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Ship Mastery: Enhanced Weapon Systems

ezriryanezriryan Member Posts: 150 Arc User
edited May 2015 in PC Gameplay Bug Reports
Evening,

The enhanced weapon systems mastery for my ships seems not to be working properly:

http://i.imgur.com/xa45cSn.jpg

2203.9 DPS without the mastery.... no layout changes, with EWS mastery:

http://i.imgur.com/kcomNAE.jpg

2240.7 DPS

which is a 1.67% increase, not a 10% increase. No abilities, ship at slow movement to not stack any passives etcetc.

So it seems to me this is base damage only instead of the supposed final total damage to make escorts actually be on par with cruisers?
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  • holofrogholofrog Member Posts: 111 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Yeah, I thought it would be real 10% percent and I can confirm the bug.

    Without that 10% escorts are underperforming and it should be fixed.
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  • jaymclaughlinjaymclaughlin Member Posts: 630 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    I can also confirm it
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  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Yeah, there have been a few complaints along the way with how the language started getting muddied again with things being misleading. The Starship Mastery appearing to be a Bonus (think some call it Cat2), but being Strength (think they call it Cat1)...same with the Hazari trait.

    I'd have to hunt down the previous complaints and what Cryptic said in reply...can't remember off hand which ship the complaints were made in regard to...

    Think there might even be one or two more that read one way but act another that were introduced with Delta Rising. :(

    And I can't find it with a quick look...hrmm, so maybe I imagined it all.

    In which case, yeah, this is a pretty easy thing to reproduce to show that it's not a Bonus but only a Strength boost...er...not Cat2 but Cat1.

    edit: Could have sworn I grumbled about this...meh. Meh, this is annoying - I can't find it - but I know I've complained about it. Just can't remember where...bah.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    It's along the lines of how EPtW1 states its boost...

    +10% All Energy Damage

    And how Enhanced Weapon Systems states its boost...

    +10% Kinetic Damage
    +10% All Energy Damage

    If one is a Bonus boost, and the other reads the same - the expectation is for it to be a Bonus boost as well...but it's just a Strength boost.
  • ezriryanezriryan Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    So it seems to me this is base damage only instead of the supposed final total damage to make escorts actually be on par with cruisers?

    However one might call the basedamage catergory, its just not making any sense.
    You lose a Weapon, you lose cruiser commands, on most you dont get a hangar, and the only light in the dark is a 1.6% damage increase?
    Semantics aside, whats the point of this mastery if its literally worthless - surely its not meant this way.
  • psych2lpsych2l Member Posts: 79 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Don't forget the arbitrary limit of only two device slots for escorts because we don't have room for batteries compared to cruisers???
  • spockout1spockout1 Member Posts: 314 Arc User
    edited March 2015
    Wait, escorts are not as good as cruisers? This is Escorts Online - how is that possible?
    "After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true. Except for a T5 Connie. That would be f*%#ing awesome." - Mr. Spock
  • ezriryanezriryan Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited May 2015
    any news on this?
    Working as intended?
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