New Patch?

I agree, bases with bubbles should stay out of combat in all aspects. calibrating support should issue a warning that you will loose the bubble if you do so.
Kamikaze actions are still possible like that, just that are not that imbalanced anymore since you don't have that 24hrs shield and can indirectly fight with it.
The only advantage that a kamikaze sector jump should give you is the surprise moment. But not an undefeatable cluster until the bubbles drop that you can only fight back at the point your opponent chooses.

There was a minor rare scenario (sectoring) this was useful, but it was so insignificant that it was not actually relevant in any capacity. About as useful as changing the color of the Crystal in bases from 255b to 245b.

"Cugs;d-260126" wrote:
Hello,

Can a Dev please explain the reason for this change in the recent patch?

Calibrating support weapons on or from shielded bases has been disabled now

It changes PvP once again, almost the last nail in the coffin, once you die you lose any small advantage you have of possibly respawning in the same area and be able to kill anything... the enemy can have there non shielded bases just sit there with pre set support weps, and there you are like a noob with none, until you lose your shield, and would have to wait up to 12 plus mins pending where your support bases are?

I just don't see the reason behind this change?

thanks,
Cugs

The change was suggested last year while WCS was still going on but I didn't think they would actually implement like this.

Read more on here: https://forums.ea.com/en/commandandconquer/discussion/244508/the-shields-and-respawn-with-sectoring-on-wcs/p4

Sorrow and another brought it up where bubbles should drop if you precal their support. But dev's implementation is a bit different. I think they need to modify it to what was suggested; hence, if you elect to use the the SW on your shielded bases, it automatically drops the shields/bubbles.

agree with the above - to just remove it all together is without a doubt another anti-pvp move

The popping of bubbles but not being able to calibrate support with bubble popped is discussed in another thread - that is an unintended consequence of the change - and is being looked at to reverse.

We are going to patch the worlds from last week with a hotfix for this issue, the worlds that received the update this week have this already included. Please let us know tomorrow if this problem still persists afterwards.

New Patch notes? Be nice to know exactly what you've resolved!
Thanks for your continued attention to our beloved game btw.

What about the "swap 2 of your bases with each other on their locations" in version 20.2 ?
This is very pro PvP... just do it and use it before your enemies will.

The SW disable for shielded bases is anti "kamikaze" as i see it... Dying is to be avoided at all costs and the "martyrs" are stupid.
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Good patch.

This is nice.

I disagree.
The way it was before bubbles gave you PVP team a big big advantage - you could move close to the enemy and hit them with a protection. If executed correctly it will cause much more damage than a regular PVP attack. I think you should be able to set support weapons directly after relocating, but it should drop your bubble.
"Undefeatable" was a bit exaggerated, but it is a big advantage, that is not intended. Bubbles protect sector jumpers from getting hit when they land. But as soon as they interfere with PVP the bubble drops in most cases, just not for support weapons. Why not for all cases?