Live Feedback: Issue 12: Cimerora (Roman Zone)
By
Airhammer,
Posted on: 2008-05-20 24:21 in Developers' Corner
:two thumbs up:
What an excellent job overall 
+more content ( hopefully soon -NO RUSH- )
+excellent graphics & area. ( i absolutely loved how i can see myself in a warp kicking some roman butt :P )
-Fierce 
Add a tailor to Chimerora and it'll be A+++
"If Pro is the opposite of Con, then what is the opposite of Congress?"
Progressman - Level 50 - Energy/Energy Blaster - 500 Badges
~Virtue~
I really like the look and feel of the zone and the TF.
The only thing I don't like (absolutely hate actually) is the rediculous amount of lag in mission 3 of the ITF. I don't know much about programming, but there HAS to be something you can do about it. When someone asks me to join the ITF, I think to myself "do I really want the frustration of mission 3 lag?"
Fixing the extremely bright sand helped somewhat and turning down the graphics helps a bit too, but the lag is still terrible in that mish.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Not really. Sleep is only slightly better than Knockback as far as Mez goes.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Not really. Sleep is only slightly better than Knockback as far as Mez goes.
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Nictus Essences are immune to all debuffs and controls except a huge gaping hole in Sleep.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Plus Terrify was very useful against the mobs in the TF when I did it with my mind/emp. Bugger I didn't know about the sleep thing on nicti, but we did well anyway.
Haven't fone the TF here yet, but have noticed it seems to be a breeze in the zone for DB/? Only exception EVERYTHING immune to knickdown.knockback LOl Made my "passe" Fire/Ice tank next to useless and I Loovee my popcorn tank LOL. The Lt's to the bosses do seem a bit overpowered for what they are supposed to be levelwise ect. And the bosses in the repeatables hit damned hard. Challenging beyond a doubt on most melee toons. Myself being a 99% solo player seems some of the tweaks went across the board not just to the new zone. Seems to be the team thing is about to be crammed down the throat of us solo guys, just like the PvP nerfs are forced on those of us that play just the game not other players. Seems leaning that way. Baddies or goodies being buffed players being nerfed. Not a good combo.
Love the look of the zone tho and the premise behind the whole thing. Good job all in all as far as THAT part goes
Too many toons to count.
LEVEL ??? Scrapper looking for WL team.
Sigh good times good times
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Not really. Sleep is only slightly better than Knockback as far as Mez goes.
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Nictus Essences are immune to all debuffs and controls except a huge gaping hole in Sleep.
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Ok I conceed that point. Sleeps will probably gain popularity due to the Imperious TF.
But I stand by my opinion on Sleeps for the rest of the game.
There is just too much reliance on AoE damage to make sleep a really viable control.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Not really. Sleep is only slightly better than Knockback as far as Mez goes.
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Nictus Essences are immune to all debuffs and controls except a huge gaping hole in Sleep.
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Ok I conceed that point. Sleeps will probably gain popularity due to the Imperious TF.
But I stand by my opinion on Sleeps for the rest of the game.
There is just too much reliance on AoE damage to make sleep a really viable control.
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And no one was talking about Sleep versus the entire game. So where is your head?
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build .
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mmkay?
So I'm not going to read through 12 pages to see if this is addressed:
Do the Minotaurs use their horns to attack? I've only seen them punching and axeing in the two ITFs I've done. If they don't, they totally should. Use 'em if you've got 'em, right?
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build .
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mmkay?
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Corrected for you.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
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If you weren't sleeping the Nictus (who have no protection against it) or damaging Romulus only then you really were useless. Of course if you are incapable of doing either of those then you've done something horribly wrong with your dom build.
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Not really. Sleep is only slightly better than Knockback as far as Mez goes.
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Nictus Essences are immune to all debuffs and controls except a huge gaping hole in Sleep.
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Ok I conceed that point. Sleeps will probably gain popularity due to the Imperious TF.
But I stand by my opinion on Sleeps for the rest of the game.
There is just too much reliance on AoE damage to make sleep a really viable control.
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hmm sleep...well for one the nictus at the end are archvillains if you are refering to the three at the end and they are immune to that.
If someone had done the task force they would know that...but go figure...i guess obvious things like that are kind of lost.
But i highly recomend actualy doing the task force before giving bad advice.
Also before someone posts confuse and fear are the keys...nope tried those too.
Also had telekineses going and domination going...which means i had the uber hold combo going....which did infact allow me to hold romulus for a few seconds every so often.
(if you dont have a dominator with mind and psi you would have no idea what i am refering to)
But with the nicti...nope didnt work....as in.....i thought if i could get at least get the one that summoned guys caught i could hold the ones that it summoned....alas didnt work out that way.
The summoned ones had the same archvillain immunitys.
Oh well bummer....
But again if you have done the tf or attempted it with a dominator of the same type i was playing .....then you would know all this...
unless....
You where like the guy who was with a team i did it with last...he sat back and didnt do much....basicaly the team carried him all the way through....i assume becasue he was another player's multi-account character.
But go figure...like i said....its small details like experience that sometimes need to happen before people should post what powers should be used....becasue not knowing makes you look like an idiot...and gets you a real huge idiot status when more people find out for themselves.
I did find one possible weakness or maybe a bug......didnt have time to try to exploit it though....
Has to do with when the team and i cleared all the guys on the map around romulus and his nicti......as he was and his nicti where the last ones left.
The possible exploit was this.....I stood at the longest range i had...and used psionic lance...and shot the nicti....this did some small damage...but the the nicti and romulus just sat there and did nothing....(no aggro)
My guess is that a group of mind control/psi blast dominators might be able to use that tactic to defeat him....but go figure....thats is just pure idle conjecture.
My team will definately testify that i liked using the word hmmm alot.....as i would type that everytime something unexpected happened.
Oh yes.....getting back onto the general topic....i did find a way to get the extra lag in the zone down in cimerora.....i noticed my grahipcs options had the options to keep my gui at a high resolution but that i could also lower my game resolution....i did this a little bit and it cleared up all the lag....but then again.....i was running the game at 1920 by 1200 before i lowered it...so go figure on that too.
ITF broke my 40 "lull" and got me excited about this game.
We had myself (Dark/Ice D), a Fire/Dark Corr, my close friend who was a 49 DM/SR Brute (hit 50 just before Romulus), a Thugs Dark, a Peacebringer, Illusion/Rad Controller, a Blaster (AR/Dev, I think), and um...a thermal corruptor or controller, I can't recall.
This was my first time in Cimerora, much less in ITF, and I had an absolute blast. Staring down dozens of enemies while cleaving our way up a hillside pass was just incredible. The fights were challenging and engaging, especially the very last one.
As I said, this is my first time, so I don't know how others approach ITF. But our Brute tanked the last boss flawlessly. We brought him down through focused fire and heavy -regen, and apparently just ate the Howling Twilight stuns and kept on rolling.
I loved it. I had a blast, and I can't wait to do it again. Two thumbs up.
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hmm sleep...well for one the nictus at the end are archvillains if you are refering to the three at the end and they are immune to that.
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Calling BS on this, as it's pretty widely known that the purple triangles provide no resistance to sleep and immobilize. Plus I've seen Surveillance screenshots outright showing the Nictus have no sleep resistance. (And yes, I HAVE done the ITF.)
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hmm sleep...well for one the nictus at the end are archvillains if you are refering to the three at the end and they are immune to that.
If someone had done the task force they would know that...but go figure...i guess obvious things like that are kind of lost.
But i highly recomend actualy doing the task force before giving bad advice.
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Perhaps you need to do your research before calling other people's advice bad.
Nictus Essence Stats
Romulus Stats
Purple Triangles
Archvillain class scaling
Inspirations are not available in this zone. Is this intentional or an oversight? If intentional, what's the reason given?
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Inspirations are not available in this zone. Is this intentional or an oversight? If intentional, what's the reason given?
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To my understanding- we don't know.
"I'm not scared of anyone or anything Angie. Isn't that the way life should be?"
Jack Hawksmoor, The Authority.
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Inspirations are not available in this zone. Is this intentional or an oversight? If intentional, what's the reason given?
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Intentional.
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Intentional.
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Any idea why?
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Intentional.
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Any idea why?
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The only NPCs that will sell you inspirations in a co-op zone are the are mission contacts. The only reason you can buy them from a non mission contact in Ouroboros (which isn't a Co-op zone) is because of how the flashback system locks you out of all your other contacts.
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The only NPCs that will sell you inspirations in a co-op zone are the are mission contacts. The only reason you can buy them from a non mission contact in Ouroboros (which isn't a Co-op zone) is because of how the flashback system locks you out of all your other contacts.
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The other co-op zone in the game is the RWZ, and there, all the mission contacts sell inspirations, even Borea, who gives nothing but random timed missions. Her counterpart in Cimerora, Marcus Valerius, does not have inspirations however.
So, if only mission contacts will sell inspirations, why doesn't Marcus Valerius do the same?
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The TF is just aggravating. The final AV's are damned near unkillable with a small group, even on heroic. As Caesar would, I'd give this TF a thumbs down. I'd rather hunt for merits for costume parts than do a god damned impossible TF.
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They're hardly unkillable. you just can't go rushing in, guns ablaze. Take out the Essences first, focusing on one at a time. Try to have a Tanker keep Romulus busy while this is done.
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Actualy in my expereince i found the entire TF to be difficult for the archtype with the powersets i chose.
Specifically a Dominator with Mind Control and Psi-Blast.
I found i could use my confuse on most things and Fear....and if i tried i could sleep things with multiple applications sometimes just one...but straight out holds where out most of the time.
Only when we ran into Khledians was it easier...as my holds actualy worked...Dwarves as usual are a push over to hold...they are like a boss.....hate to say this...normal player kheldians are just as weak.(they never did fix that problem)
I had an even easier time when facing the 5th column as they could be held and confused with out multiple applications or constant no effects
But the last big boss...being a set of 4 archvillains....i could do nothing to help against
My domination was worthless.....and it didnt help matters that the archvillain essence that summoned smaller essences...also made them immune to holds and things...yes...i felt utterly worthless...as not one of my powers worked....i did get the actual roman archvillain guy to be held for 3 seconds.....with domination going and the Telekineses going but that was about it....the rest of the time i sat back with the continued domination sign over the heads of the enemies...showing that i was getting them....but they where not in the least bit effected.
I also felt disapointed that the void stalker gun(temp power) i had kept for a long time....did absolutely nothing to any of the archvillians except for a minute amount of damage.(lol takes two shots to kill a player from a NON-player character 4 levels lower...but when a player has it...they work like a water pistols)
But then again....the problem i had was based on the archtype i chose and the powers....against any archvillain my mind control is pretty much useless and the Psi-Blast is not great against things that resist psi-damage like the essenses.
My team didnt do so hot against the 4 archvillains.....this was probably to do with the fact i myself didnt have anything to contribute to help in the fight...maybe some random shots....but thats about it...i dont htnk soem of the other archtypes could do much either...like the tank we had for example died at the drop of hat...not really sure what powers he had since you cant look to see if you are villain and he is a hero.
I guess as is usual the team should have included a radition user...so that we could over come the regeneration rate of the villains and slow them and make them easier to hit with extra heals happening and accelerated metabolism increasing are attack rate and energy recovery rate and movement rate of the entire team.
Oh yes...one other thing......the explore badge in the middle of the cimerora(Depths of Time)....isnt that supposed to award the oroboros portal power and badge?
Becasue it doesnt at this time.