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to be Ferengi or not to be ...

garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
edited October 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
which factions should get the Ferengi ?
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https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming

to be Ferengi or not to be ... 48 votes

KDF
10%
mandoknight89meldrithpwx10110100lolyou3semalda226 5 votes
RRF
4%
gulberatkamiyama317 2 votes
both
85%
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  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    You can already make Ferengi...
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    Ferengi are Fedlings now.... They may not be a full member but they signed an alliance treaty that lets people be dual citizens in the Ferengi alliance and the Federation.
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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,896 Arc User
    Where is the neither option? :p
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  • monkeybone13monkeybone13 Member Posts: 4,640 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    both
    OMG! I was going to create this poll yesterday but forgot, or got too lazy.

    I hope this was just a case of me being psychic. If somebody read my mind, I feel sorry for what you saw in there. LoL

    It makes sense to give us playable Ferengi for both the Romulan and KDF factions. It's logical to go where one can make the most profit, from a lore perspective.

    I don't have any Ferengi characters, or even boffs, and my character slots are all filled. But I would buy a character slot and make a KDF, or RRW-allied with KDF, Ferengi. Because......contraband! And.....other reasons!
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  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    lianthelia wrote: »
    Where is the neither option? :p

    This!

    Ferengi are one of the worst things that Star Trek ever came up with.
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  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    lianthelia wrote: »
    Where is the neither option? :p
    Yes, where is the neither option? Another biased poll.
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  • admiralkogaradmiralkogar Member Posts: 875 Arc User
    garaks31 wrote: »
    which factions should get the Ferengi ?

    Ferengi are opportunists. There are opportunities being missed if you don't allow them to be cross faction. A wise man can hear profit in the wind. (*cough* C-store playable cross faction Ferengi *cough*) If Klingons can be Feds, and Rommies can be either KDF or Fed, why don't Ferengi get to live up to their full potential and seek profit in all possible markets?

    Frankly, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a Ferengi who was handling banking, and investments for the Tholians!

    Qonos has Ferengi NPCs! Why not a PC?

    Qapla.
  • ashrod63ashrod63 Member Posts: 384 Arc User
    Ferengi need their own faction, where everything has to be paid for with real world money to aid the dev's profit making. The Ferengi would certainly agree, although the players wouldn't be too happy with it (mind you allocation of funds in a rather obvious way may increase the amount of content they get thanks to whales throwing everything they have at them).
  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    none, kill them all :p
  • vendoodvendood Member Posts: 77 Arc User
    I think you are leaving out the lore-ish point that joining either KDF or RRW isn't the Ferengi's decision to make.

    The Federation may not have much in the way of standards, but other galactic empires certainly do.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,919 Arc User
    vendood wrote: »
    I think you are leaving out the lore-ish point that joining either KDF or RRW isn't the Ferengi's decision to make.

    The Federation may not have much in the way of standards, but other galactic empires certainly do.

    Very true, no way the KDF or the Romulans would allow a Ferengi in their ranks.. would never happen.

    The only faction that would allow them is Federation. Still, the Ferengi are better used as meat shields or fired out of Photon Torpedo Tubes into the side of ESD to see who can create the biggest 'splatter.'
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  • mackbolan01mackbolan01 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
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    all tubes loaded with ferengi Doffs, lock onto that borg tac cube and FIRE !!!!!!! assimulate these.....yeah, lets see them adapt to these torps, they'll give the borg queen a headache...............​​
  • spyralpegacyonspyralpegacyon Member Posts: 408 Arc User
    both
    Both! #playaferengi
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    both
    Lol, if you look at the results, it says Taco voted for both!
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  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    kjwashington wrote: »
    Lol, if you look at the results, it says Taco voted for both!

    almost everyone who actually voted did.
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  • kjwashingtonkjwashington Member Posts: 2,529 Arc User
    both
    markhawkman wrote: »
    kjwashington wrote: »
    Lol, if you look at the results, it says Taco voted for both!

    almost everyone who actually voted did.

    Ya, but the point is that if a dev thinks something should be so, it's that tiny amount closer to being reality.
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  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,689 Arc User
    edited October 2015
    ashrod63 wrote: »
    Ferengi need their own faction, where everything has to be paid for with real world money to aid the dev's profit making. The Ferengi would certainly agree, although the players wouldn't be too happy with it (mind you allocation of funds in a rather obvious way may increase the amount of content they get thanks to whales throwing everything they have at them).

    This makes perfect sense. Why should PWE/Cryptic leave zen on the table?
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  • meldrithpwmeldrithpw Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    KDF
    The Ferengi are not part of the Federation. They just go there because there are so many suckers...ahem, I mean, "Valued Customers" there, and commodity prices are a little better than the kdf's. True, the KDF can get commodities from raids, but as anyone with lobes for business will tell you, a dependable business requires a dependable supply chain in addition to dependable employees.

    The kdf already have Ferengi doffs available via certain espionage assignments, and can get Ferengi boffs by completing the diplomacy ladder. Why not Ferengi captains? (precedence: "The House of Quark" ds9 episode.)

    IMO the rom shouldn't have access to Ferengi--it doesn't really fit, but they SHOULD have Suliban as a playable race, with similar traits.

    (related note--the kdf can have trill doffs and captains, but not boffs? what's up with that?)
  • crypticrockcrypticrock Member Posts: 120 Cryptic Developer
    edited October 2015
    both
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  • meldrithpwmeldrithpw Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    KDF
    ashrod63 wrote: »
    Ferengi need their own faction, where everything has to be paid for with real world money to aid the dev's profit making. The Ferengi would certainly agree, although the players wouldn't be too happy with it (mind you allocation of funds in a rather obvious way may increase the amount of content they get thanks to whales throwing everything they have at them).

    I would like the see the Ferengi as a new faction, but first they've got to get the rom up to full faction status and introduce the cardi as a half faction. Then they need to upgrade the cardi to a full faction and introduce multiple other (I've suggested up to 11 previously) half factions--including ferengi.

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  • gulberatgulberat Member Posts: 5,505 Arc User
    RRF
    The treatment of the Ferengi that we saw from the Klingons in the "House of Quark" episode and its sequel doesn't give me much hope of the Ferengi being treated with any sort of respect in the KDF. :/

    The Romulans seem a little less hasty and may well be likely to approve of underhanded Ferengi tactics like financial manipulation and fraud, when turned against their enemies. I could see them being able to function in the RRF.

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  • sennahcheribsennahcherib Member Posts: 2,823 Arc User
    the best faction for them are the Borg. i don't even know if the Borg have already assimilated one of these space rats
    The treatment of the Ferengi that we saw from the Klingons in the "House of Quark" episode and its sequel doesn't give me much hope of the Ferengi being treated with any sort of respect in the KDF

    in one mission (kdf story), we are allowed to kick a screaming ferengi, the best part of this mission. yes, you are right, ferengis don't seem really appreciated by the KDF :p
  • admiralkogaradmiralkogar Member Posts: 875 Arc User
    sennahcherib wrote: »
    the best faction for them are the Borg. i don't even know if the Borg have already assimilated one of these space rats
    The treatment of the Ferengi that we saw from the Klingons in the "House of Quark" episode and its sequel doesn't give me much hope of the Ferengi being treated with any sort of respect in the KDF

    in one mission (kdf story), we are allowed to kick a screaming ferengi, the best part of this mission. yes, you are right, ferengis don't seem really appreciated by the KDF :p

    Sorry, but you really don't want Borg who assimilate you with that much more ruthlessly acquisitive persistence! ;)

    Also, Quark brought honor to Ferengi with his evident courage, and willingness to face death. I think Gowron could see there was no material profit in it for Quark at that point, so why face death? Honor! Maybe imperfect, but honor nonetheless. :)

    Qapla
  • theraven2378theraven2378 Member Posts: 6,016 Arc User
    admiralkogar wrote: »
    sennahcherib wrote: »
    the best faction for them are the Borg. i don't even know if the Borg have already assimilated one of these space rats
    The treatment of the Ferengi that we saw from the Klingons in the "House of Quark" episode and its sequel doesn't give me much hope of the Ferengi being treated with any sort of respect in the KDF

    in one mission (kdf story), we are allowed to kick a screaming ferengi, the best part of this mission. yes, you are right, ferengis don't seem really appreciated by the KDF :p

    Sorry, but you really don't want Borg who assimilate you with that much more ruthlessly acquisitive persistence! ;)

    Also, Quark brought honor to Ferengi with his evident courage, and willingness to face death. I think Gowron could see there was no material profit in it for Quark at that point, so why face death? Honor! Maybe imperfect, but honor nonetheless. :)

    Qapla

    And so did Nog when he stood up to Martok over him and Jake's spot on the promenade
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    • garaks31garaks31 Member Posts: 2,845 Arc User
      both
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5J_qn93Nkc
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      https://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1249570/axanar-locks-in-start-date-for-filming
    • smeeinn1tsmeeinn1t Member Posts: 618 Arc User
      The answer is Fed. The answer is always Fed. There is no other answer than Fed. Thank you for your cooperation.​​
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    • berginsbergins Member Posts: 3,453 Arc User
      No.

      Just No.
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      both
      please both. everyone needs more ferengi!
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