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centersolace
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What are they going to look like? And how are they going to work? How are they going to integrate the past, present and future cosmetic upgrades? 
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Another massive resource sink - just don't want to think about that yet:eek:
Since its very possible in the long-run (after the excitement is over) that the Romulan faction will have same or lower population than the KDF population. So instead of Fleet Starbases, why don't the Romulan players work towards a Community Starbase, that later becomes the Romulan Space Dock.
And we can see the progress of the construction from the orbit of Mol'Rihan.
That way the community themselves unlock the content like newer Cryptic ships and graduate out of the recommissioned ships from the Enterprise, TOS, and even TNG eras.
my Two EC
I...
...really like that idea.
I do want my Romulan Starbase of course, but that is a really awesome idea.
Well, I guessing they'll be green, and have sort of a 'wing' or 'raptor' motif. :P
I'm also guessing that there might be a repeat of some of the cosmetic upgrade projects, for the sake of both Romulans, and those who just didn't get them done first time around (they've already done that for at least one project, right?).
The idea is to get more grind out of people. The more they grind the more time they spend in game, the more likely they are to spend on micro and not so micro-transactions. Letting people switch their fleets would run counter to that. And even if they did can you imagine how much complaining would come from people whose fleet (or fleet leader) decided to faction change without them wanting to? It would further undermine the fleet system.
That said, I too wonder if they'll make it faster to level a Rom fleet base, if only so they are not so far behind as to be impractical. After all, what's the point of releasing anything for a Rom fleet base if less than a handful of fleets work their way up through the system? That's what has my interest most of all, how will they make it enticing enough to a player base that is all but exhausted of grinding... to start all over again?
And they must have a way, they have to know that almost every player will make a Rom alt if only to see the new story content but few will stay to endgame and its grinds.... what will Cryptic do? Will they use similar asymmetric player bribes like they do with the KDF? I doubt it, they know all that does is create farmer alts. So what then? We know they're not averse to dangling better and better ships in front of players to get them to do what they want (be it grinding the fleet bases or spending cash) so will they use OP Rom ships as the bait? What have they planned that ill make players want to stay and spend above and beyond what they already have? Or are their internal numbers telling them that the churn is so high it won't matter?
I like that idea too.
probably will not happen though
(Opens up childs storybook, and reads a quote.)"The cash cow, goes MOOOOOO.";)
I hope it dose look like the one from them 2 games
system Lord Baal is dead
Lmfao!!!!!!!
Which is a very GOOD thing. The more money Cryptic gets the more CONTENT they can provide, the more ships they create, the more uniforms they release, the new FACTION they just announced!!!
Cryptic getting more money from players enables this game to survive and grow!!!
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you never know. after all the main reason KDF has a low population is the level limit right now. if Klingons could be made from the start since F2P then they might have a higher population.
and a lot of people prefer rommies to feds.
i bet in autumn we will see the factions populated like this:
1 - FED --50%
2 - Romulans --30% or more
3 - KDF -- 20% or less
It would seem like it, but afraid not. Even at the very start of STO, when the Klingon population was at it's peek, it still wasn't even half of the Federation population.
And at that same time around launch, there was a poll which faction players would play, and included Romulans, and the Romulans was half as favored as the KDF. That's why it took Cryptic this long to finally get around to a Romulan faction.
That's why I said in the long-run, the Romulan population will drop. Because after people have exhausted the Romulan content and back at endgame, many players would favor maintaining their Federation characters and avoid the excessive grinding to catch up.
The only ones who remain after two months, are the True Romulan playerbase.
I admire the enthusiasm, but I see the population spread more like this by August:
73% Federation
14% KDF
13% Romulan
Right now we know KDF have an 18% of the STO population, since the Devs threw that number multiple times. 1 or 2% of the KDF playerbase will become part of the Romulan playerbase. While the Federation will lose maybe 5% their total playerbase.
That's it.
Throw in a non-Fed faction with some actual dignity and players will flock to them and leave the KDF a ghost town.
Oh please, you underestimate the KDF playerbase.
People will flock to the Romulans only as flavor-of-the-month, to experience new content and storylines. After they exhausted that and back to same-ol, they will return to the characters they heavily invested in. Only exception are true fans of the Romulans.
Thanks,
A Loyal Uhlan
- Judge Aaron Satie
Or join one of the mega fleets. 500 people helps a lot to alleviate the burden of farming resources.
A new starbase to level up is a small price to pay for an independent faction.
God, lvl 60 CW. 17k.
I know, and I'm certain it would happen. Though I worry that of everyone puts all their eggs in one basket, that basket isn't going to break. :P
Besides, be different from Fed and KDF if the Romulan community actually worked together as an actual community. Hence my idea. Because if the Romulans going to be another cut and paste job like the KDF, it would get boring in the long run.
has this played for them in their bridge room, Star Trek style, in retrospect to the big station.
I love this idea, i have proposed doing something along these lines for those that aren't apart of a fleet, but gain access to those fleet items just as independent fleets would have access to. With the introduction of the starbase system and building, they could run wild with that, in keeping the gaming going, while allowing for us to build up assets or stations, it is endless.