test content
Logo
What is the Arc Client?
Install Arc
HOW TO: Playable Borg Faction
wraithshadow13
Member Posts: 1,728 Arc User
You Awaken. Your Cycle is complete, so you step out of your alcove. The cube is about to begin assimilation of species 3046. A primitive species which will be assimilated to replenish ranks lost in the war with the Federation, Romulan, and Klingon Alliance. Your tutorial sees you going through the cube, systems checks (ship tutorial), self diagnostics (equipment tutorial), and landing planet side (combat tutorial). These missions would be based around your role (tac, sci, eng) and would affect how you handle objectives, and possibly which attachments and parts you're able to get access too. By the end of the story arc, you are left alone, damaged, and disconnected from the Collective. From here, you are picked up by the Borg Collective, or even better, a Vessel from an existing faction (how you make your decision), bringing you into the main story arc.
Ships would be smaller vessels or Cooperative vessels, to keep canon and not have borg cubes flying around.
Weapon choices would be arm prosthesis, like the omega versions but able to be unlocked in the tailor as a body part.
Character customization would be making your Character PRE-assimilation, then adding Borg parts to them. We would also need to update the Infected complexion to be full body, which Honestly should have been done YEARS ago, given the LTS status.
Speaking of LTS status, those with Playable Borg already will be granted access to the Advanced versions of their traits, as well as a few Unique Customization parts and maybe unique visuals like the personal shield or scan emotes. Something to keep them feeling unique and separate from the base line player. Kind of like the Free 'Hadar vs the Pay 'Hadar we got at release of Victory is life.
Rep wise, it would be great to unlock kits and weapons that the Borg or Borg cooperative might use, or the option for "Liberated" versions of Security team or drones.
As a side possibility, there would be a weakness against the Borg as part of this species and a greater chance of assimilation when facing the Borg. Thought LTS members would be immune to this.
To differentiate the Free to play Borg from the LTS Borg, you could go through the Character creation screen as normal but get a secondary visuals tab in there, where you pick your Borg assimilation look. This could be done like the ship visuals slots, or a screen that lets us choose personal equipment BEFORE naming. Also, as a shortcut, your class could chose what attachments you get, to stream line it, working like current assimilation does now but adding way more visual parts and changes. That way, the free characters are still listed as their normal species but the LTS characters are still liberated Borg.
Personally, for LTS Borg, Borg Boffs, and a possible free to play Borg race, I would absolutely love to see a lot more in terms of customization. Mostly, the Borg captains are already in dire need of a full body skin or two. Secondly, more scarring options, usable by ALL characters would be nice, to show just how difficult it was to liberate that drone. Better Borg based weapons and visuals would be amazing, as the Omega rep weapons were a little lack luster. Given how far the game has come, it would be nice to see the Borg, as a whole, get brought up to a much better standard. Updating them, updating the LTS liberated Borg, and adding Borg options for none LTS members would be a great addition to the game. It would also be a great way to get a look into the daily routine of a Borg drone, for those early missions.
It was said, in the live stream today, that this is the most requested feature, so what all would you guys like to see out of it and how would you want to handle LTS vs sub vs F2P? What ships would you want available?
Full Body Borg skins are a must though, regardless of if this happens or not. If you know the tags for the art team, toss them in here.
@ambassadorkael#6946 @borticuscryptic
Ships would be smaller vessels or Cooperative vessels, to keep canon and not have borg cubes flying around.
Weapon choices would be arm prosthesis, like the omega versions but able to be unlocked in the tailor as a body part.
Character customization would be making your Character PRE-assimilation, then adding Borg parts to them. We would also need to update the Infected complexion to be full body, which Honestly should have been done YEARS ago, given the LTS status.
Speaking of LTS status, those with Playable Borg already will be granted access to the Advanced versions of their traits, as well as a few Unique Customization parts and maybe unique visuals like the personal shield or scan emotes. Something to keep them feeling unique and separate from the base line player. Kind of like the Free 'Hadar vs the Pay 'Hadar we got at release of Victory is life.
Rep wise, it would be great to unlock kits and weapons that the Borg or Borg cooperative might use, or the option for "Liberated" versions of Security team or drones.
As a side possibility, there would be a weakness against the Borg as part of this species and a greater chance of assimilation when facing the Borg. Thought LTS members would be immune to this.
To differentiate the Free to play Borg from the LTS Borg, you could go through the Character creation screen as normal but get a secondary visuals tab in there, where you pick your Borg assimilation look. This could be done like the ship visuals slots, or a screen that lets us choose personal equipment BEFORE naming. Also, as a shortcut, your class could chose what attachments you get, to stream line it, working like current assimilation does now but adding way more visual parts and changes. That way, the free characters are still listed as their normal species but the LTS characters are still liberated Borg.
Personally, for LTS Borg, Borg Boffs, and a possible free to play Borg race, I would absolutely love to see a lot more in terms of customization. Mostly, the Borg captains are already in dire need of a full body skin or two. Secondly, more scarring options, usable by ALL characters would be nice, to show just how difficult it was to liberate that drone. Better Borg based weapons and visuals would be amazing, as the Omega rep weapons were a little lack luster. Given how far the game has come, it would be nice to see the Borg, as a whole, get brought up to a much better standard. Updating them, updating the LTS liberated Borg, and adding Borg options for none LTS members would be a great addition to the game. It would also be a great way to get a look into the daily routine of a Borg drone, for those early missions.
It was said, in the live stream today, that this is the most requested feature, so what all would you guys like to see out of it and how would you want to handle LTS vs sub vs F2P? What ships would you want available?
Full Body Borg skins are a must though, regardless of if this happens or not. If you know the tags for the art team, toss them in here.
@ambassadorkael#6946 @borticuscryptic
Post edited by baddmoonrizin on
-1
This discussion has been closed.
Comments
My newest character is a Romulan liberated Borg with a mixed crew of liberated Borg and Romulans in a Tal Shiar ship and feels Borg-y enough for me.
But if we did, I think I'd rather see them start off at the assimilation of Vega Colony from the Borg point of view. Perhaps the player character could be one of the colonists that gets assimilated and you go through the whole assimilation process.
Views and Opinions May Not Reflect the Views and Opinions of Gearbox/Cryptic
Moderation Problems/Issues? Please contact the Community Manager
Terms of Service / Community Rules and Policies / FCT
Facebook / Twitter / Twitch
Though the above suggestion sounds intriguing
Agreed
It does! The problem is that being an assimilated Borg makes it impossible to play any of the existing shared story content. The Borg can't form an alliance with the Federation or KDF like the Romulans and Dominion can. They assimilate, it's what they do and who they are.
It would have to be either a Foundry series of stories, or a "side story" where you create the captain, play through the Borg stories, and then are liberated and become a member of one of the other factions not Borg.
normal text = me speaking as fellow formite
colored text = mod mode
Precisely.
Players can barely do as they're told as it is.
Needless to say, yet another 'monthly' suggestion on a playable Borg faction where the main jist of the suggestion would devalue and defeat the point of LTS Liberated Borg. The only way it would be 'fair' is to make the Co-Operative an LTS faction and give some updated value to LTS all around.
This is really only way I could see a "borg faction" being added a third full faction seems unlikely and the way content in STO is designed a faction that was hostile to the other 2 is very unlikely(as in practically impossible) since it would mean both splitting the playerbase and having to design everything from 1-65 from scratch.
FED is vanilla
TOS-FED is vanilla bean
Of the non-vanilla factions/fractions/lolfactions, KDF is the most true to it's representation on screen. Romulans and Jem'hadar are neutered "good guy" versions of what we seen on screen in the shows. I don't know why the borg would be any different. The only borg I would be interested in playing as would be "locutus" status or even borg queen status. Anything else is just borg flavored FED playthough.
That is all.
Star Trek Battles member. Want to roll with a good group of people regardless of fleets and not have to worry about DPS while doing STFs? Come join the channel and join in the fun!
http://forum.arcgames.com/startrekonline/discussion/1145998/star-trek-battles-channel-got-canon/p1
leave the Borg alone.
if they EVER figure out a way to make 'Monster Play' queues then sure,
but outside of that..let the Borg Queen be the only player allowed to play as the Borg
this^
Cryptic doesn't need to handle more than three factions since TOS Starfleet and Jem'Hadar are already build and forget 'factions' that join up with one of the existing factions. Any future 'factions' will be just like TOS Starfleet or Jem'Hadar.
I wouldn't mind if more people are able to get Liberated Borg Humans/Klingons/Romulans as long as they turn my Liberated Borg Human into a Liberated Borg Alien with a modified alien customization screen.
Perhaps a totally separate sequel game called STO: Deassimilation would be a better idea. I'd like to see the red hand insignia (that we saw in ST: Next Generation episode Descent part 2) on some kind of ship. Incidentally, would Borg player captains be divided into dark (Descent part 2) and light (Unimatrix Zero from VOY) factions?
First, it's basically a race change which is not available anywhere else in this game. You basically "lose" a character to gain another which would require too much programming from them. You'd be playing a "bad guy" which cryptic doesn't like. See botched/neutered Romulans, Cardassians and Dominion for reference. Another big problem is that ANY TYPE of badguy borg character wouldn't join up with the unified story line at "endgame" that all other factions do.
This would make more sense in a 4X space strategy game where you're playing the Borg faction and attempting to assimilate the rest of the galaxy.
True un-liberated Borg can't share in any of the alliance shared content, and shared content is what Cryptic can afford to create.
People should be thankful that we're getting new story content, unlike SWTOR which has been left to rot for almost two years now.
Drone: Rank 1, 2, 3, etc, but instead of ensign, lieutenant, commander, and so on, it would be levels of necessity.
Drone: Rank 1- expendable
Drone: Rank 2 - useful
Drone: Rank 3 - necessary
Drone: Rank 4 - vital
We wouldn't need many ranks, as it wouldn't be starting from level 1 ensign. More than likely, it would be just a few story missions before being Liberated and choosing Fed/KDF
I would fully support this. Currently, the infected complexion is just a head only skin still, which kills me. As part of the LTS package, Liberated Borg are WAAAAAY too outdated and unfinished to be THAT expensive of a purchase. I've bugged @ambassadorkael#6946 during numerous live streams for it but he can only poke the art team, and it sounds like the art team is currently busy on Discovery and such. Personally, i would absolutely love it if they were to revisit the the LTS races, adding way more skins and parts for customizations. More so, even the traits need a good updating.
Admittedly, i saw this as being like they did the Jem'hadar or AoY, where it's a small addition of missions and improvements, not a fully fledged faction. I thought i had put that into the original post but it looks like i did not. Considering how this is the most requested thing in the game, as stated by Kael in the last live stream, it seems like we should probably discuss what we want NOW, rather than after the fact, like Jem'Hadar, TOS characters, or Romulans.
I already do. And Daddy needs more. Mostly, i would absolutely love for them to update and improve what they've already got. The Borg captains have been in since beta, and frankly after this many years, it shows. It seriously needs a good once over to update it all to the same lever as newer species, more so, it seems like more effort was put into Talaxians... which is sad. It would also be nice to get more parts and pieces of or inspired by borg tech, not just to fight against them, like the current Omega rep.
Again, this is the most requested feature currently, and we all know that PWE wants money, so it's going to happen whether people like it or not. Might as well start tossing out ideas of what we want out of it.
Collective, not Cooperative.
There has to be an OpFor in the game especially for PvP.
The Devs know it.
I know I'm not alone when I say I am looking forward to a Borg future.
RIP KDF and PvP 2014-07-17 Season 9.5 - Death by Dev
I keep seeing people posting that it won't happen but no one really seems keen to explain why not.