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hiya folks, I got some question regarding the Achilles Heel: Chance for Resistance Debuff proc:

1. What are the numbers on the proc, how often does it go off, how long does the effect last, how often Can it occur?

2. Does the effect stack with itself on the same target when slotted in multiple attacks?

3. Is slotting it in multiple attacks useful at all? Attacks within a chain? Attacks in separate chains (one for the AoE chain, one for the single target?)?

4. Which are the best powers to slot it in on a Human/Dwarf PB, lvl 37?

5. Anything else you can think of regarding this proc and PBs?

I haven't noticed the bug you guys are talking about at all, instead I've noticed a different bug.

This one has to do with macros and keybinds. Any keybind I make that includes a toggle_on white dwarf or one of the other forms, will fail to switch me frequently, and I think it is when I get hit or perhaps when I get mezzed while trying to switch.

This is even to the point that if I am already mezzed, say I got stunned and I am hitting my macro to switch to dwarf, and then I get hit by another mez while I am switching, the switch fails and I have to hit it again.

I figured out a workaround by having 2 keybinds. One that is directly tied to the specific tray slot that the form button is in, and a separate one to switch attack trays. Yes I have to hit 2 buttons, but because the bind is triggering a tray slot instead of the power itself it has solved the problem. Not sure what to make of that.



Apart from that slight annoyance, Kheldians are totally awesome now, although I haven't yet taken the time to get used to the new Black Dwarf Mire. My PB is doing way better than ever before. I agree with Castle, giving the human form mez protection outside of Light Form makes the Dwarf Form basically pointless. However, I think they should up the buff from Controllers and Dominators on the team to 2 per.

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That SOME builds can do it, however, points to an imbalance.

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Yes, there are some overpowered sets, or sets that skew towards single target damage and survivability.


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If one player playing one class can do it, it should be possible for any player, playing any class, to do so.

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It IS possible for any player (once they l2p) with any AT (but not any powerset combo). The point that was made before however is that soloing AVs is NOT a balance point and therefore there is NO onus on the Devs to make it possible for all powerset combinations.

Are you really suggesting that the devs manipulate powers in such a way to allow Empathy/Dark Defenders to solo AVs? All AVs or just some AVs?

Some sets are good with AVs, some sets are good with large groups, some sets are about survivability, some sets are about force multiplication. There never has been a trend in this game toward the homogeneity you are advocating.

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Stepped content. Design higher end content for max level toons that require IO sets and Accolades to be able complete. This gives those rewards a "real" meaning while at the sametime gives your population a purpose and goal to aspire to even at max level.


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No, thank you.

I am quite glad that IOs simply make the game easier and are not required for anything.

And the WoW system of raids that you do to get gear to do raids to get gear so you can do raids, SUCKS and is the least solo friendly game system I have ever seen.

No, that sort of tiered end game system has No place in this game, thank heavens.


Several of your ideas that I did not quote however have significant merits.

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The Placate bug

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There is no Placate bug in PvE, save for the wonky behaviour of AVs and the problem with Elec Melee.

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My /Regen is Elec/Regen. That's been the bulk of my Stalkering lately. I seldom had problems using Placate on previous Stalkers, but I thought that was because I was using defense based secondaries. I didn't realize it was limited to Elec/ in PvE. What is it specifically in Elec/ that causes the problem?

My next Stalker project will be Spines/, so I'll have the DoTs breaking Placate, but I'm back to defense so it should be ok.

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More or less, it's any "Debuff" whether it does damage or not will tell the NPC that you are there despite placate saying you are not there.


Unless, it's changed to something else that I haven't read about it.

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It's not any. It's JUST -Recovery.

This SHOULD be an easy fix. Just add -Rec to the list. I can't conceive of why it hasn't been done yet.

I don't understand why the Electric Melee issue hasn't been fixed yet.

Moment of Glory=uninterrupted Placates

Regen is not so bad at Placating.

The Stalker will be a little tougher and do a little more damage.

The Night Widow buffs the team a Ton.

The underlying assumption of the thread is that Defenders have a problem that needs addressing.

I question that assumption.

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You're assuming this happens a lot. I stated a fact from the very beginning and even put a lighthearted spin on it. Blizzard dissapears while in progress if the caster gets defeated.

Nowhere in this should the question of skill come into the picture or discussion. Instead there are insults and accusations being strewn about. And you have no idea what kind of player I am. But in the end it shouldn't even matter.

However for fun I'd be willing to put up your house (or box) that I'm a better player than you.

I'll meet you in the arena. Your blaster vs. my kin, [censored].

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I don't think you're a bad player...but I do think you're complaining about an absurdly good power.

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Not once did I say this happens a lot. The assumptions that I'm a poor player and should change my playstyle are absurd.

Here's a scenario just for some of you naysayers:

I'm on my ice kin. I hit FS, aim, ice storm and blizzard. THEN I want to pop a blue and transference off of a target that still has health.

As an example we'll use a nice juicy herd in the ITF, first mission at the altar you lead Sister Solaris to. A couple of the bad guys get in some lucky shots as I'm trying to get away after I tranference off of the Minotaur.

I at least want the satisfaction of my nuke finishing.

I shouldn't have to go this far to justify this and I probably should've just bugged it and not posted.

Suichiro, I'll accept the apology you're about to make to me as well.

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My Nova doesn't do damage if I die while it's going off, and I don't have the luxury of firing it from around a corner.

Why on earth should your nuke, which does more damage than mine, has more secondary effects, and can be fired from out of LoS, keep damaging after you die when no one else's does?

Why don't you try actually playing the set instead of basing your opinion on numbers?

Chain Induction is not an aoe, it's a single target attack, the jumping is a bonus.

Lightning Rod DOESN'T BREAK HIDE. So you can Crit AFTER using it, while everything is still getting up. BU>LR>TS=2 shotted a whole spawn.


It's certainly true that Electric is not great for single target, but then that's what AS is for. For AoE, Electric blows ALL the other sets right out of the water.

Thunder Clap is Diso only, no KB or KD at all on that one.

Maybe you're thinking of Lightning Clap?

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I wouldn't mind if they changed all powers that did knockback to knockdown, except for Nova. That power only makes sense to have it.

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I disagree. From the way I see it, chaining knockdown is far better than chaining knockback.

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Your reasoning, good as it may be, is not a logically following response to the post you quoted.

KD being better to chain than KB has absolutely no bearing on the fact that it would be a major change to many, many existing characters.

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It seems to me that allowing DP to actually do its job, giving more of a damage buffer and increasing regen, would be just the ticket, a solution to high burst when MoG isn't recharged.

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maybe

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Knockback works better than knockdown.

<ul type="square">[*]When foes "ragdoll" from knockback it takes them a lot longer to get back up. That's more mitigation.[*]Knockdown can't move a foe into a placed debuff or control like Tar Patch, Freezing Rain, Volcanic Gasses, etc.[*]Area knockback can group scattered foes more closely! A spread-out group can be flung into a wall by Gale, Shockwave, etc., and they'll be tightly piled against the wall for AoEs. It can be faster than waiting for them to shoot teir ranged attack, change weapons, and run over to the Tanker to cluster up.[*]Knockdown can't throw someone off a ledge. This can sometimes be handy if you are getting overwhelmed, but it's always hilarious.[/list]
Don't take away knockback because some players can't use it right and others can't mentally adjust to seeing it used. And don't say "But you can add a knockback enhancement to get it back!" unless you're going to spot me the slot to put it into. Why should my powers have (effectively) 5 usable slots instead of 6 to regain the capability they already had?

Teach the players who don't know how to use it. Kick the players who can't learn. Enjoy the tangible advantages properly used knockback give you and your team.

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This. Well said. I couldn't agree more.

The well-played storm defender shouldn't be handicapped by taking KB away just because the ADD 10-year-old energy blaster can't figure out (or care) how to position himself to blow the mobs against a wall instead of blowing them off the ledge.

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KB is almost the only thing in the game that takes actual player skill. Let's not remove it, k?

Excellent, thank you.

I have an EM/Nin and an Elec/Regen both in the 40s.

For my next stalker I want something with Some AoE, but better single target than Elec. I want a secondary that's a little tougher than Regen....probably Nin, EA or WP. Are EA and WP alright for stalkers? Help me pick!

My Electric/Regen is 47 now and I have the whole set except for resilience and revive. I use everything. Dull Pain is good before you have the accolades and set bonuses to make the +hp unnecessary, and having a second heal is good too. I use MoG almost everytime it's up. It allows me to get succesful placate crits even when under heavy fire. If anything I would say the set is too squishy, mainly because the HP cap is so low. I still say the Stalker HP cap ought to be raised to aroud 1900 or 2000. The Defense sets are definitely tougher.

I definitely have a lvl 50 Dom And a lvl 50 Widow, as well as a couple lower level widows and spiders.....


sooooo......why is the game not letting me make more today? I can make new khelds...

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HC is a bad idea (on teams).......solo as well.........all it does is cause the melee toon to have to chase everyone down as soon as he uses it.


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The fact that you think this is true indicates that you do not know how to use the power properly.

The OPs use of the term 'burden' in reference to melee and KB is melodramatic and kinda hilarious.

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Energy Melee is always good. has a mag 4 stun, and the regular hits have a chance to stun too. Actually, that may be disorient. I'm not sure the difference at the moment.

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Energy Melee no longer has a mag 4 stun. All the stuns in EM are now mag 3.

I guess I wasn't thinking of things like Shadowfall...just the Ice Shields and Healing Flames and such.

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The proper solution, and the one I hope Castle eventually pursues, is to make the Resistance portions of all such powers Unenhanceable (and maybe slightly increase their base values to make up for losses to people who were enhancing them), and allow the rest of the power to be buffed.

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That is sure as freaking hell not a proper solution. I happen want the DR in my affected powers to be enhancable.

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If he increased the base amount to make up for it, why would it matter?

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Great Job Natalie! I was wondering how do you create the "hilly dirt" areas. Kinda looks like hills or something.

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Wondering that too.