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Favorite sub-optimal power?


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On 2/10/2021 at 6:51 PM, merrypessimist said:

The Crab Bomb power.  Love it, it's a hilarious animation, but it takes so damn long to do anything I can't justify actually taking it.

Is that the one where a glowing red Arachnos-themed bomb appears to float in the air and spin as the energy levels builds to explosion a few seconds later?  I was just doing some Striga stuff with this week-end and played with a guy dropping those and I have to say, I don't blame you, that did look fun.

 

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6 hours ago, ninja surprise said:

That's one of the reasons I take Elude from Super Reflexes - double backflip suckas! can't touch me!

You remind me that Claws (and Widow)/Eviscerate and Spines/Ripper might also fit here.  Totally sweet animations for high damage, but that animation sure does take a day-and-a-half to complete.  Similar problem with Kinetic/Concentrated Strike, though Eviscerate and Ripper sure beat that power in the coolness factor.

 

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18 hours ago, Clave Dark 5 said:

Is that the one where a glowing red Arachnos-themed bomb appears to float in the air and spin as the energy levels builds to explosion a few seconds later?  I was just doing some Striga stuff with this week-end and played with a guy dropping those and I have to say, I don't blame you, that did look fun.

That's the one indeed.  My Live crab spider took it Just Because, but when I recreated her on Homecoming I ran the math and got better numbers for both defense and DPS by dropping it.

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10 hours ago, AkuTenshiiZero said:

Seeds of Confusion.  Yes, it reduces EXP/INF rewards, but I get to sit back and cackle with villainous glee as my enemies beat each other senseless.

seeds is not a sub-optimal power and no it increases EXP/INF gain over time EXP/INF per enemy is lowered killspeed is drasticly increased frankly this power and creepers make plant tick the rest is fodder

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10 hours ago, PainX said:

seeds is not a sub-optimal power and no it increases EXP/INF gain over time EXP/INF per enemy is lowered killspeed is drasticly increased frankly this power and creepers make plant tick the rest is fodder

I've gotten complaints in the past about it, I really don't know what the general thoughts are on it at this point.

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