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Create your own Antagonist Alien Race - a C Store idea

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every once in a while in explore missions you encounter randomly generated alien races that are usually hostile, adding a level of challenge to a run and scan things mission.

a few of thed races include the Crimto, the Veto'd, and chances are you all know what and who i'm talking about.

I propose the option to buy from the C store, the ability to create your own hostile race to be randomly added into the mix of these existing alien species. or maybe add a box to check mark to have them be constantly the alien antagonist race. unbridled access to cryptic's alien creator for this purpose.

i don't know how easy of feasible it would be to assign different ships or color change the ships for this new antagonist race, nor do i know how easy it would be to assign weapon "types" or Bridge officer powers to them.
at the moment i'm just suggesting a name and graphics change, however if i could have them attacking in pale Ice Blue mogai class warbirds that would be cool too LOL
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Fan generated content + Automated Exploration Content = Very bad things...


    Purple-Pink warriors running around with mini-skirts....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Popkornn wrote:
    Fan generated content + Automated Exploration Content = Very bad things...


    Purple-Pink warriors running around with mini-skirts....

    This. Ever played Spore?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    ArievDhien wrote:
    This. Ever played Spore?

    Oh I have and my characters in spore were NSFW...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I'd have to agree with the sentiment, having experienced some of the more "colorful" NPC factions created in the Mission Architect over on CoH.

    It kind of ruins the superhero immersion factor to be running around beating the tar out of Ronald MacDonald clones...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    AndyX wrote: »
    every once in a while in explore missions you encounter randomly generated alien races that are usually hostile, adding a level of challenge to a run and scan things mission.

    a few of thed races include the Crimto, the Veto'd, and chances are you all know what and who i'm talking about.

    I propose the option to buy from the C store, the ability to create your own hostile race to be randomly added into the mix of these existing alien species. or maybe add a box to check mark to have them be constantly the alien antagonist race. unbridled access to cryptic's alien creator for this purpose.

    i don't know how easy of feasible it would be to assign different ships or color change the ships for this new antagonist race, nor do i know how easy it would be to assign weapon "types" or Bridge officer powers to them.
    at the moment i'm just suggesting a name and graphics change, however if i could have them attacking in pale Ice Blue mogai class warbirds that would be cool too LOL

    Forget the C-Store.

    They should add a nemesis system (free) like CO had. You should be able to select a current NPC race (Cardy, Romulan etc) and create a personalised nemesis to run a series of mission/story lines against. Whilst there may be limitations to customisation within the general appearance of the faction there would still be enough options to customise them significantly.

    It may have to be an existing cannon faction because we cannot design custom ships for Star Trek Online but creating your own arch enemy - with a user created back story and bio, shouldn't be that hard to do. The mechanic exists on this engine already.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Popkornn wrote:
    Oh I have and my characters in spore were NSFW...

    I seriously doubt there is anyone who has created anything that is. Except that awesome species that looked like Inca suns. I loved them, I tried to make something like them, then realized I won't survive without legs and a mouth... and made something else. I think it was called Cactus of Doom and though it had legs and a mouth... I doubt it was very good at reproducing. :o
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Create your very own Gul Dukat or Sela
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Forget the C-Store.

    They should add a nemesis system (free) like CO had. You should be able to select a current NPC race (Cardy, Romulan etc) and create a personalised nemesis to run a series of mission/story lines against. Whilst there may be limitations to customisation within the general appearance of the faction there would still be enough options to customise them significantly.

    It may have to be an existing cannon faction because we cannot design custom ships for Star Trek Online but creating your own arch enemy - with a user created back story and bio, shouldn't be that hard to do. The mechanic exists on this engine already.

    That would be 100% pure awesome if they could add it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Popkornn wrote:
    Oh I have and my characters in spore were NSFW...
    good point i would like to reinforce as a C-Store buy this would only affect your account and not be viewable by anyone else unless maybe they were teamed up with you as the leader.
    if later on you start wondering what kind of drugs you were on when you designed your antagonist race, you will have the option to deselect a box in the options or just repurchase it again from the C store to overwrite what you had previously
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Na. If I want a random alien, I drag a BO to the tailor. You should see my Yridian wearing a wig and fake beard.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    If such a system were added, it's the sort of thing that shouldn't be anywhere near the C-Store. It's not entirely unlike CO's Nemesis system from what I understand of the proposal, just much less monomaniacally focused.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I've actually wanted a "Nemesis" style quest line with a rival enemy captain for a while. Always thought that would be fun and interesting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Pliskin wrote: »
    I've actually wanted a "Nemesis" style quest line with a rival enemy captain for a while. Always thought that would be fun and interesting.

    Yes, I think that would be cool too.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    and having as i stated previously "unbridled" access to the alien creator program you could make this antagonist race as familiar or alien as you want. in theory you'd be able to make romulans walking around in hirogen armor, with a borg implant or 2. or some mirror starfleet officers wearing nausicaan blades, and gorn shoulder pads. anything you would be interested in.

    you'd get the ability to make 3 base characters, a Commander, a Lt, and an Ensign.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    I'd much prefer a nemesis system that lets me pick my arch enemy from species I already encountered. It could be changed when I get to a new rank - as a Commander, my nemesis may be a Reman, once I dealt with him and make Captain, I have a Cardassian nemesis.
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