This was in the game at one point, if I recall. I believe it was because the angle of the cone is baked into the power, unlike the range and damage values.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but such is life. Either way, I'll pass on the idea.
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I don't think there's ever been anything in-game that has increased cone angle. At one point, there was an enhancement for general range, and one for cone range, but that was it. They just merged the two together into one general Range enhancement.|
Originally Posted by Sigium
This was in the game at one point, if I recall. I believe it was because the angle of the cone is baked into the power, unlike the range and damage values.
Perhaps I'm wrong, but such is life. Either way, I'll pass on the idea. |
I'm not sure if you can mess with cone angle or not, but it would be nice to see if we could get it.
Edit: the only problem I can see is what kind of value would you put on it? Right now, we can have cones of 15 degrees, and some are 180 degrees. Anything that makes the 15 degree cone much better would make the 180 degree cone almost into a PBAoE. Anything that kept the 180 degree cone pretty limited wouldn't even be noticeable on the 15 degree cone.
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Who cares if it was done before or not, or is it difficult or not to do?
I believe the general idea is a nice one, I am so tired of my melee cones only hitting one dastard most of the time...
[QUOTE=Smokefire;2323830]Who cares if it was done before or not, or is it difficult or not to do?QUOTE]
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Have you tried positioning yourself properly? Lining up a few foes in a nice, neat little cone? It's really not at all difficult to do. You'd be surprised.
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Originally Posted by Smokefire
I believe the general idea is a nice one, I am so tired of my melee cones only hitting one dastard most of the time...
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Sigium...
Thanks for the unsolicited advice and humurous delivery of it, just for the record I do try very hard to line up my cones. But with lag and other game factors, the so called easy to line up your attack is less than the easy guarantee you insinuate it to be. Perhaps I have a less than premium computer, or my internet connection may not be super all the times, or what not. I feel being able to spread out the cone, would make the lining up more reliable.
Hi:
With the introduction of IO sets, many powers have acquired really neat enhancements, like fireballs that can have knockdown, lightning bolts with hold, etc.
I was thinking something many melee players may like to have are IOs that increase the angle of cone attacks. Say you have a power with a 45 degree cone, with a special cone IO, it now has a 60 degree cone. It could be cool, if these IOs could be given to straight melee attacks to give them a cone capability, and multiple cone IOs could be slotted to increase the cone angle.
The cone IO could also be introduced for ranged attacks, as a spinoff of the melee IO, but considering the versatility of the range attack, perhaps the cone angle increase should not be as large as the melee.
What you all think
Stormy