Necrotron_RO

Yes.

No worries, brother.

I was just trying to see if there was support for rehashing and providing a single target upgrade power for MM's again, rather than trying to fix my one character's enduance issues. Thanks for the tips though, it didn't offend me. I just didn't want it to become the issue.

"All your bases are belong to us." - The Developers

That was just an example. The fact remains that even 3 slotted with end reduce SOs the cost to resummon if one pet falls is roughly 68 END. I am almost never summoning more than one or two pets, and this is what it costs. I have the same issues with a level 32 Ninja/Traps and a level 40 Thugs/Pain. I know how to reduce my end costs as low as possible, but it can only be reduced so far.

I might just have to get used to it, but I'm just seeing if others feel similarly to myself regarding the upgrades.

My vote is on that. Here's for hoping it's true.

Very much agreed. Losing a pet now is a choice of do I want to resummon and be forced to chew 2-3 blues and/or rest, or do I want to just keep going with less pets.

I very much like that idea. Not sure if they pull that off without much coding work though.


I have a Necro/Thermal with 2x End Reduce in the upgrades, ~65% End Reduction in each of the pets, and roughly 3.1 End Recovery per second from IOs, and unless I choose to lose a pet each mob, I drain my endurance bar resummoning after every fight and chew through blues like nothing other.

It costs me 75 END to resummon one tier 1 pet (3/4 my END bar) with reductions (110 END with no End Reduction), which I lose almost every spawn. I do not see how there is an slotting problem or how that does not kill my whole END bar. Under the old system would have cost me less than 1/3 of that.

If it was changed it to create two powers, similar to Kheld pool trees, with both a single target and an AoE upgrade, this would alleviate that problem by allowing the player to choose to either pay 45 Endurance to do an AoE equip, or 9 (if memory serves) Endurance to single Equip.

Granted, I understand I may just have to live with things as they are now, but I'm just putting this out there to see if other players have similar feelings who played a lot of Masterminds prior to the changes.

Right, it has pros and cons. Being able to resummon everything and rebuff the entire summon quickly is definetly a plus. Personally, I'm more worried about how fun the archetype is to play on an average basis.

From a 'fun' standpoint, I'm still spending almost my entire endurance bar every spawn or every other spawn resummoning a pet or two.

My line of thinking is we have the tech available (presumably) to make both an option. And considering some of us didn't like the change, why not make it available?

Indeed.

I used to run AE arcs pretty regularly. When the first XP nerf came in, I ran them a bit less. Since this last one, the last few times I tried to play a random arc that sounded interesting, the XP was next to nothing. Now, I don't even venture in the building.

The goal should be 'fair' rewards. In general, people play their characters to 'level up', or at least earn drops. There should simply be fair, non-exploitable rewards for the AE.

Very much agreed.

Kinetics can provide an ample -50% Regen themselves simply with Transfusion.

Kinetics
Nothing will cap your damage and make your team blaze through a TF like Fulcrum Shift.

Leadership
Anyone can take Vengeance, and it will save a team wipe many, many a time.

Debuffs/Buffs
So many good sets to choose from. Cold can provide Buffs, Debuffs, and provide near limitless endurance. Radiation Emission and Dark Miasma provide ample debuffs and multiply damage. Sonic muliplies damage a ton and buffs. Force Fields can boost people closer to that soft cap defense to make you nigh indestructable, while providing some tricks with repel. Trick Arrow, Thermal, Empathy, Pain, they're all good.

As for that niche set, really? Any good defender/controller/corrupter adds a huge amount to the team. I'd say Vengeance is a must. Kinetics is always wanted, but if you prefer something else, buffs and debuffs, they all have their place.

Automatic locking would prove to have too many mistakes or potential for griefing. It shouldn't be automatic, just like how when we report an e-mail as spam it doesn't immediately lock that person's e-mail rights. Investigating reports of abuse or exploits would have gone a long way towards preventing many of the widespread AE exploits that we've seen.


Yes, the current rating system needs a rehaul, as almost everything (good, bad, and mediocre) tends to fall to 4 stars, and the unplayed usually remain unplayed and forgotten.

I like that idea. It would also help to provide another gadge for how popular or how strong an arc's current rating is.

This, I look forward to more than anything else currently being worked on. As an AE enthusiast who enjoys playing new arcs while simultaneously leveing my character, having loads of arcs giving 1/2 or 1/10 normal XP while providing even greater risk is disheartening.

I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Exactly, time = money

Some people may be responding like this, but I think the general tone is current arc writers and AE enthusiasts who don't farm, have no interest in farming or exploits, but have had this legitimate arcs XP cut in roughly half by this patch. This includes a fair number of Dev Choice arcs.

It's just an annoyance for those who like to use the AE for fresh new content and still level at a reasonable pace. Earning 1/2 or 1/4 of normal XP doesn't really give people incentive to play their non-50s in the AE.

I understand your sentiment. If this takes as long as TF fixes to get re-fixed, I'll be a sad panda. That said, at least there is intention to fix. For that, I am placated.

They continue to remove incentive from playing AE missions. While I thoroughly enjoy playing new content, I'm not very motivated to play a random mission that may only reward 1/2 or 1/4 the XP/inf/drops of a normal mission (this even including Dev Choice arcs now).

I approve removing exploits, but if they remove the rewards for playing non-farm content from the AE as well, it removes the reason for the majority of the playerbase to play it, because most people are concerned with, if not solely motivated by drops/XP/inf/rewards.