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Did the secondary deflector idea get dropped?

pweistheworstpweistheworst Member Posts: 986 Arc User
I remember months ago the devs saying that secondary deflectors were coming to all science ships and would function similarly to the dyson science destroyers' secondary deflector.

Did this idea get scrapped?

If not, when will we see it?
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  • dahminusdahminus Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    How long did it take for flanking to reach all raiders?

    5 months, give or take 2...

    I'll say 3 months to go
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  • warmaker001bwarmaker001b Member Posts: 9,205 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    The Secondary Deflector Bonus was very underwhelming, to the point where it didn't matter at all if it's there or not.
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  • greyhame3greyhame3 Member Posts: 914 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    Sometime before Season 10.
  • sfc#5932 sfc Member Posts: 992 Bug Hunter
    edited May 2014
    They said during S9, so sometime soon.
  • umaekoumaeko Member Posts: 748 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    The Secondary Deflector Bonus was very underwhelming, to the point where it didn't matter at all if it's there or not.

    Underwhelming? Remember that we only have two models available to us at present: the one that comes default with the Advanced DSD, and the one that came from the anniversary 9-console DSD.

    One does radiation damage as a DoT on most skills affected by Flow Capacitors. The other does extra shield damage, which is then shunted over to you as shield healing.

    Personally, I find the qualificative 'underwhelming' a little laughable: it doesn't sound like you even really gave it a chance. Here's what the Solanae secondary deflector amounts to for me: I fill 5 science power slots with as many of the powers it affects, use them... and I'm set for shield heals. With a good flow capacitor score, it ends up being everybit as good for me as other potent shieldheals such as EPtSx, TSSx and STx. I survive Elite STFs with this.

    The Solanae Secondary Deflector is no laughing matter. But of course, if you just stuff up with GravWell and selfheals, you'll never see the benefits from it. :D

    This said, when secondary deflectors will come out, it won't only be a matter of some ships getting an extra item slot. Items have to be made to actually fill them. An exhaustive item list - expect something just like warp core-style diversity.

    You'll have secondary deflectors giving bonuses along with acting as an healer. You'll have others lending some extra oomph to your crowd-control power like Tractor Beam and Gravity Well. And others adding something to your debuffs, similarily to the Deteriorating and Solanae secondary deflectors. You'll get common versions, and rarer versions. You'll likely see other special secondary deflectors come up as well.

    If you like science ships and using science powers, odds are there's a secondary deflector effect you can look forward to.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    They said that it wouldn't be ready for the S9 launch but would be coming out during S9. You have to take into consideration the sheer number of Secondary Deflectors they'd have to create...it's not a simple nor quick task.
  • chiyoumikuchiyoumiku Member Posts: 1,028 Arc User
    edited May 2014
    our patience will be rewarded (despite when they DO roll them out, the usual suspects will cry spilt milk)
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