WarronPeace

Try reversing the order of the commands. The way the game reads multiple commands, it goes from the last to the first, so in that string, it's telling all pets to go to passive, then activating the summon.

Although, given that the summon is a location power, it's likely impossible to do, since the petcom will take effect immediately after you activate the power, but before anybody could click a location and actually summon the pets. So I'm thinking this probably won't work.

As for any other way of doing this, I don't know if there are any. Hopefully someone will come along and be able to help you.

I wouldn't say VEATs are super powerful, at least not in comparison to HEATs. They have a range of somewhat unique abilities that make them a different play experience than the other ATs, but that doesn't make them better or worse. My Tri-Form warshade is super powerful, until she's not, for whatever reason. Every AT has it's strengths and weaknesses. Play to their strengths, and their super powerful. Same if you cover their weaknesses. Put them in the wrong situation and they splat just as easily as any other AT.

VEATs are also tied into the game's storyline. Unfortunately, the Rogue Isles storyline is kinda weak, so their tie in isn't all that good.

You heard it here first, dev's are nerfing accuracy in GR!

The KCs will probably be pricier than the ToDs, but they are better. Yes, all Melee def bonuses have a S/L component, and vice versa, but the secondary bonus is half the primary. So ToD will give 3.75% to melee and 1.875% to S/L, while KC will give 3.75% to S/L and 1.875% to melee, making KC better for sets that focus on typed defenses, like EA, Ice, or Invuln. ToDs are better for sets focused on typed defenses, like SR, Nin, Shield, or VEATs.

One reason I think the KCs are more expensive, other than the fact that they are lower level and so folks are less likely to roll in their range, is the fact that there is quite a bit of demand for them. For characters who don't have any defense, such as Fire or Elec armors, S/L is probably better than Melee defense, since I think something like 85-90% of all enemy attacks have either an S/L component, be they Melee, Ranged, or AoE, so S/L will give a wider array of protection if you have no other defense to build on.

What server you on, Nova? Because if you are on Freedom or Virtue, I could run one for you that is nigh-guaranteed to succeed. I've got good friends.

Upping enemy levels and/or numbers is only so effective. There gets to be a point where 2-3 people capable of fighting +4/x8 isn't challenging. (And yes, that's possible. Give a scrapper softcapped defense via Force Fields and capped damage via a kin def/troller and you'll melt everything, providing accuracy is taken into account. Which two defenders stacking Tactics will provide...)

I would just like to see challenges where real strategy is involved, beyond pulling or herding. Katie TFs with a /dev blaster (or traps/ def) tossing down a literal minefield while the team works on Mary, so as to nuke the heck out of the next wave, are very fun to me. STFs with an FF or Sonic fender/troller who actually cages towers to kill their ability to buff Recluse make for a fun strategy. It just seems to me that if a team isn't solid enough, the answer is to toss more buffs/debuffs at it, with no cost to doing that.

Most fun ITF I've ever had was when RO ran it with scrappers only. The autohitting Mire nictus was killing the softcapped scrappers, which in turn made Rommy able to smack us down. I ended up tanking Rommy with my spine/regen, thanks to the Wedding Band and Cryonite Armor temp powers. I didn't have Confront or any other taunt effects, I just kept him on my by beating on him. Many times I was jousting to buy time for Recon/DP/IH to come back, leveraging new MoG for extra time. (No IOs on this scrapper, no tough/weave, in favor of Leadership buffs to help the entire team. I built for this challenge, and even then it was tough as hell.)

That's an example, to me, of true fun. It wasn't just dogpile on the Big Bad sack of HP. I like challenges where you have to think, to use strategy. The current game is very lacking in that, unfortunately.

Yeah, I can see players griefing with buffs that debuff, but the whole thing is that it'd be balanced. You wouldn't get capped resists but floored accuracy so you can't die but you can't kill either. Recharge and Endurance would still be used to balance things out, but they wouldn't be the only balancing factors. Right now, it's pretty easy (expensive, but inf literally rains from the sky, it's just a matter of knowing where the clouds are) to get insane amounts of recharge and recovery, so that long recharges aren't as much a factor, and endurance costs can be annihilated. Add to that the fact that most people can get enough defense (softcap is common, but even 30-35% defense stacked with other mitigation can be enough) and waiting 10s more for the uber power to come back isn't a problem. And enough recharge can be added that giving powers long recharges just isn't an effective means of balance anymore.

Which is exactly the point of this thread, lol. The current trends seem to be leading to rather bland play; with no major drawbacks, there's no major challenge. I'd just like to see some thought needed before using powers, rather than "OK, everyone's buffed, I'll just nerf these guys and we'll do the same thing to the next spawn."

Obviously I'm not FireWyvern, but this stood out to me. You are complaining about widows, but I'm not sure you know what power you are talking about. I can only assume by the "you and your entire team" part and the amount of defense you mentioned, you are talking about Tactical Training: Maneuvers. Unfortunately, it *does* have an endurance cost. That doesn't mean I'm suggesting that everyone skip it, but it's not passive, it's a toggle, and it does have a cost, though that cost is lower than the pool power version. It cost 0.21 end/sec, and when fully slotted gives closer to 8% defense to everyone. A standard end redux will lower the price to 0.15 end/sec, which is pretty decent as far as defensive toggles go.

However, a player who is new to VEATs won't know that. They may not take the time to compare the info with the pool version, so they may be assuming it has closer to twice that cost. (Pool power has base 0.39 cost, single end redux puts that at 0.28, which is somewhat hefty. Pool version also only gets up to 5.5% defense for widows, same as defenders but still low). So if they don't know the set like you expect them to, and don't take the time to look up the info, they may be assuming it's a direct port and not worth the cost. As for Mind Link, the game info says it's recharge can't be reduced. Most forum goers and experienced players know that it can be via global recharge and multi-aspect IOs, but if they haven't bothered to look at the difference between normal Maneuvers and VEAT Maneuvers, it stands to reason that they wouldn't know about ML either, and would think it's not that good a power, or at least situational.

Not everyone knows as much about the game as you do. And while vet badges is generally a good measure of experience, it doesn't always mean they know what's generally considered good or not. My best friend, the guy who got me playing this game in the first place, has been in since beta and has 1 level 50 character. He often asks me for advice about powers/slotting and such. For him, perfecting builds isn't important. His one 50 is a Stone tank that (last I knew) had Rooted, EE, Stone Skin, Mud Pots, and Granite. No Rock Armor, no Crystal Armor, no Minerals. He didn't take them because the look of them didn't mesh with the character's concept. He could still tank just fine, but not against higher challenge levels. The important part is he enjoyed the character enough to grind it to 50, despite having a sub-optimal build.

Rather than /kick indiscriminately, why don't you take the opportunity to give them advice? Maybe they don't know that TT:M is almost twice as good as the pool version. Maybe they don't know just how good ML can be, for rather low prices, especially when combined with TT:M. If they refuse to listen, then kick them, but even then I'd only do so if they were actually hurting the team, as opposed to being less helpful than you expect. Being snobby doesn't help anyone.

Cold/Ice 50 here, as well. First and only defender I've ever been able to get to 50, no less. I love playing support, but I just can't stick with it for some reason...

So nice to know that you have perfect ability to control your positioning regardless of whatever speed you are moving at. Not everyone can do that. (I speak for others, since I rarely have an issue with moving too fast.)

As for the OP, it looks like a bad response to a bad situation. Everyone is assuming that he was in melee simply to be in melee... What if he was in melee range hoping to god to get a heal? When I (rarely) play a kin, it bugs me that folks who get low on HP run *out* of melee; their effort to avoid more damage reduces my ability to keep them alive with my heal, often resulting in them dieing and me advising them to try and break the habit. If they are likely to die either way, at least in melee there is less of a chance of that happening.

Transfusion has a 20% increased base accuracy; this means at base tohit values and *no* slotting, it has a 90% chance to hit right off the bat. It actually has a higher overall chance to hit enemies with just 2 acc enhancers slotted than a power at base accuracy has with 3 acc enhancers. Let's not forget, as well, that Sleet was readily available, and probably used often, given the aggro concerns presented. At base values, Sleet will offer -30% defense, more than enough to cap to hit chances against an even con with no accuracy slotting on a base accuracy power. So I don't think it was so much a matter of the kin not being able to hit with Transfusion, as much as a matter of them not using it at all, which against tough foes like Malta and Nemesis, would be a very good idea, since they can dish out lots of aoe damage with very high accuracy. Heals are invaluable against them, regardless of how much other forms of mitigation you have available. And if you see the team taking damage, and you have the heal available, why not use it?

This Kin defender seemed predisposed to being a buffbot and only a buffbot, which IMO is poor playing. Of course, it's his/her choice to play as they choose, but if they don't want to play healer, why take the heal? Defenders can skip it, no sweat. Unless you are taking a power purely as a mule, or to open up later pool powers (Boxing/Tough, for example), if you have it, use it. If you don't want to use it, don't take it (if you have the choice, of course). Psylenz did overreact, and should have adjusted his playstyle a bit, but so should have the Kin. He (apparently) was using every tool in his arsenal to help the team, obviously the kin was not. You can't force them to change, but neither should they force *you* to change. Teaming is all about adapting to various other folks playstyles, and they should be willing and able to adapt to yours. If you are unwilling (as the kin seemed to be) then you are not being a team player, no matter how much buffing you do. Had I been the leader, I would have finished the mission and then probably consulted with the rest of the team about whether or not we should keep that kin. (I almost always consult; just because I have the star doesn't mean I'm the only one in charge.)

TL;DR: They were both wrong, for different reasons. It's not fair to dump on Psylenz for having a bad reaction.

Accuracy is multiplied by base tohit, which defense lowers. So soft-capped defense is the best you can do (unless there are actual to-hit buffs floating around, like what the blue tower gives Recluse). So that 10-11% accuracy is based off of GW having only 5% base tohit after defense (soft-cap) is calculated. Extra defense would only help if defense debuffs were around (which, IIRC, Scirroco and Mako can both debuff defense, so you may want to be wary if they are in the fight, too).

Another thought, though, is that -heal affects not only your ability to heal others, but your ability to *be* healed yourself, right? So rather than try to discern which of the nictus is spamming the heal, just toss the -heal power on Rommy for the same overall effect. Of course, weakening the nictus' ability to heal others means you can take down the other nicti first, if that is your plan, but if that is the plan, then just debuff the individual nictus that's being taken down. Of course, I could be wrong about this, but I seem to remember someone mentioning this strategy for Poison (Weaken from that set has -heal as well).