Shadowy Presence
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b0bcatmc,
Posted on: 2010-08-25 10:34 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
I honestly don't think it's supposed to have any real substantial use aside from AFK safety. While it is kind of dissapointing I can understand why the devs might not have wanted to tie a 'good' power into the purchase of an expansion. You'd end up with people complaining about having to buy the expansion in order to get the power or some other such sillyness.
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I've thought about it... but still can't figure out a useful application for this power, except like what Oliin said, to be safer when AFK or something.
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Originally Posted by TwilightPhoenix
Anyone know how to make good use of this power outside of avoiding patrols?
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Since it has a five minute duration and a ten minute recharge it's only good for fairly brief AFKs.
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
I've thought about it... but still can't figure out a useful application for this power, except like what Oliin said, to be safer when AFK or something.
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Other than usnig it near mission doors while waiting for the team to assemble, or just inside the mission door in case of a wandering patrol, I've used it after clicking rest for added security.
So, pretty much patrol safety.
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does it trigger the hidden status for stalkers and Veats? If so it's a second placate.
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The stealth don't work on mobs you already aggroed so. No placate. I really wonder what the heck this power is used for.
Does it work vs. ambushes?
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Not really. This topic was discussed quite well in another thread. And all they thought of was PLing and AFK. For me it looks like all it is good for is PLing.
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Near as I can tell it doesn't work against ANYTHING. It turns you into a coal black figure and that seems to be all.|
Originally Posted by tanstaafl
Does it work vs. ambushes?
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It takes ~5 seconds to activate
If you move, it stops
If you use ANY power it stops
If you get bumped by anything including one of your teammates it stops
If you move your mouse it stops (well, maybe not but if you move at ALL including simply rotating your character it stops)
And if by some miracle you don't drop it it will stop after 5 minutes. Frankly other than turning yourself black for a screenshot I can't see any use to it at all; it's even less useful than Walk, heretofore the poster child for useless powers.
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Maybe it was created as the conceptual opposite of Ninja Run?|
Originally Posted by Call Me Awesome
Near as I can tell it doesn't work against ANYTHING. It turns you into a coal black figure and that seems to be all.
It takes ~5 seconds to activate If you move, it stops If you use ANY power it stops If you get bumped by anything including one of your teammates it stops If you move your mouse it stops (well, maybe not but if you move at ALL including simply rotating your character it stops) And if by some miracle you don't drop it it will stop after 5 minutes. Frankly other than turning yourself black for a screenshot I can't see any use to it at all; it's even less useful than Walk, heretofore the poster child for useless powers. |
Instead being a power that almost everyone finds useful, it's a power that almost everyone finds useless.
i know i've tried to make it useful, but even when using it for resting i'm usually almost back to full health and endurance by the time it takes effect.
As for patrols, well, if i know about a patrol far enough in advance to use it it's at least as easy to just move out of the patrol's path. Ambushes of course ignore its use entirely.
My wild, unfounded speculation is that there may be some mechanic/scenario in the upcoming Incarnate content that makes it useful.
Has anyone who chats with the Devs heard anything regarding what use this power is intended to have beyond being a particularly slow activating emote/visual effect? Arcanaville? Anyone?
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i make stuff...
Anyone know how to make good use of this power outside of avoiding patrols? I've tried using it as a panic button, but even after running out of range of aggroed mobs, they still see through it. So far, I've only gotten real use out of it to make my character look pitch black.