Hotfix for Damage Beam / Cannon Slave

[alterintel]

So after the last hot-fix my Defiant started haven power failure problems.
Star Trek Defiant 1:1
Before the update I could continuously fire the phosphors, and now I get power failure.
But if I disconnect the cannon slave, it works fine but with the inevitable recharge time.

I heard that a hot-fix was going to come out. But shouldn't that have happened already? Has the beam cannon been nerfed? do I need to rebuild my ship?

Thanks

 

[Gandrac]

Thats a good question. I experienced something like this myself. It seems, that the damage output per block has also increased. Maybe we can achieve a damage output like before with less blocks now? Guess i will need to compare this with a previous version.

 

[StormWing0]

It happens with any beam + something else combo. Beam + Beam is the worst offender out of the bunch. In any event they are getting a fix out for it and seems they got one and just haven't sent it up yet.

 

[Jaaskinal]

Something to note, by removing the cannon slave (unless you're adding more blocks to compensate) you are effectively halving its dps and its power consumption.

 

[StormWing0]

OK now that's both wrong and useful at the same time. XD

 

[AtraUnam]

OK now that's both wrong and useful at the same time. XD

It makes perfect sense, the slave blocks contribute to total block count and therefore damage/power consumption. By removing the slave you effectively remove half the weapon.

 

[Knack]

Reduce the outputs per weapon computer to one, then it works. It's a knwon bug.
It is only affecting beams and as far as i know only with a slave.

 

[Lancake]

Yes, only happens for beams + slave/support that has more than 1 group. It has been fixed in the latest dev build already so hopefully we'll see a release for that soon.