My Fire/Fire Scrapper just grabbed the 45% Recharge 33% Heal Alpha Slot and has now ran off giggling.
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I knew it.... I was worried (a little hopeful to be honest) that the incarnate slots were going to affect our build plans. Attack powers no longer need to be slotted for max damage.... with the ability to exceed ED recharge we can do attack chains that were impossible before (maybe.. there's not to many good options there actually). Interesting stuff. I do think everyone who's studying this out will be opting for damage or recharge.
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I'd love to see explanations as to why? Seems like Cardiac would be equally if not more popular. I think it will all come down to primary/secondary and IO build.
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Originally Posted by Shred_Monkey
I do think everyone who's studying this out will be opting for damage or recharge.
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Originally Posted by Shred_Monkey
I knew it.... I was worried (a little hopeful to be honest) that the incarnate slots were going to affect our build plans. Attack powers no longer need to be slotted for max damage.... with the ability to exceed ED recharge we can do attack chains that were impossible before (maybe.. there's not to many good options there actually). Interesting stuff. I do think everyone who's studying this out will be opting for damage or recharge.
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If the core build gets where you need for recharge than there may be better mileage on: damage, accuracy, defense, end, resistance, etc.
Gonna be fun to experiment, I know that.
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There's not much point to endurance once you're sustainable, and We can already build for sustainable endurance. But damage, and recharge depending on what you're after, don't have a limit like that.
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Originally Posted by Desmodos
I'd love to see explanations as to why? Seems like Cardiac would be equally if not more popular. I think it will all come down to primary/secondary and IO build.
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Originally Posted by Werner
There's not much point to endurance once you're sustainable, and We can already build for sustainable endurance. But damage, and recharge depending on what you're after, don't have a limit like that.
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I can see that on some power sets. Other power sets have made sacrifices or were forced into a specific Epic in order to achieve that sustainability. Cardiac is potentially as good if not superior to some of those choices. This would free up builds to focus more on other areas, such as recharge or defense.
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Well this is extremely lame. Looks like we gotta wait even longer to get all of the Alpha Slot.
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Expectation Check The official web site lists the four tiers of Alpha Boost (common, uncommon, rare, and very rare). In Issue 19, only the first two tiers are available to be crafted and slotted. The other tiers are for later Issues in the same way the other nine Incarnate Ability Slots are for later Issues. |
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Originally Posted by MunkiLord
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Well this is extremely lame. Looks like we gotta wait even longer to get all of the Alpha Slot. |
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Your comment wasn't even slightly helpful since there has been a lot of activity in the last few hours.
If you were referring to TheOcho's explanation on the bad info then I don't really see how that is relevant.
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Yeah, I meant to include something like, "But you're right that it will depend on primary/secondary and build", and then suddenly I had to run out the door, so I just hit send and ran out the door.
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Originally Posted by Desmodos
I can see that on some power sets. Other power sets have made sacrifices or were forced into a specific Epic in order to achieve that sustainability. Cardiac is potentially as good if not superior to some of those choices. This would free up builds to focus more on other areas, such as recharge or defense.
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Originally Posted by MunkiLord
Your comment wasn't even slightly helpful since there has been a lot of activity in the last few hours.
If you were referring to TheOcho's explanation on the bad info then I don't really see how that is relevant. |
Can everyone access this link?
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...14#post3318414
As to the relevance, it explains when we can expect to see the higher tiers of the Alpha slot.
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Originally Posted by Desmodos
Sorry, Forums wonky on my end. I can't tell what open and closed ATM.
Can everyone access this link? http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...14#post3318414 As to the relevance, it explains when we can expect to see the higher tiers of the Alpha slot. |
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Originally Posted by Desmodos
Sorry, Forums wonky on my end. I can't tell what open and closed ATM.
Can everyone access this link? http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...14#post3318414 As to the relevance, it explains when we can expect to see the higher tiers of the Alpha slot. |
I'm just stomping my feet because I want it all now. We did wait several more months and now I don't get those delicious top end bonuses for more months.
Now I'm torn on if I want to respec my builds to maximize what we have available now or use incomplete builds waiting for the rest of the Alpha Slot bonus to come at a later time.
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This is what somebody else posted in another thread:
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Originally Posted by theOcho Hey All, Just wanted to drop in and let you know that we will be updating the web page for the incarnate abilities to fix any inconsistencies or omissions and to be more clear on exactly what is included in Issue 19. To clarify, Rare and Very Rare Enhancements will be available as part of Issue 20, not Issue 19. Sorry for any confusion, |
For I19 I have settled squarely on the Spiritual Radial Boost for Succubus Kali. Oh so delicious!
It looks like most will be getting Spiritual Alpha powers on my end. What about you folks? Which ones do you want for your 4 billion Inf character? What about your character that currently only has SOs, what will they use?
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I was just let down by the news that only common and uncommon boosts will be available in I19 :/
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Originally Posted by Exxar
I was just let down by the news that only common and uncommon boosts will be available in I19 :/
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that's a big let down
What the hell. Seriously how much more testing is needed for the alpha slot? Aren't they all the same?
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...um...no. Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but there are 9 different enhancements for the Alpha slots that will be available when Issue 19 launches.
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Originally Posted by Santorican
What the hell. Seriously how much more testing is needed for the alpha slot? Aren't they all the same?
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I'm not sure if I am understanding your statement correct but the ocho stated that the common and uncommon will be available with I19 and the rare and very rare will be available with I20.|
Originally Posted by Desmodos
...um...no. Maybe I'm not understanding the question, but there are 9 different enhancements for the Alpha slots that will be available when Issue 19 launches.
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Originally Posted by theOcho
Hey All,
Just wanted to drop in and let you know that we will be updating the web page for the incarnate abilities to fix any inconsistencies or omissions and to be more clear on exactly what is included in Issue 19. To clarify, Rare and Very Rare Enhancements will be available as part of Issue 20, not Issue 19. Sorry for any confusion, |
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I suspect we're not understanding each other.
I'm replying to:
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I'm stating, no, they are not all the same. There are three trees for the alpha slot. We're getting the first two tiers of the tree with Issue 19. Those two tiers constitute 3 different Alpha ehancements. 2nd tier grants enhancement to two aspects. So I don't consider them the same.| What the hell. Seriously how much more testing is needed for the alpha slot? Aren't they all the same? |
I would prefer that we use the heck out of these lower tiers so the devs can see the impact they have on game play before releasing the upper tiers.
If they release all the tiers at once, and then suddenly realize adjustments will be necessary, there will be more whining on epic proportions.
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Originally Posted by bAss_ackwards
For I19 I have settled squarely on the Spiritual Radial Boost for Succubus Kali. Oh so delicious!
It looks like most will be getting Spiritual Alpha powers on my end. What about you folks? Which ones do you want for your 4 billion Inf character? What about your character that currently only has SOs, what will they use? |
Fire/SD scrap and stone/dm tank Spiritual Core Paragon.
I'll use Incarnate powers like IO's: add flavor to the builds, highlight strenths, and shore-up weaknesses. In a game like this when you cant summit the mountain ("win"), I can at least make my toon *fit* enough to climb indefinately!
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Originally Posted by Desmodos
If they release all the tiers at once, and then suddenly realize adjustments will be necessary, there will be more whining on epic proportions.
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Very true. A lot of really good MMO's have been spoiled by the addition of endgame content. I would really hate for that to happen here. Caution is a good thing. If they released all 4 tiers and it turns out we can all be at T4 by this time next week.. then what's the point of tiers 1, 2, and 3?
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Pardon my ignorance, but can anyone enlighten me as to how these Alpha slots will be applied, physcially? What I mean is, will we get additional slot(s) to our current powers, or will there be a separate, new "power" devoted to Alpha slotting? And do we get one Alpha slot per character?
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Think of opening the alpha slot as opening the option of crafting a zero-endurance-using temp power that, once slotted, will act - globally - as described. Note that it wont add functions to powers that dont already have those options (wont add -def to dark melee, for example). IDK if they will allow more than one or if swapping out and how freely/often will be allowed. I'm hoping we can have multiple and these will be ajustable on-the-fly (or with in a few minutes, but if not I dont care. I just like the whole thing |
Originally Posted by Sir_Lionheart
Pardon my ignorance, but can anyone enlighten me as to how these Alpha slots will be applied, physcially? What I mean is, will we get additional slot(s) to our current powers, or will there be a separate, new "power" devoted to Alpha slotting? And do we get one Alpha slot per character?
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Succubus Kali will be going after the Spiritual Alpha powers first. The Very Rare that has 45% Recharge, 33% Heal, ignores 2/3 of ED, and a Level Shift is going to be soooooo tasty!
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