Codewalker

Cool to at least see some of this. I can't express how excited I got when when I found out they were adding Lua scripting.

Very true. I plan to be logged on when the shutdown happens. On both my accounts... hell make that 4 -- I'll bring the 2 freems too. They're going to have to /kick me by force.

Keep your client files around and don't delete them. Better yet, download the I24 beta client.

Best of luck to you, sir. Though I may not have always agreed with the Marketing department's view on things (and I'm sure I wasn't alone there ;-)), I have the highest respect for you guys and the work you did.

A game may begin with the bits and bytes, but its soul is something beyond the sum of its parts. This is a game that has a lot of soul, and I have no doubt that it started with the developers who poured their hearts into it.

I think you all got a raw deal, and I sincerely hope that your next job ends up being something even better.

/em cheer!

Pretty sure they're in a Dallas datacenter, actually, but would have to double check.

I'll say this: While I'm not overly optimistic about the effort (just thinking about all the intangibles ncsoft is planning to write off by doing this...), this is by far, the singular most passionate and united community I've ever seen in a video game. If anyone can pull off something like this, it's the CoH fans.

So let's get to work.

Yes, it does stack, if you have multiple sources of it. Single powers may or may not stack with themselves, check the detailed power info to be sure. It stacks linearly, so a -20% and a -30% debuff will result in a final damage reduction of 50%. As mentioned above, it also "stacks" with +DMG (technically it's the same thing, just negative). So if the target has damage buffs, it'll counteract those before it starts reducing damage. (+100% buff from Build Up - 50% debuff = +50% relative to base damage).

What I didn't see answered or asked is what the caps are. The low end of the cap is 10% strength in almost all cases*. That means you can stack up to -90% damage (de)buff, and the target will only do 10% of the damage they normally would. **

* The cap is 10% for all player ATs and nearly all NPCs. The Rularuu AV in the Cathedral of Pain Trial has a 50% cap below which it cannot be debuffed.

** Note that some powers, like Tyrant's Flow Lightning, ignore debuffs (and that one does a fixed percentage of the target's max health anyway). These are fairly rare, but also mean they don't benefit from buffs either, like the +DMG he gets from absorbing Olympian Guards.

Ahhh, 'arresting' street thugs with a chainsaw. Good times, good times.



(seriously, I was skeptical about the whole 'post-apocalyptic' idea, but these pieces look amazing)

Scooped by the devs?



0 for sale, so I guess they don't drop anywhere yet, but the recipes definitely exist (with salvage requirements and all!)

Wow, that wikia article is just... laughably wrong. Talk about mis-interpreting information (even if it is out of date).