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Borg for All, here's how I do it.

kellmg96#5851 kellmg96
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While I get the idea of LTS players would/could feel a bit snubbed by it, and I see that side, I think there is a way to do it.

Federation faction could be
Alien, obvious reasons
Vulcan, a FF and a cool study subject of Logical vs Needs of the Many or Collective
Betazoid, near human

Klingon
Orion, again near human
Gorn, giant big TRIBBLE Gorn with invincible shields
Alien

RR
Alien
Reman, former captured test subject of Sela, why kill your own people when you could perform tests on remans get them to work and then kill them off.


And LifeTime Subs would get the ones they already have + plus the new ones.


Thoughts


Oh I would make it an episode/arc/expac thing, not just a z-store option.
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  • disqord#9557 disqord
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    You're only the 15 millionth person to 'come up' with the idea of playable Borg. I'm sure this will be the post that persuades them to finally do it.

    Anyway, I would prefer a costume unlock like 7 of 9, but more mechanical prosthetics instead of skin-tight outfits. I don't care about playing a S00P3R SP3SHAL B0RG character with a tragic assimilation backstory also from the Mirror Universe and they don't play by the Federation's rules, I just like the thought of having a bunch of spare parts we found in the garage sticking out of me. Plus, it would be a lot more likely to happen than infringing on one of the very few things that make the Lifetime purchase worthwhile.
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,342 Arc User
    disqord#9557 wrote: »
    You're only the 15 millionth person to 'come up' with the idea of playable Borg. I'm sure this will be the post that persuades them to finally do it.

    Anyway, I would prefer a costume unlock like 7 of 9, but more mechanical prosthetics instead of skin-tight outfits. I don't care about playing a S00P3R SP3SHAL B0RG character with a tragic assimilation backstory also from the Mirror Universe and they don't play by the Federation's rules, I just like the thought of having a bunch of spare parts we found in the garage sticking out of me. Plus, it would be a lot more likely to happen than infringing on one of the very few things that make the Lifetime purchase worthwhile.

    I'm still trying to figure what OP is trying to suggest!
    kellmg96#5851 wrote: »


    While I get the idea of LTS players would/could feel a bit snubbed by it, and I see that side, I think there is a way to do it.

    Federation faction could be
    Alien, obvious reasons
    Vulcan, a FF and a cool study subject of Logical vs Needs of the Many or Collective
    Betazoid, near human

    Klingon
    Orion, again near human
    Gorn, giant big **** Gorn with invincible shields
    Alien

    RR
    Alien
    Reman, former captured test subject of Sela, why kill your own people when you could perform tests on remans get them to work and then kill them off.


    And LifeTime Subs would get the ones they already have + plus the new ones.


    Thoughts


    Oh I would make it an episode/arc/expac thing, not just a z-store option.

    We already have playable Borg with the LTS. A Borg Co-Operative faction 'may' be the only workable option as logically The Collective are One, not individuals. However, I'd only accept the Co-operative as an LTS perk as it would make current playable LTS Borg worthless if it was otherwise. Seven was a mouth-piece of the Borg in 'Scorpion', not a true individual in the Collective, and I highly doubt the Borg Queen will ever consider letting any Borg be in such position to be taken from her again. Locutus was supposed to be an equal, but look how that turned out for her! The Collective's strength is in the single voice and single mind, so can you really say that thousands of players are going to stick that mantra in this game!?

    But we've been over this hundreds of times already, and this really should be put to bed now.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • disqord#9557 disqord
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    azrael605 wrote: »
    Meh, if I want playable Borg I'll figure out how to go LTS, but in 7 years I haven't had any such inclination.

    That said, the OP claims to "have a way to make it work" but presents very little info and explains nothing about their idea. Sorry but its true.

    Were I inclined to offer my notion of an improvement to the LTS LibBorg I would suggest allowing the LibBorg to use any species the account has unlocked as a "pre-assimilation template". So for example an LTS could create a Fed LibBorg Klingon or Cardassian or even Talaxian, or on KDF side you could get a LibBorg Ferasan and so on. Naturally I'm not sure how well one can do this at present so my improvement may be nothing of the kind.

    I'd love if we could have more than just the humans, Klingons, and Romulans as liberated Borg. There's so many awesome species and we get the normal ones.
  • thegrandnagus1thegrandnagus1 Member Posts: 5,165 Arc User
    edited June 2018
    I already play Borg. Let me introduce you to my character Le Cutest of Borg, my boffs Assimilated Riker, Worf, Geordi, and Data, and my Ship the USS Collective:

    https://imgur.com/a/nlE2RR6

    Just set your HUD color palette to Orion and you're set.

    As far as "gamplay" goes, VIL has already set the precedent that all future factions will get extremely minimal faction content; maybe ONE unique intro mission, but then share the same content as everyone else. Because of that there is *almost* no point in even adding new factions.
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  • usskentuckyusskentucky Member Posts: 402 Arc User
    This is another easy problem for me to solve. You get assimilated at level seventy and access to a new arc in which you go from alliance captain to drone. You do an episode as a drone. You do an episode in unimatrix zero. You play the bad guy in the defera invasion zone using the coding that lets you be a drone in the binary cIrcuit queue. You do a bunch of assimilating and opining about your lot in life before being liberated and joining the liberated Borg fleet. From there, you are free to come and go between your old home in the alliance or your new home in a liberated Borg collective staging area. It’s kind of like the old romulan staging area. The social hub is a simple area aboard a ship. Nothing too fancy or expensive. Icheb is their leader. Beating all the stories unlocks three new ships in the new Borg fleet holding near Defera (probe, sphere, mini-cube), costumes for whatever character you are already playing (same costumes available to playable borg tunes and Boffs). Throw in some new ground sets, Borg prostheses that only level 70 captains can equip. No need for a Borg reputation, just add in some more ways to get marks in a rewritten defera invasion zone. Also, make each level past 65 take the entire amount of xp required to get from 1-64. Make it so.
  • salazarrazesalazarraze Member Posts: 3,794 Arc User
    This barely counts as an idea, OP. You'll need to explain your idea in a longer form and give a lot more detail because there's practically nothing to digest from your original post.
    azrael605 wrote: »
    Were I inclined to offer my notion of an improvement to the LTS LibBorg I would suggest allowing the LibBorg to use any species the account has unlocked as a "pre-assimilation template". So for example an LTS could create a Fed LibBorg Klingon or Cardassian or even Talaxian, or on KDF side you could get a LibBorg Ferasan and so on. Naturally I'm not sure how well one can do this at present so my improvement may be nothing of the kind.
    They could also do something similar to how Vanguard JH were implemented and give the LTS versions space traits while non-LTS accounts lack such traits. And if they want to really go overboard, they can have a paid c-store option with space traits but LTS get's a "superior" space and ground trait variant. LTS should also get a lot more visual options and/or bridge officers that other accounts won't have access too.
    When you see "TRIBBLE" in my posts, it's because I manually typed "TRIBBLE" and censored myself.
  • seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    God.. stop with playable Borg already.

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  • jade1280jade1280 Member Posts: 868 Arc User
    Just saying who cares about the hur'q when the borg could become a massive in game threat again with a GLOBAL game campaign to stop them from overtaking half the alpha quatrant in a month.

    #Maketheborgbadassagain
  • leemwatsonleemwatson Member Posts: 5,342 Arc User
    jade1280 wrote: »
    Just saying who cares about the hur'q when the borg could become a massive in game threat again with a GLOBAL game campaign to stop them from overtaking half the alpha quatrant in a month.

    #Maketheborgbadassagain

    I totally agree. They need to be a true threat with their ability to adapt in space restored, be given Feedback Pulse and to be able to chase Lvl 50+ players across sector space again. I love the Hur'q's 'xenomorph' style screams, and think they should be left to run riot though.
    "You don't want to patrol!? You don't want to escort!? You don't want to defend the Federation's Starbases!? Then why are you flying my Starships!? If you were a Klingon you'd be killed on the spot, but lucky for you.....you WERE in Starfleet. Let's see how New Zealand Penal Colony suits you." Adm A. Necheyev.
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,914 Arc User
    valoreah wrote: »
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    God.. stop with playable Borg already.

    ^ I second this sentiment.

    I third it. That poor horse is dead many times over by now
    Now a LTS and loving it.
    Just because you spend money on this game, it does not entitle you to be a jerk if things don't go your way.
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,302 Community Moderator
    edited June 2018
    echatty wrote: »
    valoreah wrote: »
    seaofsorrows wrote: »
    God.. stop with playable Borg already.

    ^ I second this sentiment.

    I third it. That poor horse is dead many times over by now

    Fourth. And no one wants it to stop more than me. :confounded:
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  • usskentuckyusskentucky Member Posts: 402 Arc User
    Why do you all band together to Borg-shame this poor player? No one forced you to read the post.
  • kaithan1975kaithan1975 Member Posts: 947 Arc User
    usskentucky wrote: »
    Why do you all band together to Borg-shame this poor player? No one forced you to read the post.
    Because this gets brought up every other month, in one form or another. With Cryptic giving us playable Cardassians and Jem'Hadar it was inevitable one of the threads would pop up, again. That aside, I want playable Iconians and playable Elachi and playable whatever isn't playable yet.
  • disqord#9557 disqord
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    edited June 2018
    usskentucky wrote: »
    Why do you all band together to Borg-shame this poor player? No one forced you to read the post.

    That is such a non-argument. The entire point of this forum, and even the basic concept of communication itself, is that we are supposed to share our ideas, feedback, and criticisms. Nothing is protected from judgement, and anyone who shares their ideas should be comprehend the fact that other people will have differing opinions.

    I agree that nobody should attack others for their opinions, but nobody here has been hostile.
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    The one and only thing we need for playable borg is for Cryptic to want to make them...and apparently they don't.
  • mez83mez83 Member Posts: 255 Arc User
    Here's my idea for "playable" Borg. They take one of your existing characters and assimilate them. Then you just watch helplessly as your newly assimilated drone carries out the will of the collective. Very immersive. B)
  • warpangelwarpangel Member Posts: 9,427 Arc User
    mez83 wrote: »
    Here's my idea for "playable" Borg. They take one of your existing characters and assimilate them. Then you just watch helplessly as your newly assimilated drone carries out the will of the collective. Very immersive. B)
    That already happens when fighting borg. And then your teammates shoot you and you have to respawn.
  • tyler002tyler002 Member Posts: 1,586 Arc User
    It would be nice if getting assimilated fighting the Borg would unlock Borg costume pieces for the character.
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  • baddmoonrizinbaddmoonrizin Member Posts: 10,302 Community Moderator
    tyler002 wrote: »
    It would be nice if getting assimilated fighting the Borg would unlock Borg costume pieces for the character.

    Borg costume pieces should come with LTS as part of the playable Liberated Borg, and allow BOFFs to wear them as well. I don't care if my BOFFs are actual LibBorg, but I'd love to have them dress the part.
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  • madmoparmadmopar Member Posts: 234 Arc User
    As a lts I would rather have borg pieces added to the tailor rather than the race we have now. Lib borg traits are pretty bad.
  • disqord#9557 disqord
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    As I brought up earlier in the thread, the main thing I'd like is a way to equip myself with spare parts. It's unlikely, but it would be fun to run around like a proper Borgy Cyborg.
  • arionisaarionisa Member Posts: 1,421 Arc User
    I agree, we don't need borg-for-all, we just need some tailor options.
    LTS and loving it.
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  • starkaosstarkaos Member Posts: 11,556 Arc User
    Personally, I wouldn't mind all veterans that have subscribed for enough days to get the Liberated Borg Captains for free. If they spend the same amount of money as a Lifer on subscriptions, then they should get the same benefit. If Lifers are given Liberated Borg Aliens with a few additional borg cosmetics, then I don't mind Cryptic giving Liberated Borg Humans/Klingons/Romulans to everyone.
  • usskentuckyusskentucky Member Posts: 402 Arc User
    I want a liberated-borg joined founder.
  • mez83mez83 Member Posts: 255 Arc User
    I'm surprised we don't have a liberated bro jem'hadar. But then again would the Borg even assimilate jem'hadar? Sure they'd make great tactical drones but their dependency on the white might be seen as liability
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