Twitchy Questioning 9: War for the Twitch of the Questions

TPK!!!

Are there plans to change Cyclonic Mods to make them a more viable choice of Booster? Because of the low base shields, adding 10% / 20% / etc. doesn’t help much.

ehlien: JRandall0308 nothing to announce on balance for those today, but we'll take the feedback

biggy_dx: @ehlien Is the team experimenting with new ammo types; like Phasic or Drill rounds?

ehlien: @biggy_dx not quite new ammo types, but I can't say much about the future at the moment

What is the design intent behind the 4-second cooldown on detonating combos of the same type? (Enemies don’t receive damage from the same combo type for 4 seconds after that type of detonation.)


ehlien: JRandall0308 originally it was to ensure that we balanced how often combos could occur (with separate cooldowns). We're aware of feedback. Have to find a balance for fun, power, and system performance. Lots of detonations can be rough on CPU/GPU performance

Bastiaan: artist wanted to go for bioluminescence, water giving off light. that's why caves are blue. nice contrast with red of industrial lights.

Given the existence of the 4-second combo detonation cooldown, why does Shockwave (alone among powers) have a combo detonation *damage* penalty, in addition to its slow animation, lack of lock-on, slow travel time, and long power cooldown?

ehlien: JRandall0308 for the shockwave note, it's something we're aware of. Nothing to announce today, but we'll take the feedback

biggy_dx: @ehlien Appreciate the response. Will there be new challenges added beyond ones added for new maps, powers, or weapons?

ehlien: @biggy_dx nothing I can share today on future new content. sorry


Antibi0: any fix incoming for the loss of sound in multiplayer on pc?

BioWare: @antibi0 It's a super known issue that we've been looking into.



AR balance: Bastiaan says they are aware, saw reddit posts about it, thanks for feedback.


Galebazz: @ehlien any Reegar stutter fixes?

Turbo Turbo ehlien: @galebazz yup, that's being worked on

Benoit fears the Anointed the most b/c of how wquicly they can killyou.

Wave 6 BOSS: Behemoth! Benoit forgot he did it when designing the leve. "Now I am cursing myself."

Benoit killed the Behemoth with Shadow HS.

biggy_dx: @ehlien @bioware Is it possible to make challenges repeatable (similar to how they were in ME3), or will they continue to stay completed forever (ie. A cap on challenge points)?



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Benoit one-clipped an Ascendant with Shadow. Shadow OP.