I think "tweaked" rather than "fixed" is probably about right.
In the middle of a group, they now detonate reliably. Tried it on several groups of DE in FF and every seeker goes off immediately and at once without fail so far (tried it half a dozen times). However it must be a tightly packed group. Tried on a group of "wandering" DE and seekers 1 & 2 went off with 3 floating around for 5-10 seconds before finding a target.
Summoning them a short distance away from a group of mobs, then running in is not a good idea. They just float about a bit and come close, then eventually home in on a target as individual seekers, exploding and scattering the mobs. If seeker 1 goes off before the other two, then the others move ever so slowly in random directions until they get close to the knocked back survivors, then they go off. Often though, they time-out.
Personally, I can't see them as supplements to a Nova form for example. I tried several groups in FF and by the time I'd got into the group and laid waste to it in human/Nova forms, the seekers had just caught up.
Summoning them a long distance away, then flying around 'till you find a mob is an equal exercise in frustration. Their speed alternates between snail-like and super quick with no discernable reasoning behind it. When they do eventually make it to the mobs though, there is a definite improvement in that one seeker sometimes detonates (where before I never got one to)
I will still be using this as an alpha in a bosses face, and for that purpose, I have seen an improvement. Using them as pets though is still untenable to me. Whilst I could say that there has been an improvement, it is very much a small one.
Any definitive testing reports will require more time, as they take an age to recharge... Would be interested to hear others' views on this.
-H
(L39 PB tested in FF on grey minions and lt groups of DE & Council)
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Basically they're now detonating in the middle of a group reliably again.
w00t!!! Back to being a proper "Mini-Nuke"!
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Well, I had the impression they were lasting less than before, but I can be wrong... Have to check this.
Yuppers, The_Laughing_Man on the US boards:
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I think "tweaked" rather than "fixed" is probably about right.
In the middle of a group, they now detonate reliably. Tried it on several groups of DE in FF and every seeker goes off immediately and at once without fail so far (tried it half a dozen times). However it must be a tightly packed group. Tried on a group of "wandering" DE and seekers 1 & 2 went off with 3 floating around for 5-10 seconds before finding a target.
Summoning them a short distance away from a group of mobs, then running in is not a good idea. They just float about a bit and come close, then eventually home in on a target as individual seekers, exploding and scattering the mobs. If seeker 1 goes off before the other two, then the others move ever so slowly in random directions until they get close to the knocked back survivors, then they go off. Often though, they time-out.
Personally, I can't see them as supplements to a Nova form for example. I tried several groups in FF and by the time I'd got into the group and laid waste to it in human/Nova forms, the seekers had just caught up.
Summoning them a long distance away, then flying around 'till you find a mob is an equal exercise in frustration. Their speed alternates between snail-like and super quick with no discernable reasoning behind it. When they do eventually make it to the mobs though, there is a definite improvement in that one seeker sometimes detonates (where before I never got one to)
I will still be using this as an alpha in a bosses face, and for that purpose, I have seen an improvement. Using them as pets though is still untenable to me. Whilst I could say that there has been an improvement, it is very much a small one.
Any definitive testing reports will require more time, as they take an age to recharge... Would be interested to hear others' views on this.
-H
(L39 PB tested in FF on grey minions and lt groups of DE & Council)
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Basically they're now detonating in the middle of a group reliably again.
w00t!!! Back to being a proper "Mini-Nuke"!