RoVerse Development Newsletter #202

Hello everyone! Welcome to the 202nd issue of the RoVerse Development Newsletter, where we keep you updated on the progress we've made over the past week.

This week, Idyllic worked on the menu revamp, particularly the turret modification menu, rigged up a selection of Default Capital ships for the upcoming update, and made a few tweaks to existing features.

You all know by now that the Avenger will be representing Medium Capitals in the Capital Update by now, but here is the rest of the starting lineup. 

Starting with the Small Capital, the Bolitho may not have the most nor the most powerful guns, but what it does have is a well-dispersed field of fire thanks to the widely-spaced turrets mounted around the hull, and it makes the most of its small size by moving faster than the bulky ships of the larger classes.
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It's a classic, and has been the test-bed of most of the Capital features coming soon. It is the Avenger. It boasts a powerful 18-turret loadout covering all angles, and its hangar space makes it an excellent ship to carry your fleet of star fighters to the battlefront. Not the most agile ship, but its armor makes up for it, keeping it in the fight.
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As a ship that has been quietly waiting to make its combat debut, the Protector is a Large Capital with a very distinct ring shape, a plethora of guns of all sizes, and a surprising amount of speed for its size.

​The current plan is to start with these three ships, and over time add in additional Faction Capitals, and other default Capitals once the initial balancing has been worked out. Making sure that just picking the biggest ship isn't the most viable battle strategy for all situations is important. We want small Capitals to be able to do some damage while out-maneuvering the bigger and slower ships, but not so much that the Large Capitals can't do serious damage. We'll keep you posted on our progress.


The community dogfight continued again this week, with members of the community coming together to blast each other out of the sky. Here are a selection of screenshots from the event - send in your own if you have them. Join us next week at 8pm EST and earn double credits for the duration.

On to the dogfight - this week, there were 463 kills, 193 with beam, 152 with laser, 57 with plasma, 47 with auto, 14 with railgun, and 0 with torpedo. The most dangerous ship was the Excalibur, with 171 kills, followed by the Washi-0 1 with 123. The most dangerous map was Citadel with 130 deaths, followed by Citadel with 106.

And now, the moment you've been waiting for...
The three players that topped the leaderboard were FangABXY, with 123 kills and 67 deaths and a 1.83 KDR; Phaytox with 41 kills, 45 deaths, and a .91 KDR; and IdyllicDestroyer with 39 kills, 52 deaths, and a .75 KDR. Nice work pilots, you've earned the cycle-exclusive ship Stratus Squall!
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If you'd like to check out the rest of our data, you can find the spreadsheet here: Phase 1 Data (Week 46)

Each week we compile a Q&A section here whenever there are any new questions posted on the RoVerse Community group wall or in the Community Discord Server. Be sure to join if you have any questions about RoVerse:

ROBLOX Group: https://www.roblox.com/My/Groups.aspx?gid=2948290
Discord server: https://discord.gg/npxBGwJ

Q1: Will we be able to dock fighters to other small ships?

A1: Unlikely. Fighters will only be able to dock in the hangars of Capital ships or at stations or outposts, or land on planets.

Q2: Will ricochet be in the next update?

A2: Certainly. The deflection of certain projectile types is an important aspect of capital weaponry.

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Remember, we are always looking for new, talented builders, scripters and artists! If you’d like to help us you can always get in touch with us through RoVerse_Official on the ROBLOX website, or by contacting an Administrator in the community Discord! Don’t worry, we don’t bite!