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lordgyorlordgyor Member Posts: 2,820 Arc User
So how well is the latest hangar bay fix doing?
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  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    Pets have a tendency to follow you better, if they are too far away, they go to full impulse... i can say 80% of the time, i never give orders to them, so i'm not quite sure about that, but at least part of the fix is working.
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  • imadude3imadude3 Member Posts: 829 Arc User
    i would just like for docking to be fixed so my frigates won't be out and about when my T'laru goes under cloak =/
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    I'm having to micromanage them a bit more myself...
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  • ioneonioneon Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    Half my hangar pets are AWOL most of the time now. I call them, they go after the first thing we fight, then only half of them come back. If I sit there and change commands a bunch of times they sometimes return. Sometimes they fight, sometimes they fly around in circles. Sometimes they follow, sometimes they do not. It seems like in the process of fixing some bugs they lobotomized the pilots. Everything about hangar pets now seems a bit wonky.
  • gaevsmangaevsman Member Posts: 3,190 Arc User
    ioneon wrote: »
    Half my hangar pets are AWOL most of the time now. I call them, they go after the first thing we fight, then only half of them come back. If I sit there and change commands a bunch of times they sometimes return. Sometimes they fight, sometimes they fly around in circles. Sometimes they follow, sometimes they do not. It seems like in the process of fixing some bugs they lobotomized the pilots. Everything about hangar pets now seems a bit wonky.

    Yes, the AI on those pets, sometimes seems kinda dumb, i dont give them commands, and i launch them close to my targets, kinda use them as separation pets, instead of hangar pets, and that works for me.
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  • ioneonioneon Member Posts: 207 Arc User
    gaevsman wrote: »
    Yes, the AI on those pets, sometimes seems kinda dumb, i dont give them commands, and i launch them close to my targets, kinda use them as separation pets, instead of hangar pets, and that works for me.

    They're still usable, it just feels like they traded one set of weird bugs for a different set of weird bugs. At least we were all used to the old bugs. :D
  • echattyechatty Member Posts: 5,924 Arc User
    My Vorgon frigates seem to do quite good about following me and attacking when combat starts. They're also quite durable, even the blue ones that came with the ship.
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  • rattler2rattler2 Member, Star Trek Online Moderator Posts: 59,174 Community Moderator
    @gaevsman @ioneon
    https://www.arcgames.com/en/forums/startrekonline#/discussion/1249129/hanger-pet-attack-order-borked
    Started this thread a few days ago if you wanna add on your observations.

    Small maps seem to be doable, but seems like you should just forget using hanger pets in large battlezones.
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    I can't take it anymore! Could everyone just chill out for two seconds before something CRAZY happens again?!
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  • tom61stotom61sto Member Posts: 3,711 Arc User
    Mine seem to be working a bit better. Mo'kai Fighters are slightly better at keeping up and engaging enemies, with two wings in each bay launched at the start of Starbase One (one set to Attack, the other to Escort). Kelvin Timeline Drones (set to Attack) kept up a lot better in the Undine Battlezone, even when at Full Impulse + Evasive + APO + APA boosting speed they were at a max of 12km, and very quickly caught up when I got to an engagement.

    Pet AI/UI interactions are so fidgety in this game. Kinda glad I'm amongst the lucky to see improvement.
  • mustrumridcully0mustrumridcully0 Member Posts: 12,963 Arc User
    edited May 2019
    For people interested in such things, someone posted a few DPS parses for a large number of hangar pets. Not all of them, because he doesn't own them all, but it's a pretty big list of pets: https://www.reddit.com/r/stobuilds/comments/btgt15/hangar_pet_update_23rd_may_2019/

    List of those tested, all at Elite:
    • Cardassian Yukawa Frigates
    • Tzenkethi Shuk-Din
    • Xindi-Primate Nusuti Heavy Fighters
    • Xindi-Insectoid Castroi Fighters
    • Jem'Hadar Attack Ship
    • Jem'Hadar Vanguard Gunboats
    • Romulan Drone Ship
    • Nausicaan Stinger Fighters
    • Aeon Timeships
    • Kelvin Timeline Assault Drone
    • Elachi Qulash Frigate
    • Tholian Mesh Weavers
    Some of the best are the Romulan Drone Ship, Nausicaan Stingers and KT Assault Drones.
    Yukawas are still bad, but better than before.

    r/u/Callen151 might do a second round of test, but definitely needs a break first. If he does, Peregines, Xindi Mobulu, Scorpions, Oschu SHutles, Jem'Hadar Fighters, Tholian Widows and Swarmers might come later. He doesn't have access to the others, and even getting Elite pets for those he has access to is quite expensive, so ... maybe someone less lazy than me could assist him with their own parses. :)

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  • lianthelialianthelia Member Posts: 7,921 Arc User
    imadude3 wrote: »
    i would just like for docking to be fixed so my frigates won't be out and about when my T'laru goes under cloak =/

    Yeah....that is my biggest gripe right now. They seem to be working better but their docking habits haven't really improved much.
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