GavinRuneblade

In truth, I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand I this it is awesome that this is a game where the top players can solo the top challenges. Hami etc, not so much, but virtually any AV or GM. To me, that is really superheroism and supervillainy at its finest. It means that within the mechanics, those top players ARE AVs. I really like that.

On the other hand, plowing through armies of minions on each mission is not really very heroic or villainous. Sometimes it's fun, but in general, I wish missions had less of a focus on hordes of enemies. Look at the backstory of the knives of artemis. Only 100 of them total in the world. Hell, there are missions with more than 100. And what street gang (hellions, trolls, etc) could survive having over 100 of their guys locked up and/or killed in one day, much less multiple times per day. Some part of me wishes we had only 3 or 4 exciting, small fights per mission, not dozens of sprawling fights across labrynthine random maps.

But in the end, I have fun. So even if the devs didn't intend for us to mow down armies, I think that they have adapted to our capabilities very well and kept the game dynamic without too much railroading. Others may not agree, and it is certainly an opinion rather than a fact, but for me, the line they have been walking, regardless of what the "old design ideas" were, has been good to me.

Thanks!

This is not entirely accurate. The power may have 20% resistance, but only to three damage types (fire, energy, cold), vs Defense to ALL. This is a colossal difference, and even a bigger criteria than the stacking of defenses since 70%+ of all attacks in the game have a smashing and/or lethal component which the resistance is useless for, but the defense is not. While 20% is a higher number than 5%, this section reads as if the 20% to only three types is equivalent or on a par with 5% vs all. Even for a basic section, I'd say:

" Just looking at the numbers the resistance provided, 20% against Fire/Energy/Cold, is a higher number than the defense provided, 5% vs All. "

As a secondary change "greater" is a weighted word, implying not only "larger" but also "better". So you are swaying opinion by using it.

Eislor wasn't saying you'd log in to find your HOs deleted. Simply that the exploit portion will at some point stop working.

Supposedly this was fixed over a year ago, and many did confirm the proc working perfectly with Tier 1 pets and fire imps. So it seems either the bug has returned or there is a new one with a similar end result.

And, what is "the next step up?"

Also, from all of those attack chains you listed, what powers do you skip other than NS?

When you look at a character to read their bio, skip over to the build page and see "ultimate toxic resistance" you know they have 6-slotted a purple set. If you see "ultimate ranged damage defense" you know they have the purple confuse set slotted. Etc.

That only works if you pick the exact recipe. If you roll merits you can select the tier, but the recipe will be either your level or the max for the recipe whichever is lower.

Roxxors! Thanks for sharing those!

I'm on a mac, no mids for me.

This idea is pure win. But sadly, I cannot help you implement it.

The animation does spit bullets. It is not an energy blast. Not sure why, but there it is.

Hehe, my bad, when I read pre-IO I am thinking people talking about "before they buy IOs at 50". thanks for keeping me honest.

There is not a recipe, but even better: it is already crafted for you! Just head over to Siren's Call and buy web grenades. I forget how many int eh stack, but I recall it not being enough.

The EMP glove is 30 charges and a very decent temp power. The villains get venom grenades which are -20% resist but only 6 charges.

Good points on all the ATs. This is especially true at lower levels where the difference between powers available from the primary and secondary is very big. Eventually it balances out, but for quite a while defenders have way more buff/debuff powers and corruptors more blasts.

Hey, if they made it in early, the badge might also.

Master of Lady Grey was in the game for a while before anyone found out it was there. Any number of badges might be enabled with no way to get credit for them.

Weird. As a stalker (my only /DA melee currently) I find that I use the fear to prevent them running. If they do run, they only run for a few seconds before they freeze up again. Way, way, way better than running and running and running and running and oh hell they're so far away I can't even keep them targetted anymore.