Stiker lock - was it changed?

[Morat]

Since the last patch my Striker seems to have much worse performance, namely:

Fails to lock at extreme range
Breaks lock much more easily than before

Has anyone else noticed this outside my outfit?

Morat

[ZeroG]

No, i havent noticed that at all. So i dunno what ur problem is sorry

[Hellsfire123]

Now that would be a nice change......

[Hamma]

It was probably accidently borked

I dont use it, so i couldent say

[Madcat170]

Nah the Devs Just nerfed it and didnt tell any one

[Incompetent]

It never locked at extreme range and the locks were always fairly easy to break.

[Sputty]

I was having trouble locking on to MAXes last night. Maybe they changed it. If they did I can now legally rape the devs.

[Madcow]

I've always had problems with MAX locks. You get the missile lock, fire the missile, the MAX doesn't move but suddenly the lock isn't there any more and no amount of minute adjusting of the reticule will bring the lock back.

[beavis88]

My favorite Striker idiosyncracy is that you very often can't get a lock on ground vehicles -- but once you've blown them up with dumbfire mode, the striker is more than happy to lock on to the wreckage...

[Onizuka]

That thing needs to be nerfed, lets see, im driving around and i see "Warning: Missile Lock" so i go into my holy shit mode and turn like crazy trying to dodge, but i cant. I swearit can go 280 kph about the speed of a reaver of mosquito with afterburners at full.

But the Pheonix, (its very good by the way) can only travel maybe 100kph.

[Tricky]

I had a few guys in my outfit complaining about this after patch. They changed something thats for sure...coarse they never got it right in the first place.

[Madcow]

Originally posted by Onizuka
That thing needs to be nerfed, lets see, im driving around and i see "Warning: Missile Lock" so i go into my holy shit mode and turn like crazy trying to dodge, but i cant. I swearit can go 280 kph about the speed of a reaver of mosquito with afterburners at full.

But the Pheonix, (its very good by the way) can only travel maybe 100kph.

It's not even close to a reaver/mossy with afterburners on, and if the person who is firing it knows what they are doing they aren't giving you the lock warning until the missiles are already away and pretty close to you (and therefore should be near impossible to avoid). It's really not even all that powerful, no way it should be nerfed. Plus if you nerf the same empire for the first 3 nerfs you'll have quite a few unhappy subscribers. The Striker is nice, but it's in no way overpowered (and takes up too much inventory to bother carrying more than a couple of loads).

[Ducimus]

I think it something a bit more universal and basic than just the striker.

Alot of people dont realize it, but they did make some changes to the client in the way of bandwidth. You can manually adjust how much bandwidth your client is using. Now they implented that THIS PATCH. (go search for smokejumpers latest post at the offical boards).

So my sneaky suspicion is that theres somethign screwy with the client side predictions.

For example, last night no one is infront of me except this NC cloaker. Not wanting to hit anyone else, i pull out my repeater and start to shoot him. An outfit member BEHIND me dies from it.

In another example, im guarding the back door, i smoke the first few guys that try to come through , and the door closes. Then all of a sudden out of nowhere, theres a bananna MAX infront of me. Popped out of nowhere.

In yet another example im running down a ridge, and hear a scattercannon behind me. Sounded just like a max, so i pull out my striker and whip around and start running backwards. I look all around as im doing this and I see nothing, but i still hear the shots. THen all of a sudden, im dead, and about a couple seconds later it turns out to be a guy with a jackhammer. He was nowhere visible, just popped out of nowhere, and there was no useable cover to hide behind around me.

All of this, was last night. Its just my hunch, ats all.

[Warborn]

Originally posted by Onizuka
That thing needs to be nerfed, lets see, im driving around and i see "Warning: Missile Lock" so i go into my holy shit mode and turn like crazy trying to dodge, but i cant. I swearit can go 280 kph about the speed of a reaver of mosquito with afterburners at full.

But the Pheonix, (its very good by the way) can only travel maybe 100kph.

You will easily be able to afterburn out of the Striker's lock-on range if you get the missile lock warning as the first missile leaves the weapon. However, most Striker users who understand the weapon tend to fire off two rounds before they initiate the lock, so chances are you'll grab two hits before you really know what's going on.

[Tricky]

You can manually adjust how much bandwidth your client is using. Now they implented that THIS PATCH. (go search for smokejumpers latest post at the offical boards).

To save some people the trouble of looking for it.

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Taken from the PS Forum..

***NOTE: These settings will not be available to you until after tonight's patch (6/10/03).***
It's possible to change your bandwidth settings to restrict or expand the maximum amount of data that you're sending/receiving.

This can help smooth out gameplay for low bandwidth users and can even allow smoother gameplay for high bandwidth users if they have the pipeline to support it.

The current default is the "Medium" setting below.

If you have a 56K modem, you should consider using the "Low" setting and see if it improves your gameplay.

If you have a "fat pipe" (T1 or T3), you can consider going with the "High" setting.

Most everyone else should be fine with the "Medium" setting.

Remember...if you experience gameplay issues at Low or High settings, you should probably revert to the Medium setting.

To change your bandwidth settings, type the following in your chat pane while logged into the game.

Low Setting
/info switchboard cullwatermark 40 80

Medium Setting
/info switchboard cullwatermark 80 120

High Setting
/info switchboard cullwatermark 120 200