VirginiaDare

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Ya'll are sure spoiled if something like this is the biggest reason for people leaving (which it won't be, trust me). I've played several mmorpgs (UO, EQ, AO, SWG) and they've all had their share of problems and what not. SWG in particular, poorly designed piece of bloatware. I mean sheesh, there are countless aspects of swg that have been broken since beta testing (which was cut short to get the product on the shelves) and there is still no plan to fix it. The combat system in that game is so horribly broken they have to totally re-vamp it, basically from the ground up and they admitted that. Then the pushed it back another 6 months, leaving the same unbalanced pvp/pve system in place so they can focus on their expansion pack which will no doubt be buggy as hell and probably cause the combat re-vamp to be pushed back even further.

Yeah I'm a bit bitter, yeah that's part of why I left swg. But I really just wanted to add some perspective for ya. This game is way better than swg and any other mmorpg in terms of design, implimentation, polish, detail, etc. Appreciate it for what it is and have faith that the developers will continue their good work and keep the game rocking.

Okay, done ranting.

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Your compairing apples with oranges. I could care less about SWG. The point of the post is many basters play AOES and he thinks if ya hit this many will leave. I agree. Hit Aoes what is left for a blaster but debt. Who cares what straw breaks the camels back, its broken and the camel is no more.

Another thing, AOES are not over powered. Anyone who thinks they are, either hasnt played a blaster over lvl 35 and ran good team missions or is a liar. Good point was made, the extra damage is OUR defence. Yeah Aoes are over powered, Pfffft, I think I will go tell my lvl 50 SG scrapper that, as he solos Requim again.

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I do have short circuit six slotted with Endurance Drains, I can drain any boss 3 levels above me nearly totally of endurance so long as I don't miss totally. I have NEVER seen this power do anything against an AV OR Monster level Villain at any level. I went through and beat down Adamaster for the badge (I'm currently 48, he was 20something) I could not drain his end at all.


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This is a fact, and many other good points are made here. Im a lvl 49 elec/elec, I have SC and PwrSnk 6 slotted SC all drains, pwr snk 4 drains 2 recharge rates. I have lighting field 3 slotted (always running) all drains. Im a drainer. I have noticed a tweak in villans end recovery since issue 2. Purple patch brought sappers with the power of an AV. (cant drain their end) Carnies recover quick as it is an make drain near useless. The makers of the game are petrified of us drainers. I used to be able to run into a mob drain em and with lighting field running they just sat there. No range, no melee, no run. Now the melee back, run or recover end quick enough to either run and range or melee with a big power with a sliver of end. This is a sign, i'm not agaisnt Ai responce to my drains, just allow my drain to have the proper effect.

My suggestion for Av's and Monsters: It should take like 10 full slotted Sc's to drain an AV ( gota be high and dangerous to do but still possible) 8 for a monster.

Last but not least and I wanna stress this (thus the new paragraph) Sappers, not being able to be drained is a joke. A pure joke. The power of an AV in a minion. Go solo a malta mish and its chock full of sapper goodness. This power is directed to just 2 types of toons you can make that are drainers. I can see energy resistance but not being able to drain em one bit is dumb and a pure message. Sappers are the little babies of the devs and they protect them as a mother holds her suckling infant. Make it fair , 2 full slotted SC and a sapper is outa business. Get real. Sorry for the rant but this fact alone about sappers is completly sad, that and the fact that after getting no souviner for the Crimson (Kronos) arc I got no souviner and was emailed from support theres nothing they can do about it. Reset the contact for all 5 lvls of missions he offers, data mine that time and date I gave ya, look at our toons and see that crimson offers no more missions (proof we did arc.)

Thanks for lending an eye