Chimera phaser lotus ends prematurely if original target is destroyed.

camenecius

I took my Chimera out of mothballs because of the extended slipstream, and ended up patrolling around the Allied Zone for DOFF missions. When I use the phaser lotus on swarmers or Iconian probes that pop up from some of the mini-missions, the bursts end prematurely if the original target is destroyed before the lotus cycle completes.

I don't remember if this was a problem before, and I haven't noticed BFAW having the same problem. Given the sector space animation just got some love, can we maybe have some phaser lotus love too?

pwstolemyname

This has been the case since the destroyers were first released. it is also the case for the plasma and disruptor lotus.

I presume there is or was a limitation within the engine that prevented the implementation of a targetless lotus at the time that the consoles were created.

I also presume that this limitation may also be responsible for the bug which causes gravity wells to disappear if their target dies before their first damage tick.