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What story arc do you like the most from the current and/or previous stories?
For me it is the Iconian War Story, esp the final episode Midnight, it is so well written, acted and played out with some very moving scenes, even the lead up missions to the final one are great. Though each mission is long they are enjoyable to play. Nimbus III would be my next favorite story line to play. The Breen mission arc is also worthy of mention, though I generally only play that specifically to get the full Breen set for certain characters.
For me it is the Iconian War Story, esp the final episode Midnight, it is so well written, acted and played out with some very moving scenes, even the lead up missions to the final one are great. Though each mission is long they are enjoyable to play. Nimbus III would be my next favorite story line to play. The Breen mission arc is also worthy of mention, though I generally only play that specifically to get the full Breen set for certain characters.
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Plus the bar fight, pirate rescue, and exploring Nimbus III all have some unique gameplay moments that let you play with personal headcanon and RP for reactions (and feel like your boffs are involved, unlike modern STO episodes where their role has been entirely subsumed by cameos) more than a desperate and heroic stance being the assumed default.
The Foundry was great at delivering like content (as the STO team focused on captivating, cinematic, bombast we could delve into other niches) but with that gone it's content like Wasteland that largely keep the niche alive. If I came to power, I'd absolutely make some interstitial, one off or weakly connecting episodes that really hammer the world building and character tempo of Nimbus (but more so) to provide the game more precious texture. Ninth Rule I'll also give a shout-out too for hitting a few of the same mood/tempo/context beats in a bite-sized format. If some day Cryptic can deliver another arc whose principle antagonist isn't likely to obliterate a home world per "violence is the last refuge of the incompetent" writ large in their galactic ambition, I'll be a very happy Tardigrade.
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They did try in later arcs of course, but that only made it tiresome. The Iconian War was unique in that respect at the time, and the build-up to those moments of pure desperation was well done.
I also like the arc with the Dyson spheres a lot. There was some interesting exploration there.
On the other hand, I didn't care for J'ula and the Klingon civil war arcs at all. Klingons smashing each other's heads in, what's new?
We've also seen it's greatest possible height with Measure of Morality, with layers of genocidal villains scheming together in an artificial scenario gone wrong with the near-shark jumping but glorious moment of thwarting that with all of Trek's to date heroic figures (Lincoln included). And this all to give an explicit, in-plot subversion of dealing with those themes, questions, and headspace (relating it back to the hubris of the one asking the question. Ie. relatable foibles, grounding the episode despite how insane it is stepping back).
No constructed, in universe DOOOOM scenario can match that extreme peak in the literal confrontation, with the subtext of the episode highlighting how contrive it can be (no matter what choice you make, the in-game author stamped down on grim-dark doom which made the expression of your morality far less of a grand galactic thing but a smaller, human choice about right/wrong in the moment. You can't account for the Exaliban's extrapolations, thus it's pointless to frame your answer against them. The grand galactic theater is a bit hollow and unapproachable, what's left is you). While Wasteland is my favorite arc, Measure of Morality is probably my favorite episode for how much is there to counterpoint and reflect with (in spectacular fashion). Though once done you can't do another episode like it. It's a capstone episode on everything that came before (asking for something different to follow after, learning the lessons...rather than going back to megavillains sieging Earth).
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For a Klingon, the first trip to gre'thor was well done, as well as some others like searching for survivors from a crashed ship.
For a Fed, the Doomsday Machine story was a memorable early one
For arcs deleted from the timeline by the Annorax * , the Miral Paris story.
( * or Cryptic, one of those two. )
They did a nice job giving the Romulan player different/unique interactions with Hakeev at several points. For example, you're why he has the artificial eye.
I think that storyline is even stronger if instead of a Romulan you're a Reman as Hakeev constantly considers you a "lesser being" it's so satisfying to have him at your mercy in the end, after dismantling his operation and making him look like the ranting idiot who got lucky he is.
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It wouldn't matter for me since most of my Romulan original crew were replaced by hot women, Tovan, Satra and Veril are the only ones that remains of them.
As for which arc is my favorite, I agree that the early Romulan stuff is best, closely followed by the Spectres arc and the AoY arc.
Hopefully, one day The Guardian of Forever will return, they keep saying it will, I just wish it was sooner rather than later.
Suspect they wanted to test the waters with Tovan first before committing fully as Veril's story seems kind of incomplete so I assume the original plan was that she would have been updated to same status as Tovan had that been popular and not one of the most hated things in STO.