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    Anything Skippable in the New Regen?

    in Scrapper

    Posted

    20 hours ago, aethereal said:

    Okay, so here's what I'd like to say to people contemplating the new Regen:

     

    The idea that Regen has a big problem with regeneration debuff resistance is based on nothing.  It's a giant game of forum telephone, where someone at some point said, "Super Reflexes has 95% DDR, so Regen should have 95% RDR," 

     

    Slow down there partner... why aren't you entertaining the idea of +50% Absorb for nuRegen?

    how do you slot /build Robots/FF? by confused

    in Mastermind

    Posted

    47 minutes ago, fikster0 said:

    Tidge so  the group fly is mostly to avoid resummoning your henchmen during long travels? it isn't to avoid melee attacks?

     

    When flying across zone, the henchmen generally stay close. They lag of course. 

     

    I softcap defenses (and robots have pretty good resistances) anyway, and robots are 99% ranged attackers, so they don't need to fly... I use my MM attacks (and Traps) to keep aggro. The in-combat uses of Group Fly are pretty limited (assuming there is ground to stand on) for me: generally it is when a critter places a patch that I want to get the henchmen away from.

     

    There are some instanced maps that have enough vertical space that I'll use Group Fly and fight, but they are uncommon. 

     

    I can disclose: I originally had taken the Teleport pool (4/5 powers), but I ended up switching to Flight pool (4/5 powers). For my MM, the Flight pool was a better fit... but I only got there after a lot of testing. Respecs are cheap!

    Taunt functionality?

    in Tanker

    Posted

    2 minutes ago, dukedukes said:

    Yeah strategy changes depending on the mobs. Line of sight or a bit of movement is needed to pull some mob types in, assuming that's possible. 

     

    I don't want to be unfairly critical of the OP, but the idea behind the strategy (grab all aggro, stay out of range, profit!) is really simplistic given how the game actually works. When the game launched, I had some crazy ideas for "power combos for guaranteed success!" and none of them panned out. Disclosure: I didn't play Fire Tanks against DE Swarms, which was the original 'no effort for rewards' mechanic.

    Cut the filler from the Synapse TF (spoilers)

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    11 hours ago, Jacke said:

     

    I'm guessing the player in question has found another use of a 2nd Account Toon, probably a L50.  I do a lot of things with 2nd Account Toons, but that's way too excessive for me.  What does a L1 need with Accolade Passive Boosts?  Mine are too busy at L1 going through Outbreak, Breakout, or the Praetorian Tutorial.

     

    For my play: The list of "things to do red-side, as a non-red" can include Invader, but typically it does not... simply because the other things that come for participating in the blue TFs far outweigh the effort of popping into the Mayhem missions and skipping the content therein. Typically when 'vacationing' red side, I'll do this stuff:

    • Get the Shady badge from the Vahzilok Conference
    • Get Demonic Aura
    • Get High Pain Threshold
    • Unlock Patron powers (and if high enough level, unlock LRTF)
    • Get the 5 merits per zone exploration

    If I care about it, and I am high enough level, I will come over with Bloody Hands to do some Mayhem.

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    incarnate XP

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Aren't Buds "Elite Bosses"? AFAIK, nothing tagged as a Giant Monster (level-less or otherwise) gives incarnate XP.

     

    IMO, the standard XP rewards for Giant Monsters are pretty bad, considering the effort. IIRC a typical max XP reward for a single GM defeat maxes out around 60K Inf, so it isn't as if they'd be buckets of Incarnate XP. There can be other rewards for defeating Giant Monsters of course, but Inf is at the bottom of that list.

    Taunt functionality?

    in Tanker

    Posted

    39 minutes ago, dukedukes said:


    A good taunt user, in situations where there's no risk, does not care about threat. They care about forcing distant enemies closer with the -range component. Sure it's not mandatory but attacking is optional too. Taunting a distant mob effectively kills it by getting them into the aoe range of your team.

     

    Nothing wrong with this statement, but it doesn't really tell the whole story. For example, some enemies have really long ranges and may already be in relatively confined spaces... such enemies don't immediately move just because they have been hit by a Taunt. Another example: some enemies use AoE (at range) so grabbing the threat and moving away from teammates can be the best move.

    Never admit to being a Marketeer in game...

    in The Market

    Posted

    11 minutes ago, Ukase said:

    I'll give you a billion reasons to not mention you're a marketer. A player I never heard of the other day, while I'm minding my own business waiting for the Hami raid to start in the abyss sends me a tell, "You don't know me, but I'm level 47 and I could really use some inf for my build."

     

    On one hand: "Don't ask, don't get". On the other hand, they are about to get 120 Merits for less than 20 minutes of effort.

    What does being "rich" mean to you?

    in The Market

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, Ukase said:

    But..I think we're being trolled with this take here

     

    My instincts are to agree, however I'm extending some grace just in case the player in question has made some extremely sub-optimal play choices like: 2XP, fast leveling and upgrading DOs... and is unaware of the fungibility of drops, merit conversion, etc. As other noted, the cost of something like PVP pieces can't possibly be what is considered "too high" on HC compared to Live.

     

    I definitely detected an "old school" sensibility with the comment "playing the market"... so if there is something like an attempt is to "make millions selling Luck Charms"...  welcome to HC, there is a fundamental reason that won't work.

    Trying to design a beast girl what AT to use?

    in Archetypes

    Posted

    I would not recommend Savage on a Scrapper. It is fine, but the damage (over time) is distributed such that Scrappers cannot leverage their typical DPS tricks with ATO.

     

    Personally, if you are ok with Brutes, that would be my suggestion, because Fury and HP. If you want something more sneaky and less tough, a Stalker.

    how do you slot /build Robots/FF? by confused

    in Mastermind

    Posted

    On 8/20/2025 at 2:27 PM, fikster0 said:

    Thank you both gentlemen for your responses. Tidge I had think you are the one i saw suggesting group fly in another post doesnt that eat end? 

     

    I only use Group Fly to get around maps, and in some in-mission circumstances or against specific enemies, so I don't really sweat Endurance. The big advantage of Group Fly is seeing rockets on the feet of the henchmen! I usually build for global Recovery, MaxEnd and Endurance reduction bonuses FWIW.

     

    Group Fly can introduce issues with henchmen pathing (some get stuck sometimes, some just stop wherever they are) and ragdolling (if a henchmen or pet can't complete animation from something like a knockdown they can 'float' in mid-air, stuck in the ragdoll animation... so it isn't free of issues, but paying attention to the pet window usually reveals these things.

     

    There are some vocal players who act as if Group Fly is a PVP attack, but setting aside other players... my experience is that once you get used to where Group Fly makes a difference, the number of situations is IMO relatively small so it isn't a power that benefits from being toggled on constantly anyway. When teamed, I probably use Group Fly less than 2% as often as other teammates use something like Fold Space.

    Taunt functionality?

    in Tanker

    Posted

    The utility of Taunt varies by content and context. Solo: nobody really needs a Taunt, since eventually enemies will be focused on the solo character.

     

    In team play, if no one on the team is in risk of being defeated by damage a Taunt is not really needed.

     

    I always take Taunt on Tanks, because there is enough team content where the number of enemies is great enough, team survivability isn't guaranteeing complete survival, and team damage isn't productive enough to insta-wipe enemies, 

     

    The only thought process I see as coming to the wrong conclusion about Taunt is when players think "This (Tank) character doesn't need a Taunt because of aura/punchvoke/AoE"... because there will be team situations when a Taunt improves team performance. I'd rather such players simply think "I skipped Taunt because I didn't want to take it, and I can generate a smaller amount of threat with ____". The classic example I think of is on something like a Positron when the Tank says "we won't need Taunt because I have an aura", but the aura isn't keeping (or getting) aggro for the capped number of enemies... which can be an issue for all the other characters on a low-level TF, even if the Tank might survive.

    Setting to change Target Cones to PBCones

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    6 hours ago, MTeague said:

    As it is, I already wish the forward facing heals of Marine and Nature would turn to my selected target.

    I'm not expecting that to change. I will suck it up and adapt, and grumble each time I waste a cast. 

    But it's not my favoritest of all possible mechanics.

     

    I feel like we solved this with a bind like "+$$powexec_name <power>$$follow" (caveat, I sometimes get the order messed up but sometimes order doesn't matter!)

     

    On key press the character should turn towards the target, on release it should do the cast.

     

    If the issue is specifically for a heal, you can do something similar without having selected a target (but one needs to be visible)

    "+$$powexec_name <power>$$target_friend_near"

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    Cut the filler from the Synapse TF (spoilers)

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    3 minutes ago, Ghost said:

    Can’t TF Commander be earned much quicker through Red Side?

     

    Specific to Invader... *yes* it can be faster to get Invader but the cost-of-entry can be higher and more complicated (certainly for solo play) if trying to get it ASAP.

     

    With that out of the way: for some players, going red side is a non-starter.

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    Super Strength vs. the Fighting Pool

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    +1 for "ceteris paribus"

     

    I think the dominant nonparibus element that coudl justify +46% is that the Super Strength character that wants to leverage the Fighting pool is forced to to pay the opportunity cost of taking a (Super Strength) attack at level 1 that they don't intend to use. Is this fair? *shrug*. 

     

    I'd like to see more of the classic power pools updated to either:

    1. Increase the potency of effects of some powers simply by having selected multiple powers from the pool
    2. Improve the performance of certain powers based on the AT of the character

    The first is almost present in Medicine and Flight, but I find those pools to be rather clumsy in implementation (for what they do) . The second I'm thinking it wouldn't be balance-shattering if powers like the Presence pool's Pacify/Provoke acted like Placate/Taunt/Confront for ATs that normally get access to those powers.

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    Anything Skippable in the New Regen?

    in Scrapper

    Posted

    17 hours ago, SomeGuy said:

    I actually value what DW gives WAY more than panacea. Yea, DW "only" gives 5% recharge for it's 5pc, but it gives SLFC resistance on the way to that. Panacea doesn't do that.

     

    Panacea isn't a favorite Health set of mine to multi-slot (Preventive Medicine is my go-to for multi-slot Health sets) but it is my second choice on high HP ATs and on melee characters when they have a click power. I find the Panacea set bonuses to improve QoL over small resistance boosts. Panacea can of course be boosted beyond level 50 too.

    Super Strength vs. the Fighting Pool

    in Suggestions & Feedback

    Posted

    19 hours ago, Biff Pow said:

    I think that logic works the other way: if it doesn't matter, why not buff it a little so it doesn't feel so replaceable? It seems weird to be incentivized to NOT take Super Strength powers.

     

    My feels are this: there has been an effort (Live and HC) to "do something different" with power sets, such as:

    1. Combos
    2. Unique mechanics in the set

    The buff to the Fighting pool attacks are of a piece with the first; Rage puts Super Strength in the second category.

     

    Personally? I like the buffs that the Fighting Pool can get, but I think this (and the interaction with Rage) is what got us here. I don't see the devs making further changes to the Fighting pool, my suspicion is that if *any* change was to come I'd guess they'd rework damage boosts (see recent changes to Tankers) in some complicated way to not help pool attacks (as much).

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