Slashman

Ahhh...this all makes sense now. Thanks for the explanations.

One last thing. This doesn't seem to happen with my thug enforcers and their +defense...nor my bots. So I'm assuming that damage resistance is a special case somehow. Still it's a relief to know that its only cosmetic.

The only other fret I have is that I have to calculate the values when I slot multi attribute IOs from sets.

Is there a different damage cap for Demons in the mastermind set than for other Lt level pets?

I slotted 3 damage enhancements in my level 17 demon summon power which should add up to 66% damage. But the real number display says that I only have 59% damage bonus.

The same thing seems to be the case when I slot resistance enhancements, except that the value of the enhancement seems inflated. e.g. A 5% resistance from my ember shield displays as 7.83%. I shouldn't get that from a single level 20 IO should I?

Alright,

What I really want to know here is: Who designed the final boss fights?

I mean...I loved Castillo. I totally liked that he's a drama queen kind of bad guy who thinks he's all that etc.

I genuinely enjoyed his multiple fights. But then why tack on another EB?

There is no break. No opportunity to get some additional inspirations. Nothing!

What pissed me off the most was that it didn't take damage from the fire that was happily cooking my *** if I so much as stepped too much to one side.

There is a huge freaking AH-64D Apache attack chopper fueled and ready to go, but I can't at least jump in it and fire some missiles at that thing? There was nothing to use in the environment to make the fight more tolerable.

My DP/Ice blaster died about 3 or 4 times trying to take that thing down. It shot me multiple time through 4 and 5 purples. Worst is the fact that I couldn't take it down fast enough before my inspirations wore off. That part was just stupidly done.

I thought we were at a point where we would start to see some more interesting things done with the environment in special battles to allow us to approach fights in different ways. This was just plain retarded in terms of difficulty if you weren't something like an elec/elec brute.

Thanks for the encouraging comments all. I've decided to stick with it and roll with the Lich. I do already see him being very effective at controlling the mobs that I tell him to attack.

I'll slot for -to-hit and see how things go. The good news is that once I get Forge, I can slap it on my Knights to make them even more effective in combat. That's something to look forward to as I gain a few more levels on my way to 32.

As a devices blaster, it irks me no end to see my gun drone casually waltz up to an enemy to take their melee attacks as well as their ranged attacks. Voltaic Sentinel, it makes no difference...its invulnerable.

Better commands would help. They don't even need to be that complex. A 'hold position command to be used for ranged pets so that the pet does not move unless it is hit by a fear like burn patch. And a 'close combat' command for melee pets(not that they need it right now).

Yeah I have noticed that the problem is almost entirely absent from Thugs.

I was terrified that my thugs/poison MM would simply have to be retired, but the pets stay out of melee(bruiser and arsonist excepted) for the most part.

The mercs and bots are the chief offenders now. The Protector Bots especially. They should never move into melee...ever!

My ninjas are pretty much ok. I usually put the Oni into melee anyway to take advantage of his sword attacks.

All that said...it is high time that this get some attention payed to it. I still can't believe they can't find someone to do some AI programming after all these years. It's bordering on ludicrous and this is more than a 'slight' problem. It affects all mobs in the game as well.

I'm fine with it being a control-heavy pet...but to not even have one decent attack with the first upgrade is kind of crazy.

Having at least one decent attack wouldn't make the lich a damage-heavy pet by any means. It's not like the other pets in the set are that dangerous to compensate.

I frankenslot the hell out of every toon.

I rarely have a full set of anything(well thunderstrike multiple times on a singel blaster here and there).

To me, its all about the actual %value of the enhancements combined. So even my thugs/poison MM(arguably the most IOed toon I own), still has some level 25,30 and 40 enhancements in some powers...but the full value of the enhancement attribute is likely capped under ED rules.

I'm honestly not sure how to get around your issue with wanting to see all level 50 enhancements...it just seems insane to me once you get the max value for the attribute you're enhancing on the power. I'd even go so far as to say it's next to impossible in some instances.

I've seen cases where a level 50 recipe is selling for 10 million, but the level 45 is selling for 450k. Guess which one I bought!

As for the the market thing, I too don't have the time or patience to get into it seriously, but I'm thankfully well off enough that I can pay more for some of the insanely priced salvage/recipes when I don't want to wait.

I honestly think that the biggest weakness of the market is the fact that if you're into a toon now, you have to keep waiting a few days to make him more awesome each time you level. If I don't get a result from a bid within a day, I'll pay more just so I don't have to put 'placeholder enhancements' in slots that I want to slot with specific sets. That grinds my gears.

Ok...I just got my necro/thermal MM to 26 and got my Lich summon.

For the first time I I took a really good look at the the lich powers and kind of went meh!

The damage for Torrent seems insane(3.8 smashing). Dark blast is a ho hum 19.8 and about on par with tenebrous tentacles.

What is the main strength of the lich anyway? -to-hit? When I got my Oni on my ninjas, I was like: 'YES! BURN EVERYTHING!!'

I'm honestly not sure what to make of the lich. Even the assault bot seemed more effective when I first got it before the final pet upgrade.

1. With regard to knockback. I'd make it so that slotting knockback enhancers increased the length of time an enemy stayed down. Make knockback a much better soft control effect. This is especially in relation to energy blast. Either that or make the effect much more likely to occur so you can plan for it in combat and use it to move an enemy out of the way while you deal with others.

2. Someone mentioned doors. I'd to see us starting missions by blasting our way in, instead of going through an always open front door. It's one of the lamest things about doing a door mission. No one locks the doors to their ultra secret hideouts?

Steam holiday sale.

So...many...games...bought...cheap!

Ah...thanks.

I was thinking along those lines but was never sure.

I probably should have looked for a better place to post this in any case.

Hey folks,

It occurred to me that I've been meaning to ask these questions for a while but I keep forgetting:

1) Do global damage bonuses(like from IO sets and incarnate boosts) apply to a mastermind's pets as well?

2) Do Defiance Bonuses(and other damage bonuses) affect blaster pets(Voltaic Sentinel/Gun Drone) as well as things like trip mines and time bombs?

Probably dumb questions I know...

Still, I've always been curious about them.