ClawsandEffect

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I think the both you and the OP are either misinformed or ignorant of the reasons that redraw is in game.

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I am neither ignorant or misinformed about the mechanics of redraw. I simply didn't feel like explaining it in my post, since it was early in the morning and I was half asleep.

The only way to avoid redraw is to make entirely separate animations for each power that includes the drawn guns. Which is highly unlikely to happen because A) then everyone who has redraw with a set they have will want the same thing, and B) BaBs isn't going to make 9 new animations just so people can keep their guns out. It's possible, they proved it when they tweaked Brawl to not cause redraw anymore by turning it into a kick. But that was a much easier tweak and not a redesign of already existing powers.

All of which is moot because the set, as presented, will probably never see the light of day.

Glad I could help

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Which of these would be the most helpful in PvP?

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Web Grenade.

You can decline them. When you clear the mission all you have to do is talk to the contact and close the window without clicking on "Be introduced to a new contact."

I do it all the time.

Meh. A little too heavy on the Martial Arts powers for my taste.

Also, the redraw would be practically mandatory. I can just hear the complaining now: "Why does my AR/Energy put away his gun when he uses Bonesmasher when the DP/Body blasters get to keep their guns out?"

Er, just noticed that the abbreviation for those two sets sounds vaguely dirty when paired together.....

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Use Rise of the Phoenix more often than Burn? How often do you die? And if the answer is “every chance I get so that I can use Rise of the Phoenix”, you win all the scrapper points.

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Er, that was kind of my plan actually. My spines/fire gets it in 3 more levels.

And if I somehow fail to die I can always Self Destruct.

Interesting conundrum of the day: Is failing to die good because you're not dead, or bad because you failed at it?

As far as the "no-ranged attack" exploit goes. I found that one by accident. I made a custome AV for my arc that used Fire Melee/Fire Armor. I ran it with several melee characters and noticed nothing strange.

Then I ran it with my sonic/devices hover-blaster and found that I had created an AV class enemy that would run all over the map because he couldn't attack me instead of holding still so I could kill him.

It annoyed me no end because I literally COULD NOT finish the mission, since his defeat was the main objective.

Ugh, another "Tell us where the line is" thread?


I'll just say the same thing I've said before in far fewer words.

They're not going to tell us.

Deal with it.

My DB/WP all but ignores combos. When I feel like it I run Bliding Feint + Attack Vitals + Power Slice + whatever's recharged by then.

My DB isn't a priority for me, so he's hanging out at 39 and has gaps in his attack chain you can drive a truck through.

Oh yeah, I have 1kCuts too, just for the wild arm flailing of the animation, it makes me smile.

I also vote RotP. Take it and team with a Radiation Emission defender or controller. Jump in, fire off all your AoEs (you do have some right?) and die intentionally. Rad uses Fallout on you for big damage and then you Rise and finish off the group.

Not a reliable tactic, but it can be incredibly fun. Especially with multiple Fallout-users and rezzers.

....I just had an idea for a superteam

It would be a reasonable change, and logically laid out. But it falls into the category of being a pretty major change, which the devs are reluctant to do (at best). It would also lessen the Assault Rifle's AoE ability, which is one of the things that makes up for it's relative mediocrity otherwise.

Yes, they blind you while you're in the fog.


This is a great idea. I can think of any number of environmental hazards to put in missions. Unfortunately, if they gave us this option my arcs would never get above 1 star, because I'd be mean about it.

Caltrops EVERYWHERE, with fog in between, and Custom enemies with Archery or Assault Rifle and Ninjitsu.

You would all hate me.

A straight bladed, double-edged sword for Katana. Think like the sword Blade uses, it is straight, and double edged, but he wields it like a katana rather than a broadsword.

Even the Longsword from the Broadsword set would be acceptable, just lengthen the hilt so it would be plausible to use it with 2 hands. The Arabian Scimitar would be nice as well.

Also, a fencepost with concrete still attached to it would be cool for War Mace.

Street signs for Shield Defense.

Hookswords for Dual Blades, also Tai Chi swords.

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I say just extend the range of the area that is effected by the heal since it seems so small but I don't think anyone would agree.

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I'll agree, just because you didn't think I would

In all seriousness though, it's not a bad idea.

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No, actually it's "YOUR" is supposed to be "YOU'RE"

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No, that part of it was right. 'Your' is refering to possession. 'You're' is the contraction of 'You are'

I still want fragmentation grenades.

That is all.

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The best way to fix these would to just do it like the new contacts are doing when they demand attention. Just have them pop up with a window asking to see you.

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This.

If the manager at a VR gaming facility can call you up to say "Hey, you should come talk to me" There is no reason whatsoever that contacts who should be very well aware of who your hero is cannot do the same.

Mind may not. But what if his Mind 'troller is Mind/TA? There's at least one immobilize in there. I'm sure there are more ways than that of slotting that set as a Mind controller.

It just depends on what ELSE he has.

Wow......just, wow.

I've seen bad ideas. I've seen good ideas. This is the only idea I've ever run across that would be GUARANTEED to kill the game. Probably within a matter of weeks or months rather than the years we're looking at now.

Didja stop and think about how many people would quit the SECOND they logged in and all their level 50's were gone? I'm guessing 80% at least. The other 20% are those who do not have a level 50 yet. They would quit as soon as they hit 50.

After skimming the thread a little bit it has become apparent to me that your reasoning for this idea is that you are having trouble finding teams in your level range. Your solution would not fix that. You would have even MORE trouble finding teams because you would have 75-80% fewer players to play with.

And yes it WOULD kill the game. So many people would quit over this that it would cost more money to keep the game going than it would earn in a month. They'd pull the plug on it so fast that your head would spin.

So, with that explanation, my offical response:

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR (censored) MIND!?

Alternate animations for some powers would be cool. I hope they eventually get around to doing something like this. I'm sure it's doable, but if they have even discussed it, it is most probably VERY far down on the list of things to do.

If I had the option to change the animation of Punch and KO Blow I might actually play a SS character. Similarly, the ability to select a punch animation for some of the Martial Arts powers would preclude the need for a Street Fighting set.

All in all, a good idea in my opinion, but unlikely to be seen any time soon, if ever.

Hmm, can you use it if you had them targeted before they blew up? Or will it drop them out of your target window?

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On a slightly different note, if this is the case...shouldn't they just open up ALL powers to both heroes and villains? Because that is essentially what they are going to do.

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The simplest answer to this is, they ARE -- it will just take time. It is called Powerset Proliferation.

Empathy and Pain Domination seems to be a unique case, and I'm not sure how the devs will handle it. It seems odd for them to make such a case for Empathy being only hero side, and then we will have Empathy heroes going to the villain side.

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Not really. It's not a case of "hero" or "villain". It's more of a case of "Defender" or "Corruptor" and "Controller" or "Mastermind".

You will never see a Pain Domination Defender, just like you will never see an Empathy Corruptor. Or at least that's what I'm getting from the information we have availabe thus far.

Depends on how many you have really. If you have less than 250, random rolls all the way. If you have 250 or more, pick up one of the Big 3 (LotG Recharge, Numina's unique, Miracle unique)

I would still make random rolls though. You could spend the 250 and be guranteed to get something valuable, or you could random roll and have a chance of getting MULTIPLE valuable things. I once heard of someone who made 3 random rolls and got one each of the Big 3. I was insanely jealous because that kind of thing never happens to me.

Posting upon reconsideration.

No to MA groups requiring minion, LT and boss critters.

The above posters made good points about that.

Look on the bright side, at least there was ONE good idea in there, that's a lot more than most people can say.

As far as I'm aware EVERYTHING is suppressed in PvP now, including Siphon Speed and Inertial Reduction.

Your plan will work occasionally provided:

A) You can hit them consistently

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B) They have no end drain resistance.

Also, go with either Electric or Power for your Epic pool. Electric has Power Sink and Power has Power Build Up, either one of which will be crucial to fully drain an opponent.

As long as you're aware that you will not have the necessary burst damage to quickly end a fight, and that end drain is all-or-nothing you should be ok. Not the best PvP combo that you could pick, but if you build it right it has some potential.