MaXimillion_Zero

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So without AR dev is **** (damage)?

[/ QUOTE ]No, with AR it is. AR/Dev is the only blaster set combo that gets neither Aim or BU.

Most of your IO's are way below maximum level, intentional?

Glue Arrow could use more +rech.
If you take hasten, you put 3 rech in it, no question.
Drop the procs in ice arrow and focus on enhancing it better.
6 slots in Acid Arrow with no +acc is a bad move.
Why Encouraged Accuracy in Tactics? It's got the least useful set bonus of the 4 sets.
Oil Slick needs much, much more recharge.
You will not have enough endurance to run Whirlwind without outside buffs.
For EMP and Stuning Shot, drop the procs and focus on getting rech and mez duration up.
Why Rectified Reticle in PBU?
Swap ToHit for ToHit/Rech in Aim.

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I'd like a piece of that...isn't it a lvl45+ TF?

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Or is Gral higher than the lvl36 you've stated on your sig now?

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There's a logical explanation for it, which you'll hear later

Well, the psi damage and stun procs wouldn't be too bad. Scirocco's and Pacing (For CE and 'Pots) damage procs are alright, but they're L and S damage.

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I would move 2 slots to Fiery embrace and Buildup, 3 recharge IO's make a nice difference.

[/ QUOTE ]For BU, you're better off with 1 rehc CIO, and ToHit/Rech and Rech SIO's from Adjusted Targeting. 0,6 secs slower recharge, but +2% damage set bonus.

For Consume, EndMod sets can bring it to 91% Acc/rech/end with 5 slots.

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defiance needs a name change now, it really does

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Also, snipes ftl for PvE. Ice sword is much better for overall DPS.

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Dont need to worry about getting the contacts, the faultline ones come from clicking on the first one, like Striga & Croatoa no need to be refered to them

[/ QUOTE ]And Hollows, which many people forget

Everything, every single, bloody [censored] thing points to a problem with the OS. But is it? No, it's the [censored] RAM.

I'm not quite sure if I'll make it this sat (am somewhat stressed out and may have stuff to do), but at least my PC is fine. If I don't show up, don't mind me, you're still not going to outlevel me

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Both Nimble Slash and Blinding Feint are not the best attacks that DB has to offer

[/ QUOTE ]Nimble slash certainly isn't, but blinding feint? That's like claws not taking follow up, or DM not taking soul drain.

EDIT: Whoops...didn't realize this thread was in the brute section >.>

Yeah, not that useful for brutes.

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Lvl12 puts us in Positron territory. What does everyone else think? Shall we or no?

[/ QUOTE ]Posi with a full team of L12's? You do realize that it's going to spawn L16's, right?

I don't really have any issue with what I'll play until we get to a level where one of my L27's would actually get XP

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Ice has two taunt auras.

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5) Having high mez resistance doesn't decrease the time you are mezzed


[/ QUOTE ]Wrong. That's exactly (and only) what mez resistance does. Don't confuse it with mez protection.

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To be honest, I couldnt tell the difference if it was on or off. I was running it, enemies clearly debuffed, and yet they simply ignored me and turned to pound my scrapper partner.


[/ QUOTE ]You're both running a taunt aura, and the scrapper is going to deal more damage, so of course you're going to lose aggro.

Try playing with it in a team without other taunt auras.

I wouldn't mind just having a bar that'd show your total damage buffs.

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Ayes, we're getting confusing again here...

Assume you have an attack on Live that does 100 Damage Base. When enhanced with 3x SOs that's a little less than 200 Damage (when enhanced) due to ED.

If we buff the base damage by 12.5% (New Defiance) we get 112.5 Base damage, 225 enhanced. So you'll end up getting an extra 25 damage when you use the attack- and 25 damage is 25% of the normal base damage.

In the game extra damage buffs always work off the base damage not the enhanced damage... so if you, on live, pop a small red insp (The "+25% Damage" ones) then that's almost exactly what you should see on test.

[/ QUOTE ]Assuming not buffs other than the enhancements

The really nice thing about the base damage increase is that even at the damage buff cap, it still gives a 12.5% increase to the damage dealt.

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its still 12,5%, read up the maths

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I'm reading this from Maelwys:
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12.5% + (12,5% * 100%) = 25%

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I'm confused now.

[/ QUOTE ]It's a 25% boost of base damage when you have 100% bonus from enhancements. So 12.5% boost to the enhanced damage.

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Ill help, since the target has no res, the only thing taken into account is the increase to base ranged damage, so total damage should be 112,5. Thats it

[/ QUOTE ]Nah. The 12.5% is applied to the base damage of 50, which is then buffed by 100%. So the end result should be 125 damage.

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OMG you made the same mistake you once corrected me about, lol!

Makes a note on the wall, 7.12.2007 MaX was wrong again

(ps. in case you are confuzzled 112,5% of 50 is 56,25. Doubled it becomes 112,5 )

[/ QUOTE ]Oh...yeah.

'tis a bad day to do maths >_>

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Ill help, since the target has no res, the only thing taken into account is the increase to base ranged damage, so total damage should be 112,5. Thats it

[/ QUOTE ]Nah. The 12.5% is applied to the base damage of 50, which is then buffed by 100%. So the end result should be 125 damage.

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Are those maths correct? Surely, against a 0% RES target, you should get the same damage regardless of what the unresistable portion is?

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Which you do if you read carefully.

[/ QUOTE ]As carefully as I read it, it still says that with 15% unresistable portion the damage is 140, compared to 125 with no unresistable portion

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Yorue right, there is a typo there. It would help to directly quote the problem part though.

ps. Did the christmas event jsut start while I was testing this?

[/ QUOTE ]It's not a typo, it's a problem with the maths, from what I can see.

And yes, it did.

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Are those maths correct? Surely, against a 0% RES target, you should get the same damage regardless of what the unresistable portion is?

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Which you do if you read carefully.

[/ QUOTE ]As carefully as I read it, it still says that with 15% unresistable portion the damage is 140, compared to 125 with no unresistable portion

Are those maths correct? Surely, against a 0% RES target, you should get the same damage regardless of what the unresistable portion is?

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It strikes me that the main benefit will be to thoe Blaters who play at range so I do wonder what the Blappers will make of these changes.

[/ QUOTE ]The 12.5% base damage buff for ranged attacks isn't enough to boost ranged damage above melee damage.

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I have SO's slotted atm and they give about 20.3% res each



[/ QUOTE ]They enhance by 20.3% each. They give about 1.5% +res each.

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What sort of defender are you Cynic?


[/ QUOTE ]Rad/Rad