Here is more changes to the Machine operations coming in game update 5.10. The patch is currently playable on the public test servers.
Onward we go, brave testers! There’s a skip button for Nahut down now, as well as delicious 258 gear! The components are a little trickier, but I have confidence that you all can handle the execution complexity.
As a warning: This is likely the last refresh where Tyth will be playable. We need to start pushing forward and picking at the later encounters, so earlier encounters are going to start becoming unpullable as we go forward.
General:
- Tier 5 Legendary Gear (258) is now available from purchase from ED-5E L at the Odessen landing area. There is also a vendor selling 258 components.
- To try and ease the total run time of the GftM operation in non-master modes, the health of non-boss encounters have been reduced by ~15% in Story Mode, and ~13% in Veteran Mode.
Tyth:
Just a couple of odds and ends here, cleaning up things that went wonky with the build.
I’m leaving Tyth open this refresh to get a little more information about the power level of the Justice buff (especially when it’s actually working as intended). If it’s making things too easy, we’ll dial it back a bit.
All Modes:
- Lances are no longer taunt immune.
Master:
- The Justice Drones’ Energized Overload proc now actually applies its damage buff to players.
- The Justice Drones’ Energized Overload proc will no longer apply its damage buff to Tyth and other Drones.
Veteran:
- Removed Inversion’s hinder component, as it was odd to do this in Veteran mode but not in Master mode.
Aivela & Esne:
No more permanent disco mode, and a little bit of time pulled out of Phase 3 (approx 1 million HP), to pull the encounter forward just a tad faster. We’ll see how this goes.
Master:
- Pushing the Nexus from Phase 0 to Phase 1 before destroying all of the Codex Obelisks will now unleash a Codex Feedback shockwave that wipes the raid.
- Half of the Nexus’s Phase 3 health has been removed. The net result of this is that the Nexus has 25% less HP than it used to, and the transition point out of Phase 0 is 33% instead of 50%.
Nahut:
A little quality of life for Nahut, but not much more, as testers were unable to make much of any headway into the encounter without 258 gear. It turns out Master Mode Nahut is kind of a hard encounter. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
So, funny story: Way back when, in the long long ago… Candle passes originally hit the first thing in their path (player or Nahut). As it turns out, this was a horrendously mean thing to do. I removed it by simply flagging the player interception behavior as Master Mode only (since we weren’t making Master Mode, it was the quickest and cleanest change to remove it). Fast forward to the reality of today, and you Master Mode testers were delighted(?) to discover these new candle interception mechanics.
Spoiler: Candle interception is still not an okay thing to do, so that business has been rightly and properly removed.
Master Mode:
- Power Cells will now become usable 6s earlier than before (3s after Candle Pickup, down from 9s) so that players have ample time to pick up a cell and get back to the center.
- Other players can no longer accidentally intercept candle passes in Master mode. (Nahut can still intercept passes, just like Veteran mode)
- The debuff associated with the Radiation Field outside the Singularity Chamber should no longer be right-click dispellable.
Veteran:
- Rail Turrets should actually have 20% less HP in Vet8 now.
