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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mancom wrote: »
    Some numbers for the average hits with BO (raw, with DBBs).

    Before the patch:
    • BO1: 13.1k
    • BO2: 17.2k
    • BO3: 23.6k
    (Based on averages over 14433 / 39785 / 112293 hits; this is a mix of regular shots and crits.)

    After the patch:
    • BO1: 18.3k (+39.7%)
    • BO2: 23.6k (+37.2%)
    • BO3: 31.4k (+33.1%)
    (Based on averages over 197 / 101 / 566 hits and thus still a bit volatile, but stabilising.)

    underrated post
  • darramouss1darramouss1 Member Posts: 1,811 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I used to log MANY hours every day. Probably too many to the point of unhealthy. Yesterday I logged in for a few minutes every 4 hours or so, just to see if my crafted Engineer/Science hybrid consoles have sold.

    I'm feeling less motivated to even do that today. Titanfall is calling my name.
  • shandypandyshandypandy Member Posts: 632 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mancom wrote: »
    Some numbers for the average hits with BO (raw, with DBBs).

    Before the patch:
    • BO1: 13.1k
    • BO2: 17.2k
    • BO3: 23.6k
    (Based on averages over 14433 / 39785 / 112293 hits; this is a mix of regular shots and crits.)

    After the patch:
    • BO1: 18.3k (+39.7%)
    • BO2: 23.6k (+37.2%)
    • BO3: 31.4k (+33.1%)
    (Based on averages over 197 / 101 / 566 hits and thus still a bit volatile, but stabilising.)

    Blimey.

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  • chemist6lpchemist6lp Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Somehow I can't help but remember the wise words of Samantha Jones.

    "Look what happened with Nixon. No one wanted to TRIBBLE him, so he screwed everyone."
    Science for the win. / Czechoslovak Fleet 1st Division
  • jacknm1jacknm1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    after reading this, and seeing the post from drunk...any wonder why I haven't come back to this game yet?

    smh cryptic....smh
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  • darramouss1darramouss1 Member Posts: 1,811 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    I just had a match, and i must totally revisit my assessment. Four people were shooting at me with BO and stuff, and every time, after a few minutes, my Atrox exploded, even though I didn't even move!

    And I just read the post of a troll.

    :D:D:D
  • dius1981dius1981 Member Posts: 500
    edited August 2014
    WOW this thread certainly got a lot of traction in a short space of time.

    Personally I don't see the issue. Or at least haven't myself experience much if any difference.

    My advice - give it a week or 2 an see if you still feel the same way about this BO change.

    Im sure by that time cryptic would have gotten around to adding, The Ship I Requested, a couple of weeks back...:D:P

    Seriously, I don't what's taking so long :mad:

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  • voporakvoporak Member Posts: 5,621 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    I'm testing it out more. It's looking like you're dead meat unless you're cloaked or have high hull/resistances. So in other words, pushing escorts out even more.
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  • cepholapoidcepholapoid Member Posts: 284 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    dius1981 wrote: »

    Im sure by that time cryptic would have gotten around to adding, The Ship I Requested, a couple of weeks back...:D:P

    Seriously, I don't what's taking so long :mad:

    D,

    I want this ship instead
    http://youtu.be/1dZveoBfiww
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  • c1cer0c1cer0 Member Posts: 54 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Even if I dont want to.....I have to fly my Escort with BO now.


    Seriously,there is no way around 100% Crit BO with 0% Drain.


    And thats sooo lame :(


    I hope they take away this stupid BO****.:mad:




    I propose they switch the numbers to:
    0%Crit Chance and 100% Energy Drain! :rolleyes:
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    voporak wrote: »
    I'm testing it out more. It's looking like you're dead meat unless you're cloaked or have high hull/resistances. So in other words, pushing escorts out even more.
    Escort can at least move fast for high defense and shoot back with their own BO3

    Fed sci ships are completely screwed though
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2014
    Escort can at least move fast for high defense and shoot back with their own BO3

    Fed sci ships are completely screwed though

    That's why I keep out of PvP. My ship now gets busted with a single boosted BO3.
  • pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,253 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    voporak wrote: »
    I'm testing it out more. It's looking like you're dead meat unless you're cloaked or have high hull/resistances. So in other words, pushing escorts out even more.
    Try a high cap shield like adapted maco with x2 sci consoles that boost shield hit points 17% or better. That's how I was tanking BO 3 when we bumped into each other early on today. Granted I wasn't in an Escort but it might be worth looking into for Escorts.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mancom wrote: »
    Some numbers for the average hits with BO (raw, with DBBs).

    Before the patch:
    • BO1: 13.1k
    • BO2: 17.2k
    • BO3: 23.6k
    (Based on averages over 14433 / 39785 / 112293 hits; this is a mix of regular shots and crits.)

    After the patch:
    • BO1: 18.3k (+39.7%)
    • BO2: 23.6k (+37.2%)
    • BO3: 31.4k (+33.1%)
    (Based on averages over 197 / 101 / 566 hits and thus still a bit volatile, but stabilising.)

    What were the "WTF was that?" hits before and after the patch? The top 3 or so? Or something along those lines?

    It may be a case that they need to tweak the damage reduction to balance out the increase in average, eh?
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    nevermind idc anymore
  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    edited August 2014
    What were the "WTF was that?" hits before and after the patch? The top 3 or so? Or something along those lines?

    It may be a case that they need to tweak the damage reduction to balance out the increase in average, eh?

    http://hilbertguide.com/leaderboard/?timeframe=daily&top10=1&

    Lol, Kax and her FBP build is raking in the BO related kills.

    Anyway, want to see the old WTF shots? You'll have to data mine.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    nevermind idc anymore

    Doh, ninja edited the post. Oh, I'd definitely agree that it's the lack of the drain that's causing me to scratch my head going, "Huh?" with it.

    The 25% reduction with the 100% crit, while it results in higher average damage does result in lower spike damage...thus providing more of a gap in the individual scenario for heals to take place.

    That one doesn't have to do anything to offset the previous drain, means they're able to work in other options which will allow all their other damage in that 1-2s around the BO to do more damage and thus result in more vapes even as there are fewer one-shot kills.

    The whole EWO BO Penetration DOFFs and chugging the DHCs into somebody to shred them.

    Hell, it even makes it easier for folks with [AMP], [W->A] & T4 Nukara, etc, etc, etc to maintain higher damage if they're still running BO/HY/TS combinations for the torps to hit harder depending on the speed of the torps in the combination (some wouldn't matter, caused they'd be fired before the BO).

    There's all sorts of things with that lack of drain that are just...hrmmm...well then. Still figure it was a PvE change - to get folks to do some of that rotation of FAW/BO for the R&D Beam Trait.
  • notrealednanotrealedna Member Posts: 1,028
    edited August 2014
    sophlogimo wrote: »
    If you constantly die to two 31k-hits, you had no place in PvP even before this change. Sure, anybody can be caught off-guard. But not all the time.

    3 halfway competent people shooting at you? You had lost anyways, BO or not.



    Funny, the atttitude of "but this is too hard for me now!" that some people here express is precisely what PVPers used to critiize about PvE-only players.

    For the record, what is your preferred ship type in PvP? It doesn't happen, by any chance, to be a low-hitpoint vessel with no armor?

    Do you understand "average" when Hilbert posted those numbers?Guess math was not your strong point.

    Its nothing hard about it ...thats the problem.Its so easy that you pve heroes can use it without even understanding it.Old players had no problems vaping your borg killing ship ...most people who wasted their time to understand the game can vape you without 100% crtH BO,thats why everyone is saying that the devs should try the game ...they have no idea how well you could vape before BO change.

    I want CRF to give 100% crtH and drain no power.....oh wait Pve heroes like you can't use dhc.

    Ground pvp already has 100% crit chance (you call it chance when its over 100% *facepalm*) and now space pvp has it.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    lucho80 wrote: »
    http://hilbertguide.com/leaderboard/?timeframe=daily&top10=1&

    Lol, Kax and her FBP build is raking in the BO related kills.

    Anyway, want to see the old WTF shots? You'll have to data mine.

    That actually worked for what I was looking for...

    Last Month

    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 94511 (55532)

    Last Week

    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 91398 (63077)
    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 86761 (71264)

    Last 24 Hours

    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 53651 (45355)
    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 46809 (52382)
    Dual Elachi Banks - Overload III: 43075 (32725)
  • mancommancom Member Posts: 784 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    The really big shots are lucky hits when fully buffed tacticals also get a very good GDF going. This does not happen a lot. Therefore I believe that there aren't enough shots recorded so far to have a valid comparison (especially taking into account that the top3 shots of each match that get uploaded are selected by net damage, not raw whereas raw is the more interesting value in this discussion).

    The top raw BO3 hits (43 recorded) after the patch are ~58k so far. In older matches (6599 BO3 top hits recorded) there were hits of up to 107k raw.
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  • pottsey5gpottsey5g Member Posts: 4,253 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Has anyone got any links to Kax and other really good Feedback Pulse builds? Thanks to all those that pulled out data interesting numbers so far for BO 3.

    After a day of PvP I like the change. No more or few 1 shot kills, PvP is fun again. (CTF is what I do)

    EDIT: From my experience as a Cruiser pilot.
  • ursusmorologusursusmorologus Member Posts: 5,328 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Team I was on yesterday had no trouble putting down Kax. Start shooting, wait for FBP, subnuc it off, everybody unloads their BO3 combo, dead Kax.

    Should restate: FBP is broken because it requires Subnuc to clear, should not be buffed by tac, etc etc
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Team I was on yesterday had no trouble putting down Kax. Start shooting, wait for FBP, subnuc it off, everybody unloads their BO3 combo, dead Kax.

    Should restate: FBP is broken because it requires Subnuc to clear, should not be buffed by tac, etc etc

    FBP's problem is that its up time is too good. should be as long as RSP
  • cbrjwrrcbrjwrr Member Posts: 2,782 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    So: Day 3 of Nu-BO.


    And, after Ker'rat testing, I can see no difference in the ability to vape the average KDF player deploys - all that has changed is the big red number when the KDF player makes you look at the respawn timer, which is lower, but still more than enough to kill you.

    Vaping, as far as my experience goes, remains as balanced as it was before, and A2B Cruisers Online has not become Vapers Online as was feared.


    My Vulcan fared in her traditional fashion of surviving for a few minutes, being taken out waiting for TT1 or RSP to save a shield facing, my KDF still fails to vape anyone, and my Altmeri still gets into cool feeling dogfights which end with a WTF? moment.


    I for one, apologise for saying it was the end of balanced PvP.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mancom wrote: »
    The really big shots are lucky hits when fully buffed tacticals also get a very good GDF going. This does not happen a lot. Therefore I believe that there aren't enough shots recorded so far to have a valid comparison (especially taking into account that the top3 shots of each match that get uploaded are selected by net damage, not raw whereas raw is the more interesting value in this discussion).

    The top raw BO3 hits (43 recorded) after the patch are ~58k so far. In older matches (6599 BO3 top hits recorded) there were hits of up to 107k raw.

    It's just an aspect of the discussion, if we go on the meta change being to reduce the number of one-shot WTF hits while increasing the overall damage. That the increase in overall damage - the average damage - may be too much from the 100% CrtH for the 25% reduction.

    To show Hawk, okay - here's what the 25% reduction did...but...here's what the 100% CrtH did as well. Of course, having to figure a way to work in the No Drain and what that meant for all the DHCs chugging through the EWO BO Pen procs, eh?

    Then saying, "This may not be changing the meta in the way you intended."
  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    mancom wrote: »
    The really big shots are lucky hits when fully buffed tacticals also get a very good GDF going. This does not happen a lot. Therefore I believe that there aren't enough shots recorded so far to have a valid comparison (especially taking into account that the top3 shots of each match that get uploaded are selected by net damage, not raw whereas raw is the more interesting value in this discussion).

    The top raw BO3 hits (43 recorded) after the patch are ~58k so far. In older matches (6599 BO3 top hits recorded) there were hits of up to 107k raw.

    hows CRF DPS after the change? without the BO drain, i bet there's a noticeable blip there at least
  • tfomegatfomega Member Posts: 812 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    crusty8mac wrote: »
    This is great for PvE. The devs have abandoned PvP, and so have I.

    They beat you and now you let them know it. I will not let them beat me, I'll quit the game all together if they keep up these ill-conceived changes.

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  • atlantraatlantra Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited August 2014
    Team I was on yesterday had no trouble putting down Kax. Start shooting, wait for FBP, subnuc it off, everybody unloads their BO3 combo, dead Kax.

    LOL, that's funny. Normally when my FBP goes down that's when everyone dies... There's good FBP players, then there's expert FBP players. There's a way to keep FBP up for a full 50 seconds when used with a combination of consoles... There's even a way to FBP after FBP is subnuked or expired. Not telling anyone how, but there's only one ship in the game that can do it.

    A log I saved long ago (no handles displayed)
    [3:14][Zone] Hiro: reprting u u damm hacking scrub

    [3:14][Zone] Hiro: ur hacking
    [3:14][Zone] Hiro: im reporting u
    [3:14][Zone] Queen Scora: O_o

    [3:15][Zone] Hiro: no way u can do fbp and then 10 secs later doi it again
    [3:15][Zone] Queen Scora: What 10 seconds? LMAO.
    [3:15][Zone] Hiro: then u do a fbp back to back
    [3:15][Zone] Hiro: no way you can do that
    [3:15][Zone] Hiro: ur exploiting

    [3:15][Zone] Queen Scora: I dunno what you're talking about... :P :P :P :P


    It's all legal. Surprised other players didn't figure it out yet. Watching vapers rage is fun. There's no possible way to vape me unless I'm AFK or busy. If you get lucky, you're dead also. Then my ship auto revives in 1 second... Life is good. :)
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