JayboH
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Yeah I just got done asking the devs about this so I will let you know if I get a reply.
Initially I was also going to ask about rooting rules when it comes to NA but they do in fact follow them - Regrowth roots you because it grants the Bloom buff on top of the heal, which is correct. Lifegiving is a placed effect which also requires you to be rooted. It seems a little unfair that Regrowth does it because it is the most limited of all aoe heals BUT I don't know if bending the rules in this case is called for. -
Yeah I found it before I refreshed the page and saw your reply.
I think the main question is if Lifegiving Spores and Regrowth are following the rules. Regrowth is actually granting a buff so I guess that makes sense, and Lifegiving is a placed effect. -
I haven't had luck finding that formula for animation rooting so far - can someone explain it or point me to it if it is listed anywhere? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: nevermind, I found it on the third search attempt
Animations and Power Effects
All click power activation rooting has been normalized to follow the below rules:
Any click power that damages, debuffs, applies a status effect, or taunts an enemy is considered an attack and will root the player while activating.
PBAOE ally buffs, single target ally buffs, or single target ally heals will root the player while activating.
Any click power that is a PBAOE ally heal will not root.
Self only buffs or self only heals will not root.
Any click power that is a 'placed' effect (e.g. pet summon, Teleport, Rain of Fire, etc) will root while activating.
Tier 9 powers such as Unstoppable, Moment of Glory, and Force of Nature will root you for 1.5 seconds while activating.
Self-Rez powers are a special case. They will not root you while activating but they have had a 4 second immobilize effect added to them. You will still be able to use powers/inspirations, turn on toggles, or attack. For powers like Rise of the Phoenix which have a secondary damage component and should be rooted, this prevents them from being less effective. Rez powers like Revive and inspiration rezes will now only be immobilized instead of a root. Consequently, the animation for Rise of the Phoenix, Shadow Maw, and the Kheldian self-rez have been slightly sped up to account for this change. -
hmmmm
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Someone said that the Performance Shifter proc was set to 1.5 PPM - isn't that a massive nerf? Wasn't it a 20% chance to go off in Stamina every 10 sec before?
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What about Numina or Miracle uniques? Same deal?
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Yeah, I was planning the same thing - grabbing the new Leadership power instead of Vengeance.
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Quote:Oh really.... hmm...Originally Posted by Emberly
Word from people I trust tells me both the perfshifter and panacea procs will benefit anyone in the patch. Haven't tested it myself yet. -
Curious: if you slot a Performance Shifter proc in Lifegiving, does it grant the pseudo pet endurance, or me, or teammates? etc.
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No Regrowth?
EDIT: just saw the last sentence. Yeah, no way in hell I would skip Regrowth - it's a good self heal on top of being the main heal for teammates. -
Quote:I don't think the OP would be happy with that at all - but I get it.Originally Posted by BrandX
A Cold Dom or Thermal Rad, able to to shield themselves and would a 4-6% Buff to your Defense or Resists really be that game breaking?
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Quote:It could use additional tweaks, but I for one am very happy they fixed a lot of it awhile ago when it got proliferated. It's designed for constant spam use on multiple targets.Originally Posted by Dr Harmony
Poison doesn't. Its a terrible set in need of fixing.
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Quote:Compared to what?Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex
The people who are trying to solo are mostly skipping these powersets anyway.
The inability to target yourself would be more reasonable if the powersets that are ally-only were generally better at providing team support. But they aren't. -
Quote:Oh crap, I thought you were talking about self-useable buffs.Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Sonic has four powers usable while solo: Sonic Siphon, Sonic Cage, Sonic Dispersion and Liquefy. They'd get a great deal of benefit as well.
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Yeah there is only one for sonic resonance.
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It's a tricky balance, no doubt. I'd think we would see more forcefield and sonic resonance defenders for sure, if this was ever changed. Forcefield would be able to softcap themselves with just SOs and sonic would be resistance capped with epic armors, probably - I'm thinking defenders when I discuss this topic by the way.
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Quote:Yeah, I'm on the fence. I see both sides of the argument as valid.Originally Posted by Galactic_Blaze
I don't think so. I think some people will solo which you can't change, but others will be more inclined to play the ATs and on teams as they still work good with teams. Also teaming IMO is still the best way to level unless you are being farmed/PLd.
Same response - although they did add the damage buff mechanic to defenders and the overpower mechanic to controllers. Corruptors have nothing to complain about.Quote:Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Not really. People solo because they like to solo. People team because they like to team.
In my experience people who aren't interested in teaming either don't roll support characters at all, limit themselves to those support characters that solo well or just accept slow soloing. I've never heard of someone who said "I hate teaming but I really, really want to play an Empath so I rolled one and always team with him while hating every second of it".
Also anecdotally when it comes to teaming I see a lot more strong solo characters than I do strong support characters especially at high level and Incarnate content. To me this indicates that a lot of people are rolling characters based in a large part on solo performance and then teaming with them.
The fact is in a game where a single character can solo content intended for a team of eight there's no real "need" to team at all. Most people who do so either do it for the specific rewards of, more likely, because they enjoy teaming. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
Who said we needed anything? Uh, I did, and you completely agreed with me:
Quote:Originally Posted by JayboH
-snip- If there is anything this game needs to keep promoting, it is teaming with other players. -snip- I think there should be a strong need for a defender on a team, as an example.? ? ?Quote:Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
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Quote:Well, I guess we can look at the new sustain mechanic for blasters and see how that turns out in the end - like I've said in the past, for several of the new sustain powers it is like having a constant speed boost when it comes to endurance recovery, and having a spirit tree/triage beacon on you at all times.Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim
To build on the whole "no tankmage" point of view, I have a hard time viewing Defenders/Corruptors as tankmages even if they were allowed to buff themselves. We technically already have tankmage-like power combinations in Controllers (Dark/Rad, anyone?) and a literal take on that notion in Crab Spiders.
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Quote:Wouldn't it encourage more soloing, the opposite of what we said we need?Originally Posted by Zortel
If classes with a support primary or secondary focused on buffing others could use their buffs on themselves, to a limited degree... might that not encourage more people to play them as their powers would be usable even if there was no team, rather than people thinking "I might not get a team, so I'll not roll x or y"?
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Half a billion? Geez I should pay more attention - I only ran that blockbuster event 3 times and twice I got the proc. They've been sitting on my character's inventories and I've never slotted them. Time to sell and get some dough!
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Ehhh I'm on the fence with this one. If there is anything this game needs to keep promoting, it is teaming with other players. Brutes are the tankmages in this game as it is, at least, that's how it seems much of the time. I think there should be a strong need for a defender on a team, as an example.
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Yeah most find Time to be a very busy set - powerful as heck too.
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Quote:...got any grapes?Originally Posted by Blast_Chamber
JayBoH, take that video and get the "flock" out of here.
Ok, that was my only duck/fowl joke.
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Yeah believe me, I was excited at the idea of Lifegiving as I've wanted a location-based recovery power for awhile now, and I asked for buffs to the end recovery during beta, but Synapse buffed the heal on it instead.
...I don't get it either.