Not sure what magnitude KB the drone blast is, but it's quite possible to get past even the -8 of 2 KB IOs. Force bolt for example is an 18.6 KB, Hurricane is an 8.3 according to Red Tomax's data site. And iirc, knockback and knockdown are two aspects of the same thing, the difference I believe is something like how much the power's magnitude exceeds your protection. But I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me can clarify that....
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Bob
2 on my brute pretty much covers most things that aren't EBs and I've been hearding rikti with it.
Hurricane does knock me down sometimes but never back (knockdown is weaker knockback. Dropping bonfire on KB resistant mobs proves this nicely)
Balista's knock me back all the time, only Nem EBs/AVs do so am not sure what the NPCs use for forcebolt that is so different
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I have just one on my Fire/Fire tank and he is sent flying from time to time but nothing like before getting it.
There is no % protection in it meaning the effect stack longer so if you go with IOs for KB protection i think you may risk a bit of a fly from time to time.
Correct me if i am wrong.
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And iirc, knockback and knockdown are two aspects of the same thing, the difference I believe is something like how much the power's magnitude exceeds your protection. But I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than me can clarify that....
hth
Bob
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This is true to my knowledge. However, I dont know the exact mechanic.
EM power thrust is 16.6 btw.
Ballistas also use repulsion field, although in normal case thats not very strong. I don't know how different the elite boss version is though.
I think its the fact it stacks with the other powers they use if the tick hits you the same time as a power. So alone it doesn't knock me back when I'm only running 1, but combined with another KB attack of theirs it breaks through two of them
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They were appropriately appalled
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They're now putting it all together.
Women wrapped in silk
with one leg missing
Eight legs, one body, silk,
spider, brilliant!"
I found out perhaps why. 1 of the IO is in CJ, if i dont have it running i noticed a few KB's. When i keep CJ running i thus havent faced any KB.
Does this mean the power where the IO is in need to be active/running?
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I have a Steadfast and a Karma on my fire tank, mostly it's ok. Get KB'd occasionally; fighting the pretorian AV with the force bolt / phase shift (Mother Mayhem?) I spent my whole time on my [censored], ended up positioning myself with my back in a corner so i wouldn't fly too far away.
Have 4 kb IO's on slate and except for a few things like the pylons in RWZ and some AV's I'm alright.
When i still had 3 nemmi bosses would knock me down, hehe they still can if I face more than one and they stack their blasts.
Knowing me I'd slot the 5th one as well if I could find the slots.
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My phantasm hits thru 1 KB IO easy with 1 hit, duel´d a fire/ss tanker with my ill/rad some time ago with 1 KB IO, dont know the magnitude on the energy attacks from phantasm tho, supose its the same as the blaster/fender/corr?
Was great fun tho, never seen a phantasm pwn a tanker that much before lol, so the PA´s made short work of the tanker
I got my hand on 2 of those lovely -4 KB IO's (resist and defence one) and put them in my firetanker so i can drop acro and take TF.
I was doing a few rikti missions, where i faced quite some drones. Now i noticed a few times i did got knocked down, so am wondering is the KB IO only for knockback or do these drones stack up more then my -8 i currently have? 6-7mil isnt that much to get another one, but prefer saving the money
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