New Devlog: 1.4 Skill Changes Overview

[logicstrike]

I've got a question to Taelorn.
How does skill 'dump guns' gives any combat advantages besides grief improvement?

[khelbenarunson]

I don't understand why almost every naval officer skill has been given an improvement while conversely every cut-throat skill has been weakened.

Doesn't really matter to me though because you will be respec-ing my cut-throat to a buccaneer anyway, but still, for those people who want to play cut-throats, they have been severely crippled.

[EanK]

Originally Posted by khelbenarunson I don't understand why almost every naval officer skill has been given an improvement while conversely every cut-throat skill has been weakened. Doesn't really matter to me though because you will be respec-ing my cut-throat to a buccaneer anyway, but still, for those people who want to play cut-throats, they have been severely crippled.

Or balanced, however you look at it. It is rather disturbing that in order to obtain balance, the failing logic implied is that you must change both classes instead of just tweaking one...

[kungtotte]

Removal of the tiered skills and the revamp into hit-by-hit debuffs necessitated pretty big changes all around. Would you have been satisfied with a Naval Officer lacking an entire skillchain worth of skills?

[ArmEagle]

Originally Posted by logicstrike I've got a question to Taelorn. How does skill 'dump guns' gives any combat advantages besides grief improvement?

It lets me run away easier if I'm in danger?

[mack_au]

Originally Posted by khelbenarunson I don't understand why almost every naval officer skill has been given an improvement while conversely every cut-throat skill has been weakened. Doesn't really matter to me though because you will be respec-ing my cut-throat to a buccaneer anyway, but still, for those people who want to play cut-throats, they have been severely crippled.

Eh? Most of the changes are utterly useless for NO's. The Speed buffs are massively situational, and not that good anyway (yay, I can use pirate hunter in a stralsund to run down a pirate herc, oh wait, it just turned around and sunk me awesome skill A++++ would use again), they nerfed escort so you can only give one to a larger ship, all the changes to desperation don't stop it from being a completely and utterly useless skill-line no-one chooses, and the NO rated ships are being nerfed again.

To compete with pirates in pirate hercs, you need 2nd rates, which are being nerfed and are already massively expsensive.

O yeah, our L50 career skill is screwed over by caps.

[mack_au]

Huh? Why would people use dump guns for a combat advantage.

You trade guns for speed iirc.

You trade the ability to fight for the ability to run faster.

[ArmEagle]

Originally Posted by mack_au Huh? Why would people use dump guns for a combat advantage. You trade guns for speed iirc. You trade the ability to fight for the ability to run faster.

Well, to be honest plenty-2ish guns still leaves plenty of guns to tag a running ship.

[mack_au]

Originally Posted by ArmEagle Well, to be honest plenty-2ish guns still leaves plenty of guns to tag a running ship.

Not if the tagging skills which screw speed are based off per hit now.

[logicstrike]

after the 'dump guns' they use spare guns and repair all guns keeping speed bonus