Patch Notes Update April Update - Patch Notes

[Lightspeed]

It's going to make for an interesting Interstellar Initiative they have planned, with everyone in Solo

 

[muroko]

You literally said "from the ganked person's perspective, which i have been a couple of times, it really makes no difference if you can boost or not".

Omitting that "if you don't build your ship" completely changes the context. Of course if someone is flying a poor build they're going to go boom from even the weakest gank regardless of engineering experimentals thrown at them.

However, from the perspective of a wing-ganked competent pilot in a decent medium ship, boost can be the difference between rebuy and "see ya later, gankabois!"




Lol "unwarranted attack", "toxic player". Somehow I don't think you're well qualified to comment on the ramifications of subtle PvP oriented engineering changes. It takes a bit more nuanced view and different sort of experience for this.

hence i wrote "from the ganked person's perspective" and not "from the perspective of an experienced and well prepared PVP player". English is hard

 

[ChromaLemon]

unless they hit you with a mass lock munition

PvPer with 2k hours.

What's a mass lock munition? Enlighten me.

 

[Phisto Sobanii]

The gunship may therefore become a more formidable opponent.

That's doesn't make the change even remotely a good idea.

 

[muroko]

He said high wake...

my bad

 

[VerticalBlank]

PvPer with 2k hours.

What's a mass lock munition? Enlighten me.

I think he must mean a Grom bomb.

 

[muroko]

PvPer with 2k hours.

What's a mass lock munition? Enlighten me.

I meant the experimental effect on torpedos.

 

[Rebel Yell]

However, from the perspective of a wing-ganked competent pilot in a decent medium ship, boost can be the difference between rebuy and "see ya later, gankabois!"

Boost IS the difference... LOL my ship license plate is "CYA L337 GANKAB015"

 

[Feros-da-Grundig]

hence i wrote "from the ganked person's perspective" and not "from the perspective of an experienced and well prepared PVP player". English is hard

Experienced well prepared players get ganked all the time.

If by "English is hard" you're passive aggressively implying I should have deduced your full meaning... I suggest you instead simply say what you mean, not assume folks will infer things that don't follow from what you do say.

If there's a genuine language barrier I apologize.

 

[Dukechiken]

Glad to see folks so clearly stepping up and admitting they don't care for the health of the game at all. Appreciate it, Commander! Makes the rest of our jobs that much easier.

For the Greater Good... for the greater good.....

 

[Shwinky]

I meant the experimental effect on torpedos.

It's on dumbfire missiles, which are even harder to hit than PAs because they don't inherit ship speed. Nothing with lock-on can reset your FSD. Just fly erratically and you won't get hit. If this drag munitions buff comes to pass, though, that whole "flying erratically" thing becomes way easier said than done.Without boost your vector will remain really smooth and gankers should have no issue lining up the shot.

 

[Feros-da-Grundig]

I meant the experimental effect on torpedos.

Do you actually mean FSD reset Dumbfires / Grom PP weapon?

The most common effect on torpedos is the reverberating cascade, which attacks shield generator directly. That does not sound like "mass lock" to me.

 

[Phisto Sobanii]

For the Greater Good... for the greater good.....

Hardly.

 

[Phisto Sobanii]

Do you actually mean FSD reset Dumbfires / Grom PP weapon?

The most common effect on torpedos is the reverberating cascade, which attacks shield generator directly. That does not sound like "mass lock" to me.

I do believe there is a special effect for torpedoes called Mass Lock Munitions. Never used it myself but I'm pretty sure it shuts the FSD down for longer? Inara is down for it's nightly cycle otherwise I'd check there to confirm.

Also, hi! Glad to see you around here again.

 

[ryan_m]

I do believe there is a special effect for torpedoes called Mass Lock Munitions. Never used it myself but I'm pretty sure it shuts the FSD down for longer? Inara is down for it's nightly cycle otherwise I'd check there to confirm.

Also, hi! Glad to see you around here again.

No one in the game has ever used that effect because of how dumb and ineffective it is haha

 

[Feros-da-Grundig]

I do believe there is a special effect for torpedoes called Mass Lock Munitions. Never used it myself but I'm pretty sure it shuts the FSD down for longer? Inara is down for it's nightly cycle otherwise I'd check there to confirm.

Also, hi! Glad to see you around here again.

Turns out you're right. Slows FSD charge. Learned something new.

However, given how much more effective reverb cascade is, I doubt this is ever used, and figure the poster meant grom / fsd reset since they're so common.

Hi! Always good to see you Phisto but I hope my return here is brief. Life is better without this place, especially if one can otherwise stay in touch with those rational members. Our "tribes" as you call them

 

[Phisto Sobanii]

No one in the game has ever used that effect because of how dumb and ineffective it is haha

Oh gods yeah. I had to look it up to make sure my mind wasn't playing a trick on me.

 

[Feros-da-Grundig]

No one in the game has ever used that effect because of how dumb and ineffective it is haha

Well we've got a dude insisting the drag munition won't make any difference for ganking, and also claiming experience with one of the least common most useless experimentals in the game, so probs we both need to go back to PvP skool cuz clearly we have it all wrong.

 

[Cmdr Tel]

Ramming speed! Prepare for impact...<put put>.....could someone put the kettle on?

 

[Scarecrow II]

Turns out you're right. Slows FSD charge. Learned something new.

However, given how much more effective reverb cascade is, I doubt this is ever used, and figure the poster meant grom / fsd reset since they're so common.

Hi! Always good to see you Phisto but I hope my return here is brief. Life is better without this place, especially if one can otherwise stay in touch with those rational members. Our "tribes" as you call them

Yeah, but it doesn’t affect high wakes which is why it’s almost useless for a gank.