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Ah, so *that’s* the reason I see so many level 50 council teams running!

Just going to say if they were to add more powers to the forms, it would make PBs and WSs even more slot hungry.

I am so confused at so much of this thread, so I’m going to just say this: there is exactly 1 support set that doesn’t have any debuffs in it. If debuffs were so bad, there would be more (and the pure buff sets would be what gets played the most)

If you’re slotting sets, you can easily get ED capped Damage with good Accuracy, endurance redux and recharge at the same time, and that’s before set bonuses. Standard SO slotting for attacks is usually 1-2 accuracy, 1 end redux, 3 damage, 0-1 recharge. The cap for hitting is 95% chance. Most people build for 95% against +3 enemies (that’s a base to-hit chance of 48%) but if you’re only going to be fighting even-cons then 1 accuracy will get you over 95% chance for anything that doesn’t have additional defense buffs (which is most critters)

I’d like to add that you can actually build most WP tanks to have soft capped S/L/E/N/F/C/Psi defense and reasonable resists to all as well. in my experience makes you tougher than chasing MaxHP and Regen bonuses

i forgot that you can set Wine version in Lutris. I installed the launcher via Lutris, so that’s no problem. However, like I said, a clean OS install for an unrelated issue fixed my problem. I’ll keep the Lutris thing in my pocket should another issue arise in the future though.

Also, I don’t really want to lose the extra AoE defense that non-sentinels get.

from that very page: seems pretty clear to me

Power Boost is flagged to affect "Terrorized", "Stunned" and "Immobilized" so Fearsome Stare, Howling Twilight and Tenebrous Tentacles should all have the mez durations increased. If they are not, then its a bug.

I've been away from the game for a bit, so I don't remember my exact playstyle, but TA/A has been a favorite of mine for a long time (well before they buffed TA). I've attached my current level 50 build, it has effectively capped defense to Ranged/AoE thanks to the unresistable portion of Flash Arrow (also note that as long as there isn't a proc in it, Flash Arrow doesn't aggro). It's also got Rune of Protection for when things get really dicy. I've also attached a Respec build I apparently planned but never got around to doing. It adds Energize from the Mu Mastery APP for even MORE survivability. As for damage, adding a bunch of recharge to get Oil Slick Arrow and Rain of Arrows up as often as possible is a strong goal to shoot for. Pointed Sticks - Defender (Trick Arrow).mbd Pointed Sticks - Defender (Trick Arrow - Archery) - Revised.mbd

Good technical info in this thread, but I want to just point out 1 thing that makes DP the winner in the AR/DP debate... DP has mad style.

wait... wait... I've been gone for 4 months and now Kin hits like a rolled up newspaper? When did *that* nerf happen?

Oh man, can you imagine an SR tank that *doesn't* have a clicky anti-mez AND it has a + Absorb power?

Interestingly, my issue may have been tied to WINE but it’s not inherent to WINE. I had to do a fresh OS install today for an unrelated issue and now the launcher is working normally.

I’m willing to bet it’s a wine issue, as my system upgraded to 10.something automatically. I’ve just spent an hour trying to figure out how to downgrade, but I just keep getting various errors in terminal. I’ve had enough for tonight, I’ll try again in the morning.

Hey you Linux-type people! i just returned from a break and my install is doing something weird that it wasn’t doing back at the beginning of December when i last played… OK… the set up: Fedora 41. I was in GNOME before but recently switched to KDE Plasma (the problem is happening in both though, so I don’t think it’s the DE) The problem: First launch of the game works without any issues. When I quit, if I leave the launcher open, nothing happens when I try to load the game again. Additionally, I can’t close the launcher and I have to force quit it. Then any subsequent runs of the launcher cause the game to load in windowed mode on my 2nd display and no matter what I do, I can’t move it to my primary display. Rebooting or fully logging out and back in fixes the problem until the next time. Any idea what might be causing this?

I think there are quite a few sets that go almost completely unused outside of frankenslotting

I would hate an event that prevented me from using a power I picked. I don't see a reason to create a mode that prevents a travel power from being picked... If you have a character that wants such a mode, simply don't pick a travel power, and don't use the jetpack you get at level 2.

Sure, SG bases are always available. I suspect players that are asking for a memorial would like something a bit more official though. Also, SG bases are Shard bound. I suspect this idea would gain more traction if there were a way to make custom NPCs in base

I haven't examined the code myself, but you're overthunking this. If height affected line of sight or radius for AoEs it would be well documented by now.

@Greycataand @biostemddo a good job summing up my feelings. I don't know and had no known interaction with any of the people who have been memorialized, so my general thought is "what is this invisible bar that must be reached?" I'm willing to bet there have been some discussions had about this topic by those that maintain HC. But my thought is this should be (relatively) set in stone and the community should be made aware of whatever rules/guidelines have been placed. My guess is that won't happen though, because the maintainers want to keep wiggle room for the future. My personal thought? I think there should be something somewhere that serves as a memorial for all and no more NPCs of players should be added to the game. Perhaps a plaque at the base of Statesman's statue in Kallisti? Since that statue is designed to memorialize him, to me, it seems an appropriate place for a memorial for all the fallen. And if KW ever gets populated with mobs? Just encircle the statue with drones so no player that goes there can be griefed.

If size mattered, City of Data would show a range in the "Radius" field of any power that would be affected by it, however, there is only 1 number there. For example: Axe Cyclone https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=tanker_melee.battle_axe.whirling_axe&at=tanker

Sort of. They increase the radius by increasing the reach of the cone, they don't affect the actual arc of the cone. So you are technically correct

It's just an animation thing, there is no way that I know of for a player to change the radius of an AoE.

Radius for Spring Attack is 15 feet