as far as im aware nature affinity, bio armor, and a few procs in the 2nd set of ATOs give players absorb, i do not think there are any live absorb powers aside from nega pendragons shield in the magisterium trial
the absorb word your seeing has nothing to do with the absorb mechanic
its basically the same thing as seeing the words "deflected" or "dodged" when using SR or shield
When an attack misses the game seems to use a different floating word based on why it missed. I think it's based on the type of defense you have. If Positional Defense was used then you get "Deflected", "Dodged" or "Avoided". If Typed Defense you get "Absorbed" (and maybe others, I don't have many typed defense characters).
Yeah, okay, that's probably what it is then. I don't really play too many typed defense sets either (my main is a Shield). I was just assuming it was Absorb because I knew it was in the works/coming soon.
Ah well. I guess it's too much to hope for at the moment. Thanks for the clarification.
It's based on WHY you have the defense.
Invincible tends to absorb, while Ice would still get deflected.
It was a flavor addition. Used to always just say Missed
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I know Absorb is a new mechanic being introduced for Bio Armor and Nature's Affinity and that some current enemies are supposed to have it too.
But what about current player powersets? Has Absorb been added to them as well?
I ask because I have seen the word "Absorbed" pop up above my Ice/ tank for his entire toon life (made him last weekend), but I can't find any information related to absorbing any damage in the combat channels. I just am not sure if I'm actually absorbing anything of if it's just dummy text for when the actual absorb goes live.
And for the record, I've only played and seen this on my Ice/ tank. I haven't tried out other archetypes/powersets to see if it works for them too.
Thanks for any help!