issue 26 Patch Notes for January 23rd, 2020 - Issue 26, Page 4

[CoHBlue]

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What about Phantasm? 

The pet pass was for MM pets only, not controller/dominator pets.

[Hartanna]

1 hour ago, The Curator said:

Gauntlet & PunchVoke

• Gauntlet is now applied via a global proc.
  • Any single target power that takes endurance cost enhancements will trigger an AoE taunt.
  • Every AoE power that takes endurance cost enhancements will taunt the enemies it hit.
  • All Auras that take endurance cost enhancements will taunt the enemies they hit.
  • Radius is now the same for all attacks (10ft, 5 targets max)
  • Taunt scale is now 10% higher than the Brute's.

This would be extremely useful, and I think balanced for Kheldian Dwarfs as well.
At the moment surviving damage can be done do an okay degree, but their taunt ability is pretty poor.

 

Thanks so much to the Homecoming team!

[Afoaa]

Oh wow my Brute's fury is now twice as effective as it used to be with my slow axes!!

[lobster]

This looks great gang, can't wait until I have time to get back in and play again 🙂  The mastermind changes in particular were asked for for SO LONG on live - it's really great to see them implemented in what seems like a measured way.

Also can't wait to try my tank!

[Auroxis]

13 minutes ago, Doomrider said:

LOL. Was anyone really complaining that this power was too good? I really doubt it if that's the case... Yay for more throwaway powers. 

It was seen as a "Bruising alternative" so devs had to nerf it.

[VV]

All beautiful. Kudos to the team. If you're ever in Miami, hit me up, drinks are on me!

[Abraxus]

I might actually have to try a Mastermind again after reading about the changes. 

[Crysis]

13 minutes ago, WindDemon21 said:

What about Phantasm? He doesn't even have a melee attack and still constantly goes into melee getting himself killed and ruining his dps cause his energy torrent no longer hits the whole mob.

 

Also super strength really needs to have foot stomp sooner as well at least 28 if not 20, but really should be swapped with knockout blow, that is definitely a tier 9 power.

Your turn is coming, they will be looked at soon.

 

In the meantime, ENJOY HAVING YOUR PETS LOOK JUST LIKE YOU!

[Ry]

Thank you so much guys 😄 

 

This ones a big one! So excited!

[Major_Decoy]

So, there were no changes to the radius and target caps in Tanker Primaries?

And what about Fighting Pool > Cross Punch?

[siolfir]

33 minutes ago, Lazarillo said:

Y'know, I just now noticed Demonlings weren't included in the "don't run into melee" update?

Why is that?

Feedback from the thread.

 

They were originally included in the list:

 

[Lazarillo]

2 minutes ago, siolfir said:

Feedback from the thread.

 

They were originally included in the list:

Okay, so I'm not insane.  I get some of that feedback, though I'm not sure it needed to be all Demons, just the t1 ones that tend to Arsonist themselves.

Just kind of a bummer that I missed it because I had hopes for making a Demon MM specifically for this patch (well, not that I still can't, it just won't make a difference for keeping them well-behaved).

[Oklahoman]

2 hours ago, The Curator said:

Fixed a bug that allowed players to inadvertently delete the geometry of entire zones.

I don't really understand what this means, but it sounds pretty cool. 

 

Thanks, as always, to everyone who contributed to this update!

[Nefertari]

Lots of good stuff here...thanks team!

[Ninjaboy]

2 hours ago, The Curator said:

Issue 26, Page 4

 

Tanker & Brute Changes

Scaling & Stats

• Tanker:
  • Ranged damage modifier increased from 0.5 to 0.8, Melee damage modifier increased from 0.8 to 0.95,
    • Bruise has been removed in favor of a flat damage scale increase.
  • Buff modifiers increased to match Controller values.
  • Damage buff cap increased from 400% to 500%.
• Brute:
  • Ranged and Melee damage modifiers are now equal at 0.75.
  • Damage buff cap lowered from 775% to 700%.
• All Brute and Tanker Epic pools now use ranged damage modifiers.
  • Note that due to the above changes, Epic Pools should see no damage change at all.

 

Am I missing something here? 

 

Are we nerfing Brutes to indirectly buff Tankers and Scrappers so they have a purpose?

 

 

[Profit]

@Captain Powerhouseis gauntlet an auto hit now or does it still suffer from a to-hit roll?

 

Gauntlet & PunchVoke

• Gauntlet is now applied via a global proc.
  • Any single target power that takes endurance cost enhancements will trigger an AoE taunt.
  • Every AoE power that takes endurance cost enhancements will taunt the enemies it hit.
  • All Auras that take endurance cost enhancements will taunt the enemies they hit.
  • Radius is now the same for all attacks (10ft, 5 targets max)
  • Taunt scale is now 10% higher than the Brute's.
• Brute PunchVoke is now also applied via a global proc.
  • Any power that either inflicts damage or takes accuracy enhancements will trigger PunchVoke.

[Rathulfr]

4 minutes ago, Ninjaboy said:

 

Am I missing something here? 

 

Are we nerfing Brutes to indirectly buff Tankers and Scrappers so they have a purpose?

 

 

Yes.

 

[Alchemystic]

9 minutes ago, Ninjaboy said:

 

Am I missing something here? 

 

Are we nerfing Brutes to indirectly buff Tankers and Scrappers so they have a purpose?

 

 

[Captain Powerhouse]

8 minutes ago, Profit said:

is gauntlet an auto hit now or does it still suffer from a to-hit roll?

There is still a roll hit needed for the base attack but once that hits the taunt AoE is now auto hit.

[PeterDutcherJr]

Please don't nerf my Fire/Kin controller on next patch.

[Jon]

I like a lot of these changes. 👍

For the new Mirror option on Illusion Control, it would be nice to also have a 'Dark' option for summoning the Mirrors to match the 'Dark' customization option available to the rest of the powerset.

 

EDIT: or even a no vfx option for the power's summoning animation

Edited January 23, 2020 by Jon

[Profit]

2 minutes ago, Captain Powerhouse said:

There is still a roll hit needed for the base attack but once that hits the taunt AoE is now auto hit.

Well, at least that happened then.

[ShogunGunshow]

Was beginning to wonder if I would ever see these hit live!

 

Thanks to the Homecoming team ❤️

[Force Redux]

I just checked, Dragon's Tail doesn't seem to have had a radius increase, still at 8'. Can't tell from description if this is intended, an oversight, or that the description wasn't updated properly.  

Edited January 23, 2020 by Force Redux

[Captain Powerhouse]

The radius buff is very much like Range Boost or hasten, it changes the powers dynamically unless the power description stated it’s unaffected. Those kind of buffs don’t show up in the power info but can be seen in the list of attribs for gauntlet.

 

For reference, unaffected powers are listed in the patch notes.