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Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #18

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
edited May 2013 in Galactic News Network [PC]
Systems Designer Andrew "ArchonCryptic" Rowe reveals details about Romulan console set bonuses in this entry of the Legacy of Romulus News Dev Blog series.


Link to the blog.
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Cool! :)

    My T-5 Romulan ship is going to be nothing but Consoles!!!

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  • stirling191stirling191 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I don't suppose we can get some specific numbers on those set bonuses? In theory they're all fairly intriguing, but without knowing the exact magnitude of each...
  • aexraelaexrael Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Equipping the Valdore and Mogai Retrofit's consoles gives the Enhanced Defensive Systems set bonus

    Should probably read "Enhanced Weapon Systems Efficiency Set" instead.
  • josephkerrjosephkerr Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Will comparable fed/kdf ships and their consoles be updated in a similar manner?
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  • daveynydaveyny Member Posts: 8,227 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    stirling191 wrote: »
    I don't suppose we can get some specific numbers on those set bonuses? In theory they're all fairly intriguing, but without knowing the exact magnitude of each...

    Heh...

    They are calling them 'Moderate' powers at the moment.

    Soooo...

    Slightly less than 'Maximum' and slightly more than 'Minimal'...

    ... is probably all we'll get, till they hit the game. ;)
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  • starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Oh wow!

    Do you people ever eat or sleep?

    It all looks fantastic, and is a real temptation to buy ships just for the consoles alone. Seriously though, it adds lots of customization options either at launch or later down the road when you want to breathe new life into your favorite ship.

    Well done. You guys are outdoing yourselves. :)
  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited May 2013
    starfish1701 wrote: »
    Do you people ever eat or sleep?

    Eat, yeah. Sleep, not so much :P

    Maybe we're all secretly Borg and just regenerate in our alc... cubes (the Borg kind)!

    Cheers,

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  • brigadooombrigadooom Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Equipping the T'varo and T'varo Retrofit's consoles gives the Enhanced Projectile Efficiency set bonus. This moderately increases your ship's damage with Projectile weapons, such as Torpedoes and Mines. In addition, this moderately decreases your cooldown for firing projectile weapons.
    It will be interesting to see if this plays nice with 3x torp doffs :P
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  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Very nice set bonuses, now how about carrying some of that over to Fed Refit and Retrofit console combos? San Paulo and Defiant retrofit is just begging for some fun.
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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Oh, perfect. I'm planning to have a KDF Reman in a (Fleet) Mogai. Combined with the Plasmodic Leech console those Mogai consoles will rock. :)
  • purvee1purvee1 Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Yay! More Defence value to abuse.

    I've already got a ship planned at a 108% defence when flying along in a straight line and nothing else. This console lets me get higher still. It'll be interesting to see how high I can get it.
  • tenlaiantenlaian Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    this all seems interesting, but what I am still wondering about..is will we see any of the reman warbirds? Seeing as they are supposed to be in some kinda alliance now(?), why can't it be available to players?

    Given the power it would have, sure..it could be a C-store and i'd still jump on it. Or why not the romulan's 1k-day vet-reward ship? would definatly fit the whole Lotus-array thing
  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    The torpedo focus for the bop is brilliant, the Mogai one could be pretty good. These meatier posts are really exciting.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    tenlaian wrote: »
    this all seems interesting, but what I am still wondering about..is will we see any of the reman warbirds? Seeing as they are supposed to be in some kinda alliance now(?), why can't it be available to players?

    Given the power it would have, sure..it could be a C-store and i'd still jump on it. Or why not the romulan's 1k-day vet-reward ship? would definatly fit the whole Lotus-array thing

    becasue they don't exist yet
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  • vziknavzikna Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    stirling191 wrote: »
    I don't suppose we can get some specific numbers on those set bonuses? In theory they're all fairly intriguing, but without knowing the exact magnitude of each...

    Exactly this! I can't really give any weight to the set bonuses. I have no idea what the writer considers a "moderate increase" or a "minor bonus". :confused:

    We know all the stats aren't locked down. Even after release, they won't be locked down. Things always change and we're cool with that. Please give us an idea of what values you're thinking of though. The terms used in the blog are just so vague!
  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Interesting. not gimmicky (which I like), but instead help make up for the reduced energy levels available to Rom ships and accentuate what that ship is built for. I just hope that the Dhelen and D'Deridex sets are significant enough to offset the fact that they supplement less-important systems, but even then, cool.
  • archoncrypticarchoncryptic Member, Cryptic Developers Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Here are the current set bonus values.

    Enhanced Projectile Efficiency Set (T'varo)
    +10% Projectiles Damage
    25% Cooldown Reduction for Projectiles

    Enhanced Defensive Systems Set (Dhelan)
    Increases Defense by up to 10 based on flight speed
    +5 to Shield Power

    Enhanced Weapon Systems Efficiency (Mogai)
    25% Resistance to Weapon Power Drain (including from weapon fire)
    +5 Weapon Power

    Enhanced Maneuvering Systems (D'deridex)
    +2 Turn Rate
    +10 Engine Power

    Note that these are all potentially subject to change at any time, etc. etc.
  • mirrorchaosmirrorchaos Member Posts: 9,844 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Here are the current set bonus values.

    Enhanced Projectile Efficiency Set (T'varo)
    +10% Projectiles Damage
    25% Cooldown Reduction for Projectiles

    Note that these are all potentially subject to change at any time, etc. etc.

    thats the only bit that i found interesting tbh, want a rommie plasma torp boat at some point, so the hyper plasma launcher, combined with that set and the heavy plasma console along with plasma torps with 3 doffs to projectile recharge and boffs setup to getting the maximum possible out of them. rocking some serious dps :D.
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  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Oh wow the it stops weapon fire drain too? Awesome, my scigai is going to be very fun.
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  • purvee1purvee1 Member Posts: 360 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Here are the current set bonus values.

    Enhanced Projectile Efficiency Set (T'varo)
    +10% Projectiles Damage
    25% Cooldown Reduction for Projectiles

    Enhanced Defensive Systems Set (Dhelan)
    Increases Defense by up to 10 based on flight speed
    +5 to Shield Power

    Whoohoo! 118% defence basic...
    I'm also liking the 10+ bonus for another console set.

    Hmm maybe mashing them both together with a B'rel and its advanced battle cloak and the KHG set, could get something pretty funny out of them.
  • tenlaiantenlaian Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    neoakiraii wrote: »
    becasue they don't exist yet

    typically, when asking if we can/will see something, usually means "is it in the works/on the table?". I know it doesn't exist yet, the post was asking IF it ever will. The ship-model already exists in the game, so a portion of the work is already done
  • vziknavzikna Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Here are the current set bonus values.

    Enhanced Projectile Efficiency Set (T'varo)
    +10% Projectiles Damage
    25% Cooldown Reduction for Projectiles

    Enhanced Defensive Systems Set (Dhelan)
    Increases Defense by up to 10 based on flight speed
    +5 to Shield Power

    Enhanced Weapon Systems Efficiency (Mogai)
    25% Resistance to Weapon Power Drain (including from weapon fire)
    +5 Weapon Power

    Enhanced Maneuvering Systems (D'deridex)
    +2 Turn Rate
    +10 Engine Power

    Note that these are all potentially subject to change at any time, etc. etc.

    Thanks so much! Some of these bonuses are really compelling!
  • mandoknight89mandoknight89 Member Posts: 1,687 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Enhanced Defensive Systems Set (Dhelan)
    Increases Defense by up to 10 based on flight speed
    +5 to Shield Power

    Enhanced Weapon Systems Efficiency (Mogai)
    25% Resistance to Weapon Power Drain (including from weapon fire)
    +5 Weapon Power

    If the Defense and Power Drain bonuses weren't on ships with reduced base power levels or needed two consoles and cash shop purchases, I'd be concerned (Escorts don't really need more Defense and Dual Heavy Cannon ships don't need passive weapon drain resistance of that magnitude, in my opinion)...
  • ltsmithltsmith Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Does each console have to be used on the respective ship it was purchased on or can someone buy the D'derix ships and use those consoles on another warbird?
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  • qjuniorqjunior Member Posts: 2,023 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    ltsmith wrote: »
    Does each console have to be used on the respective ship it was purchased on or can someone buy the D'derix ships and use those consoles on another warbird?

    T5 ship consoles can only be used on the ships they come with. T1-T4 is fair game though. That also means that anyone will only ever have one set bonus.... that's probaly for the better. :)
  • jaturnleyjaturnley Member Posts: 1,218 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Here are the current set bonus values.

    Enhanced Projectile Efficiency Set (T'varo)
    +10% Projectiles Damage
    25% Cooldown Reduction for Projectiles

    Enhanced Defensive Systems Set (Dhelan)
    Increases Defense by up to 10 based on flight speed
    +5 to Shield Power

    Enhanced Weapon Systems Efficiency (Mogai)
    25% Resistance to Weapon Power Drain (including from weapon fire)
    +5 Weapon Power

    Enhanced Maneuvering Systems (D'deridex)
    +2 Turn Rate
    +10 Engine Power

    Note that these are all potentially subject to change at any time, etc. etc.

    Archon, does the 25% reduction also apply to the cooldown on the destabilized torp console? That beast is incredibly frieghtening, especially ramped up to +167% strength with various mods and fired from cloak and fired at a ship trapped in a gravity well...
  • hrci2907hrci2907 Member Posts: 648 Media Corps
    edited May 2013
    Thank you for the stats.
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  • archoncrypticarchoncryptic Member, Cryptic Developers Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    jaturnley wrote: »
    Archon, does the 25% reduction also apply to the cooldown on the destabilized torp console? That beast is incredibly frieghtening, especially ramped up to +167% strength with various mods and fired from cloak and fired at a ship trapped in a gravity well...

    Yes, it does apply to that console.
  • trhrangerxmltrhrangerxml Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Awesome, I was really looking forward to the D'deridex, but the BoP is looking more and more fun. Glad I bought them all :D
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  • lordhavelocklordhavelock Member Posts: 2,248 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    archoncryptic wrote: »
    Enhanced Maneuvering Systems (D'deridex)
    +2 Turn Rate
    +10 Engine Power
    Hmmm.... So basically turning the snailboat 5.5 turn into something a little more acceptable at 7.5. Huh. Plus another .2 or so from the +10 in Eng Pwr. Ok, ok. That's nice.

    However, what I don't like about it is that the other ship sets provide tactically useful offense and defense. They actually seem like buffs. Whereas the D's set seems like it's only devoted to making up for a weakness in the vehicle itself. Maybe you could add a 10% Evasive Maneuvers cooldown time reduction, or something like that.
    ltsmith wrote: »
    Does each console have to be used on the respective ship it was purchased on or can someone buy the D'derix ships and use those consoles on another warbird?
    If I read the blog correctly:
    Players who obtain both the Refit and Retrofit versions of a Romulan ship from the C-Store or Legacy Pack will have two consoles that can be used on either vessel ? they can also be transferred to the fleet version of the class, as well, if you own it...
    The consoles only fit on their like ship. So, no, the D'deridex consoles could not be used on a Mogai variant or vice versa.

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