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Mace Mastery Power Boost, does it work with Trap set Powers ?

Dechs Kaison

By Dechs Kaison,
Posted on: 2010-06-02 17:45 in Masterminds

 

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Just wondering if Power Boost from Mace Mastery works with all the Trap Powers ? I'm getting the impression that it might not work with Trip Mine because I think Trip Mine is considered a pet, but are the other powers pets also ? I'm thinking that Force Field Generator might also be in the pet line. But not sure on Poison Traps, Triage Becon, Acid Mortar or Seeker Drones. I am assuming that Caltrops and Web Grenade are okay.

Anyone that can offer some insight on this..

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It works with Web Grenade and the movement slow portion of Caltrops. That is it.

 

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Also works with the defence buff from the FF drone!!!

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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison View Post
Erm... no it doesn't. Power boost does not affect pets.
It can, since it affects Caltrops. It's just that most of the pets in Traps are flagged to ignore caster buffs.

 

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PB works with pseudo pets, such as Caltrops, Lightning Storm and Tornado. Rule of thumb is if the pet shows up on the Pet Window, it won't be buffed by PB. Trip Mine and Triage Beacon *could* be affected by PB, if they had any of the effects that PB covers

 

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Originally Posted by Silverado View Post
PB works with pseudo pets, such as Caltrops, Lightning Storm and Tornado. Rule of thumb is if the pet shows up on the Pet Window, it won't be buffed by PB. Trip Mine and Triage Beacon *could* be affected by PB, if they had any of the effects that PB covers
Thanks. This is what I meant, I just didn't add the bit about pseudopets.

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The hold of poison trap is boosted too.

 

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Originally Posted by Frosticus View Post
The hold of poison trap is boosted too.
Nope.

 

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Originally Posted by Weatherby Goode View Post
Nope.
hmm, I'm reasonably confident aim helps it hit, just figured pb would make it hold longer, but only if it is set off while pb is active. Same idea as LS draining more endurance while pb is active.

 

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Originally Posted by Frosticus View Post
hmm, I'm reasonably confident aim helps it hit, just figured pb would make it hold longer, but only if it is set off while pb is active. Same idea as LS draining more endurance while pb is active.
The easiest way to tell if a pet or psuedo pet inherits buffs is this:

Eat a red.
Cast the pet.
Look for the little red diamonds at the pets location.

No diamonds means it doesn't inherit buffs. you can do this with PB too if you want, just look for the sparkly rainbow PB effect.

 

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You're right, just tested PB with poison trap, no hold duration increase.