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Which of the Magnificent Ferengi should be added next?
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There is one good DIP option for Ferengi voyagers - Stranded Quark. (FYI, DIP is the only voyage skill with a possible bonus trait of Ferengi.) There is one mediocre option for Ferengi voyagers with DIP - Tuxedo Nog.
I had a CMD/SEC voyage today with a Ferengi seat. Tuxedo Nog is about 350 points below my newly immortalized Human Saru. Somewhere along the way, I did some math and decided that somewhere between 240-320 points, it is not worth it to match the trait. Nog only makes voyages when it's DIP/ENG and there's a Ferengi seat. Any other time, there's better options. Nog is great for collections, so I don't regret citing him or anything like that, but that's a whole other conversation.
Anyway... We need a new legendary 3-skill Ferengi crew for voyages in that DIP seat. Quark can hold down ENG and MED voyages, so we need someone with DIP plus two of the following: SEC, CMD, and SCI. While discussing it with a few of my friends, @bylo band said that the Magnificent Ferengi episode of DS9 https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ferengi_(episode) would be perfect. I tend to agree. They would pretty much all have a combo of CMD/DIP/SEC. A very boring combo 99% of the time, but if a good Ferengi had it... will it could be useful. Especially if that Ferengi were main cast or had a recurring role imo, but there's some fun options for one-time appearances.
Here's some of the main Ferengi from that episode who I think would be good options.
I had a CMD/SEC voyage today with a Ferengi seat. Tuxedo Nog is about 350 points below my newly immortalized Human Saru. Somewhere along the way, I did some math and decided that somewhere between 240-320 points, it is not worth it to match the trait. Nog only makes voyages when it's DIP/ENG and there's a Ferengi seat. Any other time, there's better options. Nog is great for collections, so I don't regret citing him or anything like that, but that's a whole other conversation.
Anyway... We need a new legendary 3-skill Ferengi crew for voyages in that DIP seat. Quark can hold down ENG and MED voyages, so we need someone with DIP plus two of the following: SEC, CMD, and SCI. While discussing it with a few of my friends, @bylo band said that the Magnificent Ferengi episode of DS9 https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/The_Magnificent_Ferengi_(episode) would be perfect. I tend to agree. They would pretty much all have a combo of CMD/DIP/SEC. A very boring combo 99% of the time, but if a good Ferengi had it... will it could be useful. Especially if that Ferengi were main cast or had a recurring role imo, but there's some fun options for one-time appearances.
Here's some of the main Ferengi from that episode who I think would be good options.
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Which of the Magnificent Ferengi should be added next? 67 votes
Magnificent Quark
5%
4 votes
Magnificent Rom
11%
8 votes
Magnificent Nog
7%
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5 votes
Magnificent Brunt
23%
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16 votes
Prisoner Ishka (Moogie)
4%
3 votes
Eliminator Leck
28%
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19 votes
Magnificent Gaila
5%
4 votes
Other Ferengi (specify below)
11%
8 votes
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He'd also give us a SEC primary ferengi, and potentially one with MED to reflect his anatomical knowledge.
Nog would probably be an ENG/MED/SEC, and if so he'd be the first ENG/MED or MED/ENG without a SCI tertiary.
Gaila is tremendously fun, although his skills wouldn't stand out the same way. Probably a DIP primary, maybe a little SEC to represent his knowledge as a weapon's dealer, but with a low proficient due to his utter ineptitude using them.
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Get rid of the Ferengi bonus from voyages, and then we can freeze or throw the Ferengi out of the airlock.
As a Jeffrey Combs fan, Brunt is definitely my second choice.
I confess my vote for Brunt was a vote for Mr. Combs, lul.
And I just realized we don’t have a Tiron in this game. This is such a sadness! We could have a brand-new “Creep” polestar introduced, just for him!
How about instead, we do something more constructive like merging the two Ferengi factions into one
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i would love these two
I like the way you think
You just opened up a great possibility. Ferengi isn't a big enough bonus pool for a mega event. In fact, it's not even big enough to justify two factions anymore (if it ever was in the first place). Which goes to one of @Bylo Band 's old ideas. Merge the two Ferengi factions. WRG could really a couple things here, but it would take a little work and planning on their end. This might deserve its own thread, but here goes...
1) Ferengi vs Dominion mega event, featuring the Magnificent Ferengi.
1a) Magnificent Brunt vs Weyoun with a new Shran variant as the recurring legendary. This is in no way a Jeffrey Combs mega event.
1b) Introduce Ferengi with DIP who are not stat-creeped into irrelevance.
2) During the mega event, release Chapter 11, in which the two Ferengi factions merge.
3) Also in Chapter 11, the Kazon realign with the Hirogen. And lay ground work for Chapter 12.
4) In Chapter 12, a new faction emerges. There's a lot of options here, so I'll name a few:
4a) The Emerald Chain / Orion Syndicate
4b) The Q Continuum
4c) Some sort of Xindi-Suliban alliance
4d) Synthetics - an Android/Hologram/Control type of alliance
5) Another mega event to celebrate the release of this new faction.
This would be quite labor intensive for WRG. They would have to deal with faction items and ensuring that we could still obtain them. That's part of the reason for the new chapters - to give places for items to drop. Which is obviously also labor intensive to create new chapters. Hopefully they could draw it out over some time to maintain interest in the game and give themselves time to work.
This is my little pipe dream, I guess. It would add/fix several things, including a sort of road map for several months.
Quark is my favorite DS9 character, but it would be awesome to have a 5 star Brunt!
Wait, do we only have one Brunt card? He played a bigger role than that in DS9. OK, my second nominee is Brunt.
All of their art should be them dying horribly.
As a big fan of Mirror characters and new love of crew in multiple stat-boosting collections, I fully support this idea.
Kind of cool to see Brunt and Leck with a pretty significant lead.
Or a lovely couple: Ishka and Zek
I like Ferengi. Hoping for more Ferengi events!
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I'm going to tangent a bit and say Dr. Arridor, as he is one of the only Ferengi physicians we know of, and he is a crossover between 2 series.
As a MED/DIP/SCI Ferengi, he could be a powerhouse to Voyages.
I wouldn't be mad at Leck being a power card. Gaila I'll definitely concede, though. Dr. Arridor would be a great addition. Good call there.
Would love to see some of the other Daimons aswell instead of just recycling Quark etc.
Daimon Tog with the romantic trait above.
Daimon Bok with the desperate trait
Daimon Lurin with the scoundrel and saboteur trait - also would be pretty powerful in battles after taking over Klingon ships.
Also Aren't Ferengi meant to hire Nausicaans? do we even have any of those in the game yet?