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I would quite like the changes to FA’s consume and FM’s powers be ported over to the Dom’s secondary also. Combustion’s animation change at the very least ❤️

Would power boost increase the -tohit of spectral or not because it is a pet?

I know this isn't the point of your post but I've always been curious about their server, not for a full time play but just to having a look about, however I just find their website quite hard to navigate and I would like to easily read about the in-depth changes they've made without having to go through lots of different reddit posts.

What if the changes were slightly adjusted? Moving everything down by one slot, and not by (sometimes) 6 levels. For example, 1st set: T9: 32 > 30 2nd set: T9: 38 > 35 You still have - for example - nova in a Yin but you aren't also armed with your the T9 for 2nd. Its still opening up powers but isn't quite so charitable.

On the badges + costumes front… when I used to use a temp costume change power on a kheldian, before toggle suppression, I would be in the COSTUME using FORM powers. So could get the tip mission and house of horror badges while transformed (the midnighter temp power from redside spitting energy balls was fun). With toggle suppression, will it still count as being in a costume even though I have a costume active, but it is suppressed, while in dwarf?

Hi boss, Quick Q about this: if I am wearing a Halloween costume, and transform into White Dwarf/ nova form, toggle suppression means the other costume is still on. am I still able to get the tips with a suppressed toggled? I shapeshift a lot and am trying to see if it’d just be better to stay human! The same goes for the badges in the House of Horror TF… A suppressed costume toggle under my shapeshift… no badge?

My first very rough. I had to sacrifice optimal slotting for Creepers (procs) to get some more rech out of it. You are 1 small purp short of soft-capping s/l/ranged. Hasten is 120.9 (so not quite permanent) but with some clever managing you'll get parma-dom. I've tried to not make it too expensive. But if you shuffled a couple of slots, spent another 60mill, you could defo get perma-dom and hasten.

The purp set on seeds is an eeeeeasy 10% extra rech and the “might confuse other people too” is great as a spreader if you miss someone with the cone. My plant/psi is sitting at - I think - 203% rech but that’s with incarn. I’m perma from lvl 22. I’ll have a fiddle when home.

I'm not on my Mids atm but from a look over... How much money you wanting to sink into this? The confuse purps aren't too bad and are really worth it with seeds. Both for the proc and the bonuses. Are you aiming for perma-dom? You won't need acrobatics if so. And you'll also need more +rech. 2 slots in hasten with +5 rech is enough. I'd probably put some slots in strangler. Get build up much earlier. Are you going for soft-cap range def I take it? I didn't take the pet on my plant/psi Dom, as he was slow and died too often. With 15 sec rech on seeds the baddies do most of the work. Can wiggle some slots around from there.

Fairs. I think ultimately we'd all like the best for this old game, we just have different opinions of what 'best' is. I guess the 'active game developer' vs 'volunteer devs' difference could be a positive too. If done right, the freedom of being able to consult the players without the worry of tanking the company's stock price is quite freeing. But it is impossible to make something that everyone likes. Then again, I'm saying this as someone who is largely excited and (mostly) unaffected by the changes (bar the powers availability one), and I'm generally just a relaxed person. I thought I'd quit when ED came in and my imp army died, I'm sure I can roll with this. Its only a game 🙂

I dunno man, I kinda agree with @Ukase. I would like the devs to be able to talk more openly about thinking/direction/aims, but not because of anyone's cash donations etc or because of any obligation to run stuff past us (as @Glacier Peak said it is their server and we live in it), but just because we had an environment where that kinda of relationship was encouraged. I'm not 100% that its entitled to want to chat to em, I guess it depends on how we frame the conversation. ATM I suspect things come across as a little toxic sometimes. [I appreciate this this sounds a bit like that Mean Girls quote: "I wish we could all get along like we used to in middle school. I wish I could bake a cake filled with rainbows and smiles and everyone would eat and be happy." ... but here we are]

I consider a lot of this not unlike negotiating a pay rise. The boss says they’ll only give you 5% more but really they can afford 20, you would be happy with a 15% increase but know they’ll bring it down regardless of what you say, so you go in and demand 25. Everyone politely discusses it and ‘compromises’, and then everyone feels like they’ve won. With the toggle suppression it was originally 10 (?) seconds but was reduced after feedback. I wouldn’t be surprised if Burn ends up about 30-ish, if they bump up something like the KB res. Then everyone feels like they’ve won.

Awesome use of the kit available to make a (albeit mecha) skeleton!!

What's New in Issue 27, Page 5? NOTICE: This build's primary purpose is to focus test Page 5's power changes as there are a large number of them. The remainder of Issue 27, Page 5's additions will be detailed at a later time in future patch notes. Just think - this is just the stuff now! There’s more to come 👀🥹 I wonder if any of this new QoL stuff is to do with the other content coming down the pipeline? A man can dream this means a new mid-range TF/SF/Gold TF that they’re giving us buffs for 😉 (yes, it also means more potential arguing)

welcome back!

whack a slow set in sleet and that might help? The new one. I’ve forgotten the name…. But might help a bit? I’m planning on testing this weekend properly but also thought the soft controls on the PA would help stop people a bit.

keeps me young, it’s half the skin care routine 😉

Depends. Do you think you follow the rules? Like, do you think you might’ve been a bit snarky at all?

So excited for an Illusion/Energy dom. I’ve never actually used illusion in the years I’ve been playing, this will finally tip it for me

So we avoid some of the issues from the last update, where people felt they weren’t having their opinions cared for, can us forum-dwellers make a point of trying to spread the word to the game-players who aren’t on here to get more people testing?

I dunno. I’m optimistic that if you actually test it then your feedback will be listened to. There were wiggles last time if you raised good points respectfully, after testing it, and could make a well thought out argument. Attitude plays a lot in this I think.

My PB and Dom are going to have to go through a real re-think (in a good way) but this is very exciting. Yes, there is a little bit of power creep here but - a Yin with FS is going to be wild - it should be fun. Especially the secondary powers being a choice: Mind Probe/Bone Smasher/Incinerate as my first power? Let's gooooo.

Just a question from me really 🙂 As blasters are getting this update/buff for Combustion, and there are also changes for Consume in the pipe-line for FA, can we get these changes for Dominator's Fiery Assault (with powers that are shared) also? Some Doms tend to underperform, I appreciate FA much less so, but every little helps.

Just to confirm: is this only the FA version of Consume and not the APP/ Fiery manipulation/ dominator versions? EDIT: Ideally, the changes for FA and FM which also affect Dominators and Blasters should go to both ATs and not just blasters.

Someone wake up @oedipus_tex, get them a strong black coffee, a calculator and a notepad: STAT.