Discussion topic for post: http://www.starsonata.com/announcements ... ce-update/

everything is looking , nice. by the way I think the 2X stat boost is a great idea , it works for every one. people who are just starting and people who have been playing a long time. for people who just starting , there bases wont be able to be killed by the star runners ai team now. for people who been playing a long time , it means there bases wont be killed by roaming pirates/warred teams as easy. all thought I think something that needs to be looked at is rad based weapons , which are only able to be used on bases. but the problem with those is it will make it so people could use there base to cap roaming ai.

How does the new x, y, z gear compare to stuff like the ada gear (after it is beefed by the rebalance)?

Will permanent drones be beefed to keep up with the base gear beef and the "nerf" to SM skills?

Hm I'm worried about the range. from 5.5% range per level to 2% range per level in station mastery skill and sniper skill won't do anything (don't get me wrong, I like how class skills won't give bonuses anymore. Its a lot more fair). It all depends on that super item that boosts range you're talking about or we're gonna have to pull setups with 1-3 range augs depending on the purpose of the kit itself.

Nice. I love the fact that class skills wont effect bases anymore.

Is it 6 weeks total time to upgrade your kit from x to z or 6 weeks just for the z? Either way 6 weeks seems like a unnecessarily long time considering a uni usually last 16 weeks. I think 4 weeks or so would be better, that way if happen to start your uni a few weeks late you dont get totally screwed for most of the duration of the universe.

so you will be taking my achilles Z gear off me which took ages to make and replacing it with a bunch of trash that takes minutes to make? Thanks!

Yeah, but who uses Ach Z anyways. Anyhow, according to the post, legacy gear will have a use in BvB and the initial few weeks for defensive purposes.

What will become of the XYZ blueprints we have in storage? will they automatically converted into space oats? jkin

All XYZ blueprints (excluding the ones for Z augmenters) will be made inoperable and they will no longer drop as loot. Achilles and Andaman Laser Z will be built from a new blueprint that doesn't require the Y tier.

Woah ty for the quick reply <3

So we can still use them for the Hon and mention missions nice ty

I'm happy with these changes, apart from my Z gear being altered, but still should be interesting + that laser Z new approach.

Just had a thought what happens if the owner doesn't have certain t18 skills (for Achilles say), will the bp just not work then? < I'm 2 years outta date.

Oh okay, i missed that the 3 week build was comparable to legacy gear. Thats cool, however i still think 6 weeks is a really long time for anything to build. I would suggest to have it X 1 week, Y 2 week, Z 4 week. Either way im really excited for this change great job yclept!

lol pvbing is nearly obsolete.

ok the idea of removing class skills on bases to be balance is good. it really balances the base. and base super items are a nice touch too.
may i ask will the base automatically use em?
and when will they use em? will they use em like slaves only on 10%-20% health?
cuz they are categorized stat boost not weapons, (note: slaves uses wepz super items immediately unlike stat super items)

so base gears will be improved by factor of 2 right?

station mastery will give only 2% boost on bases and perma drones totaling at 60% increase over all at lvl 30 of the skill right?

unlike before where station mastery skill gives 5.5% per level totaling 165% boost

so before station masters has a 165% more stat edge than other bases if they are all setup the same. . . with this rebalance the edge of the station masters are only 60% if the bases are setup the same, am i right?

New cheapskate base gear sounds totally useless because of effort required to build them. Sounds like only noobs will use them.

I'm also worried about range. This isn't really a beef if we are required to spend large portion of our augs on range. -_-