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Baldrics for Starfleet Klingons

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I was thinking about how Romulans got some recent upgrades to make them better looking than what you can get in the Alien option of the character creator. In turn, everyone with an exchange officer naturally wants their exchange BO to look somehow distinctive, which is why you hardly ever see Starfleet Orion BOs in anything other than the chainmail bikinis; if people just wanted a green-skinned girl in a skimpy outfit, they'd nab a custom alien BO and put her in a Terran Empire outfit. People gravitate towards what's unique.

However, with playable Starfleet Klingons, what's unique vs. an alien made in the character creator? One line of text on inspection? A few traits you can swap for other traits with a nearly identical net effect? And that alien can use Tribbles, at least.

I think we probably need two things to really sell the Starfleet Klingon having some value:

- A baldric. Doesn't have to be a rank baldric. I would simply suggest making it a standard House of Martok baldric since those are the Klingons who would have presumably made up most of the defectors.

- Combat pet targs which can be used ONLY by races unable to use tribbles. You have to choose then, when making a character, and this would provide a gameplay balance for races that cannot use tribbles. Starfleet Klingons would be the one Federation race that could use them and, KDF side, races that use tribbles would also be ineligible.
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    ...when I read the thread title, I though you were referring to "Baldrick" from Blackadder! :p

    Also, Klingons have the unique "warrior" (at work, not ingame so can't check) ability.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    MGDawson wrote: »
    ...when I read the thread title, I though you were referring to "Baldrick" from Blackadder! :p

    Also, Klingons have the unique "warrior" (at work, not ingame so can't check) ability.

    But the point I'm making is, while the ability "Waqrrior" may be unique, the Klingon traits are passive buffs, no different in effect than you can get by selecting a couple of Alien passive buffs. That's a far cry from a Vulcan neck pinch or a Caitian attack. The ways the traits are divided up may be different but I can make something so close to Klingon it would feel no different to play and look no different, either.

    With the work put into, for instance, making Romulans distinct from alien "Romulans" in the character creator, it would be nice to see Klingons get the same treatment.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    I would love to see the baldric as a way to show accolades on your uniform for both factions. Just a thought.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2011
    Signed/supported/agreed.
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