overwhelming force proc

Well, I am pretty sure this is going to hit the market with a very high cost and stay there. I would even say it would be in the purple cost range.

You could 5slot the one purple set with kb slot and slot it with the kd converter for total kd with a potentially high kd value.... especially if the power already does kd. EG: tornado + kb proc +kd converter.

In fact, mixing this with any kb set would make the kb set very valuable.

There's a new IO set accessible with the Summer Event (check the Dev digest) called Overwhelming Force where the 6th IO is a chance to KB / convert KB to KD. Yes, if you slot it into a power that *already* does KB, it converts the KB to KD.

Frag Grenade fans everywhere (and Hand Clap, and most Nova blasts) rejoiced.

Trouble is, it's not global - have to slot it into each power you want to the KB -> KD.

And there will be a limited availability due to only avail in summer event.

So, assumption is high price on market.

There's a screenshot of one of the pieces in the summer event preview thread, and that piece says it's unique. It's not the proc, but the piece shown does look like very much like an ATE set, where each piece is unique. If the Acc/Dam/End piece is unique, I'll be very surprised if the proc isn't.

If they made a non-unique version of this as a stand-alone enhancement and sold it in the paragon market exclusively I would likely spend more money than I'd want to admit.

TBH, I think this is another miss for the devs and I don't know why they continue to miss so badly when they have enough information "not" to miss.

The devs know and have known for a fact that many people want a way to turn KB sets/powers into KD, we have dealt with this issue for years in the Kheld and Blaster forums and the devs have from time to time participated in those discussions.

This should have been a regular IO that anyone can buy to change KB to KD.

Oh well.

I thought the only difference between Knockback and Knockdown was the magnitude of the power being cast.

IE Knockdown was KB Mag .67 or less, while Knockback was 1.0 or higher.

(I could be 1000% wrong on this but this is what I'm remembering)

If what I'm remember is true, how would slotting Knockback IOs into a power in addition to the KB->KD proc work? I thought they Knockback IOs increase the Magnitude of the KB (thus increasing the range of the target being flung).

So if that's the case, then slotting the KB IOs would be pointless if you're slotting the KB->KD IO.

If anyone could clarify, I'd greatly appreciate it as I'm genuinely curious.

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I'm guessing they have some new tech whereby either this special IO completely overrides any KB features the power already has (making slotted KB basically do nothing), sets a max KB magnitude ceiling for the power, or something to that effect.

No one is likely to be able to answer how it works for sure until it's closer to live, or probably even afterwards. Things like Mids and RedTomax's site eventually get the powers details on these things somehow, but without something like that, or a redname explaining it to us, all we can do for now is guess.

Tis a shame that id doesn't work wit Repel...I would slot it in Hurricane...but hurricane doesn't deal dmg anyway so it's moot point.

Heh, I considered that it might be something like that.

In such a case, one wouldn't want to slot any KB enhancement in the power. Hypothetically, of course.

Too subtle?

Can this set be purpled with Catalysts?

Fire/Storm corruptor with high +rech...

(Gale [OF KD proc] + Fireball [Rag +KD proc]) * (RoF)(FR) =