119650-need-more-dommies

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In the game, in general. WE NEED MOAR 
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			In the game, in general. WE NEED MOAR 	
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			Youuuuuuu. Mordesh need to switch sides!	
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Patience, citizen.
 
Soon Nexus will be fully within our grasp. At which point we shall see the planet united under one banner- the Emperor's. It is only a matter of time....
 
 
 
But yeah, agreed, we could use some more players. ^_^	
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			More Dominion would definitely be cool, but we could also use less aurin and chua.  Whenever I went into an RP event, 90% of the crowd was those races.	
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More Dominion would definitely be cool, but we could also use less aurin and chua.  Whenever I went into an RP event, 90% of the crowd was those races.
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			Shows they are at least breeding well :> Chua need it to balance science and the Aurin - just because they can and trying to make sure the Chua dont over take them. Other races usually also dont hang out with both in the same room due to the number of deadly debates that the Chua/Aurin's have (which leads to frequent population reductions).	
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More Dominion would definitely be cool, but we could also use less aurin and chua.  Whenever I went into an RP event, 90% of the crowd was those races.
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Still doesn't hurt to make an alt and diversify the RP crowd a bit, since it's not like they need to be at max level to do RP (of course, it's better if players do, since they'll have more open-world RP opportunities that way.)
 
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Other races usually also dont hang out with both in the same room due to the number of deadly debates that the Chua/Aurin's have (which leads to frequent population reductions).
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Dominion guys wear red, so they're OBVIOUSLY unfashionable. 
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HUGE population shift when Chua can be warriors.
 
Take this blade and go forth, o' mighty minute titan.
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			Draken females sure. More chua? pls no	
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			Yeah, I'd say lack of Chua is definitely not the issue. :P	
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I know how people feel.  I love my guild, but there are a lot of Aurin around.
 
I just adapted.  I put a garden inside the Shadowcaster. :D	
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Personally, for this reason, I'm not really looking forward to Carbine unlocking the race/class combos.
 
I really hope Wildstar won't become Chuaurinstar. XD	
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Less warriors also.  I play a warrior as my main since launch because I wanted to tank, but have moved to a DPS role.  Raided with 6 other warriors last night!  3/6 GA and we did great, but having to roll against so many other warriors for the one chest that dropped, that was rough.  
 
I'd level my spellslinger alt, but getting reattuned doesn't seem like a fun experience.  	
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I really hope Wildstar won't become Chuaurinstar. XD
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Less warriors also.  I play a warrior as my main since launch because I wanted to tank, but have moved to a DPS role.  Raided with 6 other warriors last night!  3/6 GA and we did great, but having to roll against so many other warriors for the one chest that dropped, that was rough.  
 
I'd level my spellslinger alt, but getting reattuned doesn't seem like a fun experience.  
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The popularity of warriors is pretty understandable, I think. Seeing as how it is the only non-stealth melee class option in the game, currently, it would make sense that there would be quite a few of them.
 
 
Anyhow, back on topic.
 
 
I think the Dominion population issue may be in part due to (aside from typical "bad guy" impressions) the playable races. Personally, even though I really like the Mechari, I've always felt the Exiles had a more dynamic selection of races. Something about them feels a bit more diverse and creative than the Dominion. They have access to the largest "big" race (Granok), a dark race (Mordesh), and a light-hearted, small "pretty" race (Aurin). They have a "something for everyone" type of feel that I never really got from the Dominion (as much as I love my Dommies). Perhaps this is just personal sentiment though.
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The 'stock' personalities of the Exile races rub me the wrong way.
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It might be.  I connect with the Mordesh and Granok, but I think I prefer Cassian mannerisms to Exile ones and I actually love the Draken, Chua, and Mechari (although I think the Mechari could use some "long" hair options the way the Mordesh have).  Maybe it's just a result of having that gruff antihero shoved down my throat since I was born, but the Exiles feel... "cheesy" to me, if that's the right word.  I suppose that's why my Mordesh Warrior is a voodoo shaman, my Aurin is a bad-tempered computer geek, and my Granok is a highly sophisticated and well-educated doctor, and my Exile Humans are a sort of Native American hunter-tracker and a sort of recently-Cassian special operations demolition expert.  The 'stock' personalities of the Exile races rub me the wrong way.
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I do agree that Dominion faction could use more players, but sadly many people won't even consider playing as Dominion because they're "The Bad Guys", even though both factions have considerably good and evil NPCs and groups among their ranks and a crapton of morally gray scenarios between them (and I would argue that Toric Antevian is more heroic and noble than anyone on the Exile side). But nope... Dominion guys wear red, so they're OBVIOUSLY evil. 
 
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I'd argue they are the bad guys, but it has nothing to do with their colors or the fact that their main religion is a Church Militant.
No, the problem the Dominion faces is a backstory filled with transgressions that are evil by any standard except the "might makes right" morality (which is, for most people I know, outright wrong). There's a very lengthy lore discussion in the...well, Lore subforum. You should check it out and we can have further discussion there. Though I think the last six or so posts there pretty much settled the conversation for good.
 
They might not be depicted as absolutely evil, but they are certaily shown as much more evil than the Exiles are. Both in-game and out of game. Just take a look at the latest entry in the interactive storyline. Even their main divinity is shown to be a jerk. We have yet to see how bad the Exiles were before becoming the Exiles, I imagine, but right now every piece of lore is pointing at the Dominion and saying "they are evil." 
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Yeah, I'd say lack of Chua is definitely not the issue. :P
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			I don't know about that... I'd say the phrase "Too much of a good thing can be bad for you" applies to chua and aurin.	
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I don't know about that... I'd say the phrase "Too much of a good thing can be bad for you" applies to chua and aurin.
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			Ah... touche.	
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New player incoming!!
 
Messed about a bit in beta but just picked it up & downloading as we speak, so Dominion needs some recruits eh?	
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New player incoming!!
 
Messed about a bit in beta but just picked it up & downloading as we speak, so Dominion needs some recruits eh?
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			Did somebody say paid faction changes?	
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			In honor of this thread, I promise to play my Chua a bit tonight.  ^_^	
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I think having cat people draws even more players to the "good" side than it should. Too bad. Maybe the Luminaï, which are basically elves, should be playable for dominion players. Elves tend to appeal to all sorts of weirdos. I think I've made my fair share of elves on other games. :P
 
I understand why there are some racial restrictions when creating characters of specific classes but I do remember it made me sad not to be able to create an Esper Mechari after downloading the game, as silly as it sounds to people having a clue about lore. As a new player though there was no explanation and it sucked. I do think Mecharis and drakens are the most fun dominion races to play but they have so little choice of classes that some people might chose to just play another cat man instead.	
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I think its inevitable that we will eventually have races jump sides. Somehow, that can happen. And I suspect the lore can accommodate it.
 
Back on topic. I picked Dominion because they are clearly the good guys.
 
 	
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			Worth rolling a Dommie alt just to hear "Until Mondo invents time machine...DO NOT WASTE TIME!!!"	
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Back on topic. I picked Dominion because they are clearly the good guys.
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 Being a space hobo looking for the next shelter? Well no thank you. :P
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Technically, we already have elves: they are the Mordesh. Luminai even use their body type and all their animations. Just watch carefully!
 
I like the Dominion races more aesthetically and conceptually than the Exile ones. However, I like the Mordesh. So of course my main Exile was one. But I have much more "actual" characters on the Dominion side.
 
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I'm not saying you're wrong, it's not like the Dominion are written like WoW's Alliance is written and they're definitely meant to portray a lot of the things we revile in modern society.  I'm just saying to take the writing with a grain of salt.  Just because it fits our archetypical Star Wars narrative doesn't mean it's completely applicable.  Most of the Dominion NPCs I ran into aren't really bad people.  They certainly take a different view of life and conflict than your average Exile.  Your Dommie can be played as a jackbooted thug or a serene samurai, and the Dominion would be a better fit than the Exiles.  Like all good lore, it's not an instruction manual, it's a pantry full of ingredients.
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Technically, we already have elves: they are the Mordesh. Luminai even use their body type and all their animations. Just watch carefully!
 
I like the Dominion races more aesthetically and conceptually than the Exile ones. However, I like the Mordesh. So of course my main Exile was one. But I have much more "actual" characters on the Dominion side.
 
 
I agree. But I'm not saying the Dominion is evil all the way down to the very last member. That's conceptually and practically unsustainable. What I'm saying is that they are evil on an organizational level.
 
We don't need to compare every action or questline in Nexus between the Dominion and the Exiles to find which one is the most evil. We can do so historically, because nothing we could find in Nexus comes even close in scale. Looking at the background of the races and the factions, it becomes fairly obvious that the Dominion is directly responsible for all the wars we know of (particularly, the two that created the Exiles as they exist today: The War on Gnox and Brightland's Rebellion). They are directly responsible for the ravaging of two worlds (Arboria and Bezgelor). They abandoned the Mordesh to their own fate or, in other words, attempted to commit genocide by inaction. 
Nothing we could find in Nexus compares to any of those events, except maybe the Ikthians trying to use Farside's cannon to blow up Nexus if they couldn't get a proper hold in it.
 
The only other two factions that we know are fond of and might be (or are, or wish to be) responsible for anything comparable are the Ikthians and the Strain, the two biggest threaths of the galaxy that we know of.
 
Yes, Dominion characters and even parts of the hierarchy, or whole groups within can be good people. But the Dominion as a faction? I think their history speaks for itself.
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			I'm pretty new n would play Dom but all my gold is on Exile :(	
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In the game, in general. WE NEED MOAR
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Dominion are monsters. Why would anyone play that faction.
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I'd add one more point ot that list: Because factions are race locked. You can't play like a Mechari without being a Dominion player, for instance, or a Mordesh without being an Exile. That's another factor. We could throw it into the "TL;DR" type of player, probably. I'm quite sure the avereage player doesn't care about the lore as much as they like to look pretty. "Because it's a game!" and things.
 
I certainly know that's why I made Dominion characters, anyway: they looked pretty!	
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Dominion are monsters. Why would anyone play that faction.
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I'd add one more point ot that list: Because factions are race locked. You can't play like a Mechari without being a Dominion player, for instance, or a Mordesh without being an Exile. That's another factor. We could throw it into the "TL;DR" type of player, probably. I'm quite sure the avereage player doesn't care about the lore as much as they like to look pretty. "Because it's a game!" and things.
 
I certainly know that's why I made Dominion characters, anyway: they looked pretty!
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Dominion are monsters. Why would anyone play that faction.
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