Razor Cure

Sounds likely, I forget what I was trying to do, but I got a message about Granite being 'shapeshifted.'

Do NOT work together. Toggling Granite makes the path aura vanish. WHich really sucks, since it would be perfect for a walking rock!

What? Why? Low levels being say..20 and lower? Every control set bar Ill and Grav struggle for any damage. Every control set with an aoe hold/aoe stun have the same issue of said powers lacking slots, having poor acc, and long rech. Ill has good single target damage, an invis to get about safely AND a confuse (that really lets you safely kill anything you come across, no matter how long it takes) On top of all that, there is PA. Sure, long rech, but it is a foolproof aggro getter, even if its not doing much damage (due to lack of slots). As someone with an ill storm, hell no.

Are Mercs really that bad?? I am not doubting anyone here, but if making a set twice as good still leaves it behind..well, wow. Thats bad! I kinda like the idea of a Merc army! Also Necro..were those DPS numbers obtained in a vacuum? I had a Necro/Poison on Live (before and after poison buffs and pet IOs) and I STILL struggled to actually complete a single mob (of 2-5 dudes) without any pets dying. The DPS did not seem that amazing then. lol

This also happens on Mothership Raids. A team with a few trollers, and tanks running of to herd (dont even get me started of lazy players who just go afk), will get far less xp and merits than a team of ranged blasters. Also, user experience, but doing incarnate trials, I have noticed a big drop in reward quality when playing support toons (especially my emp fender, who doesnt attack). The emp had to do about 30+ BAFs (on Live) to get a rare, when all my other toons would usually get one within 5, or at most 10 runs. Although I don't agree with teh OP, they DO have a point that the basic rewards, especially money, from 1-50 are crap. I really noticed this back on Live when my first lvl 50 hero did not even have enough money to get all my level 50 SOs. Obviously now we have IOs, but since the game is not balanced on them..surely getting to 50 should at least give you enough cash to get your full kit of SOs every 5 levels.

Ha. Yeah. You mean SOME pets are squishy. SOME. And most are definitely not awful. Go ahead and bring up incarnate content too (and yes, pets should be even levels in that), but a lot of toons suddenly get squishy vs lvl 54 IDF and DE. Pre incarnate, MM's and their pets are not awful at all. Same to you. Since you were the one who bought those reasons into a thread about SOME pet sets.

How much cash does a lvl 50 farmer make in that period? An 'xp skip to 30' surely should be costing 2 or more TIMES what you can actually earn doing said farm. Or like you said, the payment is just a pointless amount. Thinking about it more. Say you earn 50 mil in that 30 min farm time, getting an alt from 1-30. If the xp skip cost is less than 50 mil, wtf is the point,, when a farmer could do the same time frame, earn money, AND pay to skip an another alt? If the xp skip costs more than 50 mil, is any farmer gonna do it? When they can do it the normal way, take 30 mins, get the alt to 30 AND earn 50 mil?

Exactly! That is all that is needed! Well, besides tweaking sets on a case by case basis (but literally every set in teh game COULD use tweaks).

No. There are already enough AE noobs running round. When you can go from 1-50 in an hour (or how ever long) in AE, that already IS basically skipping levels.

I don't wanna start this argument again but..this is 100% rubbish. Nevermind the game is NOT balanced to IOs, so there is literally zero 'need' to spend 6 slots on said IOs. And if you choose to..well, you make your entire primary much tougher...how many other ATs can do that? Speaking of other ATs, each has 2 'needed' IOs, going by your logic. And we can increase that..Miracle unique, numi, panacea, preventmed, kismet, KB ios. WHat about how a good portion of builds 'have' to fit in 5 slots, for those gambler rech IOs? Especially for Doms. You are asking for all those amazing ATO/IO effects just..rolled into the AT, because you dont wanna spend 6 slots to get a huge boost? Yeah, ok. Let's just roll all those IOs i just listed, into every single archtype.

So..since all teh replies seem to be different..are we talking Claws OR Savage Melee? Lots of mixed info about combos and aoes and stalkers. Claws has no combos..on any AT!

Not really..bots would 'like' some more survivablity. But they are already good, with 2 bubbles each and a heal. Sure, the bubbles, as you say, could be aoe, but on the list of MM Pet buffs, bots have to be one of the lowest priorities.

Would make sense for VEATS and least..like Lord Recluse slipping some destinied ones into Preatoria on the sneaky.

Any reason why?

Oh yeah, totally meant to say that. Thanks!

Also dont forget that ONLY Scrapper/Senty (do scrappers have it? I forget) even have the end boosting power. Not stalkers, who also get shafteds with the lack of kb protection.

Game balance principles. lol. In a game world where Trick Arrow masterminds ARE possible, how can you argue that? AN entire set that has ZERO healing, and also zero buffing (with minor to hit debuffing), while also being pet dependent (sure, petless MMs and all). I'd at least argue that just taking Field Medic should make aid other stronger (stronger on its on, not just when used with FM), and maybe a small AoE when used while FM is active.

Subjectively, there is nothing wrong with SR. But the sentinal powers at least SHOW that the power people are willing to entertain the idea that not even likes Click Mez powers.

I always thought the Scapper taunts should function like a small self buff/ enemy debuff, as you psyche yourself up to challenge one big target. Even if it was just 5% to hit, 15 damage, it would be something, and have it scale of the targets class, so taunting a minion gives next to no bonus, but a Boss gives more.

I don't know. I like the idea, but it seems like the set is trying to do TOO much? Are there even any def or res powers with Heal attached? The only one I can think of is in Nature Affinity, and while it would be good for that power, the set bonuses (to me) would mean I didnt use it anyway. For Granite, sure, it would be ok, but only for the Movement speed. And as pointed out, the end red is poor. Speaking of the unique (the run speed), that just does not scream 'mending bulwark' to me, in any way. And we already have a +run speed unique.

Not saying you AE at all but..this is exactly how AE strikes me, and yet there are people who do nothing else in the game. A cheat death triggering need not be boring..why cant the ball of flame still fire off or whatever, exactly teh same as it does when you properly die?

That hardly helps you find a ninja hostage on a huge map. Just having the name is little use at all, unless you also happen to know how to create a macro to search for him, and even then, it reduces you to running about spamming the 'find person' button.

God, people need to get the hell over this term. Just because some CAN use (I wont say needs, because others here have made logical arguments for self rezzers being fine) an improvement, does not mean power creep. If a power is utterly shit (flurry, anyone?) would you dive into a thread on buffing it and cry about 'oh noes, it is power creep and all my toons will be FORCED to take it, to be the best of the best of the best, Sir!' And what about negative power creep? Like the recent rebalance to Dark Miasma on MMs and Corrs. Quick, you better go advocate a roll back on that chance, since it was changing the sets power! May as well argue every new powerset, power or IO we get is power creep. Let's just change nothing, ever, even if it would help. Ha. Dying on a tank. So every single toon you have, every power they take, every Io set..they are ALL the most effective options ever? Nothing taking cause you simply like or enjoy a power? WHat fun! As Helen said, a change like the toggle proposal is 100% voluntary. If you use it, that is your choice.

I think some ally heals work the same..sorta. I was doing a MO ITF awhile back, and this complete twit of a brute (fire armour, he shoulda stayed in AE) tried to dive in a HUGE mobs of Romans. Then was totally shocked they could hurt him. I saw his health going down and used Absorb pain. Whether due to my brilliant time, a bug, or lag, he lived, despite having zero health and starting to 'fall' in a death animation.

Damn, we better scrap AE then. Right? Right? Kidding aside..why not make this change? Running around that huge KR map in Tina's arc, trying to find the ONE hostage is not fun in any shape or form. I also just saw the reply above, talking about the exact same mission. Wouldnt any macro be 'making the game easier?' Why then CAN we use macros? A mission shouldnt be making you think about the need for a macro, just to make it less annoying. If it does..that is bad design.