Since it is VERY easily perma'd, I can see no reason not to double or triple the duration and recharge. Get enough people with the same issue and I can see it changed.
Or they'll nerf it.
I hardly see it as being nerf-able, it's just range, makes cones easier, single target, most enemies can hit you from as far as you're going to be anyways, and devoids your melee skills that lots of secondaries have.
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Or make it a toggle
That wouldn't be too bad either. Either way I'd agree that it needs to last longer. A low end cost toggle would be very good too though and I'd personally go for that over a longer recharge. So annoying forgetting when it's not on and trying to use a power and wondering why it's coming up short lol
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Boost Range doesn't stack anymore. Its already been nerfed once. You can easily double or triple stack it, but the +range bonus doesn't stack, it'll just never fall off. its basically a 1 slot wonder now, especially with high global recharge builds.
Plus, there is a destiny power that adds more range to builds (i think ageless? not too sure though) and its also easily perma. Now, the two of them may stack, and allow you to shoot powers from miles away, but i'm again not too sure.
Mmm, toggle Boost Range.
Mmm, toggle Instant Healing.
Meh. Hands-free auto Boost Range would be handy, and reduce the number of powers you need/want to have on autocast, but I don't think it's that big a deal.
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You know what would be cool? Putting range buffs in targetting drone for /Devices. It's thematic, unique, and lord knows devices needs some love.
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It's thematic, unique, and lord knows devices needs some love.
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it actually took me a while, but now I get /dev. It's good, but it's like /ice, you need to want what it gives. And it gives the ability to hit anything and some other neat tricks.
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You know what would be cool? Putting range buffs in targetting drone for /Devices. It's thematic, unique, and lord knows devices needs some love.
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I have an Arch/Dev Blaster and love playing him, but there is no way I would ever argue that Devices does not need some love. Looking at anything other sets have, you can clearly see the disparity. Nothing it does makes up for a lack of Build Up; Targeting Drone is nice, but doesn't do enough; Gun Drone is nicer than it once was, but is still annoyingly long to activate and quite negatively balanced compared to any other pet out there; and the two mine powers take far too long to set up and just do not reflect the playstyle of City of Heroes at all.|
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I must be doing something wrong with all my non /Dev blasters because I not sure if /Dev needs love.
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Such things have been said to death by players for years, and I honestly do not know why the developers are so reluctant to adjust the set. They're clearly able to make improvements to sets without making them overpowered. It's a great set, but clearly needs adjustments: this isn't even some imaginary Brute vs. Scrapper jealousy, either.
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Honest thoughts about giving Targetting Drone the ability to boost range? It would help all those AR/Dev toons out there with the short cones.
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I'd be happier if it gave a +damage buff with it, more-so than the range boost but I'd be happy to have that added as well. And Trip mind/time bomb need their cast times reduced, TM to 2 seconds instead of 4, and TB to a 4 second cast, 6 second wait or so.
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It's primary advantage is that it matures quickly. The key powers (Targeting Drone and Caltrops) come quickly and make a low level Devices blaster surprisingly survivable. However after that it tails off, the key problem (IMHO) being the long, interruptable, cast times on the later powers.
In many ways the problem Devices suffers from is similar to the problem with Stalkers. It's giving up something but what it's getting in return is not particularly useful within the current iteration of the meta-game.
The main argument I use to show why Devices isn't that great is to ask what can it do for a team that a /Ice Blaster cannot do better with the inclusion of Stealth and Tactics. Devices is a good solo set but it really suffers on teams due mostly to the long cast times of the later powers.
If I were to put together a wish list for Devices it would actually be:
1. Give Trip Mine a 2 second, non-interruptable cast time, maybe increase recharge to balance if necessary (it's hard to say the recharge increase would be needed or not).
2. Turn Time Bomb into something similar to Omega Maneuver. I know Omega Maneuver isn't particularly popular either but unlike Time Bomb it does work reasonably well both solo and teamed and already has similar Damage and Recharge numbers (accounting for base damage scaling)
3. Give Gun Drone a 2 second, non-interruptable cast time.
Those three powers are essentially Device's answer to the melee attacks and Build Up present in other sets. The problem is that all three are almost impossible to use on a fast moving team and annoying to use solo. Making them easier to use allows them to fulfill their role in the set.
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Or make it a toggle
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I agree with making Boost Range a toggle. I prefer to have Hasten on auto.
Devices as has been pointed out needs a face lift.
I think that trip mine could stand a much shorter set up time...or better yet have it spread out a mine field of 5-6 mines...make it work like caltrops providing an AOE field.
Change time bomb to "sticky bomb". You throw it at a target it sticks to the target and goes off 5-10 seconds later... kinda like those little redcaps with the bombs tied to them thrown by fiends.
Get rid of tazzer and put in build-up.
Tazer stays, they won't get rid of it, and they don't need to. Devices will NEVER get build up, and I don't want it to. I'd like to see a +damage constant buff but lower value on targetting drone, but not build up.
Trip mine, and time bomb definitely need shorter cast times. But on the mine field idea, i'd see just a larger radius on the current actual explosion.
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Boost Range is so great. Attacking from farther away and having bigger cones is love. But its duration is so short, you need to use it so much. If I put it on auto it's always interrupting my attack chains. If I don't put it on auto I constantly forget to use it. Wish it lasted longer with longer recharge. Can't live with it, can't live without it...
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