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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Aug 23, 2022 16:34:39 GMT -5
Last year or was it yr before, Tofsla mentioned they wanted to do one final rebalance to the drones now that they have accumulated a lot of data. We now have seen this mentioned several times recently to indicate it is coming in the near future.
Now, looking at the fact they nerf our content without the decency of compensation, there is no doubt the drone rebalance will be the same. So my suggestion would be to save your gold and be careful about microchip purchases or microchip combining, and just use what you have until the new version comes out. I was building some On Suppression Immune Damage chips when the recent news dropped, so have stopped any focus on drones or microchips. I need to see how the new version is designed before spending anymore gold there.
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Post by Adazahi on Aug 23, 2022 16:56:33 GMT -5
It's a bit too late for me, i had my "buy super cheap gold offers and upgrade my drones like crazy" phase a couple weeks ago
Curious as to what will happen, but honestly... don't really care. I'm a derranged individual who will use worse items because their colors match my robot a little better, so they could turn my shield chips into thrift store toasters for all i care nothing will change.
During my drone phase I got really into upgrading one of my drones AC chips because I hate being forced out of the fight in my Nightingale. 14k gold later in between getting maya patel, destroyer, gold cannon, and acid sprayer, and now i have the DPS of two level 9 magnums between my drone and my Nightingale suppressor beam. If anything good comes out of this drone rework I hope they buff the drone guns, theyre depressingly weak
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Malachi
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Post by Malachi on Aug 23, 2022 18:01:44 GMT -5
Thanks very much for this heads up. A recent posting here warning of the change to Boosters allowed me time to use up the hundreds I had saved up - to my distinct advantage. I will definitely hold off on any work with my drones for the same reason. Also, I really liked the previous post because, I am also a "deranged individual who will use worse items because their colors match my robot a little better".  |
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Post by T34 on Aug 23, 2022 20:29:43 GMT -5
Basic mechanics of content like drones and chips should not be mucked around with IMO. I think the design team got drowns and chips wrong because they cant nerf em effectively so the only way to get rid of the current so new ones can be sold is a major change where the old content is trashed.
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Aug 23, 2022 21:42:45 GMT -5
Basic mechanics of content like drones and chips should not be mucked around with IMO. I think the design team got drowns and chips wrong because they cant nerf em effectively so the only way to get rid of the current so new ones can be sold is a major change where the old content is trashed. Yeah, whatever the case we can be sure the players will get the short end of the stick with it |
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Post by TheFiend on Aug 24, 2022 4:20:06 GMT -5
While I agree with proceeding with caution, I'm in two minds, as whenever Pix 're-balance', it's a nerf. They always erode the value of existing content and any new system/balance employed is never easier to navigate and always costs more to level. Based on the fact any investment will convert and it's mainly the purple shield chips that are the problem, I'm just staying away from shield chips for now....but we'll see!
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Post by >^\}VULTURE{/^< on Aug 24, 2022 4:41:45 GMT -5
While I agree with proceeding with caution, I'm in two minds, as whenever Pix 're-balance', it's a nerf. They always erode the value of existing content and any new system/balance employed is never easier to navigate and always costs more to level. Based on the fact any investment will convert and it's mainly the purple shield chips that are the problem, I'm just staying away from shield chips for now....but we'll see! I agree. They know drones builds are a HUGE part of power play. However, they are trying to fix the "idiot shield" issue where you can't even shoot anything without an Absorber popping up. I believe most of the drone content will change little but shields will change a lot. I always thought done shield chips were backwards in power anyways. Two things I have always been against from day 1 concept stage were: Drone Absorber shields AND Homing bullets. Both ideas have ALWAYS seemed broken to me. |
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Post by spectre729 on Aug 24, 2022 7:14:29 GMT -5
too late i already bought a nebula for my fenrir on my mini already
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Aug 24, 2022 15:16:49 GMT -5
too late i already bought a nebula for my fenrir on my mini already I am mainly referring to the extreme drain on gold that happens when buying chips in the store and when doing a lot of chip combining to build desired chips |
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Post by ѻﻭɼﻉ on Aug 24, 2022 15:18:41 GMT -5
While I agree with proceeding with caution, I'm in two minds, as whenever Pix 're-balance', it's a nerf. They always erode the value of existing content and any new system/balance employed is never easier to navigate and always costs more to level. Based on the fact any investment will convert and it's mainly the purple shield chips that are the problem, I'm just staying away from shield chips for now....but we'll see! It isnt just the shield chips that create im imbalance, but also the defense and repair chip stacking. They arent just fixing the f slot issue, theyre doing a major overhaul to “simplify” the system. |
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Post by 079 on Aug 24, 2022 15:42:40 GMT -5
I definitely worry for this, but at the same time, it cannot get much worse than it is already, right? Like yeah, it stinks that good budget drones like Nebula and The Eye will likely get the boot to reinforce new content, but that is just the norm and they had it coming. I’m not saying I like this, it’s just that I am strangely accepting of it. Hopefully the new system they come up with will at least be conceptually better than the old one, so there is something to enjoy, kinda like the recent booster rebalance.
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Post by Wolfblood7 on Aug 25, 2022 3:24:08 GMT -5
I think it was mainly the shield chips they were mentioning, but I don't spend much on drones anyway so meh. I always say "surely it can't be that bad" then I see the prices and I'm like "hell nah!"
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Post by ismsean on Aug 25, 2022 14:54:13 GMT -5
The shields should only be for bots that come with them. That way I can my flaming Hades again.
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