PB improves -Speed and -Defense as well and +End. That's 5 powers OTHER than Farsight that benefit. 6 including. Far more than many sets.
Making PB not effect one part of one power does not break the cottage rule, sorry. If you really think so then you may not understand the cottage rule.
It can be both op and unnecessary, they are not in conflict.
it doesn’t nullify a power, time still benefits from PB in several ways, and people can respec if they want but they don’t have to.
how does it break the cottage rule?
You want to nerf ALL Time characters so those with Power Boost can keep this one unnecessary thing?
and people are arguing defense buffs don’t even matter at the endgame and only damage matters...
We know from powers such as Ground Zero that it is possible to make a power target BOTH allies AND enemies at the same time.
Is it conceivable that Electrical Affinity Circuit powers (ONLY the Circuit powers) could be made to TARGET Enemies even though it has no effect on them, and then immediately chain back to allies?
Darkness Affinity was a Pay to Play set and so the devs would have been reluctant to fix it even if they knew about the problem.
That's no longer a consideration.
I'm not sure why the defense isn't being boosted. Possibly a bug, or possibly the power is flagged to not receive buffs but we can't see the flag, which I guess could also be a bug.
Awesome!
Hoping for later additions of locks for each slot so we can selectively randomize and colorize.
And also hoping for, when the time comes, asymmetrical chest and legs options as well.
Power Boost abilities have NEVER included Regen, only Heals. Test is down right now or I'd double check, but I believe the AB version does not include Defense, intentionally.
I look forward to seeing how the Shadow Maul change by itself plays out on live. That will give the devs a better idea of where their balance point needs to be with DC.