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Newp.

Well, I wouldn't pay a dollar for it for realz, but I shouldn't have to if it's an inherent.

I do see some problems with it: the main problem is it would encourage a tank to stand off in a corner by himself somewhere and single pull critters to him one at a time.

However, if tanks' playstyle with the Anger mechanic continues to be the same playstyle as it is now without the Anger mechanic, think I think it would be a net gain for everyone.

No one in this thread needs to be reminded that Threat is inextricably linked to damage. More damage done = more threat generated = more baddies hitting you instead of the squishies.

The argument that tanks will be punished for attacking larger groups of foes is a false argument, because at no time does the Anger mechanic decrease the damage the tanker does compared to the amount of damage the same tank would do in the same situation without the Anger mechanic. That argument should be changed to say that a tank with the Anger mechanic would be rewarded more for attacking smaller groups of foes as opposed to larger ones.

The argument that tanks will lose aggro once the Anger bar is empty is a false argument as well. Since the tank will be doing the exact same amount of damage with an empty Anger bar as he would have been doing without the Anger mechanic, then any aggro lost as a result of the empty Anger bar would have been aggro he would not have gotten to begin with if the Anger mechanic did not exist.


Teal Deer:

As long as tanks' playstyles do not significantly change as a result of this mechanic, I'd get behind it. It's a short term damage buff that decays very quickly. Considering how fast it decays, it's probably the equivalent of eating a Big Red before jumping into a group of baddies.

An average amazon, I'd see Batman as a Level 30 StJ/SR vs a Level 20 SS/WP.

But against WW, I'd see this as a Level 30 StJ/SR vs a Level 40 SS/WP.

Right, which is why this works, b/c being in an ouro mish treats you like you're in a TF.

It's just easier to get all of your toons into an ouro mish than into a TF. Most TF's have a minimum number of toons requirement, whereas ouro mishes do not.

Doesn't look like any one else covered this so I'll give it a shot:

If you go afk in a zone (as opposed to in an instance), the game will eventually log you out.

You can't pvp inside an instance, you can only pvp in a zone.

But, if both toons choose an ouro mish as their active mish, but don't actually enter the ouro mission instance, that will prevent them from being logged off while in a zone.

No, he's complaining about people getting PvPIOs by not playing the game.

Whereas, he's using A-Merits to get PvPIO's. Last i checked, A-Merits can only be earned by ... playing the game.

Ummm, 'sploitz?

An Empowerment Station is a SG device that crafts buffs that last an hour. However, these are buffs (like Fire Resistance, Increased Attack Speed, Increased Immob Resistance) not de-buffs so there is nothing in there to directly increase Hold Duration or Magnitude, although Increased Attack Speed may do so indirectly by allowing the Holds to be cast more often.

Also, Cende, are you saying that Holds will prevent Primal from teleporting? I've heard that's not the case but can't confirm it.

Not always, but I don't know why.

I've been on three of these - different times and different teams - in which Primal Duray never teleported AND never called in an airstrike.

After the most recent one, we all hung around and tried to figure out why, here's what we came up with:

We decided that "teleport" and "call in airstrike" are inextricably linked. In all three runs I'm referring to, Primal did not do either. I don't know which is first in the "teleport/airstrike" sequence, but by preventing him from doing one we apparently also prevented him from doing the other.

We decided that there is some thing that "triggers" the "teleport/airstrike" sequence. It's obviously NOT percentage of hitpoints (like Mito Blooms in Hami Raids). And I don't think it's "x amount of time, then teleport/call in airstrike" either, because on these three runs, we did not kill him especially fast. Further, i've been on runs where he seems to teleport every two seconds or so.

Our favorite theory about the "trigger" is that it relied on a change in aggro. On all three runs I'm referring to, each team had one and only one tank, and the tank was not Willpower.

In other words, if one toon can get in and grab Primal Duray's aggro, and no other toon takes Primal's aggro away from that first toon, then that MAY prevent the "teleport/call in airstrike" sequence.

Does anyone have any supporting anecdotes/evidence or anecdotes/evidence to the contrary?

Similarly, in the Posi TF, when Posi tells you to go speak to the Security Chief in Croatoa, you can actually just speak to the Security Chief in Steel, who is just on the other side of the statue from Posi.

For the same reason DC told us that Superman was going to die in Superman #75 well in advance: so people would go and buy Superman #75.

NCSoft has told us that Statesman will die in WWD #5, and they hope that those who aren't VIPs and don't already get it for free will spend real money on WWD #5.

For those who don't know, it's the WST for this week!