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Weaponsfire, blue bolts

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
edited January 2010 in The Academy
I have seen science ships, NPCs, shooting what seems like blue bolts that go straight through shields. What kind of weapons are they and do we get them later on? :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sounds like a tachyon beam. It's a science bridge officer skill that significantly weakens shields.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Sorphius wrote:
    Sounds like a tachyon beam. It's a science bridge officer skill that significantly weakens shields.

    No, I know that one. These are blue single shot bolts that go straight through your shields and damage your ship directly.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Ah those. It's Feedback pulse.
    Can find it here just scroll down a bit.

    Basically... It sends back the damage you are doing. :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I've also seen this effect with the science officer's Jam Sensor skill.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Chat wrote:
    Ah those. It's Feedback pulse.
    Can find it here just scroll down a bit.

    Basically... It sends back the damage you are doing. :)

    That would make sense, except I wasn't firing at the time. They hit me with those blue bolts and it did damage to me before I opened up :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    try searching the forums using the search functions. If you do so you learn that some players are able to shoot yellow phasers, pink disruptor bolts and so on. I even heard if you shoot a purple beam, a green phaser bank, a blue turret and a yello heavy cannon you can unlock the sith race:rolleyes:
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    It could also just be someone using the hue power command. The engine is the same core engine as champions online so one might try some of the / commands for power color setting.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Might be a tetryon weapon. I'm pretty sure those have a blue coloring. You start getting them for yourself around Commander rank. Tetryon weapons have a side proc that cuts through shields too so that jives with your description.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    red = phaser
    green = disruptor
    teal = plasma
    blue = tetryon
    purple = polaron
    ??? = antiproton

    http://sto.necrobones.com/images/weaponprocs.jpg
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Slough-3yeZ wrote:
    red = phaser
    green = disruptor
    teal = plasma
    blue = tetryon
    purple = polaron
    ??? = antiproton

    http://sto.necrobones.com/images/weaponprocs.jpg

    Unless they disable /powerhue command these color code will only be usefull for npc weapons.

    Personally I hope they leave it it. I like having all light blue weapons.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Yah, I think it's going to come down to the /powerhue command as well for the OP's Question.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I saw in CB and OB. Its the Tractor Beam ability that pushes ships away "Tractor Beam Repulsors". Has a chance to hit all ships that are within range when activated. Does ZERO damaged, just moves ships away.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    I think there's some misunderstanding going on, these are not regular cannon shots and they are from NPCs (so far). They are rather big, teardrop shaped blue bolts streaming towards me and other ships that cuts right through the shields and damage the hull directly. And so far I have only seen NPC Science ships fire them.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Kthang wrote:
    I think there's some misunderstanding going on, these are not regular cannon shots and they are from NPCs (so far). They are rather big, teardrop shaped blue bolts streaming towards me and other ships that cuts right through the shields and damage the hull directly. And so far I have only seen NPC Science ships fire them.
    Did they have rings around the bolts?
    Because if they did then it is to 100% Feedback pulse.If not... Chat goes into hiding under a rock. :)
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Since no one read it. READ BELOW

    grimmage wrote: »
    I saw in CB and OB. Its the Tractor Beam ability that pushes ships away "Tractor Beam Repulsors". Has a chance to hit all ships that are within range when activated. Does ZERO damaged, just moves ships away.
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    Slough-3yeZ wrote:
    red = phaser
    green = disruptor
    teal = plasma
    blue = tetryon
    purple = polaron
    ??? = antiproton

    http://sto.necrobones.com/images/weaponprocs.jpg

    negative ghost rider.

    My phasers are blue or pink or yellow or red or damm what ever color i feel like

    There a command you can get to change the weapon color. Come on people it only been posted in 4 different threads use the search command before starting another one:rolleyes:
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    Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited January 2010
    grimmage wrote: »
    Since no one read it. READ BELOW

    No, it is not a repulsor beam. I know what that is.
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