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IOs would also work.

It's just changing one value of the pool. Defenders would still rule the buff zone. And thematically, Blasters really shouldn't have a lower ToHit buff when they 'lead' -- accuracy is their thing.

Prime example is Hawkeye in the final battle of Avengers, he was buffing everyone else's ACC.

I would think that a good balancing act would be to require everyone to do two things to get to (nearly) perma SpeedSnipe. So, pick two of the following:

1. Tactics
2. Kismet
3. Build-up
4. Aim
5. Some other ToHit buff in you primary, secondary, or pool powers.
6. Some new ATO or Proc or Universal IO Set that has +ToHit.

If Blasters' Tactics were bumped to 10%, then everyone would be in the same boat. Although, Devices gets off easy since they'd only need one thing: Targeting Drone.

4 Even SOs will do it.

Or they can raise base Tactics for Blasters to 10%, like for Corruptors.

My copy of Mids says 21.99%. Of course, one Booster puts you over.

3 Level30 +5 Boosted IOs will also get you there.

4 Level20 +5 Boosed IOs will also get you there -- assuming you want to take advantage of the speedy snipe starting at lower levels.

So, your plan is, after Tactics and Kismet, make Blasters find 4% more +ToHit, have Corruptors hit the sweet spot, and make Defenders find 10% more +ToHit.

So, basically, your plan is to continue to have Defenders never take the Snipe power.



They could always change Tactics for Blaster to 10%, like for Corruptors. This way, Blasters can have the Snipes always 'speedy' like Corruptors and Defenders without resorting to a second power.

That's an excellent suggestion.

That link is the the video 'tutorial' on the changes.

Discussion is here.

Well, if you need 22% +ToHit and Kismet provides +6%, then you need Tactics to provide the other 16%. If you're a Corruptor:

• At level 17, you can use 5 Level20 Boosted-IOs to get you there. Before level 17, you can't get Tactics to give you 16% ToHit as a Corruptor.

• At level 22, 5 Even SOs will get you there (impossible with DOs)

• At Level 22, 4 SOs+2 will do.

• At level 22, 4 Level25 Boosted-IOs will do.

• At level 32, 4 Level35 IOs will do (even at Level50, you still need 4).

• At level 37, 3 Level40 Boosted-IOs will do.

All the ones on Prime don't spew green stuff with immediate ash fallout.

1. AMs reactors powered the East Coast *before* their Hamidon Wars.

2. AMs reactors are clearly not eco-friendly. Posi wouldn't dream to build such monstrosities.

3. Space stations are so much easier to build in a totalitarian state where one can 'find' the resources to make it happen... especially when your mortal enemy is so... earth-bound.


Note: Since it seems more than coincidental that Praetoria is the place where Cold 'defeated' Hamidon and it is also the place where AM's reactors were... I'm willing to bet that Hamidon was making a beeline to the reactors to destroy them.

I've DS'd +6 Bosses.

You know how a self-phase power means "you can't touch me"? And that has great defensive uses? Well, DS is a "you can't touch anyone" power (unless they enter the sphere of phase).

Try it on turrets and plyons for extra fun.

Lead out escorts dropping a bubble of 'stay-put-and-do-nothing' behind you.

"Sorry Lambda robotic hall monkeys, you no follow!"

"Hey, guys. There's an ambush here. I'll release them once you get here."

"Oh hai glowy guardians! I'm gonna click this while you watch me unable to do anything about it. I'm in your base clicking your stuff!!!"

"Hey, Scrapper, go punch that exploding thing in your own little pocket dimension while I stand out here not taking any of that phased exploding damage."

Woah, woah, woah. Calling scrappers 'crazy' is completely uncalled for.

It is automatically assumed.

If you mean suppress other player's FX, that was removed from the game because it did almost nothing, even after they tried to fix it so that it did stuff, it only suppressed a few FX in limited situations.

If you mean suppress the GFX that one sees on one's own toon, then that is working very well (with the exception of a few of the GFX of the newer powersets that haven't been flagged to suppress yet... looking at you, Time).

And yes, there are too many GFX. Minor buffs still have huge honking flashy GFX, and that should be removed completely (looking at you Damage, Resistance, and Acc buffs and debuffs... who doesn't have them and why bother showing it when it could be anywhere from 1% to 300% effect... meaningless!). And yes, there could be much better controls to select what GFX one sees and doesn't see.

But suppressing personal GFX works very well. Suppressing Personal GFX: /suppressCloseFx

And that's my conclusion, too: Southeastern U.S.

Also note that the use of 'Ward' is not necessarily a Southern or New Orleanian convention -- Chicago has 'wards.' Although, Nadia clearly speaks with a Cajun accent -- although Praetoria is made up of refugees from all over.

It's possible that Praetoria is on the Mississippi River since there is an underground river through the city that leads to international waters. But there are many large rivers in Mississippi and Alabama which also fit that description. And it would be unlikely that power plants that fed "the Eastern Seaboard" and not also other parts of the U.S. would be on the Mississippi River.

Therefore, my best guess is that Praetoria is on an Alabama river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico.

Since you've been gone, Defenders can get up to 30% extra Damage while soloing (making their damage on par with Corruptors).

And the Guide to Guides (see link in sig below).

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