Which guides in guide section are still valid?
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-04-20 09:25 in Player Questions
Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Depends on what the guide's about. Different powersets/powers/archetypes were changed at different times.
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Plus, some of us have updated our guides with newer information. One thing to look at is whether the Original Poster/Guide Author has posted in the thread recently.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Unfortunately, it's not that easy. Depends on what the guide's about. Different powersets/powers/archetypes were changed at different times.
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And some, of course, don't deal with powersets or whatnot at all. (FatherXmas's computer parts guide keeps getting updated, for instance, or BillZBubba's guide to moving COH, or my own Kheld lore guide... ok, most of mine.)
Now, if you see a Grav controller guide advocating the usefulness of Fold Space, that might be a little outdated.
Keep in mind that an old guide may still have very good info in it as well. Dont discount it because its not updated to Issue 16.
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I can tell you that most information in guides for controller builds written after Issue 6 should still be more or less relevant as long as you're not looking for information about IO enhancements.
Anything pre Issue 6 is probably totally junk (for any guide that deals with build advice) due to a change in how enhancement bonuses were calculated around that time.
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And pre-i5, the info about most AoE holds is out of date as well, due to the x2 recharge, x.5 duration nerf.
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I can tell you that most information in guides for controller builds written after Issue 6 should still be more or less relevant as long as you're not looking for information about IO enhancements.
Anything pre Issue 6 is probably totally junk (for any guide that deals with build advice) due to a change in how enhancement bonuses were calculated around that time. |
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Exactly. I have several guides that will not ever go out of date, some that go out of date mid-Issue, some that are valid for several Issues, and one that is the combination of the above.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Depends on what the guide's about.
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Keep in mind that an old guide may still have very good info in it as well. Dont discount it because its not updated to Issue 16.
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Also I forget the poster but the guide to SMASH for brutes was very useful too.
Thanks for the info, everyone. That helps!
Most of the guides on this forum are helpfully labelled with the Issue to which they apply. Many of the guides are very old, however. How old can a guide be before the information contained therein becomes outdated? Can I assume that, say, anything I12 or newer is still valid? Thanks!