Quote by NicholasJohn16
If any of you missed it, Al Rivera was one P1 Podcast the other day and here are the bullet points posted by Massively OP:
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Like most have guessed, this is going to be a mini-faction. If this is the direction every expansion is going to take, a new faction for us to roll new characters in, I'm going to be pretty disappointed. I have enough characters as it is. I don't need to be adding on a couple more every year. How does Cryptic expect people to keep up with that?
I guess this is the monetization scheme of expansions. Get everyone to start new characters so they buy more inventory slots, more bank slots, more doff slots, more dry dock slots, more boff slots, new faction-themed ships, uniforms and everything else.
I'm actually pretty excited for this since I grew up watching TOS re-runs on VHS, but I'll concede that expansion is likely only going to appeal to a small subset of the current Star Trek fandom, many of whom were raised primarily on TNG or later series. Since the TOS universe is so unique in it's cornyness in terms of ships and set designs, etc, I almost think that it needs it's own mini-expansion to not seem ridiculous in the 2409 STO universe. I think there's only so many times you can write time travel episodes to engage a modern timeline player with the TOS universe before it gets a little too much.
I'm hoping that this will take me back to the likes of the Star Trek 25th anniversary PC game that I loved so dearly. I'd love to do a YouTube video of a play-through of both games side by side to see how far Star Trek PC gaming has come in the 25 years. I'm DROOLING over the familiar TOS locations, stories and HOPEFULLY TOS themed music! :D
Stoked!