Secondary Mutation/ Fortune Idea
By
Leo_G,
Posted on: 2012-05-06 16:56 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
To me, the idea behind Mystic Fortune and Secondary Mutation is a type of 'gamble' game. Some times you 'win' and sometimes you 'lose'. I personally like all the Mystic Fortune buffs (especially the Fool) but some buffs are very good while some buffs are meh. Getting 'meh' is losing. That's your Tough Hide, or Heightened Speed. Getting Quick Reflexes or Pain Tolerance is 'winning'. Getting Devolution is pretty much busting.
If everything were great, there'd be no 'losing'. If everything was 'meh' there'd be no winning.
Now, Now Leo_G. Everyone wants their I-Win! button, remember?
I like secondary mutation. The buffs help a little when playing up a new toon, that may not have many or any sets active. Plus, the double helix icon thingy in the Icon Pack is all pretty.
However..look at the values they have.
There is one or two that give +def, 1-3%. Which, unless you are chasing def bonuses is not going to matter.
There is a +acc and per one..+5% acc. Just..5. Ok, that is something I guess.
There is a + movement speed one, that I CAN NOT even see a difference with, even when used on a fresh lvl 1 toon.
Now..the weird ones.
Quick Reflexes is 30% rech! Thirty! That is a huge boost, especially considering the max rech from Fortunes (which have far and away higher numbers) is 15/20% I think.
Pain Tolerance is mez duration reduction and..a FIFTY % endurance cost decrease. For ALL powers. Wtf? How is this even remotely balanced to the others? 5% end red is a huge, massive buff, basically giving a new toon the benefit of Cardiac (sorta).
Given how low the numbers on most of the powers are..I think the power should be called Tertiary Mutation. And I also wonder if a decimal point in the 'good' two powers was not misplaced (ie 3% rech and 5% end red).
I would be sad if those 2 got nerfed..so how about buffing the others in line with them?
Quick Mystic Fortune suggestion.
It is a nice buff, and gives a non buffy toon something to share. It is nice when a random person gives it to you on a team or trial, but in the chaos of clicking buttons, it is quite easy to miss who actually gave it to you. Even if you do catch the name, then you might have to find their name in league, if they vanish into the crowd.
I would like some sort of highlight, payback type notification for MF, perhaps making the player who gave it flash for a moment, or have a star by their name on the team window.