Adeon Hawkwood
-
Posts
6270 -
Joined
-
Quote:You pretty much answered your own question. Back when the main purpose of bases was for doing base raids limiting the ability of the defending team to rez at full health was important for balance. It's less important nowadays but I doubt that it's high on the devs list of things to fix.Originally Posted by Shockwave007
Why do medical bays heal less than hospitals? This might have been good balance in the raid era (if there was a raid era) but not it's just kind of an annoyance. Adding another upgrade (or 2 or 3) to the surgical bot to allow 100% health/endurance would make the base medical bay much more useful. -
It's true in game. The devs did it to limit the power of Incarnate abilities (and the power differential between an IO'd Incarnate and a non-IO'd Incarnate).
-
Quote:Yeah I kind of wonder what the heck the devs were thinking when they gave Dominators Sleet as the first power in an epic pool especially since they didn't even reduce its effectiveness. Oh well I guess I can't complain, I love using itOriginally Posted by Siolfir
Yeah. And unlike Poison, Cold Domination doesn't suck in PvE. The only part of Cold Domination that sucks is that Dominators get Sleet at the same level as Corruptors and Controllers.
.
-
Quote:Heck, remember when one patch accidentally turned all base defenses hostile to you?Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
1. The dev that created the base code has long since left the company and the current devs are aware that even the lightest changes to the current system has unexpected catastrophic results.
-
The other thing to keep in mind is that the letter is found in the past. In the various letters the Dream Doctor seems to have pretty much forgotten what order your various time travel adventures happen in terms of your personal chronology.
-
Thanks. I was pretty much leaning that way anyways so it's good to know that it makes sense.
-
I've got no clue how much difference it actually makes in terms of in-game capability but you are correct that a Brute will have more ability to regain HP due to the same regen translating into a higher effective HP/Sec and more effective self heals.
Another comparatively minor advantage for the Brute is that a Scrapper with Dull Pain and the HP Boosting Accolades will be pretty close to their HP cap (they'll be 1% short with 95% slotting in DP) so they won't be able to take full advantage of any HP bonuses you might have from other sources (i.e. set bonuses) whereas the Brute has a much higher HP cap so they can use HP bonuses without going over the cap while DP is active. -
Quote:The amusing part is that there are several times when the store doesn't stop you form buying something you already own (mostly buying costume parts after buying the pack).Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Submit a feedback petition in game. It was designed this way to prevent people from buying stuff they already have, but maybe they can add in a popup that goes "you have this already as VIP, you sure?"
Because they are currently on sale and he'd like to save some money. If you know that you will want to buy something in the future then buying something now probably makes more sense than waiting until you need to buy it and paying more.Quote:Originally Posted by Ukaserex
However, why not just enjoy the vip content, and then, when your sub ends, then buy the unlocks for your specific toons as needed? -
Quote:Indeed it does:Originally Posted by Agent White
Does the wiki clarify anywhere?
http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Paragon_Points -
My inclination would be one of the following:
Option 1 (Offensive):
Fire Ball: Malice of the Corruptor full set
Rain of Fire: Ragnarok, skipping the Damage (you'll get 90% damage enhancement, if you really want 95% get some boosters or add a Dam/Acc/End from Detonation in the 6th slot)
Fire Breath: Positions Blast, skip the Dam/Range (but if possible add a generic Range in the sixth slot)
Option 2 (Defensive):
Fire Ball: Ragnarok, skipping the Damage or the Damage/Recharge (see previous comment on boosters although with Fireball you can probably just manage with lower recharge, possibly add a Positron's proc in the 6th slot for damage)
Rain of Fire: Positions Blast, skip the Dam/Range and add a Recharge in the sixth slot
Fire Breath: Malice of the Corruptor full set
The BIG question is where you want procs. Offensively you want a damage proc in Fireball since You'll be spamming it a lot. If I've done my math correctly (which I don't guarantee) the MotC proc has a higher proc chance than Positron's Blast so it makes sense to go there. Rain of Fire, on the other hand, will only have a chance to proc every 10 seconds with a standard proc but the knockdown effect form Ragnarok helps keep enemies in the fire to maximize damage.
Now if you feel you want some more protection moving the Ragnarok set to Fireball makes sense. You'll be spamming it a lot so it will help keep foes on their back. In that situation I'd go with Positron's + Recharge in Rain of Fire since the Procs Per Minute mechanic really goes against patch powers (2 x 35% procs with Positron's versus 75 x 5.1% procs with Malice). -
As a side note, you may have been better off not using your Radiation Infection toggle during AV fights. AVs have a very high resistance to a lot of debuffs (74% at level 29) so if you were short in End turning that off to provide more End for blasting and healing may have been a better option.
-
Quote:Followed by:Originally Posted by Hit Streak
Next up, Thrifty Thursdays...items released on Tuesdays and available until Wednesday.
Meager Mondays
Tight Tuesdays
Watchful Wednesdays
Spartan Saturdays
Shrewd Sundays -
Quote:As a premium player (i.e. a person who does not have an active subscription) you have a limited number of character slots. In your case you are allowed to have a total of four characters which can be on any server(s) that you wish.Originally Posted by trigirl
[*]What does this mean and how do I do what it tells me to do?
When you create a new character (or unlock an existing one) you will irrevocably tie one of those four slots to a specific server. However if you delete a character you will be able to create a new character on the same server.
I can't say for sure since it depends on how much you played before but based on your comments probably not without spending money. The Mastermind archetype is locked for premium accounts and has to be unlocked either by purchasing it from the store or advancing to level 5 in the Paragon Rewards Program. VIP Subscribers get it unlocked automatically while they maintain the subscription.Quote:[*]Once I do it, will I be able to play my science mastermind?
Not really. This game is pretty generous about the stuff it gives for free so you can do most things without spending any money. The store does sell various consumables but they aren't really worth using. Similarly the powersets in the store are very nice but none of them are particularly game-breaking and the standard free powersets are still fine.Quote:[*]I've played other F2P games and know that all the good stuff costs real money, is this something I'll have to pay for?
The two things you have to spend money for that are game changing power-wise are the Invention and Incarnate systems but neither are really required unless oyu want to PvP (and PvP here sucks anyway). Invention system access can be gotten for $2 a month while Incarnates require a Subscription. -
Quote:Interesting idea. My main feedback would be that in general it seems a bit weak and generic compared to other sets and that Riot Foam is extremely "meh" as a Tier 8 (compare it with Quciksand in Earth Control which does all of that AND has a huge defense debuff at a much lower level). I'd replace Bola Grenade with Web Grenade for consistency since in every other control set the two immobilizes have the same graphics. I'd also say move Riot Foam to Tier 4 (dropping either Smoke Grenade or Sleep Grenade) and make the Tier 8 something more controllery but I'm not really sure what.Originally Posted by Big_Soto
Controller/Dominator - Riot Control (All shot from a Rifle)
1. Bola Grenade – Ranged (Single Target), Foe Immobilize
2. Tear Gas – Ranged (Single Target), Foe Hold
3. Wide Area Web Grenade – Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe Immobilize
5. Sleep Grenade - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Sleep
4. Smoke Grenade - Ranged (Targeted AoE), Foe -Perception, -To-Hit
6. Flash Bang- (PBAoE), Foe Stun
7. Pepper Spray - Ranged (Cone), Choke (Hold)
8. Riot Foam – Ranged (Location AoE), -Fly, -Jump, -SPD
9. Summon Robot – Summon Backup Robot
As for Dominator secondaries, I'm still holding out hope for a swahbuckling secondary where you get a Sword in one hand and a Pistol in the other
.
Oh yeah, I think giving Dominators Venom Grenade in their secondary is probably pushing it. -
Quote:That is complete and utter BS. I know how to build Blasters. I have a nearly softcapped AR/Dev Blaster and a Beam/Dev Blaster I'm planning to softcap when he hits 50. But you know something, I rarely, if ever, bother to slot Set IOs while leveling up (with the exception of a few global IOs and a few special cases where IOs make a huge difference). There's various reasons for that but a large chunk of it is that I like to see how a character truly performs without set bonuses so I can better understand the tools they have available.Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
See, I don't think that's fair, because those people with 10% defense on their Blasters.. Or anyone playing ANY character with 10% global defense, is an unintelligent or uninformed player. They should be linked to ParagonWiki, the forums, and Mids. They should be instructed in order to help them understand how to build characters correctly. That gap is there because of a gap in intelligent building. Those who build properly should never be ostracized because other people did it wrong.
I'll also add that when playing with SOs a Blaster clearly underperforms pretty much every other AT in the game. I've leveled a good number of ATs in the game to 50 (I haven't played Widows, Brutes, Stalkers or Peacebringers and my Dominator is only level 36) and feel confident in saying that the only character who came anywhere near to my Blasters' solo performance was my Dual Pistols/Storm Corruptor and I'm pretty sure that was mostly that I really suck at using Storm effectively. Even my Defenders outperformed my Blasters and one of them was Electrical Blast (which is widely regarded as underperforming although I like it). Heck my Earth/Storm Controller had an easier time soloing than my Blasters (although I did have to frankenslot some IOs into his control powers to get a mix of damage and control). -
Fun:
- To crush me enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women
Not Fun:
- NPCs with lots of mezzes (especially groups with mezzes on minions or LTs)
- Melee characters (the closest I've gotten to an enjoyable melee character is my Time/Elec Defender who happily jumps into spawns like a melee character). -
When an attack misses the game seems to use a different floating word based on why it missed. I think it's based on the type of defense you have. If Positional Defense was used then you get "Deflected", "Dodged" or "Avoided". If Typed Defense you get "Absorbed" (and maybe others, I don't have many typed defense characters).
-
I've been leveling up my Earth Control/Fiery Assault/Ice Mastery Dominator and getting to the point that I'm starting to think about IO builds. However I had a couple of questions about powers and options that I can't decide on.
First how important is Stone Cages on a Dominator? I skipped it while leveling up and in all honesty have not missed it in the slightest. I guess there's some value in having it to stop stunned enemies from wondering but for the most part I find Quicksand works pretty well for that anyway. So should I look at taking it later?
Similarly for Fiery Assault how important are Incinerate and Combustion? I took both while leveling up but I've been unimpressed with them and am seriously considering speccing out of them.
As a side note I guess I'll have to take either Stone Cages or Incinerate as my level 2 power so I suppose I'll end up taking one of them.
For specific IOs is it worth putting a Lockdown Proc in Volcanic Gasses? It seems like it should be useful with each of the Voltaic Geyser pseudo-pets getting an extra chance to hold but I'm never entirely sure how procs will work with pseudo-pet powers.
Finally set bonuses. I'm taking Ice Mastery for concept reasons which means I'm looking as Smashing/Lethal Defense. As far as I can see the only sets that I can easily use that offer S/L Defense are Kinetic Combat and Enfeebled Operation. Are there any other options that are easy to get with my power sets that I'm missing?
Thanks -
Quote:I had to check the url to make sure I wasn't reading Valve's blogOriginally Posted by Hit Streak
We're going to celebrate the U.S. Independence Day in style by giving everyone a free hat (because nothing says Freedom like hats)!
-
Oooohhh renames, I need a couple of those. Does anyone know if you buy a rename do you have to use it immediately or can you save it for later?
-
Quote:It's been fixed now. Prior to the bug fix I found that Magi was pretty easy as long as you kept the team relatively small. Since the bug fix it's even easier. I was on a team a few nights back that got "The Hard Way" by accident. We weren't trying we just beat him in less than two cycles of the lights.Originally Posted by The_Cheeseman
Hmm... How recently was this? Like I said, I was running them the first couple days it was live, and from all the chatter I heard in Pocket D, as well as people discussing it in various leagues throughout the night, almost nobody had actually managed to win. I heard people saying they'd tried 4-6 times and never managed it. Between my characters, I was only around 1/6 (not counting intentional farm runs).
But then, the level shifts granted by the lights weren't working at the time (The level shift effect was only be applied to a max of like 16 entities, including pets). Not sure if that's been fixed since. -
Quote:Or you know stop being silly and just give both sides access to all Epic Pools with no Arc requirement. And even unlock LRSF from the badge requirement if people feel strongly about it.Originally Posted by MisterD
You mean..a fix that gives Heroes access to patrons for NO work at all, while vills still have to do the arc? (assuming here..you didnt say anything else) Yeah that is SO fair. Given that it has been..a long time coming, as you say, lets fix it to the other direction..heroes HAVE to do an arc to get either patron or ancillary powers..redside gets em for free. There..fixed..after all..heroes got their powers 'free' for how long?
-
Quote:Explosive arrow doesn't actually deal fire or energy damage so it won't light OSA.Originally Posted by newchemicals
Explosive Arrow - Now you can ignite the oil slick and not knockback the foes from oil slick.
M30 Grenade - Oh look, another buff to assault rifle. No more radial KB!
Frag Grenade - See M30.
Speaking for myself I don't really have a problem with knockback in those the powers you mention. yes it's a bit random (which is annoying) but it's also relatively low mag and doesn't scatter enemies (the knockback is angled based on your position, not the targets so it isn't actually radial unless you run into melee range). I toyed with adding the enhancement to my Crab's Frag Grenade but I don't see it being worth the slot. -
Quote:Yeah I'm not sure that there's any sort of fair price to set for that.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
I've only been thinking on the costume stuff, but if they put that wolf in the store..........some folk who burned a couple hundred packs chasing it would go POSTAL.
-
Quote:I don't have a whole lot of sympathy either BUT that doesn't change the fact that people were upset. You've probably heard the mantra that "The Customer is Always Right", you know why businesses operate that way? It's not because they care about the customer it's because at the end of the day making the customer happy is good for business. It doesn't actually matter whether the customer is actually right or not it's just a case of determining whether accepting the customer's insanity will be more cost effective than denying it.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
They were also told that the new costumes would be available as an add-on pack for those that bought it before it was released (which it was). Everyone was also told that the add-on pack would cost the difference between the pre-purchase and the full retail pack. The trade-off was 1 month of game time vs 7 months of use for Dual Pistols and 6 months use for Demon Summoning.
I really don't have sympathy for those that didn't read the announcements before buying in that case.
The same thing applies to both the Going Rogue collection and the Super Packs. It doesn't matter whether customers got ripped off or not what matters is whether customers believe they got ripped off. In the case of Going Rogue there were a demonstrable number of paying customers who felt that they had been cheated by Paragon Studios. It doesn't matter whether they were cheated what matters is that they believe they were.
It's exactly the same with the Super Packs, if the costume and/or wolf pet are sold independently there will be people who believe that they were cheated. That means that for Paragon Studios the question becomes at what time and at what price point will the goodwill that they gain from people like you outweigh the negative publicity they get form people who believe they were cheated. Obviously the longer they wait and the higher they set the price the fewer people will be upset but no matter what if they release it someone will be upset. It doesn't matter whether they have a right to be upset or not it's still negative publicity for Paragon Studios.