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solidshatner
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Sorry if this is in the wrong section - but with this system being new and the feedback being . . . mixed, I thought it would get seen and be of better use in General Discussion. Can some one point me in the right direction for one of these? I've looked everywhere online and am losing my mind trying to find what I'm looking for.
I've been grinding my way through the Beams school and have made some interesting Arrays with some modifiers that intregue me - but I have no idea what they do! I made a Mk VI Rare Disruptor Beam Array that had a modifier called (PvP Dmg) - I can only assume that it did higher PvP damage - but how much? Or was it it just a glitch? There is no information that I can find on this. Also, during my grinding I was able to make a Mk VI Very Rare Disruptor Beam Array that had a modifier called (Snare). What does it do? Why cant I find info on it? Why is it not explained on the item itself?
I saw a list of supposed new modifiers in the Dev Blogs - but none of the ones I mentioned above are on it. Please help.
I've been grinding my way through the Beams school and have made some interesting Arrays with some modifiers that intregue me - but I have no idea what they do! I made a Mk VI Rare Disruptor Beam Array that had a modifier called (PvP Dmg) - I can only assume that it did higher PvP damage - but how much? Or was it it just a glitch? There is no information that I can find on this. Also, during my grinding I was able to make a Mk VI Very Rare Disruptor Beam Array that had a modifier called (Snare). What does it do? Why cant I find info on it? Why is it not explained on the item itself?
I saw a list of supposed new modifiers in the Dev Blogs - but none of the ones I mentioned above are on it. Please help.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
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[snare] reduces enemy movement
[over] adds a free beam overload
[thrust] increases own movement
[PvP dmg] adds damage, presumably in PvP
[PvP res] adds resistance, presumably in PvP
[arc] increases firing arc, but to be honest it's not used consistently.
Not sure about others.
There doesn't actually seem to be any information anywhere about these modifiers ... And the tooltips are (as per usual) completely worthless.
But maybe Crytpic are to scared to actually write them all down, because they are still so totally borked as to b worthless, they don't want to commit to anything.
Some of the modifiers are obvious, such a [Arc] Which you can easily see allows for a wider firing arc. with a consequent lessening of damage output - Though in the case of omni-directional beams, Cryptic screwed up totally and cut the damage so much, that you may as well just use a turret - but the rest are somewhat more ambiguous.
One thing I did notice is the [Snare] modifier - It appears to be a similar proc to the Chroniton Torpedo i.e. Slows and debuffs the turns rate of the target, but it appears that Cryptic added a "double edge" to the modifier, in that it can ALSO backfire and affect you as well, i'm not sure if this intended to stop the weapon being OP, but an explanation would be nice.
And I'd like to know if this same "double edge" approach applies to the other modifiers? There is not much point having a damage resistance debuff on a weapon, if you get slapped with the same debuff, or having your speed and turn debuffed as much as the enemies ...
Am I the first guy to bring this up? Why is it other players aren't freaking out for clarification as well? Weird.
Cannons: [Rapid] This mod gives all of its weapons attacks a small chance to trigger a 4 second duration Cannon Rapid Fire buff.
Torpedo: [Pen] This mod causes all of its weapons attacks to ignore 10 points of Damage Resistance Rating on their target.
Shield: [Amp] This mod increases the strength of all heals used on the equipped starship by 10%.
Engines: [Damp] This mod increases the owners resistance to all crowd control effects.
Deflector: [CdrS] This mod grants Cooldown Reduction on all non-damaging Science powers.
Ground Weapons: [Run] This mod increases the run speed of the owner by 20%.
These are a few the blog mentions, besides the [Arc] mod.
Praetor of the -RTS- Romulan Tal Shiar fleet!
It kinda is. The area added by the extra arc isn't consistent, but the increment in the arc size is the same as the existing weapon arcs: 45 improves to 90 (wide-angle DHCs, the Tempest's tail-gun), 90 to 180 (wide-angle torpedoes), and 250 to 360 (omni-directional beam arrays)... we don't have any wide-angle single cannons yet for something to go from 180 to 250, though.
1) Has anybody actually gotten a special mod on a Torp? The [Pen] from the blog I've seen on Beams and Cannons, but never on a Torp.
2) The PvP mods...well, they appear to be gear mods. So all sorts of questions come into play with them (yeah, VD - you've posted 9001 times asking for clarification - forget about it).
[PvP Res] +5 All Damage Bonus Resistance Rating
[PvP Dmg] +3% All Damage
Will the bonuses be invisible - applied inline when the target or attacker is a player? Can they stack?
Both of those are "Bonus" boosts rather than strength boosts based on the terminology used there. And...they're gear mods rather than weapon mods.
So yeah, I've been asking and asking...asking and asking...asking and asking...oh well, eh?
Er...it's been brought up in countless threads and posts. Doesn't change the lack of answers.
As originally posted THESE I could find. However the list is very incomplete and lacking detail. The tooltips really aren't very detailed either.
Devs/Moderators? Can you shed some light please?
Oh. I only saw one thread with like 1 or 2 responses and (as you said) no answers.
Scattered amongst threads...but don't get me wrong, I'm all for more folks asking. My issue wasn't with your posting a thread or having missed posts buried here and there by any means...my beef is with the lack of information on the mods - the lack of answer even though folks have been asking since it was just on Tribble.
Its cool. Like you, I would like some answers. A lot of peeps seem to be crying about crafting, but man - if I can craft some purple mk xii PvP beams ... the EC exchange benefits might outweigh all the dilithium dumping. You'd think someone might want to hype that right now given the negativity.
They're super-expensive right now because you need to get to a fairly high level in order to have even a chance at VR Mk XII items.
Sure. I get that. But if we had some stats maybe the lower tiered items wouldn't perhaps be the vendor trash we think they are?
NEED DETAILS PLEASE.
Then I look on the exchange under "Ultra-Rare" and I see players asking 200Million+ EC for an omnidirectional AP Beam? WTF?
Of course in a few weeks/months, people will realise that they are just a gimmic, and go back to buying Ultra Rare Fleet weapons, so my advice at the moment is, don't bother buying them, because quite frankly, they are not worth it!
I'm on my phone ATM so I can't really experiment. I saw the stupid prices for omnis as well. When the exchange settles down, I'm wondering how the prices will settle when we get a clear explanation of the modifiers. Its seems possible to me that even MK X purples with pvp dmg could fetch a decent price when I get to a level decent enough to end up with one. Hell, maybe I'd even keep it if I knew the numbers for the bonus.
Wide angled heavy cannons don't have it, but Omni direction beams do. Bizarre!
Upgrades your next beam attack. Deals massive Energy Damage but drains your Weapon Power.
[Pen]
to target: -10 All Damage Resistance Rating
[PvP Dmg]
+3% All Damage
[PvP Res]
+5 All Damage Bonus Resistance Rating
[Rapid]
Increases the number of shots fired by each cannon volley.
[Snare]
to target: -4.8% Flight Turn Rate
to target: -4.8% Flight Speed
[Thrust]
to self: +5% Flight Turn Rate
to self: +5% Flight Speed
So, some info about the info up there...
First, still have not seen any of the "Special Mods" on Projectiles. Also haven't seen the [Radius] mod which was supposed to replace [Acc] on Mines. Torps are just pulling [Acc], [CrtD], [CrtH], [Dmg] while Mines are just pulling [CrtD], [CrtH], [Dmg] for their potential mods. Is there a reason for this when the blog listed [Pen] for the Torps?
Second, [Pen] is not placing a debuff on the target. If there is something taking place, then it is an inline calculation that's taking place. Can this be confirmed?
[PvP Dmg] & [PvP Res]...I sound like a broken record asking for their intended functionality and if they are functional.
[Over], [Rapid], [Snare], [Thrust]...procs? All the time? What's going on there?
How about non-weapons?
The blog mentions a [Damp] mod on Engines...uh...anybody actually seen that mod on an Engine? I haven't. Hell, I haven't seen anything but the standard [Aux], [Full], [Spd], and [Turn] on Engines.
Though not mentioned in the blog, haven't seen a "Special" on Singularity Cores nor Warp Cores either.
The blog mentions [CdrS] on Deflectors...haven't seen that or anything besides the standard Deflector mods.
The blog mentions [Amp] on Shields...and yeah, you guessed - nothing but the normal mods.
Okay, let's hit up the Exchange and see if there's anything listed there with any of those mods on the non-weapon pieces, eh? Maybe somebody else managed to get them? And...nada.
So we've got the Weapon Mods and there...just wtf/htf do they do/do they work? And we've got the MIA non-Weapon Mods from the blog...which also hinted at other mods that are likewise nowhere to be found.
It's a built-in mod on both the Wide Arc DHCs and Omni-Directional Beam Arrays. It's not available for other weapons.
When you actually see the [Arc] on either the WADHC or ODBA...it means you've lost a mod - cause it shouldn't show. It's a bug...that eating a mod you would have had otherwise.
Nice! Thanks for the above stats! Mind if I ask where you found them? They didn't pop up on the tool tips and I couldn't find them on the dev blogs or patch notes either.
This sheds SOME light for me for sure, but I'd also like some proc info as well.
The Wide DHCs I'd just rename Heavy Cannons as a new weapon type (with unique art); balancing them halfway between DHCs and Single Cannons; again with the unique high-damage version remaining as an optional unique.
I'd have [arc] added as a possible mod increasing firing arc by 10% a pop or something.
But isn't it on all Omni Beams but no W-DHCs? I'd just like consistency.
It's in the Item Information...the hovertips need some work. Then again, the Item Information needs some work. Still feel there should have been additional blogs on this before the release.
Nah, you can hit up the Exchange and do a search for Ship Equipment -> Ship Weapons -> "Wide Arc" to get a list showing some with and some without the [Arc] mod. Here's what's there right now as I look at it...
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc]CrtD][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[CrtD][CrtH]x2
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[CrtD][CrtH][Dmg]
[CrtH]x2[Dmg]
[CrtH]x2[Dmg]
[CrtD]x2[CrtH]
[Acc]x2[Arc][Dmg]
[Acc]x2[Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg][Pen]
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]x2
[Acc][CrtH]x2
[Acc][Dmg]x2
[CrtH][Dmg]x2
[CrtH][Dmg]x2
[Acc][CrtH][Dmg]
[Acc][CrtD]x2
[Acc][Arc][Dmg]x2
[Acc][CrtD][Dmg][Snare]
[Acc][CrtD][Dmg]x2
[Acc][CrtH]x2[Dmg]
[Acc][CrtD][CrtH]x2
[Acc[CrtH]x2[Dmg]
[Acc][CrtH][Dmg][Snare]
[Acc][CrtD][Dmg][PvP Res]
Could have sworn I saw Omnis without [Arc], but the 55 listed there currently all have it.
So that suggests that the [Arc] needs to be listed and should be eating a slot, which means for the Wide Arc DHCs...it's not a bug to have it listed, but rather a but not to have it listed...eh?
Actually the weapon drain from the [over] proc is a bug that is a known issue. If you check tribble
release notes under Known Issues: Research and Development:
"Overload" Beam Array affix proc drains weapon power." This makes me think that it's not supposed to weapon power,
which is a very scary thought if a fully loaded scimi decloaks on your nose :eek:
Let's just hope it puts a cool down on FAW and BO
I didn't check the energy type on the WADHCs...hrmm, let me look.
Yep, sure enough. On the Exchange, only the AP have the listed [Arc] mod...and...all of them are either [Acc][Arc][???] or [Acc]x2[Arc][???].
And yep, all the Omnis listed are either [Acc][Arc]something or [Acc]x2[Arc]something.
With regard to the overload proc, I've noticed this is in fact mislabled in the description as it only seems to affect my weapons rarely, it would be nice if it stated this was a chance effect or if it's intended to be a constant effect, it should be updated such.
When you say rarely, guessing you mean less than the first shot of every cycle sort of rarely? I took a wait 'n see stance after trying to test some of the others...didn't test those four.