I really think this change benefits MMs the most since you can hit all the pets and teammates in a couple clicks. This is BIG stuff. If you team up a /thermal and a /FF you can get both sets of troops buffed to the gills in seconds.
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HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
I think FF got the better boost, due to how ridiculously long the FF animations are compared with Thermal.
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Most importantly, it means that for large teams (or leagues) we no longer have to choose between buffing teammates, pets, and actually having endurance anymore. We'll have our cake and eat it, too 
Agree this is a huge boost for MMs.
I'm a bit sad now that I deleted my 28th level Bots/Therm MM. I just hated the buff bot syndrome so much.
With this change i think we are going to see an influx of /therm MMs and buffer toons in general.
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I'm really excited about this change. I can't wait to team again with my Ninja/FF mastermind, and I will be willing to play Thermal now!
Well, my Demon/Dark will now become the Demon/Thermal I wanted.
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I just hope they don't boost the endurance costs like they did with the Pet Training.
Looking forward to unretiring The Lithp, my thugth/thermal mathtermind.
I too have a Thermal I'm going to take out of mothballs. Now, if only they'd make Forge pbaoe...
I have a Thugs/FF that's always been on my "A team" (top 10-15 characters) so I'm anxious to use my powerboosted bubbles with him and be "one and done" with the bubbles ("two and done", I suppose).
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Already confirmed that this is not the case. Check the Dev/Community Digest, I'm too lazy to find the link for you.
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I just hope they don't boost the endurance costs like they did with the Pet Training.
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Hot damn.
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powerboosted bubbles
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Already confirmed that this is not the case. Check the Dev/Community Digest, I'm too lazy to find the link for you.
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Too lazy to edit, found that out a while ago.
I'd be nice if this worked on the /Bots protector bots force field. They do a good job keeping it up for the whole group but it takes a bit for them to get to everyone.
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Hot damn.
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That should give Twice as much defense as Barrier would at minimum, though Barrier will give self-protection and provide some resistance.
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I just hope they don't boost the endurance costs like they did with the Pet Training.
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With the team/league wide 30' defense/resist boost in thermal and FF, I can see these as being very desirable on teams, especially in tandem. That's a LOT of mitigation.
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HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
Noone seems to be mentioning this but, if force fields apply to an entire team at once you could potentially give an entire team powerboosted bubbles. Before this it was limited to only a few during PB's uptime. None of the other buffs are affected by powerboost except maybe kinetics but I think that would be less noticeable if at all.
I may actually finish off my old i6 bots/ff when this goes live.
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Noone seems to be mentioning this but, if force fields apply to an entire team at once you could potentially give an entire team powerboosted bubbles. Before this it was limited to only a few during PB's uptime. None of the other buffs are affected by powerboost except maybe kinetics but I think that would be less noticeable if at all.
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HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
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I normally play defenders over a mastermind anyday but this buff would help bring parity in my mind at least.
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Add a couple defenders and you can have flaming frozen bubble zombies on crack.|
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I really think this change benefits MMs the most since you can hit all the pets and teammates in a couple clicks. This is BIG stuff. If you team up a /thermal and a /FF you can get both sets of troops buffed to the gills in seconds.
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Or whatever your chosen minion type is.
This is a great buff for /FF and /Thermal. I think I'll finally level my Ninja/FF to 50 once the buffs go live and I may make a /Thermal MM.
What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
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No, most importantly, I don't get bored out of my mind trying to buff every pet and teammate! Now with this buff, I can target a pet up front and buff one on the back.
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Most importantly, it means that for large teams (or leagues) we no longer have to choose between buffing teammates, pets, and actually having endurance anymore. We'll have our cake and eat it, too
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What's left is to normalize all Assassin Strikes and improve Stalker's old sets (Claw, MA and EM)! You don't need to bring back the missing PbAoE attack. You just need to make the existing ones better! For example, make Slice a WIDER and LONGER cone.
Think about a team of eight, with 2 masterminds, up to 12 regular pets, with 2 click from two masterminds you could have everyone and their pet bubbled/shielded in 5 seconds or so. That's a TON of QoL!
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HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
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No doubt, buffing ATs are going to boom I think: corruptors, defenders, controllers, masterminds. Raging stacking team buffs.
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Add a couple defenders and you can have flaming frozen bubble zombies on crack.
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Triumphant Defenders Forever
Psylenz FF/Psi, ArticQuark Storm/Rad, Symon BarSisyphus Bots/psn, Max VanSydow Thugs/Dk, Cyclone Symon Bots/stm, Blue Loki Ice/Cd, Widow 46526
HelinCarnate:OMG it is so terrible. I have the option to take 3 more powers but no additional slots. Boo F'ing hoo.
For those that haven't yet seen the I20 overview:
Group Area Buffs: To make buffing easier for Teams and Leagues, these buff powers now affect all the eligible characters within a 30-foot-radius around the targeted character. (Previously, you had to target and buff each individual character to use these powers.)