Srsly, why even more factions that cryptic can happily neglect?
The 2 non feds we have are already on life support and cryptic dosen't seem to be in a hurry to change that.
And the "fourth" one we'll get? It's "fed 1.5" with a different turotial that megres with fed after 6 missions.
Ironically, that's actually the best way to do it. All the factions' storylines merge together anyway. It only makes sense that gameplay should merge together, too.
All the faction-unique content is at the beginning. At endgame there's nothing left of the factions but a collection of restrictions. "Can't use that, you're the wrong faction." "Can't team with that guy, he's the wrong faction." "Can't go there, wrong faction." Nevermind all the factions do the exact same missions, in the exact same way, for the exact same rewards and in general cooperate fully in everything they do. The factions are separate in name only, and that's pointless.
All the factions would be better off as origin stories. That's the interesting part of factional gameplay in STO. At endgame we should all be playing the Alliance, with no restriction based on faction.
I guess due to DS9 Cardassians feeatured in more episodes than Romulans did. Maybe even more so than Klingons - if you don't consider Worf or Martok. I didn'T Count episodes though.
But Cardassians were always cool.
Plus: Devs could do another "half faction" Thing, ie: split "true way" and "new Cardassia" which are allied with either Klingons or Federation - this could also bring playable Jem Haddar (for one side?)
Easiest solution therefore: new half faction joins one of those and Characters start out at lvl 50 (apparently the tutorial/ Mission part is the most expensive when creating new species, so a few missions and rest missions of the joined faction)
This also means that we don'T have to build up another fleet and start from scratch. Plus it wouldn'T kill off the 2 faction System that exists in the game.
18 characters
KDF: 2 tacs, 2 engs, 3 scis
KDF Roms: 3 tacs, 1 eng, 1 scis
FED: 2 tacs, 1 eng, 2 scis
TOS: 1 tac
all on T5 rep (up to temporal)
all have mastered Intel tree (and some more specs Points)
highest DPS: 60.982
We have lot of space, lot of missions but its all mainly about 3 main, there is lot of room to expand, i know that lot of people would like to see Terran empire, what about Delta species?
So lets go
1. Romulan Star Empire
2. Cardassian Union
3. Terran Empire
4. Krenim Imperium
5. B'Omar Sovergainity
6. Ferengi Alliance
7. Independent Gorn Hegemony
8. Dominion
9. Any other playble includes all not counted such as Voth, Borg, Haakonian Order, Zahl, Nihydron, Undine, Hirogen, Tholians,...
Also i would like to see what species you would like to see, if not as playble at least that there is a social zone like for Vulcan and Bajor, Andoria is for now just a place with snow
OP forgot the "OTHER"...whatever happened to the BORG collective?
I think it would be great to have the option to join Tal Shiar as a playable faction. I played as romulan both in starfleet and klingons nad it seems a bit dull. Romulans should be romulans as it always been.
This was a hard one to vote for. I was tempted to go for Terran, but with enough uniforms we can pretend to be part of the mirror universe all that is missing is the I.S.S Prefix. My next vote would be RSE, but again even though I hate the Rebel Alliance 2.0 story, we can ignore it with the ships and RSE uniforms available.
So my official vote goes to Cardassia. I'd love to play them and see more unique ships and uniforms be made for them. it would help flesh out their side and learn their story side of things. Although I have the feeling we would be playing Romulan Republic 3.0, and not having the option to play The Obsidian Order or True Way. But Cardassian Union is still a Empire at least, albeit a struggling one.
I don't know how the story would work out. Seeing as the feds ordered the Cardassians to dismantle many of it's warships. After watching this trailer however I'd still want the chance to play as them.
I agree that they need to update some of the existing races. Mainly Romulan and Klingons. But looks like all the resources will be going to TOS addon, so I doubt we will be seeing anything beyond AOY updates for years to come .
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I don't know how the story would work out. Seeing as the feds ordered the Cardassians to dismantle many of it's warships. After watching this trailer however I'd still want the chance to play as them.
This is an easy work around, after the iconian war cardassia sees the need to rebuild its military to help aid in the defense of the quadrant, so that another iconian war never happen again.
In short the cards pull out of the treaty , but with the aid and support of the romulan republic reinvent themselves as a cardassian republic.
Your toon starts as a glin aboard a Hideki class frigate hunting down true way terrorists, and the story can develop from there up to the point you choose KDF or FED.
The story would be much different then the roms , but the result the same a new cardassian government that wants to aid and help protect the quadrant they are in, aka wanting to become part of the good guy squad.
I voted for the rSE but now I'm thinking I want a TAR faction.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though. JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
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Also the Dominion could be integrated into the Cardassian faction. But not sure if the Gamma Dominion would want another partnership with Cardassia after the war. There would be a lot of mistrust and resentment. Especially seeing as the Changeling leader was released. I don't think they would forget the genocide.
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Also the Dominion could be integrated into the Cardassian faction. But not sure if the Gamma Dominion would want another partnership with Cardassia after the war. There would be a lot of mistrust and resentment. Especially seeing as the Changeling leader was released. I don't think they would forget the genocide.
The "Dominion" would never be a faction, as the changelings and Vorta dont fight.
It would be a Jem'Hadar faction where you spend the whole game being bossed around by your ships Vorta in a situation that would make Tovan Khev look enjoyable.
Even Gecko has said they might do a Jem Hadar faction, specifically mentioning the Jem'Hadar, not The Dominion, as being one of the few races, along with Cardassians, Ferengi, and Borg Cooperative with a big enough of a fanbase to justify even something as small as a WoW deathknight style character where they just start you off at level 50 or so.
I'd take that. Anything to play the Cardassians is good in my book.
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While I don't really think any new factions are needed until there's more equality among those we've got, I think a Terran Empire expansion or faction would be so easily implemented. They've already got a ton of Mirror Universe ships T5 and a couple T6, uniforms, weapons, and other game resources built. Building new content around the Terran Empire would probably be the least effort.
Considering how Cryptic will only make cross-faction content for their end game content, then Romulan Star Empire, Terran Empire, Independent Gorn Hegemony, and Dominion won't happen without some serious effort to make everyone into one big happy family. If they introduce these playable factions into the game, then they will be nice and friendly allies of the Alliance like how the Klingons were tamed. This would remove a lot of what makes them unique and worth playing.
The Borg Cooperative, on the other hand, doesn't require a lobotomy to make them fit with the Alliance.
I'd take that. Anything to play the Cardassians is good in my book.
As I recall, though my memory is kinda fuzzy, he said they would likely start off a hypothetical Cardassian faction done WoW Death Knight style at the Borg arc content.
Which makes sense at the first time the actual Cardassian government, and not the True Way terrorist Cardassians, makes an appearance is during the meeting on DS9 at the beginning of the 2800 arc on what to do about the growing Borg threat.
After the 2800 stuff is done, the Cardassians would send ships to Battle Group Omega to help out there, and you would be "that guy/girl" likely being attached to a Federation or Klingon detachment for the duration of your operations.
Do you think there is a strong chance of them releasing a Cardassian faction in the near future?
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Considering how Cryptic will only make cross-faction content for their end game content, then Romulan Star Empire, Terran Empire, Independent Gorn Hegemony, and Dominion won't happen without some serious effort to make everyone into one big happy family. If they introduce these playable factions into the game, then they will be nice and friendly allies of the Alliance like how the Klingons were tamed. This would remove a lot of what makes them unique and worth playing.
The Borg Cooperative, on the other hand, doesn't require a lobotomy to make them fit with the Alliance.
We already know The Dominion joins the Galactic Union with the Feds, Klingons, and Roms despite being overly hostile right now.
But yeah, theres zero chance for the RSE and TE to become playable, they have no desire for working with other races.
However, that could happen in the 26th or 27th Century. A hundred years is lots of time to change an enemy into a friend. They seem to be more of a neutral faction than a hostile or friendly one. As long as you leave us along, we will leave you alone. However, that assessment is purely based on The 2800 FE series which is not enough evidence to determine their relationship with the Alpha Quadrant.
I'd take that. Anything to play the Cardassians is good in my book.
As I recall, though my memory is kinda fuzzy, he said they would likely start off a hypothetical Cardassian faction done WoW Death Knight style at the Borg arc content.
Which makes sense at the first time the actual Cardassian government, and not the True Way terrorist Cardassians, makes an appearance is during the meeting on DS9 at the beginning of the 2800 arc on what to do about the growing Borg threat.
After the 2800 stuff is done, the Cardassians would send ships to Battle Group Omega to help out there, and you would be "that guy/girl" likely being attached to a Federation or Klingon detachment for the duration of your operations.
Do you think there is a strong chance of them releasing a Cardassian faction in the near future?
As long as they are done like the TOS Starfleet "faction" with only 6 unique episodes, then absolutely. I imagine that it will only happen when the Gamma Quadrant expansion becomes available.
Depends on how "near future" we are talking about here. I honestly don't see them doing it outside of an Expansion, like what we are getting with the ToS Feds. And the next expansion wont come until like October-December 2017 at the earliest.
Sure it COULD, but given how STO is going, making The Dominion our allies is really the only thing left to do after AoY.
We have already had a Voyager themed expansion, AoY is a ToS/ENT/Kelvin expansion, that really only leaves TNG and DS9 to make expansions on.... and the game is already overflowing with TNG content, making a DS9 expansion most likely.
And you cant have a DS9 based expansion without the Gamma Quad, The Dominion, and the Cardassians.
Such a long wait though. I need some Cardassian action after watching DS9 again. But they probably be working on making more exclusive content for AOY.
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Ironically, that's actually the best way to do it. All the factions' storylines merge together anyway. It only makes sense that gameplay should merge together, too.
All the faction-unique content is at the beginning. At endgame there's nothing left of the factions but a collection of restrictions. "Can't use that, you're the wrong faction." "Can't team with that guy, he's the wrong faction." "Can't go there, wrong faction." Nevermind all the factions do the exact same missions, in the exact same way, for the exact same rewards and in general cooperate fully in everything they do. The factions are separate in name only, and that's pointless.
All the factions would be better off as origin stories. That's the interesting part of factional gameplay in STO. At endgame we should all be playing the Alliance, with no restriction based on faction.
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But Cardassians were always cool.
Plus: Devs could do another "half faction" Thing, ie: split "true way" and "new Cardassia" which are allied with either Klingons or Federation - this could also bring playable Jem Haddar (for one side?)
Easiest solution therefore: new half faction joins one of those and Characters start out at lvl 50 (apparently the tutorial/ Mission part is the most expensive when creating new species, so a few missions and rest missions of the joined faction)
This also means that we don'T have to build up another fleet and start from scratch. Plus it wouldn'T kill off the 2 faction System that exists in the game.
KDF: 2 tacs, 2 engs, 3 scis
KDF Roms: 3 tacs, 1 eng, 1 scis
FED: 2 tacs, 1 eng, 2 scis
TOS: 1 tac
all on T5 rep (up to temporal)
all have mastered Intel tree (and some more specs Points)
highest DPS: 60.982
OP forgot the "OTHER"...whatever happened to the BORG collective?
Original STO beta tester.
no ties, just you and the galaxy.
lots of that in star trek and any race could do it
So my official vote goes to Cardassia. I'd love to play them and see more unique ships and uniforms be made for them. it would help flesh out their side and learn their story side of things. Although I have the feeling we would be playing Romulan Republic 3.0, and not having the option to play The Obsidian Order or True Way. But Cardassian Union is still a Empire at least, albeit a struggling one.
I don't know how the story would work out. Seeing as the feds ordered the Cardassians to dismantle many of it's warships. After watching this trailer however I'd still want the chance to play as them.
I agree that they need to update some of the existing races. Mainly Romulan and Klingons. But looks like all the resources will be going to TOS addon, so I doubt we will be seeing anything beyond AOY updates for years to come
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This is an easy work around, after the iconian war cardassia sees the need to rebuild its military to help aid in the defense of the quadrant, so that another iconian war never happen again.
In short the cards pull out of the treaty , but with the aid and support of the romulan republic reinvent themselves as a cardassian republic.
Your toon starts as a glin aboard a Hideki class frigate hunting down true way terrorists, and the story can develop from there up to the point you choose KDF or FED.
The story would be much different then the roms , but the result the same a new cardassian government that wants to aid and help protect the quadrant they are in, aka wanting to become part of the good guy squad.
Norway and Yeager dammit... I still want my Typhoon and Jupiter though.
JJ Trek The Kelvin Timeline is just Trek and it's fully canon... get over it. But I still prefer TAR.
#TASforSTO
'...I can tell you that we're not in the military and that we intend no harm to the whales.' Kirk: The Voyage Home
'Starfleet is not a military organisation. Its purpose is exploration.' Picard: Peak Performance
'This is clearly a military operation. Is that what we are now? Because I thought we were explorers!' Scotty: Into Darkness
'...The Federation. Starfleet. We're not a military agency.' Scotty: Beyond
'I'm not a soldier anymore. I'm an engineer.' Miles O'Brien: Empok Nor
'...Starfleet could use you... It's a peacekeeping and humanitarian armada...' Admiral Pike: Star Trek
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I'd take that. Anything to play the Cardassians is good in my book.
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Play the underdog! Throw of the yoke of the chrono-oppresors! A huge range of ships already in game!
The Borg Cooperative, on the other hand, doesn't require a lobotomy to make them fit with the Alliance.
Do you think there is a strong chance of them releasing a Cardassian faction in the near future?
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However, that could happen in the 26th or 27th Century. A hundred years is lots of time to change an enemy into a friend. They seem to be more of a neutral faction than a hostile or friendly one. As long as you leave us along, we will leave you alone. However, that assessment is purely based on The 2800 FE series which is not enough evidence to determine their relationship with the Alpha Quadrant.
As long as they are done like the TOS Starfleet "faction" with only 6 unique episodes, then absolutely. I imagine that it will only happen when the Gamma Quadrant expansion becomes available.
Such a long wait though. I need some Cardassian action after watching DS9 again. But they probably be working on making more exclusive content for AOY.
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Or a Playable Tribble, Horta, Exocomp, and Medusan faction or THEM Empire. THE Empire sounds better, but Medusans are too cool of a race to disregard.