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Topic: Primary Lock Cycling Change

Couldn't find anything about this in search, but maybe someone can point out a discussion thread if it exists.

Why do weapons stop cycling when I switch primary targets? And when was this changed?

It was always a nice fluid mechanic, switching between primaries without having to manually cycle weapons, especially with missiles. I miss it and not having it makes NPC grinding just that one click extra tedious now. Boo.

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

http://www.perpetuum-online.com/Changelog:2013-05-17

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

Heliaso wrote:

http://www.perpetuum-online.com/Changelog:2013-05-17

Thank You.

That answers the WHEN

Anyone know about the WHY...

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

Now can be used in exploit to shoot two targets at once. Quite amusing.

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

Burial wrote:

Now can be used in exploit to shoot two targets at once. Quite amusing.

I've seen that video. So is that a SIDE effect of the primary lock change?

If you don't know WHY it was changed Burial, then who the hell does? Zoom?

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

Turning off the modules was the only way we could fix this:
http://forums.perpetuum-online.com/topi … et-switch/

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

DEV Zoom wrote:

Turning off the modules was the only way we could fix this:
http://forums.perpetuum-online.com/topi … et-switch/

2011

like 5 posts.

How many times is it annoying that you cannot unlock a target versus how many times is it annoying that you have to click all your guns again every minute when killing NPCs?

Not convinced its a good trade off. Not even sure what that 'problem' was.

Perhaps in future if you find a way to fix it another way, bring back auto-cycling between primaries ...very useful and fluid mechanic in otherwise tedious NPC grinding activity.

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8 Reply by Rex Amelius (edited by Rex Amelius 2014-09-19 21:50:18)

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

From recent patch notes

New: Unlocking targets will now also work without the need to select them beforehand, so you can quickly empty your targeting computer this way.

Now that there is a new "unlock all targets" mechanic do you think you can revert the change that destroyed a great fluid QoL PVE mechanic as described in this thread.

Hmm Zoom?

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Re: Primary Lock Cycling Change

+infinity

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