Sudden Vulnerability

[Ctfunnygirl]

Quite suddenly my ship - a level 45 Stam-R Armor with full Deluvian - is podding much more frequently than ever before.

Whereas on Mars, I used to be able to take on two harvs without needing to do a major repair, now after engaging only one - I find myself fleeing with smoke and fire coming out of my tail.

My shield - recently upgraded - seems to be less effective as well. The mantis easily blast through it and I have to repair more often than before - sending me to the E fields more often.

Weapons too, are just not taking out the mantis the way they used to - I'm hitting targets - but they just don't have the effect they have in the past. Guess what? Sending me to the E fields more often.

What I'm trying to convey is it's astonishing how different my ship is.

The other evening I was killing level 54 harvs on the moon with a couple of mates before the normal shut down - no problem. After shutdown we moved to Mars to kill level 50s and it was like I was flying a totally different ship. The first time I podded my mouth hung open.
I thought, What the....? Well, I guess I must not have been paying attention.... But once I got back after a few minutes of play I realized something was not right. My mate had to engage the interceptors while I ran away time and time again. Finally I just gave up and turned off the game - I was afraid I'd get podded by a Mine Slave!

At first I suspected it was lag. I went through my computer and checked everything. Connection, speed, graphics, quality... I even downgraded my settings in game. That's not it.

I have had conversations with other pilots and though it's not across the board - there appears to be several pilots who are experiencing a similar situation. The frustration level is pretty high for those of us who's ships are now so weak. Game play isn't as much fun when every time we go down to the surface we're fighting to stay alive and out of our pods instead of doing missions.

IS it a bug? Or have there been recent changes in the game having to do with E and memberships that may have affected pilots and ships in this manner?


Lool Askone Server Captain of The Family Business

 

[defacto]

A rocket on the moon peeled of half of the remaining life on my ship... it was a rank 55 rocketeer... it didn't even crit...

 

[stile]

The Moon and even the Earth hardness level seem to jump up about 80% for a rank 45 anything.

Its hard but you got to learn to play and once you get a rank 60 ship I have been told it gets a lot easier.

 

[PopFoo]

Quite suddenly my ship - a level 45 Stam-R Armor with full Deluvian - is podding much more frequently than ever before.

Whereas on Mars, I used to be able to take on two harvs without needing to do a major repair, now after engaging only one - I find myself fleeing with smoke and fire coming out of my tail.

My shield - recently upgraded - seems to be less effective as well. The mantis easily blast through it and I have to repair more often than before - sending me to the E fields more often.

Weapons too, are just not taking out the mantis the way they used to - I'm hitting targets - but they just don't have the effect they have in the past. Guess what? Sending me to the E fields more often.

What I'm trying to convey is it's astonishing how different my ship is.

The other evening I was killing level 54 harvs on the moon with a couple of mates before the normal shut down - no problem. After shutdown we moved to Mars to kill level 50s and it was like I was flying a totally different ship. The first time I podded my mouth hung open.
I thought, What the....? Well, I guess I must not have been paying attention.... But once I got back after a few minutes of play I realized something was not right. My mate had to engage the interceptors while I ran away time and time again. Finally I just gave up and turned off the game - I was afraid I'd get podded by a Mine Slave!

At first I suspected it was lag. I went through my computer and checked everything. Connection, speed, graphics, quality... I even downgraded my settings in game. That's not it.

I have had conversations with other pilots and though it's not across the board - there appears to be several pilots who are experiencing a similar situation. The frustration level is pretty high for those of us who's ships are now so weak. Game play isn't as much fun when every time we go down to the surface we're fighting to stay alive and out of our pods instead of doing missions.

IS it a bug? Or have there been recent changes in the game having to do with E and memberships that may have affected pilots and ships in this manner?


Lool Askone Server Captain of The Family Business

also the Cq ships are they same way tested yesterday w/ others, " dont tell me every thing is fine couse lots of ppl are seeing the same thing now i have been told by GM's every thing is fine its not"
so others from other servers are seeing this aswell, they are working on the CQ planets as we speak but when fixed is mabe a while.

 

[defacto]

The Moon and even the Earth hardness level seem to jump up about 80% for a rank 45 anything.

Its hard but you got to learn to play and once you get a rank 60 ship I have been told it gets a lot easier.

You don't understand, it wasn't like this earlier...

 

[lance]

The Moon and even the Earth hardness level seem to jump up about 80% for a rank 45 anything.

Its hard but you got to learn to play and once you get a rank 60 ship I have been told it gets a lot easier.

You don't understand, it wasn't like this earlier...

yep, i have heard many a complaint from players in 45 ships that their armour feels like tin foil comapred to what it was.

 

[peck]

even Gemini and Mizar ships are suddenly like this. but I'm experiencing the exact opposite. my GEMINI TANK is taking 4 shots before it dies (3rd level armor) on MOLIKAR!! i was constantly warned i wouldn't survive 1 fight. well, now I'm training to 35 there taking 1 fight fully on my shield and a second on what is left of my shield and my repair droid and health then charging and repeating. Please don't drop my health .

 

[Firebrand1]

i noticed a change when i was still flying my Gemini storm...one day it was fine next it was like everything was nerfed, weapons, armor, everything. When flying that old ship i could take out 2 DS no problem now just 1 sends me smoking and sparking back to the E field....Even with the Mizar storm i'm flying now the weapons and armor seem to be nerfed.

 

[TwistedMetal]

its the same in the rank 60 ships as well my sniper blaster used to 1 shot the moon lz mantis EVERYTIME now it takes 2 shots and the level 57 harvisters top right of the moon take way longer to kill as well now.