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And next time try not to derail a thread. You made your point well enough with the first few posts, there's no need to expound it further. You're only acting as a detriment to those who would like to discuss the lore and are as entitled to their enjoyment as you.

First, the easy bit. Faathim the Kind is an aspect of Rularuu. He is part of Rularuu, but also Rularuu himself, and there others though we have only encoutered two: Lanaru the Mad and Rudalak the Strong. Somewhat like Christianity's holy trinity.

As for the reflections, they are presumably remnants of 1960's Paragon City, when Rularuu first invaded (and attempted to absorb and add Primal Earth to his own strenght?). In Sara Moore's TF, you learn that there have been people living in the Shard for generations, longer than that time frame should have allowed. I assume part of Paragon became a part of Rularuu and the Shard.

The Dream Doctor, to my knowledge, is only mentioned in the hidden objects required for the Midnighter's Archivist badge, in which he calls Rularuu his counter part.

Just what role the Midnighter's played in Rularuu's imprisonment is unclear.

It sure as hell is.

There was no evolution of conversation here. Captain came in, posted about the spoiler, then repeatedly posted about how spoilers are rude. If my friends and I were discussing, let's say Harry Potter, and someone mentioned a spoiler from the first book which has been out a considerable time, and another member of the group starts ranting about spoilers, I would gladly tell him to stow it and take the conversation somewhere else while the rest of us talk about the book.


Asides are fine, but repeatedly posting off topic is a thread jack. Captain was guilty of it and Ultimus was guilty of being baited by it. It's a real shame because Shard lore is one of my favorite parts of the game, but people have displayed they would much rather discuss what constitutes a spoiler than it, despite the fact that a few of us have made posts on it. Eventually you reach a point where you're just trying to shout above the din. Anyone one that is interested in the matter may not feel like skimming through pages of nonsense to find the relevant bits.

The Dream Doctor, one of the founding members of the Midnight Squad, noted Rularuu as his counterpart. But what that means exactly is a mystery.

Given the nature of these things, I think both possibilities can co-exist. Rularuu has been described as consuming dimensions and adding them to his being. Physical places could exist within him, including one in which he is paradoxically trapped.

My understanding is that the Shard is a part of Rularuu and his prison. Similarly, Nightstar draws her power from an entire dimension known as the Black Shroud. So it's not unprecedented. Now, I'm not sure if the lore regarding the Midnight Squad's involvement in Rularuu's imprisonment predates the Midnighter Club and universities being added, but I'm certain if was well before Maria Jenkins' arc was revamped.

Other dimensions are funny things.

When you defeat civilians it drops your public opinion drops. If that reaches 0 the trial fails. There are, of course, other things in the trial that raise and lower it as well.

There's also a big difference between "This power is broken/useless..." and "This power does not function on par with similar powers".

First, let's begin with the reduced area. With a 15 foot radius, Wormhole can only cover and area of 706.5 square feet.; similar powers (Flash Fire and Stalagmites) have a 25 foot radius or an area of effect of 1962.5 square feet. That's well over two and a half times the area. As a result Wormhole is more difficult to target and less likely to pick up stragglers near the edges of a mob.

Next is the problematic activation time, a full 3 seconds, compared to Stalagmites and Flashfire at 2.1 and 2.37 seconds respectively. But that alone is not the problem. The actual stun does not occur until 2.7 seconds after you begin animating the power, allowing for a good deal of return fire unless you've broken LoS. Stalagmites and Flashfire do not have this delay.

Then we come to the knockback... which is unpredictable. If a teammate has tagged the mob with an immobilize (for most sets) they'll be protected from the knockback in Wormhole. That means some will simply plop out while others are still vulnerable to being flung a good distance. Or mobs like Nemesis, in which only a select few have knockback resistance.

These are problems that are not present in similar powers. Does that mean Wormhole is useless? No, in fact, it's a staple power of Gravity. However, it doesn't function nearly as well as its kin and that fact, along with poor power order, makes Gravity as a whole suffer in terms of control.

Well, one of the problems that I think people have with it is that success can be easily impeded by just one or two people. It becomes quite frustrating when you know what your job is and you're doing it quite well to have but your efforts are undermined by someone that simply hasn't paid attention to instructions. It will take time for some to catch on to what needs to be done. Unfortunately, the first taste is often the only taste many will take if it sours them to the experience.

Are you looking at the ingame info? What you're seeing is the base recharge of Domination. If you are looking at the ingame information, that information does not reflection the recharge time with global bonuses. Even a single 6.25% recharge bonus will shave a few seconds off of Domination's recharge.

It's not so much craving the limelight as it is craving something to do... other than toss another Judgement on the fire. Sometimes a long drawn out fight you scarcely survive is more fun than steamrolling a hoard of enemies.

Yep. The corset from the steampunk pack was adjusted because of how badly it was clipping with some coats.

Most controls last longer than needed anyway. The real problem with power boost is how it affects some defense buffs.

Just an FYI for anyone that gets their hopes up looking at it.

True. It is the same amount of defense as Weave. I suppose it's more accurate to say I'm not impressed with Psi Mastery for doms. World of Confusion is junk and the mez protection is kind of redundant. I'm not much of a fan of resistance armors either, but to each their own there.

Given recent betas, this is probably, sadly true. At least we'll still get Spooky though I wonder if it will still be possible to have him out full time.

It is a poor design. Even without the mez resistance, you'd need about 20 doms or trollers capable of breaking PTOD levels of magnitude in order stack 1000 magnitude on a target. That's a pretty unlikely case unless a league decides to pursue that goal at the detriment of having a more balanced crew. Surely, there's some middle ground but they shot for an easy solution in just ruling out mezzes.

What? Because you don't have an AoE immobilize to spam during the BAF?

My own experience with a mind/nrg dom has been quite different in the iTrials. Aggro free controls help shake pursuers in Lambda. With Mass Hypnosis and Total Dom and a bit of defense, I've even soloed containers and crates with just a few scratches. In Keyes, Mass Confusion is an excellent way to gain access to guarded terminals. (Confuse the entire mob and they no longer count as present.) And your controls are as valid in the UG as much as any other control sets. So aside from the BAF, Mind's controls are just as useful in the other trials.

Link Minds is kind of meh in my book. Having a little bit of psi resist tacked on (and unenhanceable) means power boost won't work with it. That really spoiled my hopes for it.

Stupid pre-tinting wants to stand in the way of this.

First, let's dismiss this notion that the discussion is limited to permadoms. While permadom highlights some of the disparities, the problem exists outside of realm of permadom. Two control sets that begin with a similar baseline of performance, one with a frequent Domination boosted control and one without, are going to have a performance disparity.

Secondly, it's not a matter of needing a mag 6 AoE control every spawn that is the issue. It's the fact that for some sets this is a possibility and for others a pipe dream. For instance, I have a perma-Earth/Fire/Ice which I frequently run through the Lambda trial. I don't need Earthquake, though I frequently use it for an extra degree of safety, because the 25 seconds it takes for Stalagmites to recharge is enough to mez the mob, destroy the crate or container, and move to the next mob. An Electric dom is going to require more tools and time to drain the mobs to reach that same level of mitigation, and be at considerably more risk in the process.

But this goes back to the question I asked in my original post:

Obviously, you feel Electric offers enough control that it should not gain additional effects. However, what of Ice control, a set many feel struggles with alpha strikes and benefits little from domination? Do you feel it's balanced enough against other sets that, if alternate effects were possible, it should not gain them? Really, the point of the proposal was that such a mechanic could be used as a balancing mechanic for poorly functioning sets, of which I do feel there are a few.

Earth? No. It benefits from Domination with its spawn to spawn control, and fortunately has enough other control to layer if that happens to be down. Electric? It's a good control set, but it performs pretty much the same as it does for a controller. But these two do provide a good example of the difference. Both are good control sets, but as a Dominator set Earth fairs much better.

Pffft... that guy kicks harder than he shoots.... and we've handed him his rump how many times now?