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Maybe just don’t join dogpiles when you haven’t the faintest idea what’s going on

I urge you to learn what the fuck you’re talking about. Considering you didn’t know what a changeling was a few posts ago, I will give you the benefit of the doubt for once and assume you are not a liar.

Assuming you are either (1) someone with no history of DPS testing who took a lie at face value or (2) maybe you’re just someone who lies.

I mean you guys are really owning that straw man. When you don’t have a counterargument to what was said, lie, misrepresent, mock… I understand the formula guys I really do.

I haven’t seen evidence to support the assertion that 50% of scrapper powerset combos are pumping out numbers in excess of 700 DPS. But even if that evidence *did* exist (which I don’t believe it does), then I would say it’s *still* not acceptable unless we lower Kheldian’s damage resistance caps to 75%. RE @ivanhedgehog changeling is the popular name for any kheldian that uses binds or macros to break/bypass the game’s power animation system and thereby dishes out instantaneous attacks that make the character’s DPS skyrocket. The developers went to fix this egregious exploit, but some popular kheldian mains convinced them of some crackpot notion that they aren’t allowed to patch the exploit until they’ve overhauled the kheldian archetype. That was years ago.

1) Mathematical data points that prove that Changelings are wildly overpowered. 2) Obviously anything that can break the game’s animation system with a click of a macro is broken. 3) The players abusing them most are clearly deterring the developers from fixing the cheat in a more timely manner. 4) Anyone who wishes to play a Kheldian without the cheat is going to be bothered by dumbasses recommending cheating to compensate for your DPS.

SS isn’t crushing the opposition because it is balanced by the Rage crash. If you see SS merely tying for 1st place with the Rage crash, that means SS was actually the clear front runner before being balanced by the crash. Reading comprehension helps

You are still thinking about this incorrectly. SS is only not outperforming things because the crash is there to balance it. You seem to be confusing SS pre- and post-penalties.

I’ve been playing it for over half my life and don’t wanna do other stuff idk this question is hard. The community also has a part to play. Some people make me want to stay. Some people make me want to leave.

My understanding is that all testing, be it pylons or trapdoors or ston missions, is going to show the net effectiveness of Super Strength after any “penalties” are applied. So if SS has come out as S tier post-penalties, then ParagonKid is just plainly mistaken or purposefully untruthful.

IMO: 1) The changeling cheat is so egregious that waiting for a Kheldian revamp before fixing it is only appropriate if the developers are actually going to prioritize said Kheldian revamp in good faith. This is clearly not the case as the cheat has existed for years and through numerous big patches. Allowing the cheat to exist in the game for years is so wrong that I do want to hear the “we’ll get a revamp eventually” excuse anymore. The cheat needed to be deleted years ago. 2) The changeling cheat was only allowed to continue to exist because a few hyperpopular changeling players threatened to set the discord, the forums, and the city on fire if we took away their overpowered cheat. Typical blackmail, whatever. Many will abuse the cheat but say they only want changeling around until Kheldians get a revamp, which conveniently further delays the fix of an egregious cheat. The point is: some players are complicit in changelings not being fixed yet. I’d say the people actively educating people in public on how to break the game and encouraging people to abuse this exploit for years… well I’d certainly be okay with them having a week off. Their lobbying has done a lot of damage and I do not care what happens to them.

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1) Addiction 2) Sometimes fun

6 mandatory SS powers feels fine to me. 4 mandatory powers for old Plant Control was a bit excessive though.

IIRC Plant Control was that way and people screamed bloody murder when that model was torn from them. Nobody here is sincere about having a problem with skippable powers as long as the performance is there.

It is?

None of my Tankers have room for more than 6 powers from their secondary, so after Level 1 / Haymaker / Taunt / Knockout Blow / Rage / Foot Stomp, I really could care less if the trash powers I can’t take on any Tanker are a little more trash than usual. In the end, Super Strength was the only set I have picked more than once for my squad of Tankers. Primarily because perma 20% tohit prior to enhancements makes the proc meta insanely easy to build for. Sets are primarily defined by their best powers and not by the average of all 9 powers, unless you’ve got a bizarre example I haven’t thought of. And sets that manage to make a meaningful contribution without 9 powers are actually at an advantage in many ways

Actually some of us like the extremely effective powers more than the generic boring idea. If you need pointers on leveraging the set properly we are here to help.

Thinking of Frank Costanza’s battle cry of “Stop crying and fight your father!”

Okay but it’s not going to happen and SS isn’t mediocre.

The people that think they can seriously propose one full stack of perma Rage with no crash are funny.

Could be worth consideration since I don’t think anyone considers Dominators overpowered right now outside of Pylon tests.

…where is the rifle?

They didn’t nerf it so hard that a damage aura is worse than no damage aura.

Why would you AFK with Martial Arts?