http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=651071
Hawk just confirmed they are reverting to holodeck, but with the new bonus for each.
Sorry if the link don't work, I'm on my phone and its a bit wonky. Its in the tribble feedback forum otherwise.
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Either way....rejoice!
Think it's going to make it more difficult for them to try to do it down the road though...oh well.
Also, I don't think enough people are considering how it's only going to further increase the gap between Escorts and Cruisers as well as DHCs and Beams...oh well.
I can already hear the whispers. You wimp, stop running you sissy, i hope you live forever, starfleet coward, cheater ! etc etc. Aaaaahh
Isn't it great, when you actually have to think about the pros/cons instead just using the only option ?:P
ya nice to have options and all... I already use EPTE is my point... I hope the game doesn't get balanced around everyone having 100% EPTW uptime cause now well they will.
do what down the road? the EPt skills are now perfect, for the current game.
im going to be more worried about escorts using EPtE then EPtW honestly. my KDF battle cruiser user though, that will be useing EPtW3, is nearly giddy
Well it won't just be the cruisers anymore... expect to see a lot more escorts rocking EPTS + EPTW with 2 dmg control doffs for 100% up time on both.
Most people have until now just ran 2 epts cause they are too worried about the 1-2 times in a night when they won't get a doff proc in there roll.
I am thinking when people start getting dropped by Romulan 5 Tac Unit Enhanced battle cloakers putting out 80k overloads on demand... people are going to likely regret being so hard against the proper changes that Cryptic doesn't have the spheres to implement.
I agree though in general cruisers can use a DPS bump... I just fear that this change isn't going to help them much overall.
Well, I'm using EptE on my cruisers since launch. So it is just buff to me. But now I will also cycle it on my steamrunner :P But that EPtW, hmm 100% uptime for EPTW3 on my Ol'Girls. Splendid :P I guess Jorf will get a stroke when he sees all the selfish builds popping up in shipbuilding thread.
lol ya... if someone gets a engi with eptw doing some dmg he might have a coronary.
I just hope that you and I and the handful of others that honestly love EPTE won't have to drop it to rock EPTW and EPTS. As the dmg just can't be done with out... cause now its likely someone like Gecko will see this change as a good excuse to just keep adding passive shield regen and other terrible ideas.
I will try to have EPtW,EPtE and EPTS with ATSIF on my steamrunner, with 2 damage control DOFFs. Same goes for my Galaxy and Galaxy-X. You know I was already thinking about ultra selfish build with EPtE and 2x Aux to damp for 100% coverage lol
Well most escorts can't really run 3... and you can't keep 100% uptime on anymore then 2.
Optimal build is 2 EPTx...
Your right though some ships could keep the epte as a backup.
I will most likely be keeping my current setup and simply be zooming all over the place... with my EPTE EPTS Aux to Damp Omega 3 with 2 AP doffs. I will be 15k away anytime I feel like it I'm thinking.
I like the changes to epte epta and eptw don't get me wrong... I am just dreading gecko or some other Cryptic money grubber seeing this as a green light to add even more healing. I think we can all see it happening now.
Sure only two can be run at the same time, but the combinations for different needs are great.
EPtA + EPtW = firing + supporting !
EPtA + EptS = tanking !
EPtE + EpTW = chasing !
EptS + EPtW = firing under fire !
EptE + EptA = heroic rescue !
EptE + EptS = running under fire !
Ah can't wait to come back from home and test it on tribble.
Now add new warpcores and possibile +5 power cap to one subsystem -> bonus to another and it gets really funny with so much power.
Maybe 3 is the charm? lol.
New buffs for eptx powers -excel has 3 ens eng stations
New buffs to RCS and SIT - gon tern like she means it
New warpcores - MOAR POWAR
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We know more passives are coming, regardless of anything going on with EPtX.
And oh yeah... the power cores are coming too, we all know sooner rather than later they'll have procs on top of set bonuses....
Not that it really matters though, how much pug PvP will exist post LoR is up in the air. And who wants to run premades? These days you can still get the odd interesting non ROFLSTOMP pug match, after LoR... lets jsut hope for the best I guess. Remember, its not whether something is actually OP, its about how the average players perceive. And if they perceive PvP is dominated by battlecloaking roms with fed ship stats they won't see the point of pugging at all.
Hawk did say that down the line they would like to make the Emergency Power abilities more high-impact/long-cooldown to make their use a real choice.
With his acceptance that disrupting the current usage patterns would do more harm than good, and Borticus' post that makes clear the devs' awareness that there are too few power choices at Ensign level for Engineering and Tactical, I think that any such changes would come as part of a wider set of revisions of Bridge Officer and Captain abilities.
That's unlikely to ever happen. It'd require a complete rebalance of NPCs in the game. In turn this would necessitate that most dreaded of evil monsters, the bane of Cryptic bean counters everywhere.... spending resources in something that won't directly make a buck!
But with that though whats the top end JHAS turn now? 4 rcs a tacyo and omega going?:eek:
Does it spin in its own length now.
...check the patch notes.
http://sto-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?p=10087891#post10087891
YEAH I SAW that this morning and was like.... "HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH -gasps- HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH"
true story.
they ask for feedback and completely ignore it OR they suck at patch notes.
i vote both of the above btw.
Do you even Science Bro?
...there's been no update of the notes.
The gap everyone is worried about really is no big deal. Considering all the other options to boost shield resists.... if you can't manage 10s every 30s you suck.