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Power Amplfiers RULE! Turned my SS/FA/Soul from God to TITAN!

Acroyear2

By Acroyear2,
Posted on: 2012-06-27 01:17 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by DarkSideLeague View Post
Except for the status protection. That's either dangerously near, or over the Pay2Win line.

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Originally Posted by Paladiamors View Post
I love you, I Burnt the Toast!

 

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Originally Posted by Ukaserex View Post
Well, I'm glad you got to feel uber for a day.

I have an SS/Fire/Energy Mastery Brute - and do think if you have the inf, you could probably squeeze out a little more recharge and maybe 5% more def for most damage types.

But, as long as you're having a blast, I'd say those are points well spent!
Not sure how I could without giving up my numina's and miracles or procs in my attacks. Its already nearly a 15 billion build.

 

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Ultimus, you're almost at the point where the measure of player power is whether they can solo Ultimus!



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I agree with your post completely, but this part made me think of something. From what I can see the Offense Amplifier grants a 10% ToHit bonus. Not Accuracy, but specifically ToHit. I think that might turn out useful for many when the Snipe power changes get put in. Especially for those who don't play all the time, or who don't play blast sets all the time, so they don't have to buy endless supplies of them.
Indeed.

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guys he's totally Trollin'. >_>


 

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Originally Posted by Tater Todd View Post
guys he's totally Trollin'. >_>
No I am excited. These patch the few holes in a fire build.

*****

On a side note, my def could be higher since I dont run hover. I could swap fly for Leaping and CJ.

 

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Originally Posted by Severe View Post
my fire/fire tanks s/l defense and my s/l resistance are both higher without some temp powers help...you need to better your build frankly.
This is what i was thinking and its mostly cause the OP chased psi res that he couldn't fit more def, more recharge etc

 

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Originally Posted by Cheetatron View Post
This is what i was thinking and its mostly cause the OP chased psi res that he couldn't fit more def, more recharge etc

lol. psi res. what a joke.

 

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Dammit Ultimus...you just pushed me over the edge.

My SoA WILL make 50 this weekend. *Goes to buy some Amplifiers and a hoe (the farm implement)*

 

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Dammit Ultimus...you just pushed me over the edge.

He does that.

 

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This is what i was thinking and its mostly cause the OP chased psi res that he couldn't fit more def, more recharge etc
Well if I speced into CJ or turned Hover on I would have another 2% defense to all. I went with Impervium Armor to close up my Psi hole at the cost of 3 Reactive Armor sets. Essentially I lost 3.75% S/l/E/N defense (But I am already at the soft cap even without it) and gained 18%.313 Psi Resist, and approximately another 6% Psi Def.

 

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Originally Posted by FredrikSvanberg View Post
Good for you, I guess, but are we supposed to feel good about such blatant pay-to-win foolishness?

Whatever brings in the money, I suppose.

I could not have said it better. BRAVO.

I guess this is the turning point where CoH becomes all about Pay 2 Win. Sorry to see this day. It was a good game while it lasted.

Acroyear
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People continue to not understand what Pay2Win means.

Good riddance~!

 

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People continue to not understand what Pay2Win means.

Good riddance~!
Reppu continues to refuse to accept how pay2win is used in this culture.

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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Reppu continues to refuse to accept how pay2win is used in this culture.
We're a culture that redefines the meaning of a phrase or word when we learn that what it really means wasn't what we mean?

 

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No, its pretty consistent that pay2win doesn't have a literal meaning for many games and people, not just this one.

And all sub cultures redfine meanings and expressions. That's what helps make it a sub culture.

I don't suffer from altitis, I enjoy every minute of it.

Thank you Devs & Community people for a great game.

So sad to be ending ):

 

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What do you win?

They ALL float down here. When you're down here with us, you'll float too!

@Starflier

 

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Who cares if its "Pay 2 Win?" If people need to Pay 2 Win, they clearly suck at playing.

 

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Gonna be eating the Mez Protection like candy myself, and I don't feel bad about it one bit.

I personally think that the Mez protection gap is old and archaic anyway, and needs a massive overhaul at the very least. These will do in the mean time.

 

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And all sub cultures redfine meanings and expressions. That's what helps make it a sub culture.
No, that's called a cult.

 

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This thread...


....does not deliver. I want my money back

 

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Originally Posted by Coyote_Seven View Post
We're a culture that redefines the meaning of a phrase or word when we learn that what it really means wasn't what we mean?
...yes, definitely. Are there cultures that don't do this?

I don't mean that in a cynical way. And I don't just mean small sub-cultures like the players of a single game. When science became a thing and people discovered that whales belonged in a different biological category than most of the other stuff in the ocean, we redefined the term "fish" to no longer include whales. The phrase "beg the question" is difficult to use at all now because nobody's ever quite sure if you're using the historical meaning of the phrase ("assume the conclusion") or what the words by themselves imply ("raise the question"). A huge fraction of the words, phrases, and grammatical structures in any language that's been around for a long time were once considered "mistakes" or meant something different.

Anyway, despite the name, I've never actually seen anyone use the phrase "pay to win" to refer to any situation that actually has a "winner". People insisting that a game with no winners can't be pay-to-win are the ones misusing the phrase.. It might be better phrased as "pay for power". A VIP sub is, in a sense, paying for power, but this is a poor comparison because 1) subscriptions are still the game's lifeblood, so VIP is not "pay for power" so much as "pay to play the game", and moreover 2) a VIP subscription does not give you large inspirations, nor inventions, nor Incarnate powers. All it does is allow you to earn those things. If the item on the market were an "amplifier license" that allowed you to earn amplifiers through in-game activities, rather than buying them with points directly, this would be comparable, but that's not what is being sold.

That said, although amplifiers are technically pay-to-win, they're a rather minor example of it. I find them no more objectionable than Ninja Run. If they are the precursor of a much larger pay-to-win trend, that's something I'd be worried about, but so far I haven't seen much reason to think Paragon is going very far in that direction.