EvilGeko
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Quote:Originally Posted by Rakeeb
Agree 100% and want to see it nerfed, hard. Let it enhance only the first enemy target hit, restructure the power so that the other (up to 7) boosts are not enhanceable, and then lower the benefit each bonus beyond the first allows. Goal will be to have 3 targets provide a similar bonus to the new Blaster regen powers; if 7 targets are hit let it get to 130%-ish.
Devs won't have the stones to bring it in.
I also agree with the Queen O' Maths. I also think the devs should redesign the power for Blasters to fit the new 'sustain' paradigm. I don't necessarily think my changes would be a nerf however.
I think Drain Psyche should give a significant +regen/+recovery just on activation. Of course, if there are no NPCs in range, no debuff. I would drop the enhanceable -regen because that's just silly strong. I would greatly reduce the scaling portion of the +regen/+recovery for each NPC in range when the power is activated.
So the power would be something like:
200% Regen (half-enhanceable)/30% Recovery (fully enhanceable) on activation with a 60 second duration on activation. The recharge would be lowered to 60 seconds.
For each NPC hit; an additional 10% (fully enhanceable) +regen/recovery up to 10.
-250% -regen/recovery on each NPC hit, non-enhanceable with a 15 second duration. The nerf to the duration is to deal with the improvement in up-time. -
Quote:This. Although, and this hasn't happened to me since Kinetic Melee, but the set is so beautiful, that I really don't care about performance. It's a day one purchase.Originally Posted by Garent
From my experience on the test server, water blast has high survivability, high area damage, and middling to low single target damage. I'm enjoying it a lot.
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Ice/Stone/Fire Tanker with Flight Pool.
Or:
Fire/Stone/Ice with Flight
You could use Kinetic Melee in place of Water or Air if you want. You could even color the powers differently to cover both. I would avoid Stone Armor as the fluid and artistic movements of bending (even earth bending) doesn't gel with that armor set. I might even go Stone Mastery to limit the amount of Earth powers to the minimum.
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Quote:The Snipe change as proposed all but mandates that a blast set include a snipe from now on. IMO, this wasn't the way to fix snipes, but it's better than nothing....I guess.Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure
There is no question that a looming dichotomy for sets with and without Snipes will happen. I think that every set that lacks a Snipe skill should have their mezzing attack made into a viable high damage attack-- just like how they buffed Clobber for War Mace . This would include Dual Pistols, Ice, and Sonic. Water Blast might need a buff somewhere too, along with any other Snipe-less sets that have slipped my mind.
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So $4 for 8 hours of easily perma fast snipes. The amplifiers are out. That's cheap enough that it MIGHT be worth it.
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Quote:I'm interested to see how things shake out. Folks are laser focused on the soloists ability to hit 97%, but I'm wondering if this is going to supercharge tactics as a build choice. It was always popular, but if you have three ATs who now have a very high benefit to taking this power, it might become ubiquitous.Originally Posted by Winterminal
Considering how specifically a non-Devices Blaster has to slot and/or team in order to reach 22% To Hit, I do not see Ice Blast being left that far behind in terms of performance, if at all.
While I very much like the look of your proposed change, and my negative opinion of the 22% mechanic notwithstanding, I do not mind waiting to see if such a change is necessary for performance. -
Quote:I have concerns about how the mechanic affects the relative balance between Blasters and other ranged damage dealers as well. However, I'm assuming that the to-hit thing goes through for the other sets.Originally Posted by Another_Fan
It would be better overall for blasters if they dropped the to hit mechanic and just used defiance. Thematically the second or third shot at a target is easier than the first. It also puts blasters on a more equal footing with defenders and corruptors for gaining the benefit.
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Ice Blast will not benefit from the Sniper Blast changes. OK, that's understandable since it has no snipe. However, Ice Blast does have a power that seems to take the place of the snipe and that's Bitter Freeze Ray (BFR). BFR does 1.32 DS with a 15.184 endurance cost and a 20 second recharge. It also applies a 3 magnitude hold and recharge and movement slow.
Based on the damage formula and taking aside the secondary effects, BFR should do 2.92 DS based on its endurance cost and 3.56 DS based on its recharge. Taking the 2.92 number for a second that means that BFR pays for its secondary effects with a 1.6 reduction in damage scalar. Although it isn't part of the classic calculation, BFR also has a very long 2.5 seconds cast time.
Ice Blast isn't falling behind because of any changes to it, the rest of the sets are surging ahead. The reason is the snipe. So why not just give BFR a damage boost and give it the snipe treatment.
THE SUGGESTION
Increase BFR damage scale to 2.76;
Increase BFR's endurance costs to 18.512;
When character's to-hit meets or exceeds 97% BFR has an alternate 1 second animation time.
That's it. BFR pays for it's hold with a 0.8 reduction in DS based on both endurance and recharge. It gets a snipe strength attack. I recognize that without the 97% to-hit, BFR is better than the snipes on animation time, but it still costs more, recharges significantly slower, and has a much lower range. -
Quote:I'm mostly with you. There are a couple of storylines that could be interesting, though:Originally Posted by MentalMaden
Anyone else "not feelin' it" this season so far?
Momma Bear Pam and Baby Bear Tara - If Tara can give up the emo victim BS, she'll be worth watching as a character again. And if anyone can beat that out of her, it's Pam. Hopefully she'll use a paddle.
Jason, the fairy sex god - I haven't read the books, but I read on a wiki somewhere that Jason's luck with the ladies, in part, stems from his fairy lineage. If in his self-discovery he realizes that and starts acting like a grown-up, then great. He's a goofball, but I like the kid.
Sookie's magical fairy ****** ropes a werewolf - Because, you know, that's got to happen at some point. -
This should be the complete list:
Blaze (Fire Blast)
Shout (Sonic Blast)
Bitter Ice Blast (Ice Blast)
Lancer Shot (Beam Rifle)
Executioner's Shot (Dual Pistols)
Power Burst (Energy Blast)
Cosmic Burst (Radiation Blast) -
While I definitely have some concerns with these changes, I can't help but be giddy at how game-changing this is going to be for ranged blast classes.
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Quote:Rain of Arrows didn't get nerfed. That's enough by itself to say Archery made out well!Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Well with a Blaster you have Aim and Build Up and slotting buts each of them on a 45second recharge. Based on Arcana's calculations this means you can FastSnipe 70% of the time. Not a huge benefit against regular mobs if you save Aim/BU for AoEs but useful for sustained ST DPS.
In any case I would argue that EvilGeko ranked Archery as coming off "well" so logically so must Electrical Blast. In both cases the FastSnipe is the only change (Blazing Arrow is already 80ft) range and so therefore logically both sets should be considered to have gotten the same benefit. Personally I think Elec came out better than Archery since FastSipe is more useful to a set lacking a T3 blast than one that already has one.
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Quote:Electrical Blast does a tiny bit better, while some sets are moving far ahead.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
I would disagree with this assessment of Electrical Blast, I think it made out Well. Like Assault Rifle it now has the option for a third single target attack that it lacked before. Yes Zapp isn't quite as good as Sniper Rifle but it's still a solid improvement especially when you factor in that unlike AR Elec does have Aim so you can get more FastSnipe uptime for characters without the abiltiy to perma-FastSnipe.
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Poor Electric Blast. And the E3 folks.....I'm sorry.
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Made Out: Like Bandits
Defenders
Beam Rifle
Devices
Energy Manipulation
Darkness Manipulation
Made out: Well
Corruptors
Archery
Assault Rifle
Energy Blast
Psionic Blast
Fire Blast
Dark Blast
Made Out: OK
Ice Blast
Dual Pistols (assuming the animation changes are decent)
Sonic Blast
Made Out: Poor Bastids
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Quote:Hawk said about 1% Health per second. Which works out to a 240% Regen buff. with 120% enhanceable. For a rough total of 360% Regen slotted. With Health unslotted you're looking at about 400% Regen, which is one full bar of Health per minute.Originally Posted by Agent White
We don't have any explicitly hard numbers for anything yet, though I think Field Operative had something like 200% regen? I may not be remembering that correctly.
but the way they talked I24 is probably hitting beta within the next couple weeks.
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Quote:I disagree. The Kismet IO + Tactics will get you close enough that a small yellow inspiration will keep you there for a minute at a time. The Regen buff is better than Regeneration's Integration. It may not be enough, but it is going to be significant.Originally Posted by Another_Fan
Well the changes really look pretty insignificant,
Just at first glance, they are going to have even less of an effect than defiance 2.0
The snipes change is a wash for everybody but devices there is no way you going to be able to make it always on for anything else even if you could the effort wouldn't be worth it, they just don't have that much more damage than most tier 3s.
+Regen is nice but I seriously doubt there is going to be enough to be significant.
The extra range for the T3 blast powers is very nice but its really quality of life than survival.
If anything it looks like these changes will be best loved by pvp blasters. But overall not going to elevate the AT with the possible exception of devices. -
Quote:Field Operative is the only toggle in the bunch of defense powers and it's a stealth besidesOriginally Posted by Energy_Aura
I disagree...You would be taking a secondary for 1 power. I see more + in Energy Manipulation due to Power Boost and Boost Range. I think the Snipe trick will be fun, and I like the idea, but I don't thnk TD will make my future Blasters all Devices...
Cheers
Targeting Drone allows you the one-second snipes at level 22 and it boosts snipe damage.
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Quote:13.875*1.56 (3 to-hit enhancers)=21.645Originally Posted by Tormentoso
22% to hit. Something tells me that number was chosen out of pure evil.
Targeting Drone is what? 13.875, enhanceable till 20.8%. So close. . .
13.875*1.59 (4 to-hit enhancers)=22.06
And who cares because Field Operative will take the Kismet IO, so Devices can do it all in set. -
Both really excited, and a little worried. I don't see how the sets without snipes are going to be desirable without significant changes.
But as far as I can see, Devices just became the best secondary. Good thing I have two of them!
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Quote:Originally Posted by Rubberlad
Have folks been clamoring for blaster improvements all these years?
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Quote:Which is a result of your bias, not anything I wrote.Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Why, yes. I do indeed hear negativity.
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They had big things going the last couple of years (Going Rogue & F2P). Not sure if it's worth the investment this year.
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Quote:ROFLMAO!!!Originally Posted by MrHassenpheffer
I am laughing for real, my son is looking at me funny.
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I would like to remove the 'Total Focus' animation where ever it exists. Not sure if that counts as a revamp.