Rush_Bolt

For the sake of conversation, I'm using made up values.

Currently, a Blaster spends 1 END for 10 Damage. A Defender spends 1 END for 6 Damage.

Under your system, a Blaster would spend 1 END for 10 Damage and a Defender would spend 1 END for 10 Damage.

Am I understanding you correctly?

Doesn't this effectively make everyone do the same amount of damage?

True. I ranked it based on the raw amount of redraw there'll be, not really on how intrusive it is.

The thing with Traps is... you're going to use them in every. Single. Fight. And that with slotting, Acid Mortar, PGT and Trip Mines will all be up again in an extended fight (read: AVs). Since the first two are significant debuffs, they're far more potent to put into play than some of the attacks so redraw in those cases is likely.

Hey... at least it's not Kinetics level of redraw.

Hmm... I think you might be on to something.

Just for note, the biggest difference is that on Repulsion Field, you have complete control over how and where it's used.

As Sonic Repulsion is a toggle you place on an ally, you only have control over when it's used. To utilize it to the same level of extent as RF would require a great deal of teammate micromanagement.

While that would be very nice, it's also very unlikely.

Current speculation is that Change Ammo is an actual power in the Dual Pistols set. Adding that into Assault Rifle not only breaks the cottage rule, it bulldozes it and builds a freeway bypass.

Also, has any pre-existing set been changed when a new mechanic/trick is debuted in a new set?

"Pushed up"? I'll assume you mean, "pushed out," aka supplanted, replaced, whatever.

In response: HAhahahahahahano.

I agree.

Those suggestions are all tweaks. Not fixes and, yes, not necessary. They're in the "It would be very nice if..." category. If the Devs do put them in, I'd say, "OMGAwesome! Thank you, Devs!" But if they don't go in, I'm not going to go all, "OMG Devs suck!" because, well, that's dumb.

Traps, as is, is a good set. It's really, really good. I prefer it on Defenders because it's even better and the playstyle's just right, but it's good overall.

So I accept that these probably will not happen. But like I said, it'd be nice if they did.

Either way, I'm gonna keep playing it.

Looking over this caused me to go back and dig up my list of suggestions for tweaking Traps when it was still in this latest Closed Beta. Overall, Traps does not need a fix. Could it use tweaks? Yes. But nothing about it is broken and would necessitate a fix.

I still stand by my list though, mostly because all the changes are not revolutionary but are mostly just cuts to animation times that I felt (and still do) were a bit on the long side. Any others I suggested were putting the powers on their proper footing in comparison to other similar powers.

For reference, my list:

Yeah. I pointed that out in the Hero-Con thread.

So if somebody's got information that DP does have Aim, it'd be new news. For now though, I'm currently going on the assumption that Change Ammo is replacing Aim in the set.

It does?

Interesting. I thought as much.

Judging also by how often it was used, it'll be the lowest damaging "mini-nuke" but also the fastest recharging. Seems like Dual Pistols might be exactly what I expected: "the Claws of ranged sets: Fast, cheap attacks that recharge quickly."

Go roll up a Thermal/ Defender. Never seen one of those around. Must be pretty unpopular.

Blarg. Yeah. Meant one thing, typed another.

Gravity's a tricky one: It blooms late and even then it's so-so. Thanks to the buff to Lift (finally!), it's got a really nice early game damage-dishing ability which can go well with Psi's early bloomer, Mind Probe.

If nothing else, Gravity will give you a very loose build to play with (since a lot of the powers in it are rather... well, no, on Dominators). Definite pickups are Lift, GravDistort, GDF, Wormhole and Singy. Ah, Singy... one of the best pets you could ever ask for.

Psi's a little slower these days, but makes up for it by packing a melee that hits like a bloody truck: Mind Probe. Drain Psy will help alleviate the inevitable END crunch of running full bore and PsyScream and PsiShock will be good assets for mowing down the softer parts of spawns.

Gravity is generally seen as lacking because:
A) No per-spawn use control tool until 26. Earth has Stalagmites, Fire's Flashfire, Ice's Slick, Mind's Mass Hypnosis, Plant's Seeds: All of them are at or before level 12.

B) Little to no AoE potential. Aside from the Hold and Wormhole, Gravity's only other AoE tools are Crushing Field and Dimension Shift. Not even gonna go there.

C) Gravity was the ST Damage set of Control sets. Dom's don't need ST damage since they've got an entire secondary with tons of it.