Vote for your preference as to what might be coming up in future months to let Cryptic's Devs know which way players are willing to spend more time/money in new faction or faction aligned to FED/KDF. Not all choices are here but the top ones that most people prefer are here.
Which Faction would you play if given a choice? 243 votes
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Why Fed-only species choice? I do not see the Cardassians letting go of what IMO is a legitimate grudge against the Klingon Empire for its role in a) undermining their first attempt at ousting the military dictatorship and b) providing an opportunity for the Dominion to gain a beachhead in the Alpha Quadrant, and c) on false evidence, and d) then whining when disbelieved about the Undine infiltration because of what their prior behavior had demonstrated about the credibility of such claims and their use of said claims to start wars. (Yes, the Klinks were proven right about the Undine but if they wanted to be believed, they should have known that the Federation does not respond well to threats--especially threats that repeat the exact same stupid behavior the Klinks have been demonstrated to engage in before.)
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...in ground combat missions.
Absolutely no interest in playable Borg of any kind.
Xindi are Fed members already, Suliban do not warrant an entire faction.
Honestly a Cardassian Dominion hybrid faction would probably be the direction that Cryptic would go if they wanted to make a playable Cardi faction. That would be perfectly fine with me because I like both races.
The Borg are cool and the cooperative is an interesting idea, but if they were added I fear you would see 20+ cubes around earth space dock and any given time. I'm sure that thought is appealing to some but to me it is just wierd.
I LOVED the Xindi in enterprise and while I think a Xindi faction would be awesome, it is probably the most unlikely out of the choices to happen.
As for the Suliban, I don't think they should have an entire faction dedicated to them but it would be great if they were added as a race to the Romulan Republic. I would roll one.
In Order though
Somehow I don't see a True Way faction being released. If I were in Cryptic's shoes, I would want nothing to do with that because that's even worse than playing as a Klingon in terms of the kind of behavior you'd be expected to support.
Self-respecting Cardassians, who didn't fall in with the True Way, would not in my opinion have any tolerance for the Dominion.
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With the option for existing Romulans to permanently terminate any affiliations with Feds, KDF, and Republicans.
Several Cardassian systems should be declaring independence from the central government on Cardassia prime. And we should be able to play as an upcoming officer in this new Cardassian Union. Rather than going for open conflict with the Federation and the Klingon Empire their story arc should include undercover operations, sabotage and persuasion of other Cardassian worlds to join the new Union as well as seeking support from former allies, like the Dominion. The story could even highlight in the Anschluss of Cardassia prime.
Out of the above, it's probably easier to say what I wouldn't play, and that's a Cooperative Faction and/or a Suliban. The Suliban should be added to the Republic; I've been saying that for a while now, though until Cryptic realize it'll boost Republic players, it's not going to happen. Maybe in time, they'll revamp the Republic and give them the Suliban, but we'll see.
Now, the Cardassian and Dominion; in one respect, I'd like them together as I don't think a Cardassian faction would/could work alone, and I'd naturally prefer them next before the Dominion. That said, if the Dominion were introduced, they'd need to be an independent faction, and we know Cryptic just aren't capable of doing that. I would hate for the Dominion to get the mini-faction status, so I'd opt them out.
There's also a slight issue with their ships; out of the three cannon ones, we already have two of them playable, and we have a further two new designs playable. That's four Dominion ships (out of five) that are already available to us.
The Xindi could offer up something truly unique, though I think we'd have to avoid the Aquatics; I just don't see them being feasible within the game engine, not as playable anyway. Maybe NPC? The best thing Cryptic can do with the Xindi is a Rep System (of sorts) and create a social zone for them, on a planet that we can visit. Then offer up playable species tokens for their four races (minus Aquatics) and Bridge Officer tokens in the two Xindi Lock Boxes.
Ultimately, I want Independent factions, though I do not believe Cryptic are capable of offering any more of those to us. On that basis alone, I vote for nothing (or in the case of the poll results, Other).
The only reason I think Cryptic would go that route is because it would be a lot less expensive to fill up the Cardassian ship line with existing dominion ships then to have to design brand new Cardassian ships.
I don't think Dominion ships will be part of any future Cardassian faction. Simply because they've released every Dominion ship there ever was already. It would be weird to see non-Cardassians flying their faction specific ships. Just like it would be weird to see Klingons and Humans fly a Romulan warbird.
Oh yeah, they have been all released haven't they. As someone who doesn't go for lock box ships I kind of forgot about that lol. You are probably right then, but thinking about it isn't the Galor a lock box ship too? If a Cardassian faction were created I wonder what they would do about that.
Cryptic repackages ships, including lockbox ships with slightly different skins and better stats and sells them to players who have already purchased their previous version -- with no discounts. If they're lockbox ships, they have to hit the jackpot again after hitting the jackpot for the previous version, which already is very slim odds. Or they have to buy them off the exchange at extremely high prices (again).
If you think Cardassian and Dominion lockbox ships are going to contradict Cryptic's business ethics with the reality that they would be re-selling ships players already have, or because it wouldn't be "fair" or seem "immersion-breaking", in my opinion that's a little naive.
None of these things will stand in Cryptic's way of releasing a Cardassian/Dominion faction in a playable form, if there is money to be made from it.
If I remember correctly I think some Dev said some time ago that releasing the Galor class was a mistake and given the choice they wouldn't release it again. They probably always thought they were going to make a Cardassian faction at some time. That's why they didn't introduce any other Cardassian ship for the players (Keldon, Hideki). I'm not sure how they are going to handle this but "iconians" is probably right. They will change a few details, play around with the stats and resell it as a new ship for Cardassian players.
Someone should open up a thread and gather up ideas that the community has that constitutes a "finished" faction.
The way I see it, the Romulan Star Empire is a fraction of what it used to be. You have Romulans who aren't Tal Shiar loyal to Sela, and then you have the Tal Shiar who still think their way is the right way (because of the overall influence of Hakeev's reign as head of the Tal Shiar and his connection to the Iconians).
Everyone wants to play the kind of Romulan that they remember in the TV shows where they would try to hide what their true intentions were. The Romulan Republic is supposed to represent the Reunificationists & the Romulans who did not wish to have the reputation that they're expected to have.
SUPPORTING PLAYABLE CARDASSIAN AND DOMINION FACTIONS!
simple... one that doesn't have to suckle at the teet of fed/kdf, one that doesn't have to play kdf/fed content for half of its levelling experience, one that doesn't have access to fed/kdf ships, and one that has its own fleet assets(or at least cosmetic unlocks)
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oh and one that npc's refer to correctly... not calling a romulan a klingon.... or talking about "your federation" >.<
Tholians would be awesome, a totally unique perspective on things if written well. Similarly Voth would rock.
"Let them eat static!"
Explained it far more eloquently than I could.
G'Kar & Londo http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/discussion/1182185/gkar-londo-re-united-pics-babylon-5/p1
Babylon 5 Races: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/discussion/1151376/babylon-5-crew-characters-pics-compare/p1
Vorta: http://www.arcgames.com/en/forums#/discussion/1141164/this-is-how-you-make-a-vorta