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Welcome to the 21st installment of Ask Cryptic, where we put the questions you ask to our development team. In this issue we are focusing our discussion on Klingons. Read more to learn about Star Trek Online!
Ripcurl: Cryptic used to be known widely for offering deep customization in their games yet the Klingon side (especially the females) has barely any customization besides the alien species options we borrowed from the Feds creator. So I would like to know if/when we will finally get more customization option love on our side?
You can expect to see more customization to all species in the Klingon Alliance, both male and female, as well as Klingon ships. This will occur with most of the major updates.
This is a question about fluff rather than content. Fine. Let's get that out of the way and get to the good stuff....
Ripcurl: Mek'leth's, when/will/can we have them? Please? The art is already in the game and the NPC's already have animations using them against us, so it doesn't seem like something that would be super hard to give us for some alternatives from each other. Any chances of getting other melee weapon types other species might have used (Nausicaan Energy Lance that's in the art book maybe)?
The short answer is yes. In an upcoming update, we have plans for more m
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I'm just afraid that since they require a whole other faction, we are looking towards a period of time which is almost certainly well beyond my ability to keep repeating the current deathmatch PvP maps.
mmmm I like the sound of that, mix that with 3 factions and this could be a winner, worked for Planetside.
agreed, nothing new here that can't be garnered from looking at the release notes, state of the game, and that new 'tentative calendar' they have up.
granted, they're working on a lot of stuff right now, but.....
we're tired of hearing, 'it's in the works!'
disapointment.
hope the guys at CS are enjoying those Atari bonuses from getting the game out in time.
hope they remember who's paying for them....
and i dont mean Fed subscribers.
Thats not Fluff to me , thats ceereeiclae business Dont want no starfleet lady talking in my Klingon ship:mad:
Like Slamz said, all we now know is that we won't be invading Sol and, according to this, "PvP in STO will always be consensual."
This question and answer reminds me of this.
I had the same with the Ask Cryptic skills.
They answered a different question to what was asked.
I think it maybe a suggestion that they work with some community representatives or something before just posting these or at least pass them round for some proof reading.
Its a situation which they should not be in. After all they get to pick the questions they want answering so why pick questions you cant / dont answer?
/facepalm
agreed fighting for the space we play in would be so cool
Rienen: Many Klingon players are concerned about the lack of purpose in the current PVP system and what it means to the future of the Empire. Are there any plans to provide a more meaningful PVP system, such as "Open PvP" zones or capturable systems/planets/starbases that would then provide faction bonuses and rewards for holding?
I don't think it would be likely that we will ever allow the Klingons to invade Earth Space Doc as a random open world event. PvP in STO will always be consensual.
The person asking the question did not ask if Klingons could attack Earth. They asked for an open Pvp zone. My understanding is that a sector could be created with planets that Fed and Klingons could fight for control over. It would be "consensual" because players would not have to go there if they did not want to. The captured system could give bonuses (at least in that one sector) to the controlling faction. This would not involve Earth or Qos'nos.
-Keppoch
Yeah we get that sparkles will get in game for us. Most of us don't care that much about the sparkles but the real content and pvp.
Why not? So we've never seen a female Gorn, Lethean or Nausicaan before but I'm sure there are females that want to play the female version of those races. Every race should have male and female counterparts. No it doesn't have to be a dinosaur with TRIBBLE.. there are ways to differentiate gender that go beyond the generic features on the body.
Wait... so if the Orions, Nausicaans, and Gorn aren't stepchildren to the Klingons anymore... why do we fight their ships for entire 'first season' of the game? There's no way the Klingons would have as much resources as the Federation and I think they would probably turn to those other species to help bolster their ship armada.. to be honest I don't think the Klingons would really care what ship you're in whether it be Gorn, Nausicaan, Orion or Klingon... as long as you kick some Federation TRIBBLE..
The excuse to not include these ships is very lame and should be rethought. MANY people want those ships as part of the Klingon Faction. Please for the love of all that is good or Klingon... I don't even play the Klingons most of the time.. but please look into other games that are successful to see how a two faction system works.
/end rant and Tellarite nerd rage.
They actually don't answer the question. I figured that they were side-stepping something they just wanted to avoid talking about. However, later on in the segment:
That question is answered partly with the answer to the previous question I quoted. Now I think that whoever was answering these is quite confused, possibly about PvP in general, an defiantly about the specific question.
It's like they mixed up the answers for my and GreatMaker's questions. I talked pvp zones and get told about earth space dock. He mentions The End of Beta event and gets told about persistant pvp.
I know the Klingons don't have the majority of their in-game content QA'd, but could we at least have gotten our Klingon specific "Ask Cryptic" QA'd?
I agree with everyone who mentioned it, but the lack of follow-ups really kills this community "feature". They get to pick only the questions they want to answer, knowing that even if they "talk around" the question, they (and the apologists) can say "We've already answered that".
I'm certainly glad they took the time to answer our questions, but it would've been nice if less fluff was picked (and answers put with their proper questions
Good question! We actually had a hair stylist on the premises. His name was Paco, and he worked laboriously over our customization developer's backs day in and day out. Our lead customization personnel have grown quite attached to Paco's euphemisms, and we hope to have him come again this month so he can "do Klingons over"!
Count me in. I'm one of those people that want ship variety. Its just not conceivable to me that the Klingon Empire would let all these aliens and Orion Slave girls pilot Klingon vessels. I'm hoping the folks at Cryptic will change their minds and ad at least a few Orion and Nausican ships as choices for the KDF pilots.
Oh and the o the OP..PVE for Klingons is a very, very important issue. I see questions about it regularly when playing Klingon Side. Especially to new players entering Q'onos or the first time. More options to get gear and level up other than waiting forever in PvP queues..is good.
And I so hope this ends up being a 4 faction game. 4-sided PvP sounds like fun....
It has been considered, but right now it is more important to offer more customization to the existing Klingon ships. I dont think Orions, Nausicaans and Gorn are anymore stepchildren to the Klingons then Vulcans, Andorians or Bajorans are to the Federation. That being said, one of the things we want to do is add more ship types at the end game. There is no reason some of those ships can't be Orion, Nausicaan and Gorn ships for the Klingon side.
Ok lets see the Vulcans help earth design ships. the Bajorans really have no ship and the Andorians are the only race that a shown in their own ships and that was Enterprise. where as all the Klink races have been seen flying their own ships so its not even a good argumenton that one.
Rienen: Many Klingon players are concerned about the lack of purpose in the current PVP system and what it means to the future of the Empire. Are there any plans to provide a more meaningful PVP system, such as "Open PvP" zones or capturable systems/planets/starbases that would then provide faction bonuses and rewards for holding?
I don't think it would be likely that we will ever allow the Klingons to invade Earth Space Doc as a random open world event. PvP in STO will always be consensual.
What the hell am i PVPing for? The Factions are supposed to be at war why would you not gain and lose ground on a galatic scale? Here's how ya do it. make it so that the Omega Leonis Sector (Klink) and the Sirius Sector (fed) can't change hands and that's it till other factions are playable then make those factions home sector non changeable and boom ya got a real reason to play pvp. You make it so the space sector has to be taken before the planets and bases Just like what would have to happen once that is done ya take that sector not that difficult. But ya wanna know how i know it'll NEVER happen.... the galaxy map isn't even right. how the hell did the klingons and romulans war for so may years being separated by the federation for pete's sake.
Lack of good PVP is my problem i could honestly careless about PVE. but if i'm gonna pay the same amount as fed players are i want the same options as feds and that shoulda been there from the get go. dont plan on quitting or anything like that aint ****ed off by anymeans cause your not gonna find a complete game anymore for computers its gonna get patch after patch no matter the game. and i'm sure they are busy with bugs and such BUT it'd be nice to get what the feds had at launch instead of kilnks waiting for our content/fixes/updates while feds get all of it including new ships.
Sub Zero
Wouldn't a flaggd for PvP system be consensual PvP?
They screwed up and didnt use their canned reponses with the correct questions. My question was answered later in the feature. I believe this was the answer they meant for my question.
After all the denial from Zinc that Klingons weren't monster play for people wanting a diversion from their Fed characters, that is EXACTLY all they are now, and all they'll ever be.
Zinc, and the other Cryptic producers involved with decisions regarding the Klingon faction, should be ashamed of themselves for how they've bungled things. They don't deserve to call themselves game developers. They're amateurs without a clue. Completely without a clue. I'd say they were as dumb as a sack of hammers, except they were smart enough, and dishonest enough, to bilk a bunch of us out of our hard earned money in the end. I imagine that's one of the things they pat themselves on the back about. It must be, because there's not much else they could possibly be proud of.
I don't understand why they don't talk about it in high-visibility stuff like "Ask Cryptic". The only people who care about new melee weapons or ship customization are the people who are so hooked, they'd keep playing anyway, but the people who are quitting or on the edge of doing so are not going to be swayed by fluff. They may be swayed by talking in depth about upcoming PvP content, though.
That would mean they actually had a plan and it's not looking like they do. As you've rightfully pointed out most of this is fluff. They are more concerned about keeping Fed players happy then actually forming a true Klingon faction . It still amazes me that they have the gall to discuss other factions when they can't even do the Klingon faction correctly. It's becoming painfully obvious that they either don't have the ability or the engine is incapable of doing the things they thought.
They are nerfing cannons , at least the reason given , because the Feds are burning through missions too quickly. What they should do is be honest , but I'm not sure they can be this far in, and say there are builds out there that are not functioning as intended.
The next step for them should be to show us these improvements. They should do a feature on how they are planning to improve PvP.
I know that sounds simple enough, but those kind of things would do volumes to ease people's minds and show that Cryptic has a direction for where they are wanting PVP (and in turn Klingons) to go.