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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0025445AI War 2SuggestionFeb 25, 2022 7:36 pm
ReporterDarkshade Assigned ToZeusAlmighty  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version3.309 Hangar Staff 
Summary0025445: Ethereal Cruiser weapon cooldowns
DescriptionFirst of all, the currenty behavior/cd's might be intended, but it feels kinda strange,

The Ethereal Cruiser has two weapons, the

Ion Disintegrator: Reload Speed 1s, Burst Fire: 5 salvos fired at 1s per salvo before switching to 1 salvo fired at 17s per salvo (and then switching back)
and
Paralytic Tesla Blast: Reload Speed of 17s

Furthermore it's a cloaked ship that expends 100% of it's cloaking points each time it fires and that regains it's cloaking points after 10s of not loosing any,

With a 17 seconds cd on both of it's weapons the first (or at least my first) assumption would be that that it shoots. then cloaks again after 10 seconds which would mean it has another 7 seconds in stealth before it shoots again (assuming there are not other units that decloak it).
(The cruiser's descrpition would hint at such a behviour as well. )

After watching the cruiser in prolonged battles though, and considering the weapon cd's it appears that it rarely "retreats" into stealth due to that the weapon cd's are asynchron.

If i understand the weapon cooldowns correctly the times when it actually fires would look something like in the attached screenshot
(red for the Ion Disintegrator, green for the Paralytic Tesla Blast)
which would explain why it rarely "retreats" into stealth during longer battles

So maybe it would be helpful to either reduce long cd of the Ion Disintegrator OR increase the cd of the Paralytic Tesla Blast so that they fire more synchron and actually allow the ship to stealth itself again regulary.
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Darkshade

Jul 27, 2021 8:39 am

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ethereal cruiser weapons.jpg (255,426 bytes)   
ethereal cruiser weapons.jpg (255,426 bytes)   

ZeusAlmighty

Feb 25, 2022 7:36 pm

manager   ~0064859

*Shortened the primary weapon burst fire cooldown
**Finally got around to implementing Darkshade's suggestion -- thanks!

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Jul 27, 2021 8:39 am Darkshade New Issue
Jul 27, 2021 8:39 am Darkshade File Added: ethereal cruiser weapons.jpg
Jul 27, 2021 11:15 am BadgerBadger Assigned To => ZeusAlmighty
Jul 27, 2021 11:15 am BadgerBadger Status new => assigned
Feb 25, 2022 7:36 pm ZeusAlmighty Status assigned => resolved
Feb 25, 2022 7:36 pm ZeusAlmighty Resolution open => fixed
Feb 25, 2022 7:36 pm ZeusAlmighty Note Added: 0064859