test content
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc

Should Battle Group Omega be removed from Star Trek Online?

mattjohnsonvamattjohnsonva Member Posts: 4,974 Arc User
Battle Group Omega is currently the only space social zone in the game for all factions that includes services such as exchange, mail and bank. It appears that this last vestige of the original STFs is being removed. Personally I am not happy with this decision so I thought a simple poll was in order to gauge player opinion.

Should Battle Group Omega be removed from Star Trek Online? 113 votes

No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
62%
commanderkassyscififan78garaks31rahmkota19jodarkridermattjohnsonvapottsey5gkitsunesnoutltminnscylon74656eldarion79dlmc85kodachikunobinebaneiconianswillidesderrico1tunebreakerangrytarglunablade 71 votes
Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
37%
comrademocoikonn#1068ssbn655berginssolarwraithgaevsmanhippiejondragonsbrethrenmustrumridcully0phenomenaut01crypticarmsmanreyan01artan42a3001cidjackisthissciencerisian4neos472rattler2mirai222 42 votes
Post edited by mattjohnsonva on
«13

Comments

  • artan42artan42 Member Posts: 10,450 Bug Hunter
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    If I can't have the Typhoon nobody can LiJf02C.png​​
    22762792376_ac7c992b7c_o.png
    Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
    JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.

    #TASforSTO


    '...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
    'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
    'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
    '...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
    'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
    '...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek

    Get the Forums Enhancement Extension!
  • nikeixnikeix Member Posts: 3,972 Arc User
    Woohoo. Another opportunity to prove the Devs aren't asking for permission!
  • neos472neos472 Member Posts: 580 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    it has served its purpose and now needs to be retired for other stuff.
    manipulator of time and long time space traveler
  • hanover2hanover2 Member Posts: 1,053 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    Indeed. I don't even want to contemplate the horrific result of this game being run by player consensus.
  • ikonn#1068 ikonn Member Posts: 1,451 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    It served it purpose, now it needs to be retired.
    -AoP- Warrior's Blood (KDF Armada) / -AoP- Qu' raD qulbo'Degh / -AoP- Project Phoenix
    Join Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
  • This content has been removed.
  • kodachikunokodachikuno Member Posts: 6,020 Arc User1
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    yay another pointless poll! and here I thought we were done for the month!

    needs a 'meh, don't really care' option too
    tumblr_mr1jc2hq2T1rzu2xzo1_400.gif
    tacofangs wrote: »
    STO isn't canon, and neither are any of the books.
  • nikephorusnikephorus Member Posts: 2,744 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    I don't really understand why it needs to be removed.
    Tza0PEl.png
  • solarwraithsolarwraith Member Posts: 191 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    S-can it, it has very little use now. There are plenty of hubs to do your banking, mailing and Christmas shopping at.
  • captkelly31#5645 captkelly31 Member Posts: 392 Arc User
    The map waypoint should be moved, since its still where the old transwarp ring used to be back before sector space lost its "walls".
  • scififan78scififan78 Member Posts: 1,383 Arc User
    edited September 2016
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    If anything, it needs to be improved. I have suggested in the past and still think they should take the old space dock model and give it to Omega Task Force. Replace the separate player interacts and combine them on the station. Then you can have some Fed, KDF, and RR ships flying around outside the station.
  • cidjackcidjack Member Posts: 2,017 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    Let the forums burn over a decision that has already been made. Start the protests!!! Omega lives matter!!!

    All I am waiting for now is that F2Per asking people to close their wallets.
    Armada: Multiplying fleet projects in need of dilithium by 13."
    95bced8038c91ec6f880d510e6fd302f366a776c4c5761e5f7931d491667a45e.jpgvia Imgflip Meme Generator
  • davefenestratordavefenestrator Member Posts: 10,865 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    BGO It's time to pass the torch,
    You must give your cape and scepter to me.
    And a smaller one for KG.
  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    There needs to be a third poll option. Something like "Doesn't matter/Not up to the players."
    When you see "TRIBBLE" in my posts, it's because I manually typed "TRIBBLE" and censored myself.
  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    @cidjack Why is it ALWAYS an F2Per?

    As for Omega... there's no reason to go there anymore really. After the Sector Space walls came down, things got shuffled around. Really no reason to keep them around other than as a mission contact for the Borg arc, which can technically be done just like a freighter. Approach in Sector Space and not have a map to load into.
    db80k0m-89201ed8-eadb-45d3-830f-bb2f0d4c0fe7.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2ExOGQ4ZWM2LTUyZjQtNDdiMS05YTI1LTVlYmZkYmJkOGM3N1wvZGI4MGswbS04OTIwMWVkOC1lYWRiLTQ1ZDMtODMwZi1iYjJmMGQ0YzBmZTcucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.8G-Pg35Qi8qxiKLjAofaKRH6fmNH3qAAEI628gW0eXc
    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
    The nut who actually ground out many packs. The resident forum voice of reason (I HAZ FORUM REP! YAY!)
    normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
    colored text = mod mode
  • officerbatman81officerbatman81 Member Posts: 2,761 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    It never actually served a purpose.
    First episode of borg arc is report there and talk to someone and boom episode over, silly. And you never go back there again.

    As long as you can claim the Assimilated accolade zombie borg boff somewhere else then yeah gut the sucker outta the game.
  • djf021djf021 Member Posts: 1,382 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    I support the decision to remove it. I only used it earlier in the game when it was necessary to get into Borg space (if I am remembering correctly?). But since then, I haven't been there in years, until my AOY character had to to unlock the Borg front episodes. It is obsolete and should not be taking server space.
    C4117709-1498929112732780large.jpg

    Don't let them promote you. Don't let them transfer you. Don't let them do anything that takes you off the bridge of that ship, because while you're there... you can make a difference.
    -Captain James T. Kirk
  • alexvio1alexvio1 Member Posts: 389 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    BGO is the only place where you can access to bank, exchange and mail from space. Also BGO is the only place where you can claim Borg Science BO.
  • waldotrekwaldotrek Member Posts: 320 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    1 They should keep it as it fits into the story arc of having the Borg being this big enemy you have to fight. If your going to scrap it questions why you need an Omega Rep and the Omega booth on DS9. 2. Map wise it quite a ways to the next nearest Exchange/Mail/Bank terminal.
    Former Moderator 10-28-16
  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    alexvio1 wrote: »
    BGO is the only place where you can access to bank, exchange and mail from space. Also BGO is the only place where you can claim Borg Science BO.

    Right.... the Azura cannot be access from space... right... The borg BO will be moved, that's confirmed..
    The forces of darkness are upon us!
  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    azrael605 wrote: »
    Irrelevant, the decision has been made.

    This... A poll at this stage of the game is, quite frankly, pointless.
  • alexvio1alexvio1 Member Posts: 389 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    gaevsman wrote: »

    Right.... the Azura cannot be access from space... right...

    I didn't count it as an access to exchange, bank and mail from space because it can be used 1 time per 2 hours (1 hour if you are in a fleet), so your attempt to troll me was very stupid.
  • tousseautousseau Member Posts: 1,484 Arc User
    alexvio1 wrote: »
    gaevsman wrote: »

    Right.... the Azura cannot be access from space... right...

    I didn't count it as an access to exchange, bank and mail from space because it can be used 1 time per 2 hours (1 hour if you are in a fleet), so your attempt to troll me was very stupid.

    He does have a point though... The Azura can provide all of those services. The cooldiwn mechanic becomes moot, when you can ask in "Local" chat if someone can pop one for ya... You know, be social, and ask for assistance. We can make use of other player's Azura...
  • markhawkmanmarkhawkman Member Posts: 35,236 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    S-can it, it has very little use now. There are plenty of hubs to do your banking, mailing and Christmas shopping at.
    But not in the Noro sector.... It was the only social zone in the entire NE section of the Beta quadrant. Now the closest will be New Romulus....
    -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
    My character Tsin'xing
    Costume_marhawkman_Tsin%27xing_CC_Comic_Page_Blue_488916968.jpg
  • dareaudareau Member Posts: 2,390 Arc User
    S-can it, it has very little use now. There are plenty of hubs to do your banking, mailing and Christmas shopping at.
    But not in the Noro sector.... It was the only social zone in the entire NE section of the Beta quadrant. Now the closest will be New Romulus....

    Bingo. Only base in the region.

    Personally, I think there should be a little more... spread... on some of these bases, myself.

    The old "Eta Eriandi" region holds K7, Fed Fleet, KDF Fleet, Gandala. What, one "old sector block" over is Q'onos. Who really needs five bases within stones throw of each other, and have nothing "up north"?

    So if you're gonna ditch BGO, aka the "northeast base", sure be nice if something went up in it's stead, even if it was an "Old Romulan Base" that was handed over to Task Force Omega... (and on a side note, is there any reason to even have D'Vak over on DS9 anymore, since the whole purpose of that room (aka the Omega Shop) was... dispensed with... once Reputations came out? Why not give that to Daniels and Temporal Command, or at least whoever's running the anti-Terran show...)
    Detecting big-time "anti-old-school" bias here. NX? Lobi. TOS/TMP Connie? Super-promotion-box. (aka the two hardest ways to get ships) Excelsior & all 3 TNG "big hero" ships? C-Store. Please Equalize...

    To rob a line: [quote: Mariemaia Kushrenada] Forum Posting is much like an endless waltz. The three beats of war, peace and revolution continue on forever. However, opinions will change upon the reading of my post.[/quote]
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    Yes, Battle Group Omega should be removed
    I think the concept of Battle Group Omega shouldn't be removed. And since the reputation isn't going where ,I figure that's not an issue.

    But the map? Meh. It's ugly and dated, with all those launch corpses of starships. The newest one there is the Galaxy-X (and it sticks out with all those dated models.)

    It serves little purpose. The drive-through bank/exchange appeal might be there, but let's face it - a tiny number of people use that. The fleet is way out of anyone's way. You've transwarped faster to your or your allies homeworld and beamed down then you get there. And you might even have a Security Officer standing around taking your contraband.
    Star Trek Online Advancement: You start with lowbie gear, you end with Lobi gear.
  • This content has been removed.
  • szimszim Member Posts: 2,503 Arc User
    What's the point of this poll? It's been removed. It's not going to return. End of story.
  • rahmkota19rahmkota19 Member Posts: 1,929 Arc User
    No, Battle Group Omega should not be removed
    szim wrote: »
    What's the point of this poll? It's been removed. It's not going to return. End of story.

    This thread is now mostly a protest thread, and a place to debate both if this decision was justified and how much influence the players should have in Cryptic decisions.

    In other words, this will most likely turn towards flaming and trolling before we reach page 3, but we'll see.


    Anyway, I am against cutting any content from this game period. If it wasn't harming anyone, better to keep it in. I listed my reasons elsewhere, but in short
    - BGO was one of the only 4 F2P Cross-faction social zones
    - It was the only space social zone
    - It was a social zone that was very light on performance requirements, as in low-end machines could easily run BGO where ESD can be problematic.
  • This content has been removed.
Sign In or Register to comment.