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Was there an unannounced reshuffle of things?

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Okay so I just noticed to night two things that caught me off guard.

1.My engine turn rate used to say 18. Now it says 4.5. I'm not to worried about that.

2. My shield capacity is up from just over 7k to just under 8.5k. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. The extra shielding sounds nice. Only it it getting torn through like a hot knife through butter by even NPCs. And for the record I'm not inept. Not completely anyway. Two nights ago in PVP I took on 3 klings at once and survived long enought to kill 2 of them and cripple the third. Tonight I last less then 10 seconds 1 v 1.

So was there some kind of shuffle or patch or something that happened that I'm unaware of?

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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    did you notice if there was a + or - next to the name?

    there are higher level mobs in some instances mixed in with ones your level. best to check them out before breaking the 10k mark

    if they are all overpowered change instance, a higher level player has poluted this one for the moment
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    They were the same level as me, RA5, so it is not the case of a higher level player causing higher spawns.

    Like I said before, I've got a decent loadout that normally does okay in PvP. Tonight I was just owned in every single match I went into. The change of some equipment makes me wonder what else they changed.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Okay so I just noticed to night two things that caught me off guard.

    1.My engine turn rate used to say 18. Now it says 4.5. I'm not to worried about that.

    2. My shield capacity is up from just over 7k to just under 8.5k. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. The extra shielding sounds nice. Only it it getting torn through like a hot knife through butter by even NPCs. And for the record I'm not inept. Not completely anyway. Two nights ago in PVP I took on 3 klings at once and survived long enought to kill 2 of them and cripple the third. Tonight I last less then 10 seconds 1 v 1.

    So was there some kind of shuffle or patch or something that happened that I'm unaware of?

    There is currently a bug that shows stats based not on your current ship, but your last ship BOUGHT. I think on Tribble this is fixed. Did you recently buy a ship between those checks on turn rate and shield cap?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    RA5? thats differernt

    sorry, I got nothing
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Okay so I just noticed to night two things that caught me off guard.

    1.My engine turn rate used to say 18. Now it says 4.5. I'm not to worried about that.

    2. My shield capacity is up from just over 7k to just under 8.5k. I'm not complaining, don't get me wrong. The extra shielding sounds nice. Only it it getting torn through like a hot knife through butter by even NPCs. And for the record I'm not inept. Not completely anyway. Two nights ago in PVP I took on 3 klings at once and survived long enought to kill 2 of them and cripple the third. Tonight I last less then 10 seconds 1 v 1.

    So was there some kind of shuffle or patch or something that happened that I'm unaware of?

    I don't know about your first point, but point number two is interesting to me. I'm seeing tissue paper shielding as well. No matter what type of shield I equip (I keep several on hand depending on who the enemy is) and the combat log records things like this ...

    "ENEMY X strikes your shields for 2000 (4500) damage with photon torpedo
    Your shields absorb 500 (2900) damage from ENEMY X photon torpedo"

    However, the red damage numbers that pop up above my ship only show the 500 number. Regardless, the combat log shows two lines of damage from a SINGLE torpedo for 2500 damage total to my shields. So, effectively, I'm having my shields obliterated by a torpedo high yield attack and taking major damage from the last one as my shields are completely gone. However, it takes me forever to get a single shield facing down on the enemy.

    "You deal 483 (4530) damage to ENEMY X shields with Photon Torpedo High Yield III."

    This has only started happening in the last two patches. Makes things more challenging though.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    There's also a big in PvP currently that seriously ramps up the firepower of Klingons.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited March 2010
    Okay, I did get an Assault Cruiser recently so that explains that. However, the tissue paper shielding is annoying. Yes it is more challenging but klings are strong enough in PVP without them getting an bonuses over me. Thanks though.
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