0014192: Player weapon ranges are too long. (allows a lot of out-ranging and trivializes a lot of fights)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0014192	The Last Federation	Balance Issue		Apr 17, 2014 9:53 pm	Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm

Reporter	Professor Paul1290	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.906 (RAM Usage, Race Uniquness, Split Difficulty)
Fixed in Version	0.990 (Combat And Diplomacy Exploit Fixes)

Summary	0014192: Player weapon ranges are too long. (allows a lot of out-ranging and trivializes a lot of fights)
Description	If I remember correctly, the range of the player's weapons was increased at some point for balancing. Right now they might be much too long. A lot of fights now don't work very well because the player has much longer reach than a lot of the enemies and can simply keep them at arms length. Burlust fights in particular are adversely affected by this.
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Internal Weight	New

Professor Paul1290 Apr 17, 2014 10:14 pm reporter ~0036240	This has been noted in one pre-release review so far: http://www.controlcommandescape.com/reviews/the-last-federation-review/ "The best thing to do wherever possible is simply power your engines, get out of range, and then power up your weapons so you can annihilate anything before you’re within range of their weapons. This is a strategy that will work for the vast majority of battles, the only exception being those that continuously spawn enemies."

Azurian Apr 17, 2014 11:10 pm reporter ~0036241	I agree, this is a big exploit.

Chris_McElligottPark Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm administrator ~0036242	Thanks! * The ranges on all enemy ships (except the lances that insta-hit you) have been substantially increased, such that even on normal difficulty they now almost always have the same range or a bit more than you. Their shots don't move any faster, but it does mean that you can't kite in the same way as before, shooting enemies before they even get shots off at you. For the higher difficulties, the enemies increasingly outclass you in range.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Apr 17, 2014 9:53 pm	Professor Paul1290	New Issue
Apr 17, 2014 9:53 pm	Professor Paul1290	Severity	tweak => minor
Apr 17, 2014 9:54 pm	Professor Paul1290	Relationship added	related to 0014128
Apr 17, 2014 10:04 pm	Professor Paul1290	Severity	minor => major
Apr 17, 2014 10:14 pm	Professor Paul1290	Note Added: 0036240
Apr 17, 2014 11:10 pm	Azurian	Note Added: 0036241
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Internal Weight	=> New
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0036242
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => resolved
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Fixed in Version	=> 0.990 (Combat And Diplomacy Exploit Fixes)
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
Apr 17, 2014 11:39 pm	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark