Building for XP Debt Protection
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Daemodand,
Posted on: 2012-01-24 06:30 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
Hey, didn't I warn you people about my build? I specifically say it is not recommended. Multiple times. It's terrible. Don't use it.
That said, I agree with you about the debt protection.
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You mean Badge Protection? Don't triple them, replace them with something that isn't literally worse than useless >.<
...building for debt protection? Isn't that a bit defeatist? In-mission debt is so minimal, and easily erased with a Patrol XP temp power or simply by logging off for a while. Its like a parachute that calls for an undertaker when deployed.
I guess if you build for defeat, you can take comfort when things go as planned.
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Hey, didn't I warn you people about my build?
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...building for debt protection? Isn't that a bit defeatist? In-mission debt is so minimal, and easily erased with a Patrol XP temp power or simply by logging off for a while. Its like a parachute that calls for an undertaker when deployed.
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And why not? It's a set bonus, it should be an option. I suppose I could also try building for Status Resistance, but I imagine that would be even less effective than building for debt protection. "Wow! With this build I can get 50% Hold Resistance, that means this ten second hold will only last 6.6 seconds!"
No. Intuition is hardly useful. It boosts the duration of one power that doesn't even need more duration, and if you want the damage, just go musculature. Slow boost isn't really needed either, and with how much we stay stay in melee, the range wouldn't get much use.
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I build for debt protection, but I wait until I'm 50 to start collecting the sets.
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You should definitely build for debt protection for your Blaster. Especially if you have ever typed the phrase, "hey, watch this".
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You should definitely build for debt protection for your Blaster. Especially if you have ever typed the phrase, "hey, watch this".
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Maybe once upon a time.
I hope the OP is being serious - but I'm genuinely uncertain why it's an issue - patrol XP and the like will prevent debt completely and any debt incurred is minimal.
If you're honestly trying to avoid debt, then go for survivability - not dying is the best way to avoid it after all - but building in preparation for death is likely to cause more problems than it solves.
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It's not really an issue, it was just an idle thought, and then a consideration of "Well, if a person builds for it, why not let a character just be completely immune to debt?"
I see no issue at all with allowing people to build for 100% debt protection if that's how they choose to spend their IO bonus opportunities. Planning for defeat in this game is a rational act since it is an unavoidable part of the game. Buying fire insurance does not invite fire.
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So, I was playing around with a Warshade build (because, despite looking at the MFing Warshade build, and various respecs of my Warshade, I still haven't found a build I enjoy playing.) and I have discovered two things:
1) MIDs doesn't even bother calculating how much XP Debt Protection you've accumulated through various bonuses.
2) With only set bonuses, I couldn't do better than 33.5% Debt Protection.
However, if I could get the recharge on Stygian Return down to less than 90 seconds, as long as I made sure to die in less than 90 seconds, I would have 100% debt protection.
That said, I don't think it'd easy to be sure to die every 80 seconds or so.
I think they could safely triple XP Debt Protection bonuses.