After seeing the stats with the new Dev blog, I have to question Cryptic's sanity.
Why aren't these Romulan ships not balanced with the Federation and Klingon C-store ships? The old C-store ships gave a +1 console and device advantage, while these Romulan ships give not only a +1 console and device advantage, but a +1 BOFF slot advantage.
Is anyone on the team even thinking about balancing ships anymore? Or have we truly crossed the line and that joke about P2W is actually now true?
I don't think you read everything correctly. t5 Romulan retrofits have 9 consoles
the fleet versions 10, they all have the same amount of boff abilities as fed or KDF ships.
The lower tier refits all have an extra console and most get an extra boff ability, but so do fed and kdf refit ships. Nothing is imbalanced.
I love this function of the Singularity Warp Core. But I do have a question. Why does it seem like every other race can also perform these abilities? Are they going to be unique to the Singularity Core or can Standard Warp Cores do them also?
But overall I love the Singularity abilities. I have been playing the Romulan material as a Closed Beta player. I love the material, using the Singularity abilities has saved my life many of time already. I can notice the difference between a 1 charge usage and a 2, 3, 4, or 5 charge usage. I say to you Devs, keep up the good work and as the US military would say ... Bravo Zulu (or good job).
I love this function of the Singularity Warp Core. But I do have a question. Why does it seem like every other race can also perform these abilities? Are they going to be unique to the Singularity Core or can Standard Warp Cores do them also?
But overall I love the Singularity abilities. I have been playing the Romulan material as a Closed Beta player. I love the material, using the Singularity abilities has saved my life many of time already. I can notice the difference between a 1 charge usage and a 2, 3, 4, or 5 charge usage. I say to you Devs, keep up the good work and as the US military would say ... Bravo Zulu (or good job).
Singularity abilities will ONLY work on ships with Singularity Cores....and Warbirds are the only ships that can equip singularity cores (and can't use warp cores)...and Romulans are the only ones whou can get Warbirds.
So the singularity powers will be the exclusive domain of Romulan captains. At least, for now.
Think the Fleet T'Varo 4 Tac, 3 Eng, 3 Sci console setup works best and make it more balance with the Enchance battle cloak and the Boff setup look right also.
The Fleet Dhelan 5 Tac, 2 Eng, 3 Sci console setup is ok and makes it on par to a Kumari Escourt as the Rommie own glass cannon ship. it might suffer from less resistance with 1 less Eng console, but it should make up for it with it's speed and battle cloak.
Fleet Mogai now look just about right with the 4 Tac, 4 Eng, and 2 sci console setup. i never see the Mogai as a Sci Ship to begin with and i always seen it as a ship comparable to a Breen Attack ship or a Klingon Vorcha attack cruiser so the new set up should fit with the Mogai while the role of Sci ship falls to the Ha'nom.
Fleet Mogai now look just about right with the 4 Tac, 4 Eng, and 2 sci console setup. i never see the Mogai as a Sci Ship to begin with and i always seen it as a ship comparable to a Breen Attack ship or a Klingon Vorcha attack cruiser so the new set up should fit with the Mogai while the role of Sci ship falls to the Ha'nom.
The old Mogai setup was closer to the Breen ship (STO's interpretation of it anyway), due to the Lt Comm sci slot.
The old Mogai setup was closer to the Breen ship (STO's interpretation of it anyway), due to the Lt Comm sci slot.
I think the old Mogai set up was more of a sci ship set up than a Tac/Sci ship of the Breen Chel Grett. it did had more Sci consoles which i think it had around 4 or 5 on the Fleet Mogai with 2 only Eng console slots while the rest is Tac b4 the change. but either way still it's similar to the Breen ship set up except it has a Eng set up as a secondary instead of Sci.
I love this function of the Singularity Warp Core. But I do have a question. Why does it seem like every other race can also perform these abilities? Are they going to be unique to the Singularity Core or can Standard Warp Cores do them also?
But overall I love the Singularity abilities. I have been playing the Romulan material as a Closed Beta player. I love the material, using the Singularity abilities has saved my life many of time already. I can notice the difference between a 1 charge usage and a 2, 3, 4, or 5 charge usage. I say to you Devs, keep up the good work and as the US military would say ... Bravo Zulu (or good job).
They will be unique to the space elves until they aren't; just ask the klinks
Sorry cryptic ship people, I hate to be so negative about your designs, But some of the Cryptic made romulan ships are really Really ugly. Can you please do something to tone down the ugly ships and make them look and feel more cannon and romulan looking. How about using some Star Trek Armada 1 & 2 romulan ships.
The Dhelan is Just dreadfull.. wtf is that ? Why does it need a double wings ?
The D?ridthau Warbird ......... It's SO ugly i'm speechless. PLEASE change.
A Simple google search would have given you better designs for Romulan ships.
Please consider changing some of your designs to make them more 2409 Romulan style. Thank you Cryptic. I look forward to playing STO : LOR So far the Romulan side from 1-lvl 21 is Amazing an fun and fresh, it should be a HUGE Hit with Star Trek fans.
So far i haven't had any problem with the rommy ships and on that note well done cryptic engineers.
Tho i do feel that there should be more rommy ships to the game maybe add the D7 variant from the original series as a centurion rank ship maybe.
Oh and a second well done to the cryptic engineers for the rommy interior it is very impressive and a far better job done than the federation interior i might add
The engine room is my most fave of the rommy ship interior.
Tho so far i haven't come across a trophy show yet but over all excellent work cryptic.
I ran in to a problem with the warbird mirror variants last night, on a reward pack labeled mirror universe Ha?feh Assault Warbird I got the Mirror Ha?apax Advanced Warbird instead.
On a 2nd reward pack labeled Ha?nom Guardian Warbird I was'nt able to open it because the error text said I already had a Mirror Ha?apax Advanced Warbird which I took to mean that it also would have awarded the Mirror Ha?apax Advanced Warbird regardless of what the reward pack labeling said.
As i've posted in other threads, I still want to see the Mogai restored to being sci focused.
I have played with the Ha'anom Sci ship. It's great- except that:
A- It's poorly designed (the geometry/skin)
B- It looks NOTHING like a Romulan ship save it's wings.
C- The sci focus Mogai was a great hybrid for sci-tac's tac-sci's
So here's what I propose:
You took the Ha'apax and used the skin to make a cruiser, a sci ship and a tac (the latter two being 'pieces' of the ha'apax whole.
Therefor:
For the Fleet mogai, apply the same principle: The mogai is a tac ship BUT we can choose between both variants.
Why not just make the lt cmdr boff slot universal? Because:
1- Then it could be slotted as tac, which is a blance concern
2- it wouldn't help the console arrangement
Therefor: The Mogai should be offered as two variations: The original sci focused mogai and the newer Eng focused Mogai.
Very little work on cryptics part, with big returns on customer satisfaction.
The singularity core adds a whole extra level to the game play and makes everything far more interesting however I think that you could explain it a little better, a singularity can mean many things, is it a wormhole, a black hole, zero point energy or what?
I think the power up time is perfect and needs no adjustment, these abilities put Romulan ships over the top of KDF and federation ships and so there has to be a limit of its capabilities.
In my opinion these new powers are a great addition to the already incredible content on the Romulan faction.
This is a bit off-topic, but salamiinferno... can you please create an Official Legacy of Romulus Character Creation, Trait, and Ground thread. I'd do it myself, but then it really wouldn't be Official, and I have run into some things I'd like to provide feedback about that do not relate to story or arc. Thanks, and sorry about the non sequitur.
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The singularity core adds a whole extra level to the game play and makes everything far more interesting however I think that you could explain it a little better, a singularity can mean many things, is it a wormhole, a black hole, zero point energy or what?
I think the power up time is perfect and needs no adjustment, these abilities put Romulan ships over the top of KDF and federation ships and so there has to be a limit of its capabilities.
In my opinion these new powers are a great addition to the already incredible content on the Romulan faction.
I like that green design and wanted to customize my ship (T'liss). Just letting you know, some drop-downs are empty and the first purchase did not react. Had to do it twice. No big issue, but worth mentioning.
I like the Singularity Cores myself. It add spice to space battle when you see a ship implode then explode. Also, all those keen powers that come with them. I really can't complain with Romulan tech.
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I just noticed, and wanted to thank you for, the fact that when I click on the Skills tab from my ship Status page... it takes me to my Space Skills! I know, it's a tiny change, but rather nice.
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I tend to agree with the most of what people are saying and having the singularity core with the added ship combat is pretty cool. It gives it an awesome romulan feel when you are in space combat.
I'd like to give my feedback concerning romulan cloaking technology.
In my understanding romulan cloak is more advanced than klingon cloak.
Therefore I was very astonished when a nausicaan torpedo hit me about 3 seconds
after I was fully cloaked AND hit evasive maneuvers.
Some seconds later I was chased by 3 power siphon probes. Still on full cloak...
This is NOT what I think a romulan cloak should be like.
The intro walk through states you can't cloak while in combat yet I was able to cloak while being fired at in a red alert situation. I don't know if that's a gameplay bug or just the voice over intro/walkthrough bug stating the wrong info.
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I don't think you read everything correctly. t5 Romulan retrofits have 9 consoles
the fleet versions 10, they all have the same amount of boff abilities as fed or KDF ships.
The lower tier refits all have an extra console and most get an extra boff ability, but so do fed and kdf refit ships. Nothing is imbalanced.
But overall I love the Singularity abilities. I have been playing the Romulan material as a Closed Beta player. I love the material, using the Singularity abilities has saved my life many of time already. I can notice the difference between a 1 charge usage and a 2, 3, 4, or 5 charge usage. I say to you Devs, keep up the good work and as the US military would say ... Bravo Zulu (or good job).
The D'D needs more glow.
Im not getting the cool green glow I want on the inside
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Singularity abilities will ONLY work on ships with Singularity Cores....and Warbirds are the only ships that can equip singularity cores (and can't use warp cores)...and Romulans are the only ones whou can get Warbirds.
So the singularity powers will be the exclusive domain of Romulan captains. At least, for now.
The Fleet Dhelan 5 Tac, 2 Eng, 3 Sci console setup is ok and makes it on par to a Kumari Escourt as the Rommie own glass cannon ship. it might suffer from less resistance with 1 less Eng console, but it should make up for it with it's speed and battle cloak.
Fleet Mogai now look just about right with the 4 Tac, 4 Eng, and 2 sci console setup. i never see the Mogai as a Sci Ship to begin with and i always seen it as a ship comparable to a Breen Attack ship or a Klingon Vorcha attack cruiser so the new set up should fit with the Mogai while the role of Sci ship falls to the Ha'nom.
The old Mogai setup was closer to the Breen ship (STO's interpretation of it anyway), due to the Lt Comm sci slot.
I think the old Mogai set up was more of a sci ship set up than a Tac/Sci ship of the Breen Chel Grett. it did had more Sci consoles which i think it had around 4 or 5 on the Fleet Mogai with 2 only Eng console slots while the rest is Tac b4 the change. but either way still it's similar to the Breen ship set up except it has a Eng set up as a secondary instead of Sci.
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They will be unique to the space elves until they aren't; just ask the klinks
The Dhelan is Just dreadfull.. wtf is that ? Why does it need a double wings ?
The D?ridthau Warbird ......... It's SO ugly i'm speechless. PLEASE change.
The Ha?apax .... Looks like a #enis...REALLY ?
The Ha?feh ... NO !
http://galen82.deviantart.com/art/Romulan-D-shara-WIP-3-Oct-09-139030638 YES ! This SHOULD be a Romulan ship.
http://brstarship.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/romulan_warbird_04.jpg AMAZING !!!!!!!! This should be a Tier 5 Romulan ship !
http://www.tacticalstarshipcombat.com/FASA/sds/romulan_v34.htm Here's your Carrier for the Romulans ....
http://starshipmodeler.biz/shop/index.cfm/product/490/12500-romulan-white-wind-class-starship.cfm
A Simple google search would have given you better designs for Romulan ships.
Please consider changing some of your designs to make them more 2409 Romulan style. Thank you Cryptic. I look forward to playing STO : LOR So far the Romulan side from 1-lvl 21 is Amazing an fun and fresh, it should be a HUGE Hit with Star Trek fans.
Tho i do feel that there should be more rommy ships to the game maybe add the D7 variant from the original series as a centurion rank ship maybe.
Oh and a second well done to the cryptic engineers for the rommy interior it is very impressive and a far better job done than the federation interior i might add
The engine room is my most fave of the rommy ship interior.
Tho so far i haven't come across a trophy show yet but over all excellent work cryptic.
The design is fairly boring and spartan. It sort of feels Romulan but then not really.
What keeps going thru my head as I am playing is that Im flying a 747 or the Space Shuttle.
Pretty sure its "set in stone" but I think the ship model needs another pass.
Usually the ship guys do outstanding work but these are a bit ho-hum and bland compared to their other designs.
Tal'Shiar/Reman Resistance/Romulan Nemesis uniform, pls.
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On a 2nd reward pack labeled Ha?nom Guardian Warbird I was'nt able to open it because the error text said I already had a Mirror Ha?apax Advanced Warbird which I took to mean that it also would have awarded the Mirror Ha?apax Advanced Warbird regardless of what the reward pack labeling said.
I have played with the Ha'anom Sci ship. It's great- except that:
A- It's poorly designed (the geometry/skin)
B- It looks NOTHING like a Romulan ship save it's wings.
C- The sci focus Mogai was a great hybrid for sci-tac's tac-sci's
So here's what I propose:
You took the Ha'apax and used the skin to make a cruiser, a sci ship and a tac (the latter two being 'pieces' of the ha'apax whole.
Therefor:
For the Fleet mogai, apply the same principle: The mogai is a tac ship BUT we can choose between both variants.
Why not just make the lt cmdr boff slot universal? Because:
1- Then it could be slotted as tac, which is a blance concern
2- it wouldn't help the console arrangement
Therefor: The Mogai should be offered as two variations: The original sci focused mogai and the newer Eng focused Mogai.
Very little work on cryptics part, with big returns on customer satisfaction.
LOVE IT.
I think the power up time is perfect and needs no adjustment, these abilities put Romulan ships over the top of KDF and federation ships and so there has to be a limit of its capabilities.
In my opinion these new powers are a great addition to the already incredible content on the Romulan faction.
love it!
A quantum singularity is a black hole.
In my understanding romulan cloak is more advanced than klingon cloak.
Therefore I was very astonished when a nausicaan torpedo hit me about 3 seconds
after I was fully cloaked AND hit evasive maneuvers.
Some seconds later I was chased by 3 power siphon probes. Still on full cloak...
This is NOT what I think a romulan cloak should be like.
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