HO tricks

Thanks for the speedy reply. Kind of a shame the HO's are this way now. I wonder if they may do something to make them relevant again.
I know I use Cytos in Invincibility (always have) and the difference between them and enzymes were minimal.

In my shield toon, the enzymes make A LOT more difference...but its fair...we were "cheating".

But in powers like these, it would be nice to see them bump the HO to 50% or something..

HO's USED to be 50%... back in the day... (I never had any that high, they were lowered before I made it to Hami levels.)

Not necessarily true, if you read the clearly worded patch notes.

Issue 22 Announcements (Beta forum, so you'll need to be logged in, etc)

For those that can't (or are lazy like me, and don't want to log in) access the Beta forums, here's a quote:


Important distinction here is "other than those specified by the enhancement". I am aware of how HO's (and I assume TO's, but nobody slots those anyways) are functioning on Beta (unless information has changed and nobody has mentioned it on the forums), but I'm going to continue pointing out that that is not how the patch notes stated (and in no uncertain terms) how they were supposed to be changed. Since there has been no developer feedback, (and honestly, no real player questioning, just unhappy acceptance) I sent a PM to Arbiter Hawk, to which I am currently waiting on a reply.


If multi-aspect IO's will still buff (for example) the recharge of Mind Link, effectively identical HO's/TO's (IE: Membranes) should do the same thing, according to the patch notes themselves. If they are not, either:


A) The HO/TO fix is not currently functioning as intended, and should be reported as such.


B) The fix is functioning as intended, but whoever wrote the patch notes failed their class on "The Difference Between Enhancements and Powers 101". (If the fix is functioning intended, the patch notes should read something to the effect of "Hamidon, Synthetic Hamidon, Titan and Hydra Origin Enhancements will no longer enhance attributes that cannot be enhanced with normal slotting of non-invention enhancements.")



or, the worst-case option:


C) Same as B, but also includes the prospect of IO's potentially getting the same treatment, and no longer improving the recharge of Mind Link, etc. Which, if that is the case, well... I think we all know how the community will react to that.


Only a reply to my PM will officially explain this, in my opinion. Or, failing that, a dev post *somewhere* explaining how the fix is actually supposed to work.

That was before the STF and LRSF, so the only way to get Hami-Os were Hami Raids. Also, there were no markets so the only way to get the Hami-Os you wanted were to either earn them or trade for them.

I would love to see Hami-Os go back to those old levels. With ED, the added enhancement would not be a problem. Furthermore, by slotting Hami-Os, you forego IO set bonuses. However, since they are far more common and easier to get now than when they had the higher values, the Devs may find this a basis to not make a change.

On the other hand, they could only buff Hami-Os and not Synthetic Hami-Os.

The change coming with I-22, where Hami-Os won't be able to enhance aspects which are opposite to the listed aspect. No more using Enzymes to enhance Defense or Centrioles to enhance Damage Resistance. So buffing the amount of enhancement in Hami-Os shouldn't be unbalanced.

Nope, multi enhance IOs are WAI.

I tested Benumb on Beta, and HOs no longer improve the -Mezz magnitude it inflicts, the -Regen/Health or the -Defense, so it seems to be a pretty thorough nerfing. While I agree that putting Enzymes in Defense powers was probably overpowered, it is a bit of a pity that this removes options for something like Benumb and turns it back into a fairly boring set of slotting options (Acc, Recharge, and done. . .). I'm in the process of respecing/unslotting a variety of characters, and will probably end up using about 8 HOs across all of them, vs. about 30 previously where they let me do something I couldn't with IOs.