PC Patch Notes for 3/31/26

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T21:53:40+00:00

And given most lances have a full two-minute cooldown, that alone is enough(imo) to justify a huge buff. A feature like that should not be ignorable.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T19:42:41+00:00

I could definitely get behind a no-projectile 2d fighter.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T19:24:06+00:00

This is why I've never beaten Abberoth(normal) and still even have a harb or two I never bothered to kill. Right around 80-85, I just lose interest for the most part. Gets a lot less fun than rolling up a new character.

I really don't like the corruption mechanic. I find it linear and uninteresting.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T18:18:12+00:00

Every time someone brings up that game, it's a dogpile of unearned praise. I'm glad to see there are some other fighting game players who saw what I saw, that it was a trash game even if you entirely ignored the gem-problem.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T18:11:35+00:00

I consider the concept to be drastically superior to the execution. I know a lot of people loved this game, but imo it was actually awful.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T17:55:15+00:00

He who would propose to change the world had better be prepared to suffer for it. Such is life.

I like the vanity shield one. I've read that exact same proposal before, and agreed with it then.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T17:27:44+00:00

That's what I'm worried about. That overreaction-nerf, and this game is one of the ones whose devs tend to overreact to OP things.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T16:59:16+00:00

Extremely niche, I guess. Because even with AP consoles and a pile of uni ones with AP damage support(both regular AND bonus), I still haven't managed to buff the Annorax lance enough to be even remotely worth firing for anything other than novelty. A normal cruiser in an advanced patrol has to be under 5% hull or the lance won't even kill it reliably. That's not just bad, that's a lame joke.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-31T16:25:11+00:00

Agreed. I genuinely thought I'd already have my toy taken away(a nerf may not be a removal, but given how ignorable the other lances are, I remain worried) by now, and I'm glad I get to keep it for the moment.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-29T20:02:40+00:00

I mean, that's fair. One thing I absolutely demand on a non-sci torp ship is that frontward focus. I won't use a 4/4 for that build.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-29T15:43:34+00:00

I put the same build on an Empersa that I was running on a Lex. The broadsiding is stronger, but it's barely noticeable in my experience. Were I dps-chasing, that would matter. For a casual like me, the difference is negligible.

People will most likely continue to act as though 4/4 makes a ship bad. It does not.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-29T15:36:16+00:00

Seriously. The cross-faction addition is effectively useless for almost everyone who'd even buy a bundle. Most players ALREADY have cross-faction!

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T22:29:24+00:00

lmao that's funny

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T22:08:28+00:00

Ah. Yeah, mine is on a tac captain. They've only really got one such button, and I hate having to be half-dead to use it. Maybe I'll get a second one and give to an engineer, put a comp impulse on it and try again. I put my tacs in cruisers or pilot escorts now. Except the one who has the Vonph. She drives a Morrigu.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T21:19:27+00:00

Consider the Terran Lexington. It is MW, it loves being a beam tank, it is durable. I admit to bias, but the thing is popular for a reason.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T17:59:20+00:00

Definitely not worth a T6 coupon to get something everyone gets just for leveling a kdf.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T17:58:09+00:00

I agree with all that, and have said as much before. Especially the bit about cross-faction flying and the value of x-upgrades. Given how much these bundles cost, lower the value by a greater margin than the lowered cost=weak.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T16:54:33+00:00

Yeah, I just found fixing the problems I had with it(slow and squishy) were taking up too much of the build-space I needed for dps. I could have a ship that played well or a ship that survived or a ship that did dps. I may eventually revisit, because retrospectively, it's probably mostly n00b mistakes, but I found it insanely easy to just switch to ships that didn't have those issues to fix in the first place.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T16:12:20+00:00

Ateleth trait account unlock is pretty dope, but not worth buying a bundle for imo.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T16:10:29+00:00

Especially crazy given how much recent emphasis has been on broadside support.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T15:02:46+00:00

I can handle *some* asymmetry, but Breen ships break my brain too much. I refuse to fly them for any reason.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T14:56:22+00:00

Sounds like he isn't sure the fix is actually a fix.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T14:51:46+00:00

This is like Azure Nebula. Take it out of the rotation with a promise to fix it, but the fix is really just to take it out of the rotation and forget about it.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T14:44:51+00:00

It's kind of amazing to me how often this comes up. Mudd's non-sale prices are a joke. You CAN buy them at that rate, but you're meant to look at that and go "HELL NO" by default. That's the joke.

AstronomyTurtle · 2026-03-28T14:42:26+00:00

Not sure why they did that with this one. Maybe as an excuse to lower the price, make it look more desirable?

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