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There have been recent balance changes to the Multi-Tool and dedicated tractor beams. With the launch of the ATLS and its new tractor beam type, is the current balance for these tractor beams representative of the game moving forward, or do you have other changes planned?

TL;DRFurther tractor beam balancing is planned, with the Multi-Tool and dedicated beams meant to stay the weakest, after fixing combined-strength bugs, and the answer lists intended maximum crate sizes for each beam type.

Cloud Imperium

We have plans to address the balance further. The Multi-Tool and dedicated tractor beams were always meant to be the least powerful tractor beams in the game to allow puzzle solving, small cargo movement, and cooperative play. However, there are some bugs with combined tractor beam strength we would like to address before moving forward with the intended balancing. We also want to ensure that the full range of tractor-beam types are available to ships.Here is an overview of the maximum-sized cargo crates we intend for each on-foot tractor beam to support in Alpha 3.24.1 and once improved functionality is introduced. (x2 beams would be two players combining their tractor beams of matching size on the same target.)Multi-Tool in Alpha 3.24.1: max SCU = 16future support for cooperative beams: max SCU (1 beam) = 8 | max SCU (2 beams) = 16On-foot Dedicated Tractor Beamsin Alpha 3.24.1: max SCU = 32future support for cooperative beams: max SCU (1 beam) = 16 | max SCU (2 beams) = 32ATLSin Alpha 3.24.1: max SCU = 32future support for cooperative beams: max SCU (1 beam) = 32 | max SCU (2 beams) = N/A

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Published on this date.12 Sep 2024