Bill Z Bubba

SR superiority out of the box. No wonder ED/GDN hit it so hard. 🙂

That went on for ages. We got our numbers from players on the forums instead. Yes, CoD is a VASTLY superior tool.

How does that help against a stray boss mez for the first 49 levels?

And FF does suck in much of the game because far too many are able to hit the defense softcap on their own thanks to set bonuses and/or barrier. The problem isn't with FF, the problem is with IOs and Incarnate powers. AR and Mercs definitely deserve some buffage. I really like my AR/Nrg Sent and her damage output is downright awful.

I'd be fine with Hold, Stun, Sleep. I'd prefer it be to all. I'd still never take Acrobatics and I'd still almost always take Combat Jumping. The first is complete crap by any definition and I marvel at anyone ever taking it. The second is a very low cost defense IO mule with a huge buff to combat maneuverability.

That's the question. What mag do bosses usually throw around? Thinkin it's mag 3. So that would be fine, too. Any lower than the average boss mag for a single mez, however, and it's worthless and shouldn't even be considered.

Sounds more like just yes since the base design across the board was horrible. But a question... how did they rationalize practiced brawler? It was a click, which meant SR would have been able to use it while still having a defense toggle on. So very glad I didn't start until issue 1. Toggle exclusivity would have had me turn right around and never play.

I don't consider inspirations to be anything but what they are: a temporary measure. What IO grants mez protection? Can't think of one. Plenty of mez resistance but that means fark all. CJ for Immob, ok. Acro for KB and 2 pts for Hold, sure. Where's the Stun and Sleep protection? And RoP is also a temporary measure only up 1/3 of the time. Hasten still isn't inherent. Never will be. I am against power creep. The tank buffs are a prime example of power creep that did introduce problems with AT balance. But I'm also for QoL changes that make sense. What I don't get is the, in my mind, completely unreasonable stance that squishies shouldn't get mez protection at all when 4 pts will only be enough to shrug off a single hold. Hell, even Def - FF - Dispersion Bubble gives 8.65 pts to Hold, Stun and Immob. The other defenders can't even access 4 pts from a pool? If anything, it would be a QoL change that does nothing to end game AT balance. On top of that, it would soak up another power pool slot reducing the number of other pools they can access. And those in the future asking to make it inherent can go eat rocks.

The Awakened in Mr. G's arc redside. Freakin nasty bastiches.

Same thing as now: blasters will still faceplant far more than sentinels for 49 levels. My new Bane SoA gets mezzed and knocked around far more than I expected he would and that's an AT that comes with built in mez protection. 6 whole points when you have both armors. Course now that I'm looking I see it has 0 pts to knock. Explains that issue. My main Sent (bio) is sitting on 8.3 with 9.33 to knock. I don't see how easy access to 4 pts of mez protection will change the balance of the game at all while it will make the random mez not nearly the PITA that it is now.

No, it's a mitigation tool. If they're runnin, they're not attacking you.

or do I favor melee/solo BECAUSE I hate how mez works here?

Then why didn't they just strip the mez protection from it? DR side was too OP as well? I'd agree but then it should have never been added to the game in the first place. Personally, I think having to wait until Clarion for mez protection for squishies is absurd. Then again, I've though the way mez works in this game absurd since I started playing it.

But that end cost... as I typically build for indefinite sustainability, every time I've taken FocAcc, I've had to steal all manner of slots from elsewhere to get more recovery/reduction to cover it.

Every FA and DA user would end up with this pool. NIN and NrgArmor would take it just for the DDR. Make them passives except the mez protection which should be a toggle slotable for end reduction. Granting no more than around 4 pts of status protection. Make the 4 passives all have very low base values but slotable as you have shown. I'm not sold on regen and recovery, however. That would allow for some serious IO abuse.

They could get it all and STILL not be OP. Human toggles and clicks accessible to the forms? Great... now they're on par with Sentinels. Oh, the horror.

Maybe good for blapping? I have a rad/regen sent that I enjoy playing and he's always in the thick of it.

Not a bad idea but if the forms cost zero end, they may have to remove the ability to slot endmod and I don't think I'd want to give up the ability to have 3 perfshifter CF+End in my builds.

Understood. Just poured cup one for the day. I'll probably be asking for build help soon for my SS/WP brute, Bunny Fufu. I hate procmonster builds but it seems like a no-brainer to go that route on SS.

-9990% Damage (All) Strength (self only) for 10s after 120s Fury ain't helpin that. But if you're running a procmonster build, procs don't care about the crash and do damage anyway. (Another problem with procs to add to the list.) And procs don't care what AT you are either. Haven't used rad armor enough to talk on that front. Dunno how close a brute can push rad armor to the resistance caps.

If only reason ever got us anywhere.

I'm betting that you left the file name as background_skyline_alphacut.texture.dds Edit the name to just background_skyline_alphacut.texture and try again. Click on View in the top nav and verify that "File Name Extensions" is checked. That'll help.

I've been playing my bane SoA today. The Awakened are ridiculously OP for level 30somethin enemies. Also, having to pull out a mace for Build Up is #*&$#*$& stupid. Pretty sure I'd be having more fun playing my AR/Nrg Sentinel.

A thousand times signed. Just set the damn things to function all the time.