We have run the Community balance council 2 and gotten a series of results guiding things ever so slightly towards a new and more mobile meta. Jump changes, heavy PD-able changes, and some minor tweaks are in this round. We look forward to seeing the effect on the current meta.

PD-able Adjustments

by Owlfeathers These are a modest rework increasing the general quality of PD-able weaponry. The missile changes are somewhat contentious as high speed Premium ships have few clear counters, but it should be within tolerances.

Missile

• Reload Time 2.06 1.93 (6.5% faster Rof)
• Projectile Speed 352 m/s 304 m/s
• Energy use 2860e 2650e
• Mass 30t 20t

Torpedo

• Range 1100m 1250m
• Energy use 1250e 1100e
• Health 10 15

Artillery

• Range 1600m 1700m

Phase Nerf

Inspired by blaze/nulitor There has generally been a sentiment that phase bombs are slightly too good, but there have been mixed feelings on how to nerf it. This is a general minor nerf to damage and a slight normalization.

Phase Bomb

• Damage 160 150
• Reload Time 3.75 3.56 (5% faster RoF)
• Weight 20T 22T
• Energy use 3600e 3500e

Jump Buff

by Owlfeathers Jump changes seem to have been mostly in the right direction, but it seems a hair weak. The official proposal by Owl was requesting a sharper decrease to min distance, but because of the jump-delay currently present, min distance is only being reduced to 150 for now. This is a much larger buff than it seems at first, roughly improving the part by 50% for ships that just wanted a jump-turn.

Jump Drive

• Jump Distance and Recharge Rate: +10%
• Min Distance: 200m 150m

Other Adjustments

Other minor changes are in, including a reduction to shield capacitor Tanks while buffing them for use with Heavy Shields, and a slight reduction to Flamethrower cost.

Shield Capacitor

• Shield 8 9
• Mass 5T 5.5T
• Shield Recharge 1.2/sec 0.65/sec
• Energy Cost 16e/sec 8e/sec

Flamethrower

• Cost 5 3

[ 2021-06-12 20:30:30 CET ] [ Original post ]

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