Hyperstrike

Spelling and grammar are one thing.

GiantTestWallO'DOOM is another.

If you're actually looking for information or a discussion on a topic, whanging someone in the face with a Wall cuts down on your chances of getting a decent response. Simply because nobody wants to take the effort and time to parse the information out of the mess.

Yes. No. Maybe.

They essentially did the same thing with travel powers.
This wouldn't mean much for people looking for the third tier powers as they'd still need two power picks.

Granted, if you want Weave, you're getting Boxing or Kick.
But if you just wanted/needed Tough...

Nah, the devs are reserving this little baby for themselves.



So they can go around whanging villains in the head with it.

You are a disturbed indivudual!

LOVE IT!

Uh yeah. NO!

Simply because an IO'ed-to-a-fare-thee-well toon can nuke down +4x8 doesn't mean every build should, or that baseline SOs should.

Baseline SOs should allow you to complete content on +0x1 with bosses on, and have the bosses be somewhat challenging.

Nobody ever promised you that your SO'ed toon was going to be able to solo multiple AVs simultaneously.

Is the power gap between crazily IO'ed up toons and SO'd toons with identical slot-outs relatively huge?

YES!

AS IT SHOULD BE.


I agree with the sentiment that the system is homogenizing very high-power toons.

I disagree that someone sporting a "luxury" build that's been min-maxed within an inch of its life in any way detracts from an SO build's ability to run normal content.

Inv/SS tankers with even BEEFIER resist numbers AND defense cap?

YES! PLEASE!

On Ice as well.

While it'd probably be a flat, lifeless wreck of a movie, it'd probably STILL make bank based on testosterone poisoned geekboys.

Too bad Megan has already pretty much nixed the idea and said something to the effect that she didn't identify with the character at all.

Sorry about the lag between your post and my response.

Yeah. I tend to min-max fairly hard...

You should see me pinch pennies. If Abe had room to breathe, he'd be screaming...

Ice is a primarily defense-based set. And, currently, it's VERY difficult to IO-out for additional resistance, as the resistance values on various sets are microscopic. This may change with the IO-set changes coming in i24. But, for now, that's how things stand.

Ice has 2 main things going for it.

• High defense
• Moderate combat control (Slows and endurance drains, limiting an attacker's ability to attack).

You're well above Incarnate soft-cap right now.
So you may want to think about cutting back on all-out defense (you're essentially hedging against debuffs at that point, and that's kinda what you have Energy Absorption for) and look at maybe adding some recharge or beefing up some of your higher attacks that are begging for slots.

Note: In your build, Foot Stomp and Icicles: Go with the following Erads.

• Dam/Rech
• Acc/Dam/Rech
• Acc/Dam/End/Rech.

This'll increase your EndRedux on the the power. FS going to be up fairly often (and Icicles is going to be on all the time). So you don't want them schlorping down your endurance with only 26% enhancement.

Right off the bat, BS in the title.

Obviously "everyone" doesn't "hate" the F2P switch.

Refuses to talk to F2Players.

Makes fun of players with avatar styles he doesn't like.
Makes fun of players asking "stupid" questions.
Ah! He's a PVPer!
Talks about "hardcore gamers".


Yep. The person is a stupid gamesnob.
I know this type of self-important, socially retarded ********* all too well.

The same could be said with regards to defense as well. If they can't hit you enough to reliably lower your HP, you're effectively immortal.

Agreed. However that's still an iffy proposition. You're basically gambling that incoming damage won't be enough to kill you.

That's still not superior to total avoidance of damage.

Note: I'm not saying that defense is just flat out better to the point you can ignore resistance and regen. It's not, because it's a ruthlessly binary situation. You either get hit or you don't.

However, as a form of damage mitigation, defense (complete damage avoidance) is basically your first, best choice.

Resistance (incomplete damage avoidance, damage fractionalization) is an important, but definitely secondary, mitigation.

Regeneration/Healing is a very distant third, because it isn't actually "mitigation". It's a essentially spackling over damage you failed to avoid.

Never gonna happen...

Completely avoiding damage is ALWAYS going to best actually taking damage, no matter how much you fractionalize it.

I understand your basic desire. Allow for tanks that currently CAN'T add on a lot of resistance to be able to do so. So defense-centric tanks can achieve a parity in overall durability to resistance-based tanks that get loaded up with defense.

Uh...What were you say...nevermind...

WOO!

And I doth repeat WOO!