Warmaster

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Pulsar isn't even in the same class as Flash. I would say the powers in anemic. No, the power is anemic. Warshade's Gravitic Emanation is better by light years.

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Indeed.

Yeah, the only PB power I can think of that was mostly unique when the set came out is Photon Seekers.

WS would be Stygian Circle, Gravitic Emanation, Unchain Essence and Dark Extraction. Eclipse is really Energy Absorption w/ res instead of defense.

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Beta? BAH! Pull the life support plug on UBB NOW!

-- War

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You guys realize WHY that had to happen right?

You got yourself a purped out toon, and than you use the dual build option.

Ta-da, you now have 2x those purples. Now just respec and ROLL IN THE DOUGH!

So yeah, you guys should have been expecting that. And its really not that big of a deal. I'll prob have SO's and cheap sets for PvE, and save the good stuff for PvP.

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Probably other reason than that - after all, if an IO could be used in both builds, ifyou sold it from one it would be gone in the other!

A big chunk of the reasoning is probably system simplicity - having them separate keeps things simple for the developers and players. In a respec, we've got 10 storage slots, and that's it. How would you manage a shared system? What about IO's that couldn't be used in both builds? Complexity in a game that tries to avoid complexity.

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Okay, so Posi, any time-frame for when the new, Mission Architect-less I13 will hit beta?

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Oh.

My.

I'm sorry to see the split into I13 and I14, but those are some seriously cool teases you added there, Posi!

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The mission takes places in the Atlas Park map, which is what the wiki is trying to say. You're correct that you get to the mission from King's Row.

The common convention is to reference Safeguard's by which map is loaded.

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This game has exclusive stuff in it. Vet rewards, prerelease helmets, TF rewards, etcetera. If these things were necessary to play, you'd have them. This game is beautiful in that it never deprives you of anything that provides a major QOL upgrade or a necessity of play.

Let the people have their momento and don't be a priss about it when someone else gets something you don't. Do you get antsy when other people get better IO drops than you do?

*checks Market Forum* Oh, wait, people do. Wow, that's stupid.

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And how does one change their global name?

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I believe there's an option in game on the menu to change your global name.

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What's up with not being able to heal the RV heavies? Is this part of the "There were additional changes to the heavies that didn’t make it into this build. Look for them in the future" type things that didn't get put in with the last patch? If so, there's no mention of it at all in today's patch notes.

After fiddling around with it today for a bit it seems like a tolerable change, so I'm just wondering, mostly, since I know the players hates it when changes are made all stealthy like.

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Response made in your other thread, including link to dev post on change.

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<keanu>Whoa.</keanu>

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I think the #1 request is probably more things for high level characters to do.

There are quite a few people that really just don't care about color customization, and would be up in arms that significant developer time would be put to something that a large percentage of players couldn't care less about.

Personally, it would be nice to have, but I really wouldn't use it much.

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Now say I get another 6 Crushing Impact, and slot those in another attack. It will give the first group of bonuses to that attack as well. What about the global bonuses? Do I get another round of global bonuses?

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Yes.

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What if I slot Mako's Bite in the second attack? I'd then get both groups of global bonuses, wouldn't I?

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Yes.

Stacking can get some nice benefits!

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If it is an exploit, the devs certainly hasn't said anything about it. I just know that that is how it works now. Its their codes, I didn't write the stuff for Ribo. I just use them lol.

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They have said this is not intended, and that they are working on various ways to fix it. You could suddenly find in any patch that this trick no longer works. I suspect that this will be classified as an exploit, and thus no patch note given.

I believe this came from Castle.

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Here's a question related to this.

When you think "Max defense" or "Max to-hit", is that max solo, using only powers on your character, or max with outside buffs?

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1) 50% hit, 50% miss

2) 90% hit, 10% miss

3) 10% hit, 90% miss

4) 55% hit, 45% miss

I'm interpreting "max" in 2, 3, and 4 as the absolute maximum with lots and lots of buffs. I'd like to see #4 remain true for most self-buff powers, with Aim being the absolute highest possible +to_hit buff out there.

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I think bases are/were a step toward that Pandora's Box.

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I agree. I'm also willing to roll the dice to give players more control over what they'd like to see...

Open the box... =)

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Too many potential problems.

Mods work for FPS's and games like NN because the world of that mod exists only on that single, small server. The benefits, no matter how hard or easy to obtain, don't go elsewhere. (Well, not easily).

On an MMO, that can quickly cause trouble with overall game balance or population density. Do you allow player-created content to mix in the mainstream? How do you control "Monty Hall" type maps, or maps built explicitly for farming or power-leveling? If you restrict player-created content to a sandbox, how do you get characters there? Who runs/supports those servers (and the related back-end needs)?

Where I think player-content might work is Arena maps. That IS a true sandbox with already established rules about how it works. That would basically bring in from most FPS games the custom map feature. Now, controlling the quantity, quality and availability could get interesting, but should be someone easy to solve.

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From memory (and you can find the actual post with number with a quick search), all previously unresistable -regen powers are now resisted.

AV's resistance was changed from 94% to 85%.

NOTE - this is from memory, I suggest a search.

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Sting of the Manticore, for example, only works in Snipe or Assassin Strike powers (which I believe makes Stalkers the only AT that can slot it TWICE ).

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I hate to disappoint Stalkers out there, but Sting of the Manticore can only be slotted into Sniper powers, not Assassin Strikes. I don't know where that rumor started.

Assassin Strikes can slot in sets that are made for Single Target Melee powers.

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I believe that came from Iakona. See this post.

Given he's been quite accurate in the past, and has connection to the raw data, I would ask the good Doctor to recheck his information. Either Doc is wrong, or the data is wrong that Iakona has.

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Solo'ing as a Defender is somewhere between tedious and impossible. When I'm teamed we rarely play my missions (often because I don't have current contacts because I don't solo) and when we do, it's never enough to finish a story arc.


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You're kidding me, right? I've got more defenders than any other AT, and except for the stupid psi-resistant mobs, NONE of them have issues soloing at a reasonable rate.

Admitedly, I don't have a Force Field, Sonic or gimped Empathy build.

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One thing. The devs seem to also balance on "feel" which can invariably trump all math from time to time.

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I think that, in part, is from a desire to keep all powersets "desirable" relative to the others within the AT. I suspect that there is a basic formula used to determine power cost, damage, etc. I believe that when you start adding secondary effects, that basic formula breaks down. Add in any synergy between the powers, and it breaks down more. The manual tweaking (see adjustments to Subdue and Mental Blast) can be used to buff a powerset that is generally perceived to be weaker, or debuff a set that is considered overpowered.

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Regarding the mechanics of Defiance - thank you so much for your testing and discussion.

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Agreed!

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Both seem to penalize good play. A blaster that protects himself well cannot get much of a boost from defiance. A defender that protects her team well cannot get much of a boost from vigilence.

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They can also reward aggressive and risky play, where a team is trying to push just slightly beyond their normal boundries.

The "bumper" concept is an interesting one, definitely something think about.

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It used to be possible to create multiple instances of zones, leading to hammi being farmed by forcing multiple instances of the hive

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Q. Why is Numina the only one of the Freedom Phalanx TFs not to have an AV?

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The transfusion thing doesn't seem like a bug, because the dark heal power will work from a target who dies after activation. If they can do it with dark, why not kinetics... they work very simularly.

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Technically, they don't work the same.

For Dark, the AOE comes from you, the caster, so the power comes from you. Only one "live" check is needed - when the power is activated.

For Kinetics, the AOE comes from the target. The game does this by summoning a pet that actually emits the heal. This results in two checks - one when the power is activated, one when the heal is activated.

Transfusion, Transferece, Fulcrum Shift, Stygian Circle, Dark Extraction and other all have this problem.

-- War

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Long and the short of it, while there are some small PvP thingies getting some attention (like _Castle_ posting about Brute Fury in PvP a few days ago) there are not any big PvP issues on the nearer term feature lists.

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That is the best thing I've heard from a redname in a goodly amount of time. No offense to the PvPers, but imo the devs have already invested way too much time in what is at best a minority interest.

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QFT

-- War