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flash525
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Probably not the most suited title, but at the minute, it's the best one you're going to get.
Before anyone jumps to conclusions and initially thinks "Oh, here's this guy again stating his opinion about a fully independent Romulan faction" you couldn't be more wrong. I've come to accept that the Romulans aren't going to get their true independence, and that any future faction (if we ever get one) will likely follow suit. My problem isn't with that, no.
My problem is with the laziness of the people involved. As far as the Republic storyline goes, I cannot fault it. The same can be said for the ships, equipment and costumes. It would be nice if we had a few more species to choose from, but that's an argument for another day.
I'm here, still annoyed with the bugs and irregularities that exist within this third fraction. I get that all the factions have bugs and problems, but it's the Republic ones that I seem to be noticing more.
@Devs; did you actually test LoR before you unleashed it on us?
* As a Republic player, I would very much like a Republic crew. Why then, am I rewarded with Federation/Klingon Duty Officers? Why isn't there a way to obtain Republic officers only? There's no reason why we shouldn't be able to mix and match out Doffs, but at the same time, for those that wish it, we should be able to have a full set of Republic Doffs.
* Bridge Officers and their costumes. It's obvious that Republic Boffs are coded to a specific faction (FED/KDF) yet nobody (who purchases from the exchange) finds this out until they attempt to modify the attire on said Boff, only to find they can't wear what they might want. Considering most Purple Romulans sell for 700k at the moment (on a good day) that's a lot of money we're suppose to be spending on something we can use as we desire. The amount of EC I've spent on getting the correct Boffs is getting beyond a friggin' joke now.
Please, sort it out. Either make Republic Boffs Universal (the unique costumes included) or change the icon so we can clearly see whether we're purchasing a FED Romulan or KDF Romulan.
* Whilst not essential, I don't appreciate having to travel all the way to ESD (or First City) to obtain a datachip. Place one within the command center. The same goes for the contraband assignment.
It's been around 16 months since LoR was released, and it seems you've done nothing to correct internal problems. Season 8 was highly focused on the Sphere (as was 8.5), Season 9 is going Delta, 9.5 will probably be fixes and content for that. I don't want to be waiting until Season 10 before the Romulans get fixed. I'm not asking for their independence, I'm asking that you correct what shouldn't have been incorrect in the first place. These might only seem like small, insignificant issues to you, but to me (and I'd think many other players) it is a nuisance.
@Gamers, feel free to note down other Team Green bugs (etc) here. See if something can come of this.
Before anyone jumps to conclusions and initially thinks "Oh, here's this guy again stating his opinion about a fully independent Romulan faction" you couldn't be more wrong. I've come to accept that the Romulans aren't going to get their true independence, and that any future faction (if we ever get one) will likely follow suit. My problem isn't with that, no.
My problem is with the laziness of the people involved. As far as the Republic storyline goes, I cannot fault it. The same can be said for the ships, equipment and costumes. It would be nice if we had a few more species to choose from, but that's an argument for another day.
I'm here, still annoyed with the bugs and irregularities that exist within this third fraction. I get that all the factions have bugs and problems, but it's the Republic ones that I seem to be noticing more.
@Devs; did you actually test LoR before you unleashed it on us?
* As a Republic player, I would very much like a Republic crew. Why then, am I rewarded with Federation/Klingon Duty Officers? Why isn't there a way to obtain Republic officers only? There's no reason why we shouldn't be able to mix and match out Doffs, but at the same time, for those that wish it, we should be able to have a full set of Republic Doffs.
* Bridge Officers and their costumes. It's obvious that Republic Boffs are coded to a specific faction (FED/KDF) yet nobody (who purchases from the exchange) finds this out until they attempt to modify the attire on said Boff, only to find they can't wear what they might want. Considering most Purple Romulans sell for 700k at the moment (on a good day) that's a lot of money we're suppose to be spending on something we can use as we desire. The amount of EC I've spent on getting the correct Boffs is getting beyond a friggin' joke now.
Please, sort it out. Either make Republic Boffs Universal (the unique costumes included) or change the icon so we can clearly see whether we're purchasing a FED Romulan or KDF Romulan.
* Whilst not essential, I don't appreciate having to travel all the way to ESD (or First City) to obtain a datachip. Place one within the command center. The same goes for the contraband assignment.
It's been around 16 months since LoR was released, and it seems you've done nothing to correct internal problems. Season 8 was highly focused on the Sphere (as was 8.5), Season 9 is going Delta, 9.5 will probably be fixes and content for that. I don't want to be waiting until Season 10 before the Romulans get fixed. I'm not asking for their independence, I'm asking that you correct what shouldn't have been incorrect in the first place. These might only seem like small, insignificant issues to you, but to me (and I'd think many other players) it is a nuisance.
@Gamers, feel free to note down other Team Green bugs (etc) here. See if something can come of this.
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Edit: I didn't name them all as bugs either, I've stated bugs and irregularities.
3 and a half years it took for the Klingons... so, 3 more years to go... hate to say we told you so, but if you look through old forum posts.... we did actually say a 3rd faction would be half a job like the KDF were (actually, we were less than half).
Just hang in there buddy, one day, when the next unfinished faction hits the live server, you may be free from Fed / KDF rule
First there are plenty of options to buy from the Exchange at any quality for Boffs who are reman and romulan. If you want an all romulan/reman crew it's the easiest way.
Second, the costumes are the same way. Boffs should be locked into their faction costumes so that you can dress them accordingly. Never on any mission but 1 did I see a member of another race take on a costume that would be considered a boff in this game but 1 time when it would have been a serious problem for Major Kira to go as a bajoran officer instead of a star fleet officer to help the Cardassian rebels take back Cardassia from the Dominion.
All other times they wouldn't be considered boffs by this games standards their appearance would have been akin to the hologram used to make us look like Klingons in one of the early leveling missions not actual bridge uniforms.
As a federation captain I love how my reman boff my android boff my breen boff and my liberated borg boff all look different from one another (although it is a bit annoying that my lib borg boff can't wear clothing) I've learned to deal with it.
the off-duty clothes should be enabled for the boff; the option exist but it is not enabled.
if we could replay the tutorial to grab D'vex again, this would be great too
There is?
Actually Roms have the big advantage of being able to pick up almost twice the amount of duty officers, the romulans and the KDF/fed ones.
Althouh those are mostly just white ones
Thats annoying but costume policy of Cryptic in recent days is questionable at best.
Originally it was possible to use the alignment costumes, so when picking up a KDF aligned Romulan BO with a Fed aligned Rom, you could use the KDF costume on the bo. That was awesome, fun and didn't hurt anyone.
Cryptic on the other hand decided that THIS was an issue that needed an emergency fix. So they not only changed this to the current state (instead of investing the resources into fixing actually BUGS....) they essentially broke the editor in the progress.....
This change was the reason why the KDF characters could not change costumes for month now, which is an issue that is supposed to be resolved today.... but still...
KDF characters cannot switch costumes ->priority
Romulan characters can use some costume pieces they shouldn't? EMERGENCY SERVER SHUTDOWN!!!
Many people keep asking for that kind of stuff, especially for a Romulan academy. I have to disagree honestly, I think for a lot of stuff, like that one, it is enough to have access to the aligned faction things.
We already have the situation with the DOs that Romulans essentially get double resources.... also they have already access to aligned and Romulan BOs.... they are in my opinion more then a bit ahead of the other 2....
What I would like to see is a direct transition point between new romulus and Earth/First City (like the one we had during the anniversary event, just permanent).
Honestly, I still think the KDF is far more broken.....
2 fes, lor content, dyson zone, fleet holdings, romulan, nukara, and dyson rep changes and additions, and so on.
I don't think there's another mmo out there that has put as much content into any existing game in 1 year as sto has; and it was all free.
Don't worry about that. Using the KDF as a yardstick, you should be worried about whether you'll see any significant action before Season 23.
Nothing out of the ordinary for anyone who's dealt with 5-year-olds. A month after a trip to Disneyland, they're on about how "We haven't been there in, like, foreveeeeeeeer!"
Pretty much the same thing. Memory skewed by overwhelming impatience.
And the game just had it's 4th anniversary in feb. At best it's 4 years and 1 month, not 5 years.
The Klingons were built from the ground up as stand alone, and thus continue to be. The Romulans were built into the current factions, and thus I cannot see them going their own way. Too much has been invested in their building, and into the fleet system for that to happen now.
And if you actually read my first post, you'll see that I am well aware of that, and do not expect it to change.
I support this.
You are correct, I was wrong. I was thinking of Season 7 (New Romulus).
What temporal issues? Since, our toons really don't impact STO's overall story, we are more like active observers, there is no issue, except for the ones made up in the Dev's noggins.
Its not a temporal issue. Its just a flashback^^
It still should be advanced a little, its unlikely that everything that we as a character has done in game happened in one year.