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Medium incursions in a corvette

ShinonomeShinonome
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Tried this out, and...

* So most of the attacks just bypass my shields? O..k. Leaves my shields feeling just a little useless.
* Holy sheet did my ship take a ton of hull damage. Is this thing made of paper?
* ...Repair kits only restore 2~3% hull per?

I feel like some tweaking needs to be done here. In particular, corvettes don't really feel tough enough to warrant shields getting bypassed so frequently. And taking just a few hits consumed all 30 repair packs I had on me, and still didn't fully repair my ship.

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  • KestrelKestrel
    edited January 2019
    Counter point: corvettes are only one step up from Interceptors on a ladder that has ten rungs. If Corvettes were able to handle medium incursions, and Light Freighters able to handle hard ones, there’d be no point in ever saving/grinding up to obtain a Destroyer, let alone a Supercruiser.

    Easy and hard may seem relative in these early days of Starmourn, but I for one think you shouldn’t be able to handle medium incursions until you’ve obtained a Destroyer, and should need a Supehauler or higher class ship to handle hard incursions.

    This may seem like a lot considering only ten people in the game can even pilot a Destroyer just yet, but bearing in mind that the game hasn’t even been out for a month, I think this is a good thing.

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  • MatlkaelMatlkael
    edited January 2019
    Also another thing to keep in mind: not all medium incursions are made equal. Fighting off a medium vonikin krel incursion would be very different to fighting off a medium mining drone one, just like in the easy levels.
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  • XeormXeorm
    Could probably do too with more variation in difficulty ratings. 
  • ShinonomeShinonome
    Counter point: corvettes are only one step up from Interceptors on a ladder that has ten rungs. If Corvettes were able to handle medium incursions, and Light Freighters able to handle hard ones, there’d be no point in ever saving/grinding up to obtain a Destroyer, let alone a Supercruiser.
    Right now it seems like they'd be easier to do in an interceptor, because of the shield bypass mechanic. This seems kinda dumb to me. Along with needing to pig out on repair kits like a fat man at an all you can eat buffet.

    Easy and hard may seem relative in these early days of Starmourn, but I for one think you shouldn’t be able to handle medium incursions until you’ve obtained a Destroyer, and should need a Supehauler or higher class ship to handle hard incursions.

    With the captaincy exp falloff from easy's, good luck grinding to destroyers from them....
  • TyeTye
    Do you have autorepair on? Astromechs burn through repair kits way too fast with autorepair on.
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  • ShinonomeShinonome
    Tye said:
    Do you have autorepair on? Astromechs burn through repair kits way too fast with autorepair on.
    Nope.

    But it doesn't matter when each kit is 2 or 3% repairs.
  • XiruXiru
    I’m jealous you could afford to build out a corvette.
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  • ShinonomeShinonome
    Syaja said:
    I’m jealous you could afford to build out a corvette.
    Learn from my mistake: Instead build an interceptor with 2 mediums and the best shields you can pack on it. You'll have a much easier time with medium incursions.
  • XiruXiru
    Oh trust me, I’m sitting on a corvette shell. Wish I’d waited.
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  • ShinonomeShinonome
    Just did another one. 3500 gross, 2900 spent on supplies... 600 marks profit. Technically profitable, but a big loss compared to ground bashing...
  • BeepBoopBeepBoop
    I'm at level 8 and even hard incursions only give me 3-4% per. I don't think these were ever intended to require the largest ships to beat.
  • DPierreDPierre
    I agree. Even in an interceptor, shields are bypassed way too much...
  • TyeTye

    -- Updates - #52 --------------------------------------------------------------

    Date:     01/07/2019 at 01:54

    Author:   Tecton, the Singularity

    Subject:  Small tweaks.


    - The base chance for an attack to bypass shields has been lowered. This does not impact the size

    differential element, just the static base chance.


    - The Chion main quest elements will now correctly return you to the ship you flew in on, not your

    first ship.


    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  • ShinonomeShinonome
    edited January 2019
    ...can anyone try it out? I can try to find a medium real quick but I have raid starting soon...

    edit: Fought a few binaries. Shields at least absorbed a few hits, so that's an improvement. Would like to try more on some less twitchy enemies, also I suspect they would be some of the smaller enemies... But even if it's all at the same rate as binaries, that will still cut supply costs by a lot. (Thanks Tec!)
  • ShinonomeShinonome
    edited January 2019
    Well... 3.4k marks on another medium one, still used 2200 in supplies not counting ammo, but it wasn't enough to get my ship back to 100%. But at least the shield gets hit sometimes, now...
  • WyldeKardeWyldeKarde
    Are repair kits a straight number of hull points or a percentage?  I was finding myself taking similar damage in my corvette, but repair kits only heal a very minor amount (like 1% per kit).  

    We need dry docks in stations that can repair broken components and hull for cheaper — just a time commitment.

    That, or players can use repair kits inside the ship and astromechs work without repair kits?
  • ShinonomeShinonome
    If we can't be shield tanks, I'd welcome anything that makes hull tanking not so expensive...
  • PerfectPerfect
    I would LOVE to see some sort of shield tanking vs. hull tanking option.  Makes ammo selection even more relevant, too.

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  • IzrithIzrith
    EVE Online has taught me that hull tanking is a really, really stupid idea.
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