So just why isn't Ghost Widow affected by undead slaying powers?
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Posted on: 2010-10-18 18:29 in Player Questions
That's not the only thing Ghost Widow has an unfair advantage over. Her version of Soul Storm is mag 100, requiring 5+ tier 3 Break Free's to get out of it. PitA. Her immunity to the Ghost Slaying Axe is much like Stateman's or Mako's crashless Tier 9's. It's cheating, specifically designed to make the encounter challenging, whether you agree with the principle or not.
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No, I really don't agree with it that it's a challenge. It would be a challenge if Ghost Widow had her own version of Domination that made it mag 100 and AV's were not, by default, all but immune to most debuffs.|
Originally Posted by OminousVoice
That's not the only thing Ghost Widow has an unfair advantage over. Her version of Soul Storm is mag 100, requiring 5+ tier 3 Break Free's to get out of it. PitA. Her immunity to the Ghost Slaying Axe is much like Stateman's or Mako's crashless Tier 9's. It's cheating, specifically designed to make the encounter challenging, whether you agree with the principle or not.
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But that's not the point, the real question is just: "Why?"
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Its well documented that NPCs are cheating booby heads.
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The greatest outrage with Ghost Widow is the unfair animated hair advantage she gets over everyone else.
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Originally Posted by OminousVoice
That's not the only thing Ghost Widow has an unfair advantage over. Her version of Soul Storm is mag 100, requiring 5+ tier 3 Break Free's to get out of it. PitA. Her immunity to the Ghost Slaying Axe is much like Stateman's or Mako's crashless Tier 9's. It's cheating, specifically designed to make the encounter challenging, whether you agree with the principle or not.
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Her hair has a chance to proc server crashes. I've seen it happen.
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Originally Posted by Willowpaw
The greatest outrage with Ghost Widow is the unfair animated hair advantage she gets over everyone else.
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Ammo switching for Dual Pistols was my idea:
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In-story, Ghost Widow has an advantage over other undead spirits. Most spirits are bound to the physical realm by some object they were associated with in life, or possibly through a connection to a still-living relative. Ghost Widow is connected to the entire Arachnos organization, so she cannot be disrupted nearly as easily as other spirits, as her tie to reality is not nearly so tenuous as most ghosts.
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Originally Posted by Crazy1van
In-story, Ghost Widow has an advantage over other undead spirits. Most spirits are bound to the physical realm by some object they were associated with in life, or possibly through a connection to a still-living relative. Ghost Widow is connected to the entire Arachnos organization, so she cannot be disrupted nearly as easily as other spirits, as her tie to reality is not nearly so tenuous as most ghosts.
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Something about "So long as Arachnos exists she can never be truly destroyed".
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Disconnection is the ultimate debuff.
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Originally Posted by Vel_Overload
Her hair has a chance to proc server crashes. I've seen it happen.
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Yeah, that's what I was going to say. Also, the Ghost Slaying Axe is probably most powerful against lower level, common types of spirits, and not the unique, demon-like types. Ghost Widow would definately count as one of the more powerful types. |
Originally Posted by Crazy1van
In-story, Ghost Widow has an advantage over other undead spirits. Most spirits are bound to the physical realm by some object they were associated with in life, or possibly through a connection to a still-living relative. Ghost Widow is connected to the entire Arachnos organization, so she cannot be disrupted nearly as easily as other spirits, as her tie to reality is not nearly so tenuous as most ghosts.
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Mind you, if you could go back in time to the day she died the axe might have a bigger effect on her. Of course, you'd also have to watch out for Wretch.
There are also hints that she is, in some way, "special". When she tries to return to life in her Patron arc, she says that she ends up with an "ectoplasmic body". This may be why she appears solid, and not ghostly like War Witch. (And I'm pretty sure any version of War Witch that can be attacked by the Ghost Slaying Axe wouldn't be effected by it, either. There are perks to having the lead developer as your player.
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They forgot to make her count as a ghost for the purposes of the axe. It's really that simple.
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Originally Posted by Willowpaw
The greatest outrage with Ghost Widow is the unfair animated hair advantage she gets over everyone else.
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This is correct
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I'm just curious about this: Why is Ghost Widow not affected by the undead slaying temp (and vet) powers we get?
Is it a story reason? Like because there's something special about her as a ghost or maybe she's not as undead she thinks, etc. etc.
Or is it a gameplay reason like too bothersome to make multiple ghost widows who are and are not affected, to prevent a gangup of GSA vets in RV, she's a 'special AV' and that means being an exception to weaknesses of standard character, etc. etc.
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