Question about the Rectified Reticle Unique
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Posted on: 2011-01-17 12:10 in The Market and Inventions
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Originally Posted by Vanden
There are three -Perception enemies that drive me nuts in this game: Night Widows with Smoke Grenade, Tarantula Mistresses with Will Domination, and Scirocco with Dust Devils. Will the Rectified Reticle unique increase my perception enough that I'll be able to still see enemies when hit with those attacks?
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Yes, the Rectified Reticule will help against one or two enemy debuffs, but you'll also have to counter the to-hit and accuracy debuffs. Coupling up Rectified Reticule +Perception, Kismet +To-Hit, and Leadership: Tactics will give you an advantage in most casual circumstances. If that isn't doing it, look into taking Focused Accuracy if your AT has it. Sure, it's been neutered from it's original intent, but it'll protect against the to-hit and perception debuffs.
Smoke Grenade debuffs Perception 90%. Base Perception of 500 feet gets reduced to 50 feet.
Rectified Reticle gives a 20% increase to Perception. At base of 500 feet, that's an extra 100 feet. Combined with Smoke Grenade, your Perception will be at 150 feet.
Tactics' stats vary on level and AT. Using a Tanker at level 1 and Defender at level 50, it provides:
- +7.00/12.5% tohit
- +15.75/64.88% resistance to perception radius
- +21.00/86.50% perception radius
So, Tactics v. Smoke Grenade would be, worst case scenario -- a Level 1 Tanker with Tactics:
The Tanker's Perception would be 605. The incoming -Perception of Smoke Grenade of 90% is reduced by the resistance to -Perception (15.75%) making it 77.75% -Perception (resistance formula is [base / {100 + resistance}].) Applying that to the base of 500 is -388.75 Perception. Subtract that from 605 leaves 216.25 Perception.
A Tanker with Tactics at 50 v. Smoke Grenade: 412 feet.
A Defender with Tactics at 50 v. Smoke Grenade: 676 feet.
Clearly, if you're worried about -Perception, then make room for Tactics.
See: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Perception
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The answer is basically no. The IO will lessen the size or number of Yellow inspirations you'll need.
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Originally Posted by Vanden
There are three -Perception enemies that drive me nuts in this game: Night Widows with Smoke Grenade, Tarantula Mistresses with Will Domination, and Scirocco with Dust Devils. Will the Rectified Reticle unique increase my perception enough that I'll be able to still see enemies when hit with those attacks?
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Wavicle, Energy/Energy Blaster, dinged 50 in Issue 4, summer of 2005.
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Not sure about Scirocco, but with respect to the other two enemies, yes, Rectified Reticle will give you enough +perception to see well enough to fight as long as they are no more than 1 or 2 levels higher than you and you aren't getting stacked with -perception powers. Against +1 widows and tarantulas my perception is 100' while blinded.
There are three -Perception enemies that drive me nuts in this game: Night Widows with Smoke Grenade, Tarantula Mistresses with Will Domination, and Scirocco with Dust Devils. Will the Rectified Reticle unique increase my perception enough that I'll be able to still see enemies when hit with those attacks?
Issue 16 made me feel like this.
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