So most of us are aware of the Subspace Field Modulator... possible the most useful device in the game. It is available from one of the missions in the Devidian story arc, and it grants you damage resistance AND a defense bonus for several seconds. For some reason when it was introduced 2 years ago Cryptic decided to also bestow it with a -400 proton damage resistance. I have no idea why they did that seeing as proton weapons didn't exist, it seems to serve no purpose. Unless one of yall would enlighten me. However, Proton weapons DO exist now and this device will become a suicide button once season 8 is released. I realize Cryptic probable just missed this, so my question is... Do yall intend to fix this before season 8 releases? If someone could enlighten me to the exact implications of said side effect I would be most obliged.
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It gives you proton resistance and some gorn vessels use gorn.
Did you think it gave you 400 proton damage?
Sure not every pvp ship will run proton weapons, but since it is a new toy, then lots will try it out and likely have at least one proton weapon in case someone uses this device. So it will be a huge risk to run this device in PvP.
I am okay with the idea of it being vulnerable to proton weapons for balance but -400 is absurd. It is essentialy insta-jib which is a terrible idea for PvP in general. We already have too many insta-jib OP setups.
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I wouldn't expect it to be "fixed," as it's really not broken. Personally, I'm glad they're finally introducing a weakness to the Modulator...the easy solution is to not use it when you're fighting Voth.
I totally forgot that we fought them with proton packs. :-)
So I'm guessing the Voth weapons we get will be great against Dividians.
+ the shields do not care what your hull res is like....
If a dev would just say they were trolling us I'd LOL.
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The Dev's TROLL.....US? Im fairly certain they do that as much as possible.....
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but....how often do you encounter Devidans in SPACE? :P zero, as they are a ground enemy
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I wish they would make a token so you could make ships like the Galor and D'Kora account bound. I messed up and opened some D'Kora weapons from the lobi store on the wrong captain. Sorry for going a lil off topic.
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Gorn are tough, but launching your own crew at the enemy? That is real confidence in your claws!
I know, what a load of rubbish.
That really bugs me, since there's other equipment in the game which you can own multiple copies of, but only equip one per ship.
I agree it's a pointless limitation. If Cryptic gets enough feedback on it they might change it to the one equip per ship restriction.
The only difference is that now they have enemies that do proton damage. So don't use that device when you're fighting somebody who might do proton damage...
Working as designed, I say.
Plenty of other panic buttons available in-game, so people can use one of those.
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Except people aren't going to do that...they aren't willing to give up a cannon slot and why they're asking for the proton weapon to be made into turret. Plus lets be honest...even with the negative I don't know if one proton weapon is gonna make up for the fact that every other weapon the player has has negatively affected.