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What would you like to see with a Kdf Overhaul?
thevampinator
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Well, basically for years kdf has been underdeveloped. What would you like to see and what do you think can be done to get players going kdf again?
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> fix the fleet pistols so they dont look like sniper rifles, change the academy so its not so desolate.
But I love my dual rifle weilding max size Gorn Science Captain, be cause recoil is for Mammals.
I really don't think an overhaul is needed. I certainly wouldn't complain about maybe reducing the costs of building up KDF holdings. That is my biggest concern, how much quicker Feds can finish a holding as apposed to KDF. Balance the costs for the size of the player based and maybe tweak on the run, to keep things as more even playing field.
Don't you dare fix those pistols! They are the only pistols that look good carried by a gorn!
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as far as anything having a chance in hell of working they need to have an intern sit in all the meetings with a squirt bottle and everytime someone says something that would possibly insult the kdf fanbase squirt the offender.
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make the academy less garbage as well
The Fek'lhri arc could use an update as well.
Better/more Klingon style costumes and hair (head, facial) options.
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And get someone to fix the lighting in the shipyard.
Anything else is pretty much a pipedream as it would go against the feds & ships = money calculation.
That would depend on your definition of "update".
That's the best arc in the game and I would rather they leave it alone.
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The latter would probably be preferable, then it's not a direct copy of the FED setup; something slightly different. I would then see about adding in more female options; specifically Gorn and Nausicaan. I can't imagine the latter is too difficult when we've got female Saurian and Bolian already in the game, and I'm sure something can be done with the Gorn to distinguish them; different colours? Different skin/scale pattern? Different ridges? There's ample choices.
Unless I am also mistaken, there is still no T6 Vor'cha either, so KDF players are going to be needing that, in addition to the Klingon Warbird from the film reboots (that'll be the Battlecruiser seen in the Kobayashimaru scenario, and not the Bird of Prey seen on Qo'nos intercepting the crew and Khan).
Can't hurt to also have more clothing and hair options (and not just for the Klingon either); Orion, Gorn, Ferasan - they could all do with some unique outfits, lord knows FED players have more than an ample selection by comparison. I think this is all that I'd like to see as additions right now. As to what'll draw players into the KDF over the FED - honestly? Nothing. Unless/until Cryptic can make them different enough, there's no real reason to play a KDF over a FED, and the FED have more choices - in everything.
More costumes and hairstyles and loosen up the allowed choices for colors. Ideally remove all costume restrictions so boffs can use off-duty uniforms.
Put a bank and Exchange up in the Shipyard.
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Non-Klingon main characters should have dialog options that are less Klingon. Cunning, clever, and snarky responses from others who are part of the empire but don't share the Klingon views of honor and glorious death in battle.
Ditto, especially on the "more Klingon customization options." We can probably expect to see significant updates when more Discovery content hits the game (at the very least: it's more content to kitbash with) but there's still plenty of room for updates from the TNG->DS9 palette (ex. a screen accurate standard KDF uniform. What we have now: right idea and the proportions have been recently updated but its definitely from an earlier era of STO.)
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a) If they do try to make it cross-faction, then the Feds should have Dax with them as a good cultural bridge. That and Quark, as a comic sidekick (if we really want to mess with the tone from the original). Like I said though, ideally they should be KDF only.
b) The Molor shrines in the final Disco episode would be good to tie in the arc really well somewhere - in fact it would be a good way to subtly feed in a few Disco things from ancient times.
2) Melee revamp to make Bat'leth and Mek'leth fights more immersive.
3) A *Great House* mechanic. I have no idea what this would look like, but it feels like the sort of thing we should have.
On the Qo'noS revamp people ask for, it is okay as it is and the kind of revamp that is likely would probably not be worth it. On the other hand, if they were to do a seriously big project in making it really immersive and impressive, that would be awesome. I'm thinking heavy with mood lighting and fires. Lots of hidden nooks with side missions that are heavy with Klingon lore or focus on some of the other KDF races. A Orion embassy quarter and Molor's hidden shrines. But given how long DS9 took, and how there are zones in far more need of a go over than Qo'noS, I doubt we'd see something so comprehensively worth it.
The Prison on First City, the Bat'leth test by B'Elotja, Ch'gren works in the back of the Exchange, Franklin Drake makes his escape via Transporter in the Slums (have to interact with the Spectators,Tailor as well as Garrad), we have to interact with the Orion standing in the SpaceDock, several missions use Worf for interact point just outside the Great Hall, there is also a "tour" mission by going to the barracks and talking to various NPCs around the city...etc...etc...
It is not just a plain social zone, really.
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Between the Ganalda Station and KDF Starbase, you have everything right there, if your fleet unlocked it.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
We're talking Klingons here, science doesn't figure in the equation, only brute force. Also, as where2r1 said, Ganalda, it's got everything you need, well except a temporal officer, but otherwise once done with Qonos quests, there's no reason to ever go there.
-=Qo'nos=-
Needs better distribution of services. I've relocated most of my KDF to the Dyson Sphere because I wind up spending more time getting to each facility in the First City than I spend actually using them.
-=Ships=-
T6 Vor'cha
T6 Vo'quv
(It's embarassing that these 'staples' haven't been added yet. If ideas are too hard: Pilot Battlecruiser, with maneuvers, and Miracle Carrier.)
-=Patrols=-
Add daily mark bonuses to the Borg and Romulan ones.
That or simply go with the exchange for what I want like I've done with every other lock box that's ever been shipped with STO.
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Currently we have a red Federation. Change that to the feudal state the Empire is. NPC's on Qonos should be predominantly Klingons. Only some named alien NPC's here and there. Nausicaan mercs in the Bar, Gorn traders, Orion shady merchants. Something like that.
But not Orions and Gorn acting like Klingons and each making up 25% of the population.
New starter missions to explain the motives of our "minor" races. Say 5 missions each for Gorn, Nausicaans, Orions, Letheans and Klingons (including Aliens, Trill and Kitties).
I mean what do those races get out of staying loyal to the empire ? Say the empire settles some old border dispute in favour of the Gorn (retconning the Fed/Klingon border dispute ?) Or let a Klingon player char go hunting with the Gorn King fighting together a mighty beast.
Show us the Letheans play a key role in the Klingon secret service.
And give us leaders and a home for those races.
A Nausicaan asteroid base, including a black market and shady merchants. An Orion palace for queen Melani D'ian. And so on.
A bit character development for J'mpok would be nice, too. Imho he is a good chancellor, trying to stabilize the economy of the empire and adding some additional muscle to it through those new vassals.
Oh, and no mixed race crews anymore pls. Klingon crew on Klingon ships, Nausicaan crews for their ships and so on. Feudal empire, not red Federation !
I disagree eleventy billion percent on that last point. You may want only racially-segregated ships but not me.
There is nothing stopping you from making at least your boff set racially pure.
A less "stop liking what I don't like!" suggestion would be an *OPTION* to remove the "wrong" races from your ships' non-boff crew, so random NPCs won't offend you.
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