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Since is Romulan up next I hope Cryptic will come up with a variety of different uniform for Romulan than that single one style they have.

Since Romulan are based on Roman empire I hope Cryptic designer can be inspirer by that.

or also add in the Romulan costume style from JJ Abrams film.


anyway the other question is what other species there will be there? Romulan and reman only? Also will Reman have variety of you uniform
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Airwane wrote: »
    Since is Romulan up next I hope Cryptic will come up with a variety of different uniform for Romulan than that single one style they have.

    They already have 3 styles as far as I remember.
    Airwane wrote: »
    or also add in the Romulan style from JJ Abrams film.

    You think we will fight a bunch of civilian miners?:D
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    K-Tar wrote:

    You think we will fight a bunch of civilian miners?:D

    nope but costume is much better looking
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Airwane wrote: »
    nope but costume is much better looking

    But it doesn't fit unless we are fighting a bunch of miners turned pirates who just spent 20 years on Rura Penthe. We will probably again fight the Romulan military, and they should wear uniforms.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Airwane wrote: »
    nope but costume is much better looking
    Those aren't costumes or uniforms. They're street clothes. The Roms on the Narada were miners not part of the military. Plus you're not going to see any Abrams' stuff in the game. Cryptic doesn't have the license for it.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Cosmic_One wrote: »
    Those aren't costumes or uniforms. They're street clothes. The Roms on the Narada were miners not part of the military. Plus you're not going to see any Abrams' stuff in the game. Cryptic doesn't have the license for it.

    well Criptic should be inspire they look much better than military uniform


    but anyway we need more different one even kling got a lot of choice and they lool good
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Airwane wrote: »
    well Criptic should be inspire they look much better than military uniform


    but anyway we need more different one even kling got a lot of choice and they lool good
    "Look much better" is an entirely subjective thing. :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    They are not even average street cloths. Civilian clothing when showing Romulan's tends to be pretty 'nice.' With the Narada crew, you are looking at the minority of Romulans... and quite frankly probably the lowest scum of society, since until the rebellion, the Remans did all the dirty work.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Actually, I've grown to like the Romulan uniforms that are in the game right now. Especially the one from Commander Taelus (if we ever get Champion's Nemesis feature, that'll be my Klingon's arch-enemy :D).
    Cosmic_One wrote: »
    "Look much better" is an entirely subjective thing. :)
    Indeed. *shivers*
    "Generic supervillain uniform #B-01"
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I've always hated the Romulan TNG uniforms!

    If we have the option of either Reman armor or TOS Romulan look then i'll be a very happy camper. All the Nemesis uniforms were great but I think we need to move the Romulans up away from the spotted square look.

    The ones from the new movie and nemesis are pretty awesome, and much more intimidating then the ones with bad wigs, and unmoving boxy uniforms.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Romulan uniforms always looked so stiff. I never really liked any of them ever as a whole...

    ...though certain aspects I was rather fond of. The spiky suspender harness, for example, I thought was actually a really cool piece, despite the rest looking like a tinfoil quilt.

    There really doesn't exist much in the way of canon examples of Romulan attire, now that I google it. A little TOS, a little TNG, and a smattering of Nemesis. Romulan Faction will probably be Cryptic's last glimmer of hope to prove to the fanbase that they can produce original works for the Trek universe that aren't 75% ugly and 20% passable (and 5% "what were they thinking" *points at Star Cruiser*).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    well all uniform below should feature in but I think Cryptic should come up with something new those in the game are good al ready but the more variaty we get the better I also hope will get more species than just reman and Rom.

    actually is it true Hirogen will be par of the Romulan faction?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Airwane wrote: »
    actually is it true Hirogen will be par of the Romulan faction?

    There is no solid information out yet about the Romulan faction except a vague and wholly unofficial "end of 2011" statement floating around. We have no idea what races will be included with the Romulan release.

    Romulan and "Alien" are the gimmies. Cryptic would be remiss to not include an Alien option for this faction if the others have them (though working it in story-wise is guaranteed to be questionable at best). Since the Hirogen are allied with the Romulans, it's logical to assume they will be included. However, it's far too early to arrive at any real conclusions, so don't get your hopes up.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Personally I would much rather see the return of the awesome big shoulders super villain uniforms from TNG, I loved those.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    The TNG/DS9 unis are what i'm hoping for, but in all honesty i always assumed they'd be an option anyway, given how theyre the most common example of Romulan military clothing in the shows. i really hope i'm not wrong...
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Erm.. where has it been said by any dev that they are working on a Romulan faction? Please do point me in that direction as THAT just might make me decide to renew my sub if it is factual instead of fantastical.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Erm.. where has it been said by any dev that they are working on a Romulan faction? Please do point me in that direction as THAT just might make me decide to renew my sub if it is factual instead of fantastical.

    Well there's the poll for starters. They'd be fools to ignore the huge majority asking for Romulans.


    Still trying to track down the exact post, but the current status of the Romulans is that they'll start working on them when they feel the Klingons are "finished". Basically, they don't want to start focusing on a new faction while an existing one is still short changed.


    edit;
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=3177958&highlight=romulan#post3177958
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2978590&highlight=romulan#post2978590
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Well there's the poll for starters. They'd be fools to ignore the huge majority asking for Romulans.


    Still trying to track down the exact post, but the current status of the Romulans is that they'll start working on them when they feel the Klingons are "finished". Basically, they don't want to start focusing on a new faction while an existing one is still short changed.


    edit;
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=3177958&highlight=romulan#post3177958
    http://forums.startrekonline.com/showthread.php?p=2978590&highlight=romulan#post2978590

    Ahh so distant future. Meh. not gonna wait, I will let my account lapse anyway and come back later to check stuff out and see if it has improved. Still got hopes for the game. What can I say.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Ahh so distant future. Meh. not gonna wait, I will let my account lapse anyway and come back later to check stuff out and see if it has improved. Still got hopes for the game. What can I say.

    It's a ways off yea, but the KDF has come a long way, they should be able to start working on it this year. At the very least I figure they could open a forum section for the Romulans so folks can start consolidating ideas. There are already several around now, so a lot of the initial planning of the faction has already been done by forum posters, I just hope that someone at cryptic had the wherewithal to keep a list of links somewhere on their share drive.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Honestly, I don't think Cryptic has done a single thing wrong with the current design of the Romulans in STO. I love the new uniforms, and I love the hairstyle with the little wasp-nest looking things on the sideburns even. My only big complaint is that there is no dedicated "Romulan ridges", and for the life of me I haven't been able to figure out why -- I've seen the Romulans use everything from no ridges, to the "hardened brow", to the "forhead ridges 5" piece, to the Romulan bosses in the Foundry using the "Arctus Baran" forhead detail. Why so many different types? Wouldn't it just be easier to make one and have it be done?

    If Cryptic gave me that rommie hairstyle for my Fed character I'd totally dig it though. Just sayin.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I personally cant wait to see some cutthroat Romulan politics missions. There are so many awesome angles they could exploit to give 'em unique and interesting story lines. Oh, and since people were discussing uniforms, I'll throw in my two-cents: Cryptic should go with more uniforms like the awesome ones the NPC Rommies get. They're very militaristic looking and cool.

    Havraha wrote: »
    If Cryptic gave me that rommie hairstyle for my Fed character I'd totally dig it though. Just sayin.

    Lol.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    It's a ways off yea, but the KDF has come a long way, they should be able to start working on it this year.
    Surely you jest? KDF has come a long way, yet it also still has a long way to go. Luckily, many miles on that path will be taken by the deployment of neutral content, but a few more "dedicated" missions and a bit of love for uniform customization would be greatly appreciated.

    Anyways, from what I gathered by dstahl's comments, the earliest projected release of the faction might occur towards the end of next year. Likely depending on the state they want to release the RSE in (i.e. "KDF launch" or "KDF now").

    Granted, I'd rather have it at the earliest possible date myself - being a roleplayer I'm perfectly able to create my own content if I'm just given the tools. It got me through the "old" KDF as well, after all. :p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    K-Tar wrote:
    But it doesn't fit unless we are fighting a bunch of miners turned pirates who just spent 20 years on Rura Penthe. We will probably again fight the Romulan military, and they should wear uniforms.
    Airwane wrote: »
    nope but costume is much better looking
    Cosmic_One wrote: »
    Those aren't costumes or uniforms. They're street clothes. The Roms on the Narada were miners not part of the military. Plus you're not going to see any Abrams' stuff in the game. Cryptic doesn't have the license for it.
    Remember the Romulan Empire is in a large state of flux following the destruction of Romulus: allow it as an off-duty costume and let by-gones be by-gones.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Dear great bird of the galaxy! Not the horrible TNG/DS9 Rommie uniforms!

    Please let the TOS/Nemesis/Star Tek XI ones have a baby of uniforms!:D

    On that note, the Reman armor better be available to all members of the Empire!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Valias wrote:
    Surely you jest? KDF has come a long way, yet it also still has a long way to go. Luckily, many miles on that path will be taken by the deployment of neutral content, but a few more "dedicated" missions and a bit of love for uniform customization would be greatly appreciated.

    Anyways, from what I gathered by dstahl's comments, the earliest projected release of the faction might occur towards the end of next year. Likely depending on the state they want to release the RSE in (i.e. "KDF launch" or "KDF now").

    Granted, I'd rather have it at the earliest possible date myself - being a roleplayer I'm perfectly able to create my own content if I'm just given the tools. It got me through the "old" KDF as well, after all. :p

    Everything I've seen suggests that the goal is end of 2011 or so for Romulans. They're trying to make KDF less painful, not necessarily equal...

    And Romulans will start with the Deferi series, the Devidian series, etc., probably launching with very few unique missions but with a lot of work put into reusing existing missions from the Rommie perspective. A lot of the necessary work is text and there are a lot of existing missions that will probably be given text overhauls for future factions (and to work in Klingons).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    forresto wrote: »
    Dear great bird of the galaxy! Not the horrible TNG/DS9 Rommie uniforms!

    Please let the TOS/Nemesis/Star Tek XI ones have a baby of uniforms!:D

    On that note, the Reman armor better be available to all members of the Empire!

    I never had a problem with the Romulans looking like David Byrne. If they do use those uniforms (and they will) I hope we get his dances too :cool:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    ok this thread is just for uniform as for when or if the romulan faction will be out there is other thread about it.

    anyway the other question is what other species there will be there? Romulan and reman only? Also will Reman have variety of you uniform

    forresto wrote: »
    On that note, the Reman armor better be available to all members of the Empire!
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    Valias wrote:
    Surely you jest? KDF has come a long way, yet it also still has a long way to go. Luckily, many miles on that path will be taken by the deployment of neutral content, but a few more "dedicated" missions and a bit of love for uniform customization would be greatly appreciated.

    Anyways, from what I gathered by dstahl's comments, the earliest projected release of the faction might occur towards the end of next year. Likely depending on the state they want to release the RSE in (i.e. "KDF launch" or "KDF now").

    Granted, I'd rather have it at the earliest possible date myself - being a roleplayer I'm perfectly able to create my own content if I'm just given the tools. It got me through the "old" KDF as well, after all. :p

    So you don't think they'd be able to start by December 2011? Heck, they spent about a year framing what would be in the game, another year coding it, it's been out for a year, so surely in another year they can start setting the Rommies down on paper. A lot of folks (myself included) have already given them tons of ideas on how to make them, and what to do with them.

    They should be able to start penciling things in by June, writing code by December, and release maybe June 2012. These numbers are of course pulled out of my TRIBBLE, your TRIBBLE might come up with different numbers. Ultimately it's the numbers Stahl craps out that matter....or sneezes out as the case may be. (he has been sick lately lol)

    I suppose they could start penciling things in now...the forum has presented them with a lot of ideas, it's just a matter of finding time in between coding content already on the to-do list, and planning seasons 4 and 5....well now hang on a tick....the game was released February, season 3 was released December. That's 3 seasons in 10 months. 3 1/3 months per season. So they should be able to get started on the Romulans in 6 2/3 months....JUNE! HA!! I might have been right!!:p


    Of course it would also be prudent to put them up on Tribble first and let the community crank out a few foundry missions to help get them started. That is the purpose of Tribble, put new content there so we can beat the hell out of it and tell cryptic where it broke. So if they start with the story boards in June, we might see the Romulans on Tribble this time next year.


    edit;
    Airwane wrote: »
    ok this thread is just for uniform as for when or if the romulan faction will be out there is other thread about it.

    oops....guess I'll be on my way:p
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    So you don't think they'd be able to start by December 2011?
    Last I checked my calender we still have 2010 right now - but I guess you meant next year then. Okay. :p

    As I already stated in my post, I think it is actually possible that the faction might get to be released by Dec 2011 (at the earliest). The hardest thing will be the content that would have to be developed simultaneously to updates for the existing factions - ships and clothes are fairly easy to do, judging from dev comments (a week for a player ship, iirc?).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    At least they can add the romulan miner clothe to off duty By the way we need more slot for off duty clothe. I means I want my mercenary be on a different slot then my formal wear and another one for my "hopefully" romulan miner clothe.

    by the way any one know if there is a thread about more slot for off duty?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited December 2010
    I think the Romulans will be a bit difficult to come up with content for. The devs are going to have to open up new sectors on the galaxy map that are only accessible by the Romulans, or else close one or two sectors of Romulan space, but that would create problems with missions that are already established in those sectors. I would imagine that the Romulans would have a lot of missions trying to fight off the KDF, there should also be missions dealing with the Undine, taking shots at the Federation, and dealing with internal strife. The Tholians are supposed to be located between Romulan and Klingon space, so I can see some missions dealing with them as well. Missions dealing with the Borg are a no brainer, and personally, I would like to see more missions featuring Donatra, maybe a weekly series for the Romulans where they have their own Locutus type situation at the end of which you are tasked with defending the new Romulan seat of government and possibly freeing Donatra from the collective. I am probably the only one who feels this way, but maybe there could be a mission series dealing with time travel where the Romulans attempt to save Romulus from destruction, or perhaps they build their own version of the genesis device to recreate their homeworld and you have a weekly series where each week you have to defend the efforts against one of the other factions trying to stop you. Of course, there is also the possibility of a three way war between the Federation, Klingons, and Romulans. As far as I know, the Romulans have not officially declared war with the Federation. Romulan gameplay could be a bit tricky though. It needs to have some kind of element there to set it apart from the other factions. I don't want their gameplay to end up being like submarine warfare, but their tactics need to mirror with their culture. If I am playing a Romulan, I want to be able to use Romulan style tactics when I am taking the fight to the enemy. As far as playable species, Romulans, Remans, Hirogen, and Alien are all I can think of. Unless there are other species in the Romulan Empire that we aren't aware of, or Sela is trying to forge alliances with other Delta Quadrant races (i.e. Kazon, Krenim, Vidian, Malon). You could perform missions as a representative of the Romulan Empire where you are tasked with making contact with these races, kind of like the Federation Diplomatic Corps. The only difference is, you would be tasked with convincing these factions to throw their support behind the Romulan Empire, and upon completion of the mission, the race in question is opened up in the character creation screen for the Romulans, kind of like how you have to play for a time as a Federation character before you can create a Klingon character when you first start the game. I don't know, but I'm sure that whatever they come up with, it will be good. Stahl has done a great job with turning STO around, his predecessor just sucked.
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