Oathbound

I run both maneuvers and both assaults, but only one Tactics (TT:L).

I've yet to be in a situation where one tactics, plus my normal power slotting (still using SOs) weren't good enough. Once I get around to swapping to an IO build it'll be even less of an issue.

I personally wouldn't consider the added end cost of pool Tactics worth whatever scant few %Tohit I might be missing in such rare instances.

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I could take or leave a DDR buff for my DM/EA brute honestly, what I would like though is for the Heal in ED to be frontloaded like the Damage and ToHit buffs in Dark's Soul drain.

As is vs a single target (such as a problem boss or AV) ED's heal is absolutely useless (provides a 3% base heal). Hell I would say that vs anything but 4 or more mobs it's virtually useless (12%base heal).

I'd like to see it switched from 3% per mob up to 10 mobs (3% for 1 mob to 30% for 10 mobs) to 10% first mob +2% per mob (12%for 1 mob to 30% for 10 mobs). Normally this wouldn't be possible, cause a heal isn't a duration based buff, however I believe it's possible to do this in this case because there is a delay on the heal (0.25seconds) where the game basically stores a buff that says *heal you this many times after this amount of time* and the 10% heal wouldn't be allowed to stack.

Standard code rant applies.

I have a few Sky Raiders themed characters with various power/AT combos on a couple servers. I've always really liked their general look, I just wish that we could get permanent Jet/Porter packs already.




(Excuse the monstrous hands, I just tend to use them all the time, cause I really don't like the mittens normal hands are.)

A "Pull-in" mechanic is an often requested one, unfortunately the current game engine can't do it.

There's no Reverse Repel or Knockback effect that works toward your character (or target) instead of away from it.

The only possibility would be to summon a pet behind the mob and have the pet cast the Knockback, but there's no way to make sure the pet is summoned BEHIND your target. So just as often as it ends up KnockIN, it'd also be KnockBACK, KnockRIGHT and KnockLEFT with no knowing which it would end up as until it happened.

If you think knockback is hated now, just imagine how maligned such a power would be.

My favorite support set to PLAY is probably Dark Miasma, by a rather large margin.

My favorite Support set to play WITH is basically anything, provided it's controller knows WTH they're doing.

Honestly IMO, if you're giving ANYTHING up to slot the heal proc it's not worth it.

I have my Ice Melee tanker's Frozen Aura heal proc'd, I think it's actually fired THREE times* since I friggin slotted the thing (many levels ago), and I solo with him on x8 (depending on what mobs I'm facing).

So if you have extra slots laying around and nothing better to put in them, sure go ahead, but if not Don't bother. It's a waste.


*I willingly admit it may be firing off more often than that, But I've never noticed it and I tend to watch for procs cause I get a sense of satisfaction seeing them go off, even if they don't really provide much benefit.

There are way to improve Gravity WITHOUT BREAKING THE COTTAGE RULE.

Any of all of the following ideas would be a boon IMO:

LIFT
1) Convert Lift into an AoE. This gives Gravity a bit of area soft control for the very early game, which it completely lacks atm.

2) Failing that, at least increase the damage of the Controller version to 1.32Damage Scale (DS) to match both Dominator's Lift, and Mind Control's Levitate, which is 1.32DS on both ATs.

Propel
1) Reduce the casting time of Propel. This won't necessarily help Dominators (other than giving them another ranged attack if they care to take it) but it'd be a BIG help for Controllers.

2) Failing that, increase Propel's Recharge and Damage to make it more worthwhile for it's activation. (Note that this doesn't actually improve Gravity's overall damage, it just attempts to make Propel worthwhile.)

Currently Propel deals 1.96dDS every 11.5s (8s recharge 3.5s activation) or ~0.17DS/sec, and it's damage per second of activation is 0.56DS/sec. For comparison sake lets look at other 8s recharge blasts.

Tier2 blasts have roughly the same overall damage (1.64DS every 9.67s (8s recharge 1.67s activation) for ~0.17DS/s) but their damage per second activation is DRAMATICALLY higher (1.64DS/1.67sec=0.98DS/sec). To bring Propel up to the same damage per second activation it would need to deal roughly 3.44Damage Scale.

So if they don't lower it's activation, I propose pushing Propel to 3.56scale on a 20s recharge giving it 1.02DS/sec activation. This would actually lower it's sustained damage slightly to 0.15scale per second, but you would spend a LOT less time locked into the propel animation over the fight, so you could be doing other things,.. like controlling.

Dimension Shift(and Blackhole in Dark Miasma)
Convert it from a Target AoE into a Location AoE patch such as Quicksand or Tar Patch. Have it tick a short duration phase, say 0.75slong, every 0.5s, which affects BOTH enemies AND allies within it's radius (but only immobilizes foes) so that if you don't want to deal with them right away you just stay out of the phase and it works just like it does now, but if you WANT to interact with the mobs you can enter the phase field and attack them like normal. If it proves a bit too much heat for you, you can just get out of the patch and be safe from the phased mobs.

Since the immobilize doesn't protect from knockback or teleport, an ally could also go into the phase field, target a phased mob and then KB/TP/Worhole them out of the field to be dealt with individually. Or on the flip side, if you don't manage to get all the mobs in the field when you first cast it, you can KB/TP/Wormhole them into the field after it's set up.

Also rename it Dimensional Breach or Dimensional Rift, since Dimension Shift is more of an Action, while the power's now more of a Thing.

Wormhole
1) Lower it's activation time. Really it's too damned long.

2) If not, at least apply the stun right away so that mobs can't shoot, EVEN IF IT HITS THEM, you while the power's activating.

Power Order
Depending on which changes are implemented a change to power Order could be made. I know they shied away from doing that recently when they changed Electric Armor (Conserve Power/Energize) but it HAS happened before, when they moved Taunt in tanker melee sets to level 10.

At the very least, even if they made no other changes, I would like for them to move around Dimension Shift/Wormhole/GDF. There are 4 options that IMO make more sense than the current order for those 3 powers:

1) Wormhole at 12, Gravity Distortion Field at 18, Dimension Shift at 26
2) Wormhole at 12, DS at 18, GDF at 26
3) DS at 12, Wormhole at 18, GDF at 26
4) GDF at 12, Wormhole at 18, DS at 26


EDIT:

Something I would like to see for ALL control sets, where it applies, is to have the Damage over Time of the Immobilizes cut down to a remotely reasonable duration. Currently they're 5ticks of 0.2ds over NINE POINT TWO seconds. (!)

I would like them to be shortened to 4.2seconds to match the current Hold DoTs OR have BOTH the Immobilize and Hold DoTs cut to 3.1seconds (the same as Dark Blast's Gloom).

Indeed, many have lamented the lack of primates.

I'm rather indifferent towards them myself.

I would definitely like to be able to change SG names.

I inherited my SG from a regular group I used to run with, cause I'm the only one who still plays anymore. I've never been particularly fond of the name. Still, I don't want to give up the millions of prestige (largely earned by me) that the SG has, just to start over with a name I picked myself. (I'm an avid base builder, so the thought of starting over at 0 again is horrifying.)

It's not anything AWFUL mind you, I just don't really care for it. (The Adjudicators, on Guardian if you're wondering.)

Would it be terribly sad of my to admit that when I watched Supernatural, it was just because Jensen Ackles is hot?

Sorry lil anime, No pretties, no watchy.

I've often thought about actually testing to see if the RNG is working properly, because I'm always shocked at how often I miss things when I have a 75-85ish% chance to hit (mostly while level, pre-SOs). I always monitor my Last Hit Chance, and pay relatively close attention to my hit rolls, and while I know intellectually that any randomized system can be very streaky, and that you simply tend to notice misses more than hits, I can't help but occasionally stare at my screen in complete disbelief at my horrible luck.

Frankly though, I'm just too lazy to do the testing. So I just shrug, sigh and hope that if there is something wrong Arcanaville will figure it out.