Good point, although domination will break through a single tactics buff which means a group of dominators using confuse powers can bust through an equal number of tactics using heroes, given domination.
One of the things about confuse and fear powers I've noticed though, is that in PvP they are primarily defensive and not offensive control powers. Confuse is an especially bad opener Vs a hero since the sensible response for the target is to dis-engage, equally it is reasonably easy to escape from a fear control since you can usually super-move away from attack under the influence of Fear. Confuse *can* be very effective as a 'surprise' attack against a group of heroes in a huddled fight against villains since a couple of accidental hits from scrappers can take out one or two of their own side in seconds. [img]/uk/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
From the Prima guide Tactics only provides resistance against Fear not protection, so fear should have a decreased duration but targets may still be affected; whereas Tactics provides both protection and resistance against Confuse.
I was in Sirens the other night, confused a brute and he hit a stalker that was about to follow up on an AS [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
He was apologising profusely afterwards, I just lmao.
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I was in Sirens the other night, confused a brute and he hit a stalker that was about to follow up on an AS [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
He was apologising profusely afterwards, I just lmao.
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that was funny [img]/uk/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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I was in Sirens the other night, confused a brute and he hit a stalker that was about to follow up on an AS [img]/uk/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
He was apologising profusely afterwards, I just lmao.
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that was funny [img]/uk/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
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Total Inertia Ice Blast/Kinetics/Psy Corruptor
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*engage ramble*
Hey wondering if anyone else has noticed this
Firstly im not here to whinge about stalkers, i think they're cool, and plan to make one when i finish my Corr [img]/uk/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
My observation is this, on villain teams in PvP i often hear doms/anybody with dark complaining that they cant confuse/fear people, whilst the Heroes seem able to do so with impunity. Also people complain that they cant hit anything whilst heroes seem able to hit whoever they want. I think i may have the answer- The Stalker Effect!
Since heroes learnt to fear stalkers, every hero and his/her dog/racoon has Tactics! Whenever im on a Hero PvP team I usually have up to 4 stacked tactics. This not only ensures i see any poor stalker nearby, but protects me from fear, conufusion and allows me to hit just about anything! This, i think is the reason mind doms and fear causes all over the rogues isles feel hard done by [img]/uk/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
So what can we do? Should villains learn from this and respec in the leadership pool en mass?
Just thought it was an interesting side-affect to the stalker AT [img]/uk/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
*ramble off*