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hcgxkaliberhcgxkaliber Member Posts: 0 Arc User
After the new expansion I noticed all the drunk Borg sphere are flying around like *******.
I'm sure its a new "feature" that makes them harder to hit or something, but it is not working properly atm.

1. For eample, the PvE mission, Infected: The Conduit. When engaged with them, they will use their skill to boost their engine flying around blindly, hitting the gate or whatever. Sometimes I can't even target them when they stuck in the gate.

2. In the movie, Borgs are come to you, not running away from their target. If you really want to make them harder to hit, at least make them flying small circle around their target, not running away and bumping stuff.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Must have assimilated Klingons from The Cure, and sent them to defend the gate in infected.
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  • lan451lan451 Member Posts: 3,386 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    In celebration of the launch of LoR, the Borg have decided to assimilate Romulan Ale. The result is as you have seen.

    Joking aside, yeah I saw this and it made me laugh. I just thought "Man, my shiny new warbird must be reeeeally scary if Borg are running from it." It's annoying having to chase them down though. Hope it gets fixed up soon. :P
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  • marc8219marc8219 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    EPTE seems pretty out of control, it can't be working as intended with the absurd speeds I see both players and NPC's get with this, its almost like full impulse.

    For now in ISE I just switch targets rather then chase them. Hey if they want to run when they are supposed to be trying to kill me I won't stop them. Once their EPTE expires they tend to drift back towards you anyway.
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  • sunfranckssunfrancks Member Posts: 3,925 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    It was really fun right up until you realise you wont get the optional, because the Borg has assimilated turbo boost and they scatter all across the map....
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  • distantworldsdistantworlds Member Posts: 114 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Borg Spheres have been upgraded. They are now Speedballs.
  • thratch1thratch1 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I love how the spheres seem to all pop it at once when someone drops a Gravity Well, so they zip right out in different directions instead of bunching up.
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  • dongemaharudongemaharu Member Posts: 544 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Apparently, there's a one-size-fits-all approach to enemy strategies now. Borg don't act like Borg. It would be cool if different factions used unique flying patterns and tactics.
  • scruffyvulcanscruffyvulcan Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    lan451 wrote: »
    In celebration of the launch of LoR, the Borg have decided to assimilate Romulan Ale. The result is as you have seen.

    I had a witty answer all prepared, then saw this post and decided there's no way I can follow that. You totally win the thread. :)
  • kingdoxykingdoxy Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    The borg sphere pinball action is kind of funny to watch.

    Not sure if devs wanted them to move around more so we'd have to fly after them. But I just ignore the ones that fly away from me and attack the Cubes or Gates that are the real targets.

    Like someone else said if they want to run and keep being 10Km away from me its fine with me.
  • theodrimtheodrim Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Contrary to popular belief, the Borg are not trying to invade the Alpha quadrant. They're trying to smuggle shipments of Coors into Atlanta.
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  • georgedpgeorgedp Member Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    lan451 wrote: »
    In celebration of the launch of LoR, the Borg have decided to assimilate Romulan Ale. The result is as you have seen.

    Joking aside, yeah I saw this and it made me laugh. I just thought "Man, my shiny new warbird must be reeeeally scary if Borg are running from it." It's annoying having to chase them down though. Hope it gets fixed up soon. :P

    lol :D so you are the one that scared them off and are still running....are you relative to Chuck?
    sunfrancks wrote: »
    It was really fun right up until you realise you wont get the optional, because the Borg has assimilated turbo boost and they scatter all across the map....

    yes that s really a problem, i used to target them, stop, kill them and go to the next one some times only using reverse or slow speeds, but now I have to chase them all over and loose time.
    At least I can use my engines skills in more ways than only escaping when in trouble :P
    And it s kind of funny to see others also running up and down chasing balls :P
  • theodrimtheodrim Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    georgedp wrote: »
    And it s kind of funny to see others also running up and down chasing balls :P
    Thank you, captain of the U.S.S. Tobias.

    EDIT: Also, struck me as relevant,
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKO350y4GLU
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  • gpgtxgpgtx Member Posts: 1,579 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    i found tractorbeams are your friend now when fighting spheres especially in a cruiser that takes great effort to get it's tubby rear moving

    also when they bunch up onthe gate and get stuck when the gate is destroyed the explosion some times takes them out so hey win win on that one
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  • timezargtimezarg Member Posts: 1,268
    edited June 2013
    I just snag 'em with a tractor beam and that usually slows them down enough for me to keep up, and I can blast them to shreds in the 10-15 seconds the tractor beam is on 'em.
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  • neoakiraiineoakiraii Member Posts: 7,468 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Maybe they're not Borg....they might be from planet Spaceballs
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  • abaddon653abaddon653 Member Posts: 1,144 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Borg Collective - "We are the Borg, you will be assimilated! We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to.......OH S***!!! It's the Romulans, quickly fly away!!!"

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  • dontdrunkimshootdontdrunkimshoot Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    they use EPtE, what do you expect?
  • guilli88guilli88 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Unintended change with the EPTE changes. Expect a fix for this soon (this month with the big bug fix patch).

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  • phoeniciusphoenicius Member Posts: 762 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    they could simply remove EPtE from spheres you know, and add say EPtW to replace it, it makes a hell lot more sense for borg to have high firepower than be "fast".
  • wildmousexwildmousex Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Borg Spheres have been upgraded. They are now Speedballs.

    When I first read this I thought you said "Spaceballs" - now I want to play a Spaceballs MMO.
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  • theodrimtheodrim Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Also, ISE is much better now if you run it listening to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnHmskwqCCQ

    It is the most fun I've ever had in ISE, in a really stupid way, though.
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  • misterde3misterde3 Member Posts: 4,195 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I present to you...the creature the Borg assimilated to make this possible:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_OakCfVs9M
  • coupaholiccoupaholic Member Posts: 2,188 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I like it myself, and counters do exist as already mentioned.

    I'd much rather have enemies that at least simulate survival by getting away from the ship trying to kill them than some stationary target that barely moves when it gets a full alpha/broadside in the face.

    I'm sure it'll get nerfed, a casualty of the much more serious EptA problem. Shame really.
  • phoeniciusphoenicius Member Posts: 762 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    coupaholic wrote: »
    I like it myself, and counters do exist as already mentioned.

    I'd much rather have enemies that at least simulate survival by getting away from the ship trying to kill them than some stationary target that barely moves when it gets a full alpha/broadside in the face.

    I'm sure it'll get nerfed, a casualty of the much more serious EptA problem. Shame really.

    since when the borg ever ran(except from the undine during voyager)?

    and they're not simulating survival, they're bumping into the gate nonstop, they're simulating drunk piloting.
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