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Originally Posted by Arcanaville

I don't think Arbiter Hawk is saying the best use of the power is to not hit anything with it. I think he's saying the duration of the sustain effect was made long enough for players to have a choice whether to use it against critters or use it away from critters.

Originally Posted by concreteshift

Frankly I'm very underwhelmed. I understand that Blasters shouldn't be made on par damage-wise or survivability-wise with other archetypes.

But will these changes make Blasters anymore fun? Look, do the devs seriously want to grow the fanbase and subscribers of this game? This won't do it, at all.

First, for new players Blasters and Scrappers fit the classic superhero wish fulfillment promise of the game. Then you actually play CoH and it becomes obvious Blasters fail on every aspect.

To wit:

1. The new snipe requirements. Why such a large percentage? You know why the Diablo games are so popular? Because the short descriptions fit the powers exactly. You see a blast power, it's a real blast power without all the caveats and prior requirements. You know what you get. You can see it immediately.

Why can't it just be one charge of Build Up or Aim? You have to actually work to get Snipe to be what people actually wanted Snipe to be instead of a crippled, boring, cumbersome, monstrosity of a pathetic snipe power it is.

2. The new /regen. So now we have heal over time power. Wow, that really makes me feel more blastworthy. I mean, when I think of the Human Torch or Captain Atom I immediately think of their phenomenal regen powers.

The most cumbersome aspect of being a Blaster is getting shut down, mezzed, knocked back and confused to oblivion by the most routine mobs and then just faceplanting after all that indignity because you _can't_ do anything while being mezzed, confused, knocked backed.

I'd rather have a click break free and brief a click phase/defense power. Instead we are getting more layers added onto a stinking pile of Defiance 2.0.

Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk

Right now, I think it's ok as-is, but beta testing and feedback may prove me wrong. Given its recharge time is fairly low and the duration of the buff it provides is 60 seconds, I think you'll usually be able to use it before getting near a spawn if you don't want the knockback aspect of the power.

Originally Posted by JChaos

My search-fu is apparently not as strong as I thought it was, and my lunch break is running short.

What is the Blaster modifier for the leadership power pool, tactics in specific?

I'm trying to figure out if I'll be able to get perma fast snipe with Kismet and Tactics, or if I'll be stuck a couple of percentage points short. I'm strongly suspecting it's the latter, but I want to make sure.

Originally Posted by Father Xmas

The GTX 670 is a relatively low power card for it's performance, nVidia finally got their power use under control. Outperforms all the GTX 5xx series cards except the dual GPU one. Only mildly slower than the GTX 680 but 20% cheaper.

Yes it is equivalent to the ending of Gunbuster for this game but I assume you play others as well.

Originally Posted by StratoNexus

Yes.

You should consider using capital letters to start sentences and the occasional line break. It would make your posts easier to read and give a better impression. Or you can ignore that advice, but I think you would get a more receptive audience if you took an extra 10-60 seconds per post.

You might think blasters are not broken, but I am having trouble recalling a time when they added this much mitigation to anything while also admitting that it still may not be enough.

Originally Posted by Leo_G

I guess I really am on everyones ignore list. Oh well

Originally Posted by Chase_Arcanum

It could also easily be argued that both Skyway AND Steel have lost relevance due to the newer content: the trials and the "newer" zones with stories tied to their design (Hollows-->Faultline-->Striga-->Croatoa-->RWZ)

Originally Posted by Arbiter Hawk

Right now, I think it's ok as-is, but beta testing and feedback may prove me wrong. Given its recharge time is fairly low and the duration of the buff it provides is 60 seconds, I think you'll usually be able to use it before getting near a spawn if you don't want the knockback aspect of the power.

Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood

I'm not sure I agree with the statement that "all ATs can use it equally". Yes all ATs get access to To Hit but not all ATs get access to it in the same amount. There are currently 6 ATs with Snipes: Blasters, Corruptors, Defenders, Dominators, Stalkers and Scrappers.

Blasters: Most Blasters are reliant on Aim/Build Up to get FastSnipe. Three sets can get it permanently with varying degrees of difficulty.

Corruptors and Defenders: Can always get it using Tactics and Kismet (easier for Defenders than Corruptors), some powersets have an easier time (i.e. Farsight or Focused Accuracy).

Dominators: Two secondaries can get it through Aim or Build Up and all doms can get a limited uptime through Soul drain in APP.

Scrappers/Stalkers: Mostly get it through Build Up. Claws and Invulnerability Scrappers can get Perma-FastSnipe through their powers (although I can't actually imagine them doing this due to the need for 3+ enemies in melee range for Invulnerability and the redraw for Claws I can't see it being worthwhile)

EDIT:

Good to know, thanks .

Originally Posted by BrainBrillo

I get what they're trying to do with making snipes useful again, something similar to the way they made over Assasin's Strike. But I really, *really* don't like making it hinge on a specific value of a specific statistic (22% +hit) that can be fairly readily perma'd, because it gives a noticeable, binary advantage to min-maxers, and it encourages weird build choices that otherwise make no sense.

It would hardly be the first thing in the game that people warp their builds to achieve, but it's the only one I'm aware of with an all-or-nothing benefit. Perma-dom is awesome, but 95% dom is still pretty good. 45% defense is great, but 44% is not bad. Here, +22.03% hit is a game changer, +21.87% hit is build fail. And people are talking about stacking four +hit enhancements in a power so they can gain the necessary last tenth of a percent to get access to fast, massive DPA snipes.

If the devs want Build-Up and Aim to temporarily turn snipes into a useful, high DPA attack (the way unstealthed Assasin's Strike now works), tie a buff of some sort to those abilities. The current proposed solution puts everyone who doesn't take a microscope to their build at a significant disadvantage.

Am I the only one with this specific dislike for magic numbers and all-or-nothing benefits?

Originally Posted by Alexander_Drako

/Fire with endurance problems is doing soemthing wrong XD. No, really, I love my consume and no one should ever kid with that :P(/fire already has pseudo-crashless nukes after all!)

Originally Posted by Alexander_Drako

Eh, bad example. Blazing Aura Sucks, with puny damage on AoE at 8ft radius instead of 10 or 20 like other powers, being the reason why it's skipped a lot, so I could go and say "why wasnt it placed on consume to make it like drain psyche?", so i dont think only Elec got screwed.