Silver_Weasel

If N=1.5xE

When N=150, E=100; 50 point difference.
When N=75, E=50; 25 point difference.

When 3B>N, then 15 seconds of stun is not fun.

You seem in a bit of a bad mood today Syn. Have another coffee, seriously.

As I can pump Explosive blast, but pumping Nova has less effect as I'm already closing on Damage Cap; then using two /three Explosive blasts is cheaper/more efficient/safer/faster/less chance of danger/less annoying than one Nova.

High Damage vs. Extreme Damage is no longer an issue when the Damages are closer to each other.

The original powersets were designed so that Tier 1 was N points better than Tier 2 etc. With the stopgap that ED provides, Tier 7 catches when ED stops working and Tier 8/9 appear to be far less powerful than they were designed to be.

Tier 4 of the Power Pools started to dominate as well until they were 'dealt' with.

With general assumption of Tier 1 Primary being 'skipped' this does leave a large gap as when you are able to magnify Power Effects by SO's; there's still a huge difference the first time you get SO's; but when you 3 Cap them; there's suddenly no significant change.

This may lead to different combinations being used; but the system we have in place atm means that testing all of these combinations is ludicrous; PvP relies primarily on Secondary Effects and TP Foe; and significant differences between the AT's have been watered down to give us a different game to which we were 'brough up' in.

For a Tier 9 power to do similar effects to a Tier 6/7; but to cripple you at the same time seems wrong to me; as you could just chain Tier 2/4/6 (for instance) and acheive the same effect of the Tier 9 with none of the associated risks.

No Energy Blaster would use Nova on an AV/or PvP/or on a Timed Mission/or where he was soloing unless he was showing off; so why would you take this Tier 9 power anymore?

That's the point. Sorry if it seems laboured, but ED has hurt a lot of concepts to the point of unplayability; and it's NOT due to challenge; often to the reverse.

And I really don't post this on every other posts; a lot of mine are constructive; well-meaning or just silly.

Must admit I'm in agreement with Wordy here; Creation shouldn't really be subject to "Who's the best"; it puts off new starters.

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Nova and Full Auto are still useful tools (and in more situations than the above outlined scenario, Weez).


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Really? I'd find a 2 second animation, with slightly more damage than Explosive Blast followed by 15 seconds of High Aggro/No End; less of a tool and more of a crutch.

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There's entirely no point crying over spilt enhancements, and adding "Yay ED " to the end of every other post you make on the subject isn't going to change anything.

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Slightly unfair on that point Syn; but I think that Statesman blase dismissal of 2000+ posts about ED, including some VERY good points is wrong; and I would prefer that it's looked into at some point.

I've altered my tactics to fit but all that has happened with ED is that it's made the 'tap XP here and there' time happen earlier, thus slowing the end game down.

I can still act as the I4 Weasel if I want, just by going against blues/greens; but the missions aren't accurate enough to provide a decent challenge without having a few of the cull characters which make me burn my inspiration tray trying to stay alive. Defiance is close to useless as I'm already hitting damage cap most of the time.

In the tools department, I'd rather have a mop than the I4 scrubbing machine or the ED toothbrush if I'm wiping floors.

ED took a peak and trough situation and reduced the peaks without touching the troughs. Peaks are where people have fun; and granted, shouldn't be THAT often; but Troughs just annoy.

It was a switch from Primary based Sets to Secondary based Sets and has altered the game purely to coincide with the new one; and I for one would rather the World changed to fit the Actors; rather than the Actors to the World.

Of course, if the sickly and freckled one let's down her hair/ takes off her glasses....

ZOMG!!

Nova used to be the ultimate in Solo/Team killing; now it's just a Death-Toll for the Blaster unless there's a good taunter/controller on hand and someone else has the primary aggro.

Yay ED

Phaseshifting prevents TP, I've never successfully TP'd a Boss; though I can confuse Elite Bosses at times.

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The real problem with most games of this ilk is having that carrot still bobbing ahead of them, on the other side of the minefield. They always need a 'chance' to win; however minute.

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No, no. They need the perception that there's a chance to win. There is a difference. *evil smile*

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Oh they can always "win", it's just whether what they have to sacrifice is worth it. *insanely evil smile*

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CoC, yes, but there's still no point in creating a scenario that the PCs actually cannot solve.

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Oh, you haven't played Masks of Nyarlathotep then?

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It depends on the game and the genre. In games such as Call of Cthulhu or Paranoia! the world is supposed to be stacked against the party.

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"Citizen, if the Computer is all perfect and all knowing, why does it need Trouble Shooters?"

The real problem with most games of this ilk is having that carrot still bobbing ahead of them, on the other side of the minefield. They always need a 'chance' to win; however minute.

One of my adventures in CoC had a group of friends go off to visit Alton Towers, only to cause an RTA with a deer outside a National Park. Before the Park-Keepers could get to them, they noticed the deer had carnivore teeth and front-facing eyes; and as the Park-Keepers shuffled off with the dead body, they decided to investigate.....

The Players are the Focus of the Game, but the GM/DM/Storyteller is the Focus of the World. You go messing around in things and there's gonna be trouble.

But there's always a chance you'll come out...

You might even be the same shape as when you went in...

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I nerfed the deck so that wyrmlings appeared instead of dragons and I added one or two really nasty cards. Yes, I am an evil DM.

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You left some of the good ones in? You're just Diet-Evil

See your Head of Vecna, and raise you a Deck of Many Things , let the party kill itself.

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When D&D is done right, there's nothing more dangerous to a high level party than a tribe of annoyed kobolds.

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Especially when one has found some Gauntlets of Ogre Strength

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Amber, Mage : The Ascenscion...

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Being incredibly powerful and god-moding are different things, Silver.


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Well, I'd consider Possession, Replacement of your Physical Body, Seed-Stealing without Intercourse, Time-Line Altering, Rule Changes on the Whim of Reality = God-Modding; and that's just from the books.

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Although, that said, it does get a bit silly when nothing is a challenge.

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There's ALWAYS something harder than you

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One reason I love Vampire; when all's said and done, you can still have the snot beaten out of you by a mere human playing his cards right.

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These are not the Aces you are looking for.
You will fold your hand.
Move Along.....Move Along

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Previously stated by me in a different thread...

Rule 1: RP shall be fun.

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Wraith, Kult, Call of Cthulu are hardly classed as fun...
For the player who likes to see his characters suffer...perhaps.
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Rule 2: You shouldn't Godmode.


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Amber, Mage : The Ascenscion...
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Rule 3: Outside the 1st & 2nd Rules, there is no "right" way to RP.


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Well, apart from Rule 4 : No stymie-ing.
Rule 5 : No forced relationships.
Rule 6: Keep within consensual reality.
etc.
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As pointed out by Gideon, there is also the all important Rule 0: Don't be a *donkey*.


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Unless you're playing Eeyore

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I thought this thread was going to suggest a "Blackadder" powerset, where you get to summon three Baldricks as your first tier power.

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3x Baldricks at -2 your level
2x Lord Percy Percy's at -1 your level
1x Queenie at your level

I like it

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Baaaaah!

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No, that's Silver Weasel

xxx

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I'm on a mission from Cod

Here's a good start

Well, there's #13:
13) If staying in a haunted house, women should investigate any strange noises in their most revealing underwear.
#66 states
66) Any woman who has just witnessed her father ,(brother, husband, fammily member ect) killed right there infront of her, will never be traumatised , morn, or be effected in anyway to resist making love to the hero who saved her!

1 and 32 touch on it in the Horror version
1. Firstly, never drink or do drugs and stay a virgin. Boring!
32. Remember: Showing Skin=Death.

But that seems just to be a corollary; not just a rule Raven

I always thought 2 was : All beds have special L-shaped top sheets which reach up to armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.

Have you SEEN Cthulu's stats?

Unless you're talking Byakhee or the Fungi from Yuggoth; they are NOT gonna be added soon. Though the Villain Respec mission seems very tied to Shub-Niggurath....

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(apart from weasel and his brawl in a PvE blapper cycle, okaaaaaay Silv (btw, that detoggle, i got teh melee holds ))

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Solid damage or reduced knockback misses that don't affect most of your opponents?

Float like a Lepidoptera, Sting like a Vespula vulgaris

And the fact he was asked to draw it by me at Gencon He does like it if people bring him his favourite beer though, because it's hard to get his Austrian stuff in USA.

Yes, Yes I have.

You might want to ask John Kovalic why the "Evil Bar of Chocolate" is now in Munchkin as well

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I'll believe it when I see it

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Taken Vahzilok and Minx's Praet. tanking with Weasel