Give me more Malevolence Please!

Battle Pirates gives the players an early Christmas gift

By Specialist_AKA_Specs

So watching my alliance chat and going through the campaign myself I was struck with how well the campaign was playing with those in my alliance that did not have the newer turrets or even Valiants built yet. The tech level of those that were finding success with Javelins and Sent 5, with two Tideseekers in the base for a defense to Vanquishers with Citadels. The key to success was the layout in most instances and the fact that the Reavers did not have crazy health or weapon range. Concussive and even corrosive worked great in each encounter.

Campaign for all! 

A Level 61  player were having great success with their Tideseekers and a tiger shark or two. One player did have to spend 30 coins on the whole four prize packs. In his words “Better than any raid I have played in so far!” He was happy that he could get a new concussive long range turret and a new base hitting the hull. Granted he does not think he will start the Malice until February of 2017, but at least he got some lovely items for his base for very low cost. Level 80 did the campaign with two Enforcers and 3 Rhinos sandwich between them along the channel. It worked well, and he did the campaign for no cost to him. The best setup I saw for a mid-level player was two vanquishers, two citadels, and hell wraith. While there was thermal in the encounters that did not seem to bother his Hellwraith. The player would drive the hell wraith and weaken them for that minute while they ran down the channel with mortars raining down on them. It was very poetic, and he loved that his base could deal pretty nicely with the TLC.

Throughout the night the mood was one of merriment and good times. It was almost like Christmas Eve in BP land and players were happy that they had success with various layouts and defense fleet configurations. There were some issues reported of course with players getting stuck in certain spots. It seems that if you did not have a base guard fleet that the AI acted weird and the TLC could lock up and not finish for the player.  

If you have not done the campaign yet, you will want to give a try. Keep in mind that the reavers are many, it is a swarm I think there were 40 reavers in my base at one time. IT can be a strain on your graphics card and even with being on the PC with the most up to date graphics card and hard wired to my Cable internet it lagged on me in many spots. So much was going on in that 45 seconds that I missed it trying to keep up with the reavers going boom! IT was all worth it for two great prizes.

Prizes that help where it counts

The Malice should not be a 1 click win hull. It has some glaring weaknesses that any good base builder can take advantage of. However, those weaknesses can be overcome with some creative fleet building skills to help you get this hull in a majority of bases. I could see having one in my fleet or two max. Much like the trend in the last year your fleet will perform better with a few different conqueror hulls to meet the challenges, you will find as you are hitting bases.

The New turret should probably be three or four active in your base. It is concussive based, and that is one of the most useful damage types against most of the base hitting hulls in the game. I am rethinking my turrets now and trying to figure out what I could replace and where. The range on it is excellent, and it can go deep in the base on the island to provide you with more opportunity to pelt the attacker for the length of your channel and even outside while they are driving around the rim.

Summary

Overall the TLC was a gift to the players in my opinion. While it gets laggy at spots with that many reavers and that much action going on in your base. The locking out due to not having a base guard and a few other problems being reported. Does not change the fact that it was well done and so far well received by the sector I am in right now and my alliance. Low-level and mid-level players are getting a very nice defensive turret and good base hitting hull that will let them have a bit more fun going forward in 2017.

To my readers in America, have a Great Thanksgiving and I will see you all next week unless something important happens in the game.