issue 27 Patch Notes for November 26th, 2021 - Issue 27, Page 3

[Wavicle]

It would be nice if Blasters got the No Weapon option for the Heavy Mallet. (And of course I support the addition of No Weapon options for Fire and Ice Swords as well...if you can figure out a way to do it that makes sense)

[Gentoo]

So... they updated Crey and didn't add a Crey with water powers called the Crey Fish? Blasphemy!

 

But great work Devs!

Edited November 27, 2021 by Gentoo

[Myrmidon]

11 hours ago, WindDemon21 said:

Holy balls seriously, get rid of the dumb -perception and confuse... Also, psy is bad enough on the bosses, they don't need to be doing mez on top of it too, especially with them still having MOG...

Don’t get rid of the Confuse. That power can have some absolutely hilarious outcomes for the unwary.😂

[Wavicle]

I'm sorry I didn't get to test Seismic Blast more in Beta.

 

There seem to be some bugs in the buff display, the seismic pressure stacks don't always appear.

 

I'm not certain, but I sort of think the chance for knockdown in the aura effect is not high enough. I can't depend on guys near me getting knocked down. I don't think the shockwaves can be color customized unfortunately.

 

That said, it seems like the powers are all working correctly, the animations are different and creative, the set has a unique visual style. The damage is good, so far.

[Wavicle]

Seismic Blast attacks seem to continue to reduce the cooldown of other Seismic Blast attacks even after you have achieved Seismic Shockwaves, though more stacks of Seismic Pressure do not appear. Is this the correct behavior?

 

It sort of feels like a bug, but I can't quite tell.

Edited November 27, 2021 by Wavicle

[Booper]

4 minutes ago, Wavicle said:

Seismic Blast attacks seem to continue to reduce the cooldown of other Seismic Blast attacks even after you have achieved Seismic Shockwaves, though more stacks of Seismic Pressure do not appear. Is this the correct behavior?

It is. The cooldown reduction mechanic is separate from shockwaves. As long as you're on the ground while using a seismic blast attack, it will reduce the cooldown of all other seismic blast attacks.

[Wavicle]

Just now, Booper said:

It is. The cooldown reduction mechanic is separate from shockwaves. As long as you're on the ground while using a seismic blast attack, it will reduce the cooldown of all other seismic blast attacks.

wow ok then pretty awesome

[Wavicle]

I don't have a problem with the new design concept we see in Electric getting special benefit being paired with Electric or Seismic being paired with Earth.

But it would be very cool if there other little perks like that from NON matched sets in some cases.

 

Like, for example, if having Assault Rifle and Atomic Manipulation gave Radiation to your AR attacks somehow..."synergies" are very cool.

[MindPyre]

Beautiful job!!!!!  Thank you for all of your amazing dedication!  Your hard work definitely pays off!

[Dusty Longshot]

Quote

 

Gravity Control [Focused Feedback: Various Power Changes]

The power FX system has been enhanced to be able to synchronize certain RNG-dependent effects. The most visible effect of this is that Gravity Control's Propel will summon the same object on everyone's screen.

 

 

THIS!

I know, maybe to some this doesn't seem to be such an important fix. But hurling stuff into mobs and watching chat explode on why I just threw a chair/desk/car at someone made me cringe. Me going: "I just launched a pool table into the guy, what are you guys talking about?!"

 

[JasperStone]

14 hours ago, gamingglen said:

new badge idea: "Tubular" ... sitting in an innertube for one hour. 

 

Totally Tubular - 24hrs in an innertube

[WindDemon21]

So a general comment of concern. I see that the stats for Meteor have still not been fixed making it literally the worst nuke in the game.

 

Cons:

1. Longest recharge shared with Blizzard

2. Lowest damaging nuke shared with nova etc, per rech should be higher.

3. Crazy high kb mag, forcing you to put a kb-kd in it and wasting another slot.

4. Long time until the actual damage hits, on a location power. Meaning that most buffs you have on you, unless you literally start with it, will wear off by the time the meteor actually hits, making it do even less damage than comparable nukes. Gaussians proc being a huge example of this.

5. No beneficial secondary effect like other nukes, if it was only kd not needing to slot a kb-kd I would may say ok. But since it's location based, that ALSO means the knockback, is from the center of the location, not YOU. So if you don't put a kb-kd in it, the mobs will fly in all directions. Unlike nova for example, you can literally cast it as you're jumping out of the mob, and the mob will fly all in the same direction away from YOU.

 

Pros:

1. It... looks cool?....

 

I don't care if in some instances it may look a tiny bit weird, but making it target based would solve these issues at the very least, and a rech reduction.

[Booper]

15 minutes ago, WindDemon21 said:

Cons:

1. Longest recharge shared with Blizzard

2. Lowest damaging nuke shared with nova etc, per rech should be higher.

Thunderous Blast also has 170s recharge (typical for ranged nukes). However Seismic Blast has a mechanic the lowers the cooldown of its attacks when using other Seismic Blast attacks, so technically Meteor will recharge faster than the 170s base would suggest.

 

Meteor does 4.0 scale damage which is typical of most nukes and is definitely not the lowest damage (Rain of Arrow, Full Auto, and others do less).

[DreadShinobi]

Devs, your timing on releasing patches to live is always great. Too lazy to check, but I don't think this is the first time y'all have pushed a release on a holiday weekend. Kudos.

[Lazarillo]

13 hours ago, Myrmidon said:

Don’t get rid of the Confuse. That power can have some absolutely hilarious outcomes for the unwary.😂

I absolutely tossed that Judgement power out by accident.  Definitely.

[WindDemon21]

16 minutes ago, Booper said:

Thunderous Blast also has 170s recharge (typical for ranged nukes). However Seismic Blast has a mechanic the lowers the cooldown of its attacks when using other Seismic Blast attacks, so technically Meteor will recharge faster than the 170s base would suggest.

 

Meteor does 4.0 scale damage which is typical of most nukes and is definitely not the lowest damage (Rain of Arrow, Full Auto, and others do less).

Those also recharge MUCH faster at base to make up for the lower damage. Obviously it would regard damage versus recharge, not JUST damage. And that also means the cooldown, is off base recharge which is higher, meaning overall recharges longer when buffs/bonuses/slotting are applied etc.

[WindDemon21]

13 minutes ago, Lazarillo said:

I absolutely tossed that Judgement power out by accident.  Definitely.

judgement = incarnate = 50+, not the 40 and lower game though, should remove it from the 30-40 mobs.

[Wavicle]

38 minutes ago, WindDemon21 said:

So a general comment of concern. I see that the stats for Meteor have still not been fixed making it literally the worst nuke in the game.

 

Cons:

1. Longest recharge shared with Blizzard

2. Lowest damaging nuke shared with nova etc, per rech should be higher.

3. Crazy high kb mag, forcing you to put a kb-kd in it and wasting another slot.

4. Long time until the actual damage hits, on a location power. Meaning that most buffs you have on you, unless you literally start with it, will wear off by the time the meteor actually hits, making it do even less damage than comparable nukes. Gaussians proc being a huge example of this.

5. No beneficial secondary effect like other nukes, if it was only kd not needing to slot a kb-kd I would may say ok. But since it's location based, that ALSO means the knockback, is from the center of the location, not YOU. So if you don't put a kb-kd in it, the mobs will fly in all directions. Unlike nova for example, you can literally cast it as you're jumping out of the mob, and the mob will fly all in the same direction away from YOU.

 

Pros:

1. It... looks cool?....

 

I don't care if in some instances it may look a tiny bit weird, but making it target based would solve these issues at the very least, and a rech reduction.

First, the set comes with a recharge reduction mechanic. The power does have a unique special effect: it knocks back from a location of your choosing. No other power in the game does that.

[WindDemon21]

21 minutes ago, Booper said:

Thunderous Blast also has 170s recharge (typical for ranged nukes). However Seismic Blast has a mechanic the lowers the cooldown of its attacks when using other Seismic Blast attacks, so technically Meteor will recharge faster than the 170s base would suggest.

 

Meteor does 4.0 scale damage which is typical of most nukes and is definitely not the lowest damage (Rain of Arrow, Full Auto, and others do less).

TB is also target based, and does insane end drain and -recovery.

[Dacy]

1 minute ago, Wavicle said:

The power does have a unique special effect: it knocks back from a location of your choosing. No other power in the game does that.

Bonfire. But almost no one uses this, they turn it into a kd fest, instead. Because in general, teams HATE knock back. 

[Wavicle]

Just now, Dacy said:

Bonfire. But almost no one uses this, they turn it into a kd fest, instead. Because in general, teams HATE knock back. 

bonfire does it repeatedly with not much damage, this does it Once with a ton of damage, but that’s a good point.

[WindDemon21]

At the very least make it target based like TB, not location based.

[Wavicle]

11 minutes ago, WindDemon21 said:

At the very least make it target based like TB, not location based.

but then it can’t be used out of LoS.

[WindDemon21]

2 minutes ago, Wavicle said:

but then it can’t be used out of LoS.

That's fine, cause it's not doing much out of los as it is with those stats anyway. Also not like it's hard to cast it as you're jumping behind the corner.

[WindDemon21]

If it's going to be location based, it should completely neuter the mob as a nuke, even if it doesn't kill them. IE blizzard.