Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears you only run about 10% def?
Lots of things will end up hitting you. In fact about 4 out of every 10 attacks, which vs a large group will be a lot of attacks.
Are you fighting a different type of enemy now compared to an old one that perhaps didn't use mez attacks very much?
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Same enemy, same ae mishes. Sledge hammers stun me, machine guns riddle me. Didn't get hit like this before. Didn't change play style, same attack chain. Looks like I am going to have to respec and/or spend some influence to be more survivable. Have died twice where I would have plowed through these guys before. Something has changed.
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it appears you only run about 10% def?
Lots of things will end up hitting you. In fact about 4 out of every 10 attacks, which vs a large group will be a lot of attacks. Are you fighting a different type of enemy now compared to an old one that perhaps didn't use mez attacks very much? |
Some mobs had a bunch of stuff added to them to make them more difficult. Maybe the enemies you are fighting fall under that category.
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Huh. Didn't think about that. That would make more sense. Thanks! I think I may respec back to this toons original epic which was Stone Mastery for the added defense. Hopefully that will help. Then spend some buckage for better Defense sets.
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
Some mobs had a bunch of stuff added to them to make them more difficult. Maybe the enemies you are fighting fall under that category.
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You fighting Crazed?
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Originally Posted by Judge_Mental
Same enemy, same ae mishes. Sledge hammers stun me, machine guns riddle me. Didn't get hit like this before. Didn't change play style, same attack chain. Looks like I am going to have to respec and/or spend some influence to be more survivable. Have died twice where I would have plowed through these guys before. Something has changed.
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Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
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Yes, I believe the popular Praetorians (of WAPL fame) had a stun/confuse aura added to them.
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
Some mobs had a bunch of stuff added to them to make them more difficult. Maybe the enemies you are fighting fall under that category.
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Maniac Slammers. Just went back into mish. Something is VERY wrong. Had all the group stunned, only six of them. No other bad guys around. I was still getting hit by some unseen force almost in sync with my imps hitting them. Just for good measure I threw Cinders, all assumed choking posture. Hit multiple times again and... died, again. This is messed up.
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Originally Posted by StratoNexus
You fighting Crazed?
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Ya they crazy buffed the crazed. They'll tear you to pieces now heh.
And the xp for boss farms has been nerfed into the ground to add insult to injury. 
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At least they aren't hitting me while they are stunned now... I don't think. Still died on fourth group. Oh well. Respecing to add defense soon. Thanks for the confirmation about the crazed. It's almost like they don't want me to farm...
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
Ya they crazy buffed the crazed. They'll tear you to pieces now heh.
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I'm so glad i kept my Defeat Battle Maiden mission after all, especially with the new difficulty settings XD
and yes stone mastery rocks!.. no pun intended. I have it on my plant/storm, I run almost at the defense soft cap for smashing/lethal. that pvp +3% defense would do it but i don't have that kinda money XD
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I think its more that they don't want you to be unchallenged while you farm. Although, adding the ability to go -1 belies that supposition.
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Originally Posted by Judge_Mental
At least they aren't hitting me while they are stunned now... I don't think. Still died on fourth group. Oh well. Respecing to add defense soon. Thanks for the confirmation about the crazed. It's almost like they don't want me to farm...
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Why Blasters? Empathy Sucks.
So, you want to be Mental?
What the hell? Let's buff defenders.
Tactics are for those who do not have a big enough hammer. Wisdom is knowing how big your hammer is.
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Originally Posted by Judge_Mental
At least they aren't hitting me while they are stunned now... I don't think. Still died on fourth group. Oh well. Respecing to add defense soon. Thanks for the confirmation about the crazed. It's almost like they don't want me to farm...
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By this, I assume you mean "putting things back to the way they should be."
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Originally Posted by Prof_Backfire
And the xp for boss farms has been nerfed into the ground to add insult to injury.
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Originally Posted by Thirty_Seven
By this, I assume you mean "putting things back to the way they should be."
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Right now MA is an absolute abomination when it comes to the risk vs reward mantra they throw around. It is also pretty out of whack in regard to time vs rewards that they like to spout off too.
In it's current form I'd be embarrassed to stake a major claim in having a hand in MA. luck for me I don't haha. 16,048 man hours down the drain and counting...
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>.>... Or ...It could have been intended to be a story telling tool that you are capable of leveling in... At any rate the solution they have in now is basicly a bandaid, they have said so themselves, it will be revisted in the not so far off future.
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
Should be according to who or what?
Right now MA is an absolute abomination when it comes to the risk vs reward mantra they throw around. It is also pretty out of whack in regard to time vs rewards that they like to spout off too. In it's current form I'd be embarrassed to stake a major claim in having a hand in MA. luck for me I don't haha. 16,048 man hours down the drain and counting... |
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If you believe it will be revisited as soon as you think, I have this bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.|
Originally Posted by ShadowNate
At any rate the solution they have in now is basicly a bandaid, they have said so themselves, it will be revisted in the not so far off future.
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Still waiting on the Cathedral of Pain trial, Items of Power, and base raids to come back - base raids are going on a year now and that's the most recent of the things I've listed.
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I agree that's what it was intended to be, they said as much. Why or how they remained oblivious to how modding tools are used in games is a mystery, but is also water under the bridge.|
Originally Posted by ShadowNate
>.>... Or ...It could have been intended to be a story telling tool that you are capable of leveling in... At any rate the solution they have in now is basicly a bandaid, they have said so themselves, it will be revisted in the not so far off future.
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I guess it depends on your definition of the not too distant future. We might all be driving, or piloting actually, flying cars in the not too distant future. Is that the time frame you speak of?
Stuns happen, baby. I was cruising around the Hollows with my 50, cleaning up CoT mages for the badge, and dammit if those lucky SOBs didn't manage to mez me every once in a while. Never for more than a fraction of a second, but long enough to detoggle me and be annoying >:-(
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Originally Posted by macskull
If you believe it will be revisited as soon as you think, I have this bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
Still waiting on the Cathedral of Pain trial, Items of Power, and base raids to come back - base raids are going on a year now and that's the most recent of the things I've listed. |
Seriously, Base Raids and CoP? That's the best you got? We already know PvP is tehlol in terms of development resources.
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Fixed that for you.|
Originally Posted by Judge_Mental
They don't want me to farm...in AE
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The Devs don't want you to farm in the Mission Architect. They said it repeatedly before and after it launched. They regularly delete reported farms and lock the publishing slots. They have even rolled back characters that have taken advantage of farming exploits and banned accounts that made farming exploits.
What part of their words and actions were unclear? Sadly, the players (in general) were also clear in their actions in response. The players said, "Ban us! Roll us back! Lock our slots! Make as many threats as you like, we are still going to farm the heck out your Architect, and there is nothing you can do to stop us!" while flipping the Devs the bird.
The problems you and others are now experiencing in the Architect is the Devs saying, "Wanna bet?" Every single AE nerf that has come down the pipe has been in direct response to the rampant farming of AE, and more nerfs will continue to be handed down until it is no longer preferable to farm the AE over Dev controlled content.
With Issue 16, they have given you the tools to farm to your heart's content outside of the Architect, where they have strict control over the risk and the reward. Please use them so that the Devs can stop nerfing the Architect.
I have no sympathy for you for the increased difficulty you have fighting the Slammers you melted previously to "pharm phat lewtz."
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I wasn't attempting to compare the two in that manner, even you should have been able to understand that. I'm merely using them as examples of things about which we've been told "we'll get them fixed" and are still waiting on. Or, for a different side, we could look at the chat bug where you lose global chat while you're zoning. Been around since at least I12, supposedly fixed once, still happens.
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Originally Posted by Clouded
If you believe the devs consider fixing Base Raid, CoP, etc more important than fixing AE, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
Seriously, Base Raids and CoP? That's the best you got? We already know PvP is tehlol in terms of development resources. |
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What are any of these modding tools you speak of?
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Originally Posted by Frosticus
I agree that's what it was intended to be, they said as much. Why or how they remained oblivious to how modding tools are used in games is a mystery, but is also water under the bridge.
I guess it depends on your definition of the not too distant future. We might all be driving, or piloting actually, flying cars in the not too distant future. Is that the time frame you speak of? |
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Yeah, I like Blasters too.
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Originally Posted by StratoNexus
I think its more that they don't want you to be unchallenged while you farm. Although, adding the ability to go -1 belies that supposition.
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yup, you arent supposed to solo unless you are a scrapper, didnt you know that?
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Just loaded i16. I have been fighting small groups of about 6-8 that did mostly smashing/Lethal damage pre-i16 with the below build and never getting confused or stunned. I have sttod in mobs and resisted stunning and never had to use Indomitable Will. Now, without it activated, I am being stunned twice per group of even level Lts!!! Did Tough and Weave get nerfed? They don't seem to miss much at all. I admit, it is a low cost build but I never had this problem before today! Please enlighten me.
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Traz Farm Psi: Level 50 Mutation Controller
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Char -- NrncSD-Acc/Rchg(A), NrncSD-Acc/Hold/Rchg(31), NrncSD-Hold/Rng(34), Acc-I(34), NrncSD-Acc/EndRdx(40), NrncSD-Dam%(43)
Level 1: Transfusion -- Dct'dW-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dct'dW-Rchg(7), Dct'dW-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(7), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg(17), Dct'dW-Heal(19), Acc-I(42)
Level 2: Fire Cages -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(3), Posi-Dmg/Rng(5), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), Posi-Dam%(19)
Level 4: Siphon Power -- Acc-I(A)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- Krma-ResKB(A)
Level 8: Hot Feet -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(9), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(9), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(11), Oblit-%Dam(13)
Level 10: Siphon Speed -- P'ngTtl-Rng/Slow(A), P'ngTtl-Acc/Slow(27), P'ngTtl-Acc/EndRdx(27), P'ngTtl-EndRdx/Rchg/Slow(29), RechRdx-I(29)
Level 12: Flashfire -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun(13), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx(15), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg(15), Stpfy-Stun/Rng(17), Rope-Acc/Rchg(37)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump-I(A)
Level 16: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 18: Cinders -- NrncSD-Dam%(A), NrncSD-Acc/EndRdx(21), NrncSD-Acc/Rchg(21), NrncSD-Acc/Hold/Rchg(25), EoCur-Acc/Rchg(25), G'Wdw-Acc/Rchg(42)
Level 20: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(23), EndMod-I(23)
Level 24: Boxing -- Dmg-I(A)
Level 26: Tough -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(43), ResDam-I(46)
Level 28: Weave -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(42), DefBuff-I(43), EndRdx-I(45), EndRdx-I(46), EndRdx-I(46)
Level 30: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 32: Fire Imps -- ExRmnt-Acc/Rchg(A), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg(33), ExRmnt-Dmg/EndRdx(33), ExRmnt-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), ExRmnt-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(34), Acc-I(50)
Level 35: Transference -- Efficacy-EndMod(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(36), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(36), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(37), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx(37)
Level 38: Fulcrum Shift -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(39), RechRdx-I(39), Acc-I(39), Acc-I(40), Acc-I(40)
Level 41: Indomitable Will -- DefBuff-I(A)
Level 44: Mind Over Body -- ResDam-I(A), ResDam-I(45), ResDam-I(45)
Level 47: Psionic Tornado -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng(48), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(48), Posi-Dam%(50), RechRdx-I(50)
Level 49: Speed Boost -- EndMod-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Containment
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Set Bonus Totals:
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 8.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 2% Enhancement(Held)
- 40% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 2.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
- 50% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 3% Enhancement(Stun)
- 2.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
- 2.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
- 2.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
- 4% Enhancement(Heal)
- 61 HP (6%) HitPoints
- Knockback (Mag -4)
- Knockup (Mag -4)
- MezResist(Confused) 2.5%
- MezResist(Held) 2.5%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 6.9%
- MezResist(Sleep) 5.25%
- MezResist(Stun) 4.7%
- MezResist(Terrorized) 4.7%
- 9% (0.15 End/sec) Recovery
- 20% (0.85 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 4.41% Resistance(Fire)
- 4.41% Resistance(Cold)
- 3.13% Resistance(Toxic)
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Neuronic Shutdown
(Char)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
- 15.3 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 2% Enhancement(Held)
Doctored Wounds(Transfusion)
- MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
- 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
- 4% Enhancement(Heal)
- 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Positron's Blast(Fire Cages)
- 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
- 1.58% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 3.13% Resistance(Toxic)
Karma(Combat Jumping)
- Knockback Protection (Mag -4)
Obliteration(Hot Feet)
- MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Pacing of the Turtle(Siphon Speed)
- MezResist(Sleep) 2.75%
- 2.5% Enhancement(Slow)
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
Stupefy(Flashfire)
- 2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
- 19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
- 3% Enhancement(Stun)
- 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Neuronic Shutdown(Cinders)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
- 15.3 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
Expedient Reinforcement(Fire Imps)
- Status Resistance 2.5%
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
- 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
Efficacy Adaptor(Transference)
- 11.4 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
- 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
- 10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
- 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Positron's Blast(Psionic Tornado)