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Quote:Oh, I think Castle (maybe someone else?) mentioned somewhat recently he'd ask about revamping the respec system, but not to expect anything from it until much later.Originally Posted by Lord_Thanatos
Im not really on either side of this debate over /Shields and etc, but I just hope that all of these recent changes convince the Devs to revamp the respec system to better cope for these type of changes. >.> -
Feel free to post a build if you would like any build advice.
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It is an always-on buff. Regardless if the power you put it on is turned on or off.
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Quote:The Cimeroran soldiers you fight employ this sort of "smarter" AI in that if you heard them into a large group, they become harder to hit because of their Phalanx Fighting. The neat thing about this is that unless characters have a good amount of Accuracy/ToHit, this theoretically changes how players would behave around said enemies.Originally Posted by Vermain
A nice compromise might be mob groups that behave differently inherently. It's sort of like, say, Malta vs. Council: Council tends to be a bit of a cakewalk with a reasonably balanced team, while Malta can cause all sorts of troubles. Instead of just cranking the powers up to 11 like they did with Malta, though, they could adjust the AI so that corner pulling and AoE immobilizing isn't always the best tactical option.
The same goes with Nemesis and defeating Lieutenants. You don't want to off em' right away, because that would give Vengeance to the entire surrounding group of enemies. So players (again, theoretically) adjust their playstyle.
Many other enemy groups have their own shtick that help define how you play your characters around them and I suspect Going Rogue will have more tricks up its sleeve in this regard. -
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Can't say much about how it would fare in PvP, but Electric Armor has had its Conserve power changed to Energize (http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Electric_Armor#Energize) which now gives:
60% Endurance Reduction for 30 seconds
25% Heal for Self
100% Regeneration for Self for 30 seconds
With good Recharge and Heal slotting you can get it to be up every 60 seconds, Heal 50%, and Regenerate 200%.
Other than that singular power change, Electric Armor is pretty much the same. I think.
What you'll get as far as Resistances go, should be around 40% across the board, save for Negative which would be slightly lower. Get the Tough power and you'll be sitting at 60% Resist for Smashing/Lethal. Some pretty good numbers, which get even better when you get some IO bonuses for Defense. Once you get Energize and Power Sink, Endurance management will be a breeze.
Electrical Melee got its Chain Induction buffed a little. Can't remember if they've fixed the bug with placing an IO proc in the attack. In any case, it jumps to other targets more reliably now and I enjoy using it regularly. -
Having Energy Aura would be excellent so I can pair it with the upcoming Kinetic Melee.
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I'm hoping a Regen will go through a balance pass when proliferated over to Tanks/Brutes. Always thought something like Resilience could be turned into a toggle that gives you more Resist per enemies in Melee range, up to a certain point. Whatever the case may be, think about how easily squashed a Regen would be with the Incarnate challenges. Regen, Fiery Aura, and probably others are bound to get a look at before or when the tougher stuff arrives.
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Heh, a Katana/Regen Brute might be quite nice.
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I really want to see what I can do with the Incarnate levels on my Fire/Fire Scrapper.
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My WM/SD is going to be a Dwarf. Oh, how creative.
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Quote:You've got to be joking. Why should that even matter? It's still going to do more than the Tanker version. Melee damage is our primary, isn't it?Originally Posted by Cynic
Well I'd like Stone Melee but I'd fear the nerf it would get with the scrapper damage code added to it.
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Quote:Holy crap are you kidding me? Bone Dancer would freakin' love that!Originally Posted by GangstaBlade
I want Spear mastery to be made
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So many excellent ideas, so little time.
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I actually want it all for my Scrappers. I have absolutely no objections to any of them being proliferated over.
War Mace so I can finally make my War Mace/Shield Defense Scrapper. Ice Armor for a Spines/Ice Armor. Ninjitsu for a Martial Arts/Ninjitsu. Super Strength for a Super Strength/Shield Defense.
Oh I could go on and on.
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Quote:The last round of buffs for Fiery Aura were more damage mitigation related. I am not opposed to seeing more mitigation for the set, but I'd rather Fiery Aura be able to shine in generating more damage, whether it be directly (a better Burn) or indirectly (such as buffing Fiery Embrace.) Or we could have an increase for both mitigation and offense.Originally Posted by Silas
Well this thread went down the toilet in a hurry.
Cyber_naut: As fond as I am of frothing hyperbole, if Shield Charge used the correct values it would still blow Whirling Hands out of the water.
Castle: Looking forward to the FA changes. I am curious though, do you have a rough idea whether you'd be buffing its offensive or defensive capabilities? I know the changes earlier in the thread were mostly about Burn, (removing fear, making it a DoT rather than a placed patch, etc), but given what you said about SD softcapping not being an issue because it'll be needed, I would think FA could use a defensive buff too.
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Quote:Awh c'mon. Don't give this thread the cold shoulder.Originally Posted by Warkupo
I was going to say something about thinking Ice Melee is boring, but I can see you're having a moment. Allow me to just close the door quietly until you get done~
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Quote:That's fine with me, but please please please look at the Immunes Engineer's numbers for their Phalanx Fighting. I gather a bunch of them and start the beat down, but the Engineer's chance to hit is the only one that goes down to 5%. All of the others have much higher last chance to hit values in said gathered group of enemies.Originally Posted by Castle
That was actually a simple bug fix. They were supposed to be buffing one another all along, but due to a last minute change in timing, the buff wasn't applying properly.
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Quote:You'd better have strong regeneration.Originally Posted by Kioshi
It would but I"d hit her lol
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Quote:Man, that would be awesome if Whirling Hands got a buff. Maybe when they do a proliferation over to Scrappers, the set will get another balance pass.Originally Posted by Cyber_naut
Yeah, I doubt many people will mind.
"Yo Scrappers. I'm really happy for you, I'm going to let you finish talking about how much you hate the fact Shield Charge doesn't even kill elderly poodles on life support now, but whirling hands is one of the best powers of all time. OF ALL TIME. -
More than just your feelings will be hurt, that's for sure.
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Quote:Owch. Now that one hurt.Originally Posted by Cyber_naut
Not at all, she look pretty horny too.
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I personally wouldn't mind if Castle left the numbers as they are, or if he reduced them to their proposed numbers.
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Yo Scrappers. I'm really happy for you, I'm going to let you finish talking about Shield Defense nerfs, but Castle said one of the best things of all time. OF ALL TIME.
Quote:Originally Posted by Castle
Several folks have suggested via PMs and in this thread that I look at Fiery Aura again; to bring it's performance up a bit. I'll see what I can do.
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I really just want this look with the Icicles toggle added. Probably would tone down the other toggles.
