Then it must be a random bug as im still getting taken out by w/c breach, 60% of the time no problems then bang full shields & hull dead.
Did you wait the 1 minute between activation? Because that is still in effect.
So, get out a stop watch.
Since there is no timer counting down the 60 seconds on your status because there is no "Scratch the Paint" icon there (as there is with the other traits...you can look, the icon pops up there with a tiny clock ticking away the seconds right underneath).
How "Scratch the Paint" goes: You will have to watch for the one "immune" floater that will show up during any warp core breach you did survive...then time the 1 minute before you can expect it to work, again.
"Dog fights" in STO are fast...a lot of warp core explosions can happen in 60 seconds.
"Scratch the Paint"....is passive...does not let YOU pick and choose which warp core breach you want it to activate on. It could just as well "proc" on the carrier pet you just took out seconds before the "big boss guy".
"Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
I understand that players may be upset.....BUT the only reason to be upset is, NOW, there is no icon to tell you what state it is in. "Scratch the Paint" still works exactly the same!!
You will still see the "Immunity to Kinetic Damage from Warp Core Breach, once per 60 sec"...but on top of that it will BYPASS the 15s Immunity Lockout. IOW, this immunity does not care if it is supposed to be locked out or not, it will still work for you once every minute. You just can't tell when or where or on what. LOL!
But have you ever used: "Rock and Roll"??? NOW, that IS a button that would give you immunity whenever direct to. Lest we forget: "Magic Carpet Ride" and "All Shook Up" that comes along with.
There you have it....the trait that allows control over which warp core blast you want to avoid. BUT you have to watch your status and do the dance with the "Immunity Lockout" timer.
But then, one would have to dance with that "Immunity Lockout" timer no matter which immunity is used -- be it Pilot, Intel, Temporal specializations or Star ship traits...or where ever all those immunities are. Unless there are some more traits that are broken (like that "Scratch the Paint") and are bypassing the immunity lockout elsewhere....but I don't know about that, I am studying Pilot these days.
Matter of fact, I think the BEST most USEFUL immunity in the Pilot Specialization happens to be: "Thick of It". Which gives 4 seconds of immunity every time 4 shield facings triggers "Turn the Cheek".
In a Raptor or Raider, there is not a lot of hull to go through...I don't want enemy firing on one shield facing constantly and getting in....so, I keep it moving and distributing and etc etc..... And this combo in the Pilot Specialization helps with that.
Really...there is a lot more in Pilot that is fun!! Shield Scraping? Danger Zone?
Study this page from the Wiki a bit...you may find more things of interest....
Hmmm... someone made a thread about status problems with an Engineer trait called "Grace under Fire". Having problems with what is showing in the status and timers in the status....though I have no clue how players could troubleshoot it to see if it is actually effecting the ability like it is supposed to.
So, that is interesting....and there might be more things up than just "Scratch the Paint". Hey, at least, ours still seems to be working. Just not reporting properly.
"Spend your life doing strange things with weird people." -- UNK
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
The problem with "scratch the paint" seems to be slightly different: I have noticed in the log that I get hit by the same warp core breach several times (noticed for example on a planet killer, where I usually don't use up my immunity for more than a minute). The first hit is set to zero damage, so the immunity does work, BUT this doesn't help since there are two follow up hits now (one to shields, one to ship) - and now the immunity doesn't work anymore, because the effect has been removed.
This is definitely not working as intended/described since it is "immunity to one breach in one minute" and not "immunity to one explosion which occurs during a breach".
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Did you wait the 1 minute between activation? Because that is still in effect.
So, get out a stop watch.
Since there is no timer counting down the 60 seconds on your status because there is no "Scratch the Paint" icon there (as there is with the other traits...you can look, the icon pops up there with a tiny clock ticking away the seconds right underneath).
How "Scratch the Paint" goes: You will have to watch for the one "immune" floater that will show up during any warp core breach you did survive...then time the 1 minute before you can expect it to work, again.
"Dog fights" in STO are fast...a lot of warp core explosions can happen in 60 seconds.
"Scratch the Paint"....is passive...does not let YOU pick and choose which warp core breach you want it to activate on. It could just as well "proc" on the carrier pet you just took out seconds before the "big boss guy".
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
You will still see the "Immunity to Kinetic Damage from Warp Core Breach, once per 60 sec"...but on top of that it will BYPASS the 15s Immunity Lockout. IOW, this immunity does not care if it is supposed to be locked out or not, it will still work for you once every minute. You just can't tell when or where or on what. LOL!
But have you ever used: "Rock and Roll"??? NOW, that IS a button that would give you immunity whenever direct to. Lest we forget: "Magic Carpet Ride" and "All Shook Up" that comes along with.
There you have it....the trait that allows control over which warp core blast you want to avoid. BUT you have to watch your status and do the dance with the "Immunity Lockout" timer.
But then, one would have to dance with that "Immunity Lockout" timer no matter which immunity is used -- be it Pilot, Intel, Temporal specializations or Star ship traits...or where ever all those immunities are. Unless there are some more traits that are broken (like that "Scratch the Paint") and are bypassing the immunity lockout elsewhere....but I don't know about that, I am studying Pilot these days.
Matter of fact, I think the BEST most USEFUL immunity in the Pilot Specialization happens to be: "Thick of It". Which gives 4 seconds of immunity every time 4 shield facings triggers "Turn the Cheek".
In a Raptor or Raider, there is not a lot of hull to go through...I don't want enemy firing on one shield facing constantly and getting in....so, I keep it moving and distributing and etc etc..... And this combo in the Pilot Specialization helps with that.
Really...there is a lot more in Pilot that is fun!! Shield Scraping? Danger Zone?
Study this page from the Wiki a bit...you may find more things of interest....
https://sto.gamepedia.com/Captain_Specialization/Pilot_skills
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
So, that is interesting....and there might be more things up than just "Scratch the Paint". Hey, at least, ours still seems to be working. Just not reporting properly.
“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” -- Benjamin Franklin
This is definitely not working as intended/described since it is "immunity to one breach in one minute" and not "immunity to one explosion which occurs during a breach".
Please fix!