Weird Damage glitch

Damage from owned frigate/capital ship factories

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I havent seen this happen playing against people online but recently while playing against an AI opponent  (Vasari) and a few times before playing as the advent this strange thing happened. When i played as the advent the beams of my ships came of of the enemy factories and destroyed anything near them almost instantly. this time the enemies flashbeams came at my ships unflashing..lol and nothing could survive more than a few seconds except my caps near them.

 

does anyone know what this is?? im all updated btw.

 

thanks!

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top

Do you still have the replay? 

Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

not of the original. this time my repair structures were giving off the beams. my constructor ship in the beginning.

 

 

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

pm ed u

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

This is the "Discharge Missile" special of the Kanrak Assailant.  It's a little bit deceptive since the beam is actually created by the missile when it hits its target, so it's not clear that it's coming from the Kanrak at all.  The "can't survive more than a few seconds" thing threw me off and made me think this was a bug, but reviewing the replay the issue was merely that the enemy had damage upgrades maxed out and outnumbered you, which is going to be a recipe for sudden death in most cases.

Strategically speaking, it appears you fell behind economically much earlier in the game and your relative fleet size suffered as a result.  Your defeat was a forgone conclusion long before these battles were fought.  This is a fairly common problem for new players that you'll overcome with a bit of experience.

Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top

this happened with the advent too. explanation?

Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top

this happened with the advent too. explanation?

My best guess would be that you're looking at the illuminator vessel, which has two beam weapons on its sides in addition to a primary beam weapon up front.  Hence, each illuminator fires three beams at a time and they will usually strike different targets.

There was a bug last version that caused the illuminator's beam weapons to deal additional damage, but if you're fully patched this should not be an issue (the illuminator is a mediocre unit currently)

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Advent beams are a brighter blue and remain visible longer than the pulse beams from a charged Phase Missile. They are actual weapons fire, not an ability effect.