[Kin/Sonic Defender]

i’ve played this combination for almost 5 years solidly, here’s some thoughts:

 

 

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23 minutes ago, PeregrineFalcon said:

What do you expect? Do you want someone at NCSoft to call you personally?

 

It’s a damp but mild afternoon in winter, the rain is persistent but not heavy. The clouds above move slowly and show no signs if being in a hurry to go anywhere. The moisture has darkened everything around. It’s peaceful. Calm. Quiet. The only sound made is of rain drops falling from the trees and hitting an old stone path in the churchyard.

 

@Sovera approaches the wall of the church grounds and opens the low, small gate. It makes a unconfident squeak as it opens, before gently swinging back to its original position with a muted clack, the wood sodden from several days of rain.

 

He walks slowly up the path, past the large yew trees which have long called this place their home, and the many grave stones, several leaning gently backwards towards the sky as water makes its way down their mossy fronts.

 

As Sovera approaches the church, the heavy cast iron handle on the door softly but meaningfully turns. The door opens outwards revealing an elderly priest who steps into the rain. The clergyman lifts his clean, cared-for black hat slightly, revealing his experienced but calm eyes. His unhurried stare catches Sovera’s vision as he waits for him to move closer.

 

Sovera’s pace slows as he draws closer to the priest, he comes to a stop several yards from the man and continues to look straight ahead. The two men stand paused in silence as if they are both letting the sound of the dripping rain introduce themselves without words.

 

”Is it done?” Sovera asks the priest.

 

”Yes.” He replies, “It is done.”

 

The men pause again, before the priest breaks his gaze with Sovera to look at the ground briefly before walking back into the church. The door closes with a thud as the handle announces its movement with a dull clank.

 

”Then it is so.” Proclaims Sovera, before he too turns and walks away.

[PC Gamer Article on Homecoming's Deal with NC]

great to see.

 

whilst many of us do have a moan or have strong opinions about developments, the HC team is unequivocally professional in how they run this operation. it’s no surprise NC Soft have placed their trust in the devs

[How many new 50s are too many?]

aw, i didn‘t see the mapserver event advertised anywhere - sounded fun

[I hope people realize that Ambient Occlusion is bad]

3 hours ago, Solarverse said:

Quite frankly I find 90% of the "people" that post this forum to be complete and utter trash.

 

*glances at profile picture*

 

alright you got me there

[what powers to choose?]

@Snarky - this is your time to shine! i mean er, be umbral

[I hope people realize that Ambient Occlusion is bad]

[Fighting Synergy, in-game statistics]

On 3/31/2024 at 6:30 PM, Snarky said:

3 years later.  You think they have been sitting in fron tof the comp desperately wanting this response for 3 years?   

 

brawling their way 1-50

[Increasing the damage potential of the team !!!]

16 hours ago, Hjarki said:

I'd caution against getting too invested in the idea that your buffs/debuffs are particularly useful to your group.

 

Consider that Kinetics player. Fulcrum Shift is fantastic if you're duo'ing with a traditional Scrapper. But what if you're with a Blaster? They're not diving into the middle of crowds except momentarily to throw their ultimate - and they'll be at/near the +damage cap already when that happens. That Scrapper is probably working out well, but a Stalker who has Build Up/Gaussian's 50% of the time? They mostly don't care about your Fulcrum Shift.

 

Tar Patch is a great debuff. But by the time it lands, your team has likely already spent all of their alpha strike abilities so you're just buffing the low damage part of their cycle.

 

Ultimately, there's only one player who you know is getting the full benefit of your buffs/debuffs: you. So treat your support set more like an armor set for your personal benefit. The fact that it also might potentially help someone else should be a bonus, not a justification for the set. When you look at an ability like Ice Shield, your first thought shouldn't be that you can increase defense/resist on others but that you can use it to slot defense/resist set bonuses that you need.

 

OP - the above quote is really poor advice and/or may be an april fools post (i’m assuming the latter), i would refer to this post in all future instances where you’re wondering “what should i not be doing?”

 

teams where all players actively seek to support each other are the most powerful and successful in the game. for example, all corrupter teams and similar are a great example of this

 

buffing 7 other players, or proving a debuff that 8 players can benefit from will always be more effective than trying to turn the tide yourself.

 

people are kidding themselves or purposely trying to mislead others if they think one player using buildup is more effective than providing the whole team with +400% DMG permanently through fulcrum shift

 

actively seeking to support your fellow team mates will lead to far greater outcomes than trying to focus solely on yourself. i encourage you to continue with your team centric mindset and seek to support others the best you can, you have the right attitude

 

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16 hours ago, Sovera said:

The intent seems good though and I commend the effort of wishing to help fellow players, but all that could be said about it has been by now. Don't be discouraged though, you now know a little bit more about the game and your future advice will only improve from it.

 

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you’re too kind and a better person than me

 

here’s my advice to OP: pressing ALT + F4 in game gives you 1 billion influence. if it doesn’t work first time, just keep trying!

[Illusion/Energy/Soul Help!]

44 minutes ago, Trollium said:

Ohhh, good point. I forgot about that. Does the Dom set not count against that number? 

 

i believe it unfortunately does. you could leave them unattuned and get the +8.75% recharge bonus instead

[Illusion/Energy/Soul Help!]

looks like you have 7 sets giving you a 10% recharge bonus, 5 is the cap - you should change two of your purples for a different type of +rech

 

it might be more than you need for perma hasten, allowing you to put some acc and dam into your phantasm

[Increasing the damage potential of the team !!!]

i main a kin/sonic def, it’s pretty good

 

the -res component of sonic doesn’t do much thesedays, so i’d choose whichever secondary you find fun. applying SB regularly to the team and casting FS at the right time is the most important aspect of playing a kin

[GM defeat protocol]

14 hours ago, Snarky said:

a lot of people on "New Freedumb" err Excelsior have no idea they should wait for anyone or that anyone wants this thing.  mostly because, like not reading the forums, they are not observant of chat.  They have music going, a dog barking, a TV playing, shoving food in nutrient hole, etc...

 

as much as i enjoy the large population of excelsior, you do raise a good point. i had assumed the waiting for others culture had disappeared in general, is it mostly an excelsior thing?

 

excelsior seems to have a fair amount of gnats that have found their way onto a computer. i meet a lot of one dimensional players who only seem to have the urge for “now! now! now! now!” and little depth to chat or act as a team

[Blasts are too weak]

19 hours ago, tidge said:

 

This is me, but substitute "softcap" for "proc".

 

Do I look forward to the day when the devs finally raise the base ToHit of all enemy critters do defense discussions can focus on alternate play styles and not "Softcap softcap softcap SOFTCAP!!"?... mmmm... get back to me on that one.

 

also - this is why i like running my TFs on surprise enemies buffed mode 😛

[Blasts are too weak]

19 hours ago, tidge said:

 

This is me, but substitute "softcap" for "proc".

 

Do I look forward to the day when the devs finally raise the base ToHit of all enemy critters do defense discussions can focus on alternate play styles and not "Softcap softcap softcap SOFTCAP!!"?... mmmm... get back to me on that one.

 

“hey guys, i have literally no idea how to get the best out of both this primary and secondary set i’ve chosen, along with having little experience with the archetype i’ve chosen.. anyways can someone make me a softcap build that completely bluntens all aspects of my powersets and AT?

 

oh, and which way am i meant to face when playing? thx”

[Indom no longer the least populated server!]

7 minutes ago, Luminara said:

 

Separate.  They're necessary to facilitate proper beta testing (can't go straight from alpha to open beta).

 

ah, i think i’m understanding this thread incorrectly then

 

i thought there was another community run server that was joining the HC licensed instance in the near future

[Indom no longer the least populated server!]

that’s a lot of shards 

 

do we know whether Vanguard / Breakout going to stay separate, or eventually merge with existing HC shards?

[Electric Blast / Kinetics Build - Am I close? Help greatly appreciated.]

Some thoughts as a kin def:

 

• Health and stamina are over slotted - you have transfusion and transference. I'd leave health with 1 slot and have 2 end in stamina max
• Not sure why you'd use 3 pool powers going through the flight pool when you could instead pick up Inertial Reduction - It's one of the superior methods of travel as it's not impacted by the few seconds of travel slowdown after attacking, you can fire something off and hop away at max speed. I suspect it's part of the desire to build for def which is not something I go for on a personal level as it tends to involve sacrificing a lot of AT potential. Personal taste though
• Short Circuit is slotted in a strange way. People often pick elec for its end draining ability, short circuit is the primary end drainer of the set. I'd recommend maxing out the end drain component, or at least using one of the damage focused end drain sets
• Fulcrum shift needs accuracy to be the most effective
• Transference may be slightly unslotted, make sure it has a good amount of accuracy at least

[Katie Hannon Last Night: It was my fault]

what’s wrong with +2? shouldn’t be that hard - sounds like someone had a fear power that was causing her to run

 

the problem is when it’s ran on +3 or +4 and the final katie ends up being +5 or worse, that’s when it becomes impossible no matter how many team insps you load up on

[Where is the "ice" faction?]

they melted away, climate change

[First Dom help]

6 hours ago, Sagenius said:

 

The posts I saw might be old, but is grav decent on doms now? Seeing it sucks is disheartening

 

it’s not too bad - has an AoE hold, a cool stun through wormhole and singularity has been updated to pull enemies in rather than repel them

 

mind or plant would be my two choices for the most powerful of the control sets, fire and energy for the most damaging - earth almost there too, very underrated

[People wonder why nobody plays villains, so I made a music video about it.]

i think you’ve captured the feedback well. there’s nothing inherently bad about the video, just a bit long

 

the music is nice - gives a final fantasy feel

[First Dom help]

mind, plant, grav, fire primary

 

fire, energy, earth secondary

[WST Respec week. Challenge suggestion.]

running them with enemies buffed is usually a good way to make things a bit more interesting