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You're surprised that a level 44 troller that relied on nothing but defense failed to survive the continuous onslaught from a Pylon?
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Originally Posted by Doctor_Embers
So I have a level 44 grav/ff controller that has hit the soft-cap. I have read a lot about blasters that have hit the soft-cap and have done the Rikti pylon test. I am not expecting to be able to take down a pylon. However, I was very interested in seeing how survivable I was against it while trying. After a few face-plants, I leave the zone with my tail between my legs, very disappointed. Were the posts I read lies?
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Yea I think you jumped the gun here as well. Your 6 levels below your target that matters as well. Is the Pylon lvl 50 ? Or is it designated as something higher or tougher like a EB,AV or GM ?
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Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
You're surprised that a level 44 troller that relied on nothing but defense failed to survive the continuous onslaught from a Pylon?
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1. Why Soft Cap is Important : http://dechskaison.blogspot.com/2011...important.html
2. Limits: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Limits
3. Attack Mechanics: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Attack_Mechanics
4. Rule of Five: http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Rule_o...e_Law_of_Fives
Part of the problem with defense is that when it works you're sailing smoothly, when it fails and you don't have other layers of mitigation it fails spectacularly. Without supporting defense with hp buffs, resistance, healing, or controls (which aren't applicable in this case), your mitigation will eventually fail when the enemy gets that lucky hit roll or two in its favor. I'd recommend tapping into the Stone or Ice APPs for the heal/hp buff or the medicine pool for Heal Self.
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And might matter hugely if you were in fact 6 levels lower ... that's the point at which your soft cap would have demonstrated why it's called soft. A difference of 6 or more levels starts involving not only accuracy modifiers but To Hit modifiers.|
Originally Posted by plainguy
Yea I think you jumped the gun here as well. Your 6 levels below your target that matters as well. Is the Pylon lvl 50 ? Or is it designated as something higher or tougher like a EB,AV or GM ?
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And having primarily faced the Pylon with an SR scrapper I don't recall if the Pylon debuffs defense.
Doomguide
PS Damage also scales by relative level ... A +6 Pylon would seriously hurt even my 1953 health scrapper.
So I have a level 44 grav/ff controller that has hit the soft-cap. I have read a lot about blasters that have hit the soft-cap and have done the Rikti pylon test. I am not expecting to be able to take down a pylon. However, I was very interested in seeing how survivable I was against it while trying. After a few face-plants, I leave the zone with my tail between my legs, very disappointed. Were the posts I read lies?