Defender Inherent?


Adeon Hawkwood

 

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Not sure if this was mentioned before or not but, why dont fenders have some sort of +debuff/buff inherent?

Personally im not "unhappy" with the current vigilance, but it seems like the fender AT might be the only AT without an inherent that helps with their job, which is to buff/debuff.

The end discount is understandable because debuffs are end heavy, and the damage buff is good for soloing...but what about something along the lines of a scaling powerboost? -the control aspect of it(or maybe with it?)

or some other thing to help with the fenders job:buff/debuff

ideas/suggestions/comments/critisim/insults/threats please



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... that was the point of the original worthlessness... er, vigilance. That it would extend their ability to apply those buffs/debuffs as the team got into trouble. They were given the damage buff because the old Vig was of no use to them solo.


 

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Originally Posted by theduke24 View Post
Not sure if this was mentioned before or not but, why dont fenders have some sort of +debuff/buff inherent?
A practical reason is simply balance. Buff/Debuff sets are already very powerful, giving Defenders (who already have the most powerful buffs and debuffs) even more power is not a good thing for balancing team play. Also, from a different angle, Defenders already do have a buff/debuff bonus, it's just baked into thier powers rather than being an Inhernet Power.

The other side of it would be that it's not something that would apply evenly across powersets. For example Traps would get no benefit from it (unless they did something special with it) since Power Boost type effects don't boost pets or pseudo-pets.


 

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Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood View Post
The other side of it would be that it's not something that would apply evenly across powersets. For example Traps would get no benefit from it (unless they did something special with it) since Power Boost type effects don't boost pets or pseudo-pets.
Similarly, Sonic Resonance and Cold Domination would get limited use out of such a thing.


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oh, ok. Understandable.


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