In my opinion the details of the balance change aren't nearly as important as the active response to PvP feedback. Kudos, Cryptic, you just earned 1 million diplomacy xp!

It looks like a nice contradiction to me. It can't be effective and easily resisted at the same time. If it's easy to resist then it's easy to get rid of it and it's not effective at all.

These changes give me the feeling that the drones will only affect bad players only, those who don't know how to easily get rid of the drones, which means insignificant targets in a pvp situation. Power drain abilities should be able to remain effective against good and skilled opponents, othersiwe they have no use at all, and it should be even more effective since the carrier sacrifices 80% of its dps.

Again, the major issue with science abilities is that most of them are easy to counter, which leads to completely uneffective powers except on bad players, and you're about to do this mistake again with the siphon drones.

*turns it all in for Fleet Marks*

How about fixing Leech too?

And then Danubes please.

every danube launch should include 1 runabout and 2 type8/10 shuttles


did you have time to look into DEM?

Speaking of pets and Danubes.... The previous tractor beam fix ... was in fact a massive buff really.

Doing something else about that one would be nice.

They should have a pet cool down on tractor... so when one players pets tractor a target... it should be at least a global tractor beam cool down until the next one can tractor.

Are you admitting your dirty tricks, evil Klingun?
And many thanks, Borticus...you're a real Fed!

I give 10 million Marauding points to you if you make nausicaan ship have ability to use nausicaan tech... Lots of fleet marks!

Why not removing every sci carrier power ability instead? Only allowing scis to WATCH the game without playing it. Would be far more interesting isn't it?