ClawsandEffect

I don't really bother enhancing them, but they are a great place to slot a LotG recharge.

Worth noting about Grant Cover: You only get the debuff resistance while you're actually running the power, so it is worth at least slotting it fr end reduction.

I would like it somewhat earlier as well.

I get up for work at 3 AM Central, so anything that runs too late is not really an option for me.

Interesting that this got brought up. I was kicking around the idea of an all-melee fight club type thing as a weekly event. I like melee, and all-melee fights tend to be the most evenly matched. It sucks getting kited to death because your scrapper or brute has no ranged ability.

Perhaps we could organize both events on different days, and make an attempt at breathing some life back into PvP on Pinnacle? Most of the jerks from the old days have moved on, so we should be able to do it without any hard feelings on any side.

Plus, it would be nice to fight someone who is actually capable of killing my main (Claws/Regen scrapper). I haven't been defeated by another player since last November, and it was more because the few people I found willing to fight me either weren't built as well or didn't have much skill at PvP than any skill I possess.

How is that possible?

I was under the impression the entire game conned gray to Blue Steel.

I'm thinking Dominator. Psi/Psi/Psychic Mastery

She has both melee and ranged Psi powers, and a pet. The Willpower-ish powers she seems to have are found in the Dominator/Controller APP.

3/4ths of the teams who ran the STF failed it in the first week it existed, too. Same with the LRSF. And BAF and Lam. And MoM, UG, Keyes, etc. etc. etc.

I fail to see the validity of complaining about this in the S&I forum.

Though I do find it incredibly amusing that there is always someone who complains that something is too hard.....after it has been live for less than 24 hours.

Did we need more proof that one person's opinion does not make something a fact?

"Fun" is entirely too subjective of a term for someone to say that someone else is wrong when they apply it to a given activity.

To me, stamp collecting is boring, many other people call it fun. Which of us is wrong?

Neither.

I'll just leave this here to speak for itself.

I have anecdotal evidence that your assertion isn't true.

I posted a suggestion a while back regarding Regeneration getting some minor buffs.

Shortly afterward, Regeneration got some minor buffs.

Not especially compelling evidence in and of itself, but the minor buffs Regeneration got were almost exactly what I had suggested, down to the actual numbers being very close.

Does it mean *I* got Regen buffed? Not necessarily, and I'm not claiming that I did. But it does suggest that they had read my suggestion thread at the very least. It's entirely possible that they were going to do it anyway and I just happened to make a really good guess, and just as possible that they wanted to do something but didn't know exactly what until they read my thread. I'll never know the truth, nor do I really want to, but as anecdotal evidence goes it's fairly convincing.

Probably #4.

Same reason Marvel and DC didn't go after each other for both having a character named Scarecrow in their rosters.

The only truly unique element of any Marvel character I can think of offhand is Captain America throwing his shield as an offensive weapon.

We didn't get that ability for game mechanic reasons, but I would be very surprised if Captain America being known for doing that hadn't been considered as well.

I did a Google search a while back and found exactly ONE character in ANY media that throws a shield frequently enough to be known for doing it: Captain America. My search didn't even turn up another character that had ever done it.

It's a safe bet that throwing a shield is very much a part of the trademark on Captain America, because as far as I can tell it is a trait that is completely unique to him.

I also see no need to buff Tankers.

However, my suggestions to adjust Brute survivability had nothing to do with "making Tankers feel better". I play and enjoy both as well.

My concern was with the actual balance of it.

The balance point of Brutes has been stated to be intended to be between Tankers and Scrappers. In normal solo or small team gameplay, this is true.

But in heavy buff situations in leagues or large buff-heavy teams, Brutes can get very close to Tanker survivability while occasionally surpassing Scrapper damage output.

I don't want to screw with any Brute base values for anything, but I still feel their maximum potential should be dialed down a little bit. Not drastically, but enough so that their performance falls between Tankers and Scrappers across the full range, instead of equaling or surpassing them at the top end. The only real way to accomplish that is by reducing resistance and damage caps. Again, not drastically.

If damage and resistance caps were reduced, it would have little to no affect on solo and small team play, as I have never seen a Brute reach its respective caps on its own (other than through inspiration use, and that is limited in duration). But it would put Brutes closer to being between Tankers and Scrappers when heavily buffed, where they are allegedly supposed to be. (I say allegedly because I do not know where to find a dev quote that explicitly states it, but I do remember reading it coming from a dev)

(This is coming from someone who currently has 6 Brutes on the only server I play on, so AT bias has NOTHING to do with my reasoning. I state this because I've been accused being biased toward Scrappers in the past. It's not true.)

The only buff I would support to Tankers is a very slight damage scalar increase, from .8 to .85. It would help Tankers in a couple ways: 1) They would solo slightly better, and 2) They would hold agro better*. I'm not going to campaign for such a buff, but I support the notion of it.

I also concur with your suggestion of adjusting Threat levels so Tankers will hold agro better than they do now (which is already the best). It's debatable how much it would really accomplish in terms of a "fix", but it would reinforce the role of a Tanker as agro manager.

I also feel that it doesn't matter whether anyone agrees with how necessary a Tanker is on a team, because the game has never been about forcing people into one pre-determined playstyle. The role of tank is as necessary as the people playing them or forming teams feel it is, and not one bit more or less. I don't like Masterminds, but I will never say they are unnecessary or try to change the way they play so I will like them better. I just don't play them and let the people who enjoy playing that role do so without trying to force my preferences on them.

(*The bit about holding agro better is because damage dealt plays a role in how well agro is held by a given character. If it did not, it would be impossible for a Blaster to pull agro off a Tanker once it is established. And we've all seen Blasters pull agro before.)

Aww.

That sucks Steelclaw. You were always one of my favorite posters.

I knew going into one of your threads that the chances of it being a rant of some kind were virtually zero.

And I for one found your lists amusing most of the time. Some of them fell flat, but that's the risk every comedian takes with his material.

No apology is ever necessary for any attempt at entertaining people. Whether that attempt was successful or not is irrelevant, the spirit of the attempt is enough. Your attempts to entertain were never mean-spirited, and never came at anyone else's expense. And, speaking for myself, anyone who had a problem with them can get stuffed.

That's why I was proposing a moderate taunt effect.

Enough to stop critters from buggering off, but not enough to pull agro off a Tanker or Brute.

Tanker and Brute taunt effects are +400%, if I recall correctly.

Make this a +200% effect with a 3 second duration. Since damage auras tick every 2 seconds, it would mean that something hit by a damage aura with this slotted would stay agroed on the Scrapper provided that A) The damage aura continuously hits it, and B) A Tanker or Brute's taunt aura is not affecting it.

It also goes without saying that this affect would be non-enhanceable. Which stands to reason, since you cannot enhance effects that are only present due to a proc.

Also, the devs stance on procs not going off 100% of the time is a little strange, considering that the Numina's, Miracle, and Regenerative Tissue uniques are all technically 100% chance procs.

And the Scrapper ATO(s) that currently exist can't be said to be a 100% effect, at least not completely. It is a guaranteed increase to a chance for something to happen that is only a 5% chance to begin with. Saying they got a 100% guaranteed effect would be implying that when you slot that piece a Scrapper would crit 100% of the time. The regular Scrapper ATO increases your crit chance from 5% to 7% on most attacks against minions (which is still lower than the Stalker's base chance to crit), and from 10% to 14% against LTs and higher. The Superior ATO increases the chance from 5% to 8% and 10% to 16% respectively. They kind of had to do it that way, because a 20% chance to improve a 5% crit chance to 8% would be pretty useless. How would you ever know if it was working?

I'll try to put together a basic soft-capped SR build for you.

I'll keep it as cheap as possible, as I'm sure you don't have piles of cash on hand to build it with. It will be in Mids' format, so when I post it you can load it directly into the program and view what I did yourself.

Just looking at the build should answer most of your questions, but if you have any others I'll be happy to answer them as best I can.

I was going to do it last night but I got busy and didn't have time. I'll try to get to it sometime this afternoon.

As far as I can recall, they are identical to the Dark Blast versions' animations.

Hybrid has been changed.

It is no longer a high end cost toggle. It is now a 0 end cost toggle with a 120 second limit, and a 120 second recharge, so it has a maximum up time of 50%.

As of when I type this that is how it stands, to my knowledge.