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Healing Mechanics Review.
pulserazor
Member Posts: 590 Arc User
I think one of the things that annoys me the most about PVP is how matches between evenly skilled groups of players will take an hour or more to complete. I think this is due to the healing mechanics in the game, and min-max healboats like the Recluse.
I dont remeber ever watching a space battle on Star Trek that lasted hours. It wouldnt make good tv, and it doesent make a good game. I can think of a few occasions where a ship 'Extended' their shields, or even 'Transfered' their shield strength, but they were quite uncommon, and not used to the extent or magnitude they are in game. - I realize game mechanics are going to be different, but Extend Shields, and Transfer Shield Strength make no sense to me.
If I Extend my shields, I would assume that myself and my target were sharing my shields, but in sto, my target gets more shields, and it has no impact on my own. If I Transfer Shield Strength, I would assume that I would lose some shield strength, but nah. Aux To SIF EVERY 15 Seconds.... I find it a bit silly that I can pull a ship from 10% hull and no shields to full strength with 2 clicks.
Nerf heals.
Shorten Respawn Timers.
Turn PVP into a Fast paced, exciting game, not some war of attrition through boredom. Most of the matches I lose are because I cant be bothered to play one sitting for 90 minutes at a time.
I want more explosions. Ships should blow up like they do on the show the game is based on. Quickly.
I dont remeber ever watching a space battle on Star Trek that lasted hours. It wouldnt make good tv, and it doesent make a good game. I can think of a few occasions where a ship 'Extended' their shields, or even 'Transfered' their shield strength, but they were quite uncommon, and not used to the extent or magnitude they are in game. - I realize game mechanics are going to be different, but Extend Shields, and Transfer Shield Strength make no sense to me.
If I Extend my shields, I would assume that myself and my target were sharing my shields, but in sto, my target gets more shields, and it has no impact on my own. If I Transfer Shield Strength, I would assume that I would lose some shield strength, but nah. Aux To SIF EVERY 15 Seconds.... I find it a bit silly that I can pull a ship from 10% hull and no shields to full strength with 2 clicks.
Nerf heals.
Shorten Respawn Timers.
Turn PVP into a Fast paced, exciting game, not some war of attrition through boredom. Most of the matches I lose are because I cant be bothered to play one sitting for 90 minutes at a time.
I want more explosions. Ships should blow up like they do on the show the game is based on. Quickly.
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On the same token, I don't want matches that take years to complete. It's kind of silly how you can have someone on the brink of death (< 5% hull), but then they can go back up to 100% in a matter of a few seconds thanks to massive cross healing.
Perhaps we could look at reducing heals by 50% (just an arbitrary number) when applied to an ally?
Anyway who cares ...this game is playable with 1 bind ,most cheese wins 99% of the time ,game engine is not even made to support 50% of the shets in game ,pvp has more npcs than wave 10 no win scenario..its pointless to ask for normality here.
because we all know with the bleedthrough in game shields are really good. /facepalm
I was saying this weeks ago, got nowt but slated for it.
However, I still stand by it, 'he with the most cheese wins'.
Its funny when you see trends in this game. Want to know what's broken or OP?
Just go in the queues and see what's being used the most.
I've always thought that the cross heals just get silly, TSS should become exponentially less effective the further it goes.
Extend shields should only reach 3km (in the episodes the ship always had to be close).
Hazard emitters should also drop exponentially over distance.
Could open up some extra play tactics on both sides.
Based on the design from beta to now...anywhere from one second to infinity.
And that would be the same time frame for coming under fire from a single ship as well.
The number of steps involved in arriving at the final outcome of firing a weapon in STO is far beyond and far more variable than in most MMO's. And the range for that outcome to fall into is equally vast.
And that's the way they like it.
So somewhere between 4s and 29m59s. :P