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Uberrandom: Updates to stat rolls, minor wording changes, formatting

2024-09-02T02:44:07Z

Updates to stat rolls, minor wording changes, formatting

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	#Select an R&D Berth		#Select an R&D Berth
	#Select an item. It will be converted into a blueprint, and research will begin		#Select an item and pay the resource cost to CONFIRM. It will be converted into a blueprint, and research will begin
	# After the timer has elapsed, you can view the results of your research		# After the timer has elapsed, you can view the results of your research
	[[File:R&D In Progress.png\|thumb\|R&D Results\|none]]		[[File:R&D In Progress.png\|thumb\|R&D Results\|none]]
	As you view the results of your research, there are a few possible results:		As you view the results of your research, there are a few possible results:

	*Stat bonus - The type of bonus received depends on the equipment type, and can be increased to a predetermined maximum (if you research long enough, you will eventually get every stat buff possible)		*Stat bonus - The type of bonus received depends on the equipment type, and can be increased to a predetermined maximum (if you research long enough, you will eventually get every stat buff possible, and you can't "brick" equipment by getting unlucky stat rolls)
	*Reveal a hidden Advantage, Quirk, or Gremlin		*Reveal a hidden Advantage, Quirk, or Gremlin
	* Unlock an Advantage or Quirk Slot		* Unlock an Advantage or Quirk Slot
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	As you gain stat buffs, reveal hidden Traits, reduce the Difficulty of Gremlins, and remove Gremlins outright, your Research percent will increase towards 100%. A Blueprint may require dozens or even hundreds of R&D cycles to reach 100%, so please be patient Captain!		As you gain stat buffs, reveal hidden Traits, reduce the Difficulty of Gremlins, and remove Gremlins outright, your Research percent will increase towards 100%. A Blueprint may require dozens or even hundreds of R&D cycles to reach 100%, so please be patient Captain!

	Each Gremlin has a predetermined amount of "Difficulty" assigned to it. Every ~~R&D cycle~~ will reduce a Gremlin's Difficulty by -1, -5, or -10 and when the Gremlin's Difficulty reaches 0, its penalty is removed from the gear. Note that the penalty is not reduced by lower Difficulty, so a Gremlin at 100 Difficulty has the same negative effect on your equipment's performance as a Gremlin at 1 Difficulty.		Each Gremlin has a predetermined amount of "Difficulty" assigned to it. Every Gremlin reduction roll will reduce a Gremlin's Difficulty by -1, -5, or -10 and when the Gremlin's Difficulty reaches 0, its penalty is removed from the gear. Note that the penalty is not reduced by lower Difficulty, so a Gremlin at 100 Difficulty has the same negative effect on your equipment's performance as a Gremlin at 1 Difficulty.

	Gold R&D ~~Berths~~ give you an extra "roll" for your blueprint, which makes them valuable for equipment with a lot of difficult Gremlins and/or equipment that is expensive to R&D - fewer cycles means fewer resources spent. You ~~can~~ only ~~have a maximum of 2~~ Gold ~~berths~~, so make good use of ~~them~~! ~~When~~ a blueprint has ~~both~~ stat boosts remaining ~~''and'' undiscovered Advantages/Quirks or remaining Gremlins~~, ~~Blue berths~~ will roll ~~twice and~~ Gold ~~berths~~ will ~~roll~~ 3 ~~times. When~~ a ~~blueprint has ''either'' only~~ stat ~~boosts ''or'' only hidden Advantages/Quirks/unfinished Gremlins,~~ Blue ~~berths~~ will ~~provide~~ 1 ~~roll and Gold berths will provide~~ 2.		Gold R&D berths give you an extra "roll" for your blueprint, which makes them valuable for equipment with a lot of difficult Gremlins and/or equipment that is expensive to R&D - fewer cycles means fewer resources spent. You only get one Gold berth for free, so make good use of it!

			In addition, when a blueprint has available stat boosts remaining, it will always gain +1 roll that is guaranteed to be a stat boost. This means a Gold berth will give 3 rolls (of which 1/3 is guaranteed to be a stat boost) and a Blue berth will give 2 rolls (of which 1/2 is guaranteed to be a stat boost).

	==Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins==		==Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins==
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	#Press PRODUCTION to move onto modifying the Advantages and Quirks applied to the blueprint		#Press PRODUCTION to move onto modifying the Advantages and Quirks applied to the blueprint
	#If you are satisfied with the current Advantages and Quirks on the equipment, simply press BUILD, pay the resources, and wait for the timer to elapse and receive your gear		#If you are satisfied with the current Advantages and Quirks on the equipment, simply press BUILD, pay the resources, and wait for the timer to elapse and receive your gear
	If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost ~~<s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>~~. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, ~~and~~ which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.		If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen randomly selected new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.

	'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a ~~blue~~ berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your ~~blue~~ berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment!'''		'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a Blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your Blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment!'''

	[[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]		[[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]
	==What should I research first?==		==What should I research first?==
	~~<blockquote>~~
	Just join the Discord and ask around, you'll get multiple conflicting answers about what is the most important early		Just join the Discord and ask around, you'll get multiple conflicting answers about what is the most important early

	As a starting point: 1 good lightweight Director ~~-> 1~~ good lightweight Rangekeeper ~~-> a~~ Scout plane (SOC-1 because it's perfectly good without any research at all - just R&D once to make it a blueprint and start printing them, it has no innate gremlins) ~~-> a~~ good DD gun that works at 100% R&D stock ~~-> fish~~ for traits ~~-> start~~ on custom gear~~</blockquote>~~		As a starting point:

			# A good lightweight Director
			# A good lightweight Rangekeeper
			# A Scout plane (SOC-1 because it's perfectly good without any research at all - just R&D once to make it a blueprint and start printing them, it has no innate gremlins)
			# A good DD gun that works at 100% R&D stock
			# Fish for traits
			# Start on custom gear

Uberrandom at 00:52, 22 July 2023

2023-07-22T00:52:06Z

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	If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost <s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, and which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.		If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost <s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, and which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.

	'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment!''' [[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]		'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment!'''

			[[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]
	==What should I research first?==		==What should I research first?==
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>

Uberrandom: Add. info for r&d berths

2023-07-22T00:51:16Z

Add. info for r&d berths

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	*Reduce the Difficulty of a Gremlin		*Reduce the Difficulty of a Gremlin
	*Remove a Gremlin		*Remove a Gremlin
			To be specific, there are 3 different rolls you can get:

			# A stat bonus to one stat,
			# Unlocking an Advantage or Quirk slot (which also reveals that Advantage or Quirk if the slot is occupied),
			# Reducing the Difficulty of a Gremlin (which will either reveal the Gremlin if you have not seen it before, or remove it if your roll reduces the Difficulty of the Gremlin to zero).

	As you gain stat buffs, reveal hidden Traits, reduce the Difficulty of Gremlins, and remove Gremlins outright, your Research percent will increase towards 100%. A Blueprint may require dozens or even hundreds of R&D cycles to reach 100%, so please be patient Captain!		As you gain stat buffs, reveal hidden Traits, reduce the Difficulty of Gremlins, and remove Gremlins outright, your Research percent will increase towards 100%. A Blueprint may require dozens or even hundreds of R&D cycles to reach 100%, so please be patient Captain!

	Each Gremlin has a predetermined amount of "Difficulty" assigned to it. Every R&D cycle will reduce a Gremlin's Difficulty by -1, -5, or -10 and when the Gremlin's Difficulty reaches 0, its penalty is removed from the gear. Note that the penalty is not reduced by lower Difficulty, so a Gremlin at 100 Difficulty has the same negative effect on your equipment's performance as a Gremlin at 1 Difficulty.		Each Gremlin has a predetermined amount of "Difficulty" assigned to it. Every R&D cycle will reduce a Gremlin's Difficulty by -1, -5, or -10 and when the Gremlin's Difficulty reaches 0, its penalty is removed from the gear. Note that the penalty is not reduced by lower Difficulty, so a Gremlin at 100 Difficulty has the same negative effect on your equipment's performance as a Gremlin at 1 Difficulty.

	Gold R&D Berths give you an extra "roll" for your blueprint, which makes them valuable for equipment with a lot of difficult Gremlins and/or equipment that is expensive to R&D - fewer cycles means fewer resources spent. You can only have a maximum of 2 Gold ~~Berths~~, so make good use of them!		Gold R&D Berths give you an extra "roll" for your blueprint, which makes them valuable for equipment with a lot of difficult Gremlins and/or equipment that is expensive to R&D - fewer cycles means fewer resources spent. You can only have a maximum of 2 Gold berths, so make good use of them! When a blueprint has both stat boosts remaining ''and'' undiscovered Advantages/Quirks or remaining Gremlins, Blue berths will roll twice and Gold berths will roll 3 times. When a blueprint has ''either'' only stat boosts ''or'' only hidden Advantages/Quirks/unfinished Gremlins, Blue berths will provide 1 roll and Gold berths will provide 2.

	==Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins==		==Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins==
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	#Press PRODUCTION to move onto modifying the Advantages and Quirks applied to the blueprint		#Press PRODUCTION to move onto modifying the Advantages and Quirks applied to the blueprint
	#If you are satisfied with the current Advantages and Quirks on the equipment, simply press BUILD, pay the resources, and wait for the timer to elapse and receive your gear		#If you are satisfied with the current Advantages and Quirks on the equipment, simply press BUILD, pay the resources, and wait for the timer to elapse and receive your gear
	If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost <s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, and which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.		If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost <s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, and which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.

	'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment''' [[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]		'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment!''' [[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]
	==What should I research first?==		==What should I research first?==
	<blockquote>		<blockquote>
	Just join the Discord and ask around, you'll get multiple conflicting answers about what is the most important early		Just join the Discord and ask around, you'll get multiple conflicting answers about what is the most important early

	As a starting point: 1 good lightweight Director -> 1 good lightweight Rangekeeper -> a Scout plane (SOC-1 because it's perfectly good without any research at all - just R&D once to make it a blueprint and start printing them, it has no innate gremlins) -> a good ~~CA and BB~~ gun that works at 100% R&D stock -> fish for traits -> start on custom gear</blockquote>		As a starting point: 1 good lightweight Director -> 1 good lightweight Rangekeeper -> a Scout plane (SOC-1 because it's perfectly good without any research at all - just R&D once to make it a blueprint and start printing them, it has no innate gremlins) -> a good DD gun that works at 100% R&D stock -> fish for traits -> start on custom gear</blockquote>

Freejones912 at 04:26, 24 May 2023

2023-05-24T04:26:13Z

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	\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]		\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]
	\|[[~~Quirks\|~~Quirk]]		\|[[Quirk]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]		\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]
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	*[[Advantages]] are simple stat buffs and/or tradeoffs, but usually give more benefit than downside		*[[Advantages]] are simple stat buffs and/or tradeoffs, but usually give more benefit than downside
	*[[Quirks]] are special, and can come with rare or unique stat changes		*[[Quirk\|Quirks]] are special, and can come with rare or unique stat changes
	*[[Gremlins]] are almost always problematic and reduce the performance of your gear, and will be removed over time with R&D		*[[Gremlins]] are almost always problematic and reduce the performance of your gear, and will be removed over time with R&D

Freejones912 at 01:07, 24 May 2023

2023-05-24T01:07:26Z

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	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|[[File:Angelic Silver Star.png]]		\|[[File:Angelic Silver Star.png]]
	\|Advantage		\|[[Advantages\|Advantage]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]		\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]
	\|Quirk		\|[[Quirks\|Quirk]]
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]		\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]
	\|Gremlin		\|[[Gremlins\|Gremlin]]
	\|}		\|}
	Any piece of equipment when stock has a predetermined list of Traits (i.e. they are not random). Before you do any research on a piece of equipment, you cannot see what the Traits are; however the stat buffs or nerfs applied by the predetermined Advantages and Gremlins ''do apply'' to the stats shown in the Inventory.		Any piece of equipment when stock has a predetermined list of Traits (i.e. they are not random). Before you do any research on a piece of equipment, you cannot see what the Traits are; however the stat buffs or nerfs applied by the predetermined Advantages and Gremlins ''do apply'' to the stats shown in the Inventory.

Uberrandom: /* How do Equipment Blueprints Work? */

2023-05-22T20:22:43Z

How do Equipment Blueprints Work?

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	Note that the effects of Quirks are ''not'' applied when they are undiscovered.		Note that the effects of Quirks are ''not'' applied when they are undiscovered.

	The goal of R&D will be to initially remove harmful Gremlins and give stat ~~nerfs~~ to your equipment; later you will be able to mix and match discovered Advantages and Quirks onto other equipment to make customized, powerful gear for your Belles.		The goal of R&D will be to initially remove harmful Gremlins and give stat buffs to your equipment; later you will be able to mix and match discovered Advantages and Quirks onto other equipment to make customized, powerful gear for your Belles.

	==Getting Started with R&D==		==Getting Started with R&D==

Freejones912: /* Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins */

2023-05-22T20:20:52Z

Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins

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	As you research your gear, you will be discovering Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins on your gear.		As you research your gear, you will be discovering Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins on your gear.

	*Advantages are simple stat buffs and/or tradeoffs, but usually give more benefit than downside		*[[Advantages]] are simple stat buffs and/or tradeoffs, but usually give more benefit than downside
	*Quirks are special, and can come with rare or unique stat changes		*[[Quirks]] are special, and can come with rare or unique stat changes
	*Gremlins are almost always problematic and reduce the performance of your gear, and will be removed over time with R&D		*[[Gremlins]] are almost always problematic and reduce the performance of your gear, and will be removed over time with R&D

	Once you discover an Advantage or Quirk, it is permanently unlocked as a Trait and saved to your account (so deleting the piece of gear with the unlocked Advantage or Quirk will not result in loss of the Trait in your encyclopedia). Building a collection of powerful Advantages and Quirks is necessary for effective equipment production, and some equipment that has weak stats can still be useful to acquire as they come with powerful Advantages and Quirks that can be discovered and applied to gear with more powerful base stats.		Once you discover an Advantage or Quirk, it is permanently unlocked as a Trait and saved to your account (so deleting the piece of gear with the unlocked Advantage or Quirk will not result in loss of the Trait in your encyclopedia). Building a collection of powerful Advantages and Quirks is necessary for effective equipment production, and some equipment that has weak stats can still be useful to acquire as they come with powerful Advantages and Quirks that can be discovered and applied to gear with more powerful base stats.

Uberrandom: Overhaul of the Crafting page

2023-05-20T00:10:04Z

Overhaul of the Crafting page

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	~~''(This page is in desperate help for an author who actually knows what they are talking about.)''~~		==How do Equipment Blueprints Work?==

	~~==Making a Blueprint / Research==~~		As you acquire equipment, you will notice that they come with many different stats that describe their performance. These stats are a combination of two things: the ''base stats'' of the equipment piece in question, and the effects of Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins (Traits) on the equipment. When a piece of equipment is taken from a Belle, dropped as a map reward, or given out as a reward for Daily Missions or Weekly War Plans, the equipment will come in its ''stock state'' with 0-4 Advantages, 1 Quirk, and 0-6 Gremlins.

	~~Click on one of your R&D Boxes.~~
	~~2. Select an item. It will be converted into a blueprint.~~

	~~Blueprints can then be researched again and again to improve them / find traits. They max out at 100% research. (100% sounds good, so do it?)~~

	If you ~~change traits in production~~, you ~~can lose research %~~. ~~That~~'~~s fine. Just R&D it again. This is called "Gremlin removal"~~
	~~[[File:Research Example.png\|thumb\|Research comes~~ in ~~2 flavors! Blue~~ and ~~Gold!]]~~
	~~[[File:R&D In Progress.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D Results]]~~


	~~==Production==~~
	~~[[File:Production Flavors.png\|thumb\|Production also comes in 2 flavors. Blue~~ and ~~Gold~~.]]

	~~#Click on~~ a ~~production thingy. There you select~~ a ~~blueprint you have already started research on (and are not currently researching).~~
	~~#From there you can select traits. These do things and add difficulty. That means something~~, ~~and they do something. They~~ come in ~~different types![[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]Traits come in flavors~~ with ~~a specific number of slots~~.

	{\| class="wikitable"		{\| class="wikitable"
	\|+
	\|[[File:Angelic Silver Star.png]]		\|[[File:Angelic Silver Star.png]]
	\|~~Angelic Silver Star~~		\|Advantage
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]		\|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]
	\|~~Questionable Gold Star~~		\|Quirk
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]		\|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]
	\|~~Spicy Red Star~~		\|Gremlin
	\|}		\|}
	~~these flavors mean something~~.		Any piece of equipment when stock has a predetermined list of Traits (i.e. they are not random). Before you do any research on a piece of equipment, you cannot see what the Traits are; however the stat buffs or nerfs applied by the predetermined Advantages and Gremlins ''do apply'' to the stats shown in the Inventory.

			Note that the effects of Quirks are ''not'' applied when they are undiscovered.

			The goal of R&D will be to initially remove harmful Gremlins and give stat nerfs to your equipment; later you will be able to mix and match discovered Advantages and Quirks onto other equipment to make customized, powerful gear for your Belles.

			==Getting Started with R&D==
			[[File:Research Example.png\|thumb\|R&D Berths come in Gold and Blue, Gold berths providing more research rolls per cycle]]
			To get started with R&D:

	~~You can only change quirks or advantages in slots you've discovered though~~, ~~a stock gear you can't change until you~~ research ~~it some~~, ~~but~~ you can ~~change things once~~ you do, ~~it will just add more quirks..~~		#Select an R&D Berth
			#Select an item. It will be converted into a blueprint, and research will begin
			# After the timer has elapsed, you can view the results of your research
			[[File:R&D In Progress.png\|thumb\|R&D Results\|none]]
			As you view the results of your research, there are a few possible results:

	~~3. Click build! Stuff~~ will ~~happen.~~ Difficulty ~~does something~~, ~~so red stars are bad. This can also~~ reduce ~~your R&D on~~ the ~~blueprint~~, ~~so you can start over again?~~		*Stat bonus - The type of bonus received depends on the equipment type, and can be increased to a predetermined maximum (if you research long enough, you will eventually get every stat buff possible)
	~~[[File:R&D value reduction~~.~~png\|none\|thumb\|Wee~~ R&D% ~~also goes down~~!]]		*Reveal a hidden Advantage, Quirk, or Gremlin
			* Unlock an Advantage or Quirk Slot
			*Reduce the Difficulty of a Gremlin
			*Remove a Gremlin
			As you gain stat buffs, reveal hidden Traits, reduce the Difficulty of Gremlins, and remove Gremlins outright, your Research percent will increase towards 100%. A Blueprint may require dozens or even hundreds of R&D cycles to reach 100%, so please be patient Captain!

			Each Gremlin has a predetermined amount of "Difficulty" assigned to it. Every R&D cycle will reduce a Gremlin's Difficulty by -1, -5, or -10 and when the Gremlin's Difficulty reaches 0, its penalty is removed from the gear. Note that the penalty is not reduced by lower Difficulty, so a Gremlin at 100 Difficulty has the same negative effect on your equipment's performance as a Gremlin at 1 Difficulty.

			Gold R&D Berths give you an extra "roll" for your blueprint, which makes them valuable for equipment with a lot of difficult Gremlins and/or equipment that is expensive to R&D - fewer cycles means fewer resources spent. You can only have a maximum of 2 Gold Berths, so make good use of them!

			==Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins==
			As you research your gear, you will be discovering Advantages, Quirks, and Gremlins on your gear.

			*Advantages are simple stat buffs and/or tradeoffs, but usually give more benefit than downside
			*Quirks are special, and can come with rare or unique stat changes
			*Gremlins are almost always problematic and reduce the performance of your gear, and will be removed over time with R&D

			Once you discover an Advantage or Quirk, it is permanently unlocked as a Trait and saved to your account (so deleting the piece of gear with the unlocked Advantage or Quirk will not result in loss of the Trait in your encyclopedia). Building a collection of powerful Advantages and Quirks is necessary for effective equipment production, and some equipment that has weak stats can still be useful to acquire as they come with powerful Advantages and Quirks that can be discovered and applied to gear with more powerful base stats.

			==Production==
			[[File:Production Flavors.png\|thumb\|Production also comes in Gold and Blue, Gold berths reduce the difficulty of newly-added Gremlins]]Getting started with Production:
			#Click on the PRODUCTION tab at the right edge of the Dry Dock screen.
			#Select a Production Berth
			#Select a Blueprint. - Note you cannot produce a blueprint that is already in an R&D Berth, nor one that is being used in a different Production Berth
			#Press PRODUCTION to move onto modifying the Advantages and Quirks applied to the blueprint
			#If you are satisfied with the current Advantages and Quirks on the equipment, simply press BUILD, pay the resources, and wait for the timer to elapse and receive your gear
			If you want to add any Advantages or Quirks to a piece of equipment, this will incur a Difficulty cost, shown in the UI. In general, more powerful Advantages and Quirks will incur a steeper Difficulty cost <s>unless you are Treaty Violation</s>. When researched to 100%, all equipment will have 4 Advantage slots and 2 Quirk slots.[[File:Trait Example.png\|none\|thumb\|600x600px\|Traits can be selected. ]]If you choose to add Difficulty to a blueprint through the addition of new Advantages and Quirks, you will need to wait for the timer to elapse to see the damage. When you get the newly-modified piece of gear, it will come with around a dozen new Gremlins with total difficulty equal to that of the sum total Added Difficulty for the new Traits. Rev up those R&D Berths, because the gear will now go back into R&D to iron out all the shiny new Gremlins that were added as a byproduct of your new Traits, and which probably make your new gear nigh-unusable.

	==~~Why~~ should I research?==		'''Note that Gold berths reduce the difficulty of new Gremlins caused by adding Traits - NEVER use a blue berth to add Traits to equipment! Use your blue berths for mass-producing finished blueprints, and use your Gold berths when you are preparing a new piece of equipment. This can save you days of R&D time, especially for complicated equipment''' [[File:R&D value reduction.png\|none\|thumb\|R&D% will go back down due to the added Gremlins - just go back to the R&D grind]]
	~~Because someone told me that it makes better gear. And heresy~~ is ~~enough for me.~~		==What should I research first?==
			<blockquote>
			Just join the Discord and ask around, you'll get multiple conflicting answers about what is the most important early

	~~==What should I research? ==~~		As a starting point: 1 good lightweight Director -> 1 good lightweight Rangekeeper -> a Scout plane (SOC-1 because it's perfectly good without any research at all - just R&D once to make it a blueprint and start printing them, it has no innate gremlins) -> a good CA and BB gun that works at 100% R&D stock -> fish for traits -> start on custom gear</blockquote>
	~~Stuff. From the discord~~:~~<blockquote~~>~~I think the best early approach is go for stock 100% on some important equipment, rangekeeper, director, torpedo, gun,~~ a ~~scout too if you have trouble tracking ships in the battles. Don~~'~~t even bother adding things right away,~~ just make ~~your existing~~ gear ~~better.~~</blockquote>

Kuriosly: A Start!

2023-05-19T22:02:14Z

A Start!

New page

''(This page is in desperate help for an author who actually knows what they are talking about.)''

==Making a Blueprint / Research==

Click on one of your R&D Boxes.
2. Select an item. It will be converted into a blueprint.

Blueprints can then be researched again and again to improve them / find traits. They max out at 100% research. (100% sounds good, so do it?)

If you change traits in production, you can lose research %. That's fine. Just R&D it again. This is called "Gremlin removal"
[[File:Research Example.png|thumb|Research comes in 2 flavors! Blue and Gold!]]
[[File:R&D In Progress.png|none|thumb|R&D Results]]

==Production==
[[File:Production Flavors.png|thumb|Production also comes in 2 flavors. Blue and Gold.]]

#Click on a production thingy. There you select a blueprint you have already started research on (and are not currently researching).
#From there you can select traits. These do things and add difficulty. That means something, and they do something. They come in different types![[File:Trait Example.png|none|thumb|600x600px|Traits can be selected. ]]Traits come in flavors with a specific number of slots.

{| class="wikitable"
|+
|[[File:Angelic Silver Star.png]]
|Angelic Silver Star
|-
|[[File:Questionable Gold Star.png]]
|Questionable Gold Star
|-
|[[File:Spicy Red Star.png]]
|Spicy Red Star
|}
these flavors mean something.

You can only change quirks or advantages in slots you've discovered though, a stock gear you can't change until you research it some, but you can change things once you do, it will just add more quirks..

3. Click build! Stuff will happen. Difficulty does something, so red stars are bad. This can also reduce your R&D on the blueprint, so you can start over again?
[[File:R&D value reduction.png|none|thumb|Wee R&D% also goes down!]]

==Why should I research?==
Because someone told me that it makes better gear. And heresy is enough for me.

==What should I research? ==
Stuff. From the discord:<blockquote>I think the best early approach is go for stock 100% on some important equipment, rangekeeper, director, torpedo, gun, a scout too if you have trouble tracking ships in the battles. Don't even bother adding things right away, just make your existing gear better.</blockquote>