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Distrupter Breach?! Whats that?!

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
Hey all,

So I noticed after the update that when I was fighting Klingon ships this tag that said "Distrupter Breach" was hanging over my shield actions buttion with a little count down on it. Whats this? Is this part of the new damage system? Any help here?
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Every weapon type has a chance to add a small bad effect to an attacked ship.

    Disruptors which NPC's Kilngon use have the Disrupter Breach effect, which temporally makes your hull damage resistance weaker.

    Phasers which you probably use have the Phaser Proc effect,(also more accurately called the Disable subsystem effect), which can temporally disable a random subsystem (shields/weapon/engines/aux).

    Every weapon type has a different one.

    You can what weapon type an enemy is using by the colour.

    Phaser - orangey yellow (Note: some player Federation ships may have blue phasers).
    Disruptor - green
    Plasma - aqua blue
    Tetryon - dark blue
    Polaron - purple
    Antiproton - orangey yellow (with an extra orange electrical effect, can be hard to tell from phaser).
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Ah I see. Now is this new now? Or did I just not notice it before? lol
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Ah I see. Now is this new now? Or did I just not notice it before? lol

    Its been around since the Open Beta.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Ah I see. Now is this new now? Or did I just not notice it before? lol

    Definitely not new, as it's pretty much the whole point behind having different weapon types.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    Actually it says "Disruptor Beach", unless they finally fixed that in this morning's patch.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited May 2010
    i have a feeling they may have added a few symbols here and there. it might just not have been showing before
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