Jibikao

Holy... 3 Necro/Storm? The masters look the same! That's cool!

I love Necro Super Team. It's like our own version of Zombie Invasion!

Yeah. MM's version is only 15% which is pretty weak when mob's level is factored in. 20% for Corruptor sounds just about right since Controller's is 25%.

I think Corruptor's TA just needs to mirror Controller's version.

Mmmm, I guess it is tricky. If you apply domination to everything, then kd becomes kb but if you don't, then fissure and seismic smash lose out.

Has Castle said anything about it? I guess it is alright because Total Focus got reduced to mag 3 while SS is still at mag 4. It is a good tradeoff. And Fissure is only mag 2 but I guess you can stack it with primary powers like Flashfire. It would be nice if Fissure can get buffed by Domination. Seismic smash is fine at mag 4.

I don't think the game can support "charge up" attacks but they can definitely make snipes better.

1. Not all Snipes are good for pulling. If your snipe knockback/down, you'll alert the whole group (Energy snipe and Rifle snipe). The dev can get rid of the knockback effect and change to something more useful. I think Snipe should provide some -regen effect so if you use it on a hard target like a Boss, the rest of the fight is a bit easier.

2. Snipe's base damage should be higher like Dominator's current snipe, although pvp snipes need to be considered.

3. Stalker's snipe is pretty bad. 7.33s for a snipe? Mids shows Stalker's snipe does 168 base damage at lvl 50. I am not so sure if it's this high. I've tried snipe before (a long time ago) and I thought the damage was pretty lame as I needed to reveal myself after the snipe. I might as well start with AS or use Impale which is like 3x faster.

Oh, they are going to buff MM Trick Arrow? By how much? I've wanted to make a Merc/TA for a long time but those debuff values just seem so pathetic.

To each of his own I guess. Pain has good aoe buff too that fit well with MM's pets. I think Pain > Empathy on Mastermind so it is not completely "true" that Empathy > Pain as Corruptor is not the only AT with Pain Domination.

And like I've explained before, most SoA already provides near god-mode defense, so World of Pain's AoE Resistance buff is even more precious for the team.


However, one can argue that Pain Domination's design gears more towards Mastermind than Corruptor. I like the idea of Share Pain but 15s -100% healing is way too long IMO.

I thought Gone Rouge just allows you to switch side but not switch Powersets? You can have /Poison MM in CoH but not a Poison/ Defender?

I don't think you can switch "powersets". That is just not going to happen. You can always re-make the toon though.

For example?

You love Fortitude so Pain has none.

You hate healing but Pain has healing.

I actually didn't know Share Pain gives you -100% healing for 15s. I think 15s is wayyyyyy too long. It should be shorten down to 6-8s.

I used to duo with a dual blade Brute and I would just target through him and I would use Share Pain to buff my damage even higher (I am Sonic/Pain). Sonic/Pain seems like a NATURAL combo for me as Pain lacks control powers and Sonic has plenty (aoe knockbac, aoe sleep, single stun) and the +damage fits well with -resist.

This is very thoughtful.

Wow.. this doesn't sound good at all. How can Corruptor's RoA do less damage than Defender's? MM's Trick Arrow values are pathetically low (hence I rank the worst secondary for MM) and if Corr's version is pretty similar then I am not hoping too much.

Well, they buffed Defender's Trap and ignored Corr's Trap...yes, I am still bitter.

Hopefully those are bugs. Corr's RoA should do more damage than Defender's.

At lower levels, yeah, +recovery is always nice but at high lvls, World of Pain's team resistance buff to everything and some +damage buff (16%) and some tohit buff is a lot more superior IMO. I wouldn't say Recovery Aura wins for sure as it also has like 500s recharge attached to it?


And also, Adrenaline Boost VS Painbringer, nothing can't be made up with a few reds? Well, isn't that the same with set bonuses too? At some point +recharge is overlapping with the +recharge or speed boost you have and you are still limited to activation time. The +50% damage is a straight up buff (of course you can also bring up FS but that's another topic). And damn, Defender version would give 62.5% damage buff!

I do agree Anguishing Cry is kinda meh but I think AC needs to be grouped with World of Pain's 16% damage buff. That's 16% damage + 20% resistance debuff. When I use WoP + Cry, it is a pretty impressive damage output overall. Anguishing Cry is kinda weird being PBaoe.

Oh and I wish Soothing Aura's radius could be a bit larger.

I've not played Empathy (not a fan of being a Heal-bot or being a Hero) but I have a lvl 46 Sonic/Pain and lvl 50 Necro/Pain. My thoughts:

1. I am so glad MM got Pain and not Empathy. The AoE buff (World of Pain) is better than trying to buff one by one (believe me, I have a 46 Ninja/FF). I know Fortitude is good but I"ll take World of Pain for all my pets and my teammates! This can be an advantage because you only buff once and you are ready to roll, which fits Corruptor/MM offensively.


2. Fortitude is probably the best single buff in the game due to that massive Defense All but on villain side, we already have SoA providing near god-mode defense (with just two of them). Do we really need more defense? I am so glad Pain brings +resistance which we seriously lack unless we want to put shields one by one with thermal or sonic resonance (when is the last time you saw a S.R? lol)

3. Pain is a lot more offensive than Empathy IMO. The AoE Recovery/Regen are nice but those have long recharge. Pain has a little gem in Anti-Mez power that provides +5% recharge and you can stack up to 5 times. It is annoying to keep stacking since it takes like 3s to finish the whole buff. Painbringer also has the highest single +Damage in the game at 50%!!! That is a massive damage buff if you put it on an AT with high damage modifier (no Brute, IT'S NOT YOU!).


4. I think Pain fits Villain's theme.. like Group VS Single. The AoE buffs fit our powersets better (hello, we have Patron Pets too?!). The single awesome buff like Fortitude fits Heroes more. In fact, I think Pain Domination will be the most popular Hero set once Gone Rogue comes out. I think people are pretty much tired of Empathy and those who want to heal and buff will try Pain.


I am curious to see Defender's value on Pain Domination. That is gonna be SICK. Two World of Pain from Defender?

I think Pain Domination is a good set in regular mission but it is probably one of the worst sets VS AVs/Heroes. It lacks good debuffs and you are at the risk of getting into "Healing Lock", which means you do mostly nothing but trying to heal (since you don't provide Defense to avoid getting hit in the first place). Oh, did i tell you I really like it when somebody dies and I rez him? I got like huge +endurance recovery after rezzing the person! lol

So the verdict is that /Earth Assault is pretty sucky? I see 1-2 powers I can easily skip, mud pots being one of them. The endurance seems very high for the damage and radius it offers. I mean I can see it on tanker/brute for some aoe while holding aggro but not on Dominator. We start the fight with aoe control, and then we try to throw out as much aoe as possible in the shortest amount of time and I can't see Mud Pots doing that well in terms of damage. As for slow debuffs, who cares if the target(s) is held already?

And if it's a target that can't be held, I am sure most people would drop mud pots to save endurance for other better attack chains.

I do agree that those who are looking for "farms" are usually looking for what they think is the best/fastest way to kill bosses/lieuts and whatnot. Stalkers don't usually fit into this picture as we Attack and Hide (which means stop) and we lack aoe damage.

Yes, but not because they suddenly feel Stalkers are "great". They have no other choices.

In fact, I got rejected several times when somebody advertise for Brute/Melee DPS for AE and I PMed the leader and they said "no thanks" to my Spines Stalker. T_T Ugh, they don't know what they miss!

I usually PM leaders when I am interested in teaming and I can honestly say my Stalker gets the most "no thanks" of all ATs I have. Hell, even my Dom doesn't get rejected as much because Dom can bring something that other ATs lack (controls). Stalker brings "damage"... HELLO?? 4/5 Villains have Damage as Primary?

The only problem I have with Stalker in PvE is ST damage set like Energy Melee and Marital Arts (and to some degree, Dark Melee). I prefer other sets or ATs simply because of Stalker's lack of aoe damage. And I also don't invite more than one Stalker, same reason I don't like having two Tankers on my team. I do like having Spines, Claw, Dual Blade and Elec Melee Stalkers (assuming they all take AoE attacks).

Yeah, I was a bit surprised that Dom's Mud Pots only has radius 8 and it costs /.78end for second? Wow, that is like using Hot Feet/AA except HF and AA have big radius.

I am not even sure if I want my dom to be constantly in melee range. Yeah, I would jump in after I throw flashfire/seeds of confusion but I usually follow up with quick AoE and most of the time it's good enough. I am not sure if I want to wait until Mud Pot kills anything. I know it has slow but the endurance cost just seems too high. (The same reason why I rarely take Chilling Embrace)

Is it too late to make changes on Earth Assault now? So what is the verdict?

1. Stone Spears needs some improvement: longer recharge, higher damage, or faster animation

2. Mud Pots: endurance cost a bit too high, small radius at 8', too little damage.

3. Hurl: It'd be nice if it's at 10s.