ClawsandEffect

I'd like to see Spines get the same treatment Claws got a while back.

The single target damage of Spines is pretty lackluster already, and it's made worse by the fact that the animations for the single target powers take forever.

Claws got the "flailing wildly" animation of Swipe replaced, yet Barb Swipe still has it.

Claws got the "Baseball pitch" animation of Slash replaced, yet Impale still has it.

Lunge is the only single target attack that Spines has that doesn't have a ludicrously long animation.

I understand that the lower single target DPS of Spines is balanced by it's awesome AoE potential. The problem I have with it is that, currently, Spines' AoE output isn't so much better than other sets' that it justifies the single target DPS being so much worse.

In Bill Z's DPS comparison thread, Spines was solidly in last place by a significant margin, and it's AoE wasn't in first place by a similar margin. It could be greatly improved simply by lowering the cast time of Barb Swipe and Impale, which would give it 3 decent ST DPS attacks.....instead of the ONE it has now.

(I didn't read all 37 pages of the thread, so I apologize if this had already been brought up)

Edit: I realize this violates the caveat in the OP about animations needing to remain the same length, but I feel Spines as a whole needs to be looked at so people won't just see it as "that farming set" because the single target DPS is so abysmal.

*large crowd of people gather in a room*

*gradually, the large crowd separates into two smaller crowds on opposite sides of the room*

*much glaring occurs from one side to the other and vice versa*

One crowd takes a deep breath, and as one shouts:

GREAT TASTE!

The other crowd looks slightly stunned, and rallies itself for an answer, which comes with equal volume:

LESS FILLING!

And, so it goes, long into the night.

I wouldn't put the Numina's unique in Drain Psyche. Slotetd there it will only fire when you use Drain Psyche.

If it's the Ranged Defense you're concerned about you can always take Mind Probe and slot it with 6 Mako's Bite, but I don't know how much wiggle room you have in your build.

You shouldn't have any need to get Perma Hasten. Once you have enough recharge to run the optimal DM attack chain, you really don't need any more, since SR doesn't have any long recharging powers you want back faster. With the possible exception of Elude, but if you're already softcapped you won't be needing Elude.

Personally, I would try to get there with just global recharge, and drop Hasten altogether. (since it has an endurance crash when it wears off)

See what happens when Claws thinks outside the box?

I just spawned a bunch of /Dual Blades tanks didn't I?

In answer to another question posed: We've already established that the Achilles proc and the FotG proc will stack with each other, so since I've confirmed that the Achilles proc will indeed stack with Bruising, yes it should be possible to occasionally achieve a -60% resistance debuff on a single target while running NS-BF-AV.

Added bonus: That attack chain doesn't require a whole lot of recharge, so you can focus your slotting on survivability (my Invuln/DB tank's prospective build is pretty sick )

Edit: You can thank Johnny Butane for this in a way.....he pissed me off with his "WAAAAAHHHHH, scrappers can solo AVs and tanks can't!" whining, so I decided to prove him wrong and throw it in his face, which led me to the idea of stacking -resist with a Dual Blades tank.

My Invuln/Dual Blades should make short work of the heavily S/L using AVs like Marauder, Siege, Bobcat, Battle Maiden, Chimera, and so on. He'll have trouble with Infernal because his Fire resistance and defense aren't that great, and obviously Malaise and Mother Mayhem will annihilate him like any other Invuln, but that's still a few AVs that he should destroy with relative ease.

As the title says.

How much recharge would I need to run a chain of Nimble Slash-Blinding Feint-Attack Vitals?

Yes, I am aware that Nimble Slash is a subpar power for scrappers, I'm asking about it for my Invuln/Dual Blades tank. The automatic -20% resistance when the tier 1 lands is too nice to not put it in my chain. I also figured that adding it to the chain would reduce the recharge needed to run the chain, hope I'm correct on that.

In case you're wondering, I have an Achille's proc in Ablating Strike too, and yes, they DO stack with each other. Figured I'd mention that, since I don't recall seeing anyone post about a Dual Blades tank using the proc (since Dual Blades is the only tanker set that can slot it anywhere that I know of)

Also, since I have a couple spare slots, would Gaussian's Chance for Build Up work nicely in Blinding Feint? Or would I be better off putting it in a toggle? I ask because I should be hitting Blinding Feint at LEAST every ten seconds, so it should be a wash as far as where I'd get more benefit from it in.

Thanks to anyone that can answer these questions.

I went all summer without a single purple drop. Not a one.

Then I got 3 within a couple days. My BS/DA scrapper got 2 Gravitational Anchors within 5 minutes of each other (I was absoloutely shocked, I figured getting the one meant I wouldn't get another for a few months)

And my main got an Apocalypse a couple days later. Other than that I haven't gotten squat since probably around February.

1) DM/SR/Mu Brute (me)
2) My wife's DA/Fire Tank.
3) Bill Z Bubba on his Claws/SR Scrapper.
4) An Earth/Fire/Fire permadom Dominator.
5) Sonic/Rad Corruptor.
6) Cold/Dark/Dark Defender.
7) Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster.
8) Illusion/Kin Controller.

Edit: This ITF set up is actually feasible for me, because my wife and I play on the same server as Bill Z. I've run TFs with him on occasion, and there are few players or characters I'd rather have along with me on one.

Seriously?

EIGHTEEN pages of people arguing about whether or not blasters are useless?

The only useless thing I see around here is the thread itself.

People enjoy playing blasters because it is fun to blow **** up.

That's really all that needs to be said.

If someone turns down a blaster when there is an open spot on the team just because "blasters don't contribute enough", I'll quit the team myself, simply because I refuse to team with people who have their head that far up their ***.

If numbers are so much more important than a teammate who is fun to play with, forget about the game altogether and go play with a calculator instead.

The vast majority of the playerbase could give a crap less that their overall damage output could be 1.6% higher if they invite a corruptor instead of a blaster. Fun is subjective, and surprisingly, most people don't find analyzing things down to the last decimal point for a pick up group all that fun.

I'm very happy with my Elec/WP brute.

He is currently level 35, and I've been running on +0/x6 comfortably for the last 6-7 levels. Planning on going with Mu mastery, both for concept and added AoE potential.

On the contrary in one regard.

The way Domination works means you can immobilize a boss with just one application of an immobilize power, rather than needing to stack it in order for it to stick. I'd say the fact that Domination effectively doubles the mag of any control is more useful than the increased duration.

Well, first off, you REALLY need to change this thread's title. Out of context it doesn't sound right at all. If you don't get what I'm referring to.....say it out loud, pronouncing CoX as the letters would indicate.

That aside, I was drawn to the game because I've been a comic book geek for most of my life, ever since my dad let me read his Green Lantern and Iron Man comics as a kid. I'm constantly coming up with ideas for superheroes, and since I'm really crappy at drawing, the game is the only place I can bring my ideas to life.

I also met my wife in the game. We were in the same SG and teamed a lot, and got to know each other over the course of a year and a half or so. We decided that since we had so much in common we should meet in person. And it just clicked. Our first child is due any day now

I'm mostly still playing because of all the friends I've made in the game. A lot of them are just glorified acquaintences, but a few of them have become good friends (We invited a couple of them to our wedding, none of them made it, but the fact that we invited them says a lot)

I see no problem with something like this, provided it doesn't take a whole lot of time away from other stuff to do it.

I rarely play buffing characters, so I wouldn't get much use out of it, but it would be a nice featue for those that DO play them.