June 1st Release notes

Weekly Release notes, June 1st 2016 

Read me first: https://www.kixeye.com/forum/discussion/636847

Forsaken Mission 

Tier 5 has the Judgement mortar, and explosive system 4 added to it, along with doubling the amount of shard available from 15 to 30, 10 per each hull now. 

The judgement mortar is a good alternative for Pandemonium mortars when faced with high amounts of countermeasures. With a higher base damage, more range, and the MIRV ability. The MIRV can be very useful to overwhelming countermeasures, along with a high ass base reload, and can be used for snipping to reach beyond the weapon range.

The Explosive system 4 is a good upgrade to ES3, and an alternative to Combustion system 2. With a spread deduction instead of bonus, +5% bonus to Projectile Speed, and lower weight percentage, at the cost of lesser Splash. The Explosive system works best with mortars, and not rockets in my opinion as you want mortars to hit their target.

  Foundry Assault 

A new tier was added to the foundry, featuring Assault hulls. With the MCX, Interceptor, Kodiak, and Rhino. With each ship having gained 35% Panatrating Damage, and the Kodiak getting Corrosive resistance of 40%. Each hull also got their own retrofits, but without any changes to the base stats itself. However, the build times have been reduced. 

Build time 

MCX: 1d 9hrs 45m 48s
Interceptor: 1d 18hrs 12m 16s
Kodiak: 2d 4h 45m 20s

Foundry Retrofits

Missile Cruiser X

R1: Assault DPS: 0 to 3

R2: Assault DPS: 3 to 6

R3: Assault DPS: 6 to 12; Siege DPS: 0 to 6

R4: Assault DPS 12 to 25; Siege DPS 6 to 12; Corrosive Resistance 25% to 30%; Combat Speed 12 to 13

R5: Assault DPS: 25 to 50; Siege DPS 12 to 25; Corrosive Resistance 30% to 40%; Combat Speed 13 to 15

The Missile cruiser received a mild retrofit, with resistances to help with the current raid cycle. Seems like 15 base speed is the new standard, with many hulls now getting being upgraded to it, or retrofitted to it. The Fragments for this hull is found in Level 75 elite salvages.

Interceptor V2-H

R1: Assault DPS: 0 to 12

R2: Assault DPS:12 to 25

R3: Assault DPS 25 to 50; Siege DPS: 0 to 25

R4: Assault DPS: 50 to 200; Siege DPS: 25 to 100; Corrosive Resistance: +25% to +30%

R5: Assault DPS: 200 to 400; Siege DPS: 100 to 200; Corrosive Resistance: 30% to 40%

The V2-H received an average retrofit, with the majority being DPS bonus. The Fragments for this hull are found in level 32 Legion Assault forces, that spawn around Nav Relays

Kodiak


R1: Assault DPS: 0 to 30

R2: Assault DPS: 30 to 62.5

R3: Assault DPS: 62.5 to 125; Siege DPS: 0 to 62.5

R4: Assault DPS: 125 to 250; Siege DPS: 62.5 to 125; Corrosive Resistance: 40% to 45%; Assault Deflection 0 to 12.5; Siege Deflection: 0 to 7.5

R5: Assault DPS: 250 to 500; Siege DPS: 125 to 250; Corrosive Resistance: 45% to 55%; Assault Deflection: 12.5 to 25; Siege Deflection: 7.5 to 15

Here is gets weird, why the .5 on the Deflections? The Corrosive resistance is real nice too, along with the armor ability of the R5, the Kodiak can still make for a good tank in the new raid. The Fragments for this hull are found in level 53 Legion Assault forces, that spawn around Nav Relays

Rhino


R1: Assault DPS: 0 to 42.5

R2: Assault DPS 42.5 to 85

R3: Assault DPS 85 to 175; Siege DPS 0 to 85

R4: Assault DPS: 175 to 350; Siege DPS 85 to 175; Corrosive Resistance: 50% to 55%; Assault Deflection: 0 to 50; Siege Deflection: 0 to 25; Turret Defense: 0% to 10%

R5: Assault DPS: 350 to 700; Siege DPS: 175 to 350; Corrosive Resistance: 55% to 65%; Penetrative Resistance: 40% to 50%; Assault Deflection: 50 to 100; Siege Deflection: 25 to 50; Turret Defense: 10% to 30%

The Rhino has the best retrofits of the Assault foundry tab, with Deflection, DPS, Corrosive resistance, and Turret Defense. The downside? The target (75 Legion fleets found new Nav Relay) to earn the Rhino is from the last raid, and you need 141 pieces to build it too. 141/3 is 47. 47 times you need to hit these targets, to earn the Rhino and many times more to retrofit it. I have personally only seen Rhino complete the target, and needing Rhinos to earn it will be hard. 

Speaking of fragments... 

Double Fragment weekend! 

This coming weekend, June 3rd 12 PM PDT to 5th at 12 PM PDT, all targets will be dropping double fragments. 

This could be very good, as you would need only 24 times to earn the hulls in Tier 4, and will be very fast for retrofitting the hull already owned. I'm going to be working on unlocking the Berserker hull during this time. 

Make sure to keep your sector threat in the orange during this, as it will maximize the amount of frag's dropped.