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Does anyone believe they're giving us a hint?

drakethewhitedrakethewhite Member Posts: 1,240 Arc User
edited April 2015 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
Lots of tanking gear, ships, and traits have hit the pipeline and more to come from the new season 10 Rep. Anything think that maybe at last in Season 10 we'll hit encounters that rip apart ships built for pure DPS and thus add more interest to this game?

I'm... doubtful to be honest. It would be a change in a course that has been held to for years.

But I think it would be a nice change although it may well mean very long battles.
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  • risian4risian4 Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    drakethewhite wrote: »
    Lots of tanking gear, ships, and traits have hit the pipeline and more to come from the new season 10 Rep. Anything think that maybe at last in Season 10 we'll hit encounters that rip apart ships built for pure DPS and thus add more interest to this game?

    I'm... doubtful to be honest. It would be a change in a course that has been held to for years.

    But I think it would be a nice change.

    It would have been a nice change if they hadn't added huge resistances, hit points and shield points to all enemies. Yes, they've undone some of the changes, but enemies still have more of these things than before.

    Also, it would be nice if the game became less DPS-centric, but that's not happening. You'll still need DPS to kill those new enemies, the only difference is that you need a lot more, while also needing more defences.

    Edit: and have you seen the details on the new reputation traits? Basically, the more DPS you do, the more healing you receive. So its questionable whether top DPS players will see a lot of trouble.
  • millimidgetmillimidget Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    drakethewhite wrote: »
    Anything think that maybe at last in Season 10 we'll hit encounters that rip apart ships built for pure DPS and thus add more interest to this game?
    My impression is that they've already been nerfing existing defensive traits.

    It's probably less about improving the ability to tank (which could largely be fixed just by tinkering with APD), and moreso about forcing players to pay in order to recapture their previous levels of defense.

    I'm more disappointed by the likelihood that all the plasma resist on that new romulan armor isn't going to be followed up with content featuring plasma damage dealing enemies.
    "Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society." - Aristotle
  • drakethewhitedrakethewhite Member Posts: 1,240 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    risian4 wrote: »
    Edit: and have you seen the details on the new reputation traits? Basically, the more DPS you do, the more healing you receive. So its questionable whether top DPS players will see a lot of trouble.

    Yeah, that's my fear too which is why I'm doubtful anything will change.
  • virusdancervirusdancer Member Posts: 18,687 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Some folks have complained they're having a difficult time staying alive...even with the 9001 things already available and mobs that pose almost 0 threat...so Cryptic is simply providing them more. It's no different than anything else. Folks complain they can't do damage even with the 9001 things already available and mobs grabbing their ankles...so Cryptic keeps adding stuff. Folks complain they can't get enough Dil even with the 9001 things already available and other folks complaining about how the refine cap needs to be increased because of how easy it is to get Dil. Etc, etc, etc...all the silly 'n stupid things one might want to blame Cryptic for doing can usually to be found to be a case of Cryptic listening to their players...well, the special ones.
  • woodwhitywoodwhity Member Posts: 2,636 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    It was already hinted by tribble testers that the heralds are very nasty.

    But I wouldnt worry, after 2-4 weeks of ranting from scrubs and pvpers we will see them nerfed into oblivion like all other former interesting foes.
  • ummaxummax Member Posts: 529 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    It probably means that the mobs are gonna pack a wallop yeah.. if its labelled as Iconian whatevers its probably there because they are not light weights.
  • reginamala78reginamala78 Member Posts: 4,593 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Solution will be the same as it always is, bring more deeps to kill them before they can hurt you. The 'optimum' build now works on the same principles as the 'optimum' from a year ago (just higher-mark stuff and extra traits and more set bonuses), and will still be the 'optimum' approach a year from now. Thats just what Cryptic is selling now and too many players gobble up.
  • rygelx16rygelx16 Member Posts: 161 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Due to how threat works in this game I am of the firm opinion that Cryptic has no Idea what a tank is. Here is a hint, It doesn't matter how much damage you can take if no one is shooting at you!
  • embracedsinembracedsin Member Posts: 23 Arc User
    edited April 2015
    Nope. Everything in this game needs to be made into a dps race to keep the p2w kiddies happy.
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