ChaosExMachina
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An important point not mentioned here is PVP. Defense is extremely underpowered in PVP.
In PVE, it is better than resistance against regular mobs, but the reliability of resistance can arguably be better in multi-AV TF finale fights, and possibly the GR hard mode PVE. -
Quote:This. In fact I think that res bonuses should be higher than def because they don't get the "works against any power that has any of that type" bonus. Then again, res bonuses are often lower tiers than defense, which almost always require 5 or 6 slots.Originally Posted by Umbral
I'd also like to echo this (the echo of an echo?). Defense isn't a constant, reliable contributor like resistance is. That's why it's considered "stronger" than defense. Of course, it doesn't allow you to avoid all of the nasty side effects of powers, but that's just something you have to deal with by having a more reliable mitigation mechanic.
The problem, as I see it, is not that defense, as a mechanic, is better. It's not that the +def set bonuses are too common or too high (though there might be some merit to those claims when you can softcap a ranged character that has no native defense). The problem is that the +res set bonuses are too low and not diverse enough.
A single type resistance bonus contributes the same percent resistance as a double typed or single position +def set bonus and doesn't provide a secondary resistance benefit to encourage slotting those sets even if it's not the specific type you're aiming for. A double type resistance bonus contributes the half of the percent of a double typed or single positional.
The resistance bonuses, while only contributing half as much per percent, are also reduced in effectiveness by only getting half as much specific payout per set bonus, which is even less when you consider that they don't get the same tangential bonuses as the defense sets.
Of course, my solution for solving this would be to increase the double resistance bonus percentages to be the same as the double typed and single positional set bonuses (re: double them) and give all of the single resistance bonuses the other half of their pair. After that, you address the tangential discrepancy by giving each of the set bonuses half of the benefit to 1 or 2 other resistance types (psy/tox, possibly). -
Quote:I suspect that, since many of us noticed lower rates. The build may have simply led to the unknown value of the unititialized variable being different.Originally Posted by UberGuy
While the bug has existed, I suspect the behavior we saw it cause in I16 has not actually been widespread. There are many ways this can happen. Particularly if your uninitialized structure is created on the stack and not the heap (which a local variable would be), there may have been close to deterministic values in memory where the uninitialized variables were mapped.
While it's impossible to prove now, the investigation was driven by the sense of change, not the other way around.
BTW, I appreciate the open posts from devs about some of the i16 bugs. It's a lot more satisfying to hear "uninitialized variable" than some mysterious obfuscation like you get at some places. -
Quote:Yeah, that is a great idea: make ticket caps lower just to annoy people. More inf with less drops means higher prices.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Your obsession with farmers is equal parts hilarious & pathetic.
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The most skippable power is Stamina. Energize+Power Sink+PP+possibly CP.
A tank can get Energize and Power Sink at level 26 so you don't even need stamiba while exemplaring.
While Power Surge only adds about 12% res remember that that more than doubles your effective res.
IMO if you must skip anything it would be Power Surge and Lightning Reflexes, but by being able to skip Stamina it's better to take everything. If you do take Combat Jumping and a lot of KB IOs you could skip Grounded. -
The question is, does MM balance consider the kb an advantage or a disadvantage?
If it is one of the disadvantages that lets them be stronger, it's ok.
If it counts as an advantage it sucks because you can't control the KB effectively. Having 1 power in a specific epic pool to counteracts the dubious advantage of your set does not count.
Another thing, blasts that have a chance for KB are not controlled KB either. If it has a 50% or more chance of KB it can be considered an advantage, but otherwise it should be KD. -
Quote:Or they could add some badges that are more about skill than pointless grind, like the master ofs.Originally Posted by Kheldarn
At what point did I say they were easy to get? Right. I didn't. All I said is that they're a joke.
And I say that they're a joke because instead of attempting to come up with new badges, they just throw out the old Run This TF With No Deaths And No Temp Powers badge.
They could have added some more Defeat badges. They could done something with the plaques in the RWZ and added another History badge. They could have added more Day Jobs (which I'm glad, and kind of surprised, they didn't). They could have added some more badges that are awarded for completing a Story Arc. There are plenty of other, better choices than adding new Master Of badges. -
Recipe rates have been pretty much the same, which is yet more proof drops are wrong.
Salvage has been coming down slower than expected and fluctuate wildly. It may be that more people have learned that they are not that lucrative a use of slots. -
SR is top tier? Is that general farming or against AVs too? The only time I teamed with a 50 SR was at the LRSF and she sucked horribly, but the player was pretty stupid too. She refused my advice to use more oranges and spammed purples while buffed by vengeance.
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CO does this and it works marvelously. I have yet to see 2 people with the same name, but you do not have to reserve names or compete with a person who quit 5 years ago. Globals are a superior way of keeping track of people even here, and at CO having the global show in text is not intrusive because they make it subtle.
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Batman.
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Quote:Could you post that build? I'm wondering how you get that much S/L AND that much positional simultaneously.Originally Posted by PettyTheftz
I slotted my MM with sets that would boost def, took no travel power or hasten. off the top of my head, with Protector bots bubble I have 60% S/L def, 42% Range 39% melee/AoE def, and with all the -tohit you have at your disposal..... This was about a 200-225 mil build.
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Or how do each or the armors rank for that matter?
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Ever heard that there are lies, damn lies, and statistics?
This is why.
It's easy to use math to say silly things by messing up the word problem stage.
For example you get 50% def to everything, which was not included in any of these calculations. -
Quote:It would? There are epic ATs with far more than 9 powers per set, and they were able to add more powers to epic sets after i13 beta had already started.Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
The problem with making Stone a ten-power set is that BaB cannot do it. Not even if Castle helps. It'd require heavy engine changes, and that means much, much more effort than is likely to occur between now and I16 release.
It COULD require such engine work but there is no evidence that it would. There is even a precedent of doing this to follow the cottage rule.
It's not a real 10th power, just the same power included twice to make it customizable and work with the set better. There would be no reason to make an alternate version of elude for example.Quote:Well, that's one problem. The other problem is that everyone who isn't Stone Armor would immediately scream "Where's MY tenth power?!" -
Quote:I'm suggesting it as a way to do BOTH. You could use the classic granite armor that is OP but can't be used with other toggles, or the new armor that is customizable and is intended to work with the other armors. It would just be a 10-power set.Originally Posted by BrandX
I think BABs is talking more about graphic wise problems. Not about the fact that Granite can't be in use with alot of the other toggles.
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Quote:Most retarded game concept ever. Can we agree? I hate how some game companies try to pass it off as depth.Originally Posted by Goliath Bird Eater
QUICK TIME EVENTS!
"Press H to not die a horrible, instant death!"
BTW, the second most retarded game mechanic ever invented was probably XP. -
Both tankers and defenders are marginalized by PVE being too easy.
Their buffs are much stronger, but it's overkill because the secondary versions of those powers are plenty. -
Quote:Nonsense.Originally Posted by Morac_Ex_Machina
If there was no absolute good/evil, there would be no basis upon which moral decisions could be judged. This is the argument from Moral Relativity.
Whether there is a basis to judge actions is irrelevant. Just because people make individual opinions about whether a song is good doesn't mean there is an absolute good/bad style of music.
This reminds me of the meme that a time paradox would destroy the universe in fiction. You're anthropomorphising the universe, which has no sentience to get confused by paradoxes.
I'm pretty sure there is no reference to tartarus in the Bible anywhere, or any reference to an abyss of torment.Quote:Originally Posted by Mr_Grey
This was the place that basically created the "Ironic Punishment Division" of the afterlife. A lot of the classic things people picture happening in "Hell" were first depicted here. The Bible even references it briefly. God doesn't send the sinning angels to Hades, nay, that's much too good for them. He sends them to Tartarus until he can figure out something worse. After that, the writers seemed to get lazy, and kept referencing the Abyss, which peculiarly has the same description as Tartarus in that it's a cold dark place deep below the Earth where the wicked are tormented ceaselessly.
Animals other than humans are quite capable of morality and altruism. I'm rather insulted by the blanket dismissal of the many things they do just because they do not have language or the accumulated knowledge it provides.Quote:Originally Posted by Golden_GirlA bunch about how she believes animals are amoral. -
Just about everything is stronger than pain dom, including empathy.
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BABs, an idea:
If it is not possible to do it both ways through power customization, what if there are 2 versions of the power?
Stone Armor could be a 10 power set, with 2 mutually exclusive granite powers.
This sounds like quite a major thing to do for 1 set, but I am thinking that it could let you be more flexible with power adjustments and customization in other sets, too.
For example, you could get around the cottage rule the same way you did with epic pools. Just add powers. The new granite armor could be the one that works with other toggles but isn't quite as ridiculously strong itself, as is being discussed already. -
Holds?
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I'd rather have a true open power system than tweaking archetypes, which you can sort of do with epics.
CO has a kind of openish wannabe power system, but not nearly versatile enough. Surprisingly they went with the CoH system of every power being an equal slot rather than the much easier to balance system of power point costs. -
Quote:Stalkers can't solo as well as many of the tier 1's, and will be even less competitive with i16 being a buff to AOE builds.Originally Posted by SpittingTrashcan
If you move Blasters into tier 2, then your three tiers correspond to three categories:
Generalists: Controller, Scrapper, and every villain AT except Stalker
Team Specialists: Tanker, Defender, Blaster
Solo Specialists: Stalker.
The first category does well alone, and also contributes to a team. The second category is so specialized in its niche that it suffers somewhat when alone, but excels when on a team. Stalkers do well alone, but their specializations make them at best mediocre and at worst actively detrimental on teams - and this would be difficult to fix without changing the fundamental design of the AT.
Tankers are a team AT, but there is no incentive to have more than 1 or 2 tanks.
Defenders are a team AT that contributes less team utility than a controller. -
Quote:No kidding. I found some trial newbies a while back who were totally confused and that crap can't be making a good impression.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
If GR provides an 'alternate leveling path' as we've been told, along with side switching that's enough for me. It'd be great if they sicc'ed someone on cleaning up the crummy old stuff but I'll understand if they don't.
but they should probably date it, maybe with a warning pop up so newbs know what they're getting into. =P
I want to know why they don't at least give the mainstram content fast cell phone access.
BTW, if GR is as entertaining as Faultline, RWZ, and Cimerora, that would be huge, but after the i15 writing I would not count on it.