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Tech Descriptor Addition

MagicSarap
MagicSarap
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Joined Sep 2012 Posts: 5,522
Hi everyone,

As content continues to grow, a question that usually gets asked is if the tech is considered to be Forsaken or Draconian. We all know that the answer plays an important role in how we set up our fleets. We will be adding a new Tech Descriptor that will designate whether the equipment is Forsaken or Draconian. We will also be making a display change to the Shipyard; the headers will now read "Researched Tech" and "Blueprint Tech." We've added a few images below for players to see the visual representation of these changes. Let us know what you think!

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  • Arma-Get-It-On
    Arma-Get-It-On
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    Joined Apr 2012 Posts: 4,418
    Good one :)

  • night storm
    night storm
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    Joined Apr 2012 Posts: 392
    I like the change as well :)
  • Cpt. Chris
    Cpt. Chris
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    Joined Jul 2011 Posts: 1,903
    Nice now ppl can answer some of their questions.
    DevNul wrote: »
    @Cpt Chris
    For the last time, no arbiter module forces subs to the surface. Have you finally understood? That is why I also said: You were confused with the Depth Charge.

    DevNul said:
    You can't unsubscribe. All the old forum tools have been removed. These twats have us at their mercy.

    Cpt. Chris said:
    You really like to make fool of yourself don't you? There is a check mark next to the thread's name on the top left, click it and you won't get a single notification about this thread.

    DevNul said: You really like to make a fool of yourself don't you!  If there was one I'd use it!

    DevNulsaid: you better ask Cpt Chris about that when I eventually find him/she/it. ;)

    IronGunns said: Cpt Chris, your a noob!!  the Subsonic Cavitator is a Arbiter Mod that makes nearby subs to surface....look before you speak

    RW Miller said: you are taking that 65% damage reduction if you use it.. This has never showed up on the turret  just in description in lab
  • Its_3lackHavvk
    Its_3lackHavvk
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    Joined May 2012 Posts: 386
    minor, but helpful

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  • Bill Strauss
    Bill Strauss
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    Joined Jun 2012 Posts: 54
    why not put it in the forsaken or draconian weapons area kind of a no-brainer then
  • Bill Strauss
    Bill Strauss
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    Cpt. Chris said:
    Nice now ppl can answer some of their questions.
    subsonic cavitator makes subs surface
    Cpt. Chris said:
    Nice now ppl can answer some of their questions.

    Cpt. Chris said:
    Nice now ppl can answer some of their questions.

  • beel78
    beel78
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    Joined Apr 2012 Posts: 8,189
    Thank you.  Something so simple but nips MANY threads in the but.  Glad you guys decided to do this.
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  • beel78
    beel78
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    WOW speed system will get a -15% on weight..... makes it even better.
    'Soon' in KIXEYE time means once our Sun dies'. 
     Wil Harbin said:

    Kixeye hasn’t done as much to annoy its users as other game companies have. It doesn’t sell decorations for games and try to milk gamers for all they’re worth, and it doesn’t sell advanced weaponry that will allow rich gamers to wipe out poor gamers. But it does allow users to accelerate time in the game. Rather than wait for something to be developed, a user can pay to accelerate the build time for units.

  • Bubba_Gump
    Bubba_Gump
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    Joined Jul 2012 Posts: 377
    Now this is a good update.  See sometimes it's the little things that can make a big difference.
  • patrick.hofman
    patrick.hofman
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    Joined Mar 2013 Posts: 4
    I like it too!
  • FKIT
    FKIT
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    Joined Aug 2011 Posts: 1,794
    I like it.  It will save me from miscalculating fleet weights when a weapon like Mael V comes out that says forsaken in its description, but is actually drac tech. 
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  • Capt_Cannabis
    Capt_Cannabis
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    Joined Dec 2011 Posts: 611
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
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    been to alot of places cant remember most 
    prizes basically everything 

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  • Max Last
    Max Last
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    Joined Nov 2011 Posts: 3,254
    Good quality of life improvement.  There are a number of obscure numbers aspects of the game I'm fine with being obscure, but that one always seemed unnecessarily cryptic for new players.
    Back to my exact same spot:  Tower west, sector 7. coords 3631,461
  • MagicSarap
    MagicSarap
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    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
  • Capt_Cannabis
    Capt_Cannabis
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    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
    cool thanks for clearing that up 
    BloodReign 66
    been to alot of places cant remember most 
    prizes basically everything 

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  • phroxenphyre
    phroxenphyre
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    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 5,284
    beel78 said:
    WOW speed system will get a -15% on weight..... makes it even better.
    I don't think specials with percentage-based weights are affected by the weight reduction of SY2. 
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  • Joe-Pirate
    Joe-Pirate
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    Joined Oct 2012 Posts: 137
    Nice, I like it!
    Started February 2011.
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  • King_Richard2
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    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
    always thought SY2 affects only weapon weight... can you clarify this?
  • MagicSarap
    MagicSarap
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    edited 13 Apr 2013, 12:36AM
    King_Richard2 said:
    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
    always thought SY2 affects only weapon weight... can you clarify this?
    Specials such as Speed Systems will not be affected. The screenshot is to merely display the Tech Designation. Shipyard 2 provides a reduction in Forsaken Weapons and Armor. Apologies for the confusion.
  • Natey
    Natey
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    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
    Good stuff, I approve. :)
  • BALLAST198
    BALLAST198
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    Joined Feb 2013 Posts: 398
    Even spelled correctly...
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  • General1AIT SG234
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    I dont see what good or bad that will add to the game !!!...there are serious issues that need to be dealt with and youre busy trying to Manifest whats draconian and whats forsaken?!!!
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  • GenGrant
    GenGrant
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    edited 13 Apr 2013, 5:50AM
    Anna White said:
    I dont see what good or bad that will add to the game !!!...there are serious issues that need to be dealt with and youre busy trying to Manifest whats draconian and whats forsaken?!!!

    Anna White said:
    I dont see what good or bad that will add to the game !!!...there are serious issues that need to be dealt with and youre busy trying to Manifest whats draconian and whats forsaken?!!!
    It's help their programmers, who don't play the game and don't know how to do the formulas without the info :)

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  • Halvar
    Halvar
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    That's great. 
    Now, can you fix the real problems with the tooltips? I'm refering to the lack of displaying negative modifiers to evade on the hulls. When I started playing the juggy was the first prize, but back then it had a -25% evade. when I first heard it was being rereleased I was dissapointed but somewhere along the raid I read the tooltip and found out kixeye had fixed the hull by upgrading it to a neutral evade, actually almost making it useful for future raids. so I decided to spend my first coin to get it. only problem is it seems to have retained the negative evade when I actually build the ship. when checking back at the tooltip in my intel-lab it still doesn't mention a negative evade. same thing goes for HHA/HHB which after some wiki-research seems to give -20% evade in reality. 

    please fix this problem. 
  • Nickolas Griffith
    Nickolas Griffith
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    Joined Sep 2011 Posts: 3,405
    well, if it says forsaken then y is it not researchable?
  • NM-Executioner
    NM-Executioner
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    Joined Feb 2012 Posts: 1,877
    why cant we get another shipyard for draconian stuff to reduce the weight and solve the issue of people back logs we will never shut up bout another shipyard till we get  one and why cant we cue repairs in dock  that be another usefull addition to the game what people would love
    reduced repair and builds times wont happen kixeye said 6 months ago they looking into it umm whats too look into there kixeye i dont see what your looking at?
  • Chris Robb
    Chris Robb
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    Joined Oct 2011 Posts: 2,547
    edited 13 Apr 2013, 12:32PM
    something simple and actually needed / wanted :) good should save a few posts asking the same questions :) - lets just hope that the things that u mark with forsaken have the weight reduction from shipyard 2 lol 
    oh if this was a teaser, explains why you are all master baiters :)

    bored :)

    Hitman007 said:
    It has built in re-targeting however because you do not have laser on them they will not hit subs under water with them.
  • absolutely_pissed
    absolutely_pissed
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    Joined May 2011 Posts: 529
    Good change, small, but will put an end to a lot of threads in the forum.
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  • The R
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    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    King_Richard2 said:
    KIXEYE CM MagicSarap said:
    Capt_Cannabis said:
    thats cool but will it allow shipyard 2 to affect the weight of some things previously considered draconian 
    I believe so yes, it should retroactively adjust is my understanding.
    always thought SY2 affects only weapon weight... can you clarify this?
    Specials such as Speed Systems will not be affected. The screenshot is to merely display the Tech Designation. Shipyard 2 provides a reduction in Forsaken Weapons and Armor. Apologies for the confusion.
    So the Maelstrom V rockets will then get the weight reduction they are currently lacking?

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