GavinRuneblade

Recharge slow is really not that helpful. even without it, caltrops does great mitigation by making the enemy run away rather than attack. It is really hard to know if the recharge slow is affecting them, because they won't attack anyway, so even if it is working, it's not doing anything that isn't already accomplished.

And if you think about it, recharge slow in a hold is really counter-productive. If they aren't held the proc doesn't fire. If they are held, they're not using any attacks so they have all the time in the world to recharge for when the hold ends. This may be why you don't notice it.

Tactically, it's not adding anything to your defense. How long does the effect last anyway? Few seconds only right? Less time than it takes to get off caltrops and less time than they spend held?

Lockdown is spectacular in this one. The others are Meh. They don't go off often enough to be great, but they are the only way to get damage out of it, so in a big group it can be worthwhile. I have one damage and lockdown in mine and when I level a bit more will add a second damage.

But I won't be using the recharge slow.

Just to be confusing the guy next to the trash can is named trash can. Click on the can, not the dude.

From what i've seen rares are still down from pre-i18. Pangaean soil used to be reliably 3.2 to 5 million, and I can still buy them for 1 and change after a day or two. They are spiking up, but not staying there.

That is amazing. Good work. What did you use for the mouth? It's not the reaver, which mask is that?

2 and 3 are very important. Gremlin and imp AIs are both coded to prefer un-mezzed targets. So they will run away from your locked enemies to cause aggro elsewhere.

Pure fire is fine, make the sword more transparent and use bigger explosions and more lingering tongues of flame afterward. Smashing shouldn't be an issue. If we momentarily look at real life, axes and most battlefield swords weren't particularly sharp. But if it really matters, again lead more heavily on the explosion and "fire" aspect.

Fire is basically heat, light, and moving air. Yes wind can cut. Wind can also bash. Whether it is shaped like a sword or not. Especially if it explodes, that's more smashing/bashing than cutting.

Fortunate's Hypnosis is not particularly desirable. Neither is the confuse set.

If you have the right build, sure. But high demand? Far from it. Scirroco's Dervish sells for more most of the time.

Well, not just playstyle, there are some sets you can only get one way or the other:
Stone Melee, Axe, Warhammer, Regeneration etc.

that could influence your decision regardless of playstyle.

I know it has been working since before the board change, but I don't know anything beyond that or even how the board change aligns with the change to recharge in pets.

This is actually working. The fact that it triggers on YOU is a BONUS. All procs in summoning powers have a chance to cast on your when you summon, and on the pet when it acts. BOTH, not one or the other.

That's not evidence that increased ability to get purples has raised the price for them. It is evidence that buying things other than purples with your A-Merits is a better idea than buying purples with them. No more, no less.

It has no evidence one way or another regarding:
1. More people playing total right now
2. Fewer people (as a ratio not total) playing 50s right now due to Praetoria
3. More new 50s (due to #s 1 and 2)

All three of those will cause the price of the most desirable objects to increase.

Not at all. To make a profit you have to sell for more than your costs. It is only "to make the largest profit possible" that you have to sell above the 50 rate.

Only a few global IOs sell more below 50 than at 50, therefore by your theory no one shoudl ever sell anything other than a level 50.

YES! Actually Werner has a spreadsheet for it. I dunno who originally created it but he occasionally puts numbers into it in the scrapper forum to determine survivability numbers for different strategies, builds, etc.

I have no idea how it works though, just that it exists. And I can tell you that wile against most content we are "almost" as survivable as scrappers, against the kind of hits taht AVs put out, we are at a severe disadvantage. It is by no means impossible, just we're much more vulnerable to bad luck and streakbreaker.

In theory it can support all 4.

What I don't get about this question is the higher-level context. Positron is a Tech-based hero and he uses Radiation. Crey Tanks are tech and they run energy, electricity, cold. The origin works with any powerset at all, and is widely used as such already.

Also, the "natural" side needs to specify "natural human". My peacebringer already has a natrual powerset that humans can't duplicate without unnatural powers of somekind. So do vampires, werewolves, faeries, etc. Natural does not mean human unless you specifically limit it as such.

That said, some more flavor added would always be nice. I agree with most of the concensus that the options would only be good. And I am also looking forward to the change to make either or both of a dark/ and/or /dark dominator.

End drain is not so useful unless you have stuff to stack with it. Chance to hold, however, is spectacular. I LOVE that proc. In an unhealthy stalkerish kind of love. It has a restraining order out against me actually. I probably shouldn't even be talking about it in public. Please don't tell my parole officer. =)

Technically the listing fee is 5%. So if you list for 1,100,000 the fee is 55,000. Let's say it sells for exactly the listing price. At that time the 5% is refunded and you are charged 10% of the final sale price or 110,000. In this case you would get 990,000 off the market to keep. and the market would keep 110,000.

So all of us are wrong. Good point thanks!

Honoree becomes 100% resistant to S/L damage. Worse, 100% resistant also means he is immune to -res effects from all sources including Radiation debuffs, the achilees heel proc, etc.

You gotta debuff him first to keep him below 100%

But with dark you don't get to explode your dead teammates.