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IDProjectCategoryLast Update
0000978AI War 1 / ClassicSuggestion - Balance TweaksNov 2, 2010 4:33 pm
ReporterVinraith Assigned ToChris_McElligottPark  
Status resolvedResolutionfixed 
Product Version4.021 
Fixed in Version4.024 
Summary0000978: Cutlass damage completely out of hand
DescriptionCutlasses are doing on the order of 30,000 damage per hit per ship, making them instant death machines against any stationary target and impossible to defend stations against. Mark 2's do 28,400, Mark 3's do 36,400, shouldn't this be about 5X less?
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KDR_11k

Oct 31, 2010 10:29 am

reporter   ~0002419

5X less is the Viral Shredder, unlike that thing the cutlass gets weaker with each attack and against harder targets is practically a kamikaze unit.

Vinraith

Oct 31, 2010 11:51 am

reporter   ~0002423

Last edited: Nov 1, 2010 11:27 pm

Actually the shredders are 20x less (Mk 1 Shredder = 1000 damage, Mk 1 cutlass = 19200 damage!), and while I can appreciate that cutlasses need to do more damage to offset their "kamikaze" aspect in their present form they're much, much too powerful. Game-breakingly so, IMO.

Master Cylinder Pants

Nov 1, 2010 11:12 pm

reporter   ~0002515

Last edited: Nov 1, 2010 11:13 pm

Agreed - cutlasses are way out of balance.
Just survived a large CPA and rebuilt my defenses only to have a station wiped out on my most heavily fortified planet by a small, very small, fleet of cutlasses! (approx. 10 to 30 of them - did it in under 10 sec from system entry)
And yes - I had flak cannons

Folket

Nov 2, 2010 11:38 am

reporter   ~0002528

I suggest just giving them 0.1 damage against command.

Chris_McElligottPark

Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm

administrator   ~0002552

* Cutlasses now have a heavy penalty against command grade hulls, and their attack power (and health) have also been significantly reduced.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Oct 31, 2010 12:03 am Vinraith New Issue
Oct 31, 2010 12:24 am Vinraith Product Version => 4.021
Oct 31, 2010 10:29 am KDR_11k Note Added: 0002419
Oct 31, 2010 11:51 am Vinraith Note Added: 0002423
Nov 1, 2010 11:08 pm Vinraith Note Edited: 0002423
Nov 1, 2010 11:12 pm Master Cylinder Pants Note Added: 0002515
Nov 1, 2010 11:13 pm Master Cylinder Pants Note Edited: 0002515
Nov 1, 2010 11:27 pm Vinraith Note Edited: 0002423
Nov 2, 2010 11:38 am Folket Note Added: 0002528
Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0002552
Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => resolved
Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Fixed in Version => 4.024
Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Resolution open => fixed
Nov 2, 2010 4:33 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => Chris_McElligottPark