BrandX

On 1, I just disagree. I don't feel it's misleading. I feel it's the need to limit for this specific bonus, so characters were put in groups. On 2, still going to have to disagree. That hasn't been taught yet with people coming in from other games and the masses saying, just go to town. Though, on the reward aspect, they created rewards in accolade powers that don't need to exist. Crey Pistol...I don't see people using that in game play. Get rid of it tho and I imagine everyone will come out of the wood work and talk about how they use it on every character and how it's part of their regular attacks and such. So, do we get rid of that system, as it didn't need to exist? Somethings can just be "Oooo...a tiny little bonus"

Tanks: Tank - Brute - PB - WS Melee: Scrapper - Stalker - PB - Soldier - Widow Range: Blaster - Sentinel - PB - WS - Soldier - Widow Control: Controller - Dominator - WS - Widow Support: Defender - Corruptor - Mastermind - Soldier Let's go with this list for now... All four listed in Support are ATs listed as support in the Support Selection (which no one had a problem with all this time) Control only listed at creation, but they said they were moving VEATS/HEATS to 3 positions for this bonus. Every AT is listed in Range Damage EXCEPT the actual Melee (Tanker, Brute, Scrapper, Stalker) As we can see, Defenders/Corruptors regardless of their Dark/Dark Power Selection status was not put in Crowd Control selection process. Tank has higher rating on Crowd Control than Defender/Corruptor if we go by their numbered screen.

Archetype Diversity Bonus Group 1: Tank - Brute - PB - WS Group 2: Scrapper - Stalker - PB - Soldier - Widow Group 3: Blaster - Sentinel - PB - WS - Soldier - Widow Group 4: Controller - Dominator - WS - Widow Group 5: Defender - Corruptor - Mastermind - Soldier Have someone from each group and get small prize! There, same thing without the wording that seems to upset people.

Then all it takes is a name change?

More Armor Sets that allow more themes! Temporal Armor Psychic Armor Sonic Armor are just three I've made suggestions on. I love melee tho, so that's where I'd like even more option 🙂

That's what I put as the suggestion just a few posts up.

Honestly, I'm starting to think people are just looking to make it easier to get the reward more than anything. Scrappers can have Confront and Taunt Aura.

It's not forcing anything. It's giving a little meaningless reward that's getting people all tied in knots because it puts an AT in a category for the reward. Like "Ahhh...my Dark/Dark Defender should be a Troller!" If your team happens to get make the requirements, then you can just go "Oh look at that. Wheeeeee." If not, shrug it off and go "No reward never bothered me anyways." (<---sing that to the tune of Let It Go tho...it'll make you smile).

I've never seen a lacking of ATs. See them all, all the time. Do I get them all on my team at one time? Not always.

Yes, but it was explained, that the basic ATs count in one category. Only the VEATS/HEATS count in three. So, they have to go somewhere. It's not based on strength in meta numbers on it.

Goes back to what I said. You're picking a specific set. That's not the Corruptor as a whole. That's picking specific sets and then going "I'm a Troller now"

Did testing on the pylons on the side of the RWZ building for my DB/FIRE Scrapper. Respawned quick. Yes, others can jump in (didn't happen to me) to, of course, ruin your testing, but there are three of them close together. May be an issue for MMs with how close they are? Or anyone with pets?

I wouldn't call Corruptors a Control Class even if you can pick sets that give some control. Fire/Empathy isn't giving you control. If anything, I'd move Corruptors to Support, not Range Damage. Tanks: Tank - Brute - PB - WS Melee: Scrapper - Stalker - PB - Soldier - Widow Range: Blaster - Sentinel - PB - WS - Soldier - Widow Control: Controller - Dominator - WS - Widow Support: Defender - Corruptor - Mastermind - Soldier I wouldn't let Corruptor's Primary put them as Support. I also wouldn't put one can turn their character into, to mean it can fall into the group bonus. However, again, I'll just accept who ever answers the LFM call out 😛 That said, always love it when I get a group of 8 that's all different flavors of skittle 🙂

Oh, don't get me wrong, I thought Thunderstrike needed this. The attack always felt like it was a ST attack with a little extra splash damage as flavor. Not a real PBAOE attack. I think the same for Chain Lightning. The added AOE felt more like flavor than anything.

Tried out Thunderstrike! Will be nice to make it better ST DPS (I always love using it on Elec Melee users). I will miss that slow effect tho. It gave a certain crunch to it. Not sure why the epic version needs to be so much endurance tho. It's recharge is way up there already.

This doesn't really force them to form "holy trinity" groups. The rewards are there if it happens, and sure one forming the team could force the issue, but I'd say that's gonna be as often as it's done now (I've seen those who still prefer to do that without the diversity bonus).

Some more testing...mostly because I wanted to see how'd BF > Attack Vitals would do, if I wanted to try to put in other powers, so wouldn't get the recharge for RoF chain. However, switched up the Alpha and Interface from previous test. DB/Fire/Fire - Musculature Core - Degenerative Core - Assault Core BF > AS > SS > RoF Hybrid Off: 1:41 - 507.49 DPS Hybrid On: 1:20 - 607.15 DPS BF > Attack Vitals Hybrid Off: 2:08 - 427.40 DPS Hybrid On: 1:39 - 515.16 DPS -Resist Proc + 5 Piece Purple in AS & SS. 3 Procs in VS. 1 DAM Proc and 1 BU Proc in BF. Should also note, Fiery Embrace has 1 +5 RCH IO and no Hasten on the Combo run. Tho FE slotting is the same for RoF chain I did as well, so less up time on FE. However, now I'm curious, how much DPS needed to solo a GM?

I like it. It's not like the reward will have me chasing after it, but if I happen to get a team that fulfills it, sweet, a little bonus.

I don't know the character from the game and it's fandom page didn't help. I got the impression of SR maybe?

Eh...only if they're looking for one specific team make up.

I agree on Melt Armor needing some minor fire damage. Just a nice Fire DoT. Not a lot of damage. What about 40 ticks over 40 seconds (duration of the power) at 1-2 Fire Damage? Opens up slotting, and I know my Dark/Thermal would like a bit more damage, and I can't imagine 1-2 ticks of Fire Damage over 40 seconds is a massive gain, but maybe the fact it would be slottable with procs would make it so and maybe that's why not?

I understand that thought, but at the same time, did they take Frostwork? If they didn't take it before and think it's such a great power, they have to either lose a power now and possibly find slots.

I never do either, but I believe the video the video of the DB/Bio/Fire doing 49 second pylon, had the hybrid on, so I thought I'd get a run with the pylon on 🙂

Loving the Murder of Crows 🙂

After seeing the DB/Bio/Fire in action...got me going "I need to make that for a DB user!" but then I was all "I'm kinda meh on Bio...let's go Fire Armor!" BF > AS > SS > RoF > Repeat w/ a total of .16 gap in the chain, which I could get down to 0, but it means different travel power and I like my concept, so that was out...:p Musculature Radial...Degenerative Radial... Hybrid Core Off: 2:02 (and I know I can get it faster) for a DPS of 442.14 Hybrid Core On: 1:33 (and again, I know I can get it faster) for a DPS of 540.15 Fiery Embrace is only slotted with one level 50+5 Recharge IO, so a second would get it up there. Hybrid Core On using BF > Attack Vitals Combo: 1:59 (another I know I can get a few seconds faster) for a DPS of 450.06 and hell, while at it...Hybrid Core Off using BF > Attack Vitals Combo: 2:18 for 405.69! Honestly, I think that last test shows I should be able to get those last ones faster. A 30 second difference between RoF Chain Hybrid on and off and a 20 second difference between AV Chain with Hybrid on and off. Thinking it comes down to Vengeful Slice hitting for AV combo completion. Slotting wise 3 Procs in AS and SS (-Resist, 1 Purple DMG, 1 Regular DMG) and ACC/DAM, DAM/END, and ACC/DAM/END/RCH (SS) or ACC/DAM/END (AS) RoF has 4 Procs (1 Purple, 1 Build Up, 2 Damage Procs) ACC/DAM+5 and Purple DAM/END +5. BF is slotted with BU Proc, 2 Regular Damage Procs, CS +50%, ACC/DAM and ACC/DAM/END/RCH (Scrapper ATOs for the last two as well). Blazing Aura is just slotted with full Scrapper Set with the +3% Crit OH...forgot...Vengeful Slice just 5 slotted with the Purple Set with no Proc and I just realized I forgot to +5 it all, sooo...that would for sure improve the Damage of it (wasn't thinking on it, as I just wanted to test RoF chain.