SinisterDirge
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Quote:I know this will be a ridiculously stupid question. Are +damage powers like fulcrum shift tagged unresistable then?Originally Posted by UberGuy
Anyway, since damage and +damage are tied together this way, anything that resists damage also resits +damage. And since buffs and debuffs are the same attribute with opposite sign, resisting +damage means you resist -damage. -
Then create a whole new temporary power called Portable Worktable that isn't?
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I mean, come on.
Or possibly as a paragon reward? Really, with the portable vault, and auction house on demand...
I understand all the hard work folks have gone through to get the bloody thing, but I would hope these folks would be okay with such a thing. -
NA is pretty fresh, so advice on synergies may be a while coming. Could even keep us updated here.
As long as nature is very busy, you should be good okay. I really like traps and storm for mm secondaries because they both play very aggressively. There is always something for you to do, either positioning, or setting up to do some damage. Wish I had more for you. -
Quote:Because one is tired of waiting for a team and does not have the energy to form and lead one? Or, you know... because they want to. What's it to you?Originally Posted by Arilou
If you want to solo why on earth are you playing Empathy in the first place?
It doesen't even make any sense conceptually: You can't really empathize much with yourself.
Why would one have to conceptually stay true to the name of the set? Should all the blood, oil, whatever blasters recolor their powers back into water?
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Quote:I am assuming she has a one troll per bridge rule, and she has already peed on this one.Originally Posted by Rylas
Note to self: Pointing out standard rules in English grammar is now considered trolling.
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Quote:I don't think a single post in this thread has advocated for the ability to buff one self at the same level of buff as can be given a teammate.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Good solid math stuff.
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You are just too über. Pretty sure the devs intended for it to be used when your pets die in combat, never expecting players to get to a point where the pets don't actually die... It's a shame that you need to kill your own pets in order to use this power.
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Quote:Right.Originally Posted by Kangstor
Resistance is stable defensive parameter it always blocks same amount of damage and only a debuff can make it worse for resistance but than again resist debuff is resisted by resistance itself so higher resistance means less debuff as well.
Right.Quote:On defense however it is more luck than statistics. As an SR scrapper I can say doing same mission with same parameters can have so much different result it is not even funny. On one run you could easily finish mission with just your attack chain and not using anything else (including hasten, end or heal mitiogations etc) on another run even though you used your inspirations you may end up dead on first boss.
I am not sure how exactly it favors defence over resistance. Even at the resistance cap, -damage will add to the mitigation of a resistance based toon. It may take absurd levels, but it will. At the defence softcap, any more defence based mitigation(like -tohit) is basically pointless besides covering def debuffs.Quote:-dam works like resistance therefore adding it as a second mitigation to defense than adding it on a resist character may seem work better. Especially for a character at resist cap -dam won't be as effective as its original values. However -dam works on all front so it is still good to cover that psi, toxic or whatever hole in your resist character has.
-damage will also add to the mitigation of defence capped toons even if they are at the softcap.
I like -damage because it brings extra surviveability no matter what. I also like being able to say I can give a resistance capped toon 99% psuedo resistance. However, I guess I need to change that to just plain old mitigation now... Definately less sexy...
That is my understanding as well.Quote:Actually -tohit is same as +def except it works for everyone that target attacks. Since it is actually a math like (tohit-defense)*acc that checks attack while for damage received it is dam-(dam*resist/100) so -dam and resist are two different mitigations but -tohit and defense are on same mitigation. Now if it was -acc it would be another story.
I think the one reason why it is better to build for -dmg on top of def softcap is because the softcap is much easier to hit for just about any build, where the resistance cap is not. -
Quote:It is also basically the same thing as having 99% resistance.Originally Posted by Jack_NoMind
One of my points here is that -dmg is another layer of mitigation entirely; it's erroneous to describe it as related to resistance, even though it's intuitively similar (since they both reduce damage by a percentile). So you could theoretically (although I believe this is impossible without a specific team build) floor your enemies to 10% damage and also have 90% resistance (on certain ATs), but this is basically the same as having 90% resistance and 45% defense.
I understand what you are saying. I guess maybe it should become the norm to state how much mitigation one has instead of breaking it into resistance, defence, -tohit and -dmg... -
Quote:Call it what you want, but being able to use -dmg to bring you beyond the resistance cap is a little more interesting than building -tohit on top of defences.Originally Posted by Hopeling
It IS erroneous to say that -dmg specifically synergizes well with -res, though. Resists make you take less damage, and -dmg makes you take less damage, but they don't have any synergy in doing so.
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Quote:Don't worry. It's too simple. Will never work.Originally Posted by Cag
Shhhh!
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1. Convert your Pvp drop into something worth 300m+ and sell it.
2. Buy 2 purple recipes for 150m each.
3. Craft and Convert into damage very rares, sell one and slot one.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until build is complete. -
Purple haze.
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The... Whatever it was is gone now. Soon as mention it it stops. I am okay with that. Thanks Agg.
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Howdy folks.
First off, not sure if this is the best place to post this, so if there is a better place, let me know.
I usually peruse the forums on my iPad. A couple days ago, the forums started displaying the coh freedom badge everywhere. Before every thread in the index, and before every post in a thread. Kind of like every post has a city of heroes freedom letterhead.
It is also giving me the option to add it to my posts as a post icon...
Has anyone else experienced this, and better yet, how the f does one make it stop?
Thank you for your time...
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Quote:You can use the travel temp powers in the trials.Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
yeah, i got the same setup Rangle, bu I know those temps get canned in the Incarnate Trials, as well as Master Attempts
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Quote:Far as I am concerned, they are already being selfish as it has been at least 8 months since I have had AB cast on me... Or maybe it is because I rarely see emps anymore...Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
I was only half serious.
The half serious part is that I see it as likely that the most common recipient of Adrenaline Boost would be the Empath themselves. Even on teams.
Well, thanks for making it easy to pull apart your argument I guessQuote:I'm not trying that hard.
I have enough other stuff going on that I'm not very inclined to put a whole lot of energy into arguing about a video game's mechanics at the moment.
As a result, you get some half-***** arguments out of me.
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Ill/cold is cheatyface good, but if you want rad, go rad. Damn the torpedoes.
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Quote:Having to change the name of the set from Empathy to Selfishness isn't?Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Being a valid target for your own attacks when confused isn't hyperbole. It would be a natural result of being able to target yourself.
I find it amusing that I'm considered unreasonable because I take the stance that it isn't reasonable to want to get everything our way.
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Quote:Like all the random bugs that instead of damage your target, heal them instead? If we are so worried about introducing bugs we should probably stop introducing any new powers and sets at all. Sound good? Or should we let the same process of finding and quashing bugs that has worked for the last 8 years handle this too?Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Another thing to consider:
If we had the ability to target ourselves, we would also become valid targets for our own attacks any time we are Confused.
Would you enjoy queueing up a power like Short Circuit and getting hit with a confuse effect just before it fires, resulting in it draining YOUR endurance.....instead of the entire group of enemies you were standing in the middle of?
PBAoEs would hit YOU when confused.
A Confused Mastermind who clicks Nearest Target->Attack my target would have his own pets instantly gank him. That would make participating in a BAF very painful for them.
It would also very likely cause bugs that make your attacks hit you even when not confused. Remember the bug on Blaster Burn that caused it to damage you when you placed the Burn patch? Imagine random bugs cropping up all the time that make, say, your tier 9 nuke useless because it hits you too.
And all that is on top of having to change the name of Empathy to Selfishness.
I run a traps toon on the baf all the freaking time. Guess how many times I have been killed by my own trip mines, or been killed by my lore pets...
C'mon Claws, this is a little thin. Just because people want to target themselves doesn't mean they are all of a sudden not interested in supporting teammates. You are better than this hyperbole. -
Quote:Notice I said word on the street. Not my word.Originally Posted by LSK
I have to strongly disagree with what you said bout the FA tank. I have out lived many Inv, WP, and SD tanks on my FA tank in both Itrials, and reg content. The tankest tank I could think of really depends on your own play style and how you build them. I have seen someone put up a really good build but had difficulty surviving due to not knowing how to play them and was not good for there play style. The last time I did a BAF on my FA tank i was taking out the canisters for acids by myself with out dieing while the inv tank with the rest of the team kept dieing. I have also seen other ppl do the same on there tanks. Back t what I was saying it is all in your play style, and how u build it to suit your needs, and play style.
My fire/traps corr can solo gather temps in a lambda too. That doesn't mean it is more survivable than a tank.
Seeing as I have experience with both fire(first 50) and shield, my experience is that shield is tougher than fire.
Just to pull your chain a bit... If you were tanking, is it your normal playstyle to solo canisters while your teammates are dying?
I kid.
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Word on the street is invulnerable followed by willpower or dark, followed by everything else with fire taking last.
I like Shield. Positional softcap. To iSoftcap if you want. 80+ ddr. Excellent taunt aura. Decent resistances before ato proc. Have hit 80%+ sm/l with the proc.
Drawback... No self heal. Pair with DM if that is a concern. Alternately, there is always rebirth.
Held and maintained aggro on 15 monster island gm's on this toon. That's tough enough for me. I do have a stoner, but there is never, never any NEED for that level of survivability, especially on teams. -
There is no wrong way to slot it but not getting hit trumps a heal any day. Especially when you are getting healed whether you are getting hit or not...
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Quote:Depends how hard it is to find brains.Originally Posted by tanstaafl
But you're a Zombie, you should be good to go for years.