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[Game Mechanics] Torp Spread reduces fire rate of Beams
dgdolph
Member Posts: 592 Arc User
Hey there, yesterday I encountered a bug that was unknown to me until now. I created a new loadout for my PvE Ship using only beams. I had a wasted lt. skill left and decided to skill Torp Spread II just to trigger my inspirational leader trait to improve my dps although I have no torpedos equipped at all.
When I first tested my new Ship, it's dps was surprisingly low and it felt like my beams had a lot of firing pauses. So I asked a friend to do some tests in a 1on1 situation.
We both used Ships with 5 fore weapon slots, equipped with 5 dual beam banks and left our rear slots empty.
We started with 1 DBB (autofire activated) shooting unbuffed at each other for ~1 min.
Results:
1 DBB, NO skills activated ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, NO skills activated ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, basic skill chain activated without torp spread ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, basic skill chain activated with torp spread in my chain ≈ about 30-40% difference in shots fired
Skill chain used: 2x TacTeam, 2x FAW III, APB I & APB III, EPtS, EPtW, distribute shields.
Ships used:
Scimitar (upgraded) for my friend
Andorian Charal (upgraded) for me
Additinal Info:
Samplesize was always >1000 Shots to eliminate randomness/lag/etc
How is activating a torpedo skill supposed to lower my beams rate of fire?
ps:
FAW+Beta is OP, pls nerf
When I first tested my new Ship, it's dps was surprisingly low and it felt like my beams had a lot of firing pauses. So I asked a friend to do some tests in a 1on1 situation.
We both used Ships with 5 fore weapon slots, equipped with 5 dual beam banks and left our rear slots empty.
We started with 1 DBB (autofire activated) shooting unbuffed at each other for ~1 min.
Results:
1 DBB, NO skills activated ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, NO skills activated ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, basic skill chain activated without torp spread ≈ equal number of shots for both of us
5 DBB, basic skill chain activated with torp spread in my chain ≈ about 30-40% difference in shots fired
Skill chain used: 2x TacTeam, 2x FAW III, APB I & APB III, EPtS, EPtW, distribute shields.
Ships used:
Scimitar (upgraded) for my friend
Andorian Charal (upgraded) for me
Additinal Info:
Samplesize was always >1000 Shots to eliminate randomness/lag/etc
How is activating a torpedo skill supposed to lower my beams rate of fire?
ps:
FAW+Beta is OP, pls nerf
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Nope, haven't got that trait yet.
Btw, I'm going to do this test once more with Torpedo High Yield, Dispersal Pattern Beta and Dispersal Pattern Alpha instead of Torpedo Spread. Let's see if the result are equal or not.
What were your results?
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