SE5 Beta 1.67 Changelog

[Ed Kolis]

/me casts Make Invisible on Narf

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Ed Kolis said:
/me casts Make Invisible on Narf

AAAAAHHHH!!!! I DON'T EXIST!!!!

/me runs in circles, screams and shouts.

[Captain Kwok]

The latest from the beta:

Version 1.70:
1. Fixed - Sometimes ships could move through a sector with enemy ships and not start combat.
2. Fixed - Help text describing a construction queue's emergency build rate.
3. Changed - Ships in combat with the same target will spread out around the target a bit more.
4. Changed - "Only Engines", "Only Weapons", and "Only Shield Generators" damage types now penetrate both shields and armor.

[AstralWanderer]

Captain Kwok said:
4. Changed - "Only Engines", "Only Weapons", and "Only Shield Generators" damage types now penetrate both shields and armor.

Don't like the sound of that - it greatly strengthens Ionic and Tachyon weapons (which previously could have been blocked by armour) and effectively means they can't be defended against (aside from staying out of range).

If anything, component targeting weapons should be able to bypass armour (which has to have openings for weapons and engines) rather than shields.

[Captain Kwok]

It was quickly suggested that perhaps most of these weapons be blocked by shields, while bypassing armor.

It's controlled by the data files though, so it's nothing that can be corrected easily if the patch doesn't do it right away.

[Suicide Junkie]

Personally, I'd probably have them just partially skip armor and shields, maybe 50% each.

But I'm not making stock.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

Suicide Junkie said:
Personally, I'd probably have them just partially skip armor and shields, maybe 50% each.

But I'm not making stock.

...Xintis is right!

[Fyron]

Captain Kwok said:
"It's controlled by the data files though, so it's nothing that can be corrected easily if the patch doesn't do it right away."

Which doesn't help multiplayer games very much..

[Captain Kwok]

Of course I agree, but I was suggesting that moreso for solo games. MM is aware of the grey area with #4 and I expect it to change a bit before the public patch.