Faction specific weapon bonuses

tsire

What do you guys think about bonuses to race/faction specific weapons...for example crit bonuses on phasers if fed characters use them...or dot on disruptors for Klingon characters...or even shield penetration on plasma for roms...obviously cryptic would be able to do better than my examples...but it's something worth considering. Comments...critiques???

goodscotch

This makes sense to me. It's been suggested many times in the past. Native weapon/energy types receive a bonus.

rosetyler51

Just about all Romulans (players and boffs) have a trait that boost plasma damage. Giving something like that to all Fed races for phasers and KDF races for disruptors would be nice.

Now speaking for the other side of the request doing this could be taken as the devs (and players that wanting this) as trying to force everyone to play as a Fed/KDF/Republic captain.

It sounds silly but I have seen people lash out against factions feeling like nothing more than an UI change.

davefenestrator

Roms do have it already (if Rom race) but it would be interesting to have Phaser and Disruptor traits too.

As I've said in the space traits thread what I really want is not race or faction specific traits, but genetic resquencing for boffs so I can pick the boffs I want, not use a potato head just because he has Pirate + Efficient. Let a Trill or Vulcan be Efficient too with the proper training.

mustrumridcully0

If this were to be done, it would mean that player would probably feel locked into their faction weapon, since otherwise they would miss out bonuses.

I think something like the Elite Fleet Weapons is a better way - only as Fed Fleet member, you gain access to Fleet Phasers, which have a special "fleet mod". It's a way to get Ultra-Rare Phasers that no one else has, and a mod that no one else has - but the mod is still a mod, so a Klingon or Romulan that wants Phasers, he can find them and just use a different mod.​​

johnny111971

Pretty sure the Faction Specific bonus came in the form of the Elite Fleet Weapons (Feds can only buy Phaser, and KDF Disrupters). I don't think the rom's had an Elite Plasma. But should be easy enough to add on New Romulus.

goodscotch

mustrumridcully0 wrote: »

If this were to be done, it would mean that player would probably feel locked into their faction weapon, since otherwise they would miss out bonuses.

I think something like the Elite Fleet Weapons is a better way - only as Fed Fleet member, you gain access to Fleet Phasers, which have a special "fleet mod". It's a way to get Ultra-Rare Phasers that no one else has, and a mod that no one else has - but the mod is still a mod, so a Klingon or Romulan that wants Phasers, he can find them and just use a different mod.​​

I like this idea!

starswordc

mustrumridcully0 wrote: »

If this were to be done, it would mean that player would probably feel locked into their faction weapon, since otherwise they would miss out bonuses.

I think something like the Elite Fleet Weapons is a better way - only as Fed Fleet member, you gain access to Fleet Phasers, which have a special "fleet mod". It's a way to get Ultra-Rare Phasers that no one else has, and a mod that no one else has - but the mod is still a mod, so a Klingon or Romulan that wants Phasers, he can find them and just use a different mod.​​

Maybe if Elite Fleet Phasers were actually worth having...

rattler2

Another thing to consider is the ship you're flying. Some of them kinda need to be in Faction specific damage types to get the most out of them because of a Lance or some other type of weapon.