Test Server Feedback

Hi all,

Singularity is now updated to include features for the Aegis release. This thread is for general feedback, so please use feature-specific threads linked below where applicable.

Mass Tests:
More info to come soon

Features:
Please note that features will come in over time and that the list does not necessarily comprise the entire content of the release.

Pirate Unicorns

• Various missile and torpedo balance changes, and 2 new types of missile boosting modules with 3 variants each.
• Ishtar, Drone Damage Amplifier and Tempest balance changes.

TriLambda

• All assets now at least shader C3 compliant
• Cerberus redesign

Game of Drones

• Backend item type changes

Five 0

• Hecate, Gallente Tactical Destroyer

Throw a hatchet at the Ishtar please and stop this piecemeal move of trying to tweak this battleship weapon platform cruiser.

You've tried three times nerfing this thing and now instead of attacking the direct issue of ishtars, the dronebay, sentry bonuses, and multiple flights, you change out it's slot layout?

This is comical the lengths you are going to address the Ishtar without addressing the Ishtar.

It's a little hard to evaluate the new missile modules when they still haven't been seeded on the test server for us to experiment with, can we expect to see those soon? I've a few new ships that I want to test the viability of.

I'd also like to re-iterate the point I made in the Ishtar thread, regarding how it is the only sub-battleship platform which gets a damage projection and application bonus to sentries, which is, as many others have agreed, the real problem with the Ishtar. Let it use sentries, sure, that's part of the flavour of drone boats. Be very wary however, of giving them range bonuses: the Ishtar effectively out-ranges every other cruiser-class platform in the game given it's applicable DPS. HM Cerbs or the like can match the range, but can't touch the Ishtar's applied DPS.

You guys are missing the complete point with the Ishtar.

It's very simple:

Remove the Sentry Bonuses.

Decrease the effectiveness of Drone Link Augmentors

Repurpose the Ishtar as a heavy-drone bonused armor hull for medium ranges.

All these tiny tweaks don't take the problem away, get rid of sentry bonuses and they still are solid ships but with less range projection.

DDA nerf is fine since drones aren't just OP on the Ishtar. Also it's a slight reduction. Way to take a reserved step on changes.

Fleet warp nerf is distilled cancer. Way to kill a mosquito with a sledgehammer. Seriously not pleased about that, especially since your propagation problems haven't been fixed. Honestly fixing propagation should be a prerequisite for making these changes. That or just make it so ship signatures can't be bookmarked at all and then just let FCs warp fleet to all bookmarks. Easy fix.

+1 for Cerb remodel

+1 for missile changes

Visually, I feel as if the new missile modules and BCU's should stay the same/moderately changed.

On note for the missiles, will TD's effect missiles or should there be another new module?

I got better idea.

How about you add gun Bay to every other ships.
Small gun is 5m3, med is 10m3, large is 25m3

Let other ships swap their guns accordingly to situation.

And give every hacs bonus to all gun sizes. Also optimal range bonus. This will allow other hac to get on Ishtar level because they will finally have bs level weapon bonus.

Or how about remove goddamn sentry bonus on Ishtar. And replace optimal range with drones velocity bonus instead.

+1 for keeping the old BCU icon; it's faster to distinguish between a damage & application module that way.

Seconded

Well this should be interesting.