AX combat ruined!!

[tolm]

There’s a pretty big trade off for the extra weapons (significantly less hull) and, personally, most of the damage I take from AX CZs is from the Scouts and the Swarm clobbering me whilst I avoid the Interceptors main cannon with heatsinks …

I probably “need” to try a Chieftain again but I can’t see how 5 or 6 Shards are gonna be very maintainable - heat-wise - with only 2 heatsinks (after scanner and field-neutraliser) and I find ‘em pretty “meh” against Scouts (granted, not tried SIX of ‘em …) so, to me, the whole “insta-gib” thing feels like a bit of a party trick as opposed to a practical approach in the longer battle scenarios.

I have my “mission runner” Chief out with me now so I can try a refit.

Or maybe a Chally would be better for more C2s?

 

[Daniel Cloudsifter]

I kind of agree, thargoids are supposed to be scary and threatening. Cyclops are ridiculous now.

Also I completely assumed that the higher limit modules for AX weapons only applied to the human experimental weapons, not the guardian. I don't think the guardian ones should have been increased.

Cyclops are the lowest level of interceptor. They can still be... troublesome... when supported by multiple scouts and/or other interceptors.

Basilisks are still tougher, still the fastest (which can be a problem), and are frequently found in base CZs.

Medusas are still even tougher than that, still hit really hard, and are also frequently found in the base CZs (sometimes even in the first wave!).

Hydras... I still won't even engage those.

But yes, the game has been made too easy. Let's keep these fights taking 20-30 minutes per Interceptor when we have them EVERYWHERE due to invasion. Yep, that sounds like a plan.

Honestly, you can have your "super hard" endgame content back as soon as that content moves back to the Pleiades/Coal Sack Nebula and leaves the bubble. When I no longer have to worry about systems burning down where I've built up high reputation and like to do missions, then you can have your end game content back.

This whole dang war has ruined my "Blaze your own trail" and I'm sick of it!

 

[Kerissimo]

Typical MMO stuff, the old content is replaced by new one, and old "epic gear" is now obsolete, and we need to grind new "epic gear". And the same is with the bosses.

 

[Red Anders]

I could swear people had been moaning since AX weapons were first introduced about only being able to equip four of them and how it was a silly, artificial limit. Must be thinking of a different game.

 

[Ozric]

As was pointed out in the second post, this is a duplicate so I'm closing it.