Cobra Power Usage

[Matt Hawkins]

Since the 1.1 update I no longer understand how I'm meant to balance the power usage in my neutered Cobra.

Deployed : 14.93
Available 15.60

I thought that meant I had plenty of spare power ... but I've just gone bounty hunting to find my beam lasers won't fire most of the time. It's taken me ages to get 10,000 in bounties with a 6,000 bill for ammo.

I'm getting a red warning triangle in the top right-hand corner which I assume means I don't have enough power? Is this deliberate or some sort of bug? The setup worked just fine before.

 

[-Jumper-]

Red triangle? That would be your heat warning.

 

[Mr. Bridger]

Yep, things are definitely overheating more, I had my first 'Temp Critical' warning ever from using the same weapons I've used for weeks.

 

[-Jumper-]

Oh, your power should be fine. As long as it is over your draw amount which means you are probably running very hot. Shield cells run this up, afterburner runs this up, etc.

 

[Murphy's Ghost]

Yep - since the latest, my heat levels in my Cobra are the only "new" problem to deal with - I'm seeing no new power issue. Mind, I have all A3/A4 modules but only have one shield cell & it's a fairly low cost one I was testing.

 

[SirAdelaide]

I logged in and couldn't power up half my modules. The C3 shield cell bank was using a whole heap more power, and had a third the charges. Toggling it on/off during combat is now a pain, but is necessary for the assassination missions. (viper)