Nalrok_AthZim
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Quote:Really now?Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
Specifically it looks like the Cord DO is the problem, as was mentioned in the thread Auroxis linked. Trickshooter pointed this out.
Starting with the Cord DO I saw the same results Nalrok had. Slotting the Nectanebo's Gourd and the toxic resistance numbers matched in both windows.
Interesting find.
Huh. Well, whatever the case may be that's going in a bug report. -
Alright, I seem to have figured it out: Tanker Dark Embrace is not correctly enhancing Toxic Resistance unless you're using IO's.
I asked a buddy with a 42 Dark/Stone to check it out; with IO's his Toxic scaled properly. With SO's it remained at 20%.
Here's a screenshot; Dark Embrace is now showing 23% Toxic Res, when the Enhancement Window shows 25%. This means DO'S and SO's are not being factored in to the Toxic Res, but IO's are properly affecting it.
I'm going to push for 22 soon so I can slot in an SO and confirm myself, just in case this is an edge issue. From what I've gathered, this only affects Tankers and the Toxic Res can only be changed with Invention Origin enhancements. -
Oddly enough, I have a 35 Kin/Regen and CS seems to crit a LOT for me. That's just me though. About every 4th/5th CS will refresh Build Up for me.
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So, I've been running a Dark Armor/Kin Melee Tanker for the past few days.
I love it! It's so hard to kill, it looks AMAZING colored for a water-themed character, and it's so easy to just stand there and watch Death Shroud tick away at my foes.
Now, I've noticed a number discrepancy with Dark Embrace. Base numbers on Dark Embrace are:
30% Smashing Resist
30% Lethal Resist
20% Negative Energy Resist
20% Toxic Resist
I'm currently level 18 with 2 level 20 Dual Origin Resistance enhancements in Dark Embrace, which brings the Neg/Tox resists to 24.40%.
Here's the problem. When I look at my Enhancement window, Toxic Resistance is at 24.40%. When I look in Combat Attributes, Toxic Resistance is a flat 20%. Can any other Dark Armor enthusiasts (Dechs, I'm looking at you) confirm this is happening to them?
My 50 Dark Armor Brute's Toxic Res is scaling properly, and I have a friend with a Spine/DA Scrapper who confirmed that her Toxic Res is scaling properly as well. I tried using different enhancements, wondering if maybe DO's were bugged in that particular power; using a level 20 Res IO didn't change it, still 20% flat. -
Quote:You mean Dechs' sig? Yeah, that guy's really sarcastic.Originally Posted by Golden_Ace
I've heard from a "semi-reliable" source that Dark Armor Sucks.
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Darkest Night is fantastic. Gloom is also a high-DPA ST attack, and is a nice pre-req for DN.
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Quote:True, but I imagine there'd be ONE case somewhere (I can't think of where) that'd be problematic. Not sure how or where or what, but when you change stuff that much a problem always crops up.Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
Sort of begs the question, why can't the pet powers be flagged to accept all enhancements? It's not like the pets could be slotted any differently.
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Check CuppaManga's guides at the top of the Mac Forum and try everything listed there. I had a similar issue and that fixed it.
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I'll buy it. In fact, I'll go out right now and buy two stuffed bunnies and donate it to Toys For Tots as a pre-emptive move for this 'Holiday Pack' idea.
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It's a political thing. Allowing males to wear female costume options would drastically change the ESRB rating of this game.
Don't blame the ESRB, either; blame soccer moms. -
Was really looking forward to playing today. Now I get to go buy groceries and presents and will miss out on the only day during the week I have to play.
An official announcement would have been nice. -
Quote:Guess what? You're the one who said the 5% hit chance was a moot point. When, in fact, it wasn't. Here, check it out.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
Speaking of making things up, when have I ever claimed, in this or any other thread, that NPCs ever had less than a 5% chance to hit? This has nothing to do with the points I have made in here. Nothing.
If he hits right through purples, then this makes hash of everyone's boast to "just bring 50 Lucks in there and you'll be ok!" If he can hit through Lucks they are of limited utility - in fact I did not find them very useful. If the Curse of Weariness can run through an entire tray of blues in two minutes, this makes blues not all that useful when fighting Holtz. Elementary concept.
If Trappy never lands his Total-Focus [or whatever it is]-O'-Doom on any of your alts, outstanding. I am happy for you. That does not mean 1. That it does not exist, and 2. that he cannot land it on you multiple times during the same encounter. He sure landed it on my Defender and also on my Stalker, more than once. Everyone else without heavy shielding brought a temp power when solo and BOOM, "mission complete."
Problem solved. And intent of mission? Massive fail.
See, we were trying to tell you th--Quote:Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
I'll get back to you when a grey-conning Hellion is a problem for me on a mission arc, or when I have to consume four Lucks in order to try & stop him from hitting me. Until then, I don't really think Brawl from a grey-con is that big of a deal, nor does it validate your idea that this somehow, some way has a thing to do with my feedback regarding the Mender Ramiel arc.
... no, you know what? Screw it. You won't listen anyway. Have fun with your characters. -
Quote:Thanks for assuming I'm uneducated. Really helps your point.Originally Posted by Ironik
That's 'cause you Just Don't Get It™®. Why should I bother trying to explain things to you? You don't know why you were so insulting, you have no idea why I insulted you in return, and you can't discern a simile to save your life. You're like the proverbial pig of Twain's. (Yeah, I know you don't get that, either. Whatevs homey.)
Since you're going to follow me around and call me names like a five-year-old welcome back to ignore. -
Quote:Change is in place.Originally Posted by Futurias
Like I said when this goes live, it's basically about making some people feel like zeros instead of being able to solo him without massive inspiration use and zerg-rushing.
Considering this is supposed to be about you standing out against all the 'other people' on your way to super-duper-I'm-finally-going-to-be-powerful, I actually really hate this change. -
Quote:Swing and a miss, but this time with more feeling.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
Thanks, Captain Obvious. The subject at hand is a mission in the Mender Rameil arc, not grey-conning NPCs trying to land brawl on me as I stand around in Atlas conversing with a friend via tell. As if anyone cared about such a thing, least of all me.
I'm gonna try one more time, this time in big text.
Because of the random number generator there is always a 5% chance for any enemy to strike you. This means that Trapdoor can hit you through an entire tray of purples should the random number generator roll between 95 and 100.
So as it was said, the RNG did not smile on you. How will you tie this to the topic at hand?
I'll answer for you: You won't. You'll keep making things up and talking about things that don't bolster your argument (or lack thereof). -
Quote:He was saying that even the lowest of minions can hit you if the Random Number Generator doesn't turn in your favor. So, because of that, Trapdoor can hit you no matter HOW many purples you pop if the RNG says so. 5% universal hit chance.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
I'll get back to you when a grey-conning Hellion is a problem for me on a mission arc, or when I have to consume four Lucks in order to try & stop him from hitting me. Until then, I don't really think Brawl from a grey-con is that big of a deal, nor does it validate your idea that this somehow, some way has a thing to do with my feedback regarding the Mender Ramiel arc.
I might, if I were looking for a fight over such a trivial idea. But not today.
You, however, decided to interpret that as something completely different. -
I'll shoot you my latest Dark Armor tanker build when I get home. Until then, I predict Dechs Kaison will be here soon...
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Quote:Relax. Seriously, just relax. This is a flame thread. You've gone from arguing to screaming out the same thing over and over regardless of what anyone says. I'm not even going to egg you on, you're way over the threshold of sensibility here.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
Go do that; that way you won't be attempting to put words in my mouth/on my keyboard that I never said.
So my Dark/Dark/Soul, who runs... 7 toggles at once isn't allowed to use Recovery Serum when Dark Consumption is down?Quote:Originally Posted by Fiery-Enforcer
Forced to get temp powers? No, if you need to use temp powers you either have a bad build or you are just bad, that's all there is to it.
At least when I made my L2P statement I didn't shove that kind of garbage down anyone's throat. They're temp powers that drop like crazy. Go kill FIFTEEN minions and one will probably drop. Everyone can get them, and they can get them with little effort. Your post is fail.
EDIT: Granted, since I got my Cardiac Radial, I've since eliminated my end issues. -
Quote:You're so confusing I think I'd rather try to converse with a purple-afro'd elephant with a bowling ball for face.Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
I call complete and utter BULLHOCKEY. That is completely untrue. It most certainly *is* five minutes.
*****
We have been told many times that people have "been told how to complete this mission with no problem whatsoever." In case someone new to the thread missed the actual strategies that work on very squishy characters with no +KB powers, here they are:
*Prior to beginning the arc, turn your difficulty down to -1.
*Bring one or more of the following: 1. Friends, if you have any on at the time you want to run this who are not busy doing other stuff. 2. Shivans. 3. A Vanguard HVAS. 4. Both shivans and a HVAS. Boom, "MISSION COMPLETE."
Ignore all sternum-beating, "I iz l33t!" wild unverifiable claims, etc: just do this and problem solved. -
I remember the old Classic Rock version... Here were some of my favorites.
Subject: Love, Action: Masticates, by Def'Lep'Rd
Desire: Disobey: Officials, by Jud'Spr'St (Props if anyone gets that one)
Trinitrotoluene, by Current: Alternating/Current: Direct
Admission: Injured: Law Enforcement Officer, by Eri'Cla'Ptn
Subject: Locomotive: Sanity: Questionable, by OzOs'Brn -
Quote:non sequitur*Originally Posted by Bad_Influence
*Annoyed* I'm not "making up" the fact that Trappy can be extremely difficult on some alts, especially those without a shivan or two up one's sleeve. I love how some of you people act like you know more about what goes on in someone else's mission than the player who was actually there.
You weren't there, you know nothing about what went down when [for instance] my Claws Stalker went through this mission. Please stop acting like you do, because you and I both know you were not there.
Also tired of this assumption that one can carry enough blues to overcome 5 minutes' worth of the Curse of Weakness, or to overcome Trappy's +regen. Perhaps your people have a 50-inspiration tray, mine sure don't and so non sequiter. Thanks.
And the assumption isn't an assumption. YOU CAN carry enough reds/purples/blues/anythings to pull through. If you get the Curse of Weakness, here's a novel idea: Go snag a Curse Breaker. No merits? Even more novel idea: Take a break and come back with no curse and a fresh perspective.
You also need to consider that many people have posted that they've run Trappy on a low-damage low-survivability character with no trouble. You have again demonstrated what you're preaching against; you assume you know everything that goes on with US and that must not apply to YOU. You can say whatever you want, but you're acting as if your hard time is unable to be overcome with any sort of tactics other than the one that has since been removed from the game.
Go buy insps. Get help. Set to -1. Do something other than say "This character CAN'T DO IT no matter what anyone says or suggests" because A) that won't get you anywhere and B) methods of circumventing your problems have been pointed out. -
Quote:*points to sig*Originally Posted by _Krom_
Soul mastery...sorry..it's dark to me. I do have a DDD corrupter...so I guess I just carry that over.
My main.
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I love my Dark/Dark/Dark. Wait... do we mean Soul Mastery or Dark Mastery?
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Quote:I laugh at your post simply because it's a basket of fail and wrong, and has already been pointed out as such.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
*ahem*
I doubt any devs will even read this thread. In fact, in light of the holidays, I'd be surprised if there's even many in the office this week, or last week for that matter. I'm even willing to bet they've been largely coasting since getting back from Thanksgiving.
That being said, I have to laugh at all of this.
I laugh at the designers who got all butthurt that people used long existing tools and techniques to trivialize an encounter in a one-time arc that is...well trivial.
I laugh at anyone who complains about this change, but defended how the devs crap all over melee ATs in the Apex finale and the new Winter Event.
I laugh at the munchkins telling everyone else to L2P. They might not get the joke now, but when they're buying server transfers in a couple months they may.
I also laugh at the devs as a group, because I've seen what comes from using munchkins as the balance point and catering to their whims.
Lastly, there's Positron. After seeing what his idea of "epic" endgame and giving 'moar power' to players involves: Triple digit faceplants, legions of purple mooks, more demonic spiders and old NPCs elevated up even further above player characters.
Indeed, that is the greatest joke here of all. Too bad I'm not laughing at it. -
Quote:It's a massive end hog, it sends enemies all over the place, and in general in almost all situations it's more useless than it is useful, especially for a melee toon.Originally Posted by Berzerker_NA
Now I'm curious. Why is that? I haven't actually tried it yet in battle. Is it because it end drains you to death, or because the knock back doesn't work very well? I wouldn't use it in any ordinary battle, because I don't want to spread all the mobs out to where the blasters can't get them in AOE's, but if it looks like we're about to get team wiped, it looks like a really good way to shut the mobs down long enough to heal/regroup or something.
Ethereal Shift is even better for that, though. I guess.