Hopeling

I liked Wade's "Was that so wrong?" during the cutscene, because it gave a nice window to imagine how my character would respond.

The first character I ran it with, a fairly traditional hero-type, responded "If, in the process, you endanger billions? Yes, definitely."

The second character, a jaded rogue, responded "If, in the process, you piss off people who can kill you? Yes, definitely, you ****ing idiot."

Hm, that wasn't how I read it. Prometheus seemed to be saying "this is what will happen to YOU if we can't stop Battalion". All Incarnates draw power from the Well directly, as opposed to non-Incarnates who are barely connected and draw little or no power.

The option does also disappear when you run out of converters.

I think Reppu's going about this backwards. He's railing against it out-of-character, but says he'd be dismissive of it in-character. I think OOC objections to stuff like this are spiteful and pointless, but in-character it's an interesting thing to explore.

So, a character claims the abilities in his Incarnate slots are not derived from the Well. My character thinks that's not possible... but why? Most of what we know about the Well and Incarnates comes from agents of Ouroboros, or from Prometheus. Ouroboros was founded and is led by a supervillain specifically known for his secrets and his far-reaching schemes, and the organization works openly with villains and even fast-tracks them to Incarnate power. Prometheus is very clear about how he's withholding information from us, and his motives are questionable. We have VERY good reasons, in-character, to think that what we know about the Well is incomplete, or even totally fabricated. That's a completely in-character reason to not immediately dismiss such notions.

But let's say we trust Ouroboros and Prometheus. Even if everything we know about Incarnate power is totally accurate and there's nothing more to the story, one would be totally justified in responding to claims of "I'm not using Incarnate power" with "Are you sure?" According to Prometheus, there is no such thing as power that doesn't come from the Well. And Ramiel and Lady Grey have told us that some Incarnates are not even aware of their connection. You don't have to laugh in someone's face to tell them this.

And even if our knowledge of Incarnates is complete and accurate, and this other character nevertheless really did somehow gain power completely unconnected to the Well, so what? That's not the Incarnate power we're seeking. Judgement and Destiny are cheap parlor tricks compared to the power we had in Ramiel's flash-forward, where the info on [Limitless Radial Freeeem] tells us our power is beyond comprehension. And that power was STILL not enough to turn back the Coming Storm. Maybe your faux-Incarnates are keeping up right now, but don't be too proud over turning your staff into a snake, you're still completely unprepared for the plagues that are coming*. The superhero business has always been about doing good things despite high personal risk; balking at some vague loss of freedom that can be prevented with proper self-discipline, when the planet is at stake, is both ridiculous and selfish.

Those are the ways I would consider objecting, completely in character, to anyone claiming they aren't an Incarnate. Out of character, I as a player have no objection at all to anyone explaining their powers however they want. In fact, I as a player might find such an exchange quite enjoyable.

*Please please please do not use this analogy to drag religion into the discussion. That was not my intent. It's just a really good metaphor for the situation.

Apparently, I have missed a lot of information on this topic! ...at least I guessed right, though.

From most to least useful, IMO...

Recovery Serum - especially excellent at low levels, or in the face of debuffs/drain.
Envenomed Dagger - ranged, fast, decent damage, good debuff for AVs.
Resuscitator - very frequently useful on teams. Admittedly, this one is less meaningful now that I have a bunch of the ally rez in my email from super packs.
Med Pack - some characters don't get a heal until higher levels, if at all, so this can be nice.
Kinetic Dampener - Defense bonus for when my insp tray is empty, and some extra energy resist. Used sparingly, but when I want it I'm glad I have it.
Hand Grenade - used mostly by my lowbie brutes to augment AoE. Fury makes it pretty impressive.
Backup Radio - occasionally helpful for extra damage or to absorb a few hits.
Jet pack - for the occasional character that misses the bank mission in the 5-10 level range, but doesn't want to walk through PI at level 12. Also handy when starting in Praetoria.

So... I don't use ALL of them, and I definitely use far less of the things than I get as drops, but they are definitely handy.

Consume was changed, in fact, long after this thread first appeared, but long before you necro'ed it. It got the recovery buff and the endurance drain resistance, and still has a huge radius and costs far less to activate than Power Sink.

And yeah, necroooooooooooo

Tier 4 Core pets get "Lore Power", which buffs their damage by 25%. It's listed in their powers in detailed info, but unfortunately it does not expand to show what it does, so you have to type it in chat or summon them and look at their combat attributes.

On the main topic, I find that t4 for most powers is not worth it. There are a few, like the Destinies that do not become perma until t4, and Pyronic where you can't get the DoT and the large radius together without t4, where it's meaningfully better, but for many powers the difference is so minor that I don't sweat over not having it. I only have one character with full t4s, and I'm slowly working on a second, because I really like playing those characters so I had the components anyway, but I'm completely satisfied with the rest of my Incarnates having a single t4, or none at all.

I would guess it will share a timer with the first series, unless it has totally different rewards or something, but AFAIK there has been nothing resembling an official statement on the matter. We don't know the name of SSA2 yet, much less the mechanics of its rewards.

I seem to recall Marauder actually being vulnerable (as in, negative resistance) to psi, but I haven't looked in a long time.

Also, is Anti-Matter actually energy sealed in his suit? That happened to Positron after he was injured in the Rikti war. AM of course could have had the same thing happen in some other way, but I don't recall anything saying he is or isn't sealed in the suit. His romantic pursuits would seem to imply not.

I guess, but you'd think it would make him no more resistant to it than he is to energy, or than the non-biological robots are to poison.

Because they felt Fiery Aura needed a buff, and Fiery Assault didn't, I guess. They didn't just forget to change the Dom version, they specifically renamed the Dominator version and left its effect the same, to distinguish it from the new melee version.

Also, the Dom version still lasts 30 seconds instead of 20, so it's not just worse in every way.

Right, because you're playing Super Strength with stacked Rage, iirc. Having very little room to benefit from further damage buffs is a SS problem specifically, not a Tanker problem in general. And hey, if you want to campaign for SS being less reliant on a huge damage buff from Rage, I'd support that.