macskull

No.

In fairness, most of my point about the -special value (the duration is an obvious issue and is out of line with every other power like it) is concerns with spammable -special in PvP and it's easy enough to adjust the values for PvP separately.

While true, clever application of Weaken can apply even higher values than any other power because the main portion and splash portion stack with each other.

Benumb/Weaken vs Ice Arrow Defender: 74.50%/86.50% Corruptor: 55.87%/69.20% Controller: 93.13%/69.20% Mastermind: 74.50%/51.90% I'd honestly argue that even Weaken's -special value is too high for its cooldown especially because it's an AoE.

Counterpoint: TP Foe is currently a next-to-useless power that really only gets used to drone people in RV. Wormhole has its uses, mostly because you can pick exactly where you want the target to end up and it causes a 4-second stun immediately afterward. Fold Space has limitations that will make it not particularly useful in a PvP environment. At the very least, removing the OAS/intang period would make Masterminds something you would need to be actually concerned about again. Even with the OAS/intang period gone, there are very few use cases for enemy TP powers in arena matches and if I know I'm going to be fighting someone who is going to use a TP power I'll just bring along some oranges and everything will be fine. Yeah, you can do some cheese with TP powers in zone, but even pre-I13 when the OAS/intang period didn't exist it was the kind of thing that would happen to you once and then you'd figure it out and the other person's strategy would be done and gone.

That unfortunately gives the mobs tohit and damage bonuses, which is probably not what you're wanting to do. Unless you are, then... go for it.

Ice Arrow's -special is way too good. It's got roughly the same value as Benumb and Weaken but lasts for 60s instead of 30s and has an 18s recharge (Benumb is 120s, Weaken is 16s). The -special should not be lasting more than 30s and should probably be about 1/5 of the current value. It also seems to be using a different modifier table than the other -special powers.

I do wish Build Up granted Energy Focus too, so you weren't forced to wait until later levels to take advantage of it.

Yeah the TP resist IOs are a 20% chance every 10s for teleport resistance. If you have both (most PvP builds do not) that is 40% every 10s which isn't bad but it's not reliable. There are melee sets that get in-set teleport protection (Elec and Energy Aura are the two main ones I think), Increase Density provides teleport protection, and resistance inspirations also provide teleport protection. In the case of some teleport powers like Wormhole, the actual teleport effect is delayed to the point where a player paying attention their buff bar will see the icon show up with enough time to pop an orange inspiration before the teleport effect actually occurs. I don't think Fold Space and TP Foe have the same delay but if you know someone is using a teleport power you can be proactive. Sure, they might get you the first time, but it's usually a one-trick pony.

While the backup is appreciated, I need to be clear that the command isn't getting altered solely because of PvP concerns. The command is getting altered because: It is supposed to be a GM-level command that players were never supposed to have access to It can also be used to escape death in "Master of" badge runs There are other, more egregious issues with the command that aren't in these patch notes This game's community already loves hopping on the "PvPers ruin everything!" bandwagon, I'd rather not give them any more ammunition for their delusions.

Replied to this in another location cough, but I'd rather see the existing enemy TP powers lose the intangible/untouchable/OAS. It was a stupid change when it was added in I13 and it's still stupid now. Probably added by a dev who was butthurt they kept getting TPd into things despite the options available to keep yourself or teammates from getting TPd.

You don't seriously think that every single player is going to take this power and try to use it at the same time... do you?

I think there are like two people on Homecoming that use Sonic Cage and at any rate 1) there's float text when a target gets caged and 2) it would take one attack for people to realize their target was caged.

Tac Arrow has always had KB protection.

I mean, I can see the appeal of this power for almost every character I play and I'd hardly call any of my characters "aggro magnets."

Because there are other issues with the command that will be in the patch notes when this goes to live.

Well, since the teleported targets aggro on the caster I would say that's not very likely.

It is a time sink, sure, but at least I don't have to dip 3 powers deep into the teleport pool to get it now (which means I can free up other power picks in my build).

Where in any of these patch notes did you get that the transport hubs are going away?

What? No, that's not how any of this works. You can use LRT from anywhere, but you need the explore accolade for a zone for it to show up as a destination for the power. For the record, I don't like the idea of having to unlock every zone on every character either, but the P2W and day job base beacon powers mean you don't really need to do that anyways if you don't want to.

You said "90/95% of people build for permahasten," not "90/95% of people have Hasten." Those are two different things. Besides, actual numbers released earlier this year showed only about 80% of level 50 characters had Hasten in the first place. And unless an accolade is gated behind content that can only be accessed at level 50, it's not an "end game achievement."

It's not getting removed. Read the patch notes.

Probably will end up being the same 16 targets getting teleported back and forth across the bowl.

I'm pretty sure that if @Captain Powerhouse were to build Trick Arrow from the ground up, OSA wouldn't exist.

The existing base macros will still work, just only within an SG base or 45' of a base portal.