I'd agree with that.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
I'm gonna guess that top end AVs in GR will be balanced around fighting characters with their 10 "global enhancement slots" acquired (or theoretically level 60), so he'll probably be very difficult (even moreso than Gyrfalcon who IMO outranks him in coolness and skill) but still doable by a character fully decked out in GR goodies.
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He's an NPC. He'll cheat.
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See:
- BaB with old ET except I'm pretty sure it's also an AoE.
- Positron ostensibly being a Rad/Rad Defender but having a +def Godmode.
- Everything about Statesman.
- Manticore's TP Arrow. (I don't begrudge him this one, he's a kitten otherwise)
- Ghost Widow's mag 100 hold.
- Hro'Dtohz summoning EBs
Somewhat more on topic: maybe Maelstrom's HoB will be like Statesman's AoE Lightning thing :3 with similar recharge and damage. Oh, I can hear the wails of Dual Pistols chars already. Delightful.
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If I recall correctly he's a Dual Pistols/Energy Manipulation blaster.
That means he'll be able to shoot you from so far away you can't see him, and he'll have all the melee attacks, that for an AV will hit like a frigging Peterbilt. He'll also fire Hail of Bullets every 30 seconds that will somehow never miss a character with no defense.
He's going to be annoying.
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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. |
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Originally Posted by Silas
This. Signature AVs/Heroes are cheatyface.
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I had to go dig this up from where I posted it in an old thread.
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Let's not forget his Hand Clap that deals scale 1.42 damage ... the same as Footstomp. His Total Focus deals its damage and mag 4 stun in a 17' AoE. His Hurl hits in a 15' radius AoE. None of his AoE attacks have a target cap. He has two attack sets - Energy Melee and Super Strength (with the big-hitters from both). |
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American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
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Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen
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^Professional Katana/regen build thread
I also heard that he DOES hate villains
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Doubt it, when IOs came out all content that came out after was still based around a SO build.|
Originally Posted by Silverado
I'm gonna guess that top end AVs in GR will be balanced around fighting characters with their 10 "global enhancement slots" acquired (or theoretically level 60), so he'll probably be very difficult (even moreso than Gyrfalcon who IMO outranks him in coolness and skill) but still doable by a character fully decked out in GR goodies.
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Doubtful... I've not heard anything of it anywhere. Racks up another tick for blind speculation, though.
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen
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^Professional Katana/regen build thread
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I just asked my magic 8 ball, and it said "Signs point to 'Yes'", so... confirmed!!!
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Originally Posted by Elegost
Doubtful... I've not heard anything of it anywhere. Racks up another tick for blind speculation, though.
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"Four hours in, and I was no longer making mistakes, no longer detoggling. I was a machine." - Werner
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waitwaitwait... what was the question? was it answering 'yes' to is Ele right? or was it saying 'yes' to the lvl 60 garbage?
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Originally Posted by Iggy_Kamakaze
I hate to be the bringer of bad news... but Willpower sucks!!! you're better off rolling a regen
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^Professional Katana/regen build thread
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Originally Posted by Da_Captain
Doubt it, when IOs came out all content that came out after was still based around a SO build.
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That doesn't say how much 'hard, new content' there will be in relation to new content with the current difficulty curve (or whether Maelstrom will be easy or hard), but I fully expect there to be content that kind of assumes you have participated somewhat in their nebulous new advacement system.
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No, and each time someone spreads it around as fact, God kills a kitten. It goes back to a vague marketing survey asking "How would you feel if there were more ways to develop your character after 50?," got made up into this form by rabid forumites going "Zomg! We're getting everything on the marketing survey Soon (TM)!!!" and got kicked into overdrive when Pos switched roles to work on the endgame. Something along those lines may very well happen someday, it's not all that hard to come up with the idea (prolly why it keeps resurfacing), but it really hasn't even been /hinted/ at as something they're planning.
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I can't believe my magic 8 ball lied to me. I feel so betrayed.
"That's because Werner can't do maths." - BunnyAnomaly
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*shoulder pat for Werner* It fooled us all...
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Originally Posted by Werner
I can't believe my magic 8 ball lied to me. I feel so betrayed.
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Originally Posted by Gaderath
No, and each time someone spreads it around as fact, God kills a kitten. It goes back to a vague marketing survey asking "How would you feel if there were more ways to develop your character after 50?," got made up into this form by rabid forumites going "Zomg! We're getting everything on the marketing survey Soon (TM)!!!" and got kicked into overdrive when Pos switched roles to work on the endgame. Something along those lines may very well happen someday, it's not all that hard to come up with the idea (prolly why it keeps resurfacing), but it really hasn't even been /hinted/ at as something they're planning.
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God, you people take everything so literal, there's a reason why I used "quotation marks"
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Originally Posted by Da_Captain
Has this really been confirmed?
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Originally Posted by Silverado
GR will introduce ways to further develop your character, and (I assume) Maelstrom and other top end AVs will be balanced around fighting toons with those improvements.
God, you people take everything so literal, there's a reason why I used "quotation marks" |
And the only way I saw to interpret your quotations is just that there is no spiffy name yet for the "global enhancement slots". Your post sounds /very/ literally, as if it was confirmed, when they're has been virtually zero talk or even hints of what GR will offer beyond level 20 (excluding DP and DS), let alone a continued, post 50 leveling/enhancement plan. If something like that were coming, far more likely to be included in Pos's "Endgame" he's working on, than in GR.
How easy do you think this guy will be to solo? Considering how pistols performs I'm going to wager he'll be a 3 out of 10 on the difficulty scale. Am I jumping to conclusions without any hard data, you bet I am!
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