Tyken's Rift III is now pretty devastating when properly skilled and Aux'd up. Possibly too much so, but since it requires a fairly substantial investment to power it up so high... I left it where it is, for now.
Testing feedback will be most appreciated, when this change lands on Tribble. Please keep an eye out for the patch notes.
...some folks asked for clarification for the term "devastating" but none was given. That was the last dev reply in the thread.
...some folks asked for clarification for the term "devastating" but none was given. That was the last dev reply in the thread.
I had about 104 or so Insulators.. Originally more then enough to resist the drain vs Tyken's 3.. OR currently how it is on Live...Flow capacitors I have 208 on the ship I was testing with.
On tribble how ever.. Yeah no.. definitely don't want to be in a Tyken's 3.. Tyken's 2 was also pretty good in the drain department.
What ever it stays for the drain, it'll drain about that much per tick..and each tick happens about twice per second ish..
Add in a Tyken's aftershock doff and yeah...
I was testing with a player after seeing Borg Probe and Sphere shields just drop in a Tyken's 3 in seconds. And knowing they ahve no resists... heh
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Tykens could suck 100 power out of every system and still blow. The fact that it is 100% countered by hazards makes the amount of drain it is doing completely not the point.
I guess you can try to time someones hazards and hit them with a tykens... but any premade will just toss a spare hazards there way.
Cute that they have fixed the aux power ratio thing... still as long as its countered by hazards... its still junk.
Tykens could suck 100 power out of every system and still blow. The fact that it is 100% countered by hazards makes the amount of drain it is doing completely not the point.
I guess you can try to time someones hazards and hit them with a tykens... but any premade will just toss a spare hazards there way.
Cute that they have fixed the aux power ratio thing... still as long as its countered by hazards... its still junk.
Deflector - Elite Fleet Fermion Mk XII [Flow][Ins][ENG][SciCdr]
Engine - KHG Mk XII
Shields - Elite Fleet Resilient Mk XII [Cap]x2[ResA/B][Adapt]
Core - Elite Fleet Reinforced Mk XII [SEP][W->S][SCap][AMP][SST]
Weapons
Fore - 4x Phased Polaron Turrets Mk XII [Acc]x2
Aft - 4x Phased Polaron Turrets Mk XII [Acc]x2
Consoles
Tac - Leech, Aceton Assimilator
Eng - 2x E-Neut Mk XII [+HullRep],Rule 62, Barrier Field
Sci - 2x Rom Flow Caps Mk XII [-Th][HuH],2x Rom Flow Caps Mk XII [-Th][ShH]
Devices - RMC, SFM, Aux Batt, Eng Batt
Hangar - Elite Orion Interceptors
Other - Nimbus Pirate Distress Call,Holo Emitter - Adult Gekli
*Cryptic's mentioned fixing the Captain Pirate trait - would need to fix the BOFF one as well.
Should have 262.9 Flow Caps. 292.9 with an Inspirational Leader proc. 362.9 with Quantum Singularity Manipulation. 392.9 with both Inspirational Leader and Quantum Singularity Manipulation.
Folks won't complain about dying in 5s...but I think they'll complain.
Also curious what Geko meant by the buffs to the Cruisers/Flight-Deck Cruisers (as well as Sci)...
Also found it odd today.. out of 3 TRIBBLE and splodes 2 of them were 5v1... And it was the same 5 people teamed up against the same other person.. :eek:
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
I had about 104 or so Insulators.. Originally more then enough to resist the drain vs Tyken's 3.. OR currently how it is on Live...Flow capacitors I have 208 on the ship I was testing with.
On tribble how ever.. Yeah no.. definitely don't want to be in a Tyken's 3.. Tyken's 2 was also pretty good in the drain department.
What ever it stays for the drain, it'll drain about that much per tick..and each tick happens about twice per second ish..
Add in a Tyken's aftershock doff and yeah...
I was testing with a player after seeing Borg Probe and Sphere shields just drop in a Tyken's 3 in seconds. And knowing they ahve no resists... heh
I'm surprised since at 100 power insulators the drain should not be too severe unless they buffed it really nicely or they don't protect as well as with other power drains. By the way thanks for posting this, the reports on the GW and Tyken's from Tribble have been few.
I'm surprised since at 100 power insulators the drain should not be too severe unless they buffed it really nicely or they don't protect as well as with other power drains. By the way thanks for posting this, the reports on the GW and Tyken's from Tribble have been few.
No problem. I also made a thread in the Tribble area also for it..
And I suspect it might actually not be getting resisted or something because that Drain was intense.
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
No problem. I also made a thread in the Tribble area also for it..
And I suspect it might actually not be getting resisted or something because that Drain was intense.
IF and it's a big if, the power insulator effect works like with the polaron proc, the drain should only be about 45% of the shown drain. I won't be able to do more power insulator tests until mid October so until then I can only go by the one thing I've tested thoroughly.
Also remember, the drain is like plasmonic leech, but without the 8 times cap.
[Zone] noname@shame: lmfao
[Zone] noname@shame: Is any of this actually supposed to hurt me?? [System] [LegacyFloaterMsg] Decrypt Borg Transmissions!
[Zone] noname@shame: Damn you to hell, warp out.
Yep, right after he asked that...he got caught in a collection of presents...at the Ker'rat reset...and died.
Willard doesn't kill anybody (c'mon, you saw the build - he's a support Sci)...
edit: You know, I was thinking about it - and - I couldn't even begin to count how many times I've apologized in Ker'rat because I ended up picking a soft target for testing/timing things - most folks know that my stuff's just going to bounce harmlessly off of them. This though, lol - yeah, it made me chuckle. Saw the time left - saw where he was heading - knew it was going to happen...
Also found it odd today.. out of 3 TRIBBLE and splodes 2 of them were 5v1... And it was the same 5 people teamed up against the same other person.. :eek:
Just came out of a cap and hold pug - tons of fun - all out brawl - both sides fully engaged - look at those dmg and healing numbers - everyone was engaged - just the way it should be.
Just came out of a cap and hold pug - tons of fun - all out brawl - both sides fully engaged - look at those dmg and healing numbers - everyone was engaged - just the way it should be.
Maybe season 8 will ease the pain of grinding tons of characters.
The last thing I saw/heard, not necessarily the last thing said/written, was that the new Rep was basically going to be a daily...but when folks can basically do a Tau Dewa, ISE, CCE as a daily as is...I'm not sure what a difference it's going to make....meh.
But yeah, I basically went from no way on 9 toons to no way on 3 toons to wondering if I can keep the 1 toon going...bah.
One Thing I will admit I have started to do, is if I run into a match that is a complete pug stomp.. instead of going
GG = Good Game
I'll use..
GPS = Good Pug Stomp
I figure why use GG if it was just a pug stomp? :rolleyes:
I used to say, "Good luck, all..." at the end of a match - avoiding the whole mess that involves GG. After seeing Bran slap people upside the head with a reply and always ending it with Cheers, I've gone with just saying, "Cheers." at the end of a match.
I mean, have you seen some of Bran's posts? They're a trip. Good news, bad news, modslap backhand...it's always Cheers.
I used to say, "Good luck, all..." at the end of a match - avoiding the whole mess that involves GG. After seeing Bran slap people upside the head with a reply and always ending it with Cheers, I've gone with just saying, "Cheers." at the end of a match.
I mean, have you seen some of Bran's posts? They're a trip. Good news, bad news, modslap backhand...it's always Cheers.
Yeah some times I do admit it can be irritating.. like some one smiling right after they just defiled your girlfriend and told you about it. :P
You think that your beta test was bad?
Think about this: American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Comments
wha???
Did you use it against another player with insulators, or against mobs? I'm not gold, so I don't have access to tribble to test it myself.
There was this back on 9/9...
...some folks asked for clarification for the term "devastating" but none was given. That was the last dev reply in the thread.
I had about 104 or so Insulators.. Originally more then enough to resist the drain vs Tyken's 3.. OR currently how it is on Live...Flow capacitors I have 208 on the ship I was testing with.
On tribble how ever.. Yeah no.. definitely don't want to be in a Tyken's 3.. Tyken's 2 was also pretty good in the drain department.
What ever it stays for the drain, it'll drain about that much per tick..and each tick happens about twice per second ish..
Add in a Tyken's aftershock doff and yeah...
I was testing with a player after seeing Borg Probe and Sphere shields just drop in a Tyken's 3 in seconds. And knowing they ahve no resists... heh
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
I guess you can try to time someones hazards and hit them with a tykens... but any premade will just toss a spare hazards there way.
Cute that they have fixed the aux power ratio thing... still as long as its countered by hazards... its still junk.
Wow hazards even clears that?
Hazards will cure just about everything... it even cures Melvaran mud fleas.
Fleet Corsair w/ Nausicaan Sci Captain
Traits - Pirate*, Conservation of Energy, Photonic Capacitor, Inspirational Leader, Wing Commander, Accurate, Astrophysicist, Elusive, Techie
Reputation
New Rom - Precision, Emergency Secondary Shielding, Quantum Singularity Manipulation
Nukara - Fortified Hull, Auxiliary Power Configuration - Offense, Refracting Tetryon Cascade
Omega - Omega Weapon Training, Superior Shield Repair
TT1, CSV1
EPtS1, RSP1, EWP1, AtS3
EPtS1
ST1, HE2, TR2
PH1, ES1
(5x Nausicaans (Pirate*))
DOFFs - MAS(EWP), GSO(TR), WCE(Cleanse), FDO(Escort), FDO(Recharge)
Deflector - Elite Fleet Fermion Mk XII [Flow][Ins][ENG][SciCdr]
Engine - KHG Mk XII
Shields - Elite Fleet Resilient Mk XII [Cap]x2[ResA/B][Adapt]
Core - Elite Fleet Reinforced Mk XII [SEP][W->S][SCap][AMP][SST]
Weapons
Fore - 4x Phased Polaron Turrets Mk XII [Acc]x2
Aft - 4x Phased Polaron Turrets Mk XII [Acc]x2
Consoles
Tac - Leech, Aceton Assimilator
Eng - 2x E-Neut Mk XII [+HullRep], Rule 62, Barrier Field
Sci - 2x Rom Flow Caps Mk XII [-Th][HuH], 2x Rom Flow Caps Mk XII [-Th][ShH]
Devices - RMC, SFM, Aux Batt, Eng Batt
Hangar - Elite Orion Interceptors
Other - Nimbus Pirate Distress Call, Holo Emitter - Adult Gekli
*Cryptic's mentioned fixing the Captain Pirate trait - would need to fix the BOFF one as well.
Should have 262.9 Flow Caps. 292.9 with an Inspirational Leader proc. 362.9 with Quantum Singularity Manipulation. 392.9 with both Inspirational Leader and Quantum Singularity Manipulation.
Folks won't complain about dying in 5s...but I think they'll complain.
Also curious what Geko meant by the buffs to the Cruisers/Flight-Deck Cruisers (as well as Sci)...
Heh, hence the 5x Sci.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Maybe they'll add pets with TR too?
I think you just discovered their secret plan! The new Carrer will come with Pets that TR every 12 seconds with 500 Flow!
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Do have to wonder about that "free" Carrier...and...what other Voth ships are going to be coming for players with S8.
I don't know.. but I wonder if you can change the lyrics of the song sung at the end of this ahead of time for Season 8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=t9v95hzURkQ&list=UU4_bwov47DseacR1-ttTdOg
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
This is fun.
I'm surprised since at 100 power insulators the drain should not be too severe unless they buffed it really nicely or they don't protect as well as with other power drains. By the way thanks for posting this, the reports on the GW and Tyken's from Tribble have been few.
No problem. I also made a thread in the Tribble area also for it..
And I suspect it might actually not be getting resisted or something because that Drain was intense.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
IF and it's a big if, the power insulator effect works like with the polaron proc, the drain should only be about 45% of the shown drain. I won't be able to do more power insulator tests until mid October so until then I can only go by the one thing I've tested thoroughly.
Also remember, the drain is like plasmonic leech, but without the 8 times cap.
[Zone] noname@shame: lmfao
[Zone] noname@shame: Is any of this actually supposed to hurt me??
[System] [LegacyFloaterMsg] Decrypt Borg Transmissions!
[Zone] noname@shame: Damn you to hell, warp out.
Ship Killer - Starfleet: Defeat Starfleet Ships +1
Yep, right after he asked that...he got caught in a collection of presents...at the Ker'rat reset...and died.
Willard doesn't kill anybody (c'mon, you saw the build - he's a support Sci)...
edit: You know, I was thinking about it - and - I couldn't even begin to count how many times I've apologized in Ker'rat because I ended up picking a soft target for testing/timing things - most folks know that my stuff's just going to bounce harmlessly off of them. This though, lol - yeah, it made me chuckle. Saw the time left - saw where he was heading - knew it was going to happen...
I mean in a general level. I'm having more fun playing with people than I have had in a long time. Before I only liked playing with my buddies.
Tyler Durden, depending on who is running matches, some times hosts the matches on a TS Server. Minimax usually does this.
Minimax also uses it as a way to track via Hilbert and Hilbert also made a thing that is used to sort people.
Last night the matches with my Romulan Sci Was fun..
The matches with my Romulan Tac, romulan Engi, and Teapower... not so much.
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
Just came out of a cap and hold pug - tons of fun - all out brawl - both sides fully engaged - look at those dmg and healing numbers - everyone was engaged - just the way it should be.
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/2732/4duk.jpg
Now THAT is good PvP right there.
Maybe season 8 will ease the pain of grinding tons of characters.
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The last thing I saw/heard, not necessarily the last thing said/written, was that the new Rep was basically going to be a daily...but when folks can basically do a Tau Dewa, ISE, CCE as a daily as is...I'm not sure what a difference it's going to make....meh.
But yeah, I basically went from no way on 9 toons to no way on 3 toons to wondering if I can keep the 1 toon going...bah.
It is through repetition that we learn our weakness.
A master with a stone is better than a novice with a sword.
Has damage got out of control?
This is the last thing I will post.
GG = Good Game
I'll use..
GPS = Good Pug Stomp
I figure why use GG if it was just a pug stomp? :rolleyes:
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku
I used to say, "Good luck, all..." at the end of a match - avoiding the whole mess that involves GG. After seeing Bran slap people upside the head with a reply and always ending it with Cheers, I've gone with just saying, "Cheers." at the end of a match.
I mean, have you seen some of Bran's posts? They're a trip. Good news, bad news, modslap backhand...it's always Cheers.
Yeah some times I do admit it can be irritating.. like some one smiling right after they just defiled your girlfriend and told you about it. :P
Think about this:
American Football has been in open beta for 144 years. ~Kotaku