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- Istrolid (449140)
- Event type
- patch note
- Published
- 12 January 2019 - 00:02:32 UTC
- Source
- steam_community_announcements
https://cdn.steampulse.org/steam/asset?u=https%3A%2F%2Fsteamcdn-a.akamaihd.net%2Fsteamcommunity%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fclans%2F12295276%2F53874983628bd203cae2a3289b2a08adbb123dae.png Artillery has long been a source of fairly swingy behaviors in the game. This is in large part because of its small, but technically AoE hit location. Rather than trying to minimize that, these changes seek to accept the area of effect, making artillery shots more rare and dramatic, therefore more dodgeable, but still very potentially powerful. PD and missiles are both rebalanced to reduce the impact on artillery from this change. Additionally, shields and range are being changed to allow more long range spam as an option while also making it more counterable, increasing maximum range, reducing DPS at that range, and improving regeneration options. Finally, components that are traditionally used on more expandable craft have had their price increased, as well as their ...