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Anything that is defeated by the confused foe will not give you experience.
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No no no! Don't spread such vile lies! This is a horrible, much earlier Issue (I don't know, like 3) myth that has been proven wrong time and time again. As long as you are consistently fighting alongside your deceived enemy,
you will not lose XP, but actually gain XP quicker.
Please don't post antiquated nonsense in a guide; it's people reading stuff like this in guides that propagates the lies, with an end result being, "DON'T USE DECEIVE! EVER!!!" It's awful and wrong and I won't take it lying down!
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...Number=4447670
That right there is good hard proof of Confusion's benefits. It's not an XP stealer unless you go around mindlessly deceiving enemies with no intent of fighting them your ownself at all.
I'm sorry, but lies about Confusion are my hot button.
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Sorry, but the original quote, "Anything that is defeated by the confused foe will not give you experience. " is partially correct. Try it out. You get zero XP for anyone a deceived foe fights and defeats all by itself.
The post you referanced says that you will gain more XP OVER TIME if you use deceive and don't pause too long between mobs. Not that you get more XP using deceive. If a deceived foe kills a minion or 2 by itself you'd lose a little XP per mob, but get overall XP faster by going through mishs and mobs faster.
Overall, I've found deceive to be a so-so power until you get to enemies that buff thier friends or debuff your team. Like the original poster said, that's when deceive really shines. It's great aginst Sky Raider FF generators, Rikti Guardians, and Tsoo Sorcerers that will bubble/ heal your team rather than the enemy.
