Solarverse

You have to improvise. If you check out this gif, you can see the one that I had made. If you like it, the costume for it is in the clickable file. Just copy the file and drop it in your costumes folder and it will be under the name of Ms. Liberty. Ms. Liberty.costume

Crap, you're right. For some reason I was counting Spines' Quills which swayed the numbers a bit in my head. But yeah, that is a secondary attack power, not a primary defensive power. Which now begs the question, why would a Tank even have a Damage aura if the Tank already has a Debuff Aura? The whole point of the Primary set is to mitigate damage, so where does it make any logical sense that a Tank gets a power that does nothing but Toggle AoE Damage? You could say to hold aggro with, but then that leaves Ice in question because it already has Chilling Embrace, so it doesn't need Icicles for that. Sorry, things in my head have to add up logically or I tend to dwell on it until my brain can find a way to make logical sense of it.

So wait, when a Dominator stuns a target, they used to get bonus damage when using Whirling Hands. That used to be a mechanic that was specific to them and only them. The changes to EM did away with that and replaced it was a instant recharge mechanic instead. A Dom's main complain is that their recharge is so stupid high, they do not need an auto recharge ability because by the time they use Total Focus, Whirling Hands would have already been recharged anyway. So the new changes do not help Doms. So unless my definition of mechanics is completely wrong, I believe that qualifies?

very possible.

I know a lot of PvP Stalkers who would RIP your face off if you got Stealth changed. Stalkers use Stealth to layer their invisibility levels so that people with stacked perception still can't see them until it's too late.

Answer me this; does your character sometimes randomly just refuse to go in to battle stance? If so, that can cause the missing animations. Happens to me on all kinds of different powersets. Usually after using any build-up type of buff. Happens with Conserve Power type buffs as well. Those buffing powers seem to be the culprit behind characters refusing to go in to battle stance....which in turn has a tendency of not activating random animations/Effects If this sounds familiar, I have a bug report on this. Some players find it a bug that can wait on a fix...even though the bug has been around since issue 12ish. So unless that bug report garners support, that bug will never be fixed.

I love those guys. They have great skits they do.

This is a very educational video for you Mac users out there, I highly suggest watching this video and everything will be crystal clear. You're welcome.

It wouldn't be so bad if when we slot Slow enhancements that it actually had an effect on the -Recharge. Makes me wonder if Slow Enhancements at one time did affect it? I just can't shake that mobs are attacking more frequently than what they used to way back when. I even put together an Ice/Spines Tank to try and get that recharge down a bit more, but it only adds another 8%. Not sure if that stacks or not...I know Icicles does not even have a -Recharge, Slow or any other secondary effect, it's just straight forward lethal damage which I personally find very disappointing considering how much endurance running that Toggle costs. The only other two AoE Damage Toggles that do nothing but straight forward damage is Blazing Aura (again, I find disappointing, it should at least do a DoT or have some type of debuff effect) and Death Shroud (which confuses the hell out of me why it doesn't have a -ToHit Debuff...the Ghost version sure does and their version is OP as hell!) which again does straight foward damage. Every other power set for Tanks that is an AoE Damage Toggle also comes with a nice debuff. Why are Dark, Fire and Ice neglected in this department? As fun as a set that it is, there are many aspects about Ice that is just disappointing. I guess that's a gripe for another day though since it has little to do with the topic.

I played that game for like 5 minutes and then said, "nope, not today or any other day." lol

Good information, appreciate that.

It just feels a bit off ever since coming back to the game. I have not checked the stats until now and see that is only has -32% Recharge? That is such a minimal amount when compared to when if I am standing next to an NPC using the same thing my powers go on about a -500% Recharge...or at least it feels that way. I checked the other AT's and notice that they also have a -32% Recharge Debuff and I am thinking to myself here, shouldn't the Tanker's primary have higher values than the Scrapper secondary? I mean, I guess it's possible that it has always been this way, however, I played Ice a lot on Live in the days and it sure feels like the -Recharge in the set is almost pointless today when you compare it to how the set felt on live. And it's possible if it did change, this change was on live and I just didn't put it all together until now....or, it is possible that the Tanker Primary for Chilling Embrace has always only had a minor -32% Recharge component.

Ugh, having a hard time staying focused on it. Those animations are just sooooo fricken bad. The only two animations that I like on a Stalker are the Assassin's Psi Blade and Greater Psi Blade. All the other animations feels like I am in a dojo doing warm-up exercises. However, here is my finding. It does indeed do insane amounts of damage...with an all SO build with no procs, I am still producing more DPS than any of my other Stalkers under those same slotting conditions. However, I also lead with Assassin's Psi Blade which has a really high probability to activate Insight...which means as a Stalker, I have more control over Insight and can use Greater Psi Blade more often than not on command. So perhaps on a Brute or Tank or even Scrapper, Insight needs to be adjusted to grant Insight more often so they can be more on par in that category. So I would agree it can probably use some love, however, on a Stalker, it's just straight up deadly and no love should be given....well, an animation change would be nice for the stiffer looking attacks....most of those attacks are just pure poop.

I was waiting on that to pop up. I knew it was coming the very day this thread came along. What took ya? 😛

I had to scroll all the way to the bottom, but I found the info, thanks, Hyperstrike.

On a side note, hey @Jimmy, do you all ever plan to implement Ascendant's script as NPC chat? I for one would think that would be awesome to have in game.

There is no mention of who the person was behind the memorial though, which kind of sucks. It's like a gravestone that is so old that the lettering has weathered away and now it is just a nameless gravestone. Also, according to Wiki, Ascendant...and well, all but two was added in i25. It would seem Malkiel Ivesse was added in during the 2019 Halloween event (which would place him during SCoRE/Homecoming) and Raine Heartfall unfortunately does not have any information, not even info on the player who created her, much less the date she was added.

Pre i5 I was Invuln/EM. Post Will Power, I rerolled WP/EM. I am currently today WP/EM and although the damage does not make or break me, I do feel it...most especially when running content that cripples my Defense and I am left with only Resistance and Regen. I don't think there is any particular primary that anyone should roll with EM, I remember post shut down it was popular for players to roll Ice/EM, although I am not sure why as neither one benefits the other, but, I guess it was nice for theme. Regardless they made it work just fine.

I would not be the least bit surprised, lol.

Names that irk me the absolute worst are names like Fartface MacDeeznuts and silliness like that.

Stop...hurting...my...head....and ...making...me...think...so...much...this....early...in...the...morning!!!!

To be fair, everything in life is subjective. Even people who have murdered other people can give pretty damn good arguments as to why they have killed and how it was justified and there are people who actually agree saying that people's opinions on a killer is subjective....even when they killed somebody over a pair of shoes. Yeah, I know...stupid thing to say, but my point is, everything we say hear or see is subjective. Kind of goes without saying, right?

At least he didn't ask for a tramp stamp tattoo, lol.

Let me guess, you were an Airwolf, Knight Rider and Miami Vice kind of guy? 😉