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Why change Energy Absorbtion?

Aerageil

By Aerageil,
Posted on: 2005-03-22 17:28 in Developers' Corner

 

Posted

Another bug with the re-worked EA that I just discovered...

The 5 enemy cap does not take into account Phase Shifted enemies. What this means is that lets say you're surrounded by 6 enemies, and one of them is phase shifted. The phase shifted mob can be picked as one of the 5 to buff you and therefore you'll only get buffed by 4 mobs.

This is bad and needs fixing and I /bug'd it and it will go on my bug list when I update that this weekend (so far 2 new bugs on that list).

 

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Don't mind me while I bang my head on the keyboard.

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Posted

You don't know the half of it, but its not as easy to discern, but if mob capping for Invincibility works in the same general manner that it does for Energy Absorption, then you can bet that Invincibility is affected also.

 

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Well, I found another bug with EA tonight. Unless there is something special about Sappers and endurance loss, EA doesn't affect them. I tried it with three sappers around me and none of them lost any endurance. I also tried with just one. The text says that I stole some endurance, but their bars remained full.

It also seemed like something was wrong when opponents were held in my freezing touch as well, but I never came up with a conclusive answer to that. Occasionally, I would notice that in small groups (less than 5) the held enemy wouldn't lose endurance, but when I would go to test for that specifically for that, it worked fine.

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Posted

That's standard for Sappers - they have an infinite undrainable endurance reserve. Even their own powers don't appear to use End. Always been that way.

Let me know if you do come up with something with frost.

 

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Well, aparently both the ice tankers got together and managed to tank something, so the Devs felt it was time for a nerf.

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I don't think so; I haven't been playing my Icer. Maybe a dev *dreamt* that we do as you say...

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Circeus, did your avatar change? Oh, you just took off your hood. Put it back on, quick.

With all the excitement on E3 and COV, I just wanted to make a post that Ice fixes are still very important to me. Not even the Johnny Cochran defense of waving your arms yelling "Chewbacca, Chewbacca" will divert my attention from our plea.

OK, I fully admit that I am very distracted by City of Villains, but I do want changes for my hero who I feel is subpar as a tank.

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Circeus, did your avatar change? Oh, you just took off your hood. Put it back on, quick.

With all the excitement on E3 and COV, I just wanted to make a post that Ice fixes are still very important to me. Not even the Johnny Cochran defense of waving your arms yelling "Chewbacca, Chewbacca" will divert my attention from our plea.

OK, I fully admit that I am very distracted by City of Villains, but I do want changes for my hero who I feel is subpar as a tank.

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There's only one thing to say here: Ladies and gentlemen this is Chewbacca. Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now, think about that. That does not make sense! Why would a Wookiee —an eight foot tall Wookiee— want to live on Endor with a bunch of two foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense!

Now! Here, look at the monkey. Look at the silly monkey!

 

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Circeus, did your avatar change? Oh, you just took off your hood. Put it back on, quick.

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When 9000 years old you reach... look as good you will not.

 

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No more "stickiness"... I guess the "dialogue" is over.

All we need now is for Cuppajo to come here and say that Ice Tankers are working as intented, just like happen to the poor guys at the Dark Armors' CoF's threat.

But I'm sure that is not going to happen since EA "is still quite massive, and probably still too powerful (tm)"... I fear and loathe I5 so bad that I may as well change my forum name to Hunter S. Thompson.

 

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There was a dialogue?

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I believe it went:

"Why?"

"Because I said so. And here's why."

"Your reasoning isn't supported. And here's why."

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