EvilGeko
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RE: Why the Crusaders should be killing these bas*****.
Yeah, these jerks are all about "safety," beating up a defenseless woman in questioning. I wish I could have targeted them. I even more wish I could have served them to Hatchet's ghouls with some fava beans and a nice Chianti. -
Quote:This.Originally Posted by Cyber_naut
I don't have a problem with the TF being hard to set up and requiring good players, team makeup and coordination, but the rewards should be something that makes players jaws drop - but not in the current 'that's all?!' manner...
An appropriate reward for this trial IMO is 50 merits and 20 million inf. The devs just need to put in a real lockout timer on this so a character can't earn a reward for the trial more than once every [X] days. Where X equals what the devs think is fair. -
My Night Widow Build does not use PPPs. My Fortunata build has Soul Mastery. Gloom + Dark Obliteration = Happy.
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Quote:You people are making me agree with Memphis Bill. This is not a good thing for the stability of the universe.Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
I just don't see this as a good thing. Aside from the massive rewrites and *even more* potential to gut a build, it takes some of the "kick" out of the 40s. Couple extra slots at 50 - why not. This - no thanks.
5 slots at 50 I could get behind as a bonus for capping a character. But not being able to take all your epic powers presents an interesting choice sometimes. -
Quote:Corruptor's ranged damage mod is .75; a Blaster's is 1.125. That's a 50% increase.Originally Posted by Jibikao
I meant to ask this. How come Blaster's Blaze damage is so much higher damage than Corruptor's? I looked at the math but I can't seem to add up to 188.9 damage unenhanced at lvl 50 with 25% higher base damage modifier.
Corruptor's Blaze in mids shows 126. That's 88.4 + (7.51 x 5) = 126. 25% increase is only like 110.5 + (9.39 x 5) = 157.45?
I didn't know Blaster's "base" damage in blast set is higher? Am I missing something here? I know Blaster's damage scale is 1.0 and Corruptor is 0.75?
Another interesting thing is Dominator's Blaze 168 damage with recharge at 12s is still less than Blaster's Blaze with 10s recharge? Doesn't Dominator have 0.95 range modifier?
PS: Blaster's Blaze damage is crazy high... lol
126*1.5=189
As I said, anyone who thinks a Corruptor is out-damaging a Blaster is hallucinating. -
There would be winners and losers in a Diminishing Returns scheme, but the game would be much better off for it. Much more so than it was after ED, in my opinion.
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I just wanted to chime in for the OP:
Anybody who tells you that a Corruptor does more damage than a Blaster needs to learn to play. It's that simple.
Doms are closer to Blaster levels of boom, but Doms don't typically have the same amount of AoE or damage buffing that Blasters do.
Blaster take a player who is good and adept at managing their controls, melee damage, inspiration tray and has situational awareness. You're going to have a harder time solo if you're not good, that's true. But if you are, any blaster can do more damage than any non-primary damage dealer.
Some Scrappers and Brutes can do better, but it's a much more isolated case than a lot of people here let on. -
Quote:Yup. Just a bit like the Arachnos Soldiers get.Originally Posted by Vanden
You wanna give them passive mez protection?
Since Castle shot down the idea of PPPs or APPs for Kheldians, this is my goal for them. However, I just don't like Khelds enough to really be annoying about this so it's probably not something you'll hear much from me about. -
Quote:Why do you believe that any would be required?Originally Posted by Dalantia
How much nerfing are you willing to take for the ability to control them?
Personally, I don't think Controllers/Doms need full control, but only the three basic controls given to Masterminds on character creation. The ability to tell the pet to attack, to back off, and to protect themselves and me first. -
Makes no sense that a leader of a band of thugs has more control over his/her subordinates than a person who creates animated incarnations of their will and control over the basis of their power.
My Illusion controller's Phantasm exists only because my character has brought him into existence. He is a mindless extension of me animated and controlled by my thoughts.
The original reason given for the disparity was that this was intended to provide a benefit to CoV. Any reason to do that has long since fell out. -
PMed the OP to Castle.
Castle's Response:
NO.
He may have been a bit nicer about it than I let on.
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Quote:The Regen players who have wanted our FOUR click defenses not to cause redraw for years would be first in line you understand....Originally Posted by Moonlighter
Either way it's weak.
Needing to redraw after secondary melee attacks is slightly annoying, redraw after ranged secondary attacks is very annoying, but wasting any time during a short Build Up effect really should be fixed.
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Quote:My guess is that it's an artifact of the change that allowed non-offensive toggles not to root or animate if moving. Maybe a bug or maybe WAI, I don't know.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Now someone explain to me why some target based toggles that aren't in the primary DON'T cause redraw and it'll all make sense to me. Cuz right now... it doesn't.
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I've not found the game to get significantly harder for Blasters post-30. But it does require being on your toes more. It also helps to take those controls that they put in the Blaster sets.
For example, my Ice/Energy Blaster had a very smooth ride to 50 and this was in the bad old days pre-IOs when ED hurt. But having holds and stuns and KB helped a lot.
By contrast, I have a Fire/Fire who is sitting at 26 because while the damage is frightening, there's nothing to stop mobs from beating the character down.
My last Blaster, a DP/Elec is doing well because like the Ice/Energy there are enough controls to back up the damage to prevent mobs from doing too much damage too quickly. -
Quote:VEATs don't have APPs.Originally Posted by flashrains
Edited first post... apparently the APPs are there for everything except Veats.
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Build Up is in the Katana set, Build Up is not in the Dual Pistols set.
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The great thing about micro-transactions is that you get to pick and choose. I'm passing on this pack like I did with the science and wedding packs. Certainly not angry that they created the pack.
I only hope that they stay reasonable with their micro-trans as they have been up to now. This is a bit overpriced IMO, while the costume packs have been great bargains. -
Perma-Domination isn't necessary and hasn't even been that useful since they moved the damage increase to all the time.
I love my doms from level 1+. -
Kheldian's don't lack much but what they do lack is: ranged controls, mez protection, primary debuffs (as opposed to secondary effect debuffs). So I was thinking about how to do APPs and PPPs for Kheldians. I think I've come up with a few. There are only two APPs and I think more aren't needed. In theory, APPs should still provide themes consistent with the AT. So for example, Scrappers got Blaze Mastery because they have Fire Melee and Fire Armor now. Since Peacebringers are based on Light and Warshades based on gravity/darkness/twilight, I came up with two pools that reflect that.
As for PPPs, they are a bit harder because of their required themes, but I think I have them covered too. Here goes:
ANCILLARY POWER POOLS
PHOTON MASTERY (In Peacebringer colors)
41 - Blind
41 - Power Boost
44 - Light Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Photon Infusion (Toggle - Same effects as Radiation Infection - lower numbers)
47 - Flash
GRAVITY MASTERY (In Warshade colors)
41 - Gravity Distortion
41 - Aim
44 - Gravity Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Gravity Field (Click - Same effects as Tar Patch - lower numbers)
47 - Gravity Distortion Field
PATRON POWER POOLS
SOUL MASTERY
41 - Soul Storm
41 - Essence Theft (Siphon Power)
44 - Obsidian Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Darkest Night (Lower numbers on effects)
47 - Fearsome Stare (MUCH higher recharge than Dark Miasma version)
MU MASTERY
41 - Tesla Cage
41 - Energize
44 - Static Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - EM Field (Click - Same effects as Tar Patch - lower numbers)
47 - Static Field (MUCH higher recharge than Elec Control version)
MACE MASTERY
41 - Web Cocoon
41 - Power Boost
44 - Scorpion Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Venom Grenade
47 - Web Envelope
LEVIATHAN MASTERY
41 - Spirit Shark Jaws
41 - Hibernate
44 - Shark Skin (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Freezing Rain (At lower effects)
47 - Ice Slick
Alright that's it, you may now start telling me what an awful idea this is!
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Quote:Don't make me go through a fight like that again!Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Start lobbying now and maybe in 3 more years we will get this like the MoG fix and merged markets.
DONE: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=238578 -
My dream for Kheldian APPs:
PHOTON MASTERY (In Peacebringer colors)
41 - Blind
41 - Power Boost
44 - Light Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Photon Infusion (Toggle - Same effects as Radiation Infection - lower numbers)
47 - Flash
GRAVITY MASTERY (In Warshade colors)
41 - Gravity Distortion
41 - Aim
44 - Gravity Armor (Passive - Same effects as Bane Spider Armor)
44 - Gravity Field (Click - Same effects as Tar Patch - lower numbers)
47 - Gravity Distortion Field
Little chance of it, but it would be nice. -
Quote:Umm... I never said that a BS/Regen Stalker couldn't solo AVs. YOU SAID that a Brute/Scrapper couldn't solo an AV with high regen and a godmode. Having done so, I know that's not true.Originally Posted by Jibikao
What does BS/Regen Scrapper have that is much better than BS/Regen Stalker?? Besides not having stamina-type of power, is Stalker's dps that much lower?
My BS/Regen has soloed Maestro, Terra, the Envoy of Shadow, Countess Crey, Nemesis (and he's a jerk), Bobcat, Malaise, Battle Maiden (who had MoG at the time - may still), Chimera, Dominatrix, Mother Mayhem, Nightstar, The Kronos Titan, Giovanna Scaldi (dinged 50 on her long ago!Quote:And there are many types of AV in the game. Are we talking about the real ones with purple triangle or just some AV in AE mission? Those are much easier to deal with and I am sure Stalker can handle them.
Are we talking about you soloing Ghost Widow or something similar?), and a few others I can't recall right now.
All in missions, all even con. Not all without inspirations, all without temp powers. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Jibikao
I highly doubt an AV with high regen and god-mode can be soloed by any Brute/Scrapper. They'll run out endurance eventually.
My BS/Regen would beg to differ.
ON-TOPIC: There's no reason a Stalker shouldn't be able to solo an AV. Once I get my Claws/Will in shape for it, I'll report back. -
Quote:Something I learned building my new system: Make sure the darn thing fits in your case!Originally Posted by Mad_Cow_Milk
No other suggestions?
I use an ATI Radeon 5850 and I was shocked how big the darn thing was. It fit, but it took some juggling. -
Quote:Scrapper's attacks at base are 150% of a Brutes with the same attack.Originally Posted by T_Immortalus
Scrappers have slightly higher base damage in their attacks and thus benefit more from slotting for damage. It doesn't seem to be that big a difference in my opinion.
Not sure how that qualifies as "slightly".
Well, when you need about 100% of that damage buff just to match the Scrapper, I would probably pick the Scrapper. YMMVQuote:Do you choose a 100% chance for at least 115%(75-80% fury is at least a 120% damage buff) damage buff after a short period, which stays there a lot easier than it used to, or a 10% chance of a 100% damage buff?