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Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!!

Patch Stat Changes Forum [NEW TOPIC: Adjudicators 8/25/09]!!

For Sins 1.18 and Entrenchment 1.04

This is a post that I will update regularly to give the DEVS a better idea of what people think should be done to stats in the next patch. This is ONLY for patches, no new ships or elaborate concepts for the next expansion. This is for dealing with peoples’ concerns about balance. If there’s a balance idea you have that’s not on here, post it and I’ll put it up for voting if it seems valid. I love the fact that ICO pays attention to the forums and what people suggest, I’d like to make it easier for them. The idea is to have all ideas posted straight forward and ranked so the DEVS don’t have to sift through pages and pages to find popular ideas. SP and MP players are both welcome to comment. Post yay or nay for any idea you like or dislike (be specific please) or say no fix needed. If you’d like I’ll also insert specific values you may come up with. Some votes will be taken from other threads.

* Topics shoud be considered independent of eachother, vote for each topic as if the Devs were to choose only 1. Yay for fixes that you think would work, nay for fixes that you think won't*

** Now there's an easier way to cast your vote, download the easy entry form, fill it out and then copy and paste your results!**

>> Download The Easy Entry Form <<

REFERENCES
Several members of the community have taken it upon themselves to run tests to prove imbalances and recommend possible fixes. I would Encourage everyone commenting here to read these and become more informed.
Raging Amish's Lums vs Enforcers                           JJs HC Tests                      JJs Illum Tests

Deceivers Subjugator thread                        Deceivers Cap Carrier thread         

RAGING AMISH's Balance MOD

Game Bugs

These need to be addressed before anything else. The following is a compiled list of all known game bugs. Thanks to Pawelo for helping me compile and test these. If you can think of any others that aren't on here leave a comment to let me know.

-Embargo Level 2 and 3 do not stop cargo ships.

-Phasic Trap Research level 2 does not do anything.

-Magnetize does not interrupt channeled abilities

-Disruptive Strikes does not work on pulse beams

-Allegiance through wormholes is flawed.

-Wrong Sound effects on: Anima Tempest, repair cloud, nanite armor, EMP blast

-Infocard errors: Dunov shield restore does not increase mitigation, labs do not speed up build time

-Akkan Colonize ability does not always spawn extractors at lvl2 and lvl3.

-Subverters Disrupt Shields can not target structures with shields

-Some musics and Orange Skybox are not used.

 

SOLANUS ADJUDICATORS

The adjudicator, while it can target multiple structures, just doesnt have the punch its TEC cousin the Ogrovs has and has difficulty handling tight clusters of structures supported by repair bays. Also, without a well functioning healing unit, the poor adjudicator simply cant live long enough in the throws of battle to make a huge difference. We've discussed the changes, now its time to get official votes on them.

     Buff the Adjudicator-
                         Change armor type?:

                              Yay-           JuleTron              Kitkun                           N3rull
                                               eoncommander

                              Nay-           Dargoon999         Warlord Mike

                         Reduce supply cost?:

                              Yay-           JuleTron              Kitkun                            Dargoon999
                                               Warlord Mike        Darvin3                         SivCorp
                                              
eoncommander

                              Nay-           

                         Reduce number of firing banks to increase damage per target?:

                              Yay-            Warlord Mike        eoncommander

                              Nay-            Kitkun                  N3rull                            Dargoon999

                         Increase damage?:

                              Yay-            Warlord Mike         eoncommander

                              Nay-            Kitkun                  Dargoon999

                         Increase shields?:

                             Yay-            JuleTron                Kitkun                           eoncommander

                             Nay-            Dargoon999           Warlord Mike

      No Fix Needed-                    Ryat                      Extremor

MINES

These little critters were introduced in Entrenchment and have been seldom used. They are purely defensive, extremely expensive, and a huge gamble to put your money in. There's been much discussion on possible fixes, but now its time for an official vote, so here you go.

      Buff Mines
                        Increase damage?

                            Yay-              Juletron                Whiskey144                 SivCorp
                                                Extremor

             
               Nay-              EadTaes               Raging Amish               Ovi_187
                                                Kitkun                  eoncommander

                        Increase damage radius?

                            Yay-             Top Vasari             Whiskey144                  EadTaes
                                               Warlord Mike          Ovi_187                        SivCorp
                                               Extremor                eoncommander

                            Nay-             Juletron                 N3rull                           Raging Amish
                                               Kitkun

                        Increase activation radius?

                            Yay-             Warlord Mike         eoncommander

                            Nay-             EadTaes                JuleTron                       N3rull
                                              
Raging Amish         Ovi_187                       Kitkun
                                               Extremor

                        Increase mines per deployment?

                            Yay-             eoncommander

                            Nay-             EadTaes                N3rull                         Raging Amish
                                              
Warlord Mike          Ovi_187                     Kitkun
                                              
Extremor

                        Increase deployment spread?

                            Yay-           Warlord Mike            Extremor                    eoncommander

                            Nay-           Juletron                   EadTaes                     N3rull
                                             Raging Amish           Ovi_187                     Kitkun

                        Decrease cost?

                            Yay-           Juletron                   Mindseye(25%)           EadTaes(25%)
                                             Dargoon999             Whiskey144
                N3rull(20%)
                                            
Warlord Mike            Ovi_187                     Kitkun
                                             Extremor

                            Nay-           Raging Amish            eoncommander

                        Reduce build time for Proximity Mines(TEC)?

                            Yay-           Juletron                   Whiskey144                EadTaes
                                             Raging Amish           Warlord Mike               Ovi_187
                                             Kitkun                      Extremor

                            Nay-

                        Increase duration of Gravity Mines(Vasari)?
 
                            Yay-           Juletron                   N3rull                  Mindseye
                                            
Ovi_187                   Kitkun                 Extremor

                            Nay-           EadTaes                  Raging Amish

                        Fix homming mines AI to return to original deployment location(Advent)?
 
                            Yay-           JuleTron                  EadTaes              N3rull
                                             Mindseye                 Warlord Mike       Ovi_187
                                            
SivCorp                    Kitkun                Extremor
                                            
eoncommander

                            Nay-           Raging Amish

                        Make Gravity Mines an upgrade to existing mines?

                            Yay-           N3rull                      Juletron               Dargoon999
                                             Ue-Carbon               Deceiver_0           Mindseye
                                            
Kitkun                     Extremor
                                          

                            Nay-           EadTaes                  Raging Amish

      No fix needed-

SIEGE FRIGATES

Costing more than most Heavy Cruisers, one would expect siege frigates to be able to handle a simple task like bombing a planet to oblivion, but with their super thin and weak hulls they certainly aren't worth the cost, and with Entrenchments bombardment protection on starbases, siege frigates find themselves in the obsolete unit pile. Personally I think they should be tough as nails since all they do is bomb planets and cost loads of resources and precious supply. With a decent buff these units could be the terror they once were and possibly bring back some of the planetary defense tech that fell from use after their nerf. (planetary shielding anyone?)

      Buff Siege Frigates

                        Increase Hp/shields/armor?:
 
                              Yay-             Deceiver_0(Hp)     Volt_Cruelerz   Darvin3
                                                  Ryat
                   EadTaes         Dargoon999(10%)
                                                  N3rull(+nerf)        
Kitkun            eoncommander   


                              Nay-             Soasertsus         Cykur                Mindseye
                                                 Raging Amish      Ascension          Howdidudothat
                                                 Ovi_187              Sobric               Warlord Mike
                                                 Extremor

                        Change armor type (currently light)?:

                              Yay-             Deceiver_0(v. heavy)  Soasertsus(v. heavy)  Volt_Cruelerz(heavy/v.heavy)
                                                
EadTaes (heavy)        Dargoon999(heavy)    N3rull(heavy)
                                                
SivCorp                     Extremor(heavy)         eoncommander


                              Nay-             Darvin3              Cykur                Ryat
                                                
Mindseye            Raging Amish     Ascension
                                                
Howdidudothat     Ovi_187             Sobric
                                                
Warlord Mike       Kitkun
 
                        Decrease Resource cost?:

                              Yay-             Soasertsus        Darvin3               EadTaes
                                                  Howdidudothat
  Sobric                 Extremor              


                              Nay-             Volt_Cruelerz      Cykur                 Ryat 
                                                 Dargoon999        Mindseye           Raging Amish
                                                 Ascension           Ovi_187             Warlord Mike
                                                 Kitkun

                        Decrease Supply Cost?:

                              Yay-            Soasertsus(6)     Darvin3               Cykur
                                                 Ryat(10)           EadTaes(10)        Dargoon999(10)
                                                 Mindseye          Howdidudothat      Raging Amish(12)
                                                 Ascension(12)   Ovi_187                mbaron888(8)
                                                 Sobric              Warlord Mike         SivCorp
                                                 Kitkun              eoncommander

                             
                              Nay-            Volt_Cruelerz     Extremor  

                        Increase Bombardment damage?:

                              Yay-            Volt_Cruelerz     Dargoon999(20%) Warlord Mike
                                                 Extremor

             
                              Nay-            Soasertsus         Darvin3               Cykur
                                               
Ryat                  EadTaes              Mindseye
                                               
Raging Amish     Ascension            Howdidudothat
                                               
Ovi_187             Sobric                 SivCorp
                                               
Kitkun                eoncommander


                        Make TEC Heavy Fallout Active (currently passive)?:

                              Yay-             Deceiver_0        Soasertsus            Volt_Cruelerz
                                                 Darvin3            Cykur                   Ryat
                                                
Dargoon999      N3rull                   Mindseye
                                                 Raging Amish    Ovi_187               Sobric
                                                 Warlord Mike     Kitkun


                              Nay-             EadTaes           Ascension             Howdidudothat

                        Reduce Heavy Fallout effect time (currently 6 minutes)?:

                              Yay-             Darvin3          Sobric                     Warlord Mike

                             
                              Nay-             Soasertsus       Volt_Cruelerz          Cykur
                                                 Ryat                EadTaes                 Dargoon999
                                                
Mindseye         Raging Amish          Ascension
                                                
Howdidudothat  Ovi_187                 Kitkun

                        Reduce Xp value (currently 65xp)?:

                              Yay-             Soasertsus       Darvin3(40)            Cykur
                                                 EadTaes(15)     Dargoon999(30)     Ovi_187
                                                 Kitkun


                              Nay-             Volt_Cruelerz    Ryat                     Mindseye
                                                
Raging Amish   Ascension              Howdidudothat
                                                 Sobric              Warlord Mike
                       
                        Apply fixes to siege militia?:

                              Yay-             Deceiver_0         Soasertsus              Volt_Cruelerz
                                                
Darvin3              EadTaes                 Dargoon999
                                                 Raging Amish     Ovi_187                  Sobric
                                                 Warlord Mike      Kitkun                    Extremor

                            
                              Nay-             Ryat                  Ascension              Howdidudothat             

                        Apply fixes to siege pirates?:

                              Yay-             Darvin3              EadTaes                 Dargoon999
                                                 Raging Amish      Ovi_187                 Warlord Mike
                                                 Kitkun                Extremor


                              Nay-             Soasertsus         Volt_Cruelerz           Ryat
                                                 
Ascension          Howdidudothat         Sobric


      No Fix Needed-

 

SEREVUN OVERSEER

The overseer is a powerful, but seldom used ship due to it's current lack of usability. I'd recommend anyone planning on voting on this topic read a few of the replies on page 5, where Ascension and I debated some changes. I've also thrown in a few ideas to make overseers 'Jump Degradation' ability a little more potent for the 100AM and channeling it costs.

      Buff Serevun Overseers-
                       
                         Increase firing arc of abilities?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0           JuleTron                Volt_Cruelerz
                                                  Ascension            Soasertsus             milo896

                                                  Howdidudothat     lifekatana               N3rull
                                                  Mindseye            Cykur                     EadTaes
                                                 
Raging Amish      Ovi_187                 Warlord Mike  
                                                  Kitkun                 Extremor                eoncommander

                              Nay-             Pbhead                Sobric
                      
                         Increase turn rate?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0           JuleTron                Volt_Cruelerz
                                                  Ascension           
Soasertsus             milo896
                                                  Howdidudothat     lifekatana              N3rull
                                                 
Mindseye            Pbhead                  Raging Amish 
                                                  Ovi_187              Warlord Mike          Kitkun
                                                  Extremor             eoncommander

                              Nay-             EadTaes              Sobric                    SivCorp

                         Make 'Reactive nanite armor' omnidirectional (360 degrees)?:

                              Yay-              Ascension           Raging Amish          Sobric
                                                 
Warlord Mike       SivCorp                   Extremor

                              Nay-              Deceiver_0          Soasertsus              Darvin3                                              
                                                  milo896
              Howdidudothat         lifekatana
                                                  N3rull                 Mindseye                 Pbhead
                                                  EadTaes             Ovi_187                   Kitkun
                                                  eoncommander

                      
   Increase reduction of jump speed for 'Jump Degradation'?:

                              Yay-              milo896              Howdidudothat         Mindseye
                                                 
EadTaes              Ovi_187                  Sobric
                                                  Kitkun                 Extremor                 eoncommander

                              Nay-              Soasertsus          lifekatana               Pbhead
                                                  Raging Amish
 
                         Allow 'Jump Degradation' to do a damage % to incoming enemy vessels' hulls?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0 (5-10%)  Soasertsus(20%AM)  Darvin3
                                                  milo896              N3rull(speed reduction)  Kitkun
                                                  eoncommander

                              Nay-              Howdidudothat     lifekatana              Mindseye
                                                  Pbhead               EadTaes                 Raging Amish
                                                 
Ovi_187              Sobric                     Extremor

                        Allow 'Jump Degradation' to disable passive regeneration?

                              Yay-              Raging Amish       Deceiver_0              Diplominator
                                                  Juletron               
Sobric                    Extremor                 

                              Nay-              Ovi_187               Howdidudothat         Cykur
                                                  Kitkun

         No Fix Needed-


SKAROVAS ENFORCER

The relative weakness of the Enforcer has recently been brought to the forums attention (thanks JohnJames). With their higher resource cost, higher supply cost and more expensive upgrades, enforcers are unfortunately left in the dust by their counterparts. Many speculate that their extra ability (reintegration) is the cause for such a skewed balance, while others agree that reintegration lacks the power enforcers deserve. The following are some fixes that have been proposed. Personally, I think the Vasari should get a little more for what they pay for.

           Buff Skarovas Enforcers-

                         Decrease Resource Cost?:

                              Yay-              Ascension              EadTaes                  Sobric          

                              Nay-              Deceiver_0             Soasertsus               Volt_Cruelerz
                                                  lifekatana     
         Howdidudothat          Darvin3
                                                  Mindseye               Raging Amish            Ovi_187
                                                 
Warlord Mike          Kitkun                      Extremor  
                                                 
eoncommander      
               
                         Decrease Supply Cost?:

                              Yay-              Soasertsus             Sobric                       Extremor

                              Nay-              Deceiver_0             Volt_Cruelerz             lifekatana
                                           
       Howdidudothat        Darvin3                     Mindseye
                                                  EadTaes                 Raging Amish            Ovi_187
                                                 
Kitkun                    eoncommander

                     
    Increase hp/shields/armor?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0               Darvin3                   EadTaes(armor+1)
                                                  Raging Amish           SivCorp                   Kitkun
                                                  eoncommander
                           
                              Nay-              Volt_Cruelerz           Soasertsus               lifekatana
                                                 
Howdidudothat         Mindseye                 Ovi_187
                                                 
Sobric                     Extremor

                    
     Increase Damage?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0              Soasertsus                Ascension
                                                  JuleTron                 
Darvin3                    Howdidudothat
                                                  Mindseye                
Cykur                      EadTaes(22)
                                                  Raging Amish(21.6)  Ovi_187                   Sobric
                                                  Warlord Mike           SivCorp                    Kitkun
                                                  eoncommander

                              Nay-              Volt_Cruelerz           lifekatana                Extremor         

            
             Cheaper damage upgrades?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0              Volt_cruelerz              Top Vasari
                                                   Ascension               DesConnor                Raging Amish
                                                   N3rull                     lifekatana                 JuleTron 

                                                  
Darvin3                  Howdidudothat           Mindseye
                                                  
EadTaes                 Sobric                       Warlord Mike
                                                  
SivCorp                  Extremor                   eoncommander     

                              Nay-              Soasertsus              Ovi_187                    Kitkun

                    
     Higher reintegration rate?:

                              Yay-              Deceiver_0              Volt_cruelerz              Top Vasari
                                                  Soasertsus              N3rull                        lifekatana
                                                  JuleTron                
Darvin3                      Howdidudothat
                                                 
Ovi_187                  Sobric                        Kitkun

                              Nay-             Mindseye                 EadTaes                    Raging Amish 
                                                 Extremor

           No Fix Needed-                 Pbhead

DOMINA SUBJUGATORS

The domina has been an a lot of peoples (f spending money on that) list for sometime. I tested and observed the subjugator while I was examining carrier caps and wrote a report on them as well. Here's some fixes that have been proposed for the Domina as well as the Stilakus Subverter (whose destiny is quite intertwined with the domina). I'll be putting the Subverter question under the REPULSE section as it has to do more as a counter to it.

          Buff Domina Subjugators-

                         Increase firing arc of abilities?:

                                Yay-            Deceiver_0             Mindseye              Darvin3
                                                  Gugabalog            
Cykur(heal only)    Raging Amish
                                                 
Ovi_187                 Sobric                   Warlord Mike
                                                 
SivCorp                  Kitkun                   eoncommander       

                                Nay-            EadTaes                lifekatana             Pbhead

              
           Increase turn rate?:

                                Yay-            Deceiver_0             Darvin3                Gugabalog
                                                  Mindseye               Pbhead               
Raging Amish
                                                  Ovi_187                 Sobric                  Warlord Mike
                                                  Kitkun                    eoncommander

                                Nay-            EadTaes                lifekatana

                  
       Make abilities AOE?:

                                Yay-            Warlord Mike          SivCorp                eoncommander

                                Nay-            Deceiver_0             EadTaes               Gugabalog    
                                                  Darvin3                  lifekatana             Mindseye
                                                 
Pbhead                  Raging Amish        Ovi_187
                                                 
Sobric                    Kitkun

            
             Remove channeling from abilities?:

                               Yay-             EadTaes                Gugabalog             lifekatana
                                                 
Raging Amish         Sobric                   Warlord Mike
                                                  Kitkun

              
                 Nay-             Deceiver_0             Darvin3                 Mindseye
                                                 
Pbhead                  Ovi_187                SivCorp
                                                  eoncommander

                
         Fix Targeting AI (on all abilities for all races) to prevent wasteful use?:

                               Yay-             Deceiver_0             Darvin3                  EadTaes
                                                  Gugabalog             Soasertsus             lifekatana
                                                  Mindseye               Pbhead                 
Cykur
                                                 
Raging Amish         Ovi_187                 Sobric
                                                 
Warlord Mike          SivCorp                  Kitkun
                                                 
eoncommander


                               Nay-             Pbhead

           No Fix Needed-

CARRIER CLASS CAPITAL SHIPS

I've noticed people use Carrier Caps generally for 1 ability, and not for the strikecraft and SC bonuses they offer. Weaker than most other classes, they are sparse and somewhat unthreatening on the battle field. Personally I think they should offer more benefit in the strike craft department than they do now. I've written a detailed report on them, and taken some of the proposed changes from it for this thread.

             Buff Carrier Caps-

                        Increase Initial Armor?

                                Yay-          Deceiver_0              Soasertsus            Ryat
                                                Howdidudothat         Gugabalog          
Warlord Mike
                                                SivCorp                   Kitkun

                                Nay-          Darvin3                  -Ue_Carbon          mbaron888
                                                Pirate-Jack             EadTaes              DesConnor
                                                Swordsalmon          lifekatana           
Pbhead
                                                Raging Amish         Ovi_187               Sobric
                                                Extremor                eoncommander

            
            Increase Squadron Capacity?

                                Yay-          Deceiver_0 (see thread)  Soasertsus      Ryat
                                                -Ue_Carbon              ReadyMan           Howdidudothat
                                                mbaron888              Pirate-Jack          EadTaes
                                                DesConnor               Mindseye            Swordsalmon
                                                Gugabalog               N3rull                  lifekatana
                                                -aceca-                   Derek06              
Ovi_187
                                               
Sobric                     Warlord Mike        SivCorp
                                               
Kitkun                     Extremor             eoncommander

                                Nay-          Darvin3                  Raging Amish          

                
        Make SC buffs AOE?

                                Yay-          EadTaes               DesConnor               Swordsalmon
                                                Gugabalog           
Derek06                   Raging Amish
                                               
Sobric                   SivCorp                    Extremor
 
                                Nay-          Deceiver_0             Soasertsus              Ryat
                                                Darvin3                  -Ue_Carbon             Howdidudothat
                                                mbaron888            Pirate-Jack               lifekatana
                                               
Pbhead                  Ovi_187                  Kitkun
                                               
eoncommander


                        Increase additional drones(Adept Drone Anima)?

                                Yay-          Deceiver_0               Darvin3                 Howdidudothat
                                                 Mindseye                 Swordsalmon         Gugabalog
                                                
Derek06                  Raging Amish        Sobric 
                                               
SivCorp                    Kitkun               

               
                 Nay-          Soasertsus               Ryat                     -Ue_Carbon
                                                 mbaron888              Pirate-Jack           EadTaes
                                                DesConnor                lifekatana           
Pbhead
                                                Ovi_187                    Extremor             eoncommander

                        Re-work Scramble Bombers?

                                Yay-          Deceiver_0               Soasertsus            Ryat
                                                Darvin3                    -Ue_Carbon          Howdidudothat
                                                mbaron888              Pirate-Jack            EadTaes
                                                DesConnor               Mindseye              Swordsalmon   
                                                Gugabalog               N3rull                    lifekatana
                                                Pbhead                   
Derek06               Raging Amish
                                               
Ovi_187                   Sobric                   Warlord Mike
                                               
SivCorp                    Kitkun                  Extremor
                                                eoncommander

      
                          Nay-        

           No Fix Needed-

LIGHT FRIGATES

Most agree that Light Frigates don't scale well. Being limited in their usefulness early game, and becoming almsot complete obsolete late game with Heavy Cruiser research. Many ideas have been thrown around to get light frigates back on the battle field.

            Buff Light Frigates-

                        Increase Damage?:

                                  Yay-         TheRezonator       Gugabalog               Darvin3
                                                  -Ue_carbon          Howdidudothat         JuleTron
                                                  Pirate-Jack          N3rull                      Ascension
                                                 
Cykur                  Dargoon999(20%)   Raging Amish(Vasari: 12)
                                                 
Ovi_187              SivCorp(10%)          

             
                     Nay-         Volt_cruelerz         mbaron888              DesConnor
                                                 lifekatana            
Pbhead                   EadTaes
                                                 Sobric                   Kitkun                     Extremor
                                                 eoncommander

                 
       Increase Damage bonus to heavy armor type?:

                                  Yay-         Deceiver_0           TheRezonator           Gugabalog
                                                 -Ue_carbon          JuleTron                  Pirate-Jack
                                                 Howdidudothat     mbaron888              DesConnor(Light)
            
                                     Ascension            lifekatana                EadTaes
                                                 Dargoon999         Raging Amish(175%+)   Ovi_187
                                                 Sobric                  SivCorp(25%)           Kitkun
                                                
Extremor             eoncommander

                                  Nay-         Volt_cruelerz        Pbhead    
                
   
                        Increase Hp/Shields/Armor?:

                                  Yay-          Deceiver_0(armor)      TheRezonator     Gugabalog
                                                  Darvin3                      JuleTron            Ascension
                                                  lifekatana                 
Dargoon999(10%)  Ovi_187
                                                  Warlord Mike              eoncommander

                                  Nay-          Volt_cruelerz       Pirate-Jack               Howdidudothat
                                                   mbaron888        DesConnor              
Pbhead
                                                   EadTaes            Raging Amish           Sobric
                                                   SivCorp             Kitkun                      Extremor
                  
                         Increase ability range?:

                                  Yay-          Deceiver_0          TheRezonator            Gugabalog
                                                  Volt_cruelerz       -Ue_carbon                JuleTron
                                                  Ascension          
Eadtaes                     Dargoon999
                                                  Raging Amish      Ovi_187                    Sobric
                                                  Kitkun                Extremor                   eoncommander
 
                                  Nay-          Howdidudothat    mbaron888               DesConnor
                                                  lifekatana          
Pbhead                   
                                                  
                 
       Increase firing arc?:

                                  Yay-          TheRezonator       Gugabalog              -Ue_carbon
                                                  JuleTron               Pirate-Jack               Howdidudothat
                                                  DesConnor            N3rull                      Ascension
                                                 
Eadtaes                Raging Amish           Sobric
                                                  Warlord Mike        SivCorp                    Extremor

                                  Nay-          Volt_cruelerz         mbaron888               lifekatana
                                                 
Pbhead                Dargoon999              Ovi_187
                                                  Kitkun                  eoncommander

           
             Increase turn speed?:

                                  Yay-          Darvin3                 EadTaes                TheRezonator
                                                  Pirate-Jack             ReadyMan            Howdidudothat
                                                  mbaron888            DesConnor            Mindseye
                                                  N3rull                    Ascension              Pbhead
                                                 
Eadtaes                 Dargoon999          Raging Amish
                                                 
Ovi_187                 Sobric                  Warlord Mike
                                                 
SivCorp                  Extremor              eoncommander

                                  Nay-         lifekatana              Kitkun

             Tweak Targeting AI to favor support cruisers?:

                                  Yay-         Deceiver_0           TheRezonator           Gugabalog
                                                 Darvin3               Volt_cruelerz             JuleTron
                                                 Pirate-Jack           mbaron888               DesConnor
                                                 N3rull                  Ascension                  lifekatana
                                                
Eadtaes               Dargoon999              Raging Amish
                                                
Ovi_187               Sobric                      Warlord Mike
                                                
SivCorp                Kitkun                     Extremor
                                                 eoncommander

                                  Nay-        Howdidudothat      Pbhead

     
        Nerf Counters-

                          Decrease LRF Damage?:
   
                                  Yay-          Proletari                Darvin3               Azrak_Navarion
                                                 ReadyMan             Howdidudothat     Mindseye
                                                 Ascension             
Eadtaes               Dargoon999(10%)

                                  Nay-          Deceiver_0           Volt_cruelerz          Pirate-Jack
                                                  mbaron888          DesConnor             lifekatana
                                                 
Pbhead               Raging Amish         Ovi_187
                                                 
Sobric                 Warlord Mike           Kitkun
                                                 
Extremor             eoncommander

                          Decrease LRF damage bonus to medium armor?

                                  Yay-         Deceiver_0(125%)  Ovi_187              Howdidudothat
                                                
Sobric                   eoncommander

                                  Nay-         N3rull                    Cykur                 Warlord Mike
                                                
Kitkun                   Extremor

                          Increase LRF resource cost?:

                                  Yay-         Extremor

                                  Nay-         Deceiver_0            Pirate-Jack          Howdidudothat
                                                 mbaron888            DesConnor         lifekatana
                                                
Pbhead                 Eadtaes              Dargoon999
                                                 Raging Amish        Ovi_187              Sobric
                                                
Warlord Mike         Kitkun                 eoncommander

         
    No Fix Needed-                Soasertsus              dresda

REPULSE:


Many have said repulse needs a fix. Personally I agree.


            Nerf Guardians-

                        Increase AM cost?:

                                    Yay-     Deceiver_0               Raging Amish         crashmatusow
                                                Ascension                 Pirate - Jack           Volt_cruelerz
                                                Tohron                     Darvin 3                 Top vasari
                                                mbaron888               Proletari                -Ue_carbon
                                                Major  Stress            Mindseye                Azrak_Navarion
                                                lbgsloan                   Gugabalog              Soasertsus
                                                Howdidudothat          JuleTron                 DesConnor
                                                lifekatana                -aceca-                  
Derek06
                                                Cykur                      Ovi_187                  Sobric
                                               
Warlord Mike            SivCorp                  Kitkun
                                               
Extremor                  eoncommander   
                                              
                                    Nay-    dresda

                        Increase cooldown rate?

                                    Yay-      Raging Amish            Deceiver_0             Howdidudothat
                                               
Kitkun                       Extremor               eoncommander

                                    Nay-      Ovi_187                  Juletron                   Sobric
                                                 Cykur

                        Decrease AOE?:

                                    Yay-     Gugabalog                 -Ue_carbon            DesConnor
                                              
eoncommander

                    
                Nay-     Pirate - Jack             Major  Stress         crashmatusow
                                               Mindseye                 Soasertsus              Howdidudothat
                                               dresda                     lifekatana             
Pbhead
                                              
Derek06                  Raging Amish         Ovi_187
                                              
Sobric                     Warlord Mike          Kitkun
                                              
Extremor    

            
            Increase resource cost?:

                                    Yay-      Ascension                Volt_cruelerz           Sobric
                                               
Extremor          

                     
               Nay-      Pirate - Jack            Major  Stress           Soasertsus
                                                 Mindseye                 Gugabalog            Howdidudothat
                                                 dresda                    DesConnor             lifekatana
                                                
Pbhead                   Derek06                 Raging Amish
                                               
Ovi_187                   Warlord Mike           Kitkun 
                                               
eoncommander 

             
            Cause damage to shields?:

                                    Yay-      EadTaes                  Volt_cruelerz        dresda

                        
            Nay-      Major  Stress           Mindseye             Soasertsus
                                                Gugabalog              Howdidudothat      DesConnor
                                                lifekatana              
Pbhead                Derek06
                                                Raging Amish         Ovi_187                Sobric
                                                Warlord Mike         Kitkun                    Extremor
                                               
eoncommander 
 
      
       Buff Counters-

                        Increase LF ability range?:

                                    Yay-     Gugabalog                TheRezonator         Volt_cruelerz
                                               
Derek06                   Raging Amish         Sobric
                                               
SivCorp                    Kitkun                   Extremor
                                               
eoncommander          

                      
              Nay-     Pirate - Jack             Major  Stress          Soasertsus
                                               Mindseye                  DesConnor            lifekatana
                                              
Pbhead                     Ovi_187


          
              No affect to Cap Ships?:

                                    Yay-     Pirate - Jack             Major  Stress         Volt_cruelerz
                                               DesConnor               Cykur                  
Warlord Mike
                                              
SivCorp                    Kitkun                  Extremor
                                               eoncommander

                                    Nay-    Mindseye                  Gugabalog              Soasertsus   
                                              lifekatana                 
Pbhead                  Derek06
                                             
Raging Amish            Ovi_187                  Sobric

        
                 Increase Distortion Field (targeting) range?:

                                    Yay-     Deceiver_0               Soasertsus              Sobric
                                              
Kitkun                      eoncommander

                   
                 Nay-     lifekatana                crashmatusow          Pbhead
                                               Raging Amish           Ovi_187                  Extremor
     


            No Fix Needed-

MISSILE BARRAGE:

This has been a heated issue for several months. In the most recent patch, the devs made the graphic unique (red missile exhaust?) and extended the duration while reducing dps. Was this enough?


            Nerf Missile Barrage-

                        Decrease total damage?:

                                    Yay-      Extremor

                                    Nay-      mbaron888             Gugabalog             TheRezonator
                                                 Volt_cruelerz          -Ue_carbon           Howdidudothat
                                                 DesConnor            
Derek06                Raging Amish
                                                
Ovi_187                 Sobric                   Warlord Mike 

               
         Increase AM cost?

                                    Yay-      Ascension               Ovi_187

                         
           Nay-      mbaron888             Gugabalog            TheRezonator
                                                 Volt_cruelerz           -Ue_carbon           Howdidudothat
                                                 DesConnor             
Derek06              Raging Amish
                                                 Sobric                     Warlord Mike       Extremor
                                      
              
          Decrease AOE?

                                    Yay-      Tohron                     mbaron888           Howdidudothat
                                                 JuleTron                  DesConnor           
Sobric

                    
                Nay-      Gugabalog                TheRezonator       Volt_cruelerz
                                                 -Ue_carbon              
Derek06               Raging Amish 
                                               
Ovi_187                    Warlord Mike         Extremor                          

        
    Buff Counters-

                        Increase range on ability interrupts?:

                                    Yay-     Tohron                   TheRezonator          Raging Amish
                                               Ovi_187                  Sobric                     Extremor

                     
               Nay-     Gugabalog              Volt_cruelerz            -Ue_carbon
                                                Howdidudothat        DesConnor

           
              LF abilities can target caps?:

                                    Yay-      Gugabalog             TheRezonator       Sobric
                                                Warlord Mike

                       
             Nay-      Volt_cruelerz         -Ue_carbon            Howdidudothat
                                                DesConnor             N3rull                  
Derek06
                                               
Raging Amish         Ovi_187               Extremor

               
        Graphic/Audio Improvement?:
 
                                    Yay-     Eadtaes                   Deceiver_0            Volt_cruelerz
                                               Gugabalog               TheRezonator        -Ue_carbon
                                               Howdidudothat          N3rull                   lifekatana
                                              
Derek06                   Cykur                   Raging Amish
                                              
Ovi_187                   Sobric                   Warlord Mike
                                               SivCorp                   Kitkun                   Extremor
                                               eoncommander

                                     Nay-    DesConnor

            No Fix Needed-             Deceiver_0                EadTaes             Azrak_Navarion
                                              Major  Stress             Top vasari          Soasertsus
                                              ReadyMan                 lifekatana
         SivCorp
                                              
Kitkun                      eoncommander       


CARRIERS:

Extensively nerfed in the previous 2 patches, carriers have lost their place as a hard counter to long ranged frigates, as flak frigates can now destroy fighters much faster than they are built, and long ranged frigates can now hunt the carriers themselves down.


            Buff Carriers-

                        Decrease build penalty?:

                                    Yay-     Deceiver_0                Ascension            crashmatusow
                                               Pirate - Jack              mbaron888          Volt_cruelerz
                                               lbgsloan                    Gugabalog           Top vasari
                                               Soasertsus                Howdidudothat      JuleTron
                                               N3rull                        lifekatana           
Derek06
                                              
Cykur                       Ovi_187                Sobric
                                               Warlord Mike             SivCorp                Kitkun
                                              
eoncommander 

                                    Nay-     DesConnor                Raging Amish       Extremor

                       
Increase fighter HP?:

                                    Yay-    Ascension                  Mindseye              Azrak_Navarion
                                              Gugabalog                 Howdidudothat     
Derek06
                                              Extremor

                     
               Nay-    Pirate - Jack             mbaron888             Volt_cruelerz
                                              Soasertsus                DesConnor             lifekatana
                                             
Raging Amish            Ovi_187                 Sobric
                                              Warlord Mike            SivCorp                  Kitkun 

           
             Reduce movement penalty?:

                                    Yay-     Tohron                    Soasertsus              Raging Amish
                                               mbaron888              Gugabalog              Howdidudothat
                                               JuleTron                  ReadyMan               DesConnor
                                              
Derek06                  Sobric                     SivCorp
                                               Extremor            

                                    Nay-     Pirate - Jack            crashmatusow         lifekatana
                                               
Cykur                     Deceiver_0             Ovi_187
                                              
Kitkun 

         
   Nerf Counters-

                        Reduce Flak rate of fire?:

                                   Yay-         EadTaes                Warlord Mike        eoncommander

                  
                 Nay-         Mindseye               Gugabalog           Volt_cruelerz
                                                  Soasertsus             Howdidudothat     DesConnor
                                                  lifekatana              
Raging Amish      Ovi_187
                                                 
Sobric                    Kitkun                  Extremor


            No Fix Needed-                 Major  Stress         -Ue_carbon            Pbhead

SCOUTS:

With the recent nerf to carriers, scouts have come to the forefront as a decent anti-lrf ship, and with their new found popularity some changes have been suggested.


            Nerf Scouts-

                        Reduce damage buff against light armor?:

                                    Yay-      Volt_cruelerz            Ovi_187

                          
          Nay-      Deceiver_0               Ascension             Soasertsus
                                                Gugabalog                Howdidudothat     
Derek06
                                               
Raging Amish           Sobric                   Warlord Mike 
                                               
Kitkun                     Extremor

                        Increase scout supply requirement?:

                                    Yay-

                                    Nay-      Ascension                Pirate - Jack         Volt_cruelerz
                                                Gugabalog               TheRezonator       Soasertsus
                                                 Howdidudothat        
Derek06              Raging Amish
                                                
Ovi_187                  Sobric                  Warlord Mike 
                                               
Kitkun                      Extremor
 

                        Increase resource cost?:

                                    Yay-

                                    Nay-      Ascension               Pirate - Jack           Volt_cruelerz
                                                Gugabalog              TheRezonator         Soasertsus
                                                 Howdidudothat       
Derek06                 Raging Amish 
                                                
Ovi_187                 Sobric                     Warlord Mike 
                                               
Kitkun                     Extremor
                                
      
      Buff Vasari Scouts-

                        Increase Hp/Shields?:

                                    Yay-     Deceiver_0              Raging Amish         Volt_cruelerz
                                                Ascension               Pirate - Jack             Soasertsus
                                                Mindseye                TheRezonator           Howdidudothat
                                               
Derek06                 Sobric                      Warlord Mike
                                               
SivCorp                  Kitkun                      Dargoon999
                                                Extremor

                   
                  Nay-   Gugabalog               Ovi_187

                 
       Increase damage?:

                                    Yay-      Ascension              Raging Amish           Volt_cruelerz
                                                Gugabalog             TheRezonator           Soasertsus
                                                Howdidudothat       
Derek06                  Cykur(+.5dps)
                                                Ovi_187                 Sobric                      Warlord Mike
                                               
SivCorp                  Kitkun                      Dargoon999
                                               
                                    Nay-      Extremor


            No Fix Needed-              EadTaes                 mbaron888            JuleTron
                                               Major  Stress          -Ue_carbon              ReadyMan
                                               DesConnor              lifekatana             
Pbhead
                                              
eoncommander

ILLUMINATORS:

The relative strength of illuminators has been under debate for some time, and many fixes have been proposed, here are a few, let me know if you’ve got others. I've done my own research, and have posted my findings.


            Nerf Illuminators-

                        Increase resource cost?:
 
                                    Yay-      Ascension               Volt_cruelerz           Ovi_187
                                                Pirate - Jack           EadTaes                 Top vasari
                                                lbgsloan                 Gugabalog              Azrak_Navarion
                                                Soasertsus              Howdidudothat       
Derek06
                                                Extremor

                         
            Nay-     Major  Stress          -Ue_carbon              lifekatana
                                               
Raging Amish         Sobric                     Warlord Mike
                                                
Kitkun                  eoncommander
                                               

         
               Adjust damage division between beams?:

                                    Yay-    Deceiver_0(33%)    mbaron888               -Ue_carbon
                                              Gugabalog             DesConnor                N3rull
                                               Ascension            
Derek06                   Raging Amish(33%)
                                               Ovi_187               Sobric                       Warlord Mike
                                              
eoncommander 

                                    Nay-    Pirate - Jack          Major  Stress             Soasertsus
                                              Howdidudothat       lifekatana                 
Kitkun
                                             
Extremor            

                        Decrease/adjust the HP/Shields?:

                                   Yay-      Pirate - Jack (hp only)        EadTaes          TheRezonator
                                               Ascension              Gugabalog                  -Ue_carbon
                                               Soasertsus             Howdidudothat            DesConnor
                                               -aceca-                 
Derek06                      Cykur
                                               Raging Amish(Hp&Armor)  Ovi_187            Sobric 
                                              
Warlord Mike           SivCorp                     Kitkun
                                              
Extremor(450/500)  eoncommander

                        
           Nay-      Major  Stress        Volt_cruelerz                Soasertsus
                                               lifekatana           


                        Increase supply requirement?:

                                  Yay-        DesConnor            Derek06               Kitkun 

                
                  Nay-        Pirate - Jack          Major  Stress         Volt_cruelerz
                                                Gugabalog             Soasertsus            Howdidudothat
                                                lifekatana             
Raging Amish        Ovi_187   
                                               
Sobric                    Warlord Mike         Extremor 
                                               
eoncommander        
 
                        Decrease Damage?:
 
                                  Yay-        EadTaes                Ascension               Soasertsus
                                                Major  Stress        Gugabalog                ReadyMan
                                                DesConnor(Caps only)  N3rull                lifekatana
                                               
Ovi_187                Extremor          

                      
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Reply #476 Top

oh, no no no no no no. That's not what I meant, you misunderstood me. Not dividing damage, but reducing the max # of targets an Adjudicator can target at one time.

EDIT: I misunderstood myself. What I initially meant was to decrease it's damage; however now that I think about it it would be a better idea to have the # of structures an Adjudicator can target reduced; perhaps have a research that can increase it, or an ability that allows it greater target # at the expense of shielding/engines (mobility), whatever else you can think of.

Ah ok. Reducing the number of firing banks, and therefore increasing the damage that divided amongst them may help, but I think they need a little boost in their shielding as well since there is no way to heal them (at least until perserverence comes out.. if they fix it..) and since they are high priority targets. Either that or make em a little cheaper to build.

Reply #477 Top

I've raised this issue on other threads, but it belongs here so I'll mention it.

Ogrovs and starfish have the wrong armour type. Currently, bombers and assualt cruisers have the same role and the same counter (fighters) which is stupid. One will be obselete.

Assualt cruisers should have heavy (or maybe medium) armour so that they can attack enemy structures while fighters still have a presence. They would destroy the hangars and then you can send in the bombers to help destroy everything else.

As for other changes, more hull points and lower cost sounds good. I remember that in an early Entrenchment patch, starfish were briefly OP and could simply bulldoze through enemy structures. Some of their old strength should return. Fewer targets for starfish? not sure.

Reply #478 Top

no, starfish shouldn't get more hull, it's already got nearly as much as the Destra. More shields, DEFINITELY, more hull, no.

Reply #479 Top

Armor shift on assault cruisers, yes. I say medium (hey, LFs need all the help they can get lol).

Once this is done, however, I believe stafish will be very useful.
When you surprise attack an enemy world, there's no faster way to wipe all his tactical and logistic structures than to employ a starfish. Yes, they go down fast as they are, but with Shield regen or guardians' support (and changed armor), two of those bastards will actually be quite a reliable anti-structure force.

I don't think Adjudicators should have reduced number of targets. They are MEANT to be different from ogrovs.
Advent already have the best LRFs and strikecraft out there.

If anything, Adjudicators (and ogrovs maybe?) could have the same thing I suggested for Siege frigates - increase their hull/shields by a lot (80-100%) but permanently reduce their speed by 30% or so. That way they will become costly, slow but tough structure wipers. With proper support they would withstand even starbase fire.

Along with those changes I maintain my statement that Orkulus needs an anti-structure boost. A FULLY (3/3) offensively upgraded orkulus does less damage to structures than two ogrovs.
This is not even enough to kill a 3-def starbase with even slightest repair support, because it regenerates faster than orky deals damage to it (while going down much faster).
Sorry but the disintegrators are a joke. At 1/3 offensive they may be worth the price, but the orky doesn't get much better than this even with 3/3 offensive, which sucks.

Reply #480 Top

I'm a little suprised that no one's mentioned the whole it takes up 18 ship slots so is therefore useless. Which would you rather have. A starfish, or 3 squads of bombers that can become fighters if you need them to?

Reply #481 Top

18 slots IS a bit high, now that you mention it, RA.

Maybe drop it down to say, 15 or so?

Other than that, I think I figured out how best to do the "focus firing" I talked about earlier:

  • 5 structures in range: all cannons target one structure each
  • 4 structures: 3 have their own targets, 2 focus on the fourth
  • 3 structures: 2 focus on one target, 2 on another, one on the third target.
  • 2 structures: 3 focus on one target, 2 focus on another
  • 1 structure: All 5 target the enemy structure

My reasoning is if the starfish has five cannon points, then it ought to put 'em to good use at all times.

I suppose in this stance, though, maybe the supply cost shouldn't be reduced.

Reply #482 Top

For the slot sont he startfish and Orgov I am droping them to 10. Just liek seiges they ahve been over nerfed.

Reply #483 Top

Along with those changes I maintain my statement that Orkulus needs an anti-structure boost. A FULLY (3/3) offensively upgraded orkulus does less damage to structures than two ogrovs.

Orkuli do damage more like starfish than Ogrovs anyway, and the reason they do less is because theyre wepoans firing on several different targets (or not firing at all), while ogrovs deal all their structure busting punch to 1 target at a time (and since repair bays dont stack, structures fall quickly from the overwhelming force). With that you get the fact that its quite difficult to bust up a ball of structures with lots of repair bays with both the Orkulus and the Adjudicator. It sucks that you have to get 5 adjudicators to be able to to the kind of damage 1 ogrov does to 1 structure. IT also sucks that you have to get pretty close to have all 5 banks firing at a tight cluster of structures. Close enough to have a few lrfs waiting to shred your poorly shielded, really expensive units.

Reply #484 Top

I'm a little suprised that no one's mentioned the whole it takes up 18 ship slots so is therefore useless. Which would you rather have. A starfish, or 3 squads of bombers that can become fighters if you need them to?

Back when Starfish were OP (this wasn't very long as a new patch was released quickly) it was the bombers that were useless. Advent only ever bothered with starfish as they were uber. 18 slots isn't terrible, but doesn't help.

Orkuli do damage more like starfish than Ogrovs anyway, and the reason they do less is because theyre wepoans firing on several different targets (or not firing at all), while ogrovs deal all their structure busting punch to 1 target at a time

This is no excuse. Usually, there is only one Orky in a grav-well at a time so it needs to be able to kill stuff. It is also restricted to that grav-well.

It sucks that you have to get 5 adjudicators to be able to to the kind of damage 1 ogrov does to 1 structure.

With decent range, this won't matter. Starfish get more targets. They are meant to be unique.

Armor shift on assault cruisers, yes

N3Rull agrees. Who else? who else has feedback on my change to assualt cruisers?

 

Reply #485 Top

This is no excuse

Never said it was an excuse, I feel both lack the punch Ogrovs have. I'm for an armor shift in Adjudicators so longs as their damage remains the same and their supply cost goes down a bit. They need to live longer and be easier to replace if it continues to take 15 minutes for a small group of them to take on a tight cluster of repair bayed structures.

So-

We've got some armor change suggestions, making them harder for Strikecraft to destroy

Reduction in supply cost

Reduction of firing banks

Increase in Shielding

Did I miss any?

 

Reply #486 Top

Never said it was an excuse

K, it just came across like that a bit. Glad to know that someone else has an opinion on my suggestion.

As for your list of changes, I've heard that starfish need a slightly longer ranged attack so this could belong there (I'm not sure if this is needed though). Other then that, your list looks complete.

 

Reply #487 Top

Starfish-

Increase shielding- definitely

reduction in supply cost- yes, I think 14 is good

reduction in firing banks- maybe by one, so it can only target 4 structures instead of 5

armor change- to medium, or heavy.

Ogrov-

Same armor change as the Starfish; toughen it's hull up a little.

Reply #488 Top
Mines
Buff Mines
Increase damage? N
Increase damage radius? N
Increase activation radius? N
Increase mines per deployment? N
Increase deployment spread? N
Decrease cost? Y
Reduce build time for Proximity Mines(TEC)? Y
Increase duration of Gravity Mines(Vasari)? Y
Fix homming mines AI to return to original deployment location(Advent)? Y
Make Gravity Mines an upgrade to existing mines? Y
Siege Frigates
Buff Siege Frigates
Increase Hp/shields/armor?: Y
Change armor type (currently light)?: N
Decrease Resource cost?: N
Decrease Supply Cost?: Y
Increase Bombardment damage?: N
Make TEC Heavy Fallout Active (currently passive)?: Y
Reduce Heavy Fallout effect time (currently 6 minutes)?: N
Reduce Xp value (currently 65xp)?: Y
Apply fixes to siege militia?: Y
Apply fixes to siege pirates?: Y
SEREVUN OVERSEER
Buff Serevun Overseers-
Increase firing arc of abilities?: Y
Increase turn rate?: Y
Make 'Reactive nanite armor' omnidirectional (360 degrees)?: N
Increase reduction of jump speed for 'Jump Degradation'?: Y
Allow 'Jump Degradation' to do a damage % to incoming enemy vessels' hulls?: Y
Allow 'Jump DEgradation' to disable passive regeneration?: N
SKAROVAS ENFORCER
Buff Skarovas Enforcers-
Decrease Resource Cost?: N
Decrease Supply Cost?: N
Increase hp/shields/armor?: Y
Increase Damage?: Y
Cheaper damage upgrades?: N (Better, Yes. Cheaper, No.)
Higher reintegration rate?: Y
DOMINA SUBJUGATORS
Buff Domina Subjugators-
Increase firing arc of abilities?: Y
Increase turn rate?: Y
Make abilities AOE?: N
Remove channeling from abilities?: Y
Fix Targeting AI (on all abilities for all races) to prevent wasteful use?: Y
CARRIER CLASS CAPITAL SHIPS
Buff Carrier Caps-
Increase Initial Armor? Y
Increase Squadron Capacity? Y
Make SC buffs AOE? N
Increase additional drones(Adept Drone Anima)? N (If squad capacity doesn't go up, then Yes.)
Re-work Scramble Bombers? Y
LIGHT FRIGATES
Buff Light Frigates-
Increase Damage?: N
Increase Damage bonus to armor type?: Y
Increase Hp/Shields/Armor?: N
Increase ability range?: Y
Increase firing arc?: N
Increase turn speed?: N
Tweak Targeting AI to favor support cruisers?: Y
Nerf Counters-
Decrease LRF Damage?: N
Decrease LRF damage bouns to medium armor?: N
Increase resource cost?: N
REPULSE:
Nerf Guardians-
Increase AM cost?: Y
Increase cooldown rate?: Y
Decrease AOE?: N
Increase resource cost?: N
Cause damage to shields?: N
Buff Counters-
Increase LF ability range?: Y
No affect to Cap Ships?: Y
Increase Distortion Field activation range?: Y
MISSILE BARRAGE:
Nerf Missile Barrage- (Hard target cap @ 42)
Decrease total damage?: N
Increase AM cost? N
Decrease AOE? N
Buff Counters-
Increase range on ability interrupts?: N
LF abilities can target caps?: N
Graphic Improvement?: Y
CARRIERS:
Buff Carriers-
Decrease build penalty?: Y
Increase fighter HP?: N
Reduce movement penalty?: N
Nerf Counters-
Reduce Flak rate of fire?: N
SCOUTS:
Nerf Scouts-
Reduce damage buff against light armor?: N
Increase scout supply requirement?: N
Increase resource cost?: N
Buff Vasari Scouts-
Increase Hp/Shields?: Y
Increase damage?: Y
ILLUMINATORS:
Nerf Illuminators-
Increase resource cost?: N
Adjust damage division between beams?: N
Decrease/adjust the HP/Shields?: Y
Increase supply requirement?: Y
Decrease Damage?: N

:fox:
Reply #489 Top

Ah kitkun welcome to the discussion

Reply #490 Top

My opinion on the orky-It kills EVERYTHING.Caps,sb,ships,structures,and even anti structure units.It shouldnt be as efficient at killing structures as a dedicated unit.It is geared more to killing ships it cant be uber at killing everything.What needs to be dne is a build increase for early game (add 10 sec to build) and an increase to aussalt spec(-10 sec over stock).This way it isnt op at begining of game and easier to build for later game.

Reply #491 Top

I'd rather it just stay put and give the Vasari an assault cruiser, of course, that'd ruin the abilities it has, but it's just a dream of mine.

Reply #492 Top

My opinion on the orky-It kills EVERYTHING
lol. Sure it kills, for heaven's sake. If you threw 20k credits on a fleet that cannot leave the gravity well it is stationed in, you would damn expect it to fight like all hell let loose when it has a chance.

But for the price of having no dedicated anti-structure ship, Orky should be much more effective.

And it doesn't kill SBs. You've been drinking. It only kills SBs if you invest more into its direct combat systems than the enemy did - and even then it will be a somewhat even fight that will last for 20 minutes.

Bleh.

Reply #493 Top

Quoting Major, reply 3
Yet another useless "what i want" thread... Sorry to come off like that, but this is exactly what it is.

Nobody ever stops to think about this..

What about the vision the developer's had for thier own game?

Originally sins was supposed to be all open mapped. No phase lanes. Orbiting planets, moons etc. But then came the multiplayer aspect which IMO is what killed those aspirations. So in came the phase lanes. Single objects per gravity well. chokepoints, and alot of buffing, and nerfing because no one seems to like how it plays in multiplayer despite the developers bests efforts to please you guys. Instead of staying true to thier own vision of what sins "should" be. I dont think sins is anything close to what the developers really wanted. Dont get me wrong it is a great game in its present state. I just think it is not a "complete" game knowing what was intended for the game, and didnt happen...Thanks to the multiplayer aspect, and sorry to say topics like this one where every kid bitching about "what they want" in the game. Do not help. If the developers granted every "wish", and the MP fans had thier way we would have superweapons that would kill everything in a grav well with one shot. Uberships, and ridiculously powered weapons, with no defenses to counter them. Look at all of the post similar to this one and you will see my point. I am just sorry it was this post i picked on. There are many like this i could have targeted. It is nothing personal against the OP.

I thought the game was balanced just fine before entrenchment came out. and early versions of entrenchment seemed to be ok to me. Yet there always seems to be "someone" who will not be happy no matter what the dev's do. They are indeed bending over backwards to make all the unnecessary changes that are being demanded by the fans. Deviating from thier own vision of what the original game should have been like to satisfy you guys.

Something new for the relentless MP crowd to think about.

couldnt agree more

 

but lets not forget this is a business for the developers and most people like the aliens because mostly all you have to do is push out a few assailants or illuminators and a colonizing cap and you can win against most people.  However a good TEC commander will build a fleet a complete fleet. My point is that if the people playing your games arent rdy for the future of gaming, the develoopers only thing to do is dumb the game down for them. For they must sell the game in order to do more with the revenue they make and hopefully create more of their vision in the next game. But yes its sad. I believe the developers real goal was to have an enemy force destroying humanity and expected alot more people to play the "disadvantaged"(i say this because its perception not fact) TEC. but to use your mind is hard for some so when people who play TEC start winning they go cry and say fix it we want to win waaaah :::(

AND YET THESE R YOUR FANS... so what now business overcomes vision. youve got guys who r eating steak now instead of canned food and never want to go back so we fix it so they can win.  In the end this is the only option.

However i will say the developers have done an excellent job keeping their vision because the TEC can still win. you have to be more disciplined but you can win easily still. Developers i would like to see the SOVA get its seventh fighter that you promised in the instruction  booklet though adding another at level 4,5, or 6 would be really helpful. thnx

_|~Sire

last note: if you want to see just how much the games been dumbed down just look at quickstart!

Reply #494 Top

last note: if you want to see just how much the games been dumbed down just look at quickstart!

I second that!

Reply #495 Top

I gotta agree with Stress as well. Still, might as well work with what we got now.

 

:fox:  

Reply #496 Top

Indeed prior to entrnehcment and early entrenchemnt were the nice days. That is when 1.01 entrenchement was out and I think vanila sins was 1.15. That balance was a result of a long 3 month balance beta with yeilded incredable results. The game was very well balanced and all races had an equal chance of victory. It was mostly up to the commanders and the map layout to decide the victor.

But some people kept whining about carriers and it was a minoraty. I only remember a few threads about carriers being oped but even then a carrier spamer was EASYLY defeated. Was easier to defeat a carrier spammer then to spam carriers your self. The game was workign as it should everythign had it's counter and all ships had their purpace. I was seeing more and more fleets cobinign all ship types from all races. The onyl down side was that caps were still as always dieing to fast.

Then came 1.02 entrnehcment and the game balance went from nearly perfect to 100% broken disfunctional. Thsi si when thread such as this one started poping up in a MAJOR way because now it's the majoraty that's upset. As a reponce tot hat Ironclad sent out 1.03 witch did absolutely nothing to help the problem for they toke 1 tiny baby step int he right direction but then toke 2 huge adult steeps back int he wrong direction. Result no change the game is still broken behond belif and their is only 1 viable race to play currently Advent. Witch was the main problem in 1.04 vanila sins the problem that cause Ironclad to ahve a 3 month long balance beta the yeilded very interesting results and had given this game the BEST balance it HAD EVER HAD. But they destroyed all of it now and we are back to 1.04 witch is belive by populer opinion The worst the game balance had ever been and is once more.

 

3 month of balance beta to just destroy it and go back to square 1. That is what 1.02 and 1.03 have accompliched.

Reply #497 Top

Request - let's discuss the subverter.

Distortion field - overnerfed. Still powerful, but completely one-shot. Subverters never survive doing this, cause after using this ability this very slow, weak and clumsy ship ends up with the majority of the enemy's guns facing its sorry face. They're just asking to be killed. I suggest the subverter jumps back to where he cast the Distortion Field after the channeling ends. That way, it may live to cast it someday again. It sure as hell won't be able to spam it, with its current AM cost and cooldown. The duration of the stun or the AM cost could even be nerfed some more to compensate, if only the subverter had any chance of surviving the casting of it. Right now, it's foolish to hope that this clumsy and squishy cruiser manages to turn 180 degrees and escape from the middle of the enemy fleet.

Shield Disruption - definately either this works on SBs or Cielos should gtfo from SBs as well. Could also use a slight buff to range.

Deceiver - mind adding it up thar?

Reply #498 Top
Distortion field - overnerfed. Still powerful, but completely one-shot. Subverters never survive doing this, cause after using this ability this very slow, weak and clumsy ship ends up with the majority of the enemy's guns facing its sorry face. They're just asking to be killed. I suggest the subverter jumps back to where he cast the Distortion Field after the channeling ends. That way, it may live to cast it someday again. It sure as hell won't be able to spam it, with its current AM cost and cooldown. The duration of the stun or the AM cost could even be nerfed some more to compensate, if only the subverter had any chance of surviving the casting of it. Right now, it's foolish to hope that this clumsy and squishy cruiser manages to turn 180 degrees and escape from the middle of the enemy fleet.

Yeah, I was calling it an overnerf from the moment they announced it. It just needs a slight reduction in the AM / Duration nerfage so Vasari actually has a viable way to deal with the TEC / Advent hordes.

Reply #499 Top

Yeah, I was calling it an overnerf from the moment they announced it. It just needs a slight reduction in the AM / Duration nerfage so Vasari actually has a viable way to deal with the TEC / Advent hordes
Not really. It's not the AM or the duration that's a problem.
Yeah, when the stun was 30 seconds for 150 AM (on a ship with a 350 max AM) you could easily chain this crap with 3 subverters for 3 minutes straight (1->2->3->1->2->3), never letting the enemy fart (and thus damage the subverters.
That WAS a little OP, sorry to say.

I do not mind the timer/am cost being where it's at. I think this part of the ability is decently balanced as it is.

A 1200-credit worth group of three cruisers should not be able to keep a 40000 credit fleet shut down for three minutes. That's friggin' imba (and I'm a dedicated Vasari player saying it).

I just don't like the fact that this thing just jumps, stuns and dies. Like that.

I fear that this is how the devs wanted it, judging by the fact that this ship costs about the price of an Assailant (50 resources of difference). Still, the Cielo is even cheaper and doesn't go all kamakazey with its abilities.

Damn.

Reply #500 Top

I suggest the subverter jumps back to where he cast the Distortion Field after the channeling ends.

Interesting idea. A simpler solution may be to give the Subverter more hull/shield points. Buffing Overseers may remove the high destruction rate of Subverters anyway.

Also, with the Vulkoras the issue has been raised that Phase Misile Swarm damages random targets that you may not target with the rest of your fleet so that the ships regen health and the damage is wasted.

This could be fixed by making PMS prioritises enemy ships that have already been damaged. Needless to say, PMS should also have a chance to bypass shields.