Mad Grim

When the set was accidentally slipped into beta, many people tried to get the dire wolf changed into something else, the common request being a bear. The dev response was that a Bear, and indeed anything not a canine/feline, would require an entire new skeleton and they only just figured out this one. So deal with the prehistoric wolf.

As to concept, you don't have to acknowledge that its an extinct wolf, you could just say it is a particularly large white wolf. Scientifically, magically, technologically enhanced, or simply a mutant.

Without IOs, it can be ready in half that. With them, its ready every minute, maybe less. Certainly every spawn, for me at least.

There is something to remember here: Thunderous Blast will become an every spawn no crash power. It will aid immensely in draining. As well as taking more than half the enemy's end, it will floor their recovery long enough to kill them in most cases.

As for how long it takes for the end drain to completely drain enemies now, it varies greatly on secondary. My first character was an elec/elec blaster and he's still around. Can drain a spawn quick enough with PS and SC that even my utter lack of defense and resistance won't make me die.

On the other hand, I've seen an elec/cold controller drain an AV in just a bit more time than that.

I don't think they have to do much to extend the nuke buff to kheldians, and I see no problem with doing that now. In my mind, I don't think kheldians will ever get the major overhaul you are talking about. One, because they don't need it, and two, because it would be more trouble than its worth. It'd make people angry (me included) to have their favorite AT redesigned. Mostly I see them just getting a few tweaks (more for PBs than for warshades) and Toggle Suppression.

Wow... thats... insane o,o

How did I never notice that? It is rather counter-intuitive but still, its something you think you'd notice.

Personally I use the Coral guy, because I need Leviathin Mastery.

Omega is in fact an enhancement of Brawl that lets it onehit everything.

Water/Time Corruptor.

Flow of Time.

Was gonna be Temporal Drift, but that was taken.

Additional slots would be cool so long as I can just go get them and not have to respec, sending my trays into an unholy mess the likes of which have only been seen about eighty times already.

Also I'm rather happy with my build. But I'm sure I could find a use for another twelve slots.

Personally I'd leave frag out and keep both pets, and omega maneuver.

Because Omega Maneuver looks really cool.

Forgot to say- I'd slot it with more def than healing. The regen isenourmous, but pets don't have enough health for it to keep them alive. Unlike defense, which they have plenty of.

Temporal selection is probably the only thing in Time I skip. On MMs sometimes I'll take it, though. Flash Freeze is really just a bad move though, and I'd take TS over it.

I'd say with Fortify Pack, while normally essential to slot with lots of def and healing, isn't so with Time. Time has a reliable heal and provides plenty of defense itself, so unlike say Sonic, using fortify pack is optional. You need to pick it up for the offensive bonuses of course, but you don't need to put so many slots in it.

On anything other than Time I'd always six-slot Fortify Pack, but on Time, if you need the slots elsewhere, it wouldn't hurt to just put a couple recharge in it.

I'm not exactly getting what Watchdog has against Short Circuit. He keeps saying that endurance drain doesn't work unless you use it... so what? Use it. Its not hard to use an enormous (seriously, its huge) PBAoE without dying. The other powers are basically supplementary in matters of draining, and their uses could be improved, yes. But discounting the best draining power you have is silly. The end drain on all powers does not need to be higher than the damage because he difference is made up with SC.

Arcana's suggestions of a change to how the drain works does seem good, and would definitely solve end drain not being as useful as it should be.

Why can't snipes be like Assassin Strike? Normal snipe outside of fight, quicker inside. Would warrant a small decrease in power, but would be worth it to actually be able to use it.

Illusion on doms would not even be as powerful as illusion on controllers, let alone moreso. As outlined by Snowzone, Assault sets have almost no compatibility with Phantom Army. Time and Rad specifically have an absurd amount of compatibility with PA, both having -def, -res, and +rech on yourself to have more uptime. With doms you have none of this and therefore no way to 'buff' PA's damage outside of enhancements.

So I don't think Illusion should have to be altered (no further than usual anyhow) to appear for dominators.

Whatever potential changed are done to PA should be for both trollers and doms.

However, I don't think PA should be touched. I think a better solution, if indeed there needs to be one, would be giving AV's a resistance to PA's taunt, but not a players. I recall something like this being done with the old Hamidon, where he was changed to prefer attacking players to PA.

This way you can still use it for regular mobs and it'll be just like volcanic gasses, ice slick, ect. Unkillable mitigation. On AV's it will provide some mitigation but it wouldn't be nearly as complete as it is now. So PA would still be unique in affecting AVs, but it wouldn't make them completely harmless.

Time really does not need a rez, it is one of the best powersets in the game.

So basically up to a certain point where everything is onehit, the more damage buffs you have the better i24 Nova is in comparison to i23 Nova.