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Think we'll get another Fed Discovery recruit event?
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Think we'll get another recruit event with a new Fed Discovery Era toon? Another free character slot for a new Fed-Disc toon?
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Of course they'll go with whatever the population data says people are doing (if DR and AOY don't have much of an impact then a little something for AoD isn't going to be that one step too far for most people) but I just wouldn't hold it as any kind of firm expectation.
Free character slot is more of a given.
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I'll almost certainly create a new character for it though.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
I think it will be a bit more like how Romulans came in. We didn't have a Recruit event at all for that. Just "Hey we got a new faction! Here's a free character slot so you can experience the new content!"
That's what I see coming honestly.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Not if they mix the AoY with AoD. Remember, AoD does take place before AoY. In the time between Ent and TOS.
Just one possiblity here.
"With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably."
Except that AoD would be taking place 15-20 years before AoY. If I remember correctly AoY is in 2270, while Discovery is in 2256 or so.
Well within even a human's lifetime, so having an AoD character time jump to AoY, then time jump again to the 25th Century... kinda pushing the jumping quite a bit there. While it is a possibility... a bit farfetched to smoosh them both together like that.
-Lord Commander Solar Macharius
I meant the event. Using AoD as the AoY event. Just tack the AoY rewards on to AoD, and have Temporal Agent Fuqit snatch you from that time period and toss you into the 25th.
Simple, easy, and recycled. Just what Cryptic likes to do.
We could have something similar to what happened at Narendra III. but with an escape pod rather than a full ship. So much energy flying that it tore a hole in space/time to the 25th Century, kinda like how the Enterprise-C ran into the Enterprise-D.
And I personally don't see why a recruit event would be a problem. Other than reaching the point where you get whatever type of transponder is used, no one is forced to grind anything. Heck, when DR was brought back there were people posting here in the forums about the Delta toons they made when it first came out, and how they hadn't done anything at all with them other than get the transponder. I myself have a Temporal toon that has done nothing other than Doffing since hitting level 11.
A free character slot, plus being rewarded just for playing the game, nothing there for anyone to complain about
Although a lot of people still would
I'm STILL working on the Spec Point goal for my Gamma Recruit.
Maybe I am in the minority, but I like leveling an alt for purpose (in a game with no real endgame what else is there?) and if they make the rewards good I am even more excited to do it. Unfortunately, the Gamma recruit event was lackluster, IMO. Rewards were meh, not much by way of account unlocks, and really no reason to play the early missions. I would love to have another recruiting event with worthwhile rewards.
Also, keep in mind that there has only been one recruitment event that longtime players have had a desire to play in the past 12 months. The replayed Delta event was only useful to those who were not around (including console) when the original ran or for those who may not have created Deltas in all factions.
If hypothetical new recruitment event rewards aren't more like the AOY recruitment event rewards then I say go back to the drawing board, but if they are I'll be making a new toon on day one. Who am I kidding even if the rewards are sub-par I'll still be making one but maybe on day two...
I have really wanted to do a Cardassian but without a recruitment event I just can't bring myself to start a new character again. Without rewards I just have no desire to level a new character, but starting at 60/65 without a reason to do earlier content also doesn't appeal to me...
So yeah I hope they do some type of DISCO recruitment event even if they rerun the Temporal Agent (from a different era), as long as they add reasons for veteran players to go through it again (unlike the Delta event). Either way it will give me a reason to start a new toon.
I'm a veteran and had a reason to do it again. I had a Fed and KDF Delta, but not a Romulan.
Which is why I said this:
Not saying some didn't, but a lot of veterans, I would bet, created all three factions back during the original if they cared...
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And yeah, it's just a little extra dil, not necessarily worth much. In the end, I did it just because I could.
Also AoY rerun is something to be done. I totally dig it.
More tang why not?
In fact they could just as well let regular Feds or even Fed'hadar become Temporal Agents if they wanted. They have all the same content.
Using the temp agent rewards as the ones for disco divas would save on finding the mindnumbing timesinky ones they didn't opt for with the gamma recruit. Although those do need updated to account for the specs added since temp recruit was done.
Yeah, personally, I'm expecting some kind of mix between AoY and Gamma recruitment here. Though with it being AoD, with more of a 5+ episode tutorial for it. like they did with AoY. But done in a manner like Gamma, where all characters can jump in to that time frame and do it. I think that was the best part of the Gamma expansion, I didn't have to do it on my recruit, unless I wanted the rewards. Which, I can go back and get at any time.