Aett_Thorn

Yes, I think that is what they're talking about. For instance, Regen and SR for scrappers don't have a Taunt aura. But the Brute versions have one.


As for pairing with DB, I like Willpower, since it has no clicks to interrupt any attack chains you might be trying to work in. But Energy Aura or Invuln would also work well.

I don't think the problem is that the enemies have cheaty AI in terms of end drain, it's that the Devs still think end drain is a valuable mitigation tool all by itself. Because it's really not. If a set has a single end drain power in it (say, Ice Armor), with a bunch of other tools for mitigation, then it's fine that it doesn't have a lot of -recovery, or any at all.

It's when you get sets like Elec Blast, where you have end drain being the main mitigation component of it that you need to pair it with -recovery (and Elec Blast has this). Elec Control has a bunch of -End, but almost no -recovery, so it has this problem, too, but it's tougher to see with all of the other controls.


The other problem with a set like Elect Blast, though, is that for a majority of targets, you're likely to kill it before you drain it of endurance. If the enemy is dead, why do I care what it's endurance was before it died? But, on the other side, if you haven't drained an enemy completely, then you're getting no mitigation from your attacks yet. So there's no immediate mitigation return on investment, and you don't get it until you've applied several-many attacks. And that just doesn't happen as much with other mitigation measures, where you can usually mitigate damage with one or two attacks (except against AVs and the like).

Well, none of those are the combat powers they were describing. Not sure why they can't be cast in the air, but that's not as debilitating as not being able to cast combat powers while in the air.

Now, there are some powers that require you to be on the ground to cast, such as foot stomp. But again, that's not what the OP is talking about.

I save my points for powers, too, and have bought everything but Beast Mastery, which I don't care to get, and still have points leftover. I have also gotten several costumes, a second enhancement tray, and a few other things, all without having to pay a dime for. So how you could not have gotten all of the sets if you didn't pay for anything else is boggling to me.

Besides the two often-repeated reasons for why Ice was pulled, there's also the fact that when Brutes came out, Ice Melee was far and away the worst offensive melee attack set in the game. Barely any AoE, bad single-target damage, and enough control to further hinder fury generation (at the time, you could basically remove 6 enemies of anything under EB rank from the fight). A lot of the problem came from Ice Melee, not Ice Armor. The slows were only part of the problem. The problem was a combination of the slows, controls and the horrible damage.

Again, you're comparing Plot Armor to actual strength. If the plot had called for Ms. Dual Pistols to die, she would have. She could have, very easily, in this fight, but since they needed her later in the movie to do something, she was saved by the plot.

But with no ability to add in plot armor or plot weakness to each individual player, the Devs have to balance around a reasonable level of power. Sometimes, that falls short of what some people expect, and higher than others expect. But it doesn't make it bad design.

The slows were never the main problem for Ice. It was A problem, but not THE problem. Otherwise, Dark Armor's stun would have been just as problematic.

LOL. Well, at least that knowledge came in handy at some point! The movie is showing its age, but I still find it a pretty good flick.

But RoF already does that.

But doing that to Shadow Maul and other powers like it would be a decent nerf to those powers in many situations. Average damage would remain about the same, but if +ToHit buffs ran out during the animation, you'd suddenly lose damage potential for the power.