Potential future proliferation: Dark Assault?

In similar vein to the creation of Electric Assault in the second round of proliferation, comes my idea for Dark Assault for Dominators.

Now this one hit a few snags while I was thinking it up, namely that both the obvious utility power choices were already available in soul mastery (those being Soul Drain and Dark Consumption). I had debated OG for a bit, but decided that being a walking mag 4 stun while in Domination might be a bit overpowered, and if it didn't double during domination, players might riot against it. So this is what I came up with.

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Dark Assault

Lv. | Power
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1 | Dark Blast
2 | Smite
4 | Gloom
10 | Siphon Life
16 | Will Drain
20 | Nightfall
28 | Shadow Maul
35 | Moonbeam
38 | Penumbral Surge
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Everything is the same basic numbers, with AT mods applied except: Moonbeam gets the same treatment as the other snipes, and Penumbral Surge is a toned down to a dom PBAoE standards version of Blackstar, the Dark Blast nuke (and should retain the -ToHit). Will Drain is Life Drain, from Dark Blast, except it restores 5% end (fully slottable), instead of a heal.

One thing to note about this is the lack of a utility power like the other secondaries have (Aim, BU, Drain Psyche, Consume). Instead there's an extra ranged attack that provides utility, Life Drain. This, combined with Siphon Life, I would hope is not too overpowered, but is enough to make up for the lack of a utility power to make things faster.

Suggestions, critiques, tell me I'm a horrible person who'll die alone and unloved because I didn't include your favorite power?

If I'm remembering the general order of Dom assault sets, you'd probably have Gloom and Smite reversed.

Though if I'm not mistaken, Life Drain and Siphon Life are essentially the same power, differing only in damage. Seems a bit redundant to me. I'd replace one with Dark Consumption - which gives the bit of added utility, and has precedent in powers like Drain Psyche and Consume for a dom set.

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If I'm remembering the general order of Dom assault sets, you'd probably have Gloom and Smite reversed.

Though if I'm not mistaken, Life Drain and Siphon Life are essentially the same power, differing only in damage. Seems a bit redundant to me. I'd replace one with Dark Consumption - which gives the bit of added utility, and has precedent in powers like Drain Psyche and Consume for a dom set.

[/ QUOTE ]Life Drain is ranged, Siphon is melee. And can't put Dark Consumption in, as it's already in Soul Mastery and the devs don't like to double up powers.

Also, I checked the dom sets while I was coming up with this. They all have Tier 1 as a blast, Tier 2 as a melee, Tier 3 as a blast.

Actually one is ranged and the other is melee... I think Life Drain is the ranged one &gt;.&gt;

Honestly? I'd still like to see Dark Miasma ported into a Dark Control set to go along with this one. Drop a couple of powers (Darkest Night, Howling Twilight, and Twilight Grasp) to slip in a single target Immob, Tenebrous Tentacles, and a target toggle AoE Stun power (think Telekinesis but no Repel and it's a stun) and you're -golden- for an awesome control set.

-Rachel-

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Actually one is ranged and the other is melee... I think Life Drain is the ranged one &gt;.&gt;

Honestly? I'd still like to see Dark Miasma ported into a Dark Control set to go along with this one. Drop a couple of powers (Darkest Night, Howling Twilight, and Twilight Grasp) to slip in a single target Immob, Tenebrous Tentacles, and a target toggle AoE Stun power (think Telekinesis but no Repel and it's a stun) and you're -golden- for an awesome control set.

-Rachel-

[/ QUOTE ]Would have to alter Petrifying Gaze to have damage and make an AoE hold, too. (Since a control set would have to work for both controllers and doms).

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If I'm remembering the general order of Dom assault sets, you'd probably have Gloom and Smite reversed.

Though if I'm not mistaken, Life Drain and Siphon Life are essentially the same power, differing only in damage. Seems a bit redundant to me. I'd replace one with Dark Consumption - which gives the bit of added utility, and has precedent in powers like Drain Psyche and Consume for a dom set.

[/ QUOTE ]Life Drain is ranged, Siphon is melee. And can't put Dark Consumption in, as it's already in Soul Mastery and the devs don't like to double up powers.

Also, I checked the dom sets while I was coming up with this. They all have Tier 1 as a blast, Tier 2 as a melee, Tier 3 as a blast.

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Thus the "If I'm remembering."

The two still seem redundant, IMHO. (I take them both in their current sets, mind you, it's nothing about the power.) Alter one to give END perhaps? I don't think there's a damaging END-draining attack (that's primarily there for END draining, Electric's secondary effect is almost unnoticeable.)

It's pretty much the only nitpick I have with the set you laid out.

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Dang it! &gt;_&lt; You're right. Dark Pit is in the Blast Set. Give me a few and I'll cobble something together...

-Rachel-

Hmmm..... I like the idea, actually.

Perhaps call it Will Drain, base.... 5-10% end (since it's on a lowish recharge), with all the other stats the same.

Tier 1: Dark Pit (Make it a smaller Aoe with a lower stun mag than normal... Mag 2 would be good, I think?
Tier 2: Petrifying Gaze (Make it a Moderate to High damage Hold and it's golden)
Tier 3: Tar Patch (AoE Slow with SOME Debuffing (Based on the AT's modifiers)
Tier 4: Tenebrous Tentacles
Tier 5: Fearsome Gaze
Tier 6: Shadowfall
Tier 7: Black Hole
Tier 8: Dark Binding (Toggle Targeted AoE Stun Mag 3)
Tier 9: Dark Servant (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe strip Twilight Grasp for another attack or Control effect?)


Could work with the Dark Assault set fairly well?
-Rachel-

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Tier 1: Dark Pit (Make it a smaller Aoe with a lower stun mag than normal... Mag 2 would be good, I think?
Tier 2: Petrifying Gaze (Make it a Moderate to High damage Hold and it's golden)
Tier 3: Tar Patch (AoE Slow with SOME Debuffing (Based on the AT's modifiers)
Tier 4: Tenebrous Tentacles
Tier 5: Fearsome Gaze
Tier 6: Shadowfall
Tier 7: Black Hole
Tier 8: Dark Binding (Toggle Targeted AoE Stun Mag 3)
Tier 9: Dark Servant (Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe strip Twilight Grasp for another attack or Control effect?)


Could work with the Dark Assault set fairly well?
-Rachel-

[/ QUOTE ]AoE Stun at Tier 1 seems way too OP, but I like your thinking. I especially like the idea of Shadowfall in there, seems like a nice variation on Illusion control's invis powers.

For the tier 1, perhaps Grasping Darkness, which would be a standard controller ST immob (including the animation, since they all have the same one) with the graphics of Midnight Grasp.

Blind from Illusion Control
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Painfully Blinds a single targeted foe so severely that he is rendered helpless. Blind is so bright that additional foes may also be blinded, though they will not take any damage, and attacking them will free them from the effects.

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As a Tier 2... Maybe swap the tier 1 and 2 powers? Butagain, make the area -tiny- and lower the mag from the standard 3 to a 2 and it shouldn't be -too- big a deal. No damage on the secondary targets and a % chance of effecting multiples, perhaps?

-Rachel-

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Blind from Illusion Control
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Painfully Blinds a single targeted foe so severely that he is rendered helpless. Blind is so bright that additional foes may also be blinded, though they will not take any damage, and attacking them will free them from the effects.

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As a Tier 2... Maybe swap the tier 1 and 2 powers? Butagain, make the area -tiny- and lower the mag from the standard 3 to a 2 and it shouldn't be -too- big a deal. No damage on the secondary targets and a % chance of effecting multiples, perhaps?

-Rachel-

[/ QUOTE ]Good point, but Illusion control is a very.... weird set, as far as control sets go. It's rather light on the hard control, and all about soft control and damage. The Dark Control set plotted out here has quite a bit hard control. Maybe ditch Black Hole in favor of a less-nerfed Dark Pit, and keep the ST immob?

That sounds great to me. =-3

I, like most players, dislike Intagible powers with a vengeance. But it seemed such an important power to the set for style. But I'm happy to drop it in favor of Dark Pit!

-Rachel-

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If the Eclipse name is taken by a power, well, I can't think of anything.

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Eclipse is the name of the tier 9 in the Warshade secondary. It's a PBAoE drain power that adds resistance for every foe hit. Kind of like an enemy fueled Unstoppable. (something I wish they'd done with Dark Armor)

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If the Eclipse name is taken by a power, well, I can't think of anything.

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Eclipse is the name of the tier 9 in the Warshade secondary. It's a PBAoE drain power that adds resistance for every foe hit. Kind of like an enemy fueled Unstoppable. (something I wish they'd done with Dark Armor)

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I could always just be called "Penumbra" or "Penumbral Surge". The penumbra is the darkened area between a complete area of darkness and an illuminated area. The umbra is itself simply the shadow.

This discussion simply serves to heighten my wrath for the devs stealing my name for the Warshade powersets and causing so many people to start stealing my names! I curse you Cryptic Studios!

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If the Eclipse name is taken by a power, well, I can't think of anything.

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Eclipse is the name of the tier 9 in the Warshade secondary. It's a PBAoE drain power that adds resistance for every foe hit. Kind of like an enemy fueled Unstoppable. (something I wish they'd done with Dark Armor)

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I could always just be called "Penumbra" or "Penumbral Surge". The penumbra is the darkened area between a complete area of darkness and an illuminated area. The umbra is itself simply the shadow.

This discussion simply serves to heighten my wrath for the devs stealing my name for the Warshade powersets and causing so many people to start stealing my names! I curse you Cryptic Studios!

[/ QUOTE ]I like. Penumbra sounds great.