InvaderStych

What you did there, I see 90% of it.

This sounds like a Hard Mode Strike Force issued by The Radio; you know something we don't, don't you? 🤣

What in the name of Statesman is the cursed horror-show pictured above? 😱

Nothing Can Stop Noodles! If I give someone a 🍜 it means I whole-heartedly adore, approve, endorse, enjoy, and/or otherwise 🧡 what was posted. Please, Mods, Let us keep 🍜, it is my new favorite thing on the forums. What I want to know is if I am indicating anything of which I am unaware by using the 🧡(orange heart). It is my default on Discord; I use it because I am a Ginger Day-Walker and would be embarrassed if it meant something I didn't know about. 🤣

Don't ask me; I'm not the OP, and I don't play Tanks - too much responsibility. 🤣 Last time I was in game I was too busy 'porting ahead of whoever was playing main tank, dropping an AS and only holding a split second of aggro before everyone else caught up to notice if people were zerging or hesitating. Stalker's lower threat value is very interesting to leverage on a team. 5 months is just an approximation of how long I've been on a hiatus; first by choice and lately because my gaming gak is still in storage ~450 miles south of my current location. I don't follow the Tank unless there's a Very Good ReasonTM to do so; I charge headlong in the direction the team is heading. They'll snag the aggro when they catch up. 🤣

Plug your Controller into Controller Port 2.

Ok, what have you guys done to the game in my absence? I know I've been away for a minute, but we've gone from "OMG everyone ZERGs too fast" to "OMG everyone hesitates too much" in like 5 months or whatever? Clearly we need more Devotees of the Almighty *BAMF!*

@Major_Decoy ... I hear you've been having some trouble with your T.P.S. Reports.

No idea how they are supposed to be used, but Ramen is my new favorite and default reaction. "NOTHING can stop NOODLES!"

Is it old chestnut season already? 🤣

Of that list Stalker's version of Burn is written with the team crit mechanic included. I've never used Fire Armor on a Stalker and I very much dislike burn, so I do not know if it actually crits while on a team. If you look at the entry on City of Data the team crit stuff is in there though. Nothing else from that list is written to generate critical hits for either a Scrapper or Stalker. It is not a bug; it is a design choice made by the original developers that has continued to remain constant throughout the history of the game. Never mind that Brute's Fury increases damage from these attacks, and Tanker's AoE size buffs also benefit these attacks - Scrappers and Stalkers are left twisting in the breeze by design.

Back in the early 90s there Phillips briefly entered this market with their CD-i device. Video rental place down the street from me had one and the lady-friend and I rented it for a weekend with its full compliment (read: handful) of games. Performance wasn't horrible for the era, but the best game offering was a golf game that was only entertaining because the Aussie "color commentator" would talk trash every time a player botched a shot. "That was limp, mate!" ... and similar stuff. It was hilarious, even more-so as I am pretty sure it was an actor doing a bad imitation of an Australian accent. 🤣

Because it is 2023 and those are the basics. More specifically, LFG transport was the easiest way to guarantee that no matter what part of Talos Island the OP was stuck within that they could get out easily and back to a zone that is within their level range. Sorry I tried to help. 🤷‍♂️

Bruh, most days I don't even know that about myself. 🤣

Open the LFG window found at the top of your chat box. Select "Dam Hero" or "The Rule of Three" from the list. Select the "Lock To Your Group" radio button at the bottom. (this part is crucial) Press the queue button. Press the go button that appears in the pop-up. Wait a few seconds and you'll be teleported to Positron in Steel Canyon. This works for any Task/Strike force contact which is valid for your current level, as long as you are Solo and use the Lock to your Group button it acts as an ad hoc zone transporter.

"... and let me tell you something, it doesn't matter if you don't know the lyrics. It's Death Metal. No one will know the difference." You mean thusly? 🤣

Ironically/coincidentally when I first opened this thread I was going to mention E.T. for the 2600. Never did get past the pit when I was a kid. 🤣 In pure code/game-mechanics E.T. probably takes the title, the other two are just so cringe though that they've got to be the worst. 🤣

Because attacks in the Scrapper secondary sets not generating critical hits has been the paradigm on the game since 2004. I've never liked it either, I hope the HC team changes it, but I highly doubt that they will. It is the way it has always been and is not unique to Ground Zero. It is not a bug, it is an unfortunate design choice that has not been changed. I'm glad they made an exception for Brimstone Armor, but I don't see them making a blanket change across the other secondaries with attacks or damage auras. As I said, I've been banging my head against this wall of unfairness since the release of the game.

WAI in the current implementation. Brimstone from Stone Armor is currently the only power in a Scrapper secondary with a chance to crit. This is a relatively new thing and I hope a sign of thing to come, Otherwise it has been this way since the dawn of time, and I've been lobbying for change since not long after that.

One of my favorite toons during Retail was this combo on a Scrapper. It was an outright lawnmower; even after Interface was brought into line, no longer triggered on every damage tic, and went on the 10s timer in toggles. Single target wasn't anything to shout from the hilltops about, but it was definitely a fun toon to play. Should be solid on a Tank though with the buffs to AoE radius/arc they received a while back.

Not as well as Savage Leap, if my memory serves correct. It has been a while since I looked deeply into it, but if I remember correctly: Charge and Lightning Rod are actual pseudo-pets and use that math for PPM. I think Spring Attack is the same. Savage Leap is not a pseudo-pet. It's a single-target, no damage teleport power that triggers a zero activation time AoE power, so uses the base AoE PPM math. It just happens to be in the recharge sweet spot for a 90% rate of return without having a bunch of extra downtime. UnFun-Fact: The zero activation time of Savage Leap AoE Power is the reason it does not benefit from Brimstone damage; or it didn't as of /Stone's run through Beta. I've not seen a patch note indicating that was fixed, but I might have missed it. Double-Edit: Someone with a better memory for these things correct me and I'll strike through my potentially inaccurate babble.