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I just unlocked my Judgement and I expected fun things. I took Void because it was thematic. It's a big bag, but maybe I should have taken another one.
It's only tier one, and well...It looks wierd, does not do a heck of a lot of damage (Well...more than my other options because I am a controller player) and it's PbAOE which means I'm vunlerable to attacks.
I think the only powers that make me thing things are out of whack are still Judgement and Lore Pets. -
Quote:Do I still get a Thunder Dome and Big Earings?Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think that would be more suitable as a game set during, or right after, the Hamidon Wars
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*Sigh* Fake Answer is to kill posers
Real Answer. It's the very first place you enter into the game. It's land marks are the first you see. It's where you get your first everything!
You have Atlas, and even if you are brand spanking new it's just...Atlas Park!
Galaxy City is....well...Bland -
Ok.
"You're" is only better because people do Tip missions many times in team. I'm makes sense, but in teams you're works because it singles you out.
Because the other 7 in your group might not feel the same way...however, you might, thats why you chose that decision.
It to me makes it more group worthy. -
Updated mine for you.
@Aether Storm
She is a Grav Controller/Force Fielder/Psi,Incarnate
I don't have many Aura's for flashy goodnness.
Instead Ill make a video of me bubbling things and hurling urinals at people using propel. -
In most Lambda runs right now Im getting 4 Astral Merits and many threads bonded and I think an Empyrian. I ran it four times in a row and got these. Are these the rares that you are talking about?
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I dont mind the rest of the incarnate powers.
Judgement is game breaking for me on many levels.
I am an FFer, and well Barrior still can't offer what I offer.
However Judgment makes things cake, and when the blaster is under shadowed by the scrapper and tank who now have their niche, why would you take any squishy.
A team of tanks and scrappers are the new thing. I know, because I have been the only controller on pretty much any Lambda I have done. Actually we had a dom...so, well...there. -
City of Cat Girls and Lobster Bois...It's just pure win!
Or...Perhaps something like CoX meets Fallout.
Super powered folks in a time where the world has been completely demolished by heroes and villains manipulating forces bebyond their control, eventually destroying everything we know.
The world would be dark, depressive wastes with old Paragon building just being a sheltered husk of what it was once.
Trading houses would be replaced with bartering, and survival aspects would be the key.
Player drawn and governed shanty towns would littler the maps, each trying to fend for themselves.
Mutants, Giant Robots who survived the cluncky gritty new world would rampage. Villains would abound trying to hoard resources for survival, and heroes and villains would have the chance to PVP in deginated war zones, not for points, but to keep their little shanty towns from crumbling and their people from starving...or villain side to gain a threshold of power.
Cole, and Stateman duke it out, and the Well becomes unstable rendering the rest of the world, which colide because Ourourous ruptures time and space into this post apocalyptic aftermath.
~~~I would then become queen of the Thunder Dome and wear large earings and command gladitorial combat in which people who offended me in the least would be targeted and have to fight it out to the death....Wait...No stop! Ignore my Thunder Dome!~~~
We would have vehicle travel powers, as well as normal ones. Vehicles could offer a sepperate tray for weapons, just like heroes can fire off powers when using their travel powers.
~~~My Thunder Dome.......Ah never mind.
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Quote:That was my next question LOLOriginally Posted by Charcoal_EU
Am I missing something or is the hit effect from Interface proc not customizable/colorable ?
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I managed to fully wash out a moisture rich intensive hair treatment during the cut scene and still have time to pour some wine.
Mother is accomidating! -
I Chose Diamagnetic because I figured with Force Fields it just means less things hitting my friends.
So something like Psionic Tornado from my epic pool could cause one very large radius -to hit debuff?
As would Crushing Field and of course Lift, Crush and Gravity Distortion and Psi Blast. Ovbiously those are my only sources of damage.
Singularity, which can only be slotted with Recharge Intensive Pet powers, which do focus on the damage, accuracy and recharge times of the pet. Checking the Pet Window I do see that Singy has the Cardiac symbol beside his name.
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What is considdered "Most" damaging attacks?
This might have been asked before but I could not find it.
Are pets counted?
AOE Holds that do a DoT of damage?
Single Target Attacks?
AOE attacks?
Does Illusions PA get the debuff? Or do they only get Spectral Wounds and Blind?
Do MM pets debuf?
It's all very vague when you are playing a support or controller primary. Or an MM...
I understand Attacks!
I don't understant "Most"
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Quote:Damn right...cuz it makes no sense. Half the time Im converting things into things I laready had and if I go up one side of the tree I should get to the final branch.Originally Posted by CaptA
This is the part of it that bugs me the most.
When I was a little kid if I wanted to get to a certain branch of a tree Id climb my way there, not clime my way half way there and climb down again...and then back up...and leap over to the branch I wanted in the first place.
It's wierd...just odd. -
the new way to grieve people is buying all the demonic blood samples. Putting one on the market and wracking it up to 60 Mill.
Thats grieving.
Otherwise...your point is grieving also. I just needed to rant -
Quote:I agree...however this just supports my theory of certain AT's benifiting from the changes and not effectively addressing the rest. If you have something HP based, then HP with the bells and whistles becomes the top choice, and if half the player base realizes this then the concept of AT strengths and weaknesses boils down to what they can become later when they recieve these shiny things. Which undermines the grounds on which the game was created on.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
I think it's mostly a matter of player demographics. The more self-sufficient ATs (mostly melee ATs) have always been quite a bit more popular than other ATs due to being able to solo very well. Prior to the incarnate system this didn't really matter much since it was self-selecting. People who liked to team tended not to worry about being self-sufficient while those who liked to solo weren't joining teams very often. The Incarnate system gives a very strong incentive to team so people who were previously solo-focused are teaming a lot more. This shifts the AT demographics in favor of ATs popular with soloists.
That being said I give the devs credit for making team content that does not require a careful balance of ATs. Yes, at the moment we are seeing a higher portion of melee ATs but that isn't really impacting our ability to do a trial.
Compare that to a certain other MMO where you need a fixed ratio of Damage, Healing and Tanking with the net result of a huge shortage of Healing and Tanking. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Lucenter
Alot of the same concerned shared...but!.
Ok. Don't cancel. It's been just more than a week, and you're still not lacking. I have my reservation and I will until I am proven wrong, but dicerning the Dev concept of what will be in the future is not something you can determine unless you are a precog.
I canceled my sub when AE came out.
Why, because it was the new thing that hindered me in grouping for nomal content, however in this content it only ever applies to those above or seeking to become 50 incarnates. Not all will want to do this.
Anything 46 and above might me affected but generally speaking they have done the best the can by limiting this by setting up Weekly Tf's in whihc your alpha and incarante powers are null.
While I have mixed reservations of this issue, because it's become a 50's play ground, I also have to keep rational thought that this is like offering a unicorn! Everyone wants one for the first month and then things gradually head back to normal. It's the nature of most MMO's
And while I still feel some AT's get the short end of the stick, I really dont believe that it will remain that way. If I did I would cancel like I did when AE came into play.
However, this is a passing fancy. some people will always have altitis and want to try new things, however this will come in time.
My 36 Widow who I adore has no hope in hades to level anytime soon as grouping is slim because people are playing their50's now. and while that frustrates me, quitting to join...I dunno...another game in which already implements the things you dislike about the changes made here, seems pointless.
The only thing reasonable is to post concerns and hope someone generally reads them, and takes the feedback to the people who need it. Once this is done then you can enjoy the game again.
Even though I find the facination of proliferation and losing unique AT status frustrating, I have to also realize that when things come down to it, those tho need to run a Sister Psyche TF have to play art 24 or something, which means all their magical well power is useless and they...even if they hate it they need my contribution.
Now...this contradicts my oppinions thus far because I am very frustrated with the entire incarnate system, however I have to be rational in my voicings because the only way I can make changes it to point out virtues and flaws of said system, and if It falls on dead ears then and only then can I truely quit because the "Fun Factor" is replaced by something Id rather do elseware.
The game is still soloable. That wont change but the dynamic has, and for good or for bad, I have yet to conlude. -
Quote:Time will tell. I WANT to love this. I really really want to love this, and half of me does. I really enjoy taking my controller out on suicdal missions because with Grav/FF/Psi it's been not hard. Or I just don't notice it being hard and I do like this challenge...sort of.Originally Posted by Yogi_Bare
To date, my Plant/Storm Controller is the toon with T3s in almost all slots
My current project is a SoA Crab (tank death incarnate)...
all I'm really after for my Thug/Dark MM is a Lore pet (but my pets are a hindrance for phase 2 of Lambda)
I don't know if I want to Ascend my WP Brute (more of a concept thing that I'll have to figure out later)
and I'm almost at a no-go for my Ice/Ice Dom; the one that actually should be an Incarnate (again, a concept thing that I'll have to figure out later)
and the 2 I really want to level up is a Widow (Stalker) and another MM
Brutes, Tanks and Scrappers really don't do it for me... I guess I have a preference for 'green deck' and/or 'blue deck' character types
I only bring up this because when I join forces in trials I am and have been the only controller for the last 9 trials.
As a Controller player I ask you...whats wrong with us? I like us? But why am I usually the one and only? -
@Aether Storm
Code Name: Rift-Dancer
Alias: Lydia Cross
Class: HERO
Server: Virtue
AT = Grav/FF/Psi, Incanate
Rift-Dancer had been around a lot longer than Lydia could imagine. Considdered a viosnary amonst his people, the Nictus believed that the action of his people were devised to better these races, until he realized such actions were forced.
When he came accross Lydia, who had been battling breast cancer he became infatuated with her strength and courage, despite being close to death, he merged with her, curing her of her life altering ailment.
They were one, and fought all posible odds together until an Archon raid in which they were captured and forcibly sepperated by a Void Stalker, killing Rift-Dancer in the process.
However Lydia Mutated as a result of the merge, keepng some of her Kheldian powers, although at a different level. But the intimate bond between to the two resinated in her mind, and she kept the name Rift-Dancer in order to honor her honorable symbiot.
Now she seeks her vengence against those who would harm the warshades, and to complete the journey she set out to accomplish with her counter part. -
Quote:I get it, just seems easier to gp back up the tree the other way. But maybe it's because of what I am finding.Originally Posted by JuliusSeizure
There are 6 different recipes for tier 4 alphas, each using a different combination of the four tier 3 types that are available. It makes sense, as the tree clearly states that any combination of tier 3 leads to either tier 4, you just need to scroll down.
Still though...for the paragon it always requires you to have the radial, or thats what I think it means. Meaning I need the Core, and the Radial which sort of goes against how Im use to skill trees working. -
Ok. So YAY!
I actually ran two successful Lambda's in a row. We had an excellent leader however and that really does make a difference.
However I was the only controller, with 2 defenders. The rest were melee.
I did my job soft capping people defense, and even managed to unlock my interface slot to debuff accuracy soooo, maybe my shields will help.
Boosting my range defense and liberal use of Personal Force Field helped a lot.
This time, (Not because I unlocked something shiny) I had a good time. It seemed that things went smoother, and Im thinking it's because people were not doing it within their first week release.
Im not 100% on the band wagon as of yet, but If they tweak it more it could be achievable, however it's still destressing to see the lack of other AT types participating in these trials, and I still think it has to do with AT survivability and creating the Swiss Army Knife toon as oposed to anything else. -
Try using Propel as a main source of Damage....
Although the difference is that I get to redecorate the environment.
I do feel you pain though.
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Quote:I want to rephrase. I was talking about the people who get the rewards to unlock these. So far I see more Tanks, Scrappers and Brutes. (Why no Stalkers? I dunno, I see them benefitting from unlocks more than most AT's)Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Lots of excellent information that I agree with...But!.
When I meant the more "Bang for your Buck" theory it only makes sense to choose these three AT's.
They already bring high resist/def and High HP, and can taunt. They have huge amounts of survivability which makes them desirable. However when you add these other effects they because Tank-Mages as opposed to some of the other squishies who don't, or have a difficult time during the trials to begin with just because of the damage the enemies dole out, in comparison with their HP.
When you are dealing in the case of trials to gain these wonderfull powers you need to look at the scheme of it all. You are not playing in a team of 24, you are playing on teams of 8 with up to 24 people. That means contribution needs to come from damage you team is doing.
Going by Lambda here
Controllers- Holds are good, but the enemies are highly resistant, depending on your secondary you may not contribute before death hits you.
Blasters- Damage! Yay! Aggro! Dead!
Stalkers- Rarely see em. I think it's because AOE takes em out of stealth minimizing their survivability
Defenders/Corrs One deals less damage and buffs the entire 24, while one does a bit of both, They would be in the mid range for me for as to how well they do in this trial, mainly because of the secondary
MM - Pets go Boom when the AOE Hits. You are left with a weak blaster with a defender secondary
Doms - might do better because of the single target nature of their powers, however I have never played with one in a trial.
Just saying...you want the most bang for your buck you take what will become the Swiss Army Knife...which Brutes/Tanks and Scrapper become more so than the others.
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Quote:Yeah. That does work I have used it.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Ummmm.....the escaping prisoners don't attack, they are programmed to do nothing but run away. You can keep them in that alcove all day long and they will NEVER fire a shot at you.
Using FB at other times during that trial is probably a bad idea, but it's incredibly useful in the escaping prisoners phase (now that it has been confirmed to be an effective tactic)
I revamped my IO sets a little more to provide large bonuses towards AOE and ranged AOE and attacks. I'm not 100% sure how it will work, considdering.
I also added sets with Large HP bonuses and I am hoping for more survivability to that I can handle things better In the Lambda Trial.
Heck I even respecced out of fire and went Psi because Psi is pretty much the only thing that gets through my shields a lot of the time.
Ill keep practicing though. Just don't wanna tweak so much that it feels like math...LOL
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I just find it wierdthat when I went to my Cardiac Core Revamp, in norder to get to my Paragon, I needed to start all over again to beginning and work on my radial tree to get to the component I need for my Paragon which is the radial boost revamp.
I know I need to do it, but...Im just not used to trees working like that really. -
Quote:I have been saying this from the beginning of it all so I can't really change anything.Originally Posted by Hydrophidian
Lots of information I agree with!