Spot on. Arch/Dev is a nice combo. Also keep in mind that long duration damage buffs (red inspirations) also copy to Time Bomb and Trip Mine.
I usually set up one or 2 safety mines and a caltrop patch, then go in and place Time Bomb. I bounce back to the safety area and there is just enough time to drop a second caltrop patch > Aim > RoA.
If you drop RoA on the Time Bomb the pointy sticks and the boom happen at the same time. (You have about 4 seconds when the light on the Time Bomb starts flashing faster)
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Wait, you can actually toe bomb with it and get out in secrecy? Smoke grenade/Cloaking Device/SS +stealth?
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Originally Posted by Miladys_Knight
Spot on. Arch/Dev is a nice combo. Also keep in mind that long duration damage buffs (red inspirations) also copy to Time Bomb and Trip Mine.
I usually set up one or 2 safety mines and a caltrop patch, then go in and place Time Bomb. I bounce back to the safety area and there is just enough time to drop a second caltrop patch > Aim > RoA. If you drop RoA on the Time Bomb the pointy sticks and the boom happen at the same time. (You have about 4 seconds when the light on the Time Bomb starts flashing faster) |
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You certainly can. As much as I'm not a fan of time bomb it's much better used this way than as a damage buff. I mean if you just want a good damage buff for a range-oriented character you'd be better off with energy manipulation. It has a better damage buff in build up and then boost range on top of it. Granted that's dependent on concept I suppose.|
Originally Posted by Shadey_NA
Wait, you can actually toe bomb with it and get out in secrecy? Smoke grenade/Cloaking Device/SS +stealth?
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Still, if you're soloing and you have the patience to use time bomb it can do a lot of damage. Or, I suppose you could use it in a group if they're either willing to wait or if you're willing to skip ahead of the group to use the thing.
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Actually, I just assumed I would have to do the attempt to time it out right thing without the toe bomb aspect. |
Originally Posted by Oliin
You certainly can. As much as I'm not a fan of time bomb it's much better used this way than as a damage buff. I mean if you just want a good damage buff for a range-oriented character you'd be better off with energy manipulation. It has a better damage buff in build up and then boost range on top of it. Granted that's dependent on concept I suppose.
Still, if you're soloing and you have the patience to use time bomb it can do a lot of damage. Or, I suppose you could use it in a group if they're either willing to wait or if you're willing to skip ahead of the group to use the thing. |
I know the glory of /EM all too well. I'm still bruised from facing the standard Fire/EM in pvp back in the day... hated you guys.
And yeah, I figure any attempt at farming or street sweeping using it would have to be solo work. Otherwise, I would have made him an Arch/MM... hmmmm, maybe...
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Yep and Time Bomb + Aim + RoA + Explosive will all land at ~ the same time and will wipe out most/all of a +2 spawn.|
Originally Posted by Shadey_NA
Wait, you can actually toe bomb with it and get out in secrecy? Smoke grenade/Cloaking Device/SS +stealth?
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You only need 2 forms of stealth for PVE (I have 3) I use Super Speed + Stealth IO + Stealth (I took Stealth instead of Cloaking Device because Cloaking Device doesn't open up phase shift).
The only time I ever missed Smoke Grenade is against things that have +perception (that is rarely, usually just against Rikti)
-Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein.
-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson
Is mids right that Time Bomb offers a damage buff of 52.8% for 15 seconds? If so, I could easily see taking this power on a char with a long range nuke like Archery. Set the time bomb and fire off RoA with a substantial boost. Whatever is left over will get to you about the time it goes boom... if not enough time, add trops behind the bomb so they get to it and are slowed till the boom (if the radius is big enough).
I'm sure I'm missing something.