Would have been better if they done that from the beginning but better late than never I suppose when it comes to Cryptic.
They have already completely blurred the line between canon and sense by allowing people to fly ships from the past, different universes and the future. We can fly ships from different races and use equipment torn from the bodies of our enemies.
The point is, that they will REVAMP the faction system. There will NOT be equal factions of Fed,Kling,Roms.
Instead it will be one MAIN faction: Fed.
And there will be many MINI factions: Kling,Rom, ... soon later Cardis,Dominion,Ferengi....
They will set up the new system first so that will be easy to add mini factions later. We could even get 1 mini faction per season after May.
It's just like the Starbase system. First they set up the starbase system, then they release holdings one after another.
(PVP will be all mixed, so Fed/Kling/Rom in Team A vs Fed/Kling/Rom in Team B.)
I'm still leaning towards the idea that factions will get a unique starting sector block worth of missions and then Fed missions reskinned, with the new proviso that all playable factions will be Fed-friendly, making factions a kind of species-plus.
Maybe down the road, they could look at differentiation by giving each faction a unique C-Store unlocked profession in addition to Sci/Tac/Eng.
The point is, that they will REVAMP the faction system. There will NOT be equal factions of Fed,Kling,Roms.
Instead it will be one MAIN faction: Fed.
And there will be many MINI factions: Kling,Rom, ... soon later Cardis,Dominion,Ferengi....
They will set up the new system first so that will be easy to add mini factions later. We could even get 1 mini faction per season after May.
It's just like the Starbase system. First they set up the starbase system, then they release holdings one after another.
(PVP will be all mixed, so Fed/Kling/Rom in Team A vs Fed/Kling/Rom in Team B.)
That would be so awesome, you are blowing my mind right now. If this happens lets hope some factions come out stronger, like the klingons and romulans.
Also it could be that a lot of stuff will be 'taken' from Fed (or even Kling) and be declared: NEUTRAL.
So the game will become a big neutral circle in the middle that is for all factions and all future factions. Around the big neutral circle there will be many little faction circles.
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Fed-centric,
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Kling-centric
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Rom-centric
Level 20-50 (Neutral-content) Everybody plays in the big pot
Result is the same: It will be easy to add little level 1-20 mini-faction (content) in future seasons.
Amazes me how people don't think hey can make a big impact in a short space of time. They have loads of devs currently. And they made the game that launched in about a year. They don't need to build the engine etc that's all in place so it is actually possible that may might see an end to the kdf cry babies and the introduction of a 3rd faction. It is far from impossible!!! Give the devs some credit!!
Amazes me how people don't think hey can make a big impact in a short space of time. They have loads of devs currently. And they made the game that launched in about a year. They don't need to build the engine etc that's all in place so it is actually possible that may might see an end to the kdf cry babies and the introduction of a 3rd faction. It is far from impossible!!! Give the devs some credit!!
I agree. There's always room to be skeptical, but all the Devs are looking forward to "Not" Season Eight, so I think we should too.
hey i did not see a qestion ancerd that i really wanted to hear r the romulan faction going to be in season 8? and i called perfect world and i got comfermashen that it will be in season 8 now if perfect world does not deliver on this promise i will be really mad because a perfect world represnitive said it was and he asked cryptic and they said it was so if i dont see that promised faction that u guys said u would give us forever now i wont play tell it comes if that is season 10 then thats when i will play there r plenty of other games like wow aka world of ******** to play tell i can have that dream
Romulans will need
All romulan ships from curret game and...
1000 day veteran ship
3 Temporal ships from lockbox
2 year anniversary ship (Bort\Ody equivalent)
3 year anniversary ship ( T3 )
Captain's Yacht type shuttle reward
Species:
Romulan
Reman
Libirated borg
Alien
Caitian\Ferasan Z-Store equivalent (maybe non cat race)
Uniform for all of them.
Fleet system
Fully functional starbase with all T1-T5 construction models.
Embassy ( this is universal so no problem)
Both will take about year for fresh started fleets to complete full T5 if faction released in May
Doff system
Faction based assigments, remeber kdf and fed have many different from each other themed missions.
Capital city\starbase.
Romulan Academy like zone.
All FE dialogs rewrite.
If faction will start even from lvl 30-40:
Faction specific missions. Loads of them, and i am talking about copy\paste ones not even about rsomething really new, imagine work with all those texts, contact npcs etc...
PvP
It will be slaughter first months at level 50 without damage done\recieved accolades, fleet ships\gear\weapons, stf rep gear, funky consoles. Looks pretty onesided for me and Romies not on winning side.
I think i forgot something but question is...Do you really think Cryptic can do it even for end of May while adding more things for fed\kdf(lol) those 3 months ? All i can imagine for may is faction divied for KDF and FED sides.
But if Cryptic can pull out Real faction it will be miracle like event!
Yup, and given such a list I wonder why anyone could even believe that Cryptic can create a 3rd half-faction, by May, if at all.
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I really could careless for the FE being updated for a Romulan faction, when the FE are meant for FEDs.
I speak for myself when i say I want a Romulan faction I spent 2 years in this game happy before starbeses, I just want the faction the vet ship I could careless I want a Warbird lock box ships don't care I want a warbird. Doffs I don't think would be hard
That leaves STFs well....Let the Federation, and Klingons fight the Borg and then when they are exhausted I will wipe them out with my Warbird.:D
This is exactly the mentality that has led to the Klingons being left entirely unfinished and why the Romulans will arrive in a similar state.
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Instead it will be one MAIN faction: Fed.
And there will be many MINI factions: Kling,Rom, ... soon later Cardis,Dominion,Ferengi....
They will set up the new system first so that will be easy to add mini factions later. We could even get 1 mini faction per season after May.
It's just like the Starbase system. First they set up the starbase system, then they release holdings one after another.
(PVP will be all mixed, so Fed/Kling/Rom in Team A vs Fed/Kling/Rom in Team B.)
They have already completely blurred the line between canon and sense by allowing people to fly ships from the past, different universes and the future. We can fly ships from different races and use equipment torn from the bodies of our enemies.
I'm still leaning towards the idea that factions will get a unique starting sector block worth of missions and then Fed missions reskinned, with the new proviso that all playable factions will be Fed-friendly, making factions a kind of species-plus.
Maybe down the road, they could look at differentiation by giving each faction a unique C-Store unlocked profession in addition to Sci/Tac/Eng.
That would be so awesome, you are blowing my mind right now. If this happens lets hope some factions come out stronger, like the klingons and romulans.
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You will be able to Buy a new character slot(s) that will open up the Romulan faction.
You will be able to buy from up to 4 different T5+ ships for your newly purchaced Romulan toon.
You will have to be lvl 50 Fed to start the Faction.
The faction will start off with a Featured episode series that you can unlock once you buy the 2 previous things.
They will make a new home on New Romulus with a base/city.
That is all for May. That would be a lot to come out with in such a short time.
So the game will become a big neutral circle in the middle that is for all factions and all future factions. Around the big neutral circle there will be many little faction circles.
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Fed-centric,
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Kling-centric
Level 1-20 (Faction-content) Rom-centric
Level 20-50 (Neutral-content) Everybody plays in the big pot
Result is the same: It will be easy to add little level 1-20 mini-faction (content) in future seasons.
I agree. There's always room to be skeptical, but all the Devs are looking forward to "Not" Season Eight, so I think we should too.
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Yup, and given such a list I wonder why anyone could even believe that Cryptic can create a 3rd half-faction, by May, if at all.
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This is exactly the mentality that has led to the Klingons being left entirely unfinished and why the Romulans will arrive in a similar state.
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