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Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #19

pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
Content Designer Sean "Commander Ander" McCann shares details about the Nimbus adventure zone in this entry of the Legacy of Romulus News Dev Blog series.


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  • atatassaultatatassault Member Posts: 1,008 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Commander Ander needs to use STO terminology of "Accolade" not CO's "perk". That was confusing for a second.
  • hevachhevach Member Posts: 2,777 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Commander Ander needs to use STO terminology of "Accolade" not CO's "perk". That was confusing for a second.

    Especially since missions now can award actual perks (for example, tour the universe gives a non-slotted trait that permanently reduces your transwarp cooldown).



    Branflakes: How will the away team pathfinding be on this zone be at launch? It left something to be desired when I tested it.
  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    All I care about is getting my sexy man to do the fan dance.
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  • pwebranflakespwebranflakes Member Posts: 7,741
    edited May 2013
    Commander Ander needs to use STO terminology of "Accolade" not CO's "perk". That was confusing for a second.

    Thanks for the feedback! Updated for him :)

    Cheers,

    Brandon =/\=
  • brigadooombrigadooom Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Where's my field of holes?
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  • edna#7310 edna Member Posts: 21 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    why there are no new doff assigments chains ...so many new places and no attention to doffs.I mean with that amount of work put into new zones (I omg'ed on tribble so much that I got tired doing it lol ) some new doff stuffs would be like a bug fix ...especially on maps like Nimbus or New Romulus :)
  • psiameesepsiameese Member Posts: 1,650 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Fan Dance, ftw!
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  • cidstormcidstorm Member Posts: 1,220 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Make New Romulus start that early too, theres probably less action there anyways.
  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I like the idea of cutting level 50's down to size
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  • drkfrontiersdrkfrontiers Member Posts: 2,477 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Could the KDF get a sword dance :). My brute KDF doing the fan dance is going to make me laugh. LOL Though I will be using this alot in my diplomatic efforts with Starfleet.
  • voyagerfan9751voyagerfan9751 Member Posts: 1,120 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Could the KDF get a sword dance :). My brute KDF doing the fan dance is going to make me laugh. LOL

    Exactly what part of the Fan Dance Emote is NOT intended to make players laugh? :P
  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I was really skeptical about the idea of a zone designed for the level 20's only, but seeing how it is actually implimented (the level cap but still letting higher level people in) I've really come around on it. Pretty cool idea in the end, and I bet long term we also get a zone for the 30's and maybe the 40's as well.

    This looks like a neat zone. Certainly better than the movie that spawned it. ;-)


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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Take me down to the Paradise City where the grass is green and girls are pretty, oh won't you please take me home. Yeah yeaaah.


    Looks good, I'm ready for it.
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  • sollvaxsollvax Member Posts: 4 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    beware beware female federation remans with mirror universe outfits and the fan dance emote
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  • brigadooombrigadooom Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Seriously, field of holes. Where?
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  • theuntankertheuntanker Member Posts: 8 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I will be super mad if we can't ride a horse here. Cryptic has the technology for horses; they have no excuse to not implement it here, the most horsey planet in all of Star Trek.
  • shpoksshpoks Member Posts: 6,967 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    This whole idea is amazing. I love this type of stuff! :)
    No doubt my chars. will be regular visitors on Nimbus from LoR on.
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  • empireofsteveempireofsteve Member Posts: 665 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I will be super mad if we can't ride a horse here. Cryptic has the technology for horses; they have no excuse to not implement it here, the most horsey planet in all of Star Trek.

    It was a donkey. Plam branches... White cloak... Donkey :)
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  • aexraelaexrael Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    lan451 wrote: »
    Take me down to the Paradise City where the grass is green and girls are pretty, oh won't you please take me home. Yeah yeaaah.

    Looks good, I'm ready for it.

    You got it backwards, the girls are green and the grass is pretty. :P
  • tpolebreakertpolebreaker Member Posts: 268 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    aexrael wrote: »
    You got it backwards, the girls are green and the grass is pretty. :P

    +10 quatloos for you!

    Sooo getting that fan dance... 8)
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  • voicesdarkvoicesdark Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    This is actually my favorite ground map in the game now. I love how when you're just randomly running around you can come across an open event, not only does it add some major fun factor, but it also really feels trek like. I would love to see this added to some of the other maps in the game, and wouldn't mind random encounters it space either, of course with an option to turn them off for those that would prefer not to have them.

    One thing Cryptic really seems to have been striving for in the LOR expansion is to add more Dynamics to the gameplay with maps like this, and I've got to say it's a very welcomed addition.

    The only suggestion I have is for the Queen Worm, might want to decrease her range a bit as it can be extremely hard to get near her if other players aren't there when the random event pops up.
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  • tsurutafan01tsurutafan01 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    aexrael wrote: »
    You got it backwards, the girls are green and the grass is pretty. :P

    You win an internet cookie.


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  • mrkollinsmrkollins Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Nimbus is great!
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    aexrael wrote: »
    You got it backwards, the girls are green and the grass is pretty. :P

    LOL awesome.

    Although now you've ruined that song for me. I won't be able to hear it any other way now. Hmm, or maybe it's better this way. I'll have to decide on that later. :P
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  • questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,708 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    sollvax wrote: »
    I like the idea of cutting level 50's down to size

    Mixed feelings about that to be honest.

    I would rather see scaling opponents.
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  • bumblebushbumblebush Member Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I love this new planet Nimbus, it looks like ill be spending most of my time there. Its great to now that random events around the planet, it wont be like a Bajor type planet. And not only my Klingon and soon to be new Romulan toon will be able to experience the new,great, big adventure, my Fed toon can also experience the adventure. OMG! i cant wait!:D
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  • wayofderawayofdera Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    It was mentioned earlier that the developers where thinking of LoR with a western flare...this comes out clearly from the pics of Nimbus.
    For a sharp contrast, it would be great if a really strong tech world could be introduced, maybe the home planet of the Binars. Maybe, there could even be a series, where our starship gets a boost in power, due to the Binars advancing our starship computer. LoL, however, for the Romulan captain maybe an increase in turn rate would suffice.
  • thestargazethestargaze Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    sollvax wrote: »
    I like the idea of cutting level 50's down to size

    I am confused about this level thing? Does this mean you can do missions there anytime?
  • thestargazethestargaze Member Posts: 1,020 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    I will be super mad if we can't ride a horse here. Cryptic has the technology for horses; they have no excuse to not implement it here, the most horsey planet in all of Star Trek.

    Thats a good idea.. dont think they have thought about it.
  • starfish1701starfish1701 Member Posts: 782 Arc User
    edited May 2013
    Nimbus looks amazing, and I can't wait to explore it. I think I will be spending a lot of time there.
    I will be super mad if we can't ride a horse here. Cryptic has the technology for horses; they have no excuse to not implement it here, the most horsey planet in all of Star Trek.

    It would be a shame not to add mounts to this map, for yourself and your BOFFs.

    For a backward planet like Nimbus I think that mounts would be an obvious choice for fast travel, and they are in the movie after all.
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