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wardcalis
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There will be another expansion, no doubt about it. What are your thoughts and Ideas.
Id say probably one to the Gamma quadrant. I can Imagine the Dominion getting trashed by the Iconians and going through what the Roms did. This would explain why they have been so quiet lately. With this they can introduce the Dominion as a new playable faction that will ally either fed or kdf. it'd have Cardasian, Breen, Jem'Hadar, Vorta playable races at least. But if they get their own true faction the Romulans better get one too
Id say probably one to the Gamma quadrant. I can Imagine the Dominion getting trashed by the Iconians and going through what the Roms did. This would explain why they have been so quiet lately. With this they can introduce the Dominion as a new playable faction that will ally either fed or kdf. it'd have Cardasian, Breen, Jem'Hadar, Vorta playable races at least. But if they get their own true faction the Romulans better get one too
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To be completely honest, I don't know if there will be another expansion. This one hasn't exactly been popular with the players, not that it can really even be called much of an expansion. Some season updates added as much to the game as Delta Rising.
* Re-equip time gate to change equipment on your ship with a 200 Dilithium [Update Ship Configuration Now!] button.
* 20 Dilithium [Orbit Now!] button for leaving sector space to in system space time gate.
* 5 dilithium [Purchase Now!] button for the time gate on item purchases at NPC stores.
* 5 dilithium [Transport Now!] button for time gate to beam to a bridge and/or planet surface as well as another 5 for beaming out.
* More non faction ships in lock boxes.
* Maybe fleet T6 ships.
* Still no new science ships for Romulans and KDF players.
* Fresh new bugs.
* Old favorite bugs.
* Crashing game client with a [Crash Now!] button for about 100 dilithium at the Windows desktop so you get control back of your system.
Please note that the [Warp Now!] button features a red shirt getting out of the ship and turning the crank on the deflector dish as the time gate animation for you to wait to. The beam down is a redshirt getting loaded on a catapult on the saucer section and launched at the planet.
Gamma quadrant is a somewhat safe bet, and I am thinking another faction, say... Ferengi.
Will a 4th faction be added to the game? Unlikely based on the low population percentages in the Romulan Faction. Cryptic needs to devote time an resources to create new missions that are applicable to the new faction that takes place prior to the Cardassian Struggle story arc. Of course the Spectre, Wasteland, and Romulan Mystery story arcs should be relatively easy to adapt to the new faction.
But that also means Cryptic would need to develop T1 through T6 ships (or T7 if the next expansion raises the max level) for the new faction and the release of new ships will likely slow down since they will need to be designed for all 4 factions... with the exception of science ships since only the Federation gets them...
Also the 4th faction means it will just end up being another ignored faction as Cryptic panders to the nearly persistent whiners in the Federation faction. A forth faction in STO is only an opportunity for Cryptic to burn money.
The throw the game into maintenance mode. Not because I hate the game, but I don't want new systems.
$50 a ship at T10
Can do it slowly... 10 more levels each expansion, 1 a year...
Unless they are so desperate for cash, and they plan on losing droves of players... I don't buy T7 ships. Just don't see the need.
And, if Cryptic follows the 18-month expansion schedule... it should hit around March/April 2016.
STO is about making money.
I did not see the Need for T6 either... In fact, I believed it to be a critical error if they ever introduced them...
Yet, here they are and more are being made as we speak.
So.. T7 is most likely incoming ASAP (meaning they are probably only looking for a way to sneak them in).
Well... your ship dosen't exist when you are on ground...
It is probably a matter of when the next expansion comes. Tier 7 will probably come, and probably sooner than Tier 6 followed on Tier 5, but I think it will not be that soon.
The thing is, with the current Tier 6 system and the specialization system, there is really a lot of new design space to make a ship that is different than the ones before. More BO layouts are possible. And I think a reason Tier 5 could last so long was not just the BO configs, but also because it slowly brought all the canon ships to end-game level (or into the game at all). They can do this all again. I think the Pathfinder and the Jem'Hadar ship tell us that they will update old ships, and the Intel and Command ships also show us they will create completely new ones.
We could make another bet on wether Tier 7 will come before 2018. But I don't really feel like betting across such a long time frame.
Exactly this.
I think it would be naive to think that T7 ships will never come... but, I also think it's overly cynical to think that the next expansion equals T7 ships, especially if Cryptic sticks with the 18-month expansion cycle.
While this is generally true, Cryptic aren't really that good at expanding on new ideas.
Just look at the reputation system, the RnD system, the Foundry, Red Alerts... Need I go on?
They get an idea, it sells... Off to the next great adventure.
I do not recommend t7 ships, I hate feeling like my cannon ships are obsolete.
I think there should be a "Legacy" or star trek 50' years celebratory set that gives us 23rd century interiors and accurate phaser beams from wrath of khan and hand phasers/flip communicator animations for when you wear any of your 23rd century uniforms.
We need other 23rd century uniforms such as admiral tunics, scotty's engineering vest, and those white radiation suits for engineers, security uniforms with helmets, etc. etc.
Also; we were promised updated original ship interiors, but the corridors and quarters are still un-realistic. I love the new interior in the first training mission at the beginning of the game- but why don't we have those as a standard now?
As for the foundry I would like windows with space/star views to put in rooms so I can make quarters and other realistic ship interiors, I would like view screens and wall consoles to create my own bridge to expand story content and realism in my foundry content. Also; need furniture for quarters and sinks and correct the current foundry bugs such as how the holodeck is not level with the interior and neither are TOS computer consoles and tables...
The more immerse the game play is, the longer players stay & the more players we get.
It would be REALLY cool to modify your ships interior and crew uniforms... Basic bridge layouts where you can position and choose consoles and modify your quarters etc.
Though really, we should open up the gamma quadrant first... :rolleyes: