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 :)

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

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 ;)

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)

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*

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

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

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 :)

TeamSpeak Settings

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. :)

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I just want to say that I am not happy at all that they downgraded DJ Zuza to a bartender!

I feel that this was an unfair maneuver on their part and she should sue them.

4/22/2014 - the day the music died....

Don't worry, Club 47 is still being put together by the Environment team. She'll be spinning mad jamz again before we know it, and i'm sure that Stonewall will be there for opening night. Amirite? ;)

No ETA on when we'll see it open, but per Tacofangs, Environment Lead Dev: "The club is still planned. ... ..the intent is to have the Club entrance be the door part way up the ramp in the room with the palm trees."

I just want to say that I am not happy at all that they downgraded DJ Zuza to a bartender!

I feel that this was an unfair maneuver on their part and she should sue them.

4/22/2014 - the day the music died....

A few things that I have not enjoyed about the latest season.

PVE Undine Missions - The ground mission is somewhat enjoyable and has a purpose behind it. Search. Interrogate. Detain/Release. Find the Boss. However, the two space missions seem to lack purpose and overall clarity behind them. And while I understand that the visuals in those respective space zone are meant to represent Fluidic Space - it's just a ghastly sight. And it seems many other players are having graphic card issues to that end.

Overall, it's one of those you either hate them or you love them. In this case, and with limited options of gaining Undine marks for the moment, it would seem it'll be an acquired taste of sorts.

With that said, I absolutely enjoyed the Featured Episode mission in tandem with the revamped Borg/Undine Storyline. The revamped aspect really creates a synergy with standing and future elements of the game and created a more cohesive impact. I'm not going into details for the sake of not revealing any information for the benefit of those whom have yet to explore Season 9.

I initially met the trait selection with apprehension and reproach. I had originally argued that a lot of work and effort went into acquiring the reputation traits. However, upon further contemplation - I can see the need for balance across the board. I have to say - something worked in that formula. I'm seeing a huge difference in survival in my experience. I suspect this is tied into the customized kits.

Kits. I, like many, recently acquired a premium fleet-level kit and I was somewhat alarmed that I may have prematurely invested into something costly but upon closer inspection - the trade-off is well worth it. At least, in my eyes, the numbers are superior along with the benefits.

And lastly, I am very pleased with the visual updates of Earth Space Dock. It now rivals the likes of New Romulus. if not even surpassing it. I do enjoy some of the in-game nods to the update.

In closing, I did enjoy a lot of the newly released content and I still find myself wanting to play STO with marked interest. With each season update, comes a period of transition and transitioning is never easy but sometimes necessary to push the game forward. The game must evolve or it'll simply cease in holding the interests of the playerbase and without players, you don't have much of an MMORPG.

Enjoy.

Reminder the 2nd PvP Tutorial will be this Saturday at 8:00 PM Eastern Time

I finished all missions from the mission log and was left with this unpleasant thought "what now??" - now I know, I have the new mission :D So they came just in time!
However, I was completely unaware of the new season. Just three days ago I finally earned enough fleet credits to buy myself the Spire Science Kit Mk XII. So I am really upset they introduced something new. I put some effort in analyzing what best suits me and now there are the new ones I even don't know how to obtain, modules too :/

What I do really love is the ESD!! It is amazing! Very functional and quite small, I don't need to run all around the place to find stuff. And it's pretty

Season 9.

I would recommend that everyone replay the Borg Episode Arc (with new rewards also!) before jumping into the Featured Episode. It really helps the story.

Trait Respeccing is fantastic! Being able to switch between a full space toon to a full ground toon is awesomeness! So much customization!

Earth Spacedock. I want to live there.

I am really impressed with the work that they have done over the past year getting everything to come together. With the addition of Tuvok and Worf as voice actors, it makes the game that much better. Here's looking forward to Ensign (Captain?) Kim in August.

Looking forward to playing more after work tonight, but I was able to at least play through "Surface Tension" last night. Between the story now and the new ESD, so far I am completely floored.

My graphics were reset to default settings, but turning them back up again seemed to work OK (so far.) Haven't had any issues, otherwise. I can say that once any such loose ends are fixed/tweaked, the game is looking magnificent this season.

I'm digging the trait changes, allows more room for creativity in your character's build.

So far, so amazing. STO has come a long way, and I really like the direction it is going in.

Enjoy!
Steve

I thought the FE was masterful and that OMG! It's great that we're seeing a true progression of the storyline and that we've got so much to look forward to know. I haven't messed much with the kit powers as I was only on to play the FE last night on my KDF main but yeah, those Undine have become a wee bit more challenging since I saw them last.

The only reason I can think of for removing State of Q is that perhaps it will be redone with a voice actor? ;) If they get De Lancie on STO I will literally lose it :laugh:

The new ESD is utterly gorgeous and flows so much better than the old version.

So the FE....Awesome!

Haven't messed with the graphics yet will do tomorrow, or tonight.

Haven't played any new STF's or tried the new Borg/Undine refit missions.

I will be playing the new content over time just not all at once :) but so far I like what I am seeing.

i love the new ESD and the additions that were added to the risa resort.....

HOWEVER.... all of my traits are gone, except my personal traits..... I AM NOT HAPPY...

oh well, i guess ill try a respec after the patch.....

I loved the FE. Best mission ever.

To fix your graphics you just need to go to options then set your resolution to full. That worked for me anyway.