Ask Cryptic about Klingons in STO

How much difference will there be between the different versions of the same ship? Are we looking at additional weapon slots? Stronger base armor or weapon power? Will the models be different at all or have more customization options? Is there going to be Klingon vs Klingon warfare?

Oh yeah. If the Klingon ships are going to have more forward facing guns, does that mean that they are going to have smaller firing arcs than the Fed ships? And if so, how will you balance that? Will the forward cannons be more powerful? Will the Klingon ships have better turn radii or be faster?

Ok. Sorry. I keep thinking of stuff. The cloaking. If I'm not mistaken, when a ship is cloaked, its shields are down. Once a ship comes out of cloak, how long before the shields are up? And how much time after cloak is down before a ship can fire?

I would imagine the plan would be for a ship to come up behind the Fed and let loose with the biggest stuff you have. How vulnerable will Fed ships be?

I think the thread where you're supposed to ask those questions is linked in the article.

I want to know why they screwed up the game by making Klingons nothing more than a glorified "Monster play" ala LOTRO.

Why not make them a full fledged faction like the Federation?

I'm a tool. I didn't even bother to read the article. Just assumed it was gonna be like the other ones they've done.Well excuse me. I have some copy and pasting to do.

I can't help but ask a few questions.

1. How important and/or relevant will Klingon ground combat be? Without mission episodes, will there be anything that necessitates Klingons doing ground pvp?

2. When will there be some Klingon gameplay footage showing the gist of Klingon space combat? (This would be an awesome time LOL.)

3. Do you expect Klingon and Federation pvp to be generally balanced, or will one side be able to have an upper hand? Will there be any mechanism in the game to help even out the odds if and when imbalances occur?

Oops. Well, I'm glad I was able to click copy and paste anyway ;)

Perhaps the real question I should have asked is.... why the frack are the Klingons so skinny? They don't look like warriors... they look like track runners in skinny jeans with deformed foreheads...

They should be larger and bulkier. I hope their "total costumization" alllows people to fix that...

How long will we have to wait for Klingon full PVE to be patched/expansioned in. Face it, it's when, not if.

An unrealistic launch schedule due to financial constraints is the obvious answer and in the current economic climate I think that's understandable.

Damn, my second post was meant as a reply to Keen's question.

So basically it's another gimmick type of pvp for the game. You must go here, and then join this, in order to "pvp". Like some B.S. arena play they did in CO.

No open zones for pvp?

It's just like Lotro's monster play, this is your little box pvp'ers. Now go play in it.

This is another let down by Cryptic.

It's times like this where I miss JP. =(

Can someone explain to me what "monster play" is? I keep hearing it thrown around but don't know how it relates. It's evtremely simple. They wanted Klingons to be something very different from Fed. Unless someone has the inside scoop or it's been posted somewhere that I've missed, I'm not going to accuse Cryptic of trying to get away with something by making Klingons pvp only. I actually think itis a good idea. I wouldn't mind if you had the choice, but as it is, if this is their vision, I'm willing to give it a go before stomping on it.

I am curious about how the transition is made and how pop will be balanced. What happens when I hit the unlock lvl? Do I make another character and the old character goes away or do I now have two characters that I can go back and forth between?