Gatling
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4 hours ago, ShardWarrior said:
I have a similar issue. From what I have found, the base editor simply does not work with UHD screen resolutions. You can only place objects within the "box" that is from the left side of the screen to about center of the screen. Anything beyond that point will not work. Try only using the left side of the screen to see if that helps. I had posted a thread about this a while ago but I cannot seem to find it now.
EDIT: Found the thread. See if this may help you.
That makes sense. Stuff was only working basically from 1 specific "angle" which was probably in the box of my previous resolution. I am currently running the game in 4k 😕
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Yeah, I don't like that it came to this. But this is also why I tend to stay away from talking publicly or being known publicly because people are... well. People.
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So I've come across an issue where the base editor seems to only work from 1 camera angle.
I don't know if it's because I'm running the game in a new resolution or what have you, it's never been a very smooth experience. But I can't even put stuff down well within the base plot in the middle of a room. Anyone know what's going on or have any work arounds? -
14 hours ago, Hew said:
So, you really need to actually try this. You can absolutely leverage shock damage as a solo endmod person on a team, even against +3 and +4s, on generics and SOs.
A hint: Make sure you actually slot your damn blasts with endmod.
There is a dangerously high level of awesome in this change.
I have been an Elec/ Blaster for years. I've never been out-end drained by anyone on a team I'm with. I Know to have end mod slotted. I have a post on Elec/En blasting in this very Forum where people kept telling me how useless elec truly is, and I found an absurdly high number of people who didn't believe me despite direct video evidence to the contrary.
That being said, I'm just running theories as I haven't had proper time to test all the nuances. But I'm usually not that far off base when I run ideas. I am going to give it a try but to CoH's credit Different Powersets on AV's have very different results. Some AV's have Buffs that remove or reduce End drains effectiveness, and a blanket buff to an AV's End generation seems unreasonable when coupled with the added ability to still attack despite having no endurance.
Edit: Just tried to take Malaise at +4 AV. His End regen was unstoppable and I got 1 shocked off after an AIM+BU+PB Thunderous. Then Never got his end low enough again. So yeah, even with Malaise being a bad match up, he was not drainable solo, as I said.
Edit 2: Even going all out the "shocked" was only available after a full power Thunderous and a Ton of Purples. So basically, completely shut down with seeing no true benefit from the shocked status effect.
Do you have another AV I should try ? Perhaps an AV that used to be drain-able before?-
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Looking over the AV and GM Endurance changes. I am thinking "Shocked" vs a target that is an AV/GM is gonna be next to impossible in a single person as Elec group. Which is ultimately lowering the Builds DPS vs AV's / GM's.
Which takes me back to my unease with lowering AIM's Damage scaling. If you won't see shocked vs Most High level content (AV's Some EB's and GM's) you are just doing less damage period.-
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5 hours ago, Kai Moon said:
A long time ago, the CoH devs had to slap in some hurried changes to endurance drain powers, after they inadvertently made end drain useless in most situations against higher rank critters.
With that in mind.
* AVs gain 53 endurance per tick. A 25% recovery floor would guarantee ticks of 53 endurance every 16 seconds or faster.* GMs also gain 53 endurance per tick. A 50% recovery floor would guarantee ticks of 53 endurance every 8 seconds or faster.
* Recovery floors would slow down, and potentially prevent altogether, the increasing chance to Shock as endurance depletes. Electric blast could lag in DPS against AVs and GMs due to these floors. Worst case, an electric blast user could get no chance to Shock at all against any AV or GM.
* AVs and GMs ignoring endurance costs would be in addition to periodically getting to use any attack costing less than 53 end. For example, with infinite endurance drain and recovery debuff, Kraken would get to ignore endurance costs on Spit and Pummel, on top of getting to Foot Stomp every 8 seconds - only slightly slower than Foot Stomp's normal cycle rate.
* In particular, Lusca and her tentacles have no attacks that cost more than 15 end. Lusca would be functionally immune to end drain.
It was already hard enough to end drain some AV's (Some literally not possible to end drain)
I don't think the endurance changes to AV's were necessary. Especially if they were going to give them Moves that can use while drained anyway.-
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5 minutes ago, Replacement said:
For my blaster build, I ran it with Stealth to leap into a pack and open with Short Circuit. It's better long-term DPS to open with Ball Lighting, but I prefer to burst kill and then CC survivors (because I'm bad and don't usually have soft-capped defenses on Blasters).
So a Blaster opening of Short Circuit > Point blank Ball Lighting = field of "Shocked!" procs. I'm gonna port over a diff toon now with combat teleport, which I think will be a more dynamic experience, but the outcome is the same: even a Blaster can push out massive saps and then lay on the hurt.
It's enough that I don't feel bad slotting SC with Power Transfer, and I think "interesting slotting" is good for the game.
As for Tough/Weave vs TC? I mean that's build and playstyle dependent, right? If you feel you bring more value standing back and throwing out casual Holds (that also have very strong ST saps!) then cool, but if you have better things for your build that's also good.
tl;dr: I like sapping even on blaster. Tesla Cage feels worth the buy to me, but I also think it should not hit the point of "must buy." I think the only Musts in the set are Ball Lightning and Thunderous, and the rest is up to you, which I also classify as a good place to be.
Well, yeah.
I focus on sapping myself. My playstyle is usually Either open with thunderous or Short circuit.
So the change to SHOCK is superb for Solo/SMALL groups.
It will see a great boon in over-all dps.
I guess in the end I was hoping for something from TC and VS that I don't really want to u se in the end anyway, my playstyle got buffed so I should be happy. -
Just now, JayboH said:
I suppose it's good that it's still faster than Short Circuit, and I would think a blaster might get more out of a CC power than others due to squishiness. Thank you for clarifying though; I said earlier I might be misunderstanding. Was I right about the activation time?
Yeah, probably activation time is right.
I think activation time could play a big factor. If it came out really fast then it would be a little more negligible.
Also Tough is only smashing/lethal so that's only applicable in some cases. However Tough does save me more often than I care to admit. Maybe if you have BOTH VS and TC it works out better in the long run, but I can't imagine surviving without both tough and weave as I do now. Especially since weave uses global recharge, which adds a lot of oomph to my build.-
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13 minutes ago, JayboH said:
That's a gameplay choice argument, like a min/maxer yelling at a newbie for selecting something that isn't optimal.
The best argument you could make is that you want the activation sped up for the initial hit to make it more worth it. The other option is Ball because the nuke takes awhile, and we have to dismiss manipulation AOEs and pools because of player choice when it comes to balance.
I think you're taking my arguments in bad faith here. I AM looking at it from a min-max perspective, but also from the idea that the AT could benefit from something more direct in general due to how efficient teams / people tend to run. The player won't get use/enjoyment out of it. Which affects everyone trying to play the power set, not just "Min maxers". I'm not some elitist, I'm just running numbers in my head.
For other AT's the idea seems pretty good. Like Sentinel or Defender, but as a Blaster I'm not seeing the benefit. I could be wrong of course, but as of right now? Not sure.
Edit: It's also going to take a long time to test/feel it out vs my current build.-
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5 minutes ago, JayboH said:
...why would you use anything when everything is dead? I don't get your argument so far.
Changes to a powerset shouldn't be about making sure some powers are skippable so a player can grab tough/weave for their builds. Currently that's what I've perhaps misunderstood you to say.
No.
I'm saying that the powers offered aren't useful for the archetype because the time it takes to use them would be better spent killing or surviving. Tough and Weave are just an example of dropping survivability in order to "Increase dps" but the result would be that I would DIE instead. Thus NOT increasing DPS.
Or for builds that don't use that, the time it takes to cast Tesla Cage and then AOE off of it, is already enough time to have cast another AOE to fully end drain the group or Kill them.
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I did see the expanded Difficulty (can't figure out/remember how to quote after already posting). It's currently only on 1 mission right? I can see the changes working nicely there for it, but A whole build for 1 mission (until its rolled out to everything?) Seems like a bit of stretch. But unless I missed a change on how Tesla cage is cast/works I just am not seeing the benefit right now.-
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6 minutes ago, Wavicle said:
Consider the behavior in team situations. You don't need Tough and Weave if you have team buffs and End drain stacking from multiple sources is very effective.
That makes it even worse. In Teams I probably get 2, shots off before it's clear 3 if I'm lucky. And if I open up with Thunderous, I've probably cleared 90% of the group already with the 1 shot.
Add onto the fact the shocked status is end-drain amount based it will not be benefitting me in most team fight situations.
So over-all we're looking at a damage loss of 8% from AIM nerf when you would have used AIM. And not much of a performance difference otherwise.
There will always be exceptions to this rule depending on team composition but largely Teams are buttery smooth for everyone involved. Unless they begin making +4 enemies and lieutenant and up instead of minions, a lot of these bonuses won't play out that great.
Edit: In teams of multiple end drainers these bonuses would be really really great, but over-all enemies wont be alive to really set up a Tesla cage node to AOE off of.-
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9 minutes ago, Wavicle said:
Tesla Cage change brings the set more AoE damage and the Aim change is made up for by the addition of Shock.
I understand the THEORY. But Why would I use it when everything is dead? Really. Testing the shock changes in the new Cimerora as a 50 vs 54's. If I was to drop Weave/Tough I'd have died before I got the AOE's off. So in theory its more DPS but it isn't if I'm dead, or if the enemy is already dead.
Also, how strong is the AOE Drain effect vs 54's with the arc? I still can't 1 drain 54's with Short circuit with the changes to AIM Plus I'm /energy which should be end drain at its strongest. But instead They still have enough End to get 1-2 attacks off. I don't think the Arc lightning of tesla cage would save me or make a difference.-
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As an Elec/En Blaster. I feared this day a lot.
I know Elec/ suffers a bit when paired outside of /energy, but with it, it's a great power set. I appreciate the apparent boosts to End draining across the set However, Tesla Cage and VS was always a non-choice.
Tesla Cage is a waste of time (for Blasters) when it's better to directly End drain. And VS was a low damage power that you couldn't really control.
What do other elec/ Blasters think of this? I really don't think Tesla or VS is helping Elec/ Blasters at all as it is but these changes also don't seem useful for Elec/ Blasters either as it will remove other choices/utility to make room for it. Dropping Tough/Weave to make room for Chain damage doesn't seem worth the animation time (as a blaster). My entire goal is to End drain the group to 0 immediately, why would I then tesla cage anyone?
Edit: Forgot to say, Shocked seems like a great way to bring Elec damage more in line with powers like Fire Blast (Which has a DPS proc too)
Edit with a copy across: Not sure how I feel about losing the damage on Aim. 12.5% damage loss and 10% to-hit loss kinda hurts and isn't really made up for.-
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Great question! My answer is Yes and No.
For all intents and purposes, a big part of the replayability of COH are the maps that randomly generate. You can't always predict how things will work and go. This means going through missions is more or less unpredictable.That being said, there are ways to create realistic, randomly generated modular maps. And while it would INITIALLY be a lot of work, it would work out into a really customisable and similar experience.
First you'd need to generate a floor plan, and a way to lock those floorplans into routes. Then while the building is in itself realistic, the general method that plays out would be similar to the Current CoH experience. This also offers opportunities, because then the player could also KNOW that there are Rooms or halls or doors beyond certain locations, allowing the missions to design bonuses for accessing or deviating from the Locked routes. Also those officers/modules would be able to be changed/randomised into different themes to suit the missions. ANOTHER benefit of more realistic floor plans can accommodate more realistic mission maps and structure like Entering into a building from outside onto the floor you need (Like the AE building).
Flight? Indoors? How about flying directly to the top floor. etc.-
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3 minutes ago, Ukase said:
I really don't expect or anticipate any changes. I'd be just fine with no changes at all. Ever.
There's a line in Guys and Dolls, where ....maybe it was Nathan Detroit or Sky Masterson...I can't recall. He says, "You dames. As soon as you find a guy you like, you try to take him in for alterations." (or something like that).
I would much prefer they come up with a new zone, a new faction of npcs, new arcs rather than a new powerset - but that is just me, and I'm sure there are many who'd love a new powerset or ten. But, if we do get one, I hope it is something along the lines of Bio armor - which is fairly unique - unlike something like Katana and Broadsword which are just about identical, but with different dps on differently named attacks.Most of us are here because we just wanted COH back. So I don't consider most of us frothing at the mouth for updates. But Having Updates on the horizon has a lot of promise that will reinvigorate the desire to play and check out new updates and changes.
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3 hours ago, Zhym said:
I'm still hoping someday for the "move enhancement slots between powers without doing a full PITA respec" function.
I know...it's going to be a bit of a wait.
That would be awesome. The structure of that system is probably not great, but a good step in that direction would be some sort of respec where your powers and slots skip right to the end with the enhancements set in the power so you can un-slot and re-slot at will.
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I love CoX.
I think it's one of the most unique and inspired MMO's of its time.
It just doesn't have the presence to pull in a crowd. We may get a few people, but the earlier streaming restrictions really took the wind out of the sails of any push for popularity.Unfortunately Super Hero MMO's aren't a big thing because people just don't play them.
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I'm interested in some big changes, but I'm wanting some more Customisation mostly. I really like the direction stances took. Some more customisation in animations and a few bug fixes would be what I want.
Personally didn't know sentinels were getting reworked, I always thought they were a product of their placement in the Class structure. I suppose If they or any other new classes come out they should probably parallel existing classes. As sentinel has Blaster Primary with nowhere near as much damage as a Blaster, and Scrapper secondary with less defence than scrappers and no Crits or defiance (Defiance IMO is weak sauce but eh). so I see why it would need it.
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Oof, was hoping to find help on Rad/Rad but I guess it's not too popular. I suppose I'll be experimenting from here on out.
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1 hour ago, AurianArchive said:
We can discuss endlessly how secondary effects that don't work to stop enemies [endurance modification] were used as justification for aggressively low damage (pretty much every electrical attack ever).
I still don't understand this Ideaology.
One is elec. Secondary is End mod.
Damage says "10"
One is Ice, Secondary is slow.
Damage says: "10"
Verdict: Elec does less damage.
Wut? 1 power or two may need to be fixed, but it's really fallacious to say that Elec is aggressively weak in comparison to their contemporaries. That's my 2 cents, despite most of this conversation about KM -
With how well the GM's and the Development team have been going about successfully making relatively bug-free updates and patches. I'd say you guys should worry a little less about how things are being handled. However I don't think you're incorrect, based on what I've seen and experienced, stalkers shouldn't be getting nerfed like this, but perhaps This is a really good time to do some number crunching and put forward some really good focussed feedback to improve the performance of the class and power sets instead of just getting angry.
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I find it really tiresome to get people to play synergistically. I once had people rage quit because I asked them to Clear Counter clock wise, and instead they just jumped up and down the middle and dying a whole bunch. And they were the tanks so Our defenders kept dying over and over too (What makes it even more sour is I was perfectly capable of solo clearing it, but the added people who refused to comply just made it a complete mess, I just wanted to spread the exp love damn it and get through it faster). So I usually just ask to join groups or help those who may need it. I listen closely and try to stay glued to the tank or the person who most needs protection. It's less stressful, because I'm easy to manage as a team mate and don't have to reign anyone in or be authoritarian. I already have a job in real life, don't want to bring that into my game life.
That being said: If anyone on Torchbearer wants some Pew pew or help on ANYTHING, I will do my best if you see me around 🙂 Just drop me a message and I'll come flying in.-
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Played the game too long ago and on a PC far too crappy to know enough about the mechanics to know when things were changed or nerfed. I did eventually stop playing and came back sporadically, but not long enough to learn new systems and changes. I was too busy trying to find a game that was as fun as COH was ironically enough. Very few games really match up, even now. I've played quite a lot of MMO's and as Old school as this one is, it's still one of the best out there for almost everything you want to do in an MMO. Nerfs be damned, COH offered a lot over time to cover the problems they caused, right?
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2 minutes ago, Darmian said:
So you think one big server is going to work the same way the shards do now? That wasn't obvious from your statement.
In an IDEALISED environment. There would be no separate character server to divide or transfer to. Only shards you can actively join.
If these shards are capable of actively being joined (Like Path of exile) Then Server location, time zones, and the like are dictated by the shard, not the Character server, allowing everyone. ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE who plays City of Heroes: Homecoming. To play with absolutely everyone. Allowing people to make the choice of where/when/how to play. This does come some some caveats that are built upon the foundation of CoX fundamental aspects (Market prices and economy between servers. Timed events being able to be stacked/cascaded across time zones, etc.) but if the game was built from the ground up with regards to the 1 server system then these systems would have been addressed already.
Can't seem to put anything down in Base Editor
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as an FYI: It was the resolution. Bringing my resolution down stopped the horrendous bug. I may have to go down to 1080 to be fully functional (Dropped to 2k) but it did resolve mostly.