I'm completely new to STO... plz help :)

Just started, literally a few days ago. I'm quite lost on some things, but here's the one question I have for the moment.

I chose to play Romulan and I'm at the part in the 9th level quest where I have to chose and Alliance with either the Federation or Klingon. Could someone help me so I don't make a mistake and chose the wrong one. Me and my friends want to join up with some of you in-game. We are all going Romulan to begin with, and all three of us are serious NOOBS. LOL

Thank ya kindly. :)

Good Morning,

Welcome to Stonewall Fleet!

First of all the game, for a new player has a lot of depth to explore, storylines are slightly different for each faction (Fed, KDF and Romulan). As far as Romulan alignment this is ultimately down to personal preference for most players. In my opinion, and it is just that, Federation alignment is going to give you access to a larger player base to participate in missions and team up. Although we do have a strong KDF contingent.


Drop me a message in game @williamjaneway and I will try and help out in game best I can with anything else you may have queries regarding.

Also we have a TeamSpeak server which can also be a good place to speak to people and get advice :)

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Hi Siafu!

Welcome to STO and Stonewall!

As @williamjaneway said, it´s a question of personal preferences.

I mostly play on fed side (I like the philosophy that´s behind Starfleet) although I also have Klingon toons (and i switch to them if I want to play badass, lol).

Sure, the fed player base is larger but I don´t think that you will have difficulties to team up if you ask in the Stonewall channel. And besides, later when you will have reached the endgame level and have to do special task force missions: there´s the possibility to team up cross faction.

I don´t think that you can make a "wrong" choice. Just try it out!

And if you have questions: JUST ASK in our channel :) . Nobody will laugh at you bc it´s a "noob" question (we all started as newbies!) and there are always people willing to help.

Greetings, @chemistryset

Hey, Siafu!

It's awesome to have some of our GW2 folks come and give STO a try. I'm excited for the adventure you'll embark on and will gladly help you with any questions about the game, or any concerns, that you may have.

With regards to your question -- why not make two Romulans and have them ally with each faction? :cheer: Lol, obviously, this is what I did, but I wanted to experience both story lines, which have each been great to follow. I was always a Starfleet brat, and was often told that I was too nice to play Klingon, but after playing through the story I found myself enjoying it immensely! The Federation values peace, and science, and discovery of new life and civilizations. Klingon's are more militaristic, with a passion for battle. Honor is everything to them. As willjaneway (Dex) said, it mostly comes down to your own personal play style. In the end, you'll have a great story to follow either way!

If there's anything else we can help you with, feel free to ask us here or in our in-game fleet chat channel.

See you among the stars!

~Andrew

Glad to hear you're trying out STO! We'd be happy for you to join us! There really is no "wrong" decision when choosing an alliance, since both are filled with immersive storylines and unique content to experience.

If you'd like to chat with us in-game, feel free to join our Stonewallfleet Channel to get in touch with us! :)

In chat, simply type /channel_join StonewallFleet

Hope you have been enjoying your experience so far! B)

*big hugs*

OH, I see now! The alliances are really just a sideline story adventure, and has really nothing to do with our ability to join the Stonewall fleet and group up. (Very Cool.) As much as I admire the FEDS and I really do, I think for my sideline adventure I'm feeling a little bad-ass would be nice. Been there and done the whole "Hand shake" thing, now a little Rokeg blood pie with my morning coffee doused with the French Vanilla creamer, would be a cool eye-opener! LOL

Can't wait to join fleet and chat it up. Just to let you know how much I actually love Star Trek....

When I was a young boy (many many light-years ago) my mom bought me a toy phaser pistol ( the first one to come out in the franchise.) I, of course, would not leave home without it and one day I took it with me on a Boy Scout outing up in the Adirondack mountains. Needless to say I got very lost. I was terrified I wouldn't be found, so much so, I couldn't even scream for help. But I did think to take out my phaser and start shooting it in the air, and several minutes later I was found by our group who heard the phaser echos in the woods. After that all my Boy Scout buddies wanted one! So I'm like, "DUH don't you guys watch Star Trek, you never go on an Away-Mission without your phaser!!!"

(40 years later, I still think of that day. And now.... it's all more exciting than ever. LESS the scary part! LOL)

Hi Siafu! Welcome to STO, I thought I'd recognized you from long ago here on the forums. I'm the Admiral of the KDF Fleet and I can say you couldn't have picked a better time to roll a KDF toon. Before, there wasn't much in the way of a KDF storyline which they finally changed and the ships are great. If you're a Romulan, it won't make too much of a difference in terms of your storyline progression and whom you're able to team with once you reach the end game. Let me know if you have any questions about the KDF Fleet and don't forget to check out our awesome starbase ;)

CHOOSE KDF!!!! :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

Hi Siafu

I too would like to echo what has been said previously. We were all new to STO once, and all had a million and one questions. Unfortunately some of us were not in fleets at the time so had to work things out ourselves.

You are in a strong, dependable, loyal fleet, where everyone is willing to help each other regardless.

Never be shy to openly ask a question. If you feel the question you have may come across wrong or people might think you are making yourself look silly, you are a million light years from the truth. Everyone and in mean everyone will always be willing to help regardless :)

Hello! And welcome to STO and more importantly, Stonewall!

In my personal experience, STO has a lot to offer in a myriad of ways. I, like you, originally started with a Romulan character and when I reached the point of no return, I struggled. Interestingly enough, I choose my faction and it was quite fun. Stonewall is not limited to one faction/side - and you can often see the fleets cross-teaming in diverse missions.

It's even more fun when personal friends join along in the adventure! I often play with my little brother (when I'm strangling him) from time to time. Hopefully, you will enjoy the game a lot and stick around! Good luck and may the force be with you!

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OH, I see now! The alliances are really just a sideline story adventure, and has really nothing to do with our ability to join the Stonewall fleet and group up. (Very Cool.) As much as I admire the FEDS and I really do, I think for my sideline adventure I'm feeling a little bad-ass would be nice. Been there and done the whole "Hand shake" thing, now a little Rokeg blood pie with my morning coffee doused with the French Vanilla creamer, would be a cool eye-opener! LOL

Selecting your faction does have a bit of an affect on what you can do and who you can play with. In most locations, there is no cross faction teaming; meaning a KDF (Klingon Defense Force) character and a Fed (Starfleet) can't join the same time. If your playing partners decide to join the opposite faction, it'll be difficult for you to continue playing with them till you hit max level. Once you get to level 50, things do get a little easier cross faction-wise. Most raids or queued content can be joined by both factions at the same time, but you require a team of 5 to actually do the content at least.

You'll still be able to join our fleets, but if you say choose to align with KDF, you don't be able to join Stonewall Fleet, per se, but rather our KDF sister-fleet, House of Nagh reD (House of Stone Wall). Our main chat channel, StonewallFleet, is cross faction so you'll still be able to chat with everyone regardless of what faction you choose.

And, of course, KDF and Feds have very different storylines which you should check out! But for a good part of your leveling you'll be doing Rom content anyhow.

Hope that helps!

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Selecting your faction does have a bit of an affect on what you can do and who you can play with.

Yep, it sure does. When I read that my choice would be permanent and that if I chose KDF, we would be enemies of the Federation, I reconsidered - and my roommate did as well.

So now we are both: Romulan - Federation (So that should allow is to get an invitation, though I don't know just yet how that gets accomplished.)

Thou must sacrifice a newly shorn goat at the summer solstice at midnight, while chanting the words "ugthulu umbali ugh". Collect the blood in a copper bowl and promptly burn it to ash in a hot flame.

Just kidding, by the time you log in next it may already be done, if not just ask for an invite in the Stonewall fleet channel, an officer will get you in lickety split.

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Thou must sacrifice a newly shorn goat at the summer solstice at midnight, while chanting the words "ugthulu umbali ugh". Collect the blood in a copper bowl and promptly burn it to ash in a hot flame.

OMG that was funny as hell!!!!

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Just kidding, by the time you log in next it may already be done, if not just ask for an invite in the Stonewall fleet channel, an officer will get you in lickety split.

I did say hi a few times in Fleet channel (no responses) could be just bad timing, and no-one was in there. :)

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I did say hi a few times in Fleet channel (no responses) could be just bad timing, and no-one was in there. :)

fleet channel or stonewallfleet, the latter is the one everyone is on.

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Selecting your faction does have a bit of an affect on what you can do and who you can play with.

Yep, it sure does. When I read that my choice would be permanent and that if I chose KDF, we would be enemies of the Federation, I reconsidered - and my roommate did as well.

So now we are both: Romulan - Federation (So that should allow is to get an invitation, though I don't know just yet how that gets accomplished.)

We both joined this channel : /channel_join StonewallFleet, that's the one we said hello in.

Handles are:

Myself: Tallon Zek@omerta22

My partner in crime is: Posidius@ecitoninae

Bit late to this but welcome to STO as well. Do not worry about being new. Especially while you are leveling up, your choices are not set in stone and it is pretty hard to do anything seriously wrong.

Just a couple of small tips.
Dont worry about trying to make your leveling ships too shiny. Dont waste money/dilithium on items until you hit L45 and Mark XI items I would say.

You will level up so fast that anything lower becomes redundant pretty quickly so just relax and enjoy the story/gameplay while you level up.

I know that you have now aligned with Feds but dont forget you can create Alt sides to play the other factions as well. Cryptic ideally want us to have a Fed, Klingon and Romulan char as each side has subtly different stories that then tie together. But that is for the future.

You will also find that a lot of us have alts for the above purpose so if you are playing KDF or aligned and people only seem to be on the Fed side, by all means ask and someone or several will probably hop characters to come play as that side as well.

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Bit late to this but welcome to STO as well. Do not worry about being new. Especially while you are leveling up, your choices are not set in stone and it is pretty hard to do anything seriously wrong.

Just a couple of small tips.
Dont worry about trying to make your leveling ships too shiny. Dont waste money/dilithium on items until you hit L45 and Mark XI items I would say.

You will level up so fast that anything lower becomes redundant pretty quickly so just relax and enjoy the story/gameplay while you level up.

I know that you have now aligned with Feds but dont forget you can create Alt sides to play the other factions as well. Cryptic ideally want us to have a Fed, Klingon and Romulan char as each side has subtly different stories that then tie together. But that is for the future.

You will also find that a lot of us have alts for the above purpose so if you are playing KDF or aligned and people only seem to be on the Fed side, by all means ask and someone or several will probably hop characters to come play as that side as well.

Very true, I have captains that reach lvl 50 with mk 4 greens in places. Unless you want a challenge and go up leveling on elite, stick with whatever you end up with .