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Looks like "Earth Assault" is coming for Dominator

BigBrotherMidas

By BigBrotherMidas,
Posted on: 2009-07-16 10:43 in Dominators

 

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Linky ( and no this aint no Rick Roll!!)
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More powersets are now in the hands of Archetypes who couldn't use them previously: <ul type="square">[*]Blasters will have access to Radiation Blast. [*]Brutes will get their Claws on. [*]Controllers can now freeze it up with Cold Domination. [*]Corruptors get to feel the "twang" of Archery and Trick Arrow. [*]Defenders can go high-tech with Assault Rifle and Trap. [*]Dominators can pulverize their enemies with Earth Assault. [*]Masterminds heat things up with Thermal Radiation.[*]Scrappers and Tankers get ready to fry their foes with Electric Melee and Electric Armor. [*]And finally Stalkers get to swing their own mighty Broadsword.[/list]

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Well for now I am pissed because we get screwed out of illusion control yet again. Most of the other stuff looks good though. I cant see myself using Earth Assualt.

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Dang, too bad earth assault didn't appear with I15.

Imagine Baron von Ruwen getting his Seismic Smash on!

Please buff Ice Control.

 

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I'm excited!

I've been wanting to make a mind dom for a while but never had anything to pair it with (I don't really like replaying sets), so yay for my upcoming mind/earth ^___^

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I am having an orgasm reading that page... damn, this game is so good!!!

Yes, Earth Assault!!!

What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.

 

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Earth Assault, depending how they do it, it could be interesting

Illusion, I really wish they would just give illusion to dominators
Arrow/ TA corrupters could be interesting

Electric Armor for tanks makes me wonder what the resist will look like

 

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I noticed under the part where it talks about Customizable powers it mentions Earth Melee but later under the Dominators new powers there is Earth Assault.

I understand the difference between Melee and Assault sets, I'm just pointing this out.

 

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YEEEESSSSS, I've been waiting to roll an Earth control dom because I was waiting for an Earth Assault set, and here go the devs making my dream come true. Just when I was ready to throw I16 under the bus they go and do something like this!! DAMN IT I need to find a way to get back on this game!!

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So, I am guessing there will be nore ginormous mallet to make the set replete.

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Greater Stone Mallet FTW.

And now I'm going to reroll Geo Lass for the fourth time (currently Earth/Energy). And I'm going to have to roll yet another Dom to put Energy Assault on. I always love rolling new Doms, so no problem!

I'm thinking...Grav again lol.

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omg omg omg!!! These changes are incredible! I'm wondering how they found enough powers to populate an entire Earth Assault set. Let's see... Stone Fists, Stone Mallet, Seismic Smash, Hurl Boulder, Tremor, Fault (would be insanely good). I'm having trouble thinking of other AoEs and ranged attacks though... Haha, maybe they'll just get [Rock] and [Gravel]

 

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Well, I'm sad that we don't get illusion again, but this is definitely a worthy placeholder. Now I just have to wonder which powers will be in the set...

Somehow I doubt seismic smash will make it in - that would probably singlehandedly give castle a migraine (or else it would get nerfed, and I don't want to open that door for all of the poor stone melee tanks/brutes). But the two mallets are obvious choices, as is tremor. Fault would be just a little bit absurd on a dom, but maybe we'll get that foot stomping ground spike attack that some mobs have. Really, though, I almost don't care, as long as there's plenty of screen-shaking visceral BOOM sounds and smashyness. Seriously, those are among my favorite effects in this game - the slow lift of the mallet, and then BAM it sounds like they just got hit with a whole planet. As long as the set has plenty of *that*, I'll be happy.

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I think seismic smash would be the only reason to take this set over others. I mean, do ya'll want another knockdown/back stun assault set?

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Electric Armor for tanks makes me wonder what the resist will look like

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it would be a Fire Tank w/ capped energy and end drain resists

 

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My guess:

1 - Propel Rocks (Ranged Moderate Smashing, like the Legacy Chain minions)
2 - Stone Fist
4 - Gravel Spray (Ranged Cone Smashing, like the Minions of Igneous lieutenants)
10 - Stone Mallet
16 - Build Up
20 - Heavy Stone Mallet
28 - Propel Boulder (Ranged High Smashing, KB)
35 - Fissure
38 - Seismic Smash

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Electric Armor for tanks makes me wonder what the resist will look like

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it would be a Fire Tank w/ capped energy and end drain resists

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Higher resists, no heal.

Fire has lower resistance (scale 3.0 instead of 3.5) with nothing for Psi; 35% base resistance to all will get you to roughly 55% with ED-capped slotting and ~80% S/L with Tough; Negative will be one weakness at around 31% and Toxic at 0% outside of Power Surge.

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I think this is close to what it will be. What is Fissure? Is this like Fault or Tremor?

 

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bah minor details though I did forget the no heal part in that post &gt;.&gt;

@Hirsh, it's a damage version of Fault

 

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I'd expect to see Tremor, not Fissure. Doms don't have any TAoEs (just cones and PBAoEs).

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I'm happy.

I always wanted a Dom that could subtly shatter your mind to pieces with just a couple waves of his hand, and then much less subtly break your body with a [censored] hammer.