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Fatal Perihelion
Chief Marshal
Fatal Squadron
Joined: April 15, 2010
Posts: 308
|  Posted: 2010-12-21 06:36
Its several months ago i played Darkspace and it seems to me like the ICC Assault Dreadnought cant stand much a fight anymore. When i used all PFE drives, or some, i had a lot of energy at the cost of speed of course. Now PFE drives seem useless and after 2 Beam strikes my AD is a sitting duck.
I might try reactive shields and expensive enchancements but i guess that wont change much. I have the feeling there is no more weapon against Kluth, beside switching to lower Shipclass and play the "anoying fly" part.
What do you think about this issue? Thank you and sorry for bad english.
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2010-12-21 06:42
We actually buffed energy generation across all ships. Energy generation now degrades when your ship surpases its cruising speed (base speed). In the case of the AD, it's 3 GU/s (before, it would start losing energy the moment your speed went above 0). And to top it off, the AD has better energy systems than the EAD.
I'm affraid what you're experiencing is all in your head.
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JBud
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From: Behind you.
| Posted: 2010-12-21 06:48
PFE drives are useless anymore, just stick with IE drives, they are better balanced.
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Fatal Perihelion
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: April 15, 2010
Posts: 308
| Posted: 2010-12-21 06:53
Are you sure? Back then i could turn "power to shields" at 0 speed and with 4 PFE drives i still would lose energy veeery slowly and with reactive shields at the sides and some blue enchancements not even lose energy at all. Well, i will search inside my head if i find something else beside blankness and will check out a litle more ingame.
*edit* this post was written before i could read the last post.
[ This Message was edited by: Fatal Perihelion on 2010-12-21 06:55 ]
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Galactic Navy
Joined: March 23, 2003
Posts: 11183
From: Bristol, England
| Posted: 2010-12-21 07:21
Back when I first implimented 'Defence Mode' for shields, they were very unbalanced and extremely overpowered, so I increased their energy drain, as well as their regen rate to further discourage use in-combat.
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Deth *CO2*
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Army Of Darkness
Joined: March 22, 2010
Posts: 193
| Posted: 2010-12-21 10:49
Peri here is a tip... Equip all defense upgrades go into battle with sheidls off then when you get to like 70 hull turn them on and when your sheilds are depleted turn them off i almost never run out of nrg when i fire only core and projectile weps when there almost dead i alpha alpha alpha
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The_Enforcer (The Vindicator)
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Joined: March 05, 2010
Posts: 163
From: another dimension
| Posted: 2010-12-21 10:56
havent flew a AD yet, but an EAD, yes, and i have all PFE drives on it, energy still is a problem to me
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Krim {C?}
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Joined: June 24, 2002
Posts: 362
From: Boston MA
| Posted: 2010-12-21 12:28
I prefer PFEs to IEs on the EAD i'd rather have the extra time to fire heavy lasers than a few extra GU/sec, If I need to travel fast I have a jump drive. On the Battledread I tend to use a combo since staying out of range is more important using pcannon fire, and with a mix of drives I can maintain more energy while going fast.
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Koba
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Praetorian Wolves
Joined: April 20, 2010
Posts: 309
From: United States of America
| Posted: 2010-12-21 13:37
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On 2010-12-21 12:28, Krim {C?} wrote:
I prefer PFEs to IEs on the EAD i'd rather have the extra time to fire heavy lasers than a few extra GU/sec, If I need to travel fast I have a jump drive. On the Battledread I tend to use a combo since staying out of range is more important using pcannon fire, and with a mix of drives I can maintain more energy while going fast.
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no comments from the peanut gallery thank you 
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Strategery
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Joined: December 07, 2002
Posts: 522
From: Straight Outta Boston!
| Posted: 2010-12-21 22:58
I've been back about a week and i did a complete engine/energy drain test on my favorite ships, usually ICC cruisers and dreads.
I figured out a perfect balance of energy drain - weapon fire ratio, particularly in the Assault Dreadnaught, at least for my flying style. It may or may not work for you. I can't really share my trade secrets though sorry. Unless of course you were in my fleet (insert shameless recruitment plug here). Your just gonna have to figure it out for yourself. I wonder why no one has mentioned AFE *?*
Happy Hunting
edit: after a conversation with a mod, i decided to clarify my post
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Reznor
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Joined: March 29, 2010
Posts: 316
| Posted: 2010-12-21 23:24
Afaik, AFE just gives you a higher max energy.
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Fatal Perihelion
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Fatal Squadron
Joined: April 15, 2010
Posts: 308
| Posted: 2010-12-22 10:29
Hey listen! i am sorry, i put this topic to early, everything is alright, PFE ok, i didnt check it out enough, made a mistake, it was all in my head lol.
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Azreal
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Posts: 2816
From: United State of Texas, Houston
| Posted: 2010-12-22 20:37
I tried IE, PFE and AFE. So far, I'm liking the AFE better of all things. The one listed as the oldest tech. Maybe it is my own play style, I dunno.
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Reznor
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| Posted: 2010-12-22 23:09
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On 2010-12-22 20:37, Azreal wrote:
I tried IE, PFE and AFE. So far, I'm liking the AFE better of all things. The one listed as the oldest tech. Maybe it is my own play style, I dunno.
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I was under the impression that it had higher max energy and lower speed/regen. Is that true?
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MarineKingPrime
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Exathra Alliance Fleet
Joined: October 04, 2010
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From: CSS CheezyBagels
| Posted: 2010-12-23 02:40
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On 2010-12-22 23:09, Reznor wrote:
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On 2010-12-22 20:37, Azreal wrote:
I tried IE, PFE and AFE. So far, I'm liking the AFE better of all things. The one listed as the oldest tech. Maybe it is my own play style, I dunno.
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I was under the impression that it had higher max energy and lower speed/regen. Is that true?
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It is indeed.
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