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Coming in Season 3

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited February 2011 in Klingon Discussion
Season 3 Klingon Update

Just wanted to take a min to give you an update on the Klingon stuff I’ve been doing for Season 3.

First up, when the update goes live KDF members will now have the ability to craft Items. All recipes available to Federation players will also be available to the KDF. This will work exactly like it does for federation players. Raw resources will be available to the KDF via the Star Cluster maps (exploration sectors) and all of the shared mission areas such as the STF’s, Borg Space, Breen, and Dividian maps used in the weekly series.

We won’t be making a separate crafting tutorial for the KDF, however the Memory Alpha tutorial is available to new Federation characters very early so if you need a crafting tutorial you’ll need to log onto your Federation Character (or create a new one).

In addition to this the KDF has a new alternate way to gain the raw resources needed for crafting. We wanted to give KDF Players the ability to “Take” what they needed for crafting as well as the normal “gather” method already in place for the Federation Players.

With the Season 3 update I have opened up the Federation Pi Canis Sector to KDF Forces. I’ve also converted 6 systems in the sector with new KDF repeatable missions. These missions will be grouped in wrapper missions (meta-missions) called “Sorties”. For example the 6 new missions created in Pi Canis are divided into two sorties Alpha and Bravo. The sorties can be repeated every thirty minutes.

All six missions also have an optional objective in each one. You do not have to complete the optional objectives in order to complete the missions, however there is a third wrapper mission you can take that monitors completion of the optional objectives on each map. This mission is called “Path of the Warrior” and can be repeated once a day.

The optional objectives will be “challenging”, however the more people you team up with the easier they will be. They range from a simple timer on a kill mission, to disabling and looting a number of Freighters before they can warp out to safety.

All of these missions have either loaded down Federation Freighters or special stockpiles of crafting resources that can be looted by KDF players while playing the missions. The Freighters will of course have to be hunted down, disabled, and pillaged to get the resources.

The sorties and path missions are available to KDF players of any level, with special versions available to LT. Gen and Brigadier Gen that reward Marks of Valor and Emblems as well as the regular skill point rewards.

So to quickly recap, when Season 3 goes live KDF Players will be able to craft, as well as enter the Pi Canis Sector. There will also be 3 new missions available for them to complete in the sector.

Pi Canis - Sortie Alpha
Pi Canis - Sortie Bravo
Pi Canis - Path of the Warrior

When we update Tribble with the Season 3 build, I’ll start a thread for feedback on the missions. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the new stuff :)

Goz
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    :eek: Wow! Awesomesauce to the epicosity degree!

    I have a Klingon character, but don't really use it, to be honest. I will most certainly play her more because of all this goodness. Thanks, Gozer (and everyone else who worked on it)!! :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cryptic_Gozer wrote:
    Season 3 Klingon Update

    Just wanted to take a min to give you an update on the Klingon stuff I’ve been doing for Season 3.

    First up, when the update goes live KDF members will now have the ability to craft Items. All recipes available to Federation players will also be available to the KDF. This will work exactly like it does for federation players. Raw resources will be available to the KDF via the Star Cluster maps (exploration sectors) and all of the shared mission areas such as the STF’s, Borg Space, Breen, and Dividian maps used in the weekly series.

    We won’t be making a separate crafting tutorial for the KDF, however the Memory Alpha tutorial is available to new Federation characters very early so if you need a crafting tutorial you’ll need to log onto your Federation Character (or create a new one).

    In addition to this the KDF has a new alternate way to gain the raw resources needed for crafting. We wanted to give KDF Players the ability to “Take” what they needed for crafting as well as the normal “gather” method already in place for the Federation Players.

    With the Season 3 update I have opened up the Federation Pi Canis Sector to KDF Forces. I’ve also converted 6 systems in the sector with new KDF repeatable missions. These missions will be grouped in wrapper missions (meta-missions) called “Sorties”. For example the 6 new missions created in Pi Canis are divided into two sorties Alpha and Bravo. The sorties can be repeated every thirty minutes.

    All six missions also have an optional objective in each one. You do not have to complete the optional objectives in order to complete the missions, however there is a third wrapper mission you can take that monitors completion of the optional objectives on each map. This mission is called “Path of the Warrior” and can be repeated once a day.

    The optional objectives will be “challenging”, however the more people you team up with the easier they will be. They range from a simple timer on a kill mission, to disabling and looting a number of Freighters before they can warp out to safety.

    All of these missions have either loaded down Federation Freighters or special stockpiles of crafting resources that can be looted by KDF players while playing the missions. The Freighters will of course have to be hunted down, disabled, and pillaged to get the resources.

    The sorties and path missions are available to KDF players of any level, with special versions available to LT. Gen and Brigadier Gen that reward Marks of Valor and Emblems as well as the regular skill point rewards.

    So to quickly recap, when Season 3 goes live KDF Players will be able to craft, as well as enter the Pi Canis Sector. There will also be 3 new missions available for them to complete in the sector.

    Pi Canis - Sortie Alpha
    Pi Canis - Sortie Bravo
    Pi Canis - Path of the Warrior

    When we update Tribble with the Season 3 build, I’ll start a thread for feedback on the missions. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the new stuff :)

    Goz

    /drool

    Really looking forward to some "conquest" type aspects for the KDF, and it seems Gozer has the heart of a warrior!

    Question though:

    Will the Pi Canis "sorties" be level locked or will they open to Klingons of any level?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Gozer today is a good day to... be a Klingon :D

    Thanks for the info I look forward to this when it hits.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    CaptMattSchwab wrote:
    /drool

    Really looking forward to some "conquest" type aspects for the KDF, and it seems Gozer has the heart of a warrior!

    Question though:

    Will the Pi Canis "sorties" be level locked or will they open to Klingons of any level?

    From his post.
    The sorties and path missions are available to KDF players of any level
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Varrangian wrote: »
    From his post.

    Good catch. I was reading too fast.

    Certainly gives the KDF a reason to play again. I've been leveling a Klingon, but you can only kill the Romulans in the Azure Nebula so many times before you are ready to go to Sto-vo-Kor yourself from the boredom.

    SOOOO looking forward to this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Wow, Goz! SUPER AWESOME!!!! Thank you sooo much
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Gozer this are a big news! Is another (and great) motive to jump to my kling character and make my way to the higher ranks!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Awesomeness!

    Time to start playing Klingon side again! Thanks Gozer! :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Very awesome! Now my Orion pirate can really pirate! YARRRR!

    I do have a question though. Are there any ground missions in these, or are they all space?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Great news, its good to see some development of the KDF faction, although crafting needs to be expanded to develop items that are equal and in some cases slightly better than those found in the emblem vendors.

    Still this is awesome news, props to Gozer and the rest of the team at cryptic.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Klingon Krafting.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I can see stay puft marshmellow man walking to pi cantis now. Who are the feds going to call the KDF and the ghostbusters. Awsome stuff Gozer. :D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Well, now we have crafting...at least they got it to us...My toons won't be able to get much use out of it seeing as how they are both LTG now.....
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Very interesting stuff, thank you Gozer
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Excellent! "Sorties" sound very interesting and I love side missions. Thx Gozer!

    Set course for Season 3, maqcha!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Its nice that the Klingons will be getting the same stuff in Memory Alpha. But hopefully both sides would have unique items added as well. Like Phasers for Federation and Klingons having Disruptors. After all, right now due to the Exchange working on both sides, you can buy the finished product by Federation players and save yourself some effort.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    the legend of gozer, the honorable klingon warrior, will be sung throughout the empire for generations to come.

    porghmey Daq Daj qamDu'...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Gozer is obsessed with Marks of Valor :p Will those only be available through the much more difficult side missions? Will there be a non-STF alternative for Fed players as well for Marks of Valor?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Qapla!

    /10char
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Q'APLA!!!!!

    \m/ >v< \m/

    Qoy qeylIs puqloD!
    Qoy puqbe'pu'!
    yoHbogh matlhbogh je SuvwI'
    Say'moHchu' may' 'Iw!
    maSuv manong 'ej maHoHchu'!
    nI'be' yInmaj 'ach wovqu'!
    batlh maHeghbej 'ej yo' qIjDaq vavpu'ma'
    DImuv. pa' reH maSuvtaHqu'!
    mamevQo'. maSuvtaH. ma'ov!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cryptic_Gozer wrote:
    The optional objectives will be “challenging”, however the more people you team up with the easier they will be. They range from a simple timer on a kill mission, to disabling and looting a number of Freighters before they can warp out to safety.

    will these missions be soloable though?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Excellent, Gozer. Barkeep, a bottle of 2309 for the dev!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cryptic_Gozer wrote:
    Season 3 Klingon Update

    So to quickly recap, when Season 3 goes live KDF Players will be able to craft, as well as enter the Pi Canis Sector. There will also be 3 new missions available for them to complete in the sector.

    When we update Tribble with the Season 3 build, I’ll start a thread for feedback on the missions. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the new stuff :)

    Goz

    Yay! \o/
    Looks like I'll have to spend more time on the klingon side of the Force. :p
    (Btw any new info on making (parts of) Pi Canis an open pvp area?)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Good news indeed, looking forward to this.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Excellent, Goz.

    The new missions alone are reason enough to say Qa'Pla and raise a tankard of bloodwine. When Dan's promised improvements come to memory alpha crafting items, this will totally rock.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    I'm impressed. Don't get me wrong, I love my Klingon character (I don't do chase Romulan this or nonsense that, I level only through PvPing, story missions and Kerrat :)) so I am never bored, but this stuff will add a lot of fun, and should make Klingons more accessible.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    Cryptic_Gozer wrote:
    We won’t be making a separate crafting tutorial for the KDF, however the Memory Alpha tutorial is available to new Federation characters very early so if you need a crafting tutorial you’ll need to log onto your Federation Character (or create a new one).

    You know, even though I primarily play a Fed character, I belive that this is a mistake in the long run; and I hope once you guys rework the 1 -20 content; you will add a crafting tutorial (hell, just ome dialog on an NPC) for the KDF, as I thought one of the goals of redoing the 1-20 content was to make it so that a player wouldn't have to start and play a Fed character to Level 5 to unlock the KDF (or Romulans, Cardassians and whatever other playble factions your guys add as the game progresses - given that players receive limmited character slots.

    Again, the thinking that "We don't need to do this as players can just log in their Fed and read it there..." is (imo) a bad way of thinking because a playable faction should be complete unto itself. I shouldn't have to log out to another character of a different faction to get info I may need to use a feature available to BOTH factions. That's just counter intuative to gameplay in general.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    nice! very nice!!

    i just hope that by 'challenging' you really MEAN challenging! (not the 'Ooops i got one-shotted' kind of challenging, but 'awsome Kithomer Accord kind of challenging'!


    I want something that makes me grind my teeth!
    I want something that makes me call in fleetmates to help!
    I want something that makes me go back to Qo'nos to retrain my boffs and respec!

    And I want a reward that reflects the difficulty of succeding!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    w00t! I mean... Qapla! Good news indeed.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited November 2010
    The thing that stuck out to me is that if there are six places for these missions, and each is on a 30 minute cooldown, by the time someone finishes #6, #1 should be up and ready to go again. Theoretically one could set up a rotation by which they could continuously hit each mission over and over with minimal downtime. It's still a grind, but at least there's some variety.

    I suppose there will be fleet made groups and ad hoc groups of Klingons orbiting the sector block now.....


    BG Tactical Raptor LFG:p
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