I like that sig I just saw here. March beneath the raptors wings. With raptor xed out and Federation and KDF above the word Raptor. So true lol
To me the people accusing poster of getting way to heated to early do not know what they are talking about. It does not matter how they do it, its rather simple. We at least most star trek fans wanted to play as the Romulans as a complete faction. We get this instead, and having to rely on the Federation and Klingons sorry its not Romulan, hell its not a faction. Now that being said this I did find interesting.
"Q: (jbeecher44) At the present time it appear the Romulan faction is a republic, i.e. R.R.W. (insert ship name here). Will we be able to play as an officer in the Romulan Star Empire? If not, will we be able to join the Tal Shiar and crack down on those player attempting to join the Romulan Republic?
Dstahl: At launch, Romulan captains will be assigned the R.R.W. prefix and are intended to play as part of the Republic. Players will not be able to join the Tal Shiar or officially designate themselves as I.R.W. at launch but any more details would be spoiler material."
I am not sure what Dstahl is saying here. My better half wants to believe that with the coming series the Republic is transformed into a new Romulan star Empire. While my other half thinks perhaps he is stonewalling on this subject, because he knows what the outcry is going to be like over this. Not sure myself.
It sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
Like the Romulan Alliance System? Of course you do, it sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
I personally feel that creating this alliance system makes the Romulan Faction more interesting.
The reality of the Romulan situation is they are ALREADY in the middle of a civil war. Donatra, The Tal Shiar, Empress Sela and the Unification movement (Romulan Republic) are ALL at odds with each other.
We are commanders loyal to the Republic. The Unification Movement exists because of the support of outsiders such as Spock.
New Romulus is not the old empire just like the new Cardassian government is not the old Cardassian Empire.
The Romulans have had their homeworld destroyed and a bloody civil war. The Federation failed to save Romulus and the Klingons, sensing weakness, annexed some Romulan territory. Romulans NEED allies.
Personally, I will ally with the Klingons. You always know what you get with a Klingon. The Federation is two-faced. They will preach peace but there is always hidden agendas.
Also, what people seem to be forgetting is that this 'Romulan Republic' is just a feeble construct that Cryptic made up - the only 'canon' post-Nemesis event concerning the Romulans and the Remans was the Hobus event and the destruction of their home planets (but not the empire).
The Tal'Shiar and the RSE are still very much in existence and it's specifically these Romulans - the ones of the TV shows and the movies that most Romulan fans wanted to play.
If you were a die-hard fan of the Klingons and Cryptic's premise for STO was 'oh, we made them join the Federation because it was easier that way' how happy would you be?
I personally feel that creating this alliance system makes the Romulan Faction more interesting.
The reality of the Romulan situation is they are ALREADY in the middle of a civil war. Donatra, The Tal Shiar, Empress Sela and the Unification movement (Romulan Republic) are ALL at odds with each other.
We are commanders loyal to the Republic. The Unification Movement exists because of the support of outsiders such as Spock.
New Romulus is not the old empire just like the new Cardassian government is not the old Cardassian Empire.
The Romulans have had their homeworld destroyed and a bloody civil war. The Federation failed to save Romulus and the Klingons, sensing weakness, annexed some Romulan territory. Romulans NEED allies.
Personally, I will ally with the Klingons. You always know what you get with a Klingon. The Federation is two-faced. They will preach peace but there is always hidden agendas.
so as a romulan your going to side with the Klingons that killed your own people while invading romulan territory??? I smell a traitor lol
I personally feel that creating this alliance system makes the Romulan Faction more interesting.
The reality of the Romulan situation is they are ALREADY in the middle of a civil war. Donatra, The Tal Shiar, Empress Sela and the Unification movement (Romulan Republic) are ALL at odds with each other.
We are commanders loyal to the Republic. The Unification Movement exists because of the support of outsiders such as Spock.
New Romulus is not the old empire just like the new Cardassian government is not the old Cardassian Empire.
The Romulans have had their homeworld destroyed and a bloody civil war. The Federation failed to save Romulus and the Klingons, sensing weakness, annexed some Romulan territory. Romulans NEED allies.
Personally, I will ally with the Klingons. You always know what you get with a Klingon. The Federation is two-faced. They will preach peace but there is always hidden agendas.
Not really united in a Republic when you are split off into two other factions and their fleets and killing each other in their war(pvp) . They could of kept the same story and still made the Romulans a independent faction(team) of their own, but they didnt and they had their reasons not too, but calling them a faction is joke. Its race choice with their own content. It works for people that want to roll romulan alts and keep playing with their fleets in the FED or KDF "factions."
so as a romulan your going to side with the Klingons that killed your own people while invading romulan territory??? I smell a traitor lol
You know what you get with a Klingon. You keep your autonomy and gain the service of their fleets.
The Federation is more sinister. They do not use weapons but rather ideas to attack your society. Sometimes ideas are more potent than a disruptor ever is.
It sounds fine to you because you aren't Romulans, you're FED or KDF who are going to make a Romulan alt, it makes a HUGE difference in perspective.
Completely agree. I have waited so many years to play a Romulan in a true faction and instead I'm reduced to being a Republican Romulan :eek: that now has to join either Starfleet or KDF as a "real" faction?
I agree, Rom fans are being a tad unfair here. I mean, seriously. . .for all intents and purposes, they're getting a full faction. . .minus the starbases and the 'having to choose a side' for endgame material. And they're getting it in one go. One massive expansion, boom, they're getting a lot of stuff. This is more than the KDF has ever gotten in one place, imo. The Rom fans ought to be glad the faction isn't being introduced as a small fraction of a complete faction, with Cryptic sorta half-assing the further development for the next 2 years. That's what happened with the KDF faction, and look where it's at now.
If you can't fleet or PvP with some members of your faction because of a decision made at level 10, then no, that isn't even remotely a faction.
i still don't understand why anyone would choose kdf if there isn't lots of missions or ships.
i am floored by this decision.
Makes about as much sense as releasing a game with a half faction and 3 years later that is all everyone is talking about but they still decide to release a whole new mmo thinking that nobody remembers.
You have to also remember that the federation faction is a catch all. Long time ST fans, new and casual are all familiar with Starfleet and the Federation, they like all the shinies. Klingons and Romulans are a different breed within the Star Trek community. The chance to RP Romulan or a Klingon supersedes the notion of hard grinding.
Make the romulans have a full faction. Sure join the fed or KDF for acess to ESD and stuff.
How to do ships?
Yes there aren't a lot of ships, But..
at T1, you can select a Bird of Prey, Mogia, or D'deridex. At teir 2, can can upgrade ur Ship for free, increasing the stats consols and Weapons, in the way u selected. So, Say the
BOP has 2Fore 0 aft, 3 tact 0 eng 0 sci, 1 Device. and 3 Universal Ensigns.
You can upgrade ur weapon setup, Wanna do 3 fore 0 aft or 2 fore 1 aft?
Upgade ur Consols, pick 1 slot add 1 consol. (cap of 5)
You get 1 device slot
and u can pick EIther a new BOFF, OR upgrade to a LT universal.
OR you can get a new class ship, for say, 8000 dil for a new ship, and then 4000 dil per upgrade.
And unlike other factions, have no limits to repetition of ships, I can havce 4 BOPs if I want, with all 4 bops using diferent Setups.
This would be a great way to introduce Creativity, and Unique Player Identity to STO.
PvE:
Sure ull have to design a mission series. But come on cryptic, I have faith u can do it.
PvP:
FvRvK anyway? FvRvK would be 3v3v3
F/KvR classic 5v5.
Add a "Secrete romulan base" in a new sector for romulans. It would only be visiable to romulan faction members, Any other faction sees a cloaked region. Maybe even add a bunch of these cloaked bases around the world. And have a "Cloak failed" event. When a romulan base becomes visible, make it into a PvP+PvE Fleet action. Romulans defend their base, while feds/kdf attempt to destroy it.This Event lasts 15minutes. if romulans can defend for 15 minutes they are victorius, and gain a 2 hour XP boost. And they gain a Scaled very rare loot. If the federation wins, they gain acess to that starbase for 2 hours, which has very rare romulan Loot items, which deal enhanced PvP damage. (+5% Accuricy vrs players, +10% Accuricy vrs Romulans)
This gear also comes as accx2 CritX [Rpvp]
Romulans can buy Fpvp and Kpvp gear from their homebase however.
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To me the people accusing poster of getting way to heated to early do not know what they are talking about. It does not matter how they do it, its rather simple. We at least most star trek fans wanted to play as the Romulans as a complete faction. We get this instead, and having to rely on the Federation and Klingons sorry its not Romulan, hell its not a faction. Now that being said this I did find interesting.
"Q: (jbeecher44) At the present time it appear the Romulan faction is a republic, i.e. R.R.W. (insert ship name here). Will we be able to play as an officer in the Romulan Star Empire? If not, will we be able to join the Tal Shiar and crack down on those player attempting to join the Romulan Republic?
Dstahl: At launch, Romulan captains will be assigned the R.R.W. prefix and are intended to play as part of the Republic. Players will not be able to join the Tal Shiar or officially designate themselves as I.R.W. at launch but any more details would be spoiler material."
I am not sure what Dstahl is saying here. My better half wants to believe that with the coming series the Republic is transformed into a new Romulan star Empire. While my other half thinks perhaps he is stonewalling on this subject, because he knows what the outcry is going to be like over this. Not sure myself.
lol
I just wanted to clear that out for you, it sounds pretty fine to me as well.
The reality of the Romulan situation is they are ALREADY in the middle of a civil war. Donatra, The Tal Shiar, Empress Sela and the Unification movement (Romulan Republic) are ALL at odds with each other.
We are commanders loyal to the Republic. The Unification Movement exists because of the support of outsiders such as Spock.
New Romulus is not the old empire just like the new Cardassian government is not the old Cardassian Empire.
The Romulans have had their homeworld destroyed and a bloody civil war. The Federation failed to save Romulus and the Klingons, sensing weakness, annexed some Romulan territory. Romulans NEED allies.
Personally, I will ally with the Klingons. You always know what you get with a Klingon. The Federation is two-faced. They will preach peace but there is always hidden agendas.
The Tal'Shiar and the RSE are still very much in existence and it's specifically these Romulans - the ones of the TV shows and the movies that most Romulan fans wanted to play.
If you were a die-hard fan of the Klingons and Cryptic's premise for STO was 'oh, we made them join the Federation because it was easier that way' how happy would you be?
so as a romulan your going to side with the Klingons that killed your own people while invading romulan territory??? I smell a traitor lol
Not really united in a Republic when you are split off into two other factions and their fleets and killing each other in their war(pvp) . They could of kept the same story and still made the Romulans a independent faction(team) of their own, but they didnt and they had their reasons not too, but calling them a faction is joke. Its race choice with their own content. It works for people that want to roll romulan alts and keep playing with their fleets in the FED or KDF "factions."
You know what you get with a Klingon. You keep your autonomy and gain the service of their fleets.
The Federation is more sinister. They do not use weapons but rather ideas to attack your society. Sometimes ideas are more potent than a disruptor ever is.
Completely agree. I have waited so many years to play a Romulan in a true faction and instead I'm reduced to being a Republican Romulan :eek: that now has to join either Starfleet or KDF as a "real" faction?
Definitely.
If you can't fleet or PvP with some members of your faction because of a decision made at level 10, then no, that isn't even remotely a faction.
You have to also remember that the federation faction is a catch all. Long time ST fans, new and casual are all familiar with Starfleet and the Federation, they like all the shinies. Klingons and Romulans are a different breed within the Star Trek community. The chance to RP Romulan or a Klingon supersedes the notion of hard grinding.
How to do ships?
Yes there aren't a lot of ships, But..
at T1, you can select a Bird of Prey, Mogia, or D'deridex. At teir 2, can can upgrade ur Ship for free, increasing the stats consols and Weapons, in the way u selected. So, Say the
BOP has 2Fore 0 aft, 3 tact 0 eng 0 sci, 1 Device. and 3 Universal Ensigns.
You can upgrade ur weapon setup, Wanna do 3 fore 0 aft or 2 fore 1 aft?
Upgade ur Consols, pick 1 slot add 1 consol. (cap of 5)
You get 1 device slot
and u can pick EIther a new BOFF, OR upgrade to a LT universal.
OR you can get a new class ship, for say, 8000 dil for a new ship, and then 4000 dil per upgrade.
And unlike other factions, have no limits to repetition of ships, I can havce 4 BOPs if I want, with all 4 bops using diferent Setups.
This would be a great way to introduce Creativity, and Unique Player Identity to STO.
PvE:
Sure ull have to design a mission series. But come on cryptic, I have faith u can do it.
PvP:
FvRvK anyway? FvRvK would be 3v3v3
F/KvR classic 5v5.
Add a "Secrete romulan base" in a new sector for romulans. It would only be visiable to romulan faction members, Any other faction sees a cloaked region. Maybe even add a bunch of these cloaked bases around the world. And have a "Cloak failed" event. When a romulan base becomes visible, make it into a PvP+PvE Fleet action. Romulans defend their base, while feds/kdf attempt to destroy it.This Event lasts 15minutes. if romulans can defend for 15 minutes they are victorius, and gain a 2 hour XP boost. And they gain a Scaled very rare loot. If the federation wins, they gain acess to that starbase for 2 hours, which has very rare romulan Loot items, which deal enhanced PvP damage. (+5% Accuricy vrs players, +10% Accuricy vrs Romulans)
This gear also comes as accx2 CritX [Rpvp]
Romulans can buy Fpvp and Kpvp gear from their homebase however.