Why is there no Accurate ToHit Buff IO set?

Thank you for trying at least. I have the same issues with those sets myself.

OR they could have no single-IOs or procs, but instead two doubles, three triples and one quad. That would allow plenty of enhancement to go around. It'll never ever ever ever ever happen. But it would be cool.

I'd argue that most of the IO recipe sets in-game are poorly constructed for this reason. Part of the excuse behind ED was to "encourage diversity" in slotting. Yet the available sets are so badly designed that they offer little in the way of ACC, DAM, END or whatever that it makes the entire set useless, therefore going back to frankenslotting or just using common IOs.

Take a look around the market, here on the forums at sample builds posted from Mids... you see the same sets being used all over the place. There still is not a lot of diversity in how slotting is done and what recipes people are using and the poor bonuses in a lot of them are what is causing it IMO.

I like the idea of adding additional recipes to each set. Even if there were a dozen or more recipes within one set, we can still only slot 6 of them and we can pick which 6 give us the benefits we are looking for. I'd also drop half of the recipe sets in game now.

Thank you... I suggested it back in the open beta of the Issue where IOs were first introduced, but didn't get a lot of traction then... maybe it will now!

...yet... >.>

You've obviously never seen how hard Soul Drain hits on a brute with a full fury bar already. Slotted for damage it's actually an effective AoE. That's the only AT it's worth slotting that power for damage on though, I'll give ya that.

Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately.

What might be a good idea would be to make teleport foe magnitude an additional set bonus to the currently existing Teleport IO sets. On the flip side, it would be nice if TP foe was affected by Overpower and Domination.

My Arcs
-----
Mission Architect Handyman

That's why I was suggesting some other form of buying the recipe - and not have it in the standard drop table. It wouldn't be a roll, it would be a choice.

You're making some assumptions here. Just because you do not find a set useful does not mean others will as well.

The issue isn't neccesarily usefulness, but demand.

Various people find the snipes very useful - but pretty much only one can be used per character (if that).

Accurate To-Hit buffs are even more rare than snipes. So if they were going to simply put these in the regular drop tables (which currently weight everything equally) then yes, I can see the cry against it. Which is why I was thinking specific buy only for them.

Just my 2 inf, but some of the IO sets that are "less in demand" could either be reworked to be more desireable or dropped altogether.

I'm more inclined to go with that idea of having more than 6 recipes per set. You can pick which 6 you want instead of having to sacrifice one or more enhanced value just to complete the set.

That and it would keep in line with the ED philosophy.

It's a good idea, but as long as the various stats being enhanced are more evenly distributed amonst the 7 pieces. Others have made the suggestion to simply "add" a stat with the 7th recipe, which would potentially make that one recipe ridiculously over-demanded.

Of course, the devs won't be able to take existing sets and shuffle stat bonuses around like that, so they would have to make new sets entirely for this purpose. It would take a lot of strain off of the demand for other sets, and of course add more breathing room in your choices of enhancements. And one of the BIGGEST drawback about having only 6 recipes per set, is that some sets have a special proc that only allows one per build, so you're screwed if you try to slot the entire set twice... *cough* Gaussian's *cough* Numina *cough* Miracle *cough* etc...