Test Server Feedback

Hi all! As mentioned in this thorough post by CCP Fozzie, we're going to have Duality up and running for a few days to test some of the stuff we're doing in the winter expansion.

One of those things are making adjustments to the Ancillary Shield Boosters. There is a version now on Duality with different stats, we would love for you guys to test them out with us to give us a better indication of whether these adjustments are the right one or not.

The adjustments are:

• Reducing capacity in all four ASBs so they can now fit 7 normal ones (9 navy ones)
• Upping the duration of X-Large ASB from 4 to 5 seconds
• Adjusting the capacitor need of all four ASBs considerably

Again, we're still in the process of figuring out the best way to adjust the ASBs, so don't take the current stats as the final word on what will happen in the winter expansion. Hopefully this is just the first test of many with you guys.

Finally, there are a few other module adjustments we're contemplating, but are not testing right now, so more module testing is likely in the future.

Thanks in advance,
CCP SoniClover on behalf of Team Super Friends

Does this mean we will get navy cap booster 50s? 50s are what people use in medium ASBs. Maybe even navy cap booster 25s for small ASBs, even though they arent used much.

As well, i dont think increasing cap need of ASBs is necessary, they already are crippling in 1-2 rounds without charges

@previous post: no, limiting 1 per ship is a crappy idea. ASBs are a good concept and it helps active tanking as it should, it just needs to not be able to perma tank through reloads with 2 boosters. (While one is reloading, you should only have enough charges in the second booster to last 1/2 or maybe 2/3 of the reload from the first, when receiving the full DPS that your ship can tank with a single ASB)

Out of interest however, i think they should not limit resistance shifting hardeners to a single one. Maybe 2 or 3 will make them more useful in more circumstances.

That option is still very much on the table, but we want to explore a few other alternative as well.

Your link doesn't exist btw.

Yes, until we do the navy 50 version. Which I think we're going to do at some point, I just don't think it will make it into the winter expansion. But I've been wrong before

You only need to change 1 thing about them: 1 size booster per ASB. Right now the XLASB gets the same boost no matter if it uses an 800 or a 400. So everyone uses the 400 to get more cycles off. Which means it takes longer to run out of charges and they can fit more charges in their hold. That's the only thing unbalanced about them.

I don't mind ships being able to fit more than 1 ASB. usually you have to gimp the fit somewhat to get the first on and majorly gimp to get the second one on. And no only does that usually involve more Co-pros in the low but faction equipment in other slots. And that adds up to nice kills.

The point behind it is to get people to use the smaller charges. You aren't supposed to use the larger ones, those are for cap boosters, not ASBs. They want cap booster 200s, 150s, 100s, 50s, and 25s to actually sell on the market, thats why they made the boost the same as long as you had the right size range of cap booster in there. I thought it was a good way of getting those charges to be useful in PvP. The only cap charges people used for PvP prior to the expansion was navy 400s in small cap boosters, navy 800s in medium cap boosters, and 800s/navy 800s in large cap boosters. Now people use 25s in small ASBs occasionally, 50s in medium asbs, 150s/200s in large asbs, and standard 400s in XL ASBs.

another question: When do we get the T2 version?

Make it cost more fitting but holds 1 more navy charge

This would be the best fix IMHO.

Quick to Nerf, and slow to boost. One would think only 2 modules were released last expansion...

See I'm not the only one that thinks a stacking penalty is better.

Hopefully just to the capacity of the booster, really their boost amount should be left alone. The current issue isn't "It has too big of a burst tank", it is "It has too big of a sustained tank"