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The incarnate system has mostly asymmetrical conversions. Look how many threads you get for a Notice of the Well, and then look at how much you have to do to craft a Notice of the Well. Look at how much you need to craft a rare component with threads, and you’ll see more than 160 threads of investment (using 160 because that would create 8 emp merits under the proposal). So it is clearly designed not to be symmetrical.

I would be in favor of the addition of an xl8 sticky suggestion thread that’s for sure

That would be nice 🙂 Easiest non-intrusive option could be to have a little tiny “i” button (info icon) next to each character that just loads up their in game info tab, if that’s possible.

I don’t think partitioning our already tiny server communities is justified just because a small contingent of fussy people are unable to bear sharing their LFG channel with people interested in different types of groups - even if they have significant contempt for said people.

With zero trials whatsoever (/fire brutes), I don’t seem to wrap it up until like the 40’s. With numerous trials and decent drops I’ve made it there in the mid teens. Of course you could be done at like vet level 1 (however long it takes to unlock Hybrid) if you’re using emailed empyreans, but pretty sure the OP doesn’t seem interested in that.

Heavy handed solution in search of non-existent problem therefore must vote no.

Yeah see hyperbole is hard to take seriously. Not even mentioning Poison Trap is just signaling that you don’t know how to play the set. Traps is in a good place overall. Web Grenade and Time Bomb need something. That’s mainly it. Traps doesn’t even need to be more mobile. It does well enough within its unique niche. I’m starting to talk myself into making a 3rd Traps.

Neither do I. I don’t like the soft cap meta, 20-30% def plus moar procs and I’m happier. I find TW and Claws both a little on the boring side. Etc. But the level 50+ game is just that simple, unless you’re on an 801.whatever or a MoMag or something.

I think losing a smidge of recharge would be fine in exchange for 20-30% worth of end red.

Its tick rate is much faster than any actual KD patch - between that and the damage, it becomes wayyy better than Ice Slick or Earthquake once you slot KB->KD. Though, even so, it’s probably only really all that overpowered in practice on blasters. But don’t take my word for it. I’m just waiting to see it come up in future patch notes.

Couple new sets are coming It feels that way because very big things are on the brink of announcement

That would be a nerf since you couldn’t stack it anymore

Man we have yet to scratch the surface huh

Three PBAoE auras procced out plus Indomitable Will to protect your toggles is a very fun combo. AKA Fire/, Ice/, or Elec/Poison/Psy scrapper. If you play at level 50 the majority of the time, you can basically ignore posters’ comments about endurance. There is not one build in the game that should have endurance problems if Incarnates are included. Beware of Bonfire though as it’s currently broken and will be fixed.

Games aren’t democracies. If, however, the devs’ design vision is: - more people in AE than there are now, - greater concentration of /fire brutes than there are now, - less people anywhere but AE than there are now then, well, they should implement your idea. I’ve just never gotten the sense that that is their design vision, though. Have you?

1. Done to death. Will have 50 #89 tonight. Only a tiny handful of powersets left that I don’t have yet. Force Field, like 3 melee sets, a few of the dom secondaries and MM primaries. I have dozens of unconventional characters. 2-6. meh I’m currently doing a “completionist” thing. Like I’d played every armor set, but only just finished specifically getting a tanker with every armor set. Have a couple blast sets I haven’t played specifically as a blaster too so working on that a bit. This Earth Dom I’m building will mean all control sets have been to 50 at least once (though half of them have already been there 3-4 times).

I’m pretty sure most of my characters run 8-12 toggles. Widows probably come out better than most, in fact, since they get cheaper versions of leadership toggles and have very little need for the pool versions. And look at how tiny those individual toggle costs are!

Both are great Spirit Ward is better for pet classes as no tanker should really need it. Idk if I’d use it on a /Storm except as a Preventive Medicine mule. Arcane Bolt can either be a great situational heavy hitter (recommended use) or an average regular attack.

This. If “well it’s hard to get use out of it when everything is dead in 2 seconds” is your argument, well I don’t see much of a problem there. Your XP bar, HP bar, etc sure don’t take issue with that “problem”. Also, I remain unconvinced that its effects are actually weak.

Current status quo, in summary, is: Tankers don’t do quite as much damage as Brutes still, but they’re far far closer to Brute damage than Brutes are to Tanker mitigation.

Not shelve them, but, like, for instance, if my fire brute can endlessly produce emp merits, it’s reasonable to assume that might lead to some players engaging in fewer itrials, no? I just don’t think there needs to be further incentive to consolidate more of the game around farming, which is by far the area that would benefit most from this.

No vote from me. This would make players more able to finish their characters by simply playing only their /fire brutes, potentially reducing the already tiny population one can play with. But yeah, as someone with north of 2K vet levels on /fire brutes, it’s tempting.

Not seeing it.. none of my trappers skip it because it’s an easy survivability boost and can even stack. Is there any data behind the parenthetical assumption in the thread title?

Your original claim was that no APP/PPP but Ice or Mace “works”. You have yet to support this position that anyone with a different epic pool is on a non-working toon. If you would like to support your claim, do so. I’m not interested in reading any more of your belittling commentary if you refuse to engage in the debate you started with your own bizarre comment.

I get it. Reminds me of a power from ESO (“Dark Equilibrium” i think?) thay converted health to magicka. Definitely would be a cool niche to have around. Not gonna commit to blood armor but I support your proposal in general terms 🙂