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theindefatigabletheindefatigable Member Posts: 351 Arc User
It has come to my attention that, thanks to community feedback aka "whining," a favorite weapon of a number of us for PvE is about to get hit with the Nerf hammer. While I have read a dev post regarding the reasons for this, and the mechanics for the proposed nerf, and while the nerf would not create a situation as bad for tricobalt fans as existed before the mines became affected by dispersal patterns; I am still strongly against any nerf aimed at tricobalt mines. It appears that "the squeaky wheel gets the grease," when it comes to nerfing things, so my aim is to make my wheel squeaky enough to count.

I believe that the devs are aware of some or all of the following points, but let me reiterate:

1) I have both used and been hit by tricobalt mines in PvP, and I am pretty well convinced that they are powerful but not truly dominating by any means. There are a whole host of abilities to defeat both them and the tactics that maximize their impact, and even a newcomer to PvP can figure that out. In most cases, I am a lot more afraid of a well-executed alpha strike by a BoP in PvP than a spread of tricobalt mines dropped out of the back of my target, with or without warp plasma or tractor beams and such.

2) I primarily enjoy using these mines in PvE, and can do some great things with them in STF's, but beyond a certain point maximizing the impact of tricobalt weaponry requires extreme specialization just like anything else. There are rumors of incredible things one can do with tricobalts, but a ship equipped to do those things to the fullest will be unable to do certain other things--I'll just leave it at that. My point is, these are now great weapons for a lot of things, but are still shy of game-breaking.

I know I have friends and fleetmates with further things to say, so I'll leave my comments at that for now, and invite them to contribute to this thread and participate in any debate that may follow. As for me, I will be truly disappointed and saddened if one of my favorite "toys" has the edge taken off it because of a bunch of players that saw a few spectacular explosions and didn't take the time to think before calling for a nerf.

best,
~Katie@Captain_Hans_Langsdorff
U.S.S. Indefatigable, NCC-91909-A
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