Razor Cure

The very fact Jet Stream does repel at base (or a chance of it) and you NEED to have targets in Storm Cell to change it to knock down..tells me that whoever designed this power knows exactly how awful unwanted chance of repel effects are. And did it anyway.

I think this would be a good idea. Make it optional. Start of the TYF, you all select Yes/No. Someone at the end picked YEs and starts slagging a player? Where is the poof? And as others have said, who cares. CoX has never been like WoW, where no gear/dps/power pick will get you booted (aside from the Original RSF). It would be cool (i think) to see things like total damage output, damage taken (or deflected, with def?), buffs/debuffs applied, etc.

One thing I remember from KM back on Live (I havent made a new one) was ConcStrike looking utterly stupid a lot of the time. The animation itself is great..if you are literally doing it from a T-Pose. Im you are jumping or leaning forward/back a bit, the animation just gets borked and looks really silly

Agreed. It is one of the coolest arcs in the game! Almost like an AE arc (one where the created went overboard with AVs) before AE came out

My Demon/Dark MM has a pretty huge bug with the +Damage values for the T2 Pets, teh Demons Currently the power is slotted with: Sup MoS Acc/End 33.1% each Sup Mos Proc 0.0% Sup MoS Acc/Dam 33.1$ Sup Mos Damn 53.0% Now just with that slotting, the Damage should be around 80ish%. However it sits at about 60% So I slotted both an Acc/Damn Hami (33%) AND a lvl 50 Dmage IO (42.4%) which should be about 150% Before ED, and easily around 100% with ED But again, my total damage + is only 71.3% Thats like a third of my most damaging pets 😞 In COntast, the Demonlings Sup Com Acc/Dam 33% Sup CoM Damn End 33% Sup CoM Proc Sup Com Acc/damn/rech 26.5% SoulALl Proc Lvl 50 Dmaage IO 42.2 So thats about 120% before ED..and bang on 100.3% after That is a huge different, when one power has way more damage slotted, and is showing less!

Hmm..I had no idea you could get into a Blue DFB from Redside! Is this a newish change? I remember mid last year (I think), and people were moaning about no Redside DFBs.

I was just about to do the WST on my new troller today (silver mantis, lvl 20-25) and I thought..hang on, with the new power levels, I can respec and get my Gremlins at 26 (i think?) and use em on the TF! Then I was about to respec and thought..Yes, I want to respec everything, pick the same powers again with exactly the same slotting AND rearrange my trays (the worst) just to get pets earlier. Nope. So..would it be possible to have a Power Levels Only respec..You are 'locked' into teh exact same powers and slotting, but it lets us rejig the levels we took said powers. That would save so much more time. As well as a respec that KEEPS the damn tray set up. It saves what your layout is, then matches it when done (maybe if you dont have all teh same powers, those icons/powers just arent there?)

Gonna test this soon. To echo some other comments, it seems really silly to get rid of all the -regen and tie it to personal attacks. Regardless of how teh DPS works out, removing a big feature and locking it behind personal attacks (which I dont want, would never use, and cant fit in the build anyway) seems like a bad idea. Why not have the -regen spead over the pets (since all the prea robot attacks do -regen) or so the -regen comes from pets OR attacks?

Any power set that has a skippable power is not designed well. Powers can be great, average, or situational. Skippable just isnt good at all. Even with one slot, other confuse powers are perfectly fine. Maybe poor design is too stong of a claim. I havent played the set yet, but I know (from other sets with 'normal' confuses) that one doing damage would turn me right off. In fact, most of the powers in teh set have, being cones.

I get what you mean..but.. It is a support toon. You play support but dont wanna use support powers? Thats like playing a tank and saying you dont want to jump in first. Or playing a blaster and saying 'why cant i just have 8 damage toggles, so i dont have to keep using powers over and over.' Play Support, so do the supporting. I dont remember this. Or I forgot. Was it just before shutdown?

This is a good point. My very first hero (comnig from CoV) was an emp, and I have a very strict view of how I think an Emp, especially an emp fender should be played. Basically, if you aren't keeping the entire team cm'd and fort'd (obviously at lower levels you can only get 3-5 people with almost constant Fort)..you are doing it wrong. Sure, if a small team, you can attack but in a full team, literally nothing you could do (perhaps aside from sonic attacks for -res) is more important than giving the entire team +def acc and damage, and immunity to Mez. Agreed about Time Fenders. But time wants people in teh thick of things, for the debuffing. Also, I'd argue its actually hard to make sure you hit an entire team with Farsight, as its going of every 120 secs (ish), and you know theres always gonna be a few who dont get there in time. Whereas with Fort..its Ranged, and you never have to get close to anyone. My emp (as stated above) never attacks, so I am literally never being attacked, as thus..there is no need at all for Self Fort. The only time (aside from weird damage auras etc) I take damage is when using.. Madess. Not taking the most powerful heal in game, and one thank makes EMp unique by having 2 ranged heals? Back to the Original ideas put forward: I like the idea of Healing Aura being faster and giving some End. 8 May be too much though? Taking away the Rez and combo-ing with AB? No Thanks. I reckon all the rez needs is maybe a minor fort+cm effect for the revived person, just to give a moment to toggle up, or get safe. + Effects on the Auras. Def a good idea, and makes them stand out more from Barrier incarnates. Again, not a fan at all of Self Fort, but thats my playstyle. I also just dont see it from a thematic point..the Emp, who is all about helping, giving themself a buff. I like my Adrenaline Boost.

Still reading the notes, but the Fort Trident and Crucible coming back are really cool. I like the idea of new plaers having a common SG type spot.Can we tp TO these new places from our private sgs too?

I don't know..it doesnt seem the same to me. A Def based set with 45% def gets (whatever value im making up) 50% DDR. SO if they get hit with an attacking doing -50% def..then only take a -25% hit. So down to 20% def. A Res Based set with 50% res gets hit with a -30%res attack (Nullifer grenades being the most common)..and their res going right down to -20%. AT least, that is how -res USED to work (I havent tested it recently). Just stating that RDR is a function of Damage Resists makes no sense, especially when there is no such thing (in combat atts) as Resistance Debuff Resists. -Def, regen, rech and rec, sure..but not Resist. Stating a resist based set 'resists' -res, is like saying a def set should be 'resisting' -def, JUST because it has def in the first place. Which may have been teh case way back before DDR came about, but not now. In fact, some sets (like invul) have been buffed to include more DDR, because they got debuffed to easy. But according to RDR being a function of Resist (that is, you get it magically just by having resists), then why even have DDR? Using my example with numbers above, the resist set gets hit by a larger total penalty overall..because there is no such thing as RDR. Sure, having the base res of 50% makes you more survivable than a squishy with 0%, being hit with -30, but its still a much more noticeable drop than the Def based toon getting hit with a bigger debuff in the first place, and ending up with the same overall % stat.

I agree that the set feels slow, even if data actually shows it isnt that bad. And really, people are gonna worry about either side, perception or performance, so its an issue for most players of the set. I also agree that all the powers should give at LEAST -damage to enemies, all the time. No other set has effects (like fire dot, dark -to hit etc etc) that simply dont do anthing unless X power is active. Of course, there are combo type sets, but even those combo powers still do other things without the combo going. Concentrated Strike is also just meh compared to other big hitters. Slow and feels even slower, plus the animation can look utterly awful, if you have a small toon of happened to turn as you hit it..the animation basically bends you in half. I like the idea of Power SIphon, and stacks of PS, making attacks faster.

Totally agree with the OP. The new Posi1/2 are both great and varied and a great length. You can easily do both in under 30, speeding (or just with a great team), or go slow and everyone gets a few levels. Same with Penny. Obviously Synapse is just an utter POS. It is easily the least common (at least to me) tf being formed, and the hardest to get people for. Numina seriously needs a revamp too, as the entire TF, bar the hunts, can be done in like 20 mins or less. Manti and Cit also have the problem of nearly every mission being the damn same. Go in, kill everyone or kill a boss. Granted, many of the red side SFs are similar, but they all have varied maps and mobs at least, so they feel less samey.

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Perfect solution? Given the divide between hating kb and loving it, the PERFECT solution would have been not to make the power have such a stupid amount of kb? I mean..look at energy blast again. hardly popular is it. Hardly my principles either. The power out of the box, with that KB, is mechanically shitty. Who wants to spread a mob all over? And yeah, it is a slot tax if I have to slot an IO because the power works in a non helpful way.

The KB on the power UTTERLY kills it for me. Utterly. Seriously, why does it have to be so high? The exact same reason why I have never and will never make an Energy blast toon. I just got Meteor on my Seismic Blaster, and was enjoy it before then. Now..my most damaging power throw everything all over? No thanks. And yeah, i COULD 'fix' it with a -kb IO..but..why should I have too? With all the great changes and addons this update..you give us another huge knockback aoe? Someone really dropped the ball on that. Even if the power ONLY did the huge KB with Seismic Force. Oh, and it also makes zero sense for the power to actually be Knockback. Think about it..you get hit with a meteor that size..you are pancaked, not thrown back.

Not disagreeing with this general sentiment or rule..but.. Silver Mantis says a big fat Hi, in a sexy voice, dripping with BDSM undertones. I couldn't care less about how SM is written, it suits her character (I think) and works. But that IS also content written by the original devs and still currently in game. Not excusing creeps or perves at all..but..someone explain how her dialogue is ok, cause it pretty much dings all of those terms. To the OP'er..do you have Profanity filters on? I got a temp ban on Live for calling some a female dog, which means they must have had Profanity on to read it. Having it on, when it defaults to off..kinda lands at least some of the blame on you. Its like watching an R rated movie, then getting offended by swear words.

Minor one. Upthrust for Blasters (havent looked on anything else). Detailed Info 0.33 magnitude knock on target 26.08 smashing damage on target KNOCK, not knock up/back

The disconnect between the activation and the actual HIT time of Upthrust seems awful. The power fires off fast. then..waiting..waiting..waiting..oh NOW it hits. Both basic Aoes are also only Light damage? I know Shards can do extra damage, but it seems really crappy to have such low damage aoe, especially when, as others are saying, its seems harder to time the extra damage procs here, than in other sets (like Water Blast). Agree with Tombstone..a snipe power in a rock throwing (kinda) set just seems silly. Another comparison with WB..cold/smash damage, AND two powers in teh set do Fire damage. Plain smash or lethal, on anything but blasters or scrappers is generally gonna feel weak as hell.

I havent tried the changes yet, but I was just thinking.. Overall, these changes seem totally awesome and cool..BUT.. Draining hard targets like EBs and above. Basically everything in game can still attack without End, and the stupid high Endurance pools of AVs and heroes make it pretty hard (depending) to fully flatline them. In a lot of fights with my elec/elec fender, its basically pointless (again, pre changes) to even TRY to drain an AV. If I am in a team, the target will usually be dead before I drain them. And even if I do...yay? They can still throw out some attacks and it doesnt make them die any faster. I am not 100% sure, but I dont think many AVs even have toggles, that 'could' be dropped by having no end..they just have inherent def and res. I think it was suggested awhile back, but what about anythnig with no end (or under a %, so it could trigger on an AV before they get a huge, relativfely, tic back) also gets some minor -res/speed/something. Surely having no energy at all should cripple anything way more than simple 'having no energy.' That said..I cant wait to try the changes out!

Do all the powers look..well..less crappy? Stone armour as it is now (on Live)..taking Granite makes you a big rock and you lose a costume but it still looks better than the shields and poo-shoes.

Regarding the power descriptions. I hope there are not..set in stone (HA)..cause it seems like nearly every power has a variation of 'encase the target in stone.'

The changes sounds good! Havent tried em yet, but I am excited!