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1.3.6 Tar Changes

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awkm:
Previously, you could exploit how tar worked.  Tar releases a cloud every 3 seconds.  It applied damage once that 3 seconds was up, so at the end of the sequence.  Tapping Tar and deactivating it within 3 seconds would prevent any damage.  You can't do that anymore.

There was some complaint to its effectiveness after the fix, therefore pointing out a imbalance in its original form.  So some changes were made to make it a little better.

Comments here.

HamsterIV:
I miss the old tar where I could get a respectable cloud behind me for 1/2 second's tar usage. I know it as an exploit, but I trained my muscle memory around that exploit.  Perhaps I could still get the cloud but the damage the cloud does to other ships would be proportional to how long I left the tar on for the 3 seconds used to generate the cloud. Most of the time I use tar to create some soft cover while running with my tail between my legs.

Dementio:
I use Tar Barrel on Squid. I use tar to escape. I can't use tar anymore because there is Tar only every 3 or so seconds while the skill is activated. Non-stop kerosen and enemy gun-fire already put enough damage on those engines, especially with the immensive amount of flamethrower going on lately, how am I supposed to get a second tar cloud going?
Also, tar is easily dodged even on a pyra without buff, thus I can barely hit anything at all and when I do, the damage seems to be just too little. Maybe you can trap a galleon with tar, if it isn't blasting it's hwachas into your behind.
A Junker or Spire making 1 tar cloud every once in a while might actually pull it off, but that can't be all right?

So, I have a question now: What is Tar useful now? Because I don't get it.

awkm:
Tar creates 1 cloud immediately as it did before.  The difference now is that you take the damage immediately instead of at the end of the 3 seconds when it creates the second cloud and so on.

I'll be taking a look at Tar Barrel for the future.  Some suggestions from dev app so far include bigger hit boxes or 'shooting' them out so to speak.

Omniraptor:
Most people don't use tar for damage anyway.

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