Solarverse

You know, back in the day, that thin cone worked a lot better. I seem to recall Golden Dragonfly having a much further reach...dare I say double what it is now. In those days, I didn't mind, actually kind of liked it, but now...not so much. Was it actually changed, or has powercreep and the popularity of knock back cover up my illusion? I used to be able to target the NPC in the back of a mob, and hit three, maybe even four of them in a single hit...loved it. Now, if I target the NPC in the back of the mob, he's out of range.

I think this may be why I don't find the cone as useful as you do, I don't do much soloing. Mobs get knocked, pushed, teleported, pulled by singularity, repelled by...well, a lot; and then there is the speed in which blasters kill mobs, or another player causing collision involuntary movements....there are so many things that can and do happen to screw up lining mobs up for that fraction of a cone. So having learned this, I can see why it is far more useful to you and rather a hindrance to me. But this is a situation where it can't be changed to help some because it would hurt others. Same reason most changes in games don't sit well with people, heh. And trust me, I know how that feels, been on the receiving end of that for about 75% of the changes made in this game, all the way from sounds, to graphics, to mechanics to outright power changes. So I can sympathize.

You solo a lot?

I mean, yeah, if they widened the cone even slightly, and extended the range slightly, that would make all the difference in the world.

Yeah, I guess that probably would break a few builds. I seem to recall a bit o an outcry when this was done to Claws as well. My main gripe is that the Cone is so weak, I don't see it justifying the -critt chance and -damage. If that was changed, I wouldn't care, don't think anybody uses it like a cone anyway since it is so unreliable.

How often do you really hit more than one enemy with this ability? I honestly can't remember too many times where I have actually hit more than one NPC since the OG Devs changed how NPCs stack. Yet, this power, which is our hardest hitting power, has a -chance to critt vs other Ninja Blade abilities and it takes a bit of a -Damage hit because it is considered a narrow cone. This ability needs to be Single Target only, it's damage adjusted to match a T9 Single Target Damage table and have a 100% to critt from hide with a normal chance to critt outside of hide. Discuss.

Now it makes sense. So we have always gotten both ambushes, just sometimes we get both at the same time which gives the illusion of there only being one. Nice catch, thank you.

You and I are on the same page there, both of these are mysteries to be sure. I have tried to figure out the enigma with no luck. I know the Buzz-saw Boss has to die, but what specific mobs after that is a mystery.

My fondest memory is back when places like Hollows were actually Hazard Zones, mobs were packed tighter together, there were more of them and they were higher level. Now, the Hollows is nothing more than a little playground, even has an unnecessary contact in it that you HAVE to pick up in order to progress through David Wincott's story arc to move on to Flux. Complete nonsense.

Well I'll be damned. Nice catch, Clave. When in the hell did they sneak that in?

Player made maybe?

By that logic, why have LFG chat then? I mean, people have been known to use it for chit chat and not anything LFG related, so why bother having any type of specialized chat? Seems to me that it makes better sense to have an AE chat than not. Also, generally when somebody uses a chat for something that it is not for, people have zero issues reminding you about it. Sure, they might get mouthy at first, but they eventually move on to the right chat tab for whatever it is they are doing. Clearly what we see now is not working, in fact, I see it starting a lot of arguments if anything. Players trying to form teams for missions often get rude with players looking to door sit...I think it would help more than it would do harm.

Particular times of the day, the LFG chat can get pretty crowded on my server, I would assume other servers as well. Add in on that people who advertise looking to door sit, or people advertising anything farm related might find such a channel more useful than LFG. What ends up happening, is that anywhere from 1 to 5 players at any given time who are looking to do something farm related, get in to LFG competitions to keep their message at the bottom, meanwhile causing an issue for players looking for teams, or TF's, or DFB struggling to also be noticed. Does it not make some semblance of logical sense to have a default channel for that? Sure, we could start our own channels for it, but channels like that often get lost in the fog of word of mouth. Not sure how much of a coding issue this would be, but I personally think at this stage in the game, a channel for people using AE in general is a bit long overdue.

Oh wow, I never even thought about that. Good call. I'll make it a point from here on out to talk with the Scientist. Thank you.

In D.I.B (Drowning in Blood): Sometimes the meteors will appear as though they have already been interacted with, however, sadly they have not been, so you cannot get the badge for clicking all of them. You have to run D.I.B. a second time, sometimes a third time. Is there a workaround or fix to this? Positron 2 issue: On the second to the last mission, after rescuing the NPC from the Vhaz, you get an ambush. However, sometimes you get a second ambush, however, for the life of me I cannot find a constant for a trigger for the second ambush. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it does not. What is the trigger for the second ambush?

He's not even worth talking about. His premise was based on a complete false narrative, that players made up the rule that you shouldn't drone players. The fact that he so willingly ignores is the fact that the Devs did not put those drones there for that reason. Those drones were put in place as a barrier to keep the opposing side at bay, he used them as a weapon. It was no social experiment either, he got butt hurt when he was getting his ass kicked in PvP and he quickly learned that was the only way he was going to score any kills. Oddly enough, no credit was ever given to him for those kills as his kil to kill count always stayed at zero. He was nobody to be remembered, there was nothing amazing about the guy and he did absolutely nothing to be commended about. His only goal was to get even with players he couldn't beat by trolling them with drones...nothing more, nothing less. He covered his antics by turning it in to some social experiment, however, he did not start off droning people, he started off being weak at PvP and then being reduced to a drone killer. I remember him well, and the few times my Stalker caught him stray away from the drones in which lead to his untimely death, was an accomplishment all in itself, because he never left those drones. He stayed camped right there at all time. If he wasn't TPing people in to drones because they were too far away, then he was TPing people in to mobs. He will forever be known as one of the weakest players in PvP. I honestly can't believe he is still bragging about that...what a neomaxi-zoomdweebie.

You're gonna need it! 😜

Purples are not needed for Regen to have Perma Dull Pain. In my particular build, Dull Pain is at 112 Second Recharge without Ageless. With Ageless running it's 92 seconds. Duration is 120 seconds, so it's pretty easy to perma. Could possibly even be done without even trying, heh.

In this build, is your Dull Pain perma? I clicked to On any abilities that were Perma, since that would reflect the character 24/7. Abilities that fell short of Perma were clicked off. So if it is Perma, I am curious what your Max HP is with it on?

This is similar to what I get. However, I traded in a bit of Defense (since most mobs eat that up anyway without any DDR) for a bit more Regen.

lol, fair enough 🙂

I mean, I guess it's possible that you are not adding in the bonus to Defense from Storm Kick, I typically focus more on Resistance and Regen, where I see you tried to have an equal balance of Regen, Resistance and put a bit more focus on Defense.

This might sound like I am coming at you, I promise you that I am not. In fact, I respect a great number of you folks on these boards, so please do not take me like I am attacking you, I am not, I am defending the fact that Regen is garbage, nothing more. Having said that, Sappers has been a major thorn in my Regen's side throughout this game. The only way it is not is if I take Ageless in to my builds. Without Ageless, sappers can knock out my toggles in no time...and since my largest Regeneration buff outside of IH comes from Integration, that hits me right where the sun don't shine. So I am curious how the constant that most others know to be true, is that Sappers are a Regen's Kryptonite, how is it your friend has zero problems with them? She dies because the set is extremely click dependent. It wasn't always this way. Once upon a time, IH was a toggle, and when you need to click Heal, it was not quite as a timing emergency. One thing I have noticed, is that my health drops so insanely fast, that by the time my heal finishes animating and finally gives me that Heal, it's too late. Those Heals have to animate first, and Regen has such a hard time that watching that heal animate is almost as bad as watching trees grow. At least prior to IO's, but if a mob debuffs your Resistance...well, it's back to the same problem....Heals take far too long to animate and the set has no resistance to debuffs to speak of. I agree...to a point. That set does not need some major buff, it need tweaks. So we for sure see eye to eye on this.

I have been working Regen builds for a long time, I am trying to figure out how you are getting 45% Defense to melee? Are you adding the 10% from Storm Kick? Also, the numbers is not my problem, it is the lack of Debuff Resists that is my primary problem, and if the Devs are not going to give us reasonable Debuff Resists, then those pretty numbers right there mean absolute squat. The set needs higher regeneration to balance out the fact that it has crap Debuff Resists, otherwise that set is going to fall in battle often.

Brutes, Tanks...splitting hairs there me thinks. I should have been specific, Brutes to me are Tanks, so I say tanks as a blanket statement. Sorry for the confusion on my part. I do find this peculiar though. Most of you know me. I have been against Power Creep from DAY ONE of this game, I have always been completely against anything that introduces power creep in this game...so when I say something is sadly lacking and actually needs a buff (which is something that is insanely rare) then there is something to that. I don't just give in to the masses of hysteria and scream wolf. However, Regen is such shit, regardless of how wonderful you all want to pretend that it is, that you literally see nobody running it in late game. Where are all these Regen players at exactly? Are they hiding? Is it some secret club? I cannot tell you the last time I actually seen Regen anything that wasn't Sentinel. The set suffers from everything this game has to throw at you. It suffers from Sappers, it suffers from -Defense Debuffs, it suffers from -Resistance Debuffs, it suffers from -Regeneration Debuffs, it suffers from pretty much every debuff this game has to throw at you. Want to know what other sets suffer from this? None. All other sets have Debuff resistance built in to the builds and at a reasonable amount. Regen, one power that gives a whopping 25% Resist. Let me hit you with that 500% Regen Debuff and tell me how that 25% is working out for you? But hell, you know what? I don't give a damn anymore. For whatever reason, players want to keep the set down. I guess its heyday of being OP left a bad taste in everyone's mouth and they will do anything they can to cast an illusion that the set isn't complete garbage. I see through it. I for one spit on Regen...it's trash, it has always been trash since 2004 and it will always be trash for as long as people want to pretend that it's great. It feels like there is some motive here that I am not seeing because I cannot fathom in the brightest of minds how in the hell you all can actually believe yourselves when you say the set is fine as is. I am completely shocked I am even having to defend the fact that the set is shit, yet back in 2019 everyone was pretty much in agreeance that the set needed help, now all of a sudden it's just fantastic! I'm not buying it one single bit.