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Nevermind, forgot the limitation on PFF... not such a big deal now
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Originally Posted by nytflyr
I have a Water/Ice blaster and the initial plan was to get cold mastery for it. he's at 50 now, but I find the only powers from Cold I use is snow storm and ice armor (is IOed for DEF)
while playing with Misd I see what happens when you swap out cold for Force, all of the sudden he is a tank with DEF in the 92-102% range and close to 75% RES smash lethal without FoN being used... Is snow storm that great of a power that I shouldn't switch to Force? |
That kind of sounds like you are looking at enhancment value percentages and not the actual totals.
I say this because I'm not sure how any blaster gets anykind of 90ish defense in anything without 2 or 3 ice and FF defenders near him, or get capped resist.
Or is it possible with /force, did you toggle off PFF? That could skew results that far also. It will not allow you to attack while active.
edit: all you figured it out =p
Ice is getting Frigid Protection in i24 and people in the know are saying that high resistance synergizes really well with Absorb mechanic. Going Force for all that resistance could come in handy if you already have a decent amount of defense to back it up.
Is Ice Armor in cold mastery getting the absorb mechanic?
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No, the OP mentioned his was /ice hence the frigid protection. Ice mastery is not being changed nor is frozen armor therein.
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Originally Posted by Hatred666
Is Ice Armor in cold mastery getting the absorb mechanic?
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There was some talk of the possibility of Ice APP eventually, maybe, at some point in the nebulous future, getting Hoarfrost switched/modified to an Absorb ability, since Blaster HP caps mean that you hit the ceiling with only a single heal SO worth of enhancement.|
Originally Posted by doomrider
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If and when that happens is entirely up in the air, though.
@Oathbound & @Oathbound Too
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And also the fact that it is really easy to sit at Blaster HP at all times anyway through Accolades and set bonuses. |
Originally Posted by Oathbound
There was some talk of the possibility of Ice APP eventually, maybe, at some point in the nebulous future, getting Hoarfrost switched/modified to an Absorb ability, since Blaster HP caps mean that you hit the ceiling with only a single heal SO worth of enhancement.
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If you're already at the HP cap, Hoarfrost is just a heal on a really long timer.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
I have a Water/Ice blaster and the initial plan was to get cold mastery for it. he's at 50 now, but I find the only powers from Cold I use is snow storm and ice armor (is IOed for DEF)
while playing with Misd I see what happens when you swap out cold for Force, all of the sudden he is a tank with DEF in the 92-102% range and close to 75% RES smash lethal without FoN being used... Is snow storm that great of a power that I shouldn't switch to Force?