Quoting bilun, reply 34
Quoting Pat_22_, reply 32
Quoting GoaFan77, reply 12
Quoting Seleuceia, reply 11Eradica was buffed
Well that unyielding will change was asked for a while, its just if they didn't reduce the invincibility time once it really dies, it might be a bit extreme.
It only costs at minimum 60% more to rebuild once it dies now.
Aye I sort of assumed that's why they chose now to rework Unyielding Will.
I guess in that train of thinking though the Eradica did take a hit as it's trademark "go invulnerable and throw a trantrum" move is now more expensive to utilize.
I kinda like the rework as it actually makes phase missiles less desirable against the Eradica, it will trigger Unyielding Will a lot sooner in the fight since only hull damage matters.
Not sure I agree with your prognosis.
When shields are down other weapon types do comparable or less damage then phase missiles do when shields are up(about 30% of phase missile damage goes straight to hull- If shields are down only 25-30% of damage gets past backup shield generators).
Point is it takes about the same amount of time for phase missiles to kill the Eradica as other weapons once other weapons drop shields. Sure it comes "earlier" but once it starts losing hull it's life expentancy is roughly equal.
So against non phase missiles you recieve:
X duration with no buffs(while shields are being depleted)
Y duration with buffs(while hull is being damaged)
Against Phase Missiles you just get:
Y duration with buffs(while hull is being damaged)
So frankly while you may hit the buffs earlier, you'll get more total lifetime and thus damage output against non-phase weaponry.
Not to mention once you get to the Y-period in which hull is being damaged, Purification is significantly better at providing survivability while maintaining Unyielding Will's buff as it also replenishes shield(and likely won't restore hull to full) meaning it maintains a buffed state while the enemy blows damage reducing shields to 0 again. So frankly after purification use is accounted for, the Y-period will likely be longer against non-phase missiles as well.
No matter how it's spun Phase missiles are bad news to advent- though I would concede the Eradica in general has always been better equipped to deal with phase missiles bypass chances by simple virtue of having access to largescale hull repair(purification)- being that the Advent's main issue with Phase missiles is their lack of widely available hull repair and are thus more or less stuck with any hull damage they sustain.
Man, that turned into a bit of a rant. If you can't tell I have some barely repressed issues in regards to phase missiles.
