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Originally Posted by Paladin

And scrappers do need something uniquely gained to their archetype, and not just simply the lack of anything special. They need something that doesn't affect combat, and something that can be noticed by other ATs. There's only one solution, really. Scrappers need access to Valkyrie's Fiery Broadsword as a weapons model.

Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect

I gotta admit, Bosstone has a point.

Scrappers are the only AT that doesn't have a unique mechanic.

That makes them the only one of something.

If something is the only one of something, it is, by definition.......unique.

Well played, sir.

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

I can live with that.

However, the inherent end boost I suggested would change none of what anyone loves about scrappers. It would just let them do more of it, with less down time. I would love to see my scrappers have a total of 125 end by lvl 50 w/o accolades or IO's. +5 end total every 10 levels would be awesome, and not unbalancing.

Originally Posted by Venture

People keep saying "we should have cut scenes in MA!" and I keep saying "no, we shouldn't" and they say "why not?!?!?" and I say "because you would use them".

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

Dude, that is almost as offensive as some of what Johnny has said. It has nothing to do with another AT being brought up to speed for me. In fact I am playing a stalker right now, and having a blast. I have had an issue with this since Stalkers first got crits outside of hide, which was years ago.

Each AT should have a unique mechanic, period. Not just Scrappers I feel this way about the WHOLE of the game. Right now, as far as I can tell, Scrappers are the only AT w/o a unique mechanic.

Through the whole of this my suggestion is the one that seems to have the least impact on balance.

Also, these threads are a way to refine ideas that we are presenting to the devs. If you don't like what is being said, don't read the thread. It is that simple.

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

Except for all the times Cap has gone out and kicked mass amounts of butt w/o the shield. Scrapper all the way.

Shoot, the movie was like one scrapper challenge after another. He was constantly told "You can't do that." He always responded "Watch me." That is the scrapper attitude all the way, for prof go look at the scrapper boards. Cap also attacks with that shield as much or more than he defends with it, again very scrapperish. I would say StJ/Shield all the way.

Originally Posted by Ogi

I kinda like the fact that the only gimmick scrappers have is that they don't have a gimmick.

If (and I stress IF) they need a little freshening up, tweak some base values and keep the no-gimmick gimmick intact.

Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane

Unless you're a Brute, then you can get Barrier and not have to give up anything.


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Originally Posted by Zyphoid

No way, Cap is a scrapper through and through.

This thread really went all over the place. The one thing I am sure of at the end is that the AT I love the most, the Scrapper, will most likely not get anything cool and unique.

What I have enjoyed, no matter how heated it has been, is the passion I see for the game. Even after 7 years we care so much for the game and our creations in the game that we fight tooth and nail for them. That is a pretty awesome thing.

I still want my beloved scrapper to get something unique to them, something that they share with no one else. It seems a little unfair that all the other ATs have that, but scrappers don't. It is what it is though. Scrappers are the first to step up in any given situation, I think it is just part of the mentality that goes with playing that AT. After 7 years of playing this game, playing any other AT still pales in comparison to me. I step away for a moment or two, but I always come back to the scrapper.

Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker

I was working on a build in Mids the other day and discussing with a friend and we worked out we could get a couple of abilities to the soft cap quite nicely - but others would be way down.

An alternate slotting gave a far more balanced outcome across most of the relevant Defence types, but was below the cap on all of them but not by much.

After some trial and error we both came to the conclusion that the balanced build was undoubtedly the best all round, but not quite there. But it occurred to us that popping a small purple would get us very very near to the cap and a medium/large would take the build well over it.

There was also enough resistance in the build that one small purple and one med orange would give a very well balanced and very tough all round character that could stick around in a hot zone for quite a while.

That was something I'd not considered before - I normally just go for what Mids tells me and that's it. But then, that's silly, right? I mean, inspirations are there to be chomped, it's their purpose in life and if I can leverage enough balance that one small insp is going to change my life, that's good right?

Except, what happens when I don't have one and I'm getting my backside handed to me on a shiny silver platter courtesy of whoknowswhatnastynesswrappedupintheformofanAV?

Even if I know the bind to combine three insps into one and pop it, there's no guarantee in a tough fight that I'd have what I need.

So that leaves me torn. In an ideal world, of course I'll build everything to the soft cap and beyond... but that's not really doable in the real world. However in general game play, it's a pretty tempting prospect to just bank some purple insps and keep popping them as required and worry about the boss fights on the rare occasions they happen.

I'm just curious as to how others solve that conundrum

Originally Posted by Hqnk

It's not the rocks that kill you. It's the Well-juiced incarnate-nuking telepathist debuff that kills you.

This isn't news, it isn't the rocks. If you kill the telepathists, the rocks can't kill you. If you leave the telepathists out there, you eat what you sew and deal with it. Seriously, let it go, your god peen is not being stomped on maliciously when you don't do what it takes to take it out from under the damned boot. You are doing it to yourself.

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

This is painful, but I kinda agree. They should have had tanks, or something HUGE hitting us outside of the TPN, not a human mob with rocks.

Originally Posted by Dark Energon

And i suggest you read before assuming something.. i clearly said A badge, even gave some examples.

I never said the story line in DA was bugged, nor did i state that the badges were bugged. I did say however that they can check who has the badges, and if you have all the badges i think a reward for that is in place. just 1, no matter how many you have ran it.
If this came out a month or more after the content went live i'd say no, but two weeks after it went live, i say yes.. a reward for it is fair.

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

I have seen more and better powers released since freedom than I did all the time before. I as a V.I.P. am all about buying them if it will continue this trend.

Originally Posted by Forbin_Project

With respect Aura, Praetoria was "dead" long before they opened up the AT's at the tutorial. I remember people complaining the zones were empty as early as Jan 2011, and most of the people that were running in Praetoria were complaining about the difficulty and excessive ambushes.

Originally Posted by Zyphoid

I agree with this, and imo Preatoria has some of the best stories in the game.

Originally Posted by Darth_Khasei

NOBODY said they did so why even make that stupid arsey snarky statement?

ATO's and how they introduced them in Ouro and other ways was the standard and they did in fact set a standard for these things for AM's, EM's, HM's, RM's and other ways ALL at the same time. Rolling them out for only one merit way is not the standard is the point as well as hearing from the devs as to what the actual reason is, like they did for this issue at I22.

Dev communication on the issue is ALL that is requested, not forumites possible speculative justifications.

Originally Posted by Xzero45

Yup. That way folks'll play it longer instead of getting to 50 and being bored with it after a day.

Originally Posted by UberGuy

I agree with this in broad terms, because the non-AV/EB critters are, like many recent critters, comparatively rich in "exotic" damage types, debuffs and exotic mezzes.



I am definitely trying to keep the perspective of someone going into all this with no shifts. And some of these critter factions are fabulously dangerous on high level / team size settings, because of stacking debuffs. It's actually from this perspective that I find the EBs so anticlimactic - when you're fighting for your life against the standard spawns (possibly because you have unwisely turned them up), and then the named opponent at the end is an EB no matter what your settings, it can be a bit of a let down.



Ehh. I am playing that Mind/Rad through Tina Macintyre's arcs, and I'm not so sure of that. Maybe it's not so concentrated for all the other content - the rate of EB/mish isn't quite so high (discounting the small army in Cimerora since it blows the curve hugely), but they are there aplenty in my estimation.

Originally Posted by Lucky666

Snip just a little.

First the bold part. So because some players aren't as good as others everyone gets penalized? Samuel_Tow himself I have seen him on these very boards say that the a great boon to solo game was the AV in Maria Jenkins scaling down to EBs(or something very similar to that). We all know he was never an IO guy or power gamer type and if he can solo these AVs scaled down to EBs it just makes me shake my head and ask why? Why isn't this option in endgame content?

Originally Posted by Gorgar

I just want it done.

Originally Posted by Grouchybeast

I can definitely see why that feels weird to you, and also why it makes it an unsatisfying experience for you.

I mean, I LOVED the DA arcs. I loved that I could roll through the missions on my uber-squishy zero-defense blaster, smashing my way through ranks of blue-conning EBs. I have never felt as much that my character was a real Incarnate anywhere else in the game. I beat a GOD, and he didn't stand a chance. When Ellie stood there in her Incarnate armour in the end cut-scene, it was one of the most satisfying moments I've had playing this game.

BUT, that's only my personal preference as a soloist. I know I'm lucky, in that most of the time my play preferences do seem to line up with the dev's design preferences. If there are ways of expanding the options in DA to improve the experience for other solo players, while keeping the current experience intact, I would be all in favour of that.

Originally Posted by Everything_Xen

That was my favorite bug from this game.