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Bio Armor!

Agent White

By Agent White,
Posted on: 2012-05-07 17:45 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion

 

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Originally Posted by Trickshooter View Post
Going completely off the names...

Sounds like Genetic Contamination will be swapped with Genetic Corruption on Stalkers. That one is easy enough. :B
Presumably a debuff, very likely a toggle (Chilling Embrace style), with the stalker version changed to a click.

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Improved Mitosis sounds like a heal... DNA Siphon sounds like some sort of Foe Drain, Self +Heal, so my guess would be that Stalker's will lose DNA Siphon, and Improved Mitosis will just be a reskinned reconstruction, like Willpower got for Stalkers.
Yup. (for them that flunked biology, Mitosis is cell division). Although I think it might replace "Parasitic Aura" which is probably tox damage to foes + heal self aura.

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Evolving Armor sounds like a +Def or +Res for each foe nearby sort of thing (it evolves to be stronger when you need it to be? maybe?). So this would be my first guess for being replaced with Hide on Stalkers.
Comment at the bottom says it's a res set, so I think we can rule out +def. This could be the mez protection though. In which case, I think you might have just made stalkers very worried.

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Then again, if the set has any passives, those might get tossed out for Hide, instead.
That would be "Inexhaustible".

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Originally Posted by Forevermore View Post
I think the carapaces are going to be the auto powers, with DNA siphon something like drain psyche from mental.
I think DNA Syphon is the pbaoe heal/rez that was mentioned somewherz.

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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague View Post
Improved Mitosis isn't one of the powers we saw leaked but Genetic Corruption is a PBAoE Sleep with -Damage... meaning it's basically a PBAoE Poison Gas Arrow. Since Improved Mitosis was added then it might have been improved but...
That could actually be quite powerful - like carrying your own personal Static Field* around with you at all times. Especially for soloists or small teams; such an aura would be a great alpha-defuser.


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As a side question, does anyone know the ETA for Bio Armor to come out? I'm assuming it's sometime after i23, but hopefully before i24? Really looking forward to a new armor set and definitely want to make sure I have enough points saved up for when it does

 

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Originally Posted by JayboH View Post
I don't think there is a toggle damage aura - it sounds like a click to me.
It's a toggle for Brutes/Scrappers/Tankers. Minor Toxic DoT, and Damage debuff. Stalkers get a PBAoE *CLICK* sleep with a damage debuff. It is NOT a sleep patch (like the other person thought)

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As a side question, does anyone know the ETA for Bio Armor to come out? I'm assuming it's sometime after i23, but hopefully before i24? Really looking forward to a new armor set and definitely want to make sure I have enough points saved up for when it does
Since it's not even on beta yet, it seems safe to assume it's >2 months out. Possibly much longer than that.

 

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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague View Post
It's a toggle for Brutes/Scrappers/Tankers. Minor Toxic DoT, and Damage debuff. Stalkers get a PBAoE *CLICK* sleep with a damage debuff. It is NOT a sleep patch (like the other person thought)
Ah so they changed it - the pics that were leaked did not indicate damage toggles.

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Ah so they changed it - the pics that were leaked did not indicate damage toggles.
They didn't indicate one way or the other really.

Two powers said Auto, One said Click and Two said Toggle (One of those being Hide, which we'd have known was a toggle anyhow).

The rest didn't say anything about what type of power they were. Both Genetic Contamination and Genetic Corruption have "Fast" recharges though, which would seem to indicate Genetic Contamination is not a PBAoE damage click, since those typically have a "Slow" recharge .

The Icon used is pretty standard of Damage Auras and is shared with Icicles, Blazing Aura and Death Shroud.

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Yeah, well I love them, so no doubt I will try this, but it kinda depends on how well all this stacked -damage goes with absorption and regen.

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Originally Posted by Hopeling View Post
Since it's not even on beta yet, it seems safe to assume it's >2 months out. Possibly much longer than that.
Out of the three new powers, two are melee oriented and VERY thematic with the elephant in the room. Water Blast seems like it'll be the next release IMHO.

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My guess is that this set, like Willpower, is going to be what Regen should have been all along.

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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague View Post
Out of the three new powers, two are melee oriented and VERY thematic with the elephant in the room. Water Blast seems like it'll be the next release IMHO.
Water could also be considered thematically connected to nature.

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Originally Posted by EvilGeko View Post
My guess is that this set, like Willpower, is going to be what Regen should have been all along.
Agreed. I am really looking forward to this.

 

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Hehe...Spines finally gets a secondary set it feels thematically comfortable with...

 

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First pics of Bio Armor!

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Dollars to doughnuts that since Rad Armor got voted in at the Summit and is also thematically a melee armor set with PBAoE debuffs, that Bio armor will go through some fairly significant changes from what was previously seen. If it hasn't already.

Also the stalker version of Genetic Contamination was still a toggle, not a click, it just traded the damage aura for a sleep.

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Hehe...Spines finally gets a secondary set it feels thematically comfortable with...
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Dollars to doughnuts that since Rad Armor got voted in at the Summit and is also thematically a melee armor set with PBAoE debuffs, that Bio armor will go through some fairly significant changes from what was previously seen. If it hasn't already.

Also the stalker version of Genetic Contamination was still a toggle, not a click, it just traded the damage aura for a sleep.
My bad. Missed the (Recharge: Fast) thing on the power.

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Hardened Carapace (S/L shield)
Heightened Metabolism (auto)
Environmental Adaptation (Mez toggle)
Evolving Armor (???)
Ablative Carapace (click buff)
DNA Siphon (heal)
Genetic Contamination (debuff/dmg aura)
Inexhaustible (auto)
Parasitic Aura (panic button)
I think these may be listed in the correct order.

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I'll take one of these in every flavor. Scrapper, Brute, and Stalker.

 

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Yeah, that's better than the krynoid...

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Just cause Rad Armor was the "voted" (<--LOOK QUOTES) on set at the player summit does not mean it's going to be made. Watch the U-stream they tell the process. It does mean it's more likely then [enter random made up power set] but isn't a lock.

To avoid confusion, I'm talking Rad Armor... Bio Armor will come out. And I doubt we'll get 2 Melee armor sets in one year. Maybe 4 animal travel powers, but not 2 melee armor sets.

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Edit: I think it'll cap toxic RES.... just a guess

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I'll take one of these in every flavor. Scrapper, Brute, and Stalker.
That's... not every flavor.

I mean hey, if you don't enjoy playing Tankers, that's fine, but they do still exist

 

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Originally Posted by LAST_RONIN View Post
Just cause Rad Armor was the "voted" (<--LOOK QUOTES) on set at the player summit does not mean it's going to be made. Watch the U-stream they tell the process. It does mean it's more likely then [enter random made up power set] but isn't a lock.

To avoid confusion, I'm talking Rad Armor... Bio Armor will come out. And I doubt we'll get 2 Melee armor sets in one year. Maybe 4 animal travel powers, but not 2 melee armor sets.

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Edit: I think it'll cap toxic RES.... just a guess
Er, no. Actually that's entirely what the panel was about. They picked a power set that fans presented and hashed out a sketch of it. It's confirmed to be in the pipes now and will be made at least before anything else that was suggested at the panel. But Rad Armor is a lock, it's getting made.