Freeze rockets

Freeze Rocket perspective:
I think the idea was initially good. However, they obstruct players, grinding the game to an even more of a halt.
I suggest the reverse. Speed....

Reason: How do players counter the freeze rockets without emp's? (emp's are only on sale at limited times).

 

These new rockets are on sale for a limited time also..
Lightning designs supersonic speed or citadels travel abilities can counter the cold rockets.

I'm not sure what you mean by speed? do you mean they should slow down players? We already have Decel rocketts for that.. unless you're thinking of replacing decel rockets..

 

Speed, as in something similar to lightening ability, except that it is attached to a goli....(or other ship)

Slow rockets, slow mines and now freeze rockets...

I think there should be more fast items available...

 

so you're saying it should increase speed?

 

In retrospect yes, I think the adjustments should always have a fine balance. This game is becoming very uneven. BTW I hate the freeze block too, it looks awful...Roll on the new graphics update!

 

you mean like you shoot the rocket and it gives you like a 30% speed boost for 3 seconds? instead of you just being halted

 

How do you shoot this at an enemy and gain speed, just how?

 

I have to agree that the art looks awful, but that aside I don't see how 'freeze' rockets would make something go faster.

 

Have to agree Zynaps. Right now people are abusing it. They just continue to freeze you over and over to you pop.
Sadly, people already have hundreds of thousands of these freeze rockets. These rockets could still be around six months
to a year from now

 

personally i like this rocket we need more ammo types available. but tbh every time DO does something it will always be slated by some. i must admit it did annoy me when i was in a 1v3 and they all used the ice rocket but however when i came back with more players to make it a 3v3 we used the rocket against the other users so it was ok. i think this rocket should be used in a group fight to stop the player escaping. and if an emp does stop this rocket then just buy them when they are on sale. its a shame everyone spams emp's now and they they are used in every fight no wonder people have none just use them more sparingly if u cant kill enough BK's to afford them

 

I initially thought of a feature/button that would give a player the temporary boost. However, a rocket that only an outfit member could shoot giving a 3 second boost would be awesome in a fight and quite hilarious if a number of players could use it. I believe the game needs speeding up. This day and age individuals want things fast, I don't know why Dark Orbit haven't snagged on to this....(they have, but not delivered it to the players yet).

Lol....I think you know what I mean?

 

what would be good is if the rocket hits the target, it reduces their speed and what it reduces is transferred to your ship to increase its speed

 

Lol, like the idea...However, not sure if the guy who is slowed down will like it?
I'm sticking to speed to counter slow downs....

 

FREEZE ROCKETS (R-IC3) rockets- shouldn't be changed they are only here for a limited time ... that point is to not give enemies a chance to get away, that's the point of them. why would u shoot them and want your enemies to still get away? sometimes I shoot people with them when I try to run away - my suggestion is to add more than to seconds actually mabe it like 4-5 seconds instead of 2 seconds - don't make it worse by changing it.

they are also good for defending clan battle stations it holds them still so the base can pop them - Don't change the rockets they are perfect as they are

 

their miserable. need to be removed, everyone is just using them to run from pvp.

 

it cant be removed when it was implemented already, when i knew these rockets will come out i was saying its OP and nobody was listening to me

also edit: (long term plans)

http://www.bigpoint.com/darkorbit/board/threads/producers-dialogue-october-2014.96237/

 

ice rocket ar messing the game up so bad Revemove em NOW

 

well DO will see players go LOL and Bye and some more lol wen they run from this game

 

The IC-3 Rockets are simply too powerful and completely change the dynamic of the game, in short, game designers/admins...you messed up. I used to be able to take on 3 ships at the same time, get 1 kill and escape, now that feet is unattainable. I just get frozen, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7....times in a row or however many ships I am up against by a free weapon found in a box(Then they have the nerve to sell them for ONLY 20 Uri but charge 500 Uri for a slow down rocket). Ships literally WASTE their resources(ISH and EMP's are NOT cheap) trying to protect themselves from an inevitable outcome because of these dumb rockets. There was already an abundant amount of weapons for escape, EMP/Cloak, Slow down rocket, Slow down mines, ALL of which were available in the shop to any player.

Yeah, so these IC-3 Rockets were only available for a short period of time for free from boxes and for sale in the shop, that's irrelevant. Potentially ships could have thousands if not tens of thousands or as many rockets as they could buy with Uri. These rockets aren't simply going to go away and disappear. They just need to be administratively removed from the system or their parameters need to be adjusted.

How about you guys fix the lag instead of trying to shove more data down the same size pipe? There are multiple things that can be implemented to correct the game lag. I am not here to give free technical advice on Wide Area Networks or Local Area Networks for that matter. The players would surely appreciate a smooth running game instead of a dumb freeze rocket that just destroys the integrity of it. Who implements these changes anyway? Do you even run them on a test server with actual players and get feedback?? I mean that is a pretty basic step to perform before making a change in a real world environment. Did you not plan well enough in advance, so instead you rushed it?? Step forth and claim it game designers/admins. I don't write much on here, but this lag is an abomination, do some research, higher a consultant, you want my help, add me to the payroll as a consultant. I would be more than happy to lead a team to improve the game.

Is this feedback really going to make a difference?? It'll take the game admins/designers 6 months to develop a change then another 6 months to implement it. I would expect more from game admins/designers of the most profitable game BigPoint owns. Put me on your staff BigPoint, I can get all of this straightened out. I have the pulse of the players on my side, while your current employees are blind, deaf and straight up dumb.

Here's the solution to your IC-3 rocket...A ship can only be frozen only once every 30 seconds...BOOM...implement it. That leaves ample time for a ship to escape and it is fair to a player being attacked by multiple ships.

 

So far in game, ice rockets haven't posed any problems in my opinion. If someone tries to run using them the reverse is also true meaning the attacker can also use it to stop them. They're good. no need to remove them.