Dechs Kaison

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Holy crap, I think I stumbled on something amazing here. I mean, the completely game changing kind of amazing. I have no idea when these things became part of the City, but I've been around since about the beginning and have never seen them until this week. The discovery of this item has utterly revolutionized the way I play.

Inspirations!

I'm really not kidding. I used to never use them. Never. I'd hoard them and save them for the times I "really needed" them, but those times never came. Even though I did need them, I might need them more later, and then where would I be? For some reason, I would rather go to the hospital than eat a single inspiration.

Not until this week, when something strange happened.

So there I was, running my low level brute through villain tip missions. Now, I had set my difficulty for -1/x3, it seemed to make things easier while also providing decent rewards. More enemies to build fury, but they were weaker than me so I didn't run into too much trouble. That's all well and good in most normal content, but these tip missions include some rather unsightly uncertainties. Long story short, I got in over my head and just barely defeated the boss of the map with about 10% of my health left and even less endurance. I was briefly relieved, but suddenly horrified to find that the mission was not over. I could see the ambush text bubble coming right for me, what was I going to do?

I thought quickly. "I could rest. No, that would take too long and they'd probably kill me before it even started working. Maybe I could use my saved inspirations. No, I might really need them later! I could take my lumps and just come back from the hospital. Oh, better yet, I could self destruct on them, and then come back from the hospital. Oh crap, they're here, what do I do?"

I mashed F1-F4 several times and blasted through four small purples, three small blues and a small green. I dove in and started shredding enemies with the failing hope that I had not wasted my precious inspirations for nothing. I don't really know what happened next, it's all a blur at this point, but I saw "Mission Complete" and I was still alive. More than that, though, I got most of my inspirations back!

"Holy crap, are they really that easy to come by?"

Yes. Yes, indeed they are.

I broke through the wall. I've recovered from insanity. Whatever you want to call it, I can use inspirations.

Thank you for your time. You may now return to your regular daily activities.

I'm editing and play testing a new Magic deck.

My initial point was: How far do you need to go to water down the game? If ambushes aren't fun for you because you can't handle them on every character you play, so they get removed, then what's the next to go?

More than that, ambushes are a necessary part of the game. They're part of the story, and they're not impossible to deal with. Pretty much every mission you get ambushed in you can see it coming a mile away. Text warnings and visual cues are present. Pack a few inspirations.

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Shockwave! It's bloody awesome! Last night, an Op Renault SF netted me levels 32 and 33. I quickly crafted some common IOs for it and wow! I was running -1/x3 comfortably, but now I'm on +0/x5, all because of a slotted Shockwave.

Mitigation in spades and it allows you to position enemies for more inclusive Spin attacks. And it does decent damage! I've seen Claws builds that skipped this power; I cannot imagine why.

Holy crap this brute is fun.

Thanks for letting me know. I'm always glad to hear I've helped somebody out. Also, there's no better advertising than a good testimonial .

You don't even have eclipse. Just wait until you get that slotted up.

Don't worry too much about your build. Like I've said before, a Warshade on SOs (played right) is still a sight to behold. You'll start running TFs and whatnot, and your 'shade will make them go faster for everybody involved. The merits will come flowing in and you can roll them right back out for the IOs you want.

Really, though, I appreciate hearing these kind of things. Thanks again.