Can we get hold IO sets with actual hold enhancements?
By
Adeon Hawkwood,
Posted on: 2010-01-25 10:41 in Suggestions and Ideas
you dont have the purple listed.
unbreakable constraint.
This actually applies to pretty much all of the mez sets. Personally it's never really bothered me. My characters with mezzes are generally more concerned with Accuracy and Recharge than mez duration anyway but I can see why it might be annoying for some powersets.
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The one with the Hold (Superior)?|
Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain
you dont have the purple listed.
unbreakable constraint. |
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Hmm. 58.73% acc, 32.63% end red, 75.51 % rec red, 75.51 % hold at lvl 30 for 5 slots. That's a nice IO set.|
Originally Posted by Quinch
Lockdown: A higher-level clone of the above, with only the proc replaced. So far our best contender.
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Stun sets are also pretty lackluster and samey. Some mez sets with a bit of damage would be nice too, and maybe another ranged damage set with a little range enhancement for those 40ft blasts like Power Burst.
I have to agree, moar IOs plz.
Honestly, my biggest (general) irritation with IO sets is one thing -
"x% debt reduction."
... Really? This had to be a set bonus?
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It probably made sense at the time. As of now, we have so many ways to eliminate debt that there is little need.|
Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
Honestly, my biggest (general) irritation with IO sets is one thing -
"x% debt reduction." ... Really? This had to be a set bonus? |
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Originally Posted by LordSquigie
and maybe another ranged damage set with a little range enhancement
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I like the variety of unique little buffs like that, but %debt reduction never made any sense to a good player.
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Long story short, Hold sets seem to be way underperforming when it comes to enhancing the actual hold aspect, with more than a fair chunk of the enhancements going into... well, non-holdy bits.
Case in point;
Ghost Widow's Embrace: Three out of six IOs have the Hold component, with two of them being hold/endurance and hold/range{!!?}
Neuronic Shutdown: See above.
Paralytic: I'm starting to see a pattern here.
Basilisk's Gaze: Four out of six, and paired with actually useful aspects for hold powers. Too bad it caps out at Lv30.
Lockdown: A higher-level clone of the above, with only the proc replaced. So far our best contender.
On the whole, it seems like all but the purple set for Hold are just cutpaste clones of each other and with little to no regard to their actual usefulness. While remaking extant sets would likely yield far more trouble than it's worth, can we get some sets which consider accuracy, recharge and hold to be preferable to apparent sniping halfway across the map for unenhanced duration?