So Ive been thinking about the whole Gencon press release, and I remember the CEO talking about ideas shot down instantly because of what Disney is trying to keep hush hush. This made me instantly think of three things, Corran (Who is in the game), Admiral Thrawn, and the Vong. I know very little about the later two, but I was wondering if the Vong had enough variety of ships to be considered a faction.

So instead of grabbing the NJO (which I need to read) I decided to post here to find more out about the Vong and see if it could be viable

No!

To elaborate on my previous post. The Vong aren't so much a bad concept as something that REALLY doesn't fit well into the Star Wars universe. The whole being immune to the force, biological technology and so on just make them 'not Star Wars'. A similar race in 40K or even Star Trek would probably be fine, but not Star Wars. (in fact, didn't Voyager HAVE a similar species?)

That, coupled with the fact that those books were not particularly well written (not particularly bad, either, just meh) and that by then they had advanced the timeline so much that it strained credibility made the whole endeavor... unpalatable.

There will, of course, be those who disagree,

What he said...No!

But I'll tell you what. I'll be cool with Vong(or at least not put up TOO much of a stink, though there will be much stinking) If I get my Prequel Content.

...You know what, I take it back. No Volcano ships. Thats just Full Retard.

I likes the NJO series, but don't expect to see the vong anywhere near the table. Even if they were universally popular, which they aren't, obviously, they only had about 2-3 fighter-sized ships. Nowhere near enough to justify a whole faction. Smuggler faction is far more likely... And I don't even think we will see that one.

Enjoy the incoming vong-flaming, though

Aren't the Vong a mix between B5's Shadows and Firefly's Reavers?

The Yuzzahn Vong are a terrific concept.

But the further they are kept away from Star Wars, the better.

We haven't even gotten the third faction yet, could we maybe refrain from trying to add more?

I don't think they have the stuff for this game. If you look at how their ships move it wouldn't translate well to an x wing format. And their weapons? Not a chance. Their smallest fighter could just singularity Fat Han at range 1. Couple that with their terrible ship diversity and you get a faction that will look terrible and, at best, not be very fun to play against. Now if they just tweaked them a lot then it might work. But I'd rather see Hapans or something else similar.

No. As much as I love the Vong, there is no way you can create a good, diverse, and separate faction from them. That, and FFG's miniature making wizardry has it's limits. Even they cannot make a Coralskipper into a pretty ship.

Besides, I'm pretty sure the Vong are kaput. Chewie lives in the new trilogy, pretty much cancelling out the NJO onward.

Take the 2 middle letters of your proposed 4th faction and put them backwards and there's your answer.

I would rather have Tyranids.

I think to fit in well as a Star Wars fourth faction, it's got to be something that can be feasibly found anywhere in the Star Wars galaxy. The Empire is everywhere, as is the Rebellion. Pirates (S&V) are everywhere also. It would be logical to go with some faction that is equally as widespread. This is all entirely fluff based, but considering the game must use some of that as a basis, it seems reasonable to me to head in that direction.

Who are the Vong? Never heard of them until I looked them up on Wookiepedia. They seem a bit limited to be a nominee for a fourth faction.

The whole being immune to the force, biological technology and so on just make them 'not Star Wars'. A similar race in 40K or even Star Trek would probably be fine, but not Star Wars. (in fact, didn't Voyager HAVE a similar species?)

Star Trek had this and it was terrible. It doesn't work that well in STO; it never worked in the novels or the show. It made for lousy storytelling because they were overpowered, but never enough to destroy the ship, and they shapeshifted, and granted wishes, and generally brought down Star Trek to a more vulgar place. If your desired 4th faction is a "Didn't they do that on ST Voyager?" then it should be abandoned. Abandoned like the damned abandon hope on entering the city of Dis.

I would rather have Tyranids.

Not with the current codex, I'll wager.

No.

Just...

No.

Please.

Never.

Don't.

No.

No.

I'm guessing Disney/Lucasfilm is trying to move forward with the franchise, not relive the glory of fan-boys past.

I rather they release Grand Admiral Thrawn, either as a crew or a pilot.

I don't have a problem with them personally, but I believe that the Vong war happened like 15-25 years after any ship existed 'as is' in the game, so that would probably get at the OCD part of me

Sorry to get on the No train but.....No.

They had living ships that created black holes that made lasers useless and they had to use torps.

Upside to the Vong in X-Wing....torps become useful.

Downside...everything else.

Also for the record, crab armor does not stop lightsabers!

Take the 2 middle letters of your proposed 4th faction and put them backwards and there's your answer.

...Vnog?

What kills me is that they effectively destroyed all those NJ books I read making them nothing more than a alternate reality book series...

If a fourth faction appears it will probably be either "Smugglers & Spies" which sounds to be a popular idea, or something that translates into a miscellaneous ship category that can include various planetary forces..."Planetary Systems Forces" like the Hapans, Geonosians ect..

Personally I'd like to see old republic and sith factions.

Various planetary forces are more likely. We already have the Rebels and now Scum and Villainy, you'd be hard pressed to bring in another force that would simply reuse most of the same ships.

No, for the same reason that we won't see any Prequel Trilogy factions: this game is very specific in its time period, and there is no way in any level of hell that the Vong fit into that time period. It would be like introducing M1 Abrams tanks to Flames of War; they just wouldn't fit.

No, but they'd go well against Tigers!