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Suppose there were a change made to worthless IO sets that gave out XP debt reduction and specific mesmerization/mental control resistances and instead give them useful benefits.

hypothetically speaking, what IO sets would be the good ones. The ones that forward thinking players might stock up on now while prices are low?

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Originally Posted by Zwillinger GG, I would tell you that "I am killing you with my mind", but I couldn't find an emoticon to properly express my sentiment.

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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon NOTE: The Incarnate System is basically farming for IOs on a larger scale, and with more obtrusive lore.

Did you really need a thread for something Synapse just CONFIRMED in the i24 overview?.

Try paragonwiki.com or the marketeering forum.

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Originally Posted by Dispari I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.

The good IO sets will always (?) give +HP, +DEF, +Damage etc. etc. Stuff people WANT. Debt reduction might be relevant if we actually HAD debt, like way back when you could have 10 bars of the stuff. With Patrol XP and so on...meh.

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Originally Posted by Synapse Actually, I think I can talk about this. What were previously +Immob, Hold, Sleep, Stun, etc. Resist have been changed to be +Res Fire/Cold, Lethal/Smash, Energy/Negative energy and resistance to all common statuses. So basically you get a small amount of +damage resist to 2 types and +status resistance. Also, all old damage resistance set bonuses have been improved to work this way too. Synapse

MELEE sets that might get changed:
Bone Snap: 2 slotted (Immob Res)
Pulverizing fisticuffs: 2 slotted (Sleep Res)
Smashing Haymaker: 2 slotted (Immob Res)
Kinetic Combat: 2 slotted (Immob Res)
Focused Smite: 2 slotted (Immob Res) 3 slotted (Confuse Res), 4 slotted (Debt Prot) Basically a brand new set
Touch of Death: 2 slotted (Immob Res) 5 slotted (Hold res)
Crushing Impact: 2 slotted (Immob Res)
Mako's Bite: 2 slotted (Immob Res) 5 slotted (Hold res)

No way I'm going to type it all down, but Melee changes alone will make the scrapper forum have nightmares.

RANGED sets:
Far Strike: 2 slotted (Fear Res)
Salvo: 2 slotted (Sleep Res)
Tempest: 2 slotted (Sleep Res)
Maelstrom's Fury: 4 slotted (Stun Res)
Entropic Chaos: 3 slotted (Confuse Res)
Ruin: 2 slotted (Fear Res) 4 slotted (Debt Prot)
Decimation: 2 slotted (Immob Res)
Devastation: 5 slotted (Hold Res)

Honestly I don't think we have enough information to say for sure yet. A lot of it depends on what the values for the new set bonuses are going to actually be and whether this will change the IO meta-game enough to make it worth slotting for.

That being said if the meta-game DOES shift then here are a few sets that I do think are worth keeping an eye on:
Devastation: a Huge Hold Res bonus, if this gets changed to a useful damage type (say S/L) then this may be useful.
Sovereign Right: FOUR different mez resistance bonuses and a Melee Defense, hard to use but potentially a good choice for Tankerminds.
Detonation: 1 status resistance, two damage resistance and debt protection. Could be a viable alternative to Positron's Blast
Titanium Coating: Three mez resistance bonuses and a Melee Defense, I can see this being popular for some melee characters.
Celerity: A mez resist in the second slot and you can always slot it in sprint, depending on the type this may be good

AFAIK, nobody said that mez resist is going to be turned into damage rez. It might happen... but careful with assumptions

We've been saving Paragon City for eight and a half years. It's time to do it one more time.

It is very much my impression that dug never needs a reason.

I think I'm going to wait until it's up on beta before I do any speculation. I know I know, that's just so calm and rational which has no place on the Internet.