Lurker Hunter

My first 50 was an AR/Rad corrupter without any of the rad toggles, AM, or Fallout. Sad, nooby times...

Not a modification to the existing 15% S/L (for tankers) per se, but a list of alternate versions of the power that offer differing bonuses. Basically different versions of the power that are offered the same time as the original, but you can only take one. This is what I had in mind:

(all of these values would be for Tankers, which are pretty high)
Tough: 15% S/L
Tough (Smash): 25% S
Tough (Lethal): 25% L
Tough (Fire): 25% F
Tough (Cold): 25% C
Tough (Energy): 25% E
Tough (Negative): 25% NE
Tough (Pain Tolerance): 7.5% all (but psi and toxic)

Why? Not everyone can stand up to being shot and/or pummeled. If my character is wearing a kevlar vest, that's going to protect him from bullets, but not a giant robot slamming its fist into his chest. If my character is a necromancer, it makes sense for him to be able to dissipate some of the dark magic being shot at him.

And of course, one of the most important values in the game, choice. Do you want to buff your strongest resistance, or plug up a gaping hole? Do you want to have a bit of extra smashing/lethal resistance or do you feel you need more lethal resistance because your robotic chassis resists bullets?

I'd be in favor of scrapping the -res for Dam/Rech (or maybe a chance for knockdown), but overall I don't think that it would be a bad set. The fact that it's not mind-numbingly overpowered would help keep it affordable and not have it be the #1 go-to set, but the amount of recharge makes it completely viable to slot the set for both it's set bonuses and enhancement values. The lack of a global recharge bonus is nice too, so it's not always clear-cut whether or not to take this set or Positron's Blast.

Of all the TAoE sets I've seen suggested I support this one the most. Well thought out, Claws.

So, taking my Praetorian brute from a Hero to Villain was an unpleasant reminder of these new tips missions. Besides the whole lack of choice thing, a lot of them are just so poorly written and have you do things that only a deranged lunatic would do. Not only that, a lot of missions are basically 90% copies of each other, just with different enemy groups. The Arachnos defector mission I mentioned in the first post? I encountered a reformed Carnival mission with the exact same mission sequence, torture and kill friend of main boss, torture and kill lover of main boss, listen to how bad of a person you are and how they were trying to reform, kill main boss.

Okay, one is a fluke, right? How about the one where you defeat the security chief, reprogram the Praetorian Clockwork to go haywire, and then show everyone "the error of their ways" by rescuing them? Well there's also the one where you defeat the security chief, reprogram the Longbow Agent's biotic implants to go haywire, and then show everyone "the error of their ways" by rescuing them.

Alright, but what about the one where the Council is planning a peaceful demonstration, but through your meddling it becomes a violent display that kills innocent people but allows heroes to intervene? Well there's also the one where Nemesis is planning a peaceful demonstration, bu through... okay, you get it.

Along with the unrefined dialogue (I've NEVER seen a ! mistyped as a 1 in a legit product before) and nonsensical motivation ("Steel Mountain is going to betray you, Jim. You don't believe me? Well then I'll have to kill you first!" LOLWUT) these tip missions are plain awful.

One more thing, is there a new morality mission from vig->vil? Because the one I got was the one where you make Overdrive your lackey (and ultimately fail.)

Which brings me to another point (okay, not "one more thing" after all), perhaps the most important one in relation to these missions, the original tip missions set a precedence for excellence. They're better planned out, better suiting the supposed motivation for going through with the missions, and (even with the villain missions) aren't disgustingly morbid. In the Overdrive mission, you don't kill a single person (at least not in horrible detail through dialogue), you just knock people out and defeat some heroes.

Now I gotta go play through the Nance->Adair and Cooling arcs to make myself feel better, that's the kind of stuff I'm happy to see in the game and still like playing.

Trial accounts suck they take all the fun out of the game cause they're new and they ask questions and they cause team wips 100% of the time we should have a server where only 12 month vetarins can play the game the way it was meant to be played and has AE buildings for everything and enhancerments dont take up slots. BOO DEVELOPTERS MEBBE SOME SMART PEOPLES CAN MAKE YOUR GAME?




(^-satire)

I think it would be pretty cool if, for another Incarnate ability, you could take a single power from a primary/secondary of another AT. I'm thinking Chain Induction for an Elec/Storm troller, or Entropy Shield for a DP/Dev blaster, or Flamethrower for a Shield/SS tank. Of course regulated in some way, so you don't get Archery powers for that Shield tank, or you don't get access to the same power twice.

Aside from the concerns of using the existing proc, I've seen members here adamantly refuse to touch the IO system. A new enhancement, supported by TO's/DO's/SO's/IO's is what I'd most like to see. Not just for the sake of including everybody, but because investing in procs is tedious and relies on opportunity, a thick wallet, or bargaining skills.

While playing my Kinetic Melee tank I thought of something. KD is a useful tool (and KB is if used well), but unlike other sets where you can increase the duration of controls (and therefore their effectiveness) you can only increase the magnitude of KB. So slotting War Mace for Stun is productive, while slotting Super Strength for Knockback is awful.

I thought back to the numbers and realized many secondary KD effects rely on chance. So, in order to increase these powers' effectiveness as you would for other aspects, why not have an enhancement that increases the chance for KD? I wont pretend to know how well this would balance out, or what enhancement schedule would be needed, but I do know this:

1. It would be a reliable way to increase the effectiveness of many knockdown powers, something not possible without turning the KD into KB, which is nowhere near as useful for many melee ATs.

2. It would increase the reliability of attacks such as Buckshot, Pulse Rifle Burst, Repulsing Torrent, which at the moment have from a 40% to an 80% chance of knockback. The unpredictability of such attacks (especially those with an AoE) can create problems.

Any thoughts?

The Tsoo saw Serge's work after you pummeled them and decided they wanted a makeover too!

For a melee AT, conceptually a Brute with SS/Inv or Energy/Inv (or perhaps Energy Aura, if you want something different) would be best. I'm with you on rerolling a character you like, but don't like to play, it's hard but in the end you're happy you did it.

I don't necessarily agree with a lot of your choices here, though I would not be upset if they were buffed (unless they made other aspects of the power noticeably worse). A lot of your concern is mostly for AoE stuns, AoE controls are almost never as effective as single target controls, especially those with a noticeable damage component. Siren's Song, Tenebrous Tentacles, and certain APP/PPP choices are an anomaly in this regard.

Dark Melee, Midnight Grasp, make the tentacles optional. A cloud of smoke would be fine. Same for Tenebrous Tentacles.

I dunno guys, some of this sounds like Blue Steel kind of stuff to me.

Wait.

No.

Could it be?

Virgil Tarikoss's magic power stems from caffeine, but is sapped by potassium. This is why he despises tomatoes, it's a biological weapon you can get at the store.

Personally I would like to see Conserve Power get a secondary effect, like with ElA's "Energize." But not a heal, as Energy Drain has that covered. I'd most like to see a major boost in defense resistance (which I think should happen to the rest of the set too) and a lowered recharge time.

I'd also like to see something happen with the same power in the Blaster's Energy Manipulation set, maybe with a resistance to endurance drain or stun.

Right, if you can't get to 20 in a half hour by leeching onto a high leveled AE/PI/GV team then what's the point in playing? Gimme a break.