Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #3

pwebranflakes

Systems Designer Andrew "ArchonCryptic" Rowe reveals details about Romulan Warbirds in this entry of the Legacy of Romulus News Dev Blog series.


Link to the blog.

noctusxxx

The lack of ship stats should make this thread a calm and rational place of discussion.......

And no Scimitar as well I see.

snakeswar2

glad a little bit of details regarding ships and i hope the stats get released next week or 2

pwebranflakes

Stats are still being finalized, so we're not able to share them just yet You'll be able to see them on Tribble though once you are able to start testing Romulan gameplay via the ship store.

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

canis36

That was significantly lighter on details than I was hoping for and also quite revealing. It seems that if the rumors that we can use allied vessels are true then this very limited selection of ships may be the reason.

I'm not saying I'm completely dissapointed, but the fact that the Romulan ships go from "Escort" to "Battleship" as you tier up is somewhat dissapointing. I'll also admit I'd hoped to have a Mogai at T5, not T3.

Are there at least plans to give us different visualization options with the free ships? Or do we need to buy costumes/refits from the C-Store?

ferdzso0

noctusxxx wrote: »

The lack of ship stats should make this thread a calm and rational place of discussion.......

Indeed, kind sir, indeed. As all ladies and gentlemen of the forums understand, that the unveiling of the ship stats should be of a later time due to balance, this shall provide great ground for an afternoon's conversation.

havam

will the romulan cloak be different from the standard, battle, or enhanced battle cloaks? While I'm all for factional uniqueness and not infringing on KDF gameplay. Rommies are THE cloaking guys from the IP. More details on the cloak would be great. COuld it be slightly better, faster, slower dunno just different from KDf cloaks.

Battle cloak would be amazing for warbirds.

qjunior

I suspected that there will only be one ship per tier (for free that is). I hope the gazillion c-store options coming have something for every playstyle then...meaning science, cruiser and escort flavor.

atatassault

How many variants will we see inside each ship line? Hopefully at least 2; Three would be nice.

pwebranflakes

canis36 wrote: »

... I'll also admit I'd hoped to have a Mogai at T5, not T3...

From the blog:

Other Romulan ships, such as Refits and Retrofits of these vessels, as well as completely unique ships, will be available for purchase through the C-Store.

Cheers,

Brandon =/\=

lostusthorn

So, um, what is the reason for the mogai which is significant more modern then the d'deridex t be a lower tier ship?

And will we get a proper Valdore at fleet level?

mirrorseacat

So is the first picture with the Scorpion-tail some kind of advanced Mogai then?

thomas12255

lostusthorn wrote: »

So, um, what is the reason for the mogai which is significant more modern then the d'deridex t be a lower tier ship?

And will we get a proper Valdore at fleet level?

It's not as powerful.

captainrevo1

Obviously we have not seen all of the ships yet, but the Romulan science ship and the scimitar were noticeable exceptions, but I imagine they will get in there somewhere.

Now, while there was a very very limited amount of romulan ships in the shows, and i dont expect them to suddenly conjure up dozens of new ships in one update, I am surprised that the ships seem to encompass every game type in one line.

once you get to tier 5 and have access to retrofits and refits it wont be too bad, but it seems you may be required to adopt different play styles and different set ups as you go.

Perhaps something can be worked on so that different variants of the ships can be released at each rank, so perhaps the tier 2, and 3 variants could have different set ups. each could easily pass as a battleship, science or escort.

the tier 4 d'derdiex could pass as a science or a battleship, with a tier 4 mogai acting as the escort. it would at least allow people to play their desired play style all the way up?

eisenw0lf

So only 5 free ships for the whole faction. This must be the reason we get crossfaction ships. Anyway we will probably see a lot Ha'apax Advanced Warbirds a few weeks after launch of LoR since it's the only free Tier 5 ship of the Romulans.

qjunior

captainrevo1 wrote: »

Obviously we have not seen all of the ships yet, but the Romulan science ship and the scimitar were noticeable exceptions, but I imagine they will get in there somewhere.

Now, while there was a very very limited amount of romulan ships in the shows, and i dont expect them to suddenly conjure up dozens of new ships in one update, I am surprised that the ships seem to encompass every game type in one line.

once you get to tier 5 and have access to retrofits and refits it wont be too bad, but it seems you may be required to adopt different play styles and different set ups as you go.

Perhaps something can be worked on so that different variants of the ships can be released at each rank, so perhaps the tier 2, and 3 variants could have different set ups. each could easily pass as a battleship, science or escort.

the tier 4 d'derdiex could pass as a science or a battleship, with a tier 4 mogai acting as the escort. it would at least allow people to play their desired play style all the way up?

I guess that tier progression is a perfect "incentive" to buy c-store ships.

tpalelena

I'll need to get some zen for tier 5 "escort" style romulan ships...

alienfrombeyond

I wonder if the heavy cruiser-like romulan ships will be able to use dual cannons. Their wide but short in length design would make beam boat broadsides look weird and awkward, unless perhaps dual beam banks will be made worthwhile in the update or some way to "broadside" forwards.

tpalelena

alienfrombeyond wrote: »

I wonder if the heavy cruiser-like romulan ships will be able to use dual cannons. Their wide but short in length design would make beam boat broadsides look weird and awkward, unless perhaps dual beam banks will be made worthwhile in the update or some way to "broadside" forwards.

I think the D'Deridex was called a "battle cruiser" which is what the kdf cruisers are called... so I think yes.

gornman47

Beautiful work by the artists, can't wait to see my T5 25th century version of the D'deridex!

thegreendragoon1

canis36 wrote: »

I'm not saying I'm completely dissapointed, but the fact that the Romulan ships go from "Escort" to "Battleship" as you tier up is somewhat dissapointing. I'll also admit I'd hoped to have a Mogai at T5, not T3.

I got the impression, and Brandon correct me if I'm wrong, that ship designs of earlier tiers would be available at higher tiers. It talks about the pros and cons of each tier as if there is a choice between them. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say your options open up as you gain rank.

zulisvel

The lack of stats makes me sad.

Also the D'deridex is slower than the Galaxy class but designed to appeal to Battle Cruiser players? Whut? Trying to comprehend that is giving me a headache since the appeal of Battle Cruisers is the ability to mount duel cannons on a cruiser combined with the mobility to actually use duel cannons.

reximuz

I wonder if something like the T'liss class if we will have the option of using the Enterprise version instead of the TOS version. If its C-Store only I probably won't care enough to buy it for the short time I'd be in it. I wonder if it will even be available as a T5 refit/retrofit, the Connie people might flip a lid if there are T5 TOS/Ent ships running around.

Wish there was some information on if there would be Romulan ships that carry fighters. Looks like the Ha'apax has a rather large auxiliary craft.

Love to see the interiors on these.

While I am still a little sad that some Romulan designs like from SFC3 and Armada aren't available to Cryptic, I'm going to give some kudos to the ship builders, these are looking hot!

tsurutafan01

I'm actually stoked about the TOS ship. I just think it is one of the cooler looking things from that series. If there's a higher tier version of it in the C-Store... shoot, I just might bite on that.

Of course I'll have to buy the C-Store D'Deridex. No surprise that once again the cool ship people actually want is condemned to Tier IV hell, as that's been standard practice.

diogene0

Interesting. Most of the ships look nice, except the T'liss. This one is really ugly. I hope it's just a start, because we haven't seen science ships yet.

tpalelena

diogene0 wrote: »

Interesting. Most of the ships look nice, except the T'liss. This one is really ugly. I hope it's just a start, because we haven't seen science ships yet.

They'll be in the C-stores I think.

eisenw0lf

diogene0 wrote: »

Interesting. Most of the ships look nice, except the T'liss. This one is really ugly. I hope it's just a start, because we haven't seen science ships yet.

Doesn't seem like there will be more free ships. We will have to pay for the rest.

"The ships below will be available to players for free upon leveling up. Other Romulan ships, such as Refits and Retrofits of these vessels, as well as completely unique ships, will be available for purchase through the C-Store."

linyive

"Romulan ships tend to be large and heavy, making them somewhat slower and less maneuverable than comparable Federation and Klingon Defense Force ships. The iconic D?deridex, for example, is larger and more resilient than the Galaxy ? but considerably slower as a result"? ~ Blog #3

...and, that is why I will become a Federation allied Romulan.

Instead of trying to use the Romulan ships, I will stick to the Federation escorts. If the speed of the Federation cruisers are any indication, the Romulan ships will be floating bricks in space. I never thought there would be something slower than a Federation cruiser.

*brings Romulan Warbird close to an enemy ship*

"Set auto-destruct and abandon ship."

"...but, Captain! We haven't taken any damage!"

*shrugs*

"We will have better luck in surviving an attack while in the escape pods."

As long as the other aspects of the faction are fine, the allied choosing option will makeup for what is lost.

dalolorn

thegreendragoon1 wrote: »

I got the impression, and Brandon correct me if I'm wrong, that ship designs of earlier tiers would be available at higher tiers. It talks about the pros and cons of each tier as if there is a choice between them. If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say your options open up as you gain rank.

Me, I got the exact opposite impression - I'm 95% certain that we'll have to pay to upgrade our ships through the C-Store, and the comparisons are only there to let you choose your T5 ship or something.

If this is the case, I'm going to have to grind up A LOT of zen - or just use Vestas (planning on getting the bundle, it'll take 21 days of maximum refining on my 3 characters at the current prices, and I'll have 40 zen left to spare - not counting any reserves I may have at the moment, which would be quite insignificant)

suaveks

The ships below will be available to players for free upon leveling up. Other Romulan ships, such as Refits and Retrofits of these vessels, as well as completely unique ships, will be available for purchase through the C-Store.

Does this mean no Romulan Fleet ships?

(I hope so... I wouldn't want to see Fleet D'deridex requiring T5 shipyard...)

sparhawk

zulisvel wrote: »

Also the D'deridex is slower than the Galaxy class but designed to appeal to Battle Cruiser players? Whut? Trying to comprehend that is giving me a headache since the appeal of Battle Cruisers is the ability to mount duel cannons on a cruiser combined with the mobility to actually use dual cannons.

I'd like clarification on this myself, as the statement does seem to be contradictory. Probably have to wait till they hit Tribble for testing or they do the stats blog though to find out.