Obscure Blade

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And what is a scrapper going to but with a non dmg stun attack other then proc it out or *coughs* set mule it?

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Stack it with Oppressive Gloom to stun everything around him ?

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Rage has needed a nerfbat for ages, but it's just too popular.

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Or perhaps it's the OTHER sets that are underperforming. In recent Issues we've seen Mace buffed, Dark Melee buffed; IF the other sets are inferior why not make them better ?

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The enhancement slotting for -recharge in pets is also included.

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No offense intended but I'd like to confirm this in game. What can I look at that will show me the recharge data on my MM pets? (I'm new to the numbers still.) Thanks!

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I believe that it's under Combat Information if you right click on their name in the pet window. You get the same kind of listing you do with your own Combat Information ( which is on top of the Powers tab by the way ).

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No, you can no longer increase the recharge rate of pets through any enhancement slotting. Sorry. This is a feature that was 'fixed' recently in that latest issue.

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I've scanned the patch notes but can't find any changes relating to pet recharge. Can you point me to the patch note that indicates the change?

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Here.

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Pet Powers Change:
Recharge times on pet attack powers will no longer be affected by any outside source. This includes buffs and debuffs. What this means is that pets can no longer have the recharge time on their powers increased by player buffs (like Speed Boost) or their recharge time decreased by player or NPC debuffs. This change was made to allow pets to correctly cycle through their attacks instead of getting locked on using the same attack over and over and neglecting to use other available powers.

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The explanation is inaccurate, by the way, since it was applied to pets that DON'T have more than one attack power.

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I have a dark\cold that's bee on the shelf for awhile, but I kind of want to start another dark and I was thinking about dark\storm and it occured to me that you could combine dark pit + thunder clap to pretty much disable a spawn for a short time. Has anyone tried this and would it be worth the wait (up to lvl 28 for thunder clap)?

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Yes; combining the two will stun even bosses ( Defenders were doing that well before Corruptors even got Storm, actually ).

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While this may be true, you're trying to tell me that you can deflect an object that is traveling faster than the speed of sound, generates enough kinetic energy to break bones deep within your body even if it does not pierce flesh, can knock you clean off your feet, and is only the size of a dime.......but you can't parry to save your life against someone wielding a slow...and heavy...sludge hammer?!? How the hell does that make sense?

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Why, the sludge obviously just flows around the sword, of course !

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parry/Da is melee/lethal defense.

No love versus smashing, but there is a lot of lethal out there, including a lot of ranged lethal.

Yes, BS and Kat can deflect bullets.

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There is alot of lethal out there, so yes, it will help with that. I forgot that it did defend against lethal, just not smashing. Still backasswards if you ask me lol. You'd "think" it'd defend against "smashing" attacks moreso than "lethal" in the sense that smashing represents hammers, fists, kicks, pipes, etc whereas lethal adds to the mix...bullets...lol, odd, but there are alot things that simply do not make sense in this game...so oh well...

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Deflecting bullets with a sword is classic comicbookery.

Scrappers have access to Parry/Divine Avalanche; that will be an advantage.

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As long as they don't name it "the Furry pack!" as was recently touted in another thread, I am open to ideas.

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I always liked the idea of "The Well of the Furries" for a name, myself.

Two ideas for a nonhuman head : a bird head, and an insect head with mandibles ( moving, if possible ).

Another idea for the Mutant Pack : Extra arms or tentacles, sort of like with the Crab Spiders. They'd just be cosmetic, like with Crabs that go Bane in their second build.

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Considering he's asking about PvP also, isn't Superspeed's stealth component disabled when in a PvP environment? So wouldn't Steamy Mist + Stealth IO be better all around?

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I THINK so, but I'm no PvP expert.

I'm hoping for a fix for the chat bug, myself.

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All secondary effects, to the best of my knowledge.

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It doesn't affect knockback.

Speaking of which, the one problem I've heard mentioned with pairing /Energy with Ice is Power Push knocking targets off your Ice Slick. You can just Hold them first though, I assume.

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My main questions are, should I take SI and Steamy Mist or just one? If I do just take one which one should I take?

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You can only run one of the two at the same time. Superior Invisibility is better stealth; Steamy Mist provides significant damage resistance though. With mine, I first went with Superspeed for full invisibility since as said it stacks with Steamy Mist. I managed to buy a stealth IO ( which also stacks with Steamy Mist ) and respecced into Fly later.

I'd go with Rad/Dark. Elec/ is somewhat underpowered unless you have a specialized sapper build. Rad/Dark have synergy; Cosmic Burst and Howling Twilight will stun bosses, the -Defense from Rad makes your /Dark powers hit more often ( along with other people's powers ); /Dark makes up for Rad's somewhat low burst damage and lets you wear enemies down.

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Which one of the Rad/ attacks is it that makes the War of the Worlds sound effect when fired?

Actually, can anyone confirm, is it the exact same sound effect?

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If you're talking about the solid beam that came out of the (eyestalk?) on the ships and disintegrated anything it touched, then the power you're looking for is Proton Volley or X Ray Eyes. (The attack is Proton Volley, the pulsing sound the stalk makes sounds a lot like X Ray Eyes)

It's not the exact same sound effect, but it's close.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HDiJbsbs...PL&index=26

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Actually, the solid red beam from the eyestalk was the classic Heat Ray. The Proton Volley sound is like the green disintegration bolts which came from the green domes at the front and trailing edge of the Martin war machines. Here's some pictures I found ( scroll down a little ).

If it's trying to click on the pet that bugs you, did you know that you can open up a pet window and click on the pet's name to target it ? It's in Options; "Enable Pet Window" or something like that. Then you go to the Team window and click on the dot that will be there next to the word "Pets", and drag the window where you want.

I also have always thought of it as sounding like the Martian disintegration bolts from War of the Worlds. Especially since they were green as well.

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Don't you mean the Death Knight broadswords?

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Leech: Pardon? What Death Knight broadswords? I don't think that was its name, it's been a while, though.

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Probably a reference to the Grave Knight's swords. I don't think that's the sword Shadow Spider has though. Shadow Bane ? Something like that.

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I'm interested in trying it with gravity. I know the singularity can't be healed, but would it get the additional HPs from frostwork?

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It should; it accepts most buffs just fine. It's just direct healing and + recharge that it's immune to.

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The problem for me is that like Spines, being a Stalker takes one of the best attacks off the table your Aura attack. You can't just leave aura on as you go into battle without losing Hide. And you can't turn in on once IN combat or you lose Placate.

I see no reason to take Fire Armor as a defense without Fiery Aura.

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Build Up + Fiery Embrace + Assassin Strike comes to mind as a reason.

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Also, if someone makes the Rad Sniper Blast "Star Trek Photon Torpedo" the sound for EVERYTHING they do.... you're going to have to give other players the ability to mute you lol.

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I think of it as the Martian Green Disintegration Bolts sound. One reason I'm looking forward to Rad Blast on Blasters is that I can justify taking it . . .

That said, I'd like to change a few sounds if I could; Shout from Sonic comes to mind.

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hmm... what exactly will there be to customize in traps?

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Look of some of the various devices in the set. Doesn't acid morter put out a green acid halo effect that could be customized, force field gen's shield color, triage beacon's energy coming off of it. Web grendade's webs could be colored or customized. I'm not too familiar with the set, but thats just what's coming to my mind.

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How about the colors of the various devices themselves ? A gold colored or black FFG instead of a grey one, say.

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In all likelyhood, Masterminds got Thermal to thematically pair with the Demon Summoning set that is coming with Going Rogue. The demons are almost definitely going to be fire-based and BaBs said something about a Hellfire Whip involved somehow.

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Motivation.

"Program HARDER !" *CRACK !*

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Earths Embrace.

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Wrap it up! I'll take it!

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It would be great, I just don't see it happening unfortunately, it is an assault set, not an armour-type set.

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Maybe. To quote Sunstorm :

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No "Eventually" about it, I was play testing it after the first round of proliferation and have been waiting anxiously till I can build one on the live servers. Never played a more "tankish" feeling dominator, despite it having no armors.

Some very good guesses here on the powers, but Earth Assault will be a very melee heavy set. Also opted for the regular Hurl boulder Animation, since the Propel Boulder animation uses the full 3.5 second long propel animation. Now I may be a huge fan of propel for my grav doms/Trollers, but the thought of having 2 versions of it didn't seem too fun.


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"Tankish" ? It sounds like it has SOMETHING that makes it tougher than normal . . .

Lethal damage, Serum isn't very good, and they just don't stand out. It's not so much that they are bad as that they are a bit "meh".