SolidCold

You do realize that the "rainbow big boobed doggie girl" thing is a horribly disingenuous strawman right? Cause none of the proponents are talking about that.

Oh, and that you can do that already.

Also this thread makes Hank McCoy sad.

Thank the gods!! I can ditch medicine and open up a power pick. Oh crap, need slots for future hopeful power pick... gah. Wonder if I can get by without Power Surge? I hate powersurge.

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Why, I do not know.

[/ QUOTE ]Because they thought stacking resistance would be too beneficial to players

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Yeah, my guess is that Defence bonuses can be debuffed (whereas resistance resists Resistance debuffs) and always allow a lucky shot through, so leaving a little bit of risk for the user.

I still think all resistance set bonuses could be doubled without introducing any exploit.

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Defense sets have def debuff resistance. Does this debuff resistance not apply to the set bonuses? I don't know if the game can tell them apart in practical terms. Also, those debuffs still have to hit you. :P

Another thought. Resistance is typed, so there's really no threat of stacking an additional "30% res to all" like there is with ranged/melee/aoe defense bonuses. Perhaps they worry about pushing Invuln to 90% s/l resistance.

Yet, you can cap its defense fairly easily...

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Last time I ran the CaP SF there was plenty of lava there...

and some sort of honkin great fried chicken

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Holy hell, they DO look like chicken... I can't believe im just noticing this.

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Defense bonuses are everywhere, Resistance bonuses are nowhere, or so piddly that you cant stack them to any useful degree. Why, I do not know. With every new IO set they seem to add more +def.

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My costume pack powers stopped working on one character and I got my 21 month badge 6 months early on another. I havent checked all of my alts yet (UUUGH i have 30 of the things)

Petitioned in game and got the requisite Customer support emails. I hope they get everything straightened out soon.

Not "worthless" but Id call fire better all around just due to healing flames. Electric armors 41% resists just are not enough to keep you upright against anything that actually hits hard. You need a heal. Aid self helps if you slot it up and learn to get it off in combat.
The End drain helps too, but can be finicky. For me, the set teeters on that ledge between "good enough" and "more trouble than its worth".

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Whaaa? My bad, didn't mean to spread false information. That's what an SG-mate told me. Perhaps I misheard him.

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Hah, and I just misREAD that as, "Perhaps i murdered him."

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I advise staying away from AE until at least lvl 22 if not higher. If you check the numbers you'll see xp in AE has been cut at least 50% if not up to 66%. Or is it that the xp is cut only in the lower levels...I can't say with certainty.

In my opinion AE only serves two purposes now: exploring player created content and tickets. I only speak for myself when I say I won't pay a visit to AE again until my characters are minimum lvl 22 if not higher.

As for the problem with customs..you're right. Custom critters are too tough now for lowbie. They have too many powers to your too few.

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This, exactly. It's nowhere near worth the headache. I was getting more xp from greens in mercy than stock mobs in MA at level 8.

In fact, at level 37, +1 custom elite bosses in MA seem to give LESS xp than a single Chief Soldier in the warzone. Im gonna have to go back and check that actually, it seems way too low.

No you wont, you can only add powers to the base difficulty you use, not choose from scratch. You cannot get rid of the ranged attacks.

Squishys need not apply.