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stark2k
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Ever want to play as a Fed Orion, or a Gorn one
I always wanted a KDF aligned Ferengi <- Should have been a neutral race that are cross faction
There are several races between the Fed and KDF Faction that can cross over - I vouch for cross faction STO races
I always wanted a KDF aligned Ferengi <- Should have been a neutral race that are cross faction
There are several races between the Fed and KDF Faction that can cross over - I vouch for cross faction STO races
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Indeed. I've had a Human KDF 'Scoundrel' for many a years. Cross-faction species barriers are only in folks imagination.
We also have a Prime Universe Fed Orion in Ensign Tendi from Lower Decks.
I'd even settle for a c-store unlock if it has to go that way.
Not just Kelvin universe either, one of the main characters (D'Vana Tendi) in Lower Decks is Orion.
I have used "alien" to make Federation (and Romulan) aligned Orions so far (there is a kit that even gives them the Orion seduction/control ability) so they are quite easy to do. Having the option to do Orions outside of the KDF in the character generator might be nice though, especially since that kit module is not always available in low-tier. I can see why they don't do that though, since many who would otherwise not make KDF characters probably do so to have an Orion.
The most annoying cross faction race problem however is the lack of anything but Jem'Hadar in the "Dominion" faction (it should probably be called the "Odo" faction as it is now since it consists of only Odo's expeditionary force).
Vorta can be made in the "alien" generators from other factions but they are barred from unlocking (or even using) Dominion ships themselves unless they are unlocked by Jem'Hadar first (and one of the two ships that are not locked like that has a faction-dependent trait which is useless if you want to do a canon Dominion setup), they use the wrong transporter effects and Boffs, and all sorts of other irritations when running a faux Vorta, and are without a doubt the worst hit by cross-faction race limitations.
Unfortunately they can't do that. Its hard coded into the game, and STO came from the WoW era of MMO Development, where you had two opposing factions.
It is literally the foundation of the game. The best they can do is drop walls here and there like they have been doing. But ultimately... there's still the 2 faction system at the core and nothing can be done without having to rebuild the entire game from the ground up, and at that point... why bother because you'd basically be making a brand new game just to remove one thing.
As STO stands now... the faction stuff really doesn't come into play much anymore outside of Fleets and a couple PvP zones. As a PvE game... its all just different starting experiences.
That is very easy to do, you always could use the "alien" tab in the KDF generator to make a human, and recently you can even sort of do it with the "Klingon (TNG)" tab and select the "TOS" head style.
Factions stay, more options, problem solved...
All the Characters should just be for any allegiance, it makes little sense and they need to add more side factions, no more Federation/Klingon, make a Jem'Hadar that works for the Founders, Make a Romulan who works for the Republic, Make a Borg who works for the Borg Liberation (does this serve any function? it could but then again it would just be a nice option since all the allegiance is out the window. I suggest bringing it back or dropping it completely, I mean sure a little bit of dialog can change like on New Romulus "We will call it Mol Rihan, or New Romulus our allies call it" to "We will call it Mol Rihan, or New Romulus in your language"
Speaking of the year too, their should be sections that tell the age, what events happen first or later. Was the Iconian stuff in 2409? 2410? 2411? or 2412! it gets confusing where Seven looks REALLY YOUNG in Delta Agent stuff, Kim looks well, awful, not aged just dyed his hair white and Tom Paris looks like his swimming partner was the Joker, then Seven shows up aging almost 30 years older in a few chapters later, did she hit a Time Warp? Other characters like Kyla VanZyl who was a lieutenant when first met she becomes posted as a senior bridge officer to Kagren, I am sorry but did she sleep her way to the higher position, was it Months or Years?, did they give Kirk a ship for cheating the Kobayashimaru? after proving he cheated did they say "Hey, anyone else would be court martialed out of the Federation but you got Moxy so we are giving you a free ship, Cadet.. um Admiral Kirk"
sorry if it has been a rant...
I always wanted to play as a Romulan in the KDF, and I'm not talking about Romulan allied to the Klingon Empire, but the ability to make an actual Romulan character in a KDF campaign.
The only way I was able to get away with my character as such is by choosing his race as "Alien," and just tailoring his appearance to make him look as Romulan as possible. I would love to completely bypass this with the ability to simply choose what race we want within the faction.
I don't know why they bothered in the first place, since the beginning of the game they obviously wanted nothing to do with the KDF, why did they even add it? They still don't now...
There was player demand for it, that's really the only reason they did it, but initially they set it up as essentially a PvP focused faction with limited PvE content (if I remember right they insisted it wasn't a "monster play" faction, but it was obvious that that wasn't actually true in the beginning). I don't think the KDF ever would have had as much player interest as the Federation, but the lack of content at launch likely suppressed it even more.
Also we have to consider just how long Cryptic had to make STO before release. They were under a time crunch after picking it up from Perpetual.
But its been obvious from the very start they wanted nothing to do with the KDF, they hated it. Why give into the players and do such a large undertaking when you decide you're just going to throw it all away and say TRIBBLE the fans who you made the faction for in the first place?
I don't think they hated the KDF as such, from the way the really old missions were written it looks more like they did not quite know what to do with them story wise but felt that they were necessary to fill the "dark side" role that almost all the other games had back then.
the opening text could read "Some species are called to the stars, not seeking glory, honor or scientific discovery. Their reasons are their own, running from a past they wish to forget or just looking for excitement and adventure in the vastness of space, setting their sights to the final frontier in hopes of finding true purpose in their life"
I hope someone agrees with me, cause I don't want someone saying that a game can not be changed, People said that too when they added Romulans, Jem'Hadar, TOS, Discovery and now the DSC Klingons!!