And while we're at it, a fix for Placate

[Wavicle]

1 minute ago, Galaxy Brain said:

As in bump it to be slower rech if its aoe

Oh I see. Maybe. I’m not really sure why that would be necessary since making it an AoE does not increase how much damage it gives you only how good it is as a defensive ability.

[Troo]

and we've come full circle.

 

how to satisfy a request to an existing power which is working as intended without impacting existing players?

• we'd need some data to see if it is skipped a majority of the time
• we'd need some data to see how often those that do take it use it

Q - would the expectation be that it would be an AoE autohit? 

 

to be honest, i'm still having a difficult time understanding the specific situation where there would be a need to placate large groups other than an 'oh shiat' escape button.

 

[Wavicle]

3 minutes ago, Troo said:

need some data to see if it is skipped a majority of the time

Pretty sure the Devs found that when they looked at the popularity of powers a few months ago.

[Troo]

 

I'm not seeing where devs had numbers. I do see a reference and some other opinions on its value for some sets and skip-able for others.

 

 

 

[Wavicle]

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/fotm-powers/

Placate is not at the bottom, certainly not near confront, but it's not great.

[Zepp]

4 hours ago, sacredlunatic said:

https://forums.homecomingservers.com/fotm-powers/

Placate is not at the bottom, certainly not near confront, but it's not great.

Thanks, I just hunted down that link and was about to post it. When I wrote the quoted thread it had recently been released, so nobody needed the reference.

[Solarverse]

5 hours ago, sacredlunatic said:

Pretty sure the Devs found that when they looked at the popularity of powers a few months ago.

I for one take Placate on all my Stalkers. Nostalgia, and to me, a Stalker just doesn't feel like a Stalker without Placate. This has nothing to do with functionality and everything to do with nostalgia. If others are like me, us taking that ability to most assuredly obscure those hard numbers...which makes them inaccurate.

 

In other words, I did not take the power because it's good...I took it for reasons.

[Troo]

Thanks for that link.

I do see a favorite power set (I thought it might be much less used based on the posts).

 

Category	Power Set	Power	Count	Percentage	Level Available
Stalker Melee	Energy Melee	Placate	155	93.37	12

 

It does seem power set dependent 2 over 80%, 7 between 70-80%, 6 between 50-70%, 4 below 50%. Somewhat even split over/under 70%.

 

Category	Power Set	Power	Count	Percentage	Level Available
Stalker Melee	Energy Melee	Placate	155	93.37	12
Stalker Melee	Psionic Melee	Placate	423	82.94	12
Stalker Melee	Claws	Placate	59	74.68	12
Stalker Melee	Spines	Placate	44	74.58	12
Stalker Melee	Dark Melee	Placate	61	73.49	12
Stalker Melee	Dual Blades	Placate	96	73.28	12
Stalker Melee	Martial Arts	Placate	42	72.41	12
Stalker Melee	Radiation Melee	Placate	81	72.32	12
Stalker Melee	Broad Sword	Placate	89	70.08	12
Stalker Melee	Fiery Melee	Placate	30	69.77	12
Stalker Melee	Ninja Blade	Placate	101	68.71	12
Stalker Melee	Staff Fighting	Placate	67	56.78	12
Stalker Melee	Kinetic Melee	Placate	45	55.56	12
Stalker Melee	Savage Melee	Placate	72	51.06	12
Stalker Melee	Ice Melee	Placate	28	50.00	8
Stalker Melee	Electrical Melee	Placate	112	48.48	12
Teamwork	Widow Teamwork	Placate	195	48.03	28
Arachnos Soldiers	Bane Spider Soldier	Placate	214	45.05	26
Stalker Melee	Street Justice	Placate	132	44.90	12

 

280-ish some other less selected powers before getting to the first placate. Confront, Hand Clap, Repel, Taunt (spines), Ring of Fire, Fire Breath..

Edited February 5, 2020 by Troo

[Wavicle]

Please go look at my Confront suggestion!
 

 

Edited February 5, 2020 by sacredlunatic

[Wavicle]

Black Hole, Detention Field, Sonic Cage...