Good evening everyone,

Tonight the Regent Staff has implemented Armor Upgrades

Armor Upgrades

First and foremost; Armor Upgrades are not purchasable. Like Droid Upgrades and Weapon Upgrades, these are pre-written selectable upgrades that take the place of the former modification slots. Like those upgrades, in some cases you'll see additional options where there weren't as many before, and vice versa. There's some interesting options to choose from, especially as you move up in rarity, but you still might not see everything that you hoped and dreamed for. If you notice something you wish was in the system, feel free to submit a suggestion for consideration in the Suggestion Box (linked in the bottom of my report) with "Armor Upgrade" as the suggestion type and we'll take a look at it.

In total, 84 upgrades have been deployed for Armor Upgrades v1. A big thanks to Teebu for assisting me with doing the legwork for development of armor upgrades, and Thran for helping deploy them tonight. In order to select your new upgrades, you need to go to the item's admin/manage page and select "Change/Add" on whichever slot you wish to add an upgrade aspect to, similar to weapons and droids.

There are 6 different types of Armor Upgrades to choose from:

• Armor Enhancement
• Armor Helmet Upgrade (Available only on armors with a helmet)
• Enclosed Armor Upgrade (Available only on fully enclosed armors)
• Armor Light Resistance Upgrade (Available on light, medium, and heavy armors)
• Armor Medium Resistance Upgrade (Available on medium and heavy armors)
• Armor Heavy Resistance Upgrade (Available on heavy armors)

The slotting scheme for armor is as follows:

• Uncommon Armor
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet OR Enclosed Armor OR Armor Resistance (you'll only be able to choose one of the three)
• Rare Armor
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet OR Enclosed Armor (you'll only be able to choose one of the two)
  • Armor Resistance
• Epic Armor
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet
  • Enclosed Armor
  • Armor Resistance
• Legendary Armor
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet
  • Enclosed Armor
  • Armor Resistance

Special Note: Attires
Attires are things such as uniforms, or things too light to be classified as actual armor (whether the name says it is or not). These items do not get the Helmet, Enclosed, or Resistance upgrades, only Armor Enhancements (as they once had Armor Modification aspects). In addition, any of these items that once had the Armor Resistance Modification aspect now have no option for resistance, as these are coded for Light/Medium/Heavy Armors only. Attire is clothing, nothing more.

Special Note: Brotherhood Robes
The Brotherhood Robes items (Novitate, Journeyman, Equite/Tailored, Elder Tailored) are a special use-case. These items are specifically for what's found in the selector for each of those echelons, unless another item (like Mandalorian Armor) exists in possessions. As it stands, these armors have an additional slot where you can choose for yourself what type of armor it is (Attire, Light, Medium, Heavy), and there are some of them that come with helmets or are enclosed. To make things clear: You need to choose an upgrade that matches the type of armor you've chosen for these items, or it may affect your realism/fiction grading, as you're effectively using an armor upgrade that is unsupported by the type of armor you've chosen. It works the same way as any other upgrades, use common sense; you wouldn't put a hangar on a starfighter, because that makes zero sense. The same thing applies here.

• Novitate Brotherhood Robes
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
• Journeyman Brotherhood Robes
  • Armor Cosmetic
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet OR Enclosed Armor (you'll only be able to choose one of the two)
  • Armor Resistance
• Equite/Tailored Brotherhood Robes
  • Armor Cosmetic/Tailored Armor (for Tailored Robes)
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet OR Enclosed Armor (you'll only be able to choose one of the two)
  • Armor Resistance
• Elder Tailored Brotherhood Robes
  • Tailored Armor
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Enhancement
  • Armor Helmet OR Enclosed Armor (you'll only be able to choose one of the two)
  • Armor Resistance

A quick reminder that while there are not a lot of Legendary-rarity armor choices, that list will expand exponentially once Masterwork Possessions comes into place.

Changelog 2022-03-04

• Planetary Assets
  • Post-launch support, numerous fixes
• Gladiator-class Star Destroyer
  • Corrected base description
  • Corrected Armament from 10 to 12 turret-mounted dual light turbolasers
• Elder Lightsaber
  • Added Conversion Hilt Lightsaber aspect type slot
  • Added Double-bladed Lightsaber Cosmetic aspect type to Cosmetic aspect slot
• Armor Upgrades
  • Deployed 84 Armor Upgrades
  • Changed modification aspect slots to upgrades on 100+ armors
• Iron Legion Uniform
  • Corrected from Light Armor to Attire (did not lead to pricing change)

As always...

• If you have any questions/comments/concerns about a possession or the possessions system, or have found an error, please email us at the Regent Staff mailing list (linked below).
• If you have a canon/legends item prototype or droid/starship/weapon upgrade suggestion, please use the suggestion box (linked below).
• If you want to propose a non-canon/non-legends item prototype for inclusion in possessions, follow the Item Prototype Approval Policy (linked below) and send us the full proposal outlined therein.

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