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The name Shock Therapy screamed Redside (which is my home) to me. Like I could actually imagine the set starting on Corrs and Masterminds and then getting ported over to Blueside ATs.

Same! I love the power in every way (except the visuals lol) I hope it remains the same or at least gets slightly modified not too far from the way it is now.

Ah, I misspoke. I like the regular version of Dark Consumption from the Soul Mastery pool for Dominators as it is now on the live Homecoming servers. I would not want the new version of Dark Consumption on BETA: Brainstorm. I was mostly asking if Dark Consumption in the Patron and APP pools will eventually have it's base recharge lowered but after looking at the numbers changing Dark Consumption to 180 seconds would make it just as strong as Consume from the Fiery Assault set. That would probably be too strong having two +END PbAOEs firing every 93 seconds.

The Devs on Live also weren't above breaking the Cottage rule if a set truly needs it.

I understand that but if that's the case why does the power deal damage if they wanted to focus on purely on utility and not help with DM's low AOE damage? Powers like Frozen Aura and Fault (which to this day still doesn't deal damage) didn't/don't deal damage and they were early sets as well. It doesn't seem like a consistent choice or focus. Dark Consumption dealing damage is misleading and makes one think that it was meant to help with AOE damage especially after you are buffed from Soul Drain.

Foot Stomp's damage isn't boosted by proximity though so I can see why they took the Lightning Rod path. If you told folks that it's like Foot Stomp but things closer to you were dealt more damage that would be far more confusing to the masses I think.

Dark Consumption and Soul Drain were meant to be AOE in Dark Melee all along. It's just that Dark Consumption was lacking a great deal and wasn't even up to snuff when the set first came out. A lot of the early sets were made by feel and not function because that was not the focus of the Dev team at the time. I think of these changes as making the set perform in the way it was intended all along.

I think I know the answer to this but I just wanted to get confirmation...will APP and Patron Powers one day get looked at? I would love if other ATs could benefit from the Dark Consumption change! For example on my Dominator Soul Mastery: Dark Consumption is at 360 seconds for it's base recharge. It would be awesome if one day, we could continue the trend of making the APP versions double that of some powerset abilities. I would love to see The Soul Mastery version get knocked down to the current base number of recharge that is now on live. So for example 360 seconds goes down to 180 seconds 😀!

*Me trying to reading the patch notes*

Soulbound is only firing only on me once when I slotted it in Merc: Soldier, Haunt and Umbra Beast. Maybe this is working as intended. I'll have to check if the proc even did anything in the first place using outside sources.

Same here. I'm going to test the proc in the other Controller pets.

Exactly, If you slotted the Soulbound proc in Tornado or Sentinel the proc would just only fire on you. So I often would slot the proc in both of those pets and treat their summoning as another Build Up Power. Previously the Soulbound proc behaved differently with Controller and Dominator pets. The proc would show that is was firing roughly ever other time your Imps or Haunt would attack something.

I tested out the Soulbound Allegiance: Chance for Build Up proc on Singularity and on Summon Spiderlings and The chance of Build Up proc only fires when you summon the pet with the said proc and the proc only fires on you. Meaning you get the buff now instead of the pets. I've seen this behavior with Tornado and also Voltaic Sentinel. So I'm assuming the combat log information stating that the proc was firing on my pets in the past was false or erroneously showing it was firing but not truly buffing my pets damage output?

Thank you so much for fixing Energy Focus for Bone Smasher on Dominators!

1. Procs Tested... Annihilation: Chance for -Res Impeded Swiftness: Chance for Smashing Damage Positron's Blast: Chance for Energy Damage Javelin Volley: Chance for Lethal Damage All of these procs were tested on A Grav/Thorn and an Elec/Dev Blaster on Pineapple. 2. This is not happening on live currently. On live I have a lvl 42 Dark Control/Traps Controller with Caltrops. The toon has both the Annihilation and Positron's Blast proc in Caltrops and both procs are firing readily which is good! I was trying to Save a log file on my PC but it's not working right now for some reason but I can copy and paste my chat log of Both my Live and Pineapple Caltrops toons with timestamps if needed. I can also make a Dark Control/Traps Controller on Pineapple to do a true side by side focused comparison of the two if necessary. EDIT: I forgot that Chatlogs don't show until you close your game for some reason. So I CAN actually send Chat Logs if needed.

Just as the title states! Procs currently aren't firing in both Caltrops and the Thorntrops powers in Beta: Pineapple. This test was recent and I made sure to restart Tequila so it would re-validate the most recent patch only a few moments ago. I tested this on a Grav/Thorns Dominator and on an Elec/Devices Blaster. Also the "skin" of Thorntrops is not there. When I cast Thorntrops it looks just like the regular Caltrops power.

I would love for this to be a thing some day!

With procs Flings Thorns turns into a on demand KD which meshes well with Fearsome Stare. Also the -Def of thorns helps Dark/'s horrible accuracy. Dark and Thorns want you to jump in and out of melee too. The pairing should work but and the combo def keeps you busy.

It's crazy how awesome Energy Assault is now. I ended up making a purely melee focused Energy Dominator because Energy is just so satisfying to play now.

I had an Earth/Thorns on Live that I loved. I guess if anything Thorns excels at fighting large groups. I think what sets thorns apart is the proc options and the scrappy feel of the set. The only secondary that comes close to that scrappy feel is Earthy Assault and Savage. Impale is also great as a proc ST bomb so to speak. I treat it like I treat Bitter Freeze Ray from Ice Blast. Impale also takes the Dom ATOs and it's animation has been sped up. The Thorns redraw is still there though :'(. Also two of Thorns powers take the Force Feedback proc and all the -Res procs the game has to offer. The set also feel more streamlined and faster than Rad assault. One thing I can say about Thorns, Savage, Rad and Earthy Assault is that I often forget my primary when I am using these sets and often times I get in trouble or die because I end up in "Assault-lock" when I play these sets.

If that's the case I hope we can nerf Flash Fire and all the other T6 control set powers in the game 🙄

I think Caltrops should be up there with one of the most underrated powers in the game honestly. Nothing like locking a mob down and stacking Caltrops. Watch the mobs melt. Especially if your Caltrops is loaded with damage procs.

Not all Dom combo are created equal and some Dom combos can down right spoil you and almost ruin the entire AT for you. Plant/Fire and Elec/Earth is another. Doms can be absolute monsters late mid ti late game with the proper slotting and procs but it does take a decent amount of skill to play one effectively.

I just finished testing Mercs and I am truly impressed. This change alone might actually push me to remake my old Mercs Mastermind. I need to do more testing but so far so good!

Like the title says! I would love to see 1-3 or even more facial options with trolls tusks for both Men and Women! The Monstrous "Werewolf" face is not enough. Back during Live I fell in love with the Lore of the Trolls and the story of Jutal, The Hollows and the path that Superadine took them. I've been wanting to make a proper high ranking Troll of my own. I know SpookTheHerd posted about this too back in July but I wanted to make my own thread to let the Devs know that we Trolls are out there and we're watching! 😛