If they throw a character slot at us, I'll give it a try. But, to be honest, this era has been hashed out to death and I'd rather see new content from other factions in the current era...or maybe the post TOS-film era. This way you'd get your TOS Voice-over fix from Chekov, Uhura, and Scotty but with some fill-in content to bridge the two eras.
I do not see the point of this poll. What does it matter if you know whether or not I will play the new content? Are you trying to form an opinion based on other's opinions? Does it make any sense to make opinions based on other's opinions? I don't think it does. Maybe a poll....because reasons? Got nothing else to do?
Anyway. I will be playing the new content, of course, who isn't going to play the new content. You get to the point where you dish out 50k or higher DPS and there is nothing else to do, so of course you play new content. Nobody knows whether or not they like something until they try it themselves.
Personally, I think your poll should have been something like "Did you like the new content?" then poll answers from strongly agree to strongly disagree to follow.
Anyone who does not play the new content of any game, does not do so only "because reasons". Seriously, what other reason could they give? "They burned me in the past so I don't play new content now." Doesn't that just sound stupid? Sounds stupid to me.
So if you don't play new content you might as well logout, uninstall and never return because at end game the periodic release of new episodes and other content is all you have.
Also, I don't buy that the queues are more empty now then they were "before". I don't buy it, not even a little bit. I play six toons, all of which are mains, I play them all equally and as a single unit. I am in and out of queues all day long, seriously, all day long, non-stop. Between the Reddit channel, the DPS channels, my friends list and fleet/armada chat I have no problem making or joining a team for pretty much any queue I want or need to do and at pretty much any time of day, any day. And that is not counting the oh so many queues I jump into with pick-up-groups. If you think that queues are slow it is only because you do not click the "join" button, at least not as much as I do.
Technically, this is a poll, and as long as another duplicate threads are not created in General Discussion, willing to leave this one up. Let's try to keep this distinctive and nice.
Now, to take off my moderator hat - I'll check it out, but I'd rather some other direction where are the Borg; so more on the neutral side, acknowledging that a lot of people like TOS-era and they'll enjoy it, so I'm not gonna trample on that enjoyment and take it for what it is - we need some freshly poured positivity in our community, and if this helps, yay.
Just a sidenote - The poll itself seems a bit negative, and nothing in between, sort of neutral/impartial options seem to be missing... or not very-well presented.
I agree about the post. It's header itself is an invitation to flame the game.
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I would play it if it can turn a non-rom fed captain more powerful than rom captains.
I think I will make one new toon and try it, if the charater start @ lvl 0 in TOS era.
otherwise (if it is something lvl 50 or lvl 60) yeh forget about it.
I will just grind purely for the rewards.
I just noticed something in the description of the AoY temporal special agent pack that made me think:
TOS Torn Uniforms
TOS Andorian Uniform
TOS Tellarite Uniform
Vulcan Ambassador Uniform
and so on...
It unlocks for all TOS and Federation characters on an account.
Since it is explicit mentioned that Federation and TOS can use those things, does this implicate that both are different factions? (TOS characters maybe member of a time travel faction of some sort?)
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- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
So looking forward to this. And they have room to do quite a bit for those that want classic smooth brow Klingons or run proper RSE romulans. I can't wait to see what they pull off.
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
I would actually be interested if they did something like this for Voyager, now I know Voyager is not known as being the best series but if they could fix the series problems in game form it could be something great.
I would actually be interested if they did something like this for Voyager, now I know Voyager is not known as being the best series but if they could fix the series problems in game form it could be something great.
"Delta Rising" ? ... or how would you make an Expansion about the time Voyager actually was in the DQ (for the first time), since it'd be the only Ship & Crew you could actually play there ...
Besides if you include the whole Undine Plot, Borg Stuff etc etc ... this game is probably at least ~66% Voyager-Themed anyway ... TOS, TNG, DS9 & ENT pales in comparison ...
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I would actually be interested if they did something like this for Voyager, now I know Voyager is not known as being the best series but if they could fix the series problems in game form it could be something great.
Have ever been to the Delta Quadrant ingame? It's 100% Voyager related content, what else do you expect?!?
"...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--"
- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
Anyone who does not play the new content of any game, does not do so only "because reasons". Seriously, what other reason could they give? "They burned me in the past so I don't play new content now." Doesn't that just sound stupid? Sounds stupid to me.
Normally, yes. But seeing as the particular content in question requires creating new characters, and no mention yet if there will be free slots given, players may have to pay (or delete existing characters) to play the new content.
If that turns out to be the case, I do expect a significant number of players will refuse to do so. And it doesn't sound stupid at all.
Catching up on TOS is simple enough - 79 episodes, and if a local TV station isn't showing reruns, they're all on Netflix (or, if you prefer, CBS All Access). And they're worth watching, I think - well, except a select few (feel free, for instance, to skip "The Omega Glory", or "Spock's Brain", or "Miri". Do NOT skip "City On the Edge of Forever", though, or "Amok Time", or "Day of the Dove").
And wanting to make a TOS Gorn, while interesting, is kind of silly - the Gorn Hegemony only appeared in "Arena", and was never referenced again; they certainly wouldn't be part of the Klingon Empire, as the Klingons didn't absorb the Hegemony until the early 25th century. On the other tentacle, if you could play a 23rd-century Klink or Rom, your ships are already in-game - that'd be the D-7 for Klinks (although the B'rel could be justified, even though such small ships were never seen during the show), and the T'liss for Roms.
I just noticed something in the description of the AoY temporal special agent pack that made me think:
TOS Torn Uniforms
TOS Andorian Uniform
TOS Tellarite Uniform
Vulcan Ambassador Uniform
and so on...
It unlocks for all TOS and Federation characters on an account.
Since it is explicit mentioned that Federation and TOS can use those things, does this implicate that both are different factions? (TOS characters maybe member of a time travel faction of some sort?)
Yes, this appears to be a new sub-faction. We are creating new characters in the TOS era.
@scarling, if you only knew. Anyway this was the first time I've seen this trailer...so I dunno what you mean by different "wrapper". Maybe I missed an earlier trailer ??? Don't know what youre referring to.
On the other tentacle, if you could play a 23rd-century Klink or Rom, your ships are already in-game - that'd be the D-7 for Klinks (although the B'rel could be justified, even though such small ships were never seen during the show), and the T'liss for Roms.
Era approrpriate ships:
Romulan T'liss, the older T'varo, and the V-11 Stormbird(Aka D-7)
Klingon: D-7, and ENT had a d4, d5, BoP and Raptor
I just noticed something in the description of the AoY temporal special agent pack that made me think:
TOS Torn Uniforms
TOS Andorian Uniform
TOS Tellarite Uniform
Vulcan Ambassador Uniform
and so on...
It unlocks for all TOS and Federation characters on an account.
Since it is explicit mentioned that Federation and TOS can use those things, does this implicate that both are different factions? (TOS characters maybe member of a time travel faction of some sort?)
Yes, this appears to be a new sub-faction. We are creating new characters in the TOS era.
So you think this will be different to the Delta recruitment event?
Is it thinkable that there will be permanent access to TOS Starbases/planets for TOS characters, maybe by a time portal or something? I'm just wrapping my head around the possibilities...
On the other side: TOS characters need to be part of the normal game, they cannot stay in the 23rd century when reaching endgame. It'd be a crazy amount of work if the devs would re creating the whole game in TOS style, just for a small faction of characters. I cold imagine that TOS characters will have a exclusive Starbase or planet, similar like New romulus, or better said New Romulus command for the Romulans.
To be honest, i imagine it looking strange to play a TOS character flying a hyper futuristic ship from the future. That's something that doesn't look right imo.
"...'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured...the first thought forbidden...the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably.' ... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on, we're all damaged. I fear that today--"
- (TNG) Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie
I was definitely expecting gamma quadrant, TOS era is my least favorite era, well I guess that's the 60s TV/film tropes, full of exaggeration and ridiculously unrealistic acting, just, not my style.
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I just noticed something in the description of the AoY temporal special agent pack that made me think:
TOS Torn Uniforms
TOS Andorian Uniform
TOS Tellarite Uniform
Vulcan Ambassador Uniform
and so on...
It unlocks for all TOS and Federation characters on an account.
Since it is explicit mentioned that Federation and TOS can use those things, does this implicate that both are different factions? (TOS characters maybe member of a time travel faction of some sort?)
I don't think they're entirely separate factions. They probably wrote it that way to point out that other regular Fed characters can use it too.
TOS characters are likely the same as the Delta Recruits: you create them during the recruitment event. At least that's what I think it is. Perhaps I'm completely wrong, as it would mean, on the other hand, that the episodes that are created for those TOS characters would also only be available for a limited time. And that may be very unlikely.
But I don't think they'll be a full faction or even a fraction like the Republic or the Empire. I doubt they'll get their own social zones for example.
dont know if all play it ,i already have lost of dose item except for the new t6 ship,but i feel that for the prise they ask is more like +50% than -50%
Here I am still waiting on a Cooperative faction...
Well, there is a mention of them in the Nautilus description:
"Starfleet incorporated several new systems on the Nautilus, many of which involved nanotechnology developed in conjunction with the Borg Cooperative."
Raise your hand if you give a damn about spoon heads... *crickets*
Point is, they are following the storylines the players want them too. After the way the Romulan faction was received I think this was a much smarter move on their end.
Here I am still waiting on a Cooperative faction...
Well, there is a mention of them in the Nautilus description:
"Starfleet incorporated several new systems on the Nautilus, many of which involved nanotechnology developed in conjunction with the Borg Cooperative."
That's not much, but that's something.
Oh believe me, I caught that. I'm hanging on to it like a drowning man in a storm... Perhaps they'll say "surprise!" Cooperative faction too!
But I doubt it. Guess I'll have to wait another three years for the next "full expansion" for a chance to play in the Cooperative. If the game's still around by then.
I'll give it a shot probably but I really am not a fan of have to "start over" each time something is added these days. It happened with he delta recruit stuff and now this new stuff is in a different era. Hmmm not sure. I have given a lot of time to to my current characters, don't want to mothball them all just to play new content.
Raise your hand if you give a damn about spoon heads... *crickets*
Point is, they are following the storylines the players want them too. After the way the Romulan faction was received I think this was a much smarter move on their end.
Sorry, I missed this.
But they're not. They're adding a "faction" that specifically caters to a very niche group. I'm not going to be touching the content, not because I'm boycotting it but because I couldn't care less about it. I'll not be buying any of it, because for one I'd rather see the story go forward than ratcheted back for gimmicky content and secondly it's nothing I'm interested in.
There IS huge amounts of community support for the Cardassians or Cooperative, there always has been since basically launch and even after the LoR fiasco. But I'll tell you, I'd rather see a contemporary quasi-faction like the Cooperative or Cardassians than whatever this TOS stuff is. LoR might've been botched because of the "choose your flavor, KDF or FED" choice players were forced to make, but it did add scores of content for everyone playing regardless of whether you made a Romulan. This "full expansion" isn't really bringing much to the table for those of us not interested in making a TOS character.
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Anyway. I will be playing the new content, of course, who isn't going to play the new content. You get to the point where you dish out 50k or higher DPS and there is nothing else to do, so of course you play new content. Nobody knows whether or not they like something until they try it themselves.
Personally, I think your poll should have been something like "Did you like the new content?" then poll answers from strongly agree to strongly disagree to follow.
Anyone who does not play the new content of any game, does not do so only "because reasons". Seriously, what other reason could they give? "They burned me in the past so I don't play new content now." Doesn't that just sound stupid? Sounds stupid to me.
So if you don't play new content you might as well logout, uninstall and never return because at end game the periodic release of new episodes and other content is all you have.
Also, I don't buy that the queues are more empty now then they were "before". I don't buy it, not even a little bit. I play six toons, all of which are mains, I play them all equally and as a single unit. I am in and out of queues all day long, seriously, all day long, non-stop. Between the Reddit channel, the DPS channels, my friends list and fleet/armada chat I have no problem making or joining a team for pretty much any queue I want or need to do and at pretty much any time of day, any day. And that is not counting the oh so many queues I jump into with pick-up-groups. If you think that queues are slow it is only because you do not click the "join" button, at least not as much as I do.
I agree about the post. It's header itself is an invitation to flame the game.
I think I will make one new toon and try it, if the charater start @ lvl 0 in TOS era.
otherwise (if it is something lvl 50 or lvl 60) yeh forget about it.
I will just grind purely for the rewards.
TOS Torn Uniforms
TOS Andorian Uniform
TOS Tellarite Uniform
Vulcan Ambassador Uniform
and so on...
Since it is explicit mentioned that Federation and TOS can use those things, does this implicate that both are different factions? (TOS characters maybe member of a time travel faction of some sort?)
Originally Posted by pwlaughingtrendy
Network engineers are not ship designers.
Nor should they be. Their ships would look weird.
"Delta Rising" ? ... or how would you make an Expansion about the time Voyager actually was in the DQ (for the first time), since it'd be the only Ship & Crew you could actually play there ...
Besides if you include the whole Undine Plot, Borg Stuff etc etc ... this game is probably at least ~66% Voyager-Themed anyway ... TOS, TNG, DS9 & ENT pales in comparison ...
If that turns out to be the case, I do expect a significant number of players will refuse to do so. And it doesn't sound stupid at all.
And wanting to make a TOS Gorn, while interesting, is kind of silly - the Gorn Hegemony only appeared in "Arena", and was never referenced again; they certainly wouldn't be part of the Klingon Empire, as the Klingons didn't absorb the Hegemony until the early 25th century. On the other tentacle, if you could play a 23rd-century Klink or Rom, your ships are already in-game - that'd be the D-7 for Klinks (although the B'rel could be justified, even though such small ships were never seen during the show), and the T'liss for Roms.
Yes, this appears to be a new sub-faction. We are creating new characters in the TOS era.
Anyway this was the first time I've seen this trailer...so I dunno what you mean by different "wrapper".
Maybe I missed an earlier trailer ???
Don't know what youre referring to.
Romulan T'liss, the older T'varo, and the V-11 Stormbird(Aka D-7)
Klingon: D-7, and ENT had a d4, d5, BoP and Raptor
So you think this will be different to the Delta recruitment event?
Is it thinkable that there will be permanent access to TOS Starbases/planets for TOS characters, maybe by a time portal or something? I'm just wrapping my head around the possibilities...
On the other side: TOS characters need to be part of the normal game, they cannot stay in the 23rd century when reaching endgame. It'd be a crazy amount of work if the devs would re creating the whole game in TOS style, just for a small faction of characters. I cold imagine that TOS characters will have a exclusive Starbase or planet, similar like New romulus, or better said New Romulus command for the Romulans.
To be honest, i imagine it looking strange to play a TOS character flying a hyper futuristic ship from the future. That's something that doesn't look right imo.
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I don't think they're entirely separate factions. They probably wrote it that way to point out that other regular Fed characters can use it too.
TOS characters are likely the same as the Delta Recruits: you create them during the recruitment event. At least that's what I think it is. Perhaps I'm completely wrong, as it would mean, on the other hand, that the episodes that are created for those TOS characters would also only be available for a limited time. And that may be very unlikely.
But I don't think they'll be a full faction or even a fraction like the Republic or the Empire. I doubt they'll get their own social zones for example.
Here I am still waiting on a Cooperative faction...
I agree with other people that when you reach max level some timey whimey stuff probably shifts your character to normal Gameplay.
"Starfleet incorporated several new systems on the Nautilus, many of which involved nanotechnology developed in conjunction with the Borg Cooperative."
That's not much, but that's something, I guess.
Point is, they are following the storylines the players want them too. After the way the Romulan faction was received I think this was a much smarter move on their end.
Oh believe me, I caught that. I'm hanging on to it like a drowning man in a storm... Perhaps they'll say "surprise!" Cooperative faction too!
But I doubt it. Guess I'll have to wait another three years for the next "full expansion" for a chance to play in the Cooperative. If the game's still around by then.
Hmmm not sure. I have given a lot of time to to my current characters, don't want to mothball them all just to play new content.
Sorry, I missed this.
But they're not. They're adding a "faction" that specifically caters to a very niche group. I'm not going to be touching the content, not because I'm boycotting it but because I couldn't care less about it. I'll not be buying any of it, because for one I'd rather see the story go forward than ratcheted back for gimmicky content and secondly it's nothing I'm interested in.
There IS huge amounts of community support for the Cardassians or Cooperative, there always has been since basically launch and even after the LoR fiasco. But I'll tell you, I'd rather see a contemporary quasi-faction like the Cooperative or Cardassians than whatever this TOS stuff is. LoR might've been botched because of the "choose your flavor, KDF or FED" choice players were forced to make, but it did add scores of content for everyone playing regardless of whether you made a Romulan. This "full expansion" isn't really bringing much to the table for those of us not interested in making a TOS character.