Many people hope it's the Romulan faction but it's highly unlikely, the devs stated no 3rd faction before the KDF one is done, which is good. It's probably a featured episode involving Romulans. Like the 2800.
I strongly suspect you're right. They said they'll decide on the future of factions in 2013 and Season 8 would have a number of feature episodes. If they already had one *done* for Season 8 then I think the language on factions would be more clear. DStahl has already talked about how much work it'd be to make a faction, and openly questioned if it'd even be a good idea. A number of episodes on Romulans = yes. A new playable faction = not this time.
Well they do have on the offical release wiki that May is going to bring about a new Romulan Adventure Zone, so that is probably all that last bit was about. I want a Romulan faction more than anyone out there (bet you anything!), but I don't think it's coming in May.
Realistically speaking, what would it take to complete the Klingon faction? Around 22 missions including a tutorial?
They don't have to be as advanced as featured episode missions or "Alpha", just on par with Fed missions for the equivalent levels. Given their recent staffing up, Cryptic could probably drum these up within the timeframe.
The hope of a Romulan playable faction is a big one. Will it be levels 1-50 off the bat? God No! But levels 1-10 or 20, possibly.
If they did it right, they could re-skin the KDF tutorial for the Romulan faction, and KDF levels 1-22 could have overlap with Romulan levels 1-10, same missions told from different perspectives.
i can't see another FE series. using the words like 'march beanth the raptor's wings' and special adverts/teasers for it in may.
that has romulan faction written all over it. when i watched that pc gamer trailer it was ... i know all this.... then.... boom! you hit me with it! played sto! seriously looking forward to may now! can't wait.
i can't see another FE series. using the words like 'march beanth the raptor's wings' and special adverts/teasers for it in may.
that has romulan faction written all over it. when i watched that pc gamer trailer it was ... i know all this.... then.... boom! you hit me with it! played sto! seriously looking forward to may now! can't wait.
I agree. If it wasn't a playable Romulan faction, they would have said so by now.
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sounds to me like they either have more Sela coming in future content OR that she also voiced old content where Sela was already included. ...or if we are real lucky BOTH.
If they actually hit upon doing that considering the money they spent on this VO then I'd be impressed.
SWTOR maintains just under 1mil active accounts, L1 and L2 still around 1mil each, another NC title 2.5mil, WoW Global 10mil. Best and most 'recent' estimates for STO (and this info is REALLY hard to find since Cryptic is oh-so 'cryptic' about, well....anything) put it between 200k-250k as an extremely rough estimate. EVE sits at 350k-400k or so and CCP isn't trying to keep anything secret, they regularly release their statistics. I personally find it unlikely that STO would be much closer to EVE's numbers than that, 'F2P' or not.
Also, with the fiscal 'troubles' PWE has had end of Q3 last year despite the release of a new title seems to indicate not very much is being generated from this corner of the Galaxy even worth mentioning....well except NW.
Dear Cryptic,
Please don't create a viral-esque website location and blip on a trailer and not deliver what the obvious expectation is and then play dumb as if you thought people wouldn't think what they thought it meant.
IE: If this does NOT mean a Romulan Playable faction then you need to state that NOW. Otherwise you're bringing hate down on yourselves. Also, if it does mean a Romulan Faction you need to clarify that you've got content coming to fill out the Klingons at the same time. Otherwise, more hate.
Unless you're all morons (which I highly doubt is the case) or your marketing people are morons (which, based on past history IS likely) you've got to understand the shear amount of hate you're generating with this if you don't set our expectations to where they should be.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them." -Thomas Marrone
Why do I get the feeling that this anniversary episode will involve me trying to help Tasha escape and therefore being responsible for getting her killed
Why do I get the feeling that this anniversary episode will involve me trying to help Tasha escape and therefore being responsible for getting her killed
I had that thought as well. If true I will be one sad panda.
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I strongly suspect you're right. They said they'll decide on the future of factions in 2013 and Season 8 would have a number of feature episodes. If they already had one *done* for Season 8 then I think the language on factions would be more clear. DStahl has already talked about how much work it'd be to make a faction, and openly questioned if it'd even be a good idea. A number of episodes on Romulans = yes. A new playable faction = not this time.
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They don't have to be as advanced as featured episode missions or "Alpha", just on par with Fed missions for the equivalent levels. Given their recent staffing up, Cryptic could probably drum these up within the timeframe.
The hope of a Romulan playable faction is a big one. Will it be levels 1-50 off the bat? God No! But levels 1-10 or 20, possibly.
If they did it right, they could re-skin the KDF tutorial for the Romulan faction, and KDF levels 1-22 could have overlap with Romulan levels 1-10, same missions told from different perspectives.
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that has romulan faction written all over it. when i watched that pc gamer trailer it was ... i know all this.... then.... boom! you hit me with it! played sto! seriously looking forward to may now! can't wait.
I agree. If it wasn't a playable Romulan faction, they would have said so by now.
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
If they actually hit upon doing that considering the money they spent on this VO then I'd be impressed.
Time to start deciding who gets to get de-rezzed to free up toon space, I guess.
FOR THE GLORY OF THE ROMULAN STAR EMPIRE (or what remains of it).
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Set a course for the Romulan faction.
Course laid in.
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In a "Perfect World" it might be . :rolleyes:
In our dimension , it's another story ... .
Also, with the fiscal 'troubles' PWE has had end of Q3 last year despite the release of a new title seems to indicate not very much is being generated from this corner of the Galaxy even worth mentioning....well except NW.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2012-11-20-perfect-world-revenue-and-profit-down-year-over-year
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Please don't create a viral-esque website location and blip on a trailer and not deliver what the obvious expectation is and then play dumb as if you thought people wouldn't think what they thought it meant.
IE: If this does NOT mean a Romulan Playable faction then you need to state that NOW. Otherwise you're bringing hate down on yourselves. Also, if it does mean a Romulan Faction you need to clarify that you've got content coming to fill out the Klingons at the same time. Otherwise, more hate.
Unless you're all morons (which I highly doubt is the case) or your marketing people are morons (which, based on past history IS likely) you've got to understand the shear amount of hate you're generating with this if you don't set our expectations to where they should be.
You've been warned :P
EDIT: Can we get a wallpaper of that?
+1 to this, the music was a nice touch. I've done some searching of my own and found similar music but alas, not what I want.
+2. It's very epic and I'd like to hear it without any background noise. (no offense to Dstahl :P)
"Critics who say that the optimistic utopia Star Trek depicted is now outmoded forget the cultural context that gave birth to it: Star Trek was not a manifestation of optimism when optimism was easy. Star Trek declared a hope for a future that nobody stuck in the present could believe in. For all our struggles today, we haven’t outgrown the need for stories like Star Trek. We need tales of optimism, of heroes, of courage and goodness now as much as we’ve ever needed them."
-Thomas Marrone
Oh, who the hell am I kidding?! I'm not patiently waiting! Load it up, already!
It doesn't start until 10am PST; which isn't for about 11 hours.
I had that thought as well. If true I will be one sad panda.
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