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I've not read any more info about merits since the original announcement was made and nothing was mentioned about the cool down period.

Can i have a link if i've missed something?

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AFAIK no new news at all. That's clearly no reason not to make angry posts on the subject, though.

Edit: Actually, it's sweet that there's someone that thinks blue side having TF delights like Positron and the Shards outings count as a "HUGE advantage" for them. Hell, set off on the Shard TFs and that's more than 24 hours gone in itself...

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My post wasn't angry, was a simple question.



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TOYS PRAM OUT!!!!


How about waiting for details on what's on offer for the merit system as a whole, and whether there's already any hero/villain allowances built into it, before you decide it's unfair? (Sorry, should have said "UNFAIR")

(Yup, it's Friday evening!)

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What was this though?

I've not read any more info about merits since the original announcement was made and nothing was mentioned about the cool down period.

Can i have a link if i've missed something?

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Thats all well good and nice, except not all AT's were ever supposed to stand toe to toe and "duke it out".

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^ this


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Maelwys - pls explain why stalkers and most regen scrappers are very effective in pvp

and also if they are ranged or meele

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^ and this tbh

That was a spot on post Rooks. Can't think of anything else to add to that tbh. And certainly nothing to disagree with it.

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This dumbed and slowed down version of pseudo-pve seems less exciting than live commentary on a GCSE exam. lolwut


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Sorry, just LOL. Spot on.


And yes Alvan, as Dr_Mechano says, you could spam o2 boost on any target to make them un-heal able. Though doing that to your own side is a little villainous

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Catering to people who don't want to put the time and effort into their characters alienates the people who do, and especially the ones who already have.

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^ This say's it all tbh. People who don't want to put any effort into a PvP toon will encounter what Standoff said.

"Enter zone-bang-dead..."Eh, what?"."

Just as you would in PvE if you put no effort into it.


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You guys will still rule, you'll just having to work harder is all And whilst it must be pretty galling to be back at square one I'm hoping you all rise to the challenge.

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We already have worked hard. Fully pimped out our PvP toons and practised for many hours most nights.

Why should all that effort be taken away from us because other people can't be bothered to step up to the challenge?

It was some epic PvP to be fair.

Just tainted by the fact some people think 18v5 is fun.

Some clever guy on the US boards has suggested that these huge PvP changes don't go live with i13 but stay on test for a good while longer to get fully tested.

I think this is a fantastic idea. I don't want the dev team rushing these changes through just to get i13 out quicker so remove the changes from the issue please

Just posted this so i could /sign it.

The thing is though guys from what i've read all melee attacks are getting a huge damage buff coupled with a -75% range component added to taunt....


It seems melee is getting buffed AND blasters getting nerfed.... Like Falcon said. How is this any better than what we have now?

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Oh right, cos its nice and balanced now of course.


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No. that's why i said even more unbalanced PvP.


I'm not against damage "nerfs" but the powers that be have been a little heavy handed with that bat imo.

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Looks like the tide might be turning at last

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So again, if those numbers and my guess is correct. Making an AT that was designed from the start to be a high damage dealing squishy, no longer do that said damage is a good thing?

Lets brake all the other AT's too then? Even more unbalanced PvP ftw!

Read this an i thought i'd share it on here.


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Well, the mezzes themselves do some rather boosted damage; for example (all before containment):

Fossilize: 169.85
Stone Prison: 158.36 (DoT)

Ring of Fire: 96 (DoT)
Char: 87.80 (DoT)

Crush: 109.13 (DoT)
Lift: 84.51
Gravity Distortion: 150.15 (DoT)
Propel: 287.18

Chillblain: 96 (DoT)
Block of Ice: 153.44

Spectral Wounds: 107.37 (19.57 healed back)
Blind: 137.03

Mesmerize: 137.03
Levitate: 153.44
Dominate: 90.26

Entangle: 98.46 (DoT)
Strangler: 169.85 (DoT)

This isn't going into APP attacks, since I can't see them - but let's look at Blaster single target numbers for a few sets and compare them to Gravity Control:

Snap Shot: 102.56
Aimed Shot: 171.28
Blazing Arrow: 226.79 (187.69+DoT)

Burst: 101.54
Slug: 171.28

Charged Bolts: 103.81
Lightning Bolt: 171.28

Power Bolt: 102.56
Power Blast: 171.28
Power Burst: 205.13

Flares: 121.33 (split in 2 hits 0.5 sec apart)
Fire Blast: 193.44 (171.28+DoT)
Blaze: 140.42 (102.56+DoT)

Ice Bolt: 102.56
Ice Blast: 171.28
Bitter Ice Blast: 109.74

Psionic Dart: 102.56
Mental Blast: 171.28
Telekinetic Blast: 102.56
Will Domination: 112.82
Scramble Thoughts: 78.20 (DoT)

Shriek: 102.56
Scream: 171.28 (1s DoT)
Shout: 273.85

For comparison on Defenders, Shout does 96.51 and is the strongest non-snipe attack in their secondaries. Corruptors are much closer to Blasters than Defenders (219.08 on Shout, also their strongest ST attack).

Although going through these again it appears that only Blasters got the "all single type" damage, and yes, they have lower recharge on their attacks and will do more damage over time even ignoring the secondary.

But for burst, Propel is nasty, especially if you take Containment into account - which the Grav/ can easily set up with nobody having mez protection.




If these numbers are correct which i'd bet they are, what is going off?

Blaze and BiB are now really poor attacks for blasters, are they no longer allowed spike damage any more?

Example: Ice Bolt: 102.56 (first attack) BiB: 109.74 (last ST attack with a lower range) only doing 7 more damage.

Blasters are useless with these numbers. Heck with these numbers i'd be willing to bet it's the lowest damage AT in PvP with no protection and low HP.

Yes that is all a guess but it's how it seems

I was the emp so i can confirm this

Angelsabre, It's an in-game joke* that Alvan obviously wanted to put on here.

Lighten up a lil'



*I say joke but the people moaning about the Emps seemed pretty serious lol

I have a maestro card which i always to used for my subscription. After the changes i now use paypal but have left my card details on my account.


Only 2 days ago i bought 2 slots and a rename token with the same card, so what's the problem?

You can't buff the damage but it does a to-hit check so more to-hit you have, the more likely you are to hit all

Not had an ounce of lag all day but everyone i've spoken too has said they're getting it so there's definitely a problem.

That wasn't my build, i just updated the build Elky_ did so there was no longer 2 phase shifts. As it was an old, but solid build.

Saying that, i wouldn't take flares either. Fire blast is better in almost every way and having both would be a waste of a power choice.

Indeed he did, my bad. I even quoted a part of the same post

I'm going to let my original point die now, not that i've changed my opinion mind. I just think it's had enough debate now.

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For any sort of future Pentad event I run officially I will not allow a team to play a match without a full 5 team members, and for any unofficial event I assist with I will strongly recommend that rule be followed as well. It hadn't crossed my mind that in some circumstances playing a character short could become an advantage.

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I agree that this would be a good idea but how would you get round no-shows GR? More subs allowed for example?

Didn't PPK win all their matches by a land slide though bar the last match which they had to drop out of?

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Given the time and how far over we'd already run, that wasn't really viable.

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But removing a team from the event for committing a "crime" that other teams had is excessive.


On the subject of Pain Domination

While yes, it means the Master Mind will be geared towards a support role with having the empathy style buffs it will still have the huge damage mitigation that body guard mode offers

Still in theory having more HP than a tank. I'm surprised MM's got Pain Dom in the first place.

I still think a forcing a rematch would've been a more reasonable action. As you've said yourself, loads of little rule breaks took place but those teams weren't DQ'd. It's not like FoTM tried to sneak these subs in, is it?


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Brute<->Tank, Scrapper<->Stalker, Controller<->Dominator, Corrupter/Mastermind<->Blaster, Mastermind/Corrupter<->Defender (last two are debatable).

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Totally disagree, i think KS's counter parts would still be spot on.

A stalker can't be compared to anything other than a blaster, yes it's melee but hidden spike damage is far grater than a scrapper. That getting changed puts the rest out of sync too.

You just need to add Npc dialogue to anyone of your tabs. That will show the cut scene speech and random Npc bubbles.

The first letter of npc's names also determines what they say if your clicking on them

I would comment on the build but too busy trying to get out of these damn handcuffs......


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I've just posted in the other thread about this to help you.

Your edit is fine, just edit the updater it's self in program files then create a new short cut.

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No because i heard the surprise in their voices.

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It could still be them denying it though


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Thats not true because i spoke to jj about it before.


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I already knew this and another reason i know MME more than likely knew. JJ was the captain.... No?