to be constantly admonished to ever get the work done. :)

    Those dialogue options stink...like anyone would take them seriously. I like to imagine Berat saying something more relevant--as in, his own world's journey back from the brink of destruction, both practical things, and actual evidence that the Federation will make good on its word to New Romulus as it has to Cardassia--which is coming back.

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  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,130 Arc User
    Don't forget though, that a single zone hosting all the 50+ players also includes those who just started the arc. That isn't to say there couldn't be an additional zone, maybe only accessible after you completed the rep missions, but the main zone needs to be open for newer player, too, so it cannot really change.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    xyquarze wrote: »
    Don't forget though, that a single zone hosting all the 50+ players also includes those who just started the arc. That isn't to say there couldn't be an additional zone, maybe only accessible after you completed the rep missions, but the main zone needs to be open for newer player, too, so it cannot really change.

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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    honestly all the iconian war stuff starts at 60, including a big attack on new romulus... so have a map for 50-59 and a new one for the rest of us at 60 and above(we know they will eventually)
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  • bendalekbendalek Member Posts: 1,781 Arc User
    It's not difficult to do ... You can't go to New Rom until you choose an allegiance, the Planet is simply called Dewa III. You can even see many higher level players hanging around it in sector space, They get to go to New Rom, you go to the Jungle map.

    Simply have the same thing occur from New Rom orbit. Add one extra beam in destination, just like it does now, once you've reached lvl 50 and unlocked the Rom Rep, and/or joined a Fleet, one which is only unlocked once you complete the final mission in the Romulan Reputation i.e.
    / New Romulus Command /
    / Staging Area /
    / Romulan Embassy /
    /New Romulus City /

    They've even already done some of the concept art and designs for the city, and there are many, MANY assets in game they could use. Would it be a big task? Well, yes it would. Might even take them a few weeks to do it :open_mouth:

    I mean it's not like Cryptic are afraid to re-use maps with just a new texture slapped on it.

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  • eldarion79eldarion79 Member Posts: 1,679 Arc User
    Just Phase New Romulus as you progress in the story or opening up the city gates and make the entry to the embassy somewhere else.
  • thomaselkinsthomaselkins Member Posts: 575 Arc User
    coupaholic wrote: »
    I'd still like to have access to the Reman quarter you see from the staging area.

    I came here to post just this. I would also like to visit the Reman quarter, especially since my Republic character is Reman.

  • guljarolguljarol Member Posts: 980 Arc User
    eldarion79 wrote: »
    Just Phase New Romulus as you progress in the story or opening up the city gates and make the entry to the embassy somewhere else.

    Not necessarily. Right now the same door leads to the Embassy, the Command, so they could just add an option to enter the city, just like in orbit now we have three options.
  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited June 2015
    Well, sadly dont think this going to happen ever. And if it does, i will prefer the devs to pay more atention to other abandoned zones like Defera instead of working on New Romulus. But again, never gonna happen. They must have already their hands filled with work for the next 2 years and it has nothing to do with New Romulus lol. So, maybe you guys need to wait... a looon long time. And since it will not give em more profits, forget about it.
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  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    And since it will not give em more profits, forget about it.

    That is an assumption, and an unwarranted one at that. I can make an assumption as well, and one which has some basis: if the Romulan faction were more developed, it would attract more players, some of whom would then be likely to spend on Romulan goodies from the C-store.

    The challenge here is getting the Devs to not only admit that their unwillingness to work on such things (even when they can be monetized) is Circular Reasoning (which they have admitted), but also to admit that Circular Reasoning is fallacious, and realize that it is therefore not good reasoning upon which to base any sort of decision, including decisions about what "will" and what "will not" sell.

    "If you build it, they will come." Well, maybe. But if you don't, what would anyone have to come to? I do not remember ever hearing a single Romulan player express satisfaction or pleasure with the half-faction we have. Yeah, at least we have it, but it's incomplete. Make it complete, and see if more players come around. And while they're at it, stop neglecting the KDF. The very idea of faction is made moot by these sorts of illogical shenanigans, because if the factions are uneven, the average player is going to go for the deck that's already stacked in their favor.

    Getting back to what will and won't sell ... If there's nothing to buy, then obviously nobody is going to buy it, because "it" doesn't exist. The Circular Reasoning becomes self-fulfilling prophecy, because the unwarranted assumption that it won't sell, from which the decision to not make it comes, means that it's not there to sell, so then it hasn't sold (not because people wouldn't buy it, but because they CANNOT by an "it" which is non-existent), so then they decide not to make it, so it's not there to be bought, so nobody buys it, because it doesn't exist, so they decide not to make it ... See where this kind of nonsense leads?

    "Oh," someone will say, "but we made it once, and it didn't sell as well as we wanted it to." To which the reply has been given time and time again: "What you made was lame when compared to the same thing you made for the darling Feds, or was Gorn, Nausicaan, or something else other than Klingon, and so had less appeal than would a Klingon ship of this type done right." One, two, or even three failed attempts which were halfhearted to begin with should not be used as an excuse to not try again with more effort.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    New Romulus was made when we didn't have Republic assets. We now have Republic assets that can replace the Imperial assets.
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  • xyquarzexyquarze Member Posts: 2,130 Arc User
    About the amount of city improvement though, don't forget that according to the Delta Recruit storyline 18 months have passed between our humble beginnings and today in game. Even if we take the finding of Dewa III as one of the first events, there's only so much city you can build in that time.
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  • protogothprotogoth Member Posts: 2,369 Arc User
    xyquarze wrote: »
    About the amount of city improvement though, don't forget that according to the Delta Recruit storyline 18 months have passed between our humble beginnings and today in game. Even if we take the finding of Dewa III as one of the first events, there's only so much city you can build in that time.

    We're churning out T6 Command Warbirds, T6 Battle Cruisers, T6 Intel Warbirds, and T6 Pilot Warbirds. The sheer volume of a single Command Warbird alone would shame most cities on Earth in 2015. And this isn't 2015. It's 2410, with all sorts of newfangled technology, replicators, and all sorts of groovy 25th century stuff. Pretty sure a Capitol City could easily be finished in that time period.
  • ikonn#1068 ikonn Member Posts: 1,451 Arc User
    As much as I would like to see New Romulus get some further development, I have a sneaking suspicion the devs are probably already making changes to the Winter Event and making preparations for next year's Star Trek anniversary. The anniversary event, I hope, is going to be pretty big.
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    xyquarze wrote: »
    Don't forget though, that a single zone hosting all the 50+ players also includes those who just started the arc. That isn't to say there couldn't be an additional zone, maybe only accessible after you completed the rep missions, but the main zone needs to be open for newer player, too, so it cannot really change.

    Explain them replacing the Iconia System with the Herald Sphere after you complete "Uneasy Allies".

    Seems to me like pretty clear evidence that the devs now have the tech to change the way individual players perceive the universe based on completion of missions.
  • cptjhuntercptjhunter Member Posts: 2,288 Arc User
    Have you seen all the weed growing on New Romulus? If people put down the bag of Doritos, and picked up a shovel, we might see some progress. :D
    But seriously, it needs some updating.The Republic has had some time to establish itself.
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