Old and new subjects, review of bad things, my opinion

[Last Martyr Elixz]

Small review of what happen to the game, if you don't know it...



The mad Cost changes

After launching draconis, and making all items with the ships, cost more then 5 times the normal sol ships, you just get surprised...

The Repair Droid modification

- By telling us the armor was higher, which doesn't matter much, since the amount increased, was so low it doesn't matter if you make the repair droid weaker

The cryonite penalty

why does it say 20% less drop rate, if your drop rate is 4 times lower? I wonder how people with sirius ships are supposed to get there cryonite alone.

The bp system

well i left game right after that
So let's make it clear, this is how it really works:

- First, you increase the amount for bp parts from 1, to 1-26(it's about which system you currently in).
- You increase the drop rate for the bp's, then some time later, you decrease the parts needed, then make the drop rate even worse then it was before, then you make the drop rate even worse.
- In last phase, this is what happens you suddenly release the drop is worse then it was before all this happened .


Small example

- So i am in my sirius ship, hunting bp's alone, i want to complete a bp, but i need 26 parts, so i start killing npc's.
- 1 hour later with best bp booster...zzz...
... In that time with the old bp system, and with best bp booster i'd complete the bp in less then 1 hour...


My story/ opinion for what happen so far...
I have been in Sirius not directly when it came up, but some time later, I've seen the different ships power force, and survival abilities... But after seen a mere ancient boss, killing a pilot in 1.5 sec, with just blasters! I did think, how weak can a ship be. The fire force of the ancient ships are OK, but it it isn't as strong as it should be, if you compare with the sirius Npc's...
The ships HP is to low, it should be higher, or you can't survive good in sirius, and pvp works very bad.


I don't mind the ships costing 1.8 million cryonite, it might take me 2.5 weeks to get all the cryonite, but with the current ships and items, you wonder if it's worth the time.

I feel the developers didn't think of the players opinion of the matter with the so called development of Pirate Galaxy, as some calls it


Well this is so far what i know, and what i think, sorry for my bad English^^


Cheers, Elixz

 

[Black-Eagle]

I agree, especially with the bp part. I left the game for the same exact reason, and now I'm thinking of leaving it again. Right now I'm in gemini, hunting for a rare collecter, repair, and aggrobomb, here are the results from hunting for 4 days for at least 5 straight hours.
3/6 collecter
3/8 repair
0/9 aggrobomb
And the same thing is happening with me on Earth, after trying for 2 days to get a blaster with HELP, I still even don't have a blaster. I know the developers thought players are getting bps too easy, which I think they were kinda right, but they made it too difficult right now to even considering playing the game. They should increase the drop rate or decrease the parts.

 

[Ghost division Kane]

I agree about BP drop, it is obvious that is reduced negatively in order to force pilots to buy boosters for money. But i don't agree with your strategy of shooting bps alone on Sirius. Sirius is meant for squads not lone wolf playing.

 

[ON_ur_SYX]

While i agree that the drop rate with bp's for sirus are way low... I have to ask you one question regarding the game as a whole....

How easy do you want it to be?

The rares you are looking for are RARE. They shouldn't be easy to find. It shouldn't only take a few days to complete one either. It should take weeks, perhaps months because they are RARE.

We complain about how hard the game is... and i do agree with some aspects that should be changed; like needing a ridiculous amount like 23 to complete a single item. It's almost impossible to complete unless you have more than one squad as people log off and so much time is needed just to complete it and most people cant kill the sirus mantis on their own.

But to get back to my question.. how easy do you want the game to be? Personally i feel satisfaction when i finally FINALLY finished a particular mission that i just couldn't get past. If the game were so easy that we sail through it then where's the challenge?

 

[Last Martyr Elixz]

it's not like it was to easy to get rares, i once tried to get the sol thermo blaster, and still to this day I haven't got it yet... it isn't to easy, I am just saying don't trick us, say if you wanan change so it get's harder, say it straight out, it's how I feel, I wouldn't like to hear my parents tell my i am adopted when i am 20, that would just make me angry, same like this, be honest, say it straight out, the reason i left was simply cus of these things, I didn't have so much trust anymore, it took a while to i tried to think it isn't a problem... i mainly am anry now for the cryonite amount needed for the ships, i suppose next system gonna be 4-6 mill...

 

[Ghost division Kane]

If it is rare then I think 1 rare bp for hour must be. If the drop rate is good than 1 in every 40 min. That would be fair in this game. About Sirius BPs they are not rare. There are some rare like rare mantis ships that come from bosses and rare color on some rings. BP that have 24 or 21 parts its not rare, its just blue one. It needs that much because its from Sirius. In the next system it will take 30 for one complete. But to take one part you only have to kill level 2 unit on that planet, which in squad of 2-3 pilots is easy. BPs that come from strong units need 16-14 to complete. The more stronger the unit, the less BP parts you need. Its OK for me that this game be hard or medium or easy, but if they want to make game harder, then make mantis stronger, do not give us low drop or option that one mantis drop several bps. If I want SCX rare ship on Vega, I shoot Rocket turrets and 60% of all drop is some other BP like gold rockets. If I search for gold aim computer, I shoot Marauder commanders and he is giving me 5 gold SCX and then 1 gold aim. They should make 1 bp kind from 1 type of Mantis.
And Eliz I wont be angry of my parents telling me that I am adopted, that doesnt change anything.

 

[Defcon]

It was never easy to get Rare BP's. Not in the old days whaen it was only 1 and not now. It's not like u walk into a supermarket and complete them.

For those that look for a specific one, yes that can be very frustrating. There is several techniques.

1 : The most boring one : sit in one place and shoot the same thing over and over. Horrible. Sometimes needed when mantis are strong and you have to be carefull not to get overrun.
2 : Figure out what bp's you need and find out where they drop. Find a close circuit of mantis groups that drop the desired BP's. Like Moon : Sol Rockets / Sol Shield / Sol Aggrobomb. Then fly from one group to another shooting the mantis you need. just keep flying around and shooting them. Less boring and nice cryo.
3 : Do Missions and help with (story)missions. You might be surprised how many Golds drop when ur nit specifically lookin for them. And in a group you shoot a lot more mantis together.
4 : The occasional Booster is a big help. it does not feel that way when u sit in one spot, but flying around killing the right mantis will give results.
5 : Do not expect a certain BP to be complete in one day. Some take along time. Sol Droid took me more then a year. SAimply because after a few hours i get bored with it.
6 : Friends / Clanmates can be off great assistance. Ask what they need and try to shoot for both parties or even more. Try it for an hour. Then do something else.

Well that is my approach to the rare bp's.

Sirius is a whole other thing. You cannot pick out a specific mantis. You can only hope that the right BP drops on the planet you land on. And nobody knows what is on there because it is totally random.

if i am correct, on the fifth ring there is 201 different BP's that might drop + 5 ships. Total 206. On each planet there is a random set of 5 BP's. It changes every time.

The chance that u land on a Fifth Ring planet and find the exact BP you are lookin for is 7.51%.

A little further with this. The Gizah drops only 3 BP's and only the Gizah can drop a Sirius Ship BP.

The chance that this set of 3 BP's from the Gizah contains a Sirius Ship BP is 3%.

I might be off a little, but not much based on the presumptions i made. Feel free to correct me if i am wrong.

Conclusion : keep your fingers crossed whenever you land on a Fifth Ring planet. It might take Years to complete some sets of BP's. Compared to that, searching for Rares in the lower systems is a walk in the park.

Thx and good luck

 

[Ghost division Kane]

I feel free then to correct you. BPs on 5th ring are total 436. 219 from Giza, 117 from green bosses and ds commanders and 100 from strong units (raider and punisher look alike). So I think chances are lower than 3%. Anyway I m playing in Sirius for almost a half a year now, and I have 2 Sirius ships bps, Raider and Legionary, but Legionary I will never buy, because I want Punisher, cause Punisher is the best ship which can kill Dominator very easy. I use Raider a lot, shooting Giza with it is excellent, shieldy, flamy, speedy and helping others, very important ship, 2nd best after Punisher to be honest. Also there is a fact that Giza cannot be shot without Constructor or Raider anyway.
But also that chance could be incresead because I heard that THEY changed something, update or whatever. From now on, every cycle of respawned planets will have several Sirius BPs. So you need only a clan with 4+ players with big ships or 3+1draco ship with sirius tech, and you can jump 4th and 5th ring planets, making your jump ship to last months.
Although some guys in the game make full Sirius ships with Sirius tech. They have several clans, all in Sirius, so they can jump from one clan to another all the time, so when I shoot 1 Giza, he got 3. So he got triple that chance to find Sirius BPs.