It's how they work, they all provide a minor buff of some sort that's always on - but the core of the power is a 2min on, 2 min off deal.
"My inner mind has become a reality-cracking overgod. He torments me! Help!"
Not a bug; that's how the Hybrid mechanic works... 2 up then 2 down (the 2 up translating to however long within that 2 minutes you actually keep the toggle running; if you detoggle it before the 2 up ends; you still have to wait the full recharge period before you can use it again.)
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Working as intended.
If you hadn't noticed, it also costs 0 endurance.
It would be a little overpowered to have a 0 endurance toggle as powerful as some of the higher tiers can get.
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When it arrived VIP beta first it was a full time toggle with a 05 endurance per second power. People whined how it has too much end per second for some builds while others may have it permenant without much problem. Apperantly dev had the idea making power not available all the times from the start so instead just dropping end cost a little they totally removed it and make it a half-***** toggle. One that took even more negative feedback. Than they added small permenant boost. People whined a little more but realised that dev don't have any intention to fix it so most people just left it to its doom (including myself and I didn't even bothered to renew my subscription which will end in september)|
Originally Posted by Szoid
my hybrid power Support detoggles itself every 2 minutes, after which it becomes unavailable for 2 minutes....is this supposed to happen or....?
and if its supposed to happen, doesnt that make this particular incarnate power pretty useless? Upon further investigation, this particular hybrid power doesnt even show on ANY of the chat channels when activated or detoggled, whereas any other incarnate power does. Does this happen to every hybrid power or only in the support one or is it only me....? |
Long story short they managed to ruin what would be a good power people carry on and hybrid became the least used incarnate power.
I'm sad I wasn't really active during the beta period, although I don't know that I could have really made a difference. Contrary to what others are saying the Hybrid slot can be quite powerful -- many fights don't even last two minutes, so for certain purposes it has a 100% effective uptime -- but the mechanic *is* very annoying. I can think of a much better way to handle a surge-and-crash mechanic but any change of that nature is at best still borderline cottaging.
Hybrid is a lot like Destiny. Most Destiny powers have a big initial buff, which decreases over time and completely peters out for most versions after 90 seconds (Clarion is a notable exception). Which means that you typically have no coverage for 30 seconds.
Instead of being a click, Hybrid provides a permanent minor buff and a bigger buff while it's toggled on. This buff doesn't fade like Destiny, it's constant. Since it's a toggle, you can turn it off, allowing you to start its recharge early.
Both powers are a lot like the "god mode" in melee defense sets. You can't use them all the time, but if you make the appropriate selections you can do outrageous things for brief bursts and still be covered a lot of the time.
my hybrid power Support detoggles itself every 2 minutes, after which it becomes unavailable for 2 minutes....is this supposed to happen or....?
and if its supposed to happen, doesnt that make this particular incarnate power pretty useless?
Upon further investigation, this particular hybrid power doesnt even show on ANY of the chat channels when activated or detoggled, whereas any other incarnate power does. Does this happen to every hybrid power or only in the support one or is it only me....?