On 2010-06-17 13:26, Wild Cat wrote:
As a UGTO player I've noticed quit a change in combat......yatta yatta yatta




[ This Message was edited by: Wild Cat on 2010-06-17 13:29 ]

On 2010-06-17 13:26, Wild Cat wrote:
As a UGTO player I've noticed quit a change in combat.

I'm by far no top-gun pilot, but do consider my self to be quit skilled at piloting the lower tier ships. Quit a few weapon configuration changes I've seen that I'm still getting used to.

In a one on one, frigate fights, I was quite able to stand on my own and had a 50/50 chance on winning or losing. (forcing a flee or killing blow)

Currently I've not won a single fight yet in a one on one, nor do I feel I have the staying power / damage out put I normally had. (with a few exceptions of players who flew almost like it was an AI ship)
Usually it felt like my fights lasted longer and would I have to flee I was at least satisfied that I also worn my opponent down to near death. Now I've to bail out or get killed as my armor gets worn down while my opponents his shields still stand strong.


Now the thing is, I don't know if this is due to the new shield mode that enables them to recharge a lot faster or the weapon changes I'm still not fully used to.


The few things that make me believe its related to the shield mode, is that several times I've noticed that my opponents started to dodge my attacks for a short period of time and the weapon fire slowed down or completely stopped. During that time, the shield strength increased, more rapidly then I'm used to. Shortly after, my opponent reengaged back in to combat.
This I've seen repeated several times ever time when I started to scratch the armor. I never really manage to do some serious hull damage.

Toyed around with EMP Cannons, but they hardly made a difference.

Any how, I can't say for sure if this is caused by the new shield mode, for it very well could be due to the weapons changes or I'm just a poor pilot with a to big ego about his own piloting skills

This is my feedback and my experience of the few fights I could obtain the best results from.

On 2010-06-17 13:35, Fleet Admiral CRAZY45 *TO* wrote:
#1 i dont see anything wrong if thay are useing it in combat to an extent

On 2010-06-17 07:10, Lark of Serenity wrote:
pakhos,
A) playing a hit and run faction as a slugging match faction is probably not wise. if youve run out of energy youre doing it wrong.
B) if its shields went up, you were trying to solo a station. dont shoot stations by yourself next time.

energy drain off shield regen is pretty massive. usually i have to drain my ships entire energy store to run shields back up from all 0s. its balanced just lovely.

On 2010-06-17 17:20, Wild Cat wrote:

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On 2010-06-17 13:35, Fleet Admiral CRAZY45 *TO* wrote: #1 i dont see anything wrong if thay are useing it in combat to an extent

I don't recall saying it is wrong that its used during combat.
I only pointed out that it enhanced the combat staying capabilities during combat noticeably.

But I can't say for sure, never asked if my opponent if he was using the defense mode to recharge or not. I only assume he did due the the rapid shield regeneration believed to see.


Any way,
I just played a good scenario game with a couple of good long battles with lots of players involved. During combat mixed with cruisers dreads and stations, I didn't notice much of a difference trying to hammer down the shield of my target, but then again I wasn't the only one shooting at my target.

However, I noticed that wounded/damage ICC ships that managed to shake free from the front line or managed to keep an ally between them and the fire where able to recharge and get back in to the fray with out actually leaving the battle.

I'm pretty jealous of this , even if I manage to shake free I still need to have a friendly supply ship around or pull back from the battle field to lick my wounds at a depot before I can effectively rejoin battle.

On 2010-06-17 15:28, BackSlash wrote:
ICC are not meant to have the most powerful small ships, or bigger ships. They're meant to be even. If the small ships end up too powerful, we'll change it as a result.

On 2010-06-16 22:46, Kenny_Naboo wrote:

Overcharge, Regen, Defense..... bah. Just semantics.

ICC got what they wanted, a way to keep their shields up. That's all that matters.

Def mode works as intended. Gets ICC back into combat faster, and a way to keep up with the Uggies. Now they can just sit at planets and let the rep drones work on their armor and hull, while Def mode restores shielding.

And I noticed that Def mode works great on their stations. ICC stations are now tough nuts to crack. 3 K'luth dreads took a damned long time to kill a single ICC station with blue Def enh + Def mode. Granted that the station couldn't really use its beams to fire back much. But if there had been a couple of ICC dreads about, it would have resulted in an ICC win.

On 2010-06-17 15:28, BackSlash wrote:
ICC are not meant to have the most powerful small ships, or bigger ships. They're meant to be even. If the small ships end up too powerful, we'll change it as a result.

On 2010-06-18 00:03, Fleet Admiral Aranox wrote:

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On 2010-06-16 22:46, Kenny_Naboo wrote: Overcharge, Regen, Defense..... bah. Just semantics. ICC got what they wanted, a way to keep their shields up. That's all that matters. Def mode works as intended. Gets ICC back into combat faster, and a way to keep up with the Uggies. Now they can just sit at planets and let the rep drones work on their armor and hull, while Def mode restores shielding. And I noticed that Def mode works great on their stations. ICC stations are now tough nuts to crack. 3 K'luth dreads took a damned long time to kill a single ICC station with blue Def enh + Def mode. Granted that the station couldn't really use its beams to fire back much. But if there had been a couple of ICC dreads about, it would have resulted in an ICC win.

and 1 icc station and 1 - 2 icc dreads SHOULD win vs 3 luth dreads...
[ This Message was edited by: Fleet Admiral Aranox on 2010-06-18 00:09 ]

On 2010-06-18 00:07, Fleet Admiral Aranox wrote:

well then you prolly needa change it i play ICC and our smaller ships HAVE been more powerful ive taken on 3 ugto scout in my ICC sensor scout and won so im either the best play ever or my ship is totally OP i shall concede it was the latter of the two

On 2010-06-18 01:35, Talien wrote:

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On 2010-06-18 00:07, Fleet Admiral Aranox wrote: well then you prolly needa change it i play ICC and our smaller ships HAVE been more powerful ive taken on 3 ugto scout in my ICC sensor scout and won so im either the best play ever or my ship is totally OP i shall concede it was the latter of the two

Were you using enhancements? Were the UGTO scouts antisensor or long range maybe? Or just new players. I've taken on multiple UGTO scouts with my sensor corvette and won as well, but I'm certainly not the best pilot ever, nor is a stock sensor corvette overpowered. It's amazing the difference a few enhancements will make.