TRIBBLE MAINTENANCE AND RELEASE NOTES - JANUARY 12, 2017

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Tribble has been updated to: ST.71.20170108a.3

General:

• Resolved an issue where players could not leave the Tzenkethi Barttlezone.
• Updated some UI elements in the Galaxy Map.

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roebotsixtyfive

Gravity Kills is just a joke. On facility Gamma, the particles all drift into the Instakill area, and that's assuming everyone didn't ragequit before you get there.

Why is it bad? The mechanic is tedious, and when the particles drift inevitably into the Instakill zone, it becomes impossible to get them.

I was also the ONLY member of my team who had a ship fast enough (about 50 impulse with max to mk Mk XIV engines) that could even grab a particle on Facility Gamma before it drifted into the Instakill Zone.

I understand making queues more interesting than just mashing Spacebar and spamming Fire At Will III beams (which massive Crit Chance and Severity, seriously, FaW needs nerfing (or Scatter Volley, Rapid Fire and Overload need large buffs), beams should NOT be the most damaging weapon type, Dual Cannons should), but this mechanic is clearly not well thought out, as few ships are fast enough to complete it, and people didn't seem to realise the mission wouldn't complete without doing it.

I seriously hope The Tzenkethi Front is better, because unless it has masssive changes, Gravity Kills is pretty much unplayable.


As for the battlezone, it seems fine, except for the fact the points seem to enemy recapture way too quickly, and that's before you add in the fact the points have a minimum capture time.

leemwatson

roebotsixtyfive wrote: »

Gravity Kills is just a joke. On facility Gamma, the particles all drift into the Instakill area, and that's assuming everyone didn't ragequit before you get there.

Why is it bad? The mechanic is tedious, and when the particles drift inevitably into the Instakill zone, it becomes impossible to get them.

I was also the ONLY member of my team who had a ship fast enough (about 50 impulse with max to mk Mk XIV engines) that could even grab a particle on Facility Gamma before it drifted into the Instakill Zone.

I understand making queues more interesting than just mashing Spacebar and spamming Fire At Will III beams (which massive Crit Chance and Severity, seriously, FaW needs nerfing (or Scatter Volley, Rapid Fire and Overload need large buffs), beams should NOT be the most damaging weapon type, Dual Cannons should), but this mechanic is clearly not well thought out, as few ships are fast enough to complete it, and people didn't seem to realise the mission wouldn't complete without doing it.

I seriously hope The Tzenkethi Front is better, because unless it has masssive changes, Gravity Kills is pretty much unplayable.


As for the battlezone, it seems fine, except for the fact the points seem to enemy recapture way too quickly, and that's before you add in the fact the points have a minimum capture time.

About your point on cannons. Yes, I was annoyed when they matched damage fall-off with beams. Completely and utterly wrong in terms of physics and STO canon. Cannons are close-range high burst damage. They do more damage at extreme close range than beams, but their fall-off is higher (due to not having anything sustaining the energy, which bleeds off at a high rate, unlike beams which are constantly fed) and they have shorter range than beams, which as previously stated are sustained by a constant feed of energy. You will not find one clip in all of ST which has cannons fired at the same extreme range as beams. Even the Defiant is shown at dog-fighting distances firing it's quads.