regal sphinx
Make it bypass Barriers
Make it begin a quick timer as soon as it enters proximity of a hostile, and then it detonates
retain neutralization damage
buff its damage, because it is currently way too low
Andreas mentioned that he is trying to balance WS mods so that everything has a counter of sorts. I think this would counter:
Chain Ray
Bond
Barrier
Ships initiating Teleport, Leap
clever jolt
Should absolutely not go through barrier that’s the whole point if delta. Make it triggerable or something but for sure not through barrier
regal sphinx
Delta is fast, Omega can be slow. They can share this glorious feature
rare onyx
dense parcel
Just give it an omega shield that you can activate. maybe if it had a massive shield it would actually land once in a while.
Also, yes it does need to do more damage.
gusty spoke
Giving it a trigger is nice. But don’t bypass barrier.
Trigger to omega shield it
Or a trigger to make it disintegrate into several smaller rockets for example
But yes. Needs rework 100%
clever jolt
What if it could pass barrier for the first half hour? Can spike it into the ground but can’t effect a fight the sector over?
dense parcel
I like trigger to turn into a cluster bomb
That sounds fun. Also agree it shouldn't go through barrier. We need barrier to work for SOMETHING.
regal sphinx
Barrier is the most powerful Combat mod, every ship in WS carries it.
It needs something that counters it. Drones pass through it but none of them do anything but tank.
clever jolt
Decoy forces retarget, repair…repairs, blast drones blast. Tele and bond hard counter barrier. It’s honestly a shell if it’s former self for better or worse
regal sphinx
Those drones passing through barriers is rarely relevant
Teleport isn’t a hard counter for Barrier at all. Bond is
clever jolt
The drones passing through barrier has been relevant in half the ws I have played since update. Same with delta rocket
regal sphinx
Hard disagree
clever jolt
Guess that’s why we have options
regal sphinx
In pitched WS battles, it comes down to one side shooting and the other side not shooting
And about one in ten pitched battles, there is actually an exchange in damage in both sides, where shield and hull values matter
I think the biggest exception to that would be Ally Shield
This is the WS build I use often, definitely responsible for killing many ships per WS
clever jolt
That’s basically my build as well but we do exchange blows on both sides generally. When the other team has range advantage we need to plow in and break that up. Repair drone helps there
regal sphinx
Helps to have a bit of cavalry around, with Impulse Bond, and CRT to drop ahead before falling back. There’s an ebb and flow to it
What corp are you in?
gusty spoke
Recently
Let’s say previous 3/4 ws’s
We’ve been very good at not being shot or shooting anyone
We managed to avoid getting into chain ray battles completely
This is due to some strategies. But i can gladly say that chain ray outside of defense is no longer a dominant exchange
clever jolt
Itburnswheniemp we came back with update after getting bored of beating up on people from bad mm
regal sphinx
This is due to some strategies. But i can gladly say that chain ray outside of d...
You definitely have to get creative with attacking.
You can't just plow 5 ships into the opponent and expect it to work
Though many corps do this, and casuals get crushed
We made one CRT kill 5 BSs and a few miners in a recent WS
This was a mixed engagement over a contested p10, it started with us on defence, then pushed them onto defence. More or less an 8v8 battle that had two sort of stages to it before it turned into a complete rout.
simple ridge