The thing about Traps
By
Bubblerella,
Posted on: 2012-05-01 23:04 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
My Thugs/Traps has very little issue with survivability - true, I have bodyguard mode, but if it wasn't for FFG I would have a much harder time.
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I wish it followed you better as well, or at least ignored collision-detection on PC/NPCs. I hate it when I move ahead for some reason and the darn thing gets stuck behind.
FFG's limitations as a pet are an intentional part of the power. It would be unilaterally better than Dispersion Bubble for no reason at all if it didn't have SOME kind of drawback.
Regarding set bonuses being transferred to FFG... the Mastermind community would throw a lynching if a Trap pseudopet got to have set bonus scaling and Henchmen didn't.
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Traps is fun, but yeah it has downsides and this is one of them.
This is a problem that I am sure exists but I have never, ever noticed in 250+ levels of trapping.
It is fairly common actually.
Maybe i'm confused, then. The problem is the FFG getting knocked back? I do slot -kb IOs in my trappers, so it's not usually me getting knocked back.
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You got it. To give you an idea of what we're talking about go up to a Rikti Pylon with your FFG out. Of course a Pylon is not a deal breaker by any means. I can still solo one easy without pets on my Traps/Sonic. But, you'll be recasting it a lot.|
Originally Posted by Emberly
Maybe i'm confused, then. The problem is the FFG getting knocked back? I do slot -kb IOs in my trappers, so it's not usually me getting knocked back.
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Do that, and then imagine large mobs with KB and AoE damage.
Or just try a Nem invasion. It's humbling.
Edit: BTW, before anyone points out the obvious leadership stacking with Nemesis, I am aware of it.
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Huh. That's what I assumed the thread was about, and that's the problem I've never noticed across five max-level trappers. I'll have to keep an eye out when I play them, see if I notice it happening.
Is there any way we can get our FFG to share our characters set bonuses with this thing. Any time there's lots of KB or AoE it pretty much makes FFG a joke.
I was on a Nem raid today and I died more times than I have in a month. Can we get a fricking bone here!
BTW, let me tie a string to my ADD challenged sidekick!
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