Oathbound

Figures they wouldn't ustream the 3 panels most people are actually interested in knowing about.

Indeed. Would be nice to know.

I believe the powers still stack, and the damage still adds up, but the slow no longer does.

This was never anywhere I could see in any patch notes, so it may be/have been a bug not a feature. No idea if it still works.

GOD I WISH!


(Stupid Forums, stop getting rid of my caps!)

No idea. All it said was "More Proliferation."

I do agree that Dark/Dark for Controllers and Doms seems highly probable.

Sadly I'm not at the Pummit, despite living within driving distance, cause I'm a poor *******.

More proliferation was mentioned in Von Krieger's Keynote and Opening Q & A thread.

Hear! Hear!

This was indeed what I was getting at.

This is how I slot it. You want as much recharge in it as you can get, and really an extra 2 slots for the added 5% set bonus isn't a lot to ask.

You could also 6slot it for Efficacy Adapter. I don't think it's really worth that though. Sure you get better +Recovery but it only lasts 30seconds and the +End part is flagged [Ignores Enhancements and Buffs] plus it costs an extra slot.



Side note: I'm up to 7 Time Manipulation characters now.... I think I need an intervention.

It's a real power.

He gains it during one of the old Comic Book runs. Even he was surprised when it happened the first time.

Yeah, prettymuch.

I expect at least half the American characters to be unlikeable douchebags.

Yeah, Oppressive Gloom has always dealt damage per foe. It can make it a bit tricky to use, but for the most part the damage isn't so high as to make it a bad power pick. It could make it more situational though, particularly for sets without self-healing.

Have they ever left the dark and disturbed place they started out in?


Me too.

I didn't really care for Nathan though, SO... I won't miss him much anyhow.

Think he (or she) meant the opposite... they wish that you could apply the scale texture from the CoT pants to other tights. Not that they'd like to hide the texture from the CoT tights.

Just to be perfectly clear, you are talking about the VEATs (Villain Epic Archetypes), correct? (Hero epics also don't go through the tutorial, so they have the same forced side switching to become villains).

VEATs can't be started in Praetoria either, so you don't have to/get to do anything in Praetoria to be a hero, you just have to start redside and work through the alignment system.

The VIP Restricted (unless you pay for them) archetypes (Mastermind/Controller) can be started on any side.

Frankly yes, I would rather have a bonus that's at least of marginal use to EVERYONE, than one that's of use to some and absolutely NO use to others.
(I would certainly prefer a more unique bonus though.)


I play Defenders, Corruptors and Controllers more than all the other archetypes combined, the vast, vast majority have a heal (either from primary, dark blast, or medicine) anyhow and I'm STILL against the Archetype set having this bonus since it doesn't apply to everyone of that archetype.

Frankly, I wouldn't even care if not for it being the Archetype set. Devs want to put +Healing on Ranged sets? Melee sets? Resistance Sets? Fine. Perfectly happy for more options.

But as an archetype unique set. No. All bonuses on it should benefit all possible variations of Primary/Secondary for the Archetype.

Except that Sorceress Serene is the source of the names for the Suspected sets, and anyone, anyone who actually looks at what her powers are would never assume Autumnal would have anything to do with plants.

The very source of the powersets names, identifies what the theme of those powers are.

There's no room to think it's something it's not. Particularly since we already have plant based control and assault sets.

*Tongue in cheek, and more than a little bitterly* How much do you want to be it'll be under Jackets.

Kins still benefit from +Recovery though, even if they don't NEED it.

Empathy is only half of your character. All Defenders have an attack set so a +ToHit/Accuracy bonus still benefits ALL Defenders.

+Regen still benefits all characters regardless of how useful/less that benefit is.


A +Healing bonus grants no benefit, no matter how trivial to non-healing Defenders.

Except not. The Controller bonus is to Immob/Sleep/Fear/Confuse/Hold/Stun. This inherently benefits some sets more than others. Fire only gets the benefit on 5 powers, where Mind gets it on 7. No One's ******** about that though, cause it at least works for all control sets. This isn't the case for the Defender bonus.