You can make 360 beams of each of the standard energy types. Same with the 90 DHCs. You can only equip a single 360 beam though, can't equip multiples or multiple varieties. Same for the 90 DHCs.
Plasma Torp was the only one there...
Consoles were the only ones there...
Might see more as time goes along, but that's what's been on Tribble so far.
Meh,a 360* polaron array could be fun, but it'd be more fun if it matched the rest of my phased-polaron lockbox gear.
...So, can modifiers be changed ? I got a few mk 12 sets of Borg gear I need updated.
:cool:
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What are the set bonuses for Aegis? I don't see them in the article.
Oddly, that image was included in the dev blog with no commentary from adjudicatorhawk.
I don't think the [Over] modifier is a good idea. The resulting drain to weapon power may lower your overall damage, unless the proc doesn't drain weapon power like a normal BO.
You might also want to rename the new [Amp] modifier for shields so that it is not confused with the [AMP] modifier for warp cores and singularity cores.
Oddly, that image was included in the dev blog with no commentary from adjudicatorhawk.
I don't think the [Over] modifier is a good idea. The resulting drain to weapon power may lower your overall damage, unless the proc doesn't drain weapon power like a normal BO.
It may be reading too much into it (wouldn't be a first for me), but in looking at...
[Over] This mod gives all of its weapons attacks a small chance to trigger a free Beam Overload for the next beam weapon that fires.
"free"...could be free - free of weapon drain/etc/etc/etc.
As for the Exciter, it does seem off some when comparing it to the Engineering console...
Meh, still not seeing anything worth getting hyped over.
Still is random and still cannot choose modifiers. Is Dilithium still involved? I bet it is...
Thing is, there's a solution close at hand, but they seem to be missing it. "What is it?" you ask. Well, if you can apply the ship/console logic to kits, why not follow suit for, say, weapons? In other words: make the mods themselves craftable components that can be slotted into weapons as you see fit (reference).
New Aegis set in BOP, so bang goes making them for selling on the exchange.
I always wondered about stuff like this. If you want to encourage folks to trade equipment, shouldn't binding be much less common than it is currently?
I am getting confused: what is NOT random on these crafted items?
Anything? Or is everything random?
If I want disruptors can I make those or is there some random chance I end up with phasers or tetryons???
Is Dilithium prices for crafting associated to Mark of the equipment? Just "colors" (white/green/blue/purple) are random? I won't get a Mark 11 if I run a Mark 12 Doff assignment? And will Mark 11 Purples still be equal to Mark 12 Blue?
And I saw something called "Catalyst" Doffs to slot in the assignments on the Tribble.
Where do we get those?? Are those purchase for Zen Doffs? What do they do, exactly?
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Ability #1...20s duration, 15s later Ability #2. 5s left on that first stack, 20s on the 2nd stack or 20s on both stacks? Without it being 20s on both stacks, you could never get to the third stack.
Yeah, that's how it works. Each activation of an ability refreshes the stack. It's meant to encourage "power twisting", basically. Bonuses and values still subject to tuning, I think I started a little low on them so that all you guys would ever see was buffing. :P
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Systems Designer - Cryptic Studios
Twitter: @JeffAHamilton
'ultraviolet'?
Ultraviolet isn't visible to humans. Therefore it has no color we can discern. Cryptic's version looks more like a fuchsia to me anyway.
As others have voiced, no mention of previous Aegis sets. I have one myself.
Has anyone loaded an older Aegis set in tribble to see what happens?
EDIT: hawk beat me to it. Not ultrarare, too bad. At least it's something. Can we run a 'register' doff mission or something that gives us a chance to upgrade to UR?
Yeah, that's how it works. Each activation of an ability refreshes the stack. It's meant to encourage "power twisting", basically. Bonuses and values still subject to tuning, I think I started a little low on them so that all you guys would ever see was buffing. :P
...until it gets nerfed cause it's OP in PvP (which I don't play).
The old set is automatically updated to the new stats. Functionally it's identical to the newly crafted stuff (although it isn't Ultrarare).
Funny way back before the extra inventory and bank stuff was added a lot of my characters that were around before free to play I had to recycle my aegis sets because they were just collecting dust and taking up space I didn't have. Oh well
In a recent interview, Al Rivera (CaptainGeko) said that the ability to change the modifiers on our equipment would be included in the second iteration of the crafting revamp. I do think it is a mistake to launch the crafting revamp without this feature, but perhaps it may not matter, because he said that you would need a high crafting level to be able to swap modifiers. By the time people reach the required level, they will release the second iteration. Of course, some people may reach that level faster than expected, especially if they hit the "Finish Now" button.
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Ummm... I found something that makes NO sense about the Aegis set. The shield has a massive cap and boosts shield power (great for tanks/sci), the deflector has a huge bonus to shield cap(great for tanks/sci) and... the engine gives a defense bonus???????
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If we have mixed Rare and Ultra Rare pieces that are part of a set, will we get a set bonus? Or will Rare and Ultra Rare pieces each be part of there own separate set?
For example, if we have Rare Aegis engines and shields and an Ultra Rare Aegis deflector, will we get the three piece bonus? or a two piece?
FAW cool down duration and that beam trait are still incompatible, you will never get more then 1 stack. on the other hand cloakers can charge up BO damage in an exploity way, by cycling it 3 times wile cloaked before attacking.
You can't cycle BO any faster than FAW or Subsystem Targeting.
You hit BO, use BO, it's 15s before you can hit BO again. Same as with any of the Weapon Abilities.
This suggests that additional stacks also overwrites the timer for the first stack - otherwise, nobody could get past 2 stacks to 3 stacks.
Ability #1...20s duration, 15s later Ability #2. 5s left on that first stack, 20s on the 2nd stack or 20s on both stacks? Without it being 20s on both stacks, you could never get to the third stack.
You can cycle both Beam Overload and Subsystem Targeting faster than Fire at Will. Fire at Will has a 15s/20s global/duplicate power cooldown, rather than the 15s/15s that every other attack modifier power has. Thus, you can't build more than one stack if you are cycling FAW, since the you have to wait until the 20s duplicate ability cooldown expires before activating it the next time... unless the
•Beams: •[Over] – This mod gives all of its weapons’ attacks a small chance to trigger a free Beam Overload for the next beam weapon that fires.
counts towards the
•Beams ◦On activating Beam skill, gain 2% Beam damage for 20 sec. Stacks x3.
activation count. Then again, if that [Over] drains and performs as an unranked Beam Overload I (like the Science Vessel Subsystem Targeting attacks), you're likely to end up losing DPS rather than gaining it when using that [Mod]. Does "free" refer to drain, global/duplicate cooldowns, the bridge officer power slot, etc.?
We need more information, but the Trait only looks useful as dontdrunk suggested: sit around cloaked, hit BO III, 15s, hit BO I, 15s, hit BO III, decloak and discharge buffed BO III at target. Or as a buff to Science Vessels/Science-y Carriers, that can cycle the 4 free Subsystem Targeting attacks, now that I think about it...
With each passing day I wonder if I stepped into an alternate reality. The Cubs win the world series. Donald Trump is President. Britain leaves the EU. STO gets a dedicated PvP season. Engineers are "out of control" in STO.
Question for the devs:
When Season 9.5 goes live on Holodeck, what happens if our character's location is Memory Alpha interior map or Memory Alpha exterior map (orbiting Memory Alpha)?
Are we supposed to evacuate our toons before S9.5 drops?
I'm curious where we're relocated to, if our character resides within either of those maps.
Well, I think I can summarize all my issues with the "new crafting" system in this statement:
It is nothing more than a heavily montiezed, heavily grindy random loot store on a reputation timer.
The mechanics are there, the issues have been clearly posted, the problems with the numbers are present. I do fear there will be no movement toward resolving those issues and this system will go live as is. I honestly would rather have the old system back where at least I knew I was "crafting" exactly what I wanted.
I dont like this at all. What this is is making everything we have useless.
Galor beams, now useless to 360.
Dual heavy cannons, nowo useless.
then the power creep that i thought was aimed to get rid of with the reputation nerf.
What +25% critical chance with science powers? my vaper has 25% already so thats (25+25+what ever alpha gives) i guess getting a critical almost every shot i do is just how the game is going now.
Then the torpedoes get shield penetration, whats with this i thought the torpedoes were DESIGNED to not do shield penetrating damage (transphasics are an exception).
All of this just seems a bit bogus to me, kill something to nerf a power creep then bring it back but much worse... this just doesnt seem right. Ill enjoy my nearly unkillable pvp tank now before the game gets more out of control than it is already.
You can cycle both Beam Overload and Subsystem Targeting faster than Fire at Will. Fire at Will has a 15s/20s global/duplicate power cooldown, rather than the 15s/15s that every other attack modifier power has. Thus, you can't build more than one stack if you are cycling FAW, since the you have to wait until the 20s duplicate ability cooldown expires before activating it the next time.
Yep, my bad on that - I had thought it was 10+5 to get to the 15...not that it was 20 right off the back, so that FAW only had half uptime to begin with (10/20)...
...but that goes back to what Hawk said in his reply as well as what he had said previously. They're expecting folks to do some "turning" - basically work different Beam Abilities into the mix to get it.
So yeah, if you're running 2x FAW as opposed to Beam DOFFs or AtB...you're going to have to work another Beam ability into the mix.
We need more information, but the Trait only looks useful as dontdrunk suggested: sit around cloaked, hit BO III, 15s, hit BO I, 15s, hit BO III, decloak and discharge buffed BO III at target. Or as a buff to Science Vessels/Science-y Carriers, that can cycle the 4 free Subsystem Targeting attacks, now that I think about it...
FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX...etc, etc, etc.
I'm curious about the FAW 20s instead of it being 10+5 to get 15...that 10 up 10 down is definitely odd.
someone log in and post what the new set bonuses are, since the old 2 and 3 part are now built in to the engine and shield
Oh fine...
Set 2:Energy Negation
Negates all damage for .1 sec once every 30 seconds
Set 3:Energy Feedback Conductor
(10 max)
Targets Self
2 min Recharge
+100 Energy Damage Resistance
Reduces Damage to Shields by 30%
When hit by Energy Damage: +2% Bonus Energy Damage. Effect can apply once per sec, max 10 stacks.
*The duration of the power is 10 secs, and the stacks last for 10 secs from the time it last proc'd; this gives you a maximum duration of 20 secs assuming you get shot immediately before the power duration expires. Also, there is a text error under the Powers list, where the ability's description is that of Feedback Pulse rather than Energy Feedback Conductor, though the power's stats are correct.
As a side note, my updated Aegis Covariant Shield Array seems to have actually lost the "chance to increase the user’s resistance to that damage type, stacking up to 5 times" mentioned in the Dev Blog, at least in the item description... I'll go get shot at and see what happens.
So yeah, if you're running 2x FAW as opposed to Beam DOFFs or AtB...you're going to have to work another Beam ability into the mix.
FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX...etc, etc, etc.
Yeah, that was basically the answer given by one of the devs elsewhere... though I'm not sure the +6% damage is worth shifting FAW from 20s to 30s and giving up a Trait slot to boot. Beam Overload drains very heavily indeed on an actual beam boat, and Subsystem Targeting isn't exactly a high-performance ability for general use (it's more of a strategic move than something to cycle just to maintain uptime). That would require parsing by someone inclined to do so, and of course a character on Tribble that capped their Beams Crafting School. Not I sir, not I. :P
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Meh,a 360* polaron array could be fun, but it'd be more fun if it matched the rest of my phased-polaron lockbox gear.
...So, can modifiers be changed ? I got a few mk 12 sets of Borg gear I need updated.
:cool:
Awoken Dead
Now shaddup about the queues, it's a BUG
Also, will our old Aegis equipment be automatically upgraded, or will we have to just craft our Aegis sets all over again?
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Oddly, that image was included in the dev blog with no commentary from adjudicatorhawk.
I don't think the [Over] modifier is a good idea. The resulting drain to weapon power may lower your overall damage, unless the proc doesn't drain weapon power like a normal BO.
You might also want to rename the new [Amp] modifier for shields so that it is not confused with the [AMP] modifier for warp cores and singularity cores.
It may be reading too much into it (wouldn't be a first for me), but in looking at...
"free"...could be free - free of weapon drain/etc/etc/etc.
As for the Exciter, it does seem off some when comparing it to the Engineering console...
I always wondered about stuff like this. If you want to encourage folks to trade equipment, shouldn't binding be much less common than it is currently?
Anything? Or is everything random?
If I want disruptors can I make those or is there some random chance I end up with phasers or tetryons???
Is Dilithium prices for crafting associated to Mark of the equipment? Just "colors" (white/green/blue/purple) are random? I won't get a Mark 11 if I run a Mark 12 Doff assignment? And will Mark 11 Purples still be equal to Mark 12 Blue?
And I saw something called "Catalyst" Doffs to slot in the assignments on the Tribble.
Where do we get those?? Are those purchase for Zen Doffs? What do they do, exactly?
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
The old set is automatically updated to the new stats. Functionally it's identical to the newly crafted stuff (although it isn't Ultrarare).
Systems Designer - Cryptic Studios
Twitter: @JeffAHamilton
Yeah, that's how it works. Each activation of an ability refreshes the stack. It's meant to encourage "power twisting", basically. Bonuses and values still subject to tuning, I think I started a little low on them so that all you guys would ever see was buffing. :P
Systems Designer - Cryptic Studios
Twitter: @JeffAHamilton
Ultraviolet isn't visible to humans. Therefore it has no color we can discern. Cryptic's version looks more like a fuchsia to me anyway.
As others have voiced, no mention of previous Aegis sets. I have one myself.
Has anyone loaded an older Aegis set in tribble to see what happens?
EDIT: hawk beat me to it. Not ultrarare, too bad. At least it's something. Can we run a 'register' doff mission or something that gives us a chance to upgrade to UR?
...until it gets nerfed cause it's OP in PvP (which I don't play).
Funny way back before the extra inventory and bank stuff was added a lot of my characters that were around before free to play I had to recycle my aegis sets because they were just collecting dust and taking up space I didn't have. Oh well
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For example, if we have Rare Aegis engines and shields and an Ultra Rare Aegis deflector, will we get the three piece bonus? or a two piece?
That's kind of a pleasant surprise.
Sweet; thanks.
someone log in and post what the new set bonuses are, since the old 2 and 3 part are now built in to the engine and shield
You can cycle both Beam Overload and Subsystem Targeting faster than Fire at Will. Fire at Will has a 15s/20s global/duplicate power cooldown, rather than the 15s/15s that every other attack modifier power has. Thus, you can't build more than one stack if you are cycling FAW, since the you have to wait until the 20s duplicate ability cooldown expires before activating it the next time... unless the counts towards the activation count. Then again, if that [Over] drains and performs as an unranked Beam Overload I (like the Science Vessel Subsystem Targeting attacks), you're likely to end up losing DPS rather than gaining it when using that [Mod]. Does "free" refer to drain, global/duplicate cooldowns, the bridge officer power slot, etc.?
We need more information, but the Trait only looks useful as dontdrunk suggested: sit around cloaked, hit BO III, 15s, hit BO I, 15s, hit BO III, decloak and discharge buffed BO III at target. Or as a buff to Science Vessels/Science-y Carriers, that can cycle the 4 free Subsystem Targeting attacks, now that I think about it...
I am doing the happiness dance here! Thank you! That is terrific news to hear.
When Season 9.5 goes live on Holodeck, what happens if our character's location is Memory Alpha interior map or Memory Alpha exterior map (orbiting Memory Alpha)?
Are we supposed to evacuate our toons before S9.5 drops?
I'm curious where we're relocated to, if our character resides within either of those maps.
Thanks for the clarification Hawk.
Time to grind my buttcheeks off getting Aegis sets for my toons that don't yet have it!
It is nothing more than a heavily montiezed, heavily grindy random loot store on a reputation timer.
The mechanics are there, the issues have been clearly posted, the problems with the numbers are present. I do fear there will be no movement toward resolving those issues and this system will go live as is. I honestly would rather have the old system back where at least I knew I was "crafting" exactly what I wanted.
Galor beams, now useless to 360.
Dual heavy cannons, nowo useless.
then the power creep that i thought was aimed to get rid of with the reputation nerf.
What +25% critical chance with science powers? my vaper has 25% already so thats (25+25+what ever alpha gives) i guess getting a critical almost every shot i do is just how the game is going now.
Then the torpedoes get shield penetration, whats with this i thought the torpedoes were DESIGNED to not do shield penetrating damage (transphasics are an exception).
All of this just seems a bit bogus to me, kill something to nerf a power creep then bring it back but much worse... this just doesnt seem right. Ill enjoy my nearly unkillable pvp tank now before the game gets more out of control than it is already.
Yep, my bad on that - I had thought it was 10+5 to get to the 15...not that it was 20 right off the back, so that FAW only had half uptime to begin with (10/20)...
...but that goes back to what Hawk said in his reply as well as what he had said previously. They're expecting folks to do some "turning" - basically work different Beam Abilities into the mix to get it.
So yeah, if you're running 2x FAW as opposed to Beam DOFFs or AtB...you're going to have to work another Beam ability into the mix.
FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX, FAW, BtX...etc, etc, etc.
I'm curious about the FAW 20s instead of it being 10+5 to get 15...that 10 up 10 down is definitely odd.
Oh fine...
As a side note, my updated Aegis Covariant Shield Array seems to have actually lost the "chance to increase the user’s resistance to that damage type, stacking up to 5 times" mentioned in the Dev Blog, at least in the item description... I'll go get shot at and see what happens.
Yeah, that was basically the answer given by one of the devs elsewhere... though I'm not sure the +6% damage is worth shifting FAW from 20s to 30s and giving up a Trait slot to boot. Beam Overload drains very heavily indeed on an actual beam boat, and Subsystem Targeting isn't exactly a high-performance ability for general use (it's more of a strategic move than something to cycle just to maintain uptime). That would require parsing by someone inclined to do so, and of course a character on Tribble that capped their Beams Crafting School. Not I sir, not I. :P
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