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Buff the hive queen gat

Jun 06, 2016 We all float link
Since Queens can deshield and kill tridents with their gats, then users of a queen gat should be able to do the same.
Jun 06, 2016 Dr. Lecter link
-1 for substance, +1 for hilarious trolling
Jun 07, 2016 Inevitable link
But the Queens also shoot two posis so it's not just the gat desheilding
Jun 07, 2016 Luxen link
queens fire a gat + 2 queen posis; so if I had a large enough power cell, my wraith could deshield a trident or one of those TPG thingies I forget the name of atm?
Jun 08, 2016 Conflict Diamond link
the real request here is: Make Queen Powercells drop!
Jun 08, 2016 VikingRanger link
I'd like to see Tridents being able to deshield and kill other tridents. Right now they're available weaponry is almost laughable in what it can do to other capships, hell, I don't think there's a single loadout for a dent that you can kill another dent with singlehandedly.
Jun 09, 2016 Pizzasgood link
Actually, the wiki says that a Type M only has 25k units of shield, which is a lot less than the 80k the NPCs have. Even a single tube of Locust swarms does 30k (Chaos does 34k, and Avalons do 60k). So a Trident pilot should theoretically be able to drop another Trident's shields and then kill it via turrets.

Of course, if the enemy pilot is nearby, he can just use the dock/undock exploit to break target lock, so successfully cracking a Trident's shields with your Trident's swarms requires either an unattended vessel or an honorable opponent. And if anything goes wrong, you're now out of ammo. Avalons are slightly more forgiving in that area; it only takes half a tube, so you get two chances to try it. They've also got the advantage of not alerting the target by beeping incessantly while painting the sky with pretty blue lines. But they're also really easy to dodge or intercept with a fighter or shield turret, so...
Jun 09, 2016 Hoban-Wash-Washburne link
I'm pretty sure the Type M got a shield buff at some point as it now takes 3 Avs to deshield it as opposed to the two it used to take.

Personally I'd rather have Teradons than a buffed trident.
Jun 09, 2016 biretak link
yes, hoban would be safer in a teradon, but I'm not sure I'm ready to +1 that yet
Jun 09, 2016 Hoban-Wash-Washburne link
you keep talkin shit yet you run every time you see me
Jun 10, 2016 VikingRanger link
I have tested and it takes 3 avs.
Jul 22, 2016 keshavman link
Late but...

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March 01, 2014.

Vendetta Online 1.8.282
VO 1.8.282 includes:

- Trident Type M maximum shield strength bumped to 40k.