Bionic_Flea

I never take Rise of the Phoenix. If I died I made a mistake somewhere and I have the P2W rez if I did. Consume, however, I always take and slot as a damage power for set bonuses and Procs. Although I agree with Ukase that you should not need to be spamming Consume to maintain endurance in normal play, it does help against endurance drain and those times where you are going all out without a pause and start running low on end.

Confirmed . . . Devs hate knockback.

Excellent report and format. A+!

Sounds like combat travel suppression, maybe? Could a tick of hot feet or some other aura power be triggering travel suppression?

Where have I seen this before . . . . Oh yeah! Captain Powerhouse's latest "signature."

I have seen proc stacked KB turn critters into missiles (Avalanche in Burn) They don't fly straight up or straight back, but it's more like a 45 degree angle.

I've noticed this as well.

I hit 50 on a group fly Bots/Rad yesterday. It's cool to look at a flying armada of Bots, but it messes with the movement AI -- they get stuck all over the place. Sometimes they even stay behind when taking an elevator until I turn off group fly, which is odd. They also sometimes do that same shuffle that Paragon Protectors do -- slide back and forth -- until I power down the GF. What I really need most of all is a Mids patch so that I can theory-craft. -*-Oh Mids gods, please accept this @Hew-man sacrifice and update your blessed gift!-*-

So it's Linea's fault. I should have known!

Yomo Badplanta?

Tolerium.

WHO DARES TO SUMMON BIONIC FLEA?!?! Oh, hey Yomo. Nice contest. Lemme see what I got (checks Mids): About 38 different blaster builds that I've made for myself or for others. Some of them are old and would need updates, but that's not a big deal. All can solo /x8, but I'm not sure all of them can do it without incarnates or other outside buffs (team, boosters, inspirations, etc.). I don't want to clog your contest and I don't need the prize but if you let me know what you are looking for I'll see what I can dig up.

Do they drain a flat amount and depress recovery by a set amount? If so he could perhaps use Ouro to lock his level to before he has access to the power for testing purposes.

I understand the reason, I don't like the result. I was thinking of taking stealth pool on more characters. I don't think I have any with it now. But I'm not convinced. Inconsistent stealth and defense is not something I want, however rational their reasons might be. Too bad; Infiltration sounded cool.

Or a pet, even the little vet pet. Seems kinda unfair to MMs, Controllers, Doms, Crabsterminds, and other pet heavy builds.

But Jimmy . . . thanks! Yes, sorry distracted cut and pasting. 2) should be: "suppress defense when solo?" Edited in original above.

These two things seem contradictory to me. Talk amongst yourselves and get back to us. Once you change or address it, will leadership toggles: 1) suppress stealth when solo? 2) suppress defense when solo? 3) suppress stealth when teamed or have active pet? 4) suppress defense when teamed or have active pet? I don't know how you guys want it to work, but it seems to me if I am chilling with my friends all stealthy and chatting but not attacking critters or players that we should not suddenly lose stealth or defense. I don't think that we should lose stealth or defense for any self or ally buff whether active or passive. I think that we should be able to run up to an AV, buff the team to high heaven, and then attack said AV without losing stealth or defense until the attacking starts, unless the AV or his nearby friends have perception bonuses greater than our stealth.

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Ooh! That reminds me that I made an elec/elec blaster with several of those. I need to run him again and see if I notice the difference.

I've been trying to think ahead of what to make when the patch goes live. Now that it's here, it's time to make decisions. So far I was thinking of a Grav/Time/Sorcery, AR/TA Corrupter or TA/AR defender, and Bots/Rad MM with group fly. What are you thinking of making to take advantage of the new changes?

I think that +ing an IO should block catalyzing it, just like catalyzing blocks +ing. Make it the same both ways. I can't think of a good reason not to. (except perhaps for some coding irregularity)

But Jimmy, how am I supposed to read all this and still have time to play?

Also in the Zero camp. I'll play with a Mids build for hours until I get something that looks good on paper and I may make a change (intentionally or accidentally) while playing. I sometimes want to respec to change and make it better, but after playing it for a bit I find it good enough. I might respec more if I did not hate it so much. When I have respecced I have had to start all over due to a slotting mistake or picking a power too late in a build. Yes, I respec my respec.

Not necessary, but nice.

Definitely maybe. It depends how you play and who you play with. I never skip taunt, the power, on a tank, because I feel that is an essential job of the tank. A brute can be an off-tank, or even a main tank for a team. Some of my brutes took taunt, some didn't and I wouldn't expect any brute I played with to have it, but it's nice when they do.