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I know that we already have the Starfleet, Romulan and Klingon races but I've played though most of the 3 and think that it would be good to play as a Borg and pilot the cubes and spheres... :tongue:
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  • dracounguisdracounguis Member Posts: 5,358 Arc User
    When you see a playable (probably via Zen) Borg Cube you'll know PWE is desperate and doing one last money-grab before abandoning the game for greener pastures. So no, I hope we never see them.
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  • messahlamessahla Member Posts: 1,160 Arc User
    Cardassians would be a more logical race being that they were involved in the defense of earth and the iconian war.
  • a3001a3001 Member Posts: 1,132 Arc User
    Must be new here....
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  • messahlamessahla Member Posts: 1,160 Arc User
    a3001 wrote: »
    Must be new here....

    Not quite ive watched but not commented much and have refrained from even discussing any topic on this forum due to its toxic community nature.

    I am stating a logical conclusion to an asked question
  • happyhappyj0yj0yhappyhappyj0yj0y Member Posts: 699 Arc User
    messahla wrote: »
    a3001 wrote: »
    Must be new here....

    Not quite ive watched but not commented much and have refrained from even discussing any topic on this forum due to its toxic community nature.

    I am stating a logical conclusion to an asked question

    I believe he was speaking to the topic in general, and would probably agree with you.
  • jbmaverickjbmaverick Member Posts: 935 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    This thread gets started once a month recently it seems, and each time I ask the same questions: how do you contextualize ranks and leveling up as a Borg drone? How do you contextualize "commanding" a Borg vessel when the only actual commanding presence within the Borg is the Queen herself? It needs to make sense that we can play as the Borg, not just "it would be cool." It would make more sense to end up playing a Liberated Borg faction (which we have now as part of the Delta Alliance), with possibly the tutorial being as a standard Borg drone who becomes liberated at the end of the tutorial chain (preferably before ground combat since thematically Borg don't move very fast on the ground).

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  • shrimphead2015shrimphead2015 Member Posts: 535 Arc User
    messahla wrote: »
    Not quite ive watched but not commented much and have refrained from even discussing any topic on this forum due to its toxic community nature.

    I am stating a logical conclusion to an asked question

    Oh I don't know about the community being that toxic. I mean yeah, you see some skirmishes here and there and yes there are some folks that are obvious trolls but I think on the whole there are alot of commentators here that want to help whether with coming up with ideas or giving advice there is alot in abundance. True there are complaints but that comes with every game.

    Being I am not too sure if I violate some forum rule about mentioning another game I will say in another forum whose name is part of a police search acronym and has been "reloaded" for quite some time I can honestly say that is the example of a community that is very toxic. From the players to the forum and game mods who do not mind breaking their own rules and post political views to the point that the back and forth between mods and players is so bad that they never hear anything from the mods.

    Maybe I haven't been looking hard enough but I don't see that here on such a extreme level. As far as the Cardassians are concerned being a playable race, it is an issue that has been discussed for a while (and one that I really hope will happen) but until there is something that comes down the pipe saying it will happen I suppose all we can do is hope for now.



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  • gradiigradii Member Posts: 2,824 Arc User
    Deltans?

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  • bloodyrizbloodyriz Member Posts: 1,756 Arc User
    Yeah OP is rocking a post count of 1, so either new here, or trying to troll.​​
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  • bunansabunansa Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    ponies, playable ponies, with pony space ships.

    cardassians are a logical choice...but you are suggesting logic to the most non logical company ever, I mean does no one even pay attention to the fact that they named themselves Cryptic?

    but lets be fair, Romulans need to be bumped up to full faction level (like kdf was) before we are allowed to add another fraction
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  • potasssiumpotasssium Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    bunansa wrote: »
    ponies, playable ponies, with pony space ships.

    I fear what that would bring...

    Personally I want Playable Terran Empire.
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  • schloopdooschloopdoo Member Posts: 373 Arc User
    I've seen a player named "Emergency Pony Hologram" flying around sector space.
  • bunansabunansa Member Posts: 928 Arc User
    schloopdoo wrote: »
    I've seen a player named "Emergency Pony Hologram" flying around sector space.

    OMG, I should have thought of that first /cry
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  • happyhappyj0yj0yhappyhappyj0yj0y Member Posts: 699 Arc User
    potasssium wrote: »
    Personally I want Playable Terran Empire.

    Hmm, let's see...
    1. Exploration Cruiser Refit
    2. Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
    3. Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
    4. Dreadnought Cruiser
    5. Fleet Dreadnought Cruiser
    6. Exploration Cruiser (T6)
    7. Fleet Exploration Cruiser (T6)
    8. Dreadnought Cruiser (T6)
    9. Fleet Dreadnought Cruiser (T6)

    ...And you just know that if this happens all of those U.S.S. ships you bought won't unlock any I.S.S. versions. You'll basically have to rebuy your ships with a slightly different paint job for your new toons. Soooo... the ability to sell us the Galaxy nine or so more times? Yeah, this is probably going to happen. Way easier than building a whole new fleet of Cardassian ships. Terran Empire is probably a front runner to be next in line...
  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    Well... It's not on the FCT, and we havn't seen a thread like this in a while... was about time we had a cheap laugh again.
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  • saurializardsaurializard Member Posts: 4,404 Arc User
    Romulans are already getting the shaft in many several things even to this day:
    -not available as a campaign for Admirality at the release of Season 11
    -no Romulan symbol for the Galactic Restoration event
    -some contacts still considering them Starfleet/KDF
    -etc

    And you guys still want a new faction? Stop trying to hurt yourselves.
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  • sovereign47sovereign47 Member Posts: 399 Arc User
    I think Cardassians and/or Dominion should be new playable faction(s) as they are generally most desired.
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  • tinkerstormtinkerstorm Member Posts: 853 Arc User
    potasssium wrote: »
    Personally I want Playable Terran Empire.

    Hmm, let's see...
    1. Exploration Cruiser Refit
    2. Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
    3. Fleet Exploration Cruiser Retrofit
    4. Dreadnought Cruiser
    5. Fleet Dreadnought Cruiser
    6. Exploration Cruiser (T6)
    7. Fleet Exploration Cruiser (T6)
    8. Dreadnought Cruiser (T6)
    9. Fleet Dreadnought Cruiser (T6)

    ...And you just know that if this happens all of those U.S.S. ships you bought won't unlock any I.S.S. versions. You'll basically have to rebuy your ships with a slightly different paint job for your new toons. Soooo... the ability to sell us the Galaxy nine or so more times? Yeah, this is probably going to happen. Way easier than building a whole new fleet of Cardassian ships. Terran Empire is probably a front runner to be next in line...

    Justice! Anyone who wants to fly that thing deserves to have their wallet TRIBBLE. Now, if I had a client side option to render that thing so it looks like a sparkle space pony....
  • hunteralpha84hunteralpha84 Member Posts: 524 Arc User
    Nope.

    No need for new races unless they were drastically different from what we have now.

    Although I wouldn't say no to a playable 8472.
  • potasssiumpotasssium Member Posts: 1,226 Arc User
    Gorn Resistance would be interesting. Maybe they are getting back channel support from the Feds and Romulans, while fighting for independence from the Klingon Empire.

    As to my suggestion of Terran Empire, I think their T6 ships should have swapped Specilizations vs their Prime Universe counterparts.

    They can even use older ESD art assets.
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  • breadandcircusesbreadandcircuses Member Posts: 2,355 Arc User
    Every time I see a thread titled something like "New Race", I click hoping someone, anyone is finally advocating having Targ Races on Qo'nos. Borg? Nah, they're too dang slow... that'd be a boring race to watch.

    As to Borg as an actual faction, you might think you want to play as a Borg... but really... as a player... you don't. Nobody really wants the Borg run speed penalty. If you've ever been on Defera, had an Elite charging you, and thought of Chariots of Fire, you understand. Let's just stick with Liberated Borg as a Vet perk and call it good...
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  • hyefatherhyefather Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
    messahla wrote: »
    Cardassians would be a more logical race being that they were involved in the defense of earth and the iconian war.

    Cardassians are coming. You know it. Cryptic doesn't put that much work into something without milking it dry (new revamped cardassian story arc). TBH, I'm kinda happy about it. I hope they don't just offer a playable race for 10 bucks in the C-store though. I hope they actually make a expansion out of it. Give us like 9 cardassian, Breen , Bajorian and Maquis ships. Maybe even a "real" Jem hadar Dreadnought this time around. Make the Jem'hadar and founders the bad guys of the expansion and everything is set. Take my money.

  • hyefatherhyefather Member Posts: 1,286 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    I got a pony. Wanna see it? Just follow me. hehe
  • asuran14asuran14 Member Posts: 2,335 Arc User
    I could see the coupertive being playable alongside other delta quad races, or more so the Dominion as a whole would be interesting to see an area that is really not seen or developed much overall in the dominion an their quad. I would love to see the Voth or a splinter group of Voth made playable as part of a faction, and giving us alot of options for creating the Voth characters.
  • alcyoneserenealcyoneserene Member Posts: 2,414 Arc User
    bunansa wrote: »
    Romulans need to be bumped up to full faction level (like kdf was) before we are allowed to add another fraction

    I'm all up for a 4th faction when the 3rd (Romulan) is finished. Until then, OP can take a number.
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  • damienvryce2damienvryce2 Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    Playable Smurfs. I wanna be Pappa Smurf. But with Klingon hair options. :smiley:
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  • anazondaanazonda Member Posts: 8,399 Arc User
    Playable Smurfs. I wanna be Pappa Smurf. But with Klingon hair options. :smiley:

    Can't get much worse anyways... Go for it.
    Don't look silly... Don't call it the "Z-Store/Zen Store"...
    Let me put the rumors to rest: it's definitely still the C-Store (Cryptic Store) It just takes ZEN.
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    potasssium wrote: »
    bunansa wrote: »
    ponies, playable ponies, with pony space ships.

    I fear what that would bring...

    Personally I want Playable Terran Empire.

    All the asset's are already in the game.

    Just need a few more uniform options and the missions slightly updated, like the Delta recruits.

    Whether and actual faction would happen, though, it would be more likely to be another Delta event, but being an evil Terran Empire agent..

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  • damienvryce2damienvryce2 Member Posts: 428 Arc User
    @anazonda
    Sadly, I actually had a smurf toon once. "Belligerent Smurf" :blush:
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  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    Playable Smurfs. I'd want to switch it up and play as smurfette
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