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Hello, I believe that a lot of us have noticed something, regardless of what faction we play for: That there are little to no players aligned with the Klingon Empire, compared to those aligned with the Galactic Federation. I believe the reason for this is thus: That instead of creating a fully functioning secondary faction, that cryptic has created a faction that is an accessory to the main game. I've also seen this result in sparse "Other" faction player presence in games like Lord of the Rings Online. Therefore, I request that the Klingon faction be fleshed out, starting with giving them no level advantages, and allowing them to be created as soon as you enter the game, perhaps with some information upon what makes them different.
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But, from the beginning Cryptic stated the Klingons were put in as a "compliment to the Federation".
Thus, Klingons have been regarded as less important and will probably always be that way, meaning to really enjoy the "World of Star Trek" as promised by Cryptic means you must play as a Fed.
I am reminded of the conversation over dinner in ST VI:Undiscovered Country.
Chekov: We believe all species have certain inalienable human rights...
Chancellor's daughter : Inalienable human rights...Even the very name is racist.
Chancellor: Well...I see we have a long way to go...
It'll been a long uphill battle for the Klingons for content to be equal to the Feds, we may never get it.
But, we will not stop fighting for it.
That's pretty much it.
Just to name a few of the latest, where are the Klingon -
- Mirrior Universe uniforms?
- off-duty clothes?
- C-store playable species?
- Galaxy X equivalent?
When Cryptic decides to create new things for the federation do they even consider giving the Klingons access? Is anyone at those meetings asking "But what about the Klingons?"
Since release the Federation faction has consistently receive 3 to 5 TIMES the additional content that Klingons received. This is dispite the fact that Klingons were released as a bare bones faction.
What is cryptic's "vision" for Klingons? The silence coming from Cryptic is very telling - they have none.
Cryptic originally said they'd make the Federation and Klingon Empire have full PvE and PvP. Jump to 1:50 for the question asking "What factions are in at launch?" and Emmert does his thing.
The video was uploaded Aug 2008. Somewhere between then and the game going live, Cryptic then came out and said, "F**k it" to the Klingons and gave up.
The Klingons will never, ever be of comparable level of content, customizations, or just plain things to do compared to the Feds. Because the devs gave up on it.
And they have the gall on looking into what faction the playerbase would like to see next.
Ha... as if they are really going to finish making the Klingons making a full experience, just like the Feds.
It will be funny to hear about how the later factions get implemented. How they'd be implemented in the same, half-a**ed, sorry state they did with the Klingons when the game went live.
It really is in Cryptic's best interest to get the Klingon's up and functioning (for faction PvP and subscription numbers if nothing else), and they may be starting to see that what with the Klingon love coming in Season 2. Let's just hope that is the foundation of a solid update schedule to bring Klingons up to date.
If I see Romulans actually enter the game scene before Klingons are at least fleshed out enough to PvE properly with I'll be one disappointed cookie.
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going by the title of your post (since for some reason you felt like copying the entire engineering report for may 7), I didn't say it was a fix, I said there was "some" klingon love. I also said I hoped that it was the foundation for an update schedule to start bringing Klingons up to date. kthanx.
because it in our face they are due to unlock thing the feds have had and cryptic is dropping what code they already have well i am not that easy to win back over sorry if hope is far from gone many other have been fight the KDF front for alot longer then me they have come and gone so i know what on the menu and not confronting it will only make it worse so if things get better for the monster faction then there needs to me a bigger drop the this.
You're more then welcome to confront it, I wasn't advocating otherwise.; only expressing my own hopes and views. I'm sorry you've lost hope for it, but I have not, and I will continue to wait for it while expressing my own desire for the faction to become more whole. I have a huge reservoir of patience in me. As long as I continue to see changes coming, then I will be content to hold on to my hat as it were.
COUNT the items that are Klingon only, then COUNT the items that are Fed only. Notice the Fed list is a good deal longer.
Klingons continue to LOSE ground, continue to fall further behind the Federation with every update. Sure the Klingons gain a little content, but you have to measure that against what the Federation is getting at the same time. Klingons get some clothing customization, Feds get more off-duty clothing customization.
Okay, so where's the Klingon off-duty clothing?
Feds get Galaxy X as a reward, what do the Klingons get at that level of reward?