Traps Force Field
By
Bubblerella,
Posted on: 2011-02-11 19:10 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Yeah, the FFG is sort of stupid.
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This is a very common thing for traps, it's nothing new to those who've played the set. The good news is that the recharge is fast so you can pretty much recast as needed (mine is perma hasten so). The biggest problem I have with FFG (at least at higher levels) is that even though you can soft cap yourself, FFG doesn't benefit from this, which can really hurt you when it comes to AoE and KB attacks. |
Originally Posted by Malikayl9
Ive been working on my Traps/Dual pistol defender and am close to hitting 50. I wanted to see if anyone else noticed that your force field tends to be slow keeping up with you or recognizing that you have moved. Sometimes it takes up to 5 seconds before it moves to catch up to you. Im moving around with hover at max flight for a defender at 97% enhancement. When im laying traps and supporting my local tank/brute, the last thing I want is my defense to drop right before I move in to help. It has gotten me killed consistantly dropping from 35% defense to 9%. Anyone else notice this problem?
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I guess that's the trade we make for being an FF with no debuffs vs. a traps set with great debuffs. I'd rather have a traps over FF any day when it comes down to it.
@MARTy McFly
Well, its good to see that im not the only one feeling the pain...
I hit 50 finally but ive now developed the tactic of resummoning it in the middle of a group im about to advance on to make sure I dont lose the bonuses before taking agro. Kinda silly and completely against the way the power works. Maybe the devs could take a look at this. Personally, id rather someone just duct tape the thing to my back and be done with it.
Do you open with Seeker drones? Run in as soon as the mob sees them there should be enough time to PGT and the FF gen should be on you by then or you have a second to re summon it. You only need to be in it's field who cares if it's stuck behind you a little bit.
I have attempted to use the drones to take the agro first, even acid mortar and poison in different orders, but none of it will help against a aoe barrage or cones when my FFG decides to daydream and stare at the clouds. Most I can do is just drop the seekers, rush in and immediately drop FFG and start my poison traps, etc. In the end though it defeats the point of FFG having a 4 min duration.
At least we all agree though that the FFG is flawed and not acting as originally intended.
Ive been working on my Traps/Dual pistol defender and am close to hitting 50. I wanted to see if anyone else noticed that your force field tends to be slow keeping up with you or recognizing that you have moved. Sometimes it takes up to 5 seconds before it moves to catch up to you. Im moving around with hover at max flight for a defender at 97% enhancement. When im laying traps and supporting my local tank/brute, the last thing I want is my defense to drop right before I move in to help. It has gotten me killed consistantly dropping from 35% defense to 9%. Anyone else notice this problem?