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03/20/2024
Weapons
Leveler: OPs 10 -> 11, Nerfed the accuracy a bit.
Darter: Halved the dmg, doubled the burst and ammo. (Seems that the AI is unaware of the onHit effect and was getting overloaded too frequently)
Graviton Pulser: doubled the ammo regen.
Ships:
Eagle prototypes: adjusted all the stats to align with the recent eagle changes.
Gunther: overall stats buff. (LG) version got a phase skimmer system.
Graff Spee (P): DP 35 -> 30
Tirpitz (LC): changed the System to Micro Burn (Not sure about this change yet, but let us see). Reworked the bultin Hammer, giving it a two stage behavior like a pilum, making it easier to the AI to use.
added the Falcon (LG) Prototype, with a large hybrid mount.
Hullmods:
Stageone Drive Tunning : removed the penalty to fuel consumption and maintenance cost. Not considered "Logistics" anymore.
Wings:
Thunderbolts: All of them have limited ammo and a BOMBER behavior now, so they're not so overpowered anymore. Reduced their OP cost to compensate.
10/03/2023
Added the Vektor: a new sort of SO oriented large weapon, absurdly high DPS, but crappy armor penetration.
Added the Graviton Pulser: ammo based kinetic beam with EMP.
Added the Avalon: a hightech gunship with emp, low dmg output but very tanky.
Added the Thunderbolt (LG): a tough short range gunship.
Added the Darter: reloadable kinetic missile. Decent burst, but fragile projectiles.
long tom: OP 30 -> 28, Dmg 400 -> 600, EMP dmg 0 -> 300, Cooldown 2.67 -> 3.333, Projectiles are a lot less accurate now. New SFX and VFX.
hasting: energy/shot 10 -> 8.
tyrfing: energy/shot 375 -> 360, Cooldown 1.25 -> 1.2, Range 800 -> 900
scorpion: flux/shot 400 -> 500.
pilum rockets, small and medium: renamed to Voulge Rocket, halved the base ammo and missile hit points.
reloadable atropos small and medium: halved the base ammo, slightely reduced OP cost.
reloadable atropos barrage: OP 20 -> 24.
Ascalon wing: now uses fortress shield right after the strike.
Talisman wing: removed the salamander, changed the vanilla vulcans for a modded version with 1/2 of the DPS and more range. Polished the sprite.
Thunderbolt wing: Adjusted some stats, overall a buff. New sprite.
Gunther LG -> hullmod now reduces the flux generated by weapons by 10%. OPs 80 -> 85
Gunther LP -> removed the bultin hammer, now there is a small composite mount. OPs 60 -> 65
Graf Spee -> armor 1200 -> 1400
Adjusted most of the ships variants.
Changed some weapons SFX.
Added muzzle flash VFX to most weapons.
12/06/2022
TLDR, removed the faction and a bunch of weapons, refined some sprites and sound effects. Added a couple of stuff.
- Removed the faction stuff, it'll be a future standalone mod.
- frank: OPs 13 -> 12, Mortar DMG 120 -> 160, minor sprite change and new SFX
- Mallet torp: dmg 2000 -> 3000, new projectile sprite and trail.
- Demo Hammer: dmg 900 -> 1000, flux/shot 300 > 500
- Scorpion Artilery: dmg/shot 300 -> 400, reload 3 -> 4, new SFX
- Leveler and Big Bertha: minor sprite change and new SFX
- Squall medium and small, rare swarmer, rare locust, rare mining laser, rare flak: gone
- rare light mortar: same stats but new name and sprite.
- Pilum Rockets: reverted to a Squall like behavior, the AI can now use it as a dollar store harpoon.
- Added a large reloadable Atropos.
- Added Tirpitz XIV
- Eagle XIV: hidden mount -> hardpoint with decor.
- Tirpitz (LC) built in hammer: range 1200 > 1600, ammo 8 -> 12
- Talisman Wing:Shield arc: 90 -> 270°, added a small salamander.
- Ascalon: Cheaper to mount, I forgot the numbers.
- Gunther: tweaked HP/Flux/Dissipation a bit, sort of a buff.
- Gunther (LG): built-in hullmod now reduces the OP cost of all large weapons by 8 (previously only ballistics).
- Gunther (LP): added a built-in hammer torp.
- Added mining data to nexerelin
- Added descriptions to a bunch of stuff.
07/05/2022
- Addedand changedsomevanillahullmods
- Reworked the Tirpitz, from sprite to stats. Now she's a proper, slow, clumsy and super tanky battleship. Also added a Church version.
- Reworked the Spee sprite, changed some stats and added a P version, with a large missile instead of the Hangar.
- Added an oversized brawler to the Diktats and Pathers
- Reworked the existing guns, so (I hope) they're more impactful.
- Added rare versions of existing vanilla weapons with some quirks. Being RARE does not mean they're better thou.
- Added two new wings. One is a heavy PD oriented support and the other is a Tachyon Lance with thrusters, because why not.
Well... there's also a Faction that I'm working on, it's VERY WIP, especially the names and the art. But the mechanics are 99% where I want it to be.
04/05/2021
- Added Tirpitz, a somewhat nimble but mediocre armored battleship with mine strike system.
- Added Thermal Pulse Rifle, that's a tame TPC.
- Added Mallet torpedos. High damage frag/emp and reloadable dumb torpedo.
- The missiles now cost flux to fire again. And I think it make sense, because they're stronger than most of the other reloadable missiles.
- Polished the Long-Tom sprite a bit.
- Renamed and reorganized a bunch of files and entries. Things are cleaner and professional now =P
- Now requires Lazy Lib
- 0.95 ready. (if you're still using 0.91, this patch will break your save)
12/05/2020
- Graf Spee sprite tweaked a bit now she plays a little bit more like a Conquest: High cap and dissipation but expensive and crappy shield.
- More tweaks to the rockets, they will behave better on side mounted hardpoints.
- Squall rockets not longer have EMP as their large counterpart, for balancing reasons.
- Singlnir have its alpha damage nerfed and is slightly more flux efficient.
- Eagles are 24DP now and have 155OP
- Added 3 new weapons
- Thunderbolt new sprite and added Maneuvering Jets as system.
10/10/2020
- added two Eagle variants: a XIV themed one, with two large slots and a boring midline version of Tahlan Eagle(P) (I was training my photoshop skills)
- the new rockets are a lot more pleasant to use now, especially the pilum
- some improvements and adjustments to the thunderbolt wing, it is behaving better now.
quick changes:
- Graf Spee: hitpoints buff 10000 to 12000
- Graf Spee: armor nerf 1200 to 1000
- Singlnir: nerf OP 14 to 15
- All reloadable missiles: buff flux/shot 0
08/27/2020
- Weapons will be properly used across the factions now - Thanks mora
- Added ship description - Thanks PrismaticFlux
- Graf Spee hullmod - now increases the range by 60% (was 100%) and is still compatible with ITU
- Graf Spee shield upkeep nerf - 0.6 from 0.5
- Graf Spee shield eff nerf - 1.1 from 1.0
- Singlnir energy/shot nerf - 600 from 500
added Thunderbolt, a heavy bomber equiped with a light needler (single burst) and two pilum rockets (not reloadable). I'll make a better sprite later.
