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Quote:Didnt think of it that way, good point. I think maybe i was just being a bit short sighted and comparing eviscerate to golden dragonfly but of course that isnt an entire set.Originally Posted by Trickshooter
Then I don't know what to tell you. This just seems like a perception problem you have.
Think about this: The difference in raw damage between Soaring Dragon, a ST attack, and Spin, an AoE attack, is about 14 points of damage at level 50. Meanwhile, Spin can hit 10 foes at once, but costs less endurance and recharges in almost the exact amount of time as Soaring Dragon (Spin is 0.2 seconds longer recharge).
Edit: And if you're asking me, I take Swipe and Strike and skip Slash, because I hate the animation.
That and the ranged attacks being so low damage, i didnt factor in the fact shockwave was an aoe i was just thinking about raw damage, which again makes me think ive been playing the scrapper wrong from the beginning. -
you bother with swipe or just go straight for strike?
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Quote:Without logging in to check i couldnt tell you my build, but i was pretty sure i had spin, not sure it was 6 slotted though. I actually quite like the animation for eviscerate, thats the main reason i chose the set in the first place lol.Originally Posted by Trickshooter
My Claws Scrapper doesn't have a single IO in her build.
Did you skip Spin, or something?
And I can see some hate on the animation of Eviscerate, but not the damage. It doesn't do that much less than Golden Dragonfly (only about 18 points less at 50), can hit more foes easily, and recharges in only about 2/3s the time that GD does. -
Quote:I did try pvp with this charecter but this isnt what i based the post on, heavy hitters always have the advantage in any pvp game its the way its always been.Originally Posted by Catwhoorg
Outside of PVP, claws is basically awesomeness in a box.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Scrapper primaries played to 40 or higher: Katana, Dark Melee, Fiery Melee, Spines, Broad Sword, Claws, Martial Arts. i haven't merely compared Claws to other Scrappers, i've compared it to my own Scrappers. The fact that i have three Claws Scrappers and a Claws Brute with two at most of the other primaries means that i don't consider the damage lacking. It could just be that Claws suits my playing style.
Like i said i could be doing something wrong, or i simply dont play it right. I am going to respec and have one more go, is it worth taking assault with claws or just a waste of end? -
Quote:Originally Posted by Carnifax
Claws tears things up. Unless you're talking about the comparison between now and when it had the older, slower animations? I know they got revamped at some point.
Claws isn't useless, not on a Scrapper or a Brute in my experience.
I know they got revamped, it was after that update i started to play them. The animation times had improved a lot i know that.
As for the other post, im not attempting to troll, i generally either must be doing something wrong looking at what has been said. Im going to have to have another play around with it and respec i think and see if i can come up with something better. -
Quote:Im not new here, its just a new accountOriginally Posted by Emberly
Nothing wrong with claws. It isn't low damage at all. Also, Follow Up gives you a better buff than Buildup when measured over time, and that's not even considering you can stack it*. Claws tears things up. Now, you might not enjoy it, but it's certainly not low damage.
If you are as new as your regdate implies then I suggest spending some time in the Scrapper forums. Read and learn.
*This might be my faulty memory but I am standing by it anyway.
Im from the European servers which is where my 50s are.
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Actual set wise though have you compared yourself to other scrappers? I always feel like the weaker one in the group compared to others, as i mentioned, eviscerate as the most damaging attack they have just doesnt seem to have enough power behind it. I can see it will probably get better if you spend a few billion on fully setting it out, but just on IOs something just doesnt seem right.
Especially if i play that then switch over to my katana/SR or fire/fire scrappers it just makes me feel a bit feeble lol.
Im starting to think its just me thats cursed to not be able to play claws lol. -
Quote:that an agreement that claws is weak or 'quiet noob stop crying claws is fine'? lol.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
i... i honestly don't know where to begin with this one.
Billz, anyone?
Im posting as to what I think personally so I was just wanting to get some input from some other players and see what they think.
Eviscerate just doesnt seem to give the set any sort of power and just seems like an attack you would get midway in other sets, the other arguement is that claws gets ranged attacks, but what good are ranged attacks when they dont do damage? Ok I understand that you cant have damaging ranged attacks on a melee based charecter, but why have them at all? If you want ranged attacks that badly you can get them with 40+ sets and there more useful than the ones in the set too. -
I have a level 50 claws/fire scrapper and a level 50 claws/Super Reflexes scrapper. Both of these seem to be greatly let down by Claws lack of damage.
I understand that claws is meant to be a fast attack set, with lower damage because of that but is it really 'balanced' being that low? To me the biggest issue seems to be follow up, the fact you have to keep spamming it over and over to get any type of damage just seems a bit wrong. Even if you spam follow up you still need hasten to hit the damage of build up. I realise follow up is constant addition to damage but because the damage is so low to begin with the boost just puts us just below the regular damage of other sets it seems.
If claws had build up like the others it might help the issue a bit but I wanted to see if anyone else had found a solution to claws mediocre damage output. Any suggestions or is it just underpowered? -
Quote:Originally Posted by Roxona
Hmmmm....I don't know if what you do for "work" really qualifies as work CP....being an every day super hero/firefighter just seems like too much fun to be considered work!
I've just come back after an extended break, and I noticed that it is a lot harder trying to find a team....even sewer teams that I usually use to break in new characters seem to be sparse.
As CP mentioned above, there are a lot of people on the Freedom boards that post events. I've teamed with most of them, and we always have a fantastic time. You could also try starting teams or posting an event of your own on the boards. I know a lot of people don't like to lead teams, but quite honestly once you get get started, people of like mind will join and will generally start teaming together on a regular basis. There are a lot of people who don't like to PL and who are looking for teams as well, so the more people who don't mind leading, the merrier.
Thats quite a good point actually, Im sat here complaining about lack of teams but i never actually thought to try start one lol.
I will have to try that later, its just my level i find tends to make it harder, i only managed to get to level 4 by myself so far. Yes I know its not hard to get higher solo but I get really bored doing it and end up turning it off lol.
As for the forum events, i never really checked those in all honesty as its something im not used to. Also us Brits are 8 hours in front of you americans, so your midnight, is our 8am
Like I said before though this doesnt really affect me at the minute since i play during the night anyway. -
Since my apparent success with dual pistols (being asking for it for about 2 years and even posted a suggested powerset of ideas thats very similar to the actual release!) I figured I would take a chance on asking for something else
There is already an armor set called the 'anime' set, but how about faces and hairstyles to go with the anime look? It would be a nice addition to a future issue and wouldnt be too demanding to implement.
Also another idea, for a gloves and boots option, how about paws and claws? with the next issue animated tails, just having the monsterous legs seems kind of a waste of possibilities.
Hooded jackets or hooded tops? Id really have thought something like this would have already been in game tbh. Of course I know you have a hood head option, but none for a hood thats not up, of course you wouldnt really be able to have a cape with it on though.
As you can tell by my avatar, you can probably tell what I am going for lol. -
Yeah I understand the time difference, but i play during the night anyway which is when most american players are on, where as in EU theres only like 10 players on the entire server lol.
It just seems to me that the entire atmosphere on there server is that people will only team if they need one to do something, where as in EU it was people teaming because they wanted to not because they need to.
Either way complaining isnt going to get me anywhere, i just wanted to check i wasnt missing anything important, i know EU uses sals badgehunters chat channel to mainly get teams, so i didnt know if there was anything similar here. -
Quote:Originally Posted by TrueMetal
Well put.
The constant whining about and blaming all the problems of modern times on the AE is getting on my nerves. "people got to 50 in a day so I left!" What kind of argument is that?
Its not an arguement, but it still shouldnt be possible. Im sick of having level 50s ask me questions like 'where do i get my cape?' and 'what is RWZ?' and my personal favorite 'whats slotting mean and how do i do it?' -
Quote:Originally Posted by Rent_
Nah, it's dead. Go to US servers.
130 people showing up on search during peak times is not a populated server.
if you actually try the american servers you will see theres a lot more people soloing there simply because no one wants to team, where as at least in EU servers the majority of people online want some form of team.
I just made the mistake of making an american account to try it, and so far im not impressed, 357 players online, yet not one team running for players between 1 and 20. -
Im a new player on American servers but I have played for a few years on the European servers.
I moved here simply because EU seems to always be made second best, and people have noticed this and are moving over here either because of a higher overall population or because there sick of being second best.
However after coming here Im finding it nearly impossible to get a team, I ask in broadcast in Atlas for teams, im marked looking for team and i send tells to people around the same level to ask if they have spots, but I never get anything back.
Is there a chat channel or anything people use for teams and stuff on freedom? I dont really want to play a game where I have to solo all the way up because i know how long that takes, having leveled a scrapper pre AE to 50 on euro servers completly solo.
Let me make this clear though, im not just after a PL, I just hate having to do everything solo, I dont mind whether its an AE team or a regular team. -
Im from EU servers myself, union to be exact.
I came here simply because the european side is dying off now and anything that happens with the game happens later for us europeans so i figured i might as well join the servers with a higher population and earlier updates.
However after been here a while, im shocked at how little people actually seem to team here, and the amount of abuse people constantly deal out to each other. The server may have a higher population, but its nowhere near as friendly as the european ones, and you will still have more chance of getting a team there than you will here.
Also I noticed on European servers we tend to have just a few major SGs that have a majority of players in them, here everyone seems to be in a different SG and have loads of inactive members.
Freedom seems to be slightly better teaming wise, although a lot of it is in AE although you still get abusive players more often than EU flaming each other in broadcast chat.
Waiting for the European double exp weekend free activation again to see whether its worth moving back, this wasnt what i expected at all. You dont play MMORPG's to solo.