I saw that the majority of people did seem to favor more consistency among NPCs in my other thread, although there were differences as to which uniform they'd prefer.
So assuming all NPCs (again, not player characters, NPCs) had a single, defined uniform for Star Trek Online, what would you pick?
I started a survey to tabulate results at the link below for easy counting. Included are pictures of uniforms A01-05, B01-05, First Contact, Timeless, and All Good Things.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/G3K9VCW
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Got four responses already. I'll share the results in a couple of days. Is it handy to have visual references?
Agreed. It should be the Captain's choice.
When he talks about NPCs, he doesnt mean on your ship. He means NPCS on ESD and elsewhere.
Also, I voted B01 as its an obvious step forward from the previous uniforms seen in DS9/VOY and the Last few movies including the TNG cast.
If I could Id vote for A05 second, because I use that as an "Away Team" Uniform...with my own twist...Chest being Red, Shoulders Black, And the stripe under the shoulders is grey.
Just wander around Memory alpha and look at all the different uniforms. Some wearing kits. That Ferengi officer to the right of Romaine (up the ramp) is wearing a white uniform....why? And Romaine wears her kit in the middle of a planetside base deep in the heart of the federation.
I voted for B1, but I would be fine with officers wearing it in either configuration, either as seen in the survey, or like my main crew does:
http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/2306/tiberionuniform.jpg
Probably not with the AGT badge, though it does look fine. It goes good with a skirt, too.
Could do with an alternate to the leather texture, though.
The only "A" uniform I like is the one the default officers wear - it would be fine for an enlisted uniform maybe.
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q194/InsaneDwarf/screenshot_2010-12-10-21-51-51.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q194/InsaneDwarf/screenshot_2010-12-10-21-52-06.jpg
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q194/InsaneDwarf/screenshot_2010-12-10-21-52-23.jpg
Exactly as seen above, 6th from the left colours for the blue/yellow as well. The goal is to make a uniform look, while being modern and still being Trek-like
I vote skirts and go-go boots. Fits the Miranda all the way to T5 mentality.
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Let it be or attach it to the "Holy Grail Immersion Slider", that the "majority" wants.;)
I could stand to lighten the division color a block or two, I suppose, and my teammate missed a design opportunity in leaving his textured stripe black, but pretty much anything like those and I'd be golden.
The badge is purely a personal choice. I love the look but hate the silver chevron. Gold on brass looks so much better.
there we go
Seconded. The NPCs are background clutter, white noise on the radio. And they really don't need to be elevated any measure beyond that.
How much time do you all spend in space dock anyhow? Most of my game, i'm either in my ship on an away mission. Heck with our own officers controlling the sector blocks we see even less of the generic NPCs. This whole thing is really a non-deal and hardly worth all this hand wringing.
To begin with, I liked the idea of choice, but slowly as time has gone on I have slowly returned my crew to being Trek like, only using canon races, using B-01 uniforms. Where as I put a little more uniqueness in my own Character, to make him stand out.
B-01, it is certainly the closest to trek, and they could use multiple variations, like the department colour as the primary with the black on top for onboard ships (like TNG), while stations use the opposite way around with black as the main colour and the department colour along the top.
Very! Wish I could still look at them, but can't since I voted.
I definitely agree with this as well. Whether it is implemented with just a dropdown box or based on what my character is wearing. I'd like to see the uniforms I want the NPC's wearing, not the mess of inconsistancy that there is.
Here, here
http://img217.imageshack.us/g/a01to5.jpg/
There you go.
Though B-1 (the one closest to the "Countdown" uniform) would be cool too.
I voted for B-1, but I also would have voted for an "Anything but Star Trek: Old Folks Home uniforms" choice as well.
B01 is nice sometimes too.
The NPCs should wear whatever costume the Captain (PC) is wearing.
If I switch from my TOS uniform to my WOK threads, the NPCs should automatically switch as well.
Having the crew wander around wearing two different styles of uniform (NG and DS9) in "Star Trek: Generations" made my eyes hurt.