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FYI: Directed Energy Modulation is bugged

sohtohsohtoh Member Posts: 620 Arc User
in Builds, Powers, and Game Mechanics
I posted this information in the Gameplay Bug Reports section, but since not many actually go in there unless they have a problem, I decided to post here as well; just so people can be informed.

At some point in time, Directed Energy Modulation has had its functionality cut in half. With DEM III, I used to receive additional damage output around 10% of my total energy weapons damage; it currently grants around 5%. The recent change on August 13th, where DEM was rebuilt for better server performance, may be the cause. Nothing else in my build has changed. This has been confirmed by sov42

I don't know if the change is intentional or not, still awaiting a Dev response (if one would reply that is). Hopefully, this information will be helpful to you.
"I'm not big on telepaths myself. I'm not big on guns either. But if everyone else has them, I want to make sure I can get my hands on the biggest one I can."

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  • cmdrscarletcmdrscarlet Member Posts: 5,137 Arc User
    If true = Nyoooooo!
    Kathryn S. Beringer - Endless Excelsior - Veritatum Liquido Cernerne - a proud off-meta build
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  • lucho80lucho80 Member Posts: 6,600 Bug Hunter
    If true, glad the DEM+FAW spam got what it deserved.
  • sohtohsohtoh Member Posts: 620 Arc User
    DEM is not exclusive to FAW users, and beams don't benefit from it as much as cannons do.
    "I'm not big on telepaths myself. I'm not big on guns either. But if everyone else has them, I want to make sure I can get my hands on the biggest one I can."
  • borticuscrypticborticuscryptic Member Posts: 2,478 Cryptic Developer
    We'll check this out. Nothing was purposefully changed.

    If you can provide additional information, it might help us. Were you seeing any patterns? Less frequent DEM hits, or lower damage DEM hits?
    Jeremy Randall
    Cryptic - Lead Systems Designer
    "Play smart!"
  • woodwhitywoodwhity Member Posts: 2,636 Arc User
    sohtoh wrote: »
    DEM is not exclusive to FAW users, and beams don't benefit from it as much as cannons do.

    If you use it with Marion, Marion might do a bit more for cannons than for faw (for the laughable 8 sec he is up). But the basic DEM-ability will do more for the faw-user. If there are more than one enemie.​​
  • sohtohsohtoh Member Posts: 620 Arc User
    Went through the parses that I had saved from prior and compared them to the recent ones. Currently there are less frequent hits, by about half. Also, I haven't used Marion in a while, so I tried him out and there was no change.
    "I'm not big on telepaths myself. I'm not big on guns either. But if everyone else has them, I want to make sure I can get my hands on the biggest one I can."
  • sohtohsohtoh Member Posts: 620 Arc User
    woodwhity wrote: »
    sohtoh wrote: »
    DEM is not exclusive to FAW users, and beams don't benefit from it as much as cannons do.

    If you use it with Marion, Marion might do a bit more for cannons than for faw (for the laughable 8 sec he is up). But the basic DEM-ability will do more for the faw-user. If there are more than one enemie.​​

    Noted.
    "I'm not big on telepaths myself. I'm not big on guns either. But if everyone else has them, I want to make sure I can get my hands on the biggest one I can."
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