[2020] [Pc] Hotfix 12.4.5 Frost Snowglobe changes and more.

Originally posted by stimpakk

I began to play this game in April last year and this is the first update where I can say that I was actually disappointed with DE. However, I jumped to conclusions and after testing the latest patch, I can say things have changed for the better here.

Snow Globe:

The issue isn't HP, the issue is that IT.DOES.NOT.SCALE. We've debated this on the forums and everybody knows that low to mid tier players have a functioning Snow Globe but that T2/T3 defense players along with high level defense players regard Snow Globe as useless as it dies in one or two seconds. See edit below

Grineer lights:

They're were unavoidable, too numerous and would one-shot low level frames in one hit and didn't hit enemies. They didn't make sense lore-wise or game mechanic wise. Cutting damage in half is not going to fix these issues since the lights don't add any difficulty or challenge, only tedium. I'm hoping DE forgot to mention other changes to these lights, because if the only change is to cut their HP damage in half and reduce some GFX, I'm not going to be a happy player.

I'm going to take the game for a spin tonight, but if things are as before with the lights, I might actually take a longer timeout until DE fixes this since the lights seriously piss me off right now.

Edit: Also, once again I'm reminded that Rhino/Valkyr/Trinity players aren't affected of the lights due to their invulnerability. So I guess that until next week, I'll be playing those three instead.

Edit: Corrected wording. Also, to those that are downvoting me, please reply with a comment as well why. This isn't r/gaming is it?

Edit3: THE EDITNING: After testing with a less than optimal build of both Frost and Nova (since I couldn't actually get more clan mates to jump on this tonight), it's very clear that even with a shitty situation like this, Snow Globe has become VIABLE at least for T2/T3 defense. Our Frost saw times between 11-18 seconds of duration which is INSANELY good considering we both accidentally brought shitty weapons, forgot ammo caches and whatnot. With good setups and weapons, we're definitely going to be seeing around 19-20 seconds which absolutely works here. It's a bit annoying though that I can't actually test really high level defense tonight, but since most of my team-mates are AFK, that'll have to wait. Hopefully someone else can try this out and offer feedback on this.

Broken lights: Visual FX is toned down a lot which is very good. However, even though I tried to keep an eye out, I was still experiencing the same as before, when I saw them, it was usually too late or they were obscured. Additionally, they're too numerous right now, but as DE_Steve said they're still working on it, this is a good step on the way!