JayboH

In case anyone is interested, I did make another thread for that HERE.

-Damage and -heal already exist, and -perception doesn't work because Interface only activates from damage abilities, and as soon as damage is applied it overrules any benefit that -perception applies for the player applying it - unless you are thinking of it being a fairly high debuff that tankers/brutes might want to narrow the view of enemies to mostly them to help keep aggro? Not sure that would actually work anyway, it would have to be practically a global placate and placate is crazy strong for crowd control.

Yeah I edited it while you were typing this.

...or make it like -res to fire and cold, and make it temperature-themed perhaps. Do the same for smashing/lethal.

I think there are zero personal buffs because enemies are 'marked' for 'x' amount of seconds for the interface to do its thing. This would be a neat idea though - it could open up lots more if that were possible.

That's true, I hadn't thought of that, but that makes me wonder: are the 4 stack limits based on the power choice, or the debuff choice? ...meaning if you just changed it to a Reactive clone with lethal damage instead of fire damage, would it be a stack of 4 Reactive and a stack of 4 of the new lethal interface or would it be a stack of 4 -resist debuffs regardless of Interface source?

Hmm... what if lethal marked a target for a low chance at a mini crit? We already have resistance debuffing and -MaxHP to help push damage so I dunno

If redraw is a thing for your character, SR will have you doing it a lot less.

Well, that's a hard control, but I guess Confuse is as well, but I guess the main balance factor is always huge raids via iTrials and stacking. What magnitude hold? 2 perhaps? ...hmm... that could be used with the Hybrid that enables additional mag levels, which is interesting

Yes you can stack kb, at least you always could, in PvE.

I would love to see 3 more Interface abilities, addressing the lack of lethal/cold/smashing DoT options. The problem comes from having only so many debuffs available for creating those 3. A smashing DoT mixed with a 4 second stun makes thematic sense to me, like the Cognitive one (although I question the chance % being so low on Cognitive and Spectral - the confuse makes you lose xp and the immobilize is barely noticeable on Spectral as it is- it should be 4 sec IMO.) ...but then what? A cold DoT would make you think of slows and -rech but Gravitic already has that covered. Maybe slips and does knockdown? Problem with that is how knockdown is coded as a very low magnitude knockback, meaning if 4 stacks of knockdown hit an enemy I assume they would go flying - think of iTrial scenarios. Perhaps for the lethal DoT it could add a 4 second fear along the lines of Cognitive/Spectral, or perhaps a chance at placing a 'mark' on a target that combos into something - not sure, as we are running into a lack of debuffs we can use and also the soft control options. Thoughts?

Acid Mortar is one of the best powers in the set. Perhaps the reason it has a lower debuff is because the thing fires 10 times in an AOE that also does damage. You can proc that thing up and that's 10 shots loaded with like say 5 procs in it. Personally even though I wouldn't mind this set getting some love, I would much rather have time spent on Poison.

Does anyone have an EM/Bio they could share? EDIT: Oh also, what about Dark Armor? Oppressive Gloom stun stacking with EM. Yes, that would make mobs wander around all the time but we are already talking about EM as it is...

Server down?

I didn't look at yours

Do you recommend the majority of us just wait then?

I am paying attention to the closed alpha/beta developments.

Gentle reminder that a year ago dominators got revamped

Oh ok, a text update should suffice then?

Pretty much most games' rules where you can whiff. Why should a person be rewarded for missing attacks or not penalized for missing attacks? Who says you shouldn't? Why?

You mean Assault? You answered without knowing what my build is like so I was just curious if it's all about 'moar damage' automatically for you.

That's kind of supposed to be how it works. If you whiff, there's going to be a downside on top of the missing damage. I know we can't control the RNG completely but this sounds like it's working perfectly to me.

Do you ever go with anything else on any other ATs?

...and do it kinda quick so you can enjoy it before the proc nerfs come.