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Thank you Alpha Slot

AnElfCalledMack

By AnElfCalledMack,
Posted on: 2011-02-16 23:14 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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I am really coming to love the new Alpha Slot system.

They are completely revitalizing characters that sit at 50 untouched simply because they had one or two glaring faults.

My Fire/Cold Corruptor for example, awesome fun powers (and dual storms) but runs out of endurance constantly outside of heat loss (which will get me as often as not). This had made me do terrible things, like choosing either attack only or shield/debuff only, due to endurance issues on a fast team.

Suddenly, cardiac. I can use artic fog, I can use leadership, AND attack/buff/debuff. I'm no more survivable but I am not constantly limited anymore.

Best thing is F. U. IO System. You are finally able to become competitive by PLAYING THE GAME instead of sitting in a market and running back and forth between there, the crafting table, and farms. If I really want to invest in a character, IO's, sure. But finally the simply okay 'just for fun' characters can start doing any 50 content they want to and not rot away.

Thanks for getting it right devs. Thank you.

"Fascinating. I'm not bored at all, I swear." -Kikuchiyo

 

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Yes I love the new dimension this brings to character building.

One thing I'm not terribly fond of is the level shift, which doesn't really add as much as it takes away. I'll have to wait and see how the devs deal with the widening gap between incarnates and non-incarnates.

Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster

 

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Originally Posted by Auroxis View Post
Yes I love the new dimension this brings to character building.

One thing I'm not terribly fond of is the level shift, which doesn't really add as much as it takes away. I'll have to wait and see how the devs deal with the widening gap between incarnates and non-incarnates.
What do you mean by the level shift takes away?

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Originally Posted by docbuzzard View Post
What do you mean by the level shift takes away?
It makes non-incarnate characters feel considerably weak in comparison. It's not too noticeable now, but if they add more level shifts the difference in performance between an incarnate and a non-incarnate will be enormous.

Mains (Freedom) @Auroxis
Auroxis - Emp/Rad/Power Defender Pylon Video Soloing an AV
Pelvic Thunder - SS/Elec/Mu Brute
Sorajin - Elec/Nin Stalker
Neuropain - Sonic/Mental/Elec Blaster

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