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Predictions for the next reputation system
jim625
Member Posts: 907 Arc User
I know this may sound a bit early but what do you think the next reputation system might be I can only think of 4 possibilitys might get turned into a new rep system.
Oh and just to let you all know my spelling may not be that great and this is my first poll I've made ^^;
Oh and just to let you all know my spelling may not be that great and this is my first poll I've made ^^;
Predictions for the next reputation system 42 votes
Dominion
4%
2 votes
Time Agent
61%
26 votes
Krennium
9%
4 votes
Sphear Builders
23%
10 votes
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Edit: Time agent might be more suitable for a next specialisation tree, as those are usually certain roles/professions.
They do not have to be our enemies to be a reputation. New Romulus was wrapped around the New Romulus reputation. It was dedicated to helping rebuild the republic.
I am going to say Krenim
Omega
Nukara
New Rom
Dyson
Delta
^--- Areas, alliances or allied groups
8472
Iconian
Terran
^--- Specific to enemies
You're right in that it'll likely be temporal in nature, but 'sphere builders' doesn't seem likely, not without some sort of episode exposing a name for their species, faction, or whatever. I find it more likely to be something to the tune of 'Temporal War reputation' given that there're possibly more factions involved than just 'us vs the sphere builders'.
Stop new content until quality returns
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Fleet Admiral Stowe - Dominion War Vet.
Ehm, most of the reputations are actually dealing with a single enemy. Borg for omega, Tholians for Nukara, Dyson --> Voth, Delta --> Vaadwaur. It's true that we help some species in, for example, the Delta Alliance, but the main thing you're actually doing is that you're helping them by fighting the Vaadwaur.
Only New Romulus isn't centred around some enemy and only in this reputation system was supporting or building a specific world the most important driver behind the reputation system, story-wise. But this was of course part of an entire Expansion. Unless we'll get a Temporal faction (could be pretty awesome though difficult btw
Na'Kuhl would also be nice. Could be something similar to New Romulus reputation. Temporal could be another possibility, but I think it's more likely that we'll get something like 'Krenim' or 'Sphere builders' as it is unlikely that they'll add all the factions of the Temporal War before the release of this new reputation. And the Sphere Builders have already been mentioned.
Edit; I mean, how would you add a Temporal Reputation anyway? I think it's too general, given that there's so many factions and that everyone seems to be fighting against everyone else.
I don't see us being temporal agents or having that sort of responsibility, that sounds like way too much of a headache to write for, but that doesn't necessarily preclude to our not being involved and having reputation.
Stop new content until quality returns
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
Sphere*
"He shall be my finest warrior, this generic man who was forced upon me.
Like a badass I shall make him look, and in the furnace of war I shall forge him.
he shall be of iron will and steely sinew.
In great armour I shall clad him and with the mightiest weapons he shall be armed.
He will be untouched by plague or disease; no sickness shall blight him.
He shall have such tactics, strategies and machines that no foe will best him in battle.
He is my answer to cryptic logic, he is the Defender of my Romulan Crew.
He is Tovan Khev... and he shall know no fear."
Now for something else once a new rep comes in I wonder what kind of battle-zone we will see, as if it is Krenim than where would that kind of Battlezone be done, as well as would it be a ground or space type area. With the Na'Kuhl I could see it being able to be done as a three way battle-zone type set up, which might see us come to world or area taken over by the Tholians (maybe their actual homeworld) an the Na'Kuhl seeking revenge on them for the destruction of their sun an allow us to get marks for both the new rep an the Nukara rep. Another possibility would be that we see the Krenim an Na'Kuhl fighting over technology, or trying to shift the events of a area or world that could further their goals yet those goals are not united an so they are fighting allowing us to come in an defend the timeline that is in place an get marks for either re group working against them. For the Sphere-builders I could see them being a space based battle-zone in which we capture area thru some manner, which could lead to either several sphere-bases appearing from the dimension they inhabit into our own alongside a large main Dreadnought that is given buffs by the three active sphere-bases, and so we can either destroy the sphere-bases to de-buff the main Dreadnought or fight it while buffed giving different rewards based on which is done.
Might sound weird but I would rather see them not kick out another battle-zone with one of the next reps, but instead kick out a red alert. Something like I was talking for a battle-zone between the Krenim and Na'Kuhl coming to blows over changing the events of one area in time, an us coming in fighting against them an which ever side loses too many ships first either warps out or calls in reinforcements leaving us to take out the other side. This would be interesting as you could have both sides differ on how the red-alert goes with what they do an such by which side it is that is left for us to deal with, which could lead to having to deal with different ship types an tactics based on which group you have to fight.
So yeah, I'm all for a new Battlezone. However, it needs some imagination, and not be a clone of the Undine/Terran one.