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stoltsstolts Member Posts: 482 Arc User
When STO came out in 2010 it should have had just one faction, FED. Then when the first major expansion came out in 2013 the KDF (instead of the RRF) would be introduced and the half-faction Ferengi Alliance. Why? That would have given you guys a HECK of a lot of time to create and develop the KDF storyline tailored to them rather than having the current state of... 1 full faction (FED) and 2 half-factions (KDF/RRF). As it stands the majority of story arcs don't reflect the "divide" or "uniqueness" that you want us to perceive between factions. You should have saved the copy/paste story arc for when you introduced the, Delta Alliance. This way you would have also had more time to work on the Fleet system and eventual integration of cross-factioning.

You could introduce half-factions periodically for what they are rather than advertising them as a full faction (false advertising). Full factions have their own unique story arcs up to the level cap that can only be done by that full faction. Half-factions such as the RRF only have one story arc that is unique to them while the rest are copy/paste from their "chosen allied faction". Down the road the 3rd full faction would be the Romulan Star Empire and introduce the half-faction: Romulan Republic.

After the Delta Quadrant you should have held off on the Iconians and instead headed to the Gamma Quadrant where we would face the Dominion and be introduced the half-faction: Cardassian Union. Why? Because the Iconians are supposedly the most ancient and advanced and have ruled the galaxy for 100,000 years. The problem with playing the "most powerful bad guy" card is that after you dealt with them you are forced to come up with another "most powerful". Thereby creating a Dragon Ball Z complex wherein you just keep making up new (and probably unoriginal) adversaries to combat. Eventually they would reach Douwd and Q level. Then what...? In the Douwd's case with a thought we are all dead. In Q's case with smile and a wink and a sarcastic remark we don't exist.

I think you played the Iconian card pre-maturely. So quick to move on to the next stimulating thing rather than flesh it out. There is still a lot that you guys haven't milked from the Borg threat. Along with them you could have introduced another half-faction: The Cooperative. But now that you played the most powerful bad guy card you can't go back to a weaker bad buy.
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  • baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
    I understand your critique, and I also agree on many points, but ultimately it is useless to argue about these things since the game was released prematurely with too little developement time. A KDF faction at the start was a "must have" for the PVP aspect of the game which unfortunately was a major part when it was released.

    The romulans only being a half faction is not really true, since they have a story arch that is just as good (even better actually) than the other 2 "full" factions (the only thing missing are fleet starbases). Considering the workload to do a faction, it just is a full faction. Story missions don't write themselves.
    Should cryptic introduce more factions like that? Hell yeah, but it is a lot of work and considering that they have to run a business, some factions just don't pay off.
    If you want to be a cardassian, ferengi or whatever, you basically can do so with lockbox ships.

    Iconian were played prematurely and not intense enough. As of yet, the borg, undine and tholians seem to still be a bigger thread to the quadrants than the iconians. A red alert and 2 combat zones should be implemented to give the iconian threat a more urgent feeling.

    Anyway, what is done is done, it could actually be worse than it is right now. The game after 5 years is still rough around the edges, I'd rather have them polish it up some more than introduce more and more content...but I guess they have to to stay afloat.
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  • kittyflofykittyflofy Member Posts: 1,004 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    People keep forgetting it is not about time , but about money. You are lucky they did kdf and rommies before the big start of the falldown, and before f2p or we would not have anything right now but Starfleet. And in some way yes, my guess is we will be far better with only starfleet. Starfleet players want everything klingon and rommies have lol (even cloacking devices) and kdf and rommies want everything starfleet have (for example science ships) so why not just let Starfleet alone, but give em clocaking devices and everything kdf or rommies have?? that will be the best solution. But not anymore, of course not after f2p.
  • baudlbaudl Member Posts: 4,060 Arc User
    edited July 2015
    time in the business world is money, and the more efficent the developement time is spent the better it is. I can't really follow the reasoning behind the grudge people have with f2p, since if it wasn't for the f2p transition we wouldn't be having a discussion. It seems like people complaining about the driver of a car doing a hard break to avoid a collision and completely ignoring the fact that if he didn't break they'd be dead. On top of that, ship had to be bought with money anyway. And roms came long after f2p. And honestly the KDF too, because before f2p, KDF were an even bigger joke. You should thank the f2p model instead of damning it, or at least think about the state of the game if the game continued on a subscription model and buying ships with real cash as the only way to get new ships.
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  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    OP, you're free to enjoy that opinion of yours but I disagree with most of it and apparently so do others.
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  • vegeta50024vegeta50024 Member Posts: 2,336 Arc User
    kittyflofy wrote: »
    People keep forgetting it is not about time , but about money. You are lucky they did kdf and rommies before the big start of the falldown, and before f2p or we would not have anything right now but Starfleet. And in some way yes, my guess is we will be far better with only starfleet. Starfleet players want everything klingon and rommies have lol (even cloacking devices) and kdf and rommies want everything starfleet have (for example science ships) so why not just let Starfleet alone, but give em clocaking devices and everything kdf or rommies have?? that will be the best solution. But not anymore, of course not after f2p.

    Romulans were after F2P.

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