Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #18

pwebranflakes · May 2013

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.

daveyny · May 2013

Cool!

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

:eek:

stirling191 · 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...

aexrael · 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.

josephkerr · May 2013

Will comparable fed/kdf ships and their consoles be updated in a similar manner?

daveyny · 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.

starfish1701 · 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.

pwebranflakes · 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,

Brandon =/\=

brigadooom · 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

trhrangerxml · 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.

qjunior · 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.

purvee1 · 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.

tenlaian · 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

cidstorm · May 2013

The torpedo focus for the bop is brilliant, the Mogai one could be pretty good. These meatier posts are really exciting.

neoakiraii · 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

vzikna · 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".

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!

reginamala78 · 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.

archoncryptic · 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.

mirrorchaos · 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

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cidstorm · May 2013

Oh wow the it stops weapon fire drain too? Awesome, my scigai is going to be very fun.

purvee1 · 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.

tenlaian · 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

vzikna · 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!

mandoknight89 · 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)...

ltsmith · 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?

qjunior · 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.

jaturnley · 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...

hrci2907 · May 2013

Thank you for the stats.

archoncryptic · 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.

trhrangerxml · 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

lordhavelock · 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.

Legacy of Romulus Dev Blog #18

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