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Intended Role (Source, by the way?) =/= The Reality of Gameplay. Thank you. 🙂

Kheldians are both not mentioned and you appear to misunderstand how they play. Dwarf is not a 'tanker' role, you actively switch between human, dwarf and nova to rotate through your attack powers.

The answer will, of course, when it is an enemy group in actual 4* content be . . . Five Corruptors, a meat brick (your flavour of choice), and two blasters. That's what endgame looks like, in CoH. You physically cannot use most CC in a reasonable fashion on 4* enemies.

It's entirely, on its face, stupid to nerf any portion of a CC set when CC has no place in Endgame content, the only place where 'balance' should actively be a dev concern.

My guy, there are like eight PVPers. On what planet do you believe people were playing Plant 'Trollers and getting whined about in that setting?

Lovely changes, seems to be working as described and makes Water Blast competent at single-target damage. I have not noticed any bugs, thankfully.

Y'all biting into Snarky's bait is wild to me.

For all my occasional frustration with CPH and the powers crew, I find that this is a phenomenal change. Thank you!

This, basically.

It's genuinely shocking to see an Ultimo thread in which he isn't getting as horrifically dunked on for once.

Well, actually, you just don't slot Triumphant Insult because there are much better slotting options than chasing def bonuses on a taunt power, but Indy is of course correct as always.

That's just Rudra arguing with the ghosts in the walls again.

I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite thread necromancy on the suggestion forums.

Have you tried looking at the actual evidence? Enjoy! Learn with your eyes! (Welcome to HC, by the way! This will not be the last seemingly absurd Power Dev choice you observe.)

Oh goody, that makes it even more ridiculous!

So, the big secret, the thing that will save Psionic Armor . . . Is that its aura debuffs enemies that have been mezzed by any source. So if you mez something in your aura radius, everything inside is hit with -7.5% res. Which means I was right! This is the most homecoming set ever! It's still bad and I have no reason to ever use it in endgame, but you know, whatever.

To be honest? I genuinely don't think there is a balancing metric at play. Every set Homecoming has made - outside of Marine - has been hamstrung in a number of incredibly strange and legitimately creative ways. Simply look at The Entirety of Arsenal Control, or how Storm Blast has a bunch of weird restrictions that make actually playing it feel bad. Psionic Armor, as it appears to me, is simply . . . a continuation of that unfortunate trend. They'll do something like, say, nerf Plant Control's big powers (one of which cannot be meaningfully used at endgame) while allowing Fire Blast to continue existing unmarred! It's sad, but that's HC for you.

Yeah I'm glad that it seems like everyone can recognize that this set is a shambling mess that absolutely cannot go live in the state it's in.

You know, good point - we need to add the status effect: 'Wet' to this set. Surely that will solve the issues that are currently rendering it an aggressively, murderously calculated degree of mediocre.

This is, quite possibly, the most Homecoming set of all time.

It feels weird to be looking at power changes I genuinely, unironically like. Good job, y'all. Send it.

It's almost certainly been nagged to death at this point, and not just here, but it's worth pointing out - once again - that CC has no actual role in the endgame. The concept of nerfing the marquee power (or powers) of a control set, like Creepers and Seeds, should be a non-starter. It's especially nonsensical from a logical perspective to randomly stab Seeds in particular in the kidney, given it cannot be meaningfully used in any content that is actually relevant to balance.

Oh boy, a new Ultimo thread! I'm sure everyone is being respectful and . . .

Update Log: Removed some personal biases, factually incorrect information and updated the formatting. Added one Bane Spider example build.

Reported in live, beta, and closed beta numerous times. WAI, they say. Arsenal Control is the gift that keeps on giving.