New Dominator ATOs - with a twist!

[Vanden]

Dominators have a unique problem with their ATOs. Unlike every other AT with a damage primary or secondary (i.e., all of them but Controllers), they don't get ATOs that enhance damage. Instead, their ATOs enhance control duration. For Controllers this was necessary in order for it to be possible for every possible Controller to be able to slot the same sets, but for Dominators it ends up massively restricting where they can slot their ATOs. Making entirely new ATOs for them isn't super practical IMO, because of power creep reasons. But what if...

 

 

...there were just mutually exclusive Dominator ATOs that enhanced Damage instead of control duration? Call them "Primacy of the Dominator" and "Dominating Grip," with the exact same set bonuses and procs. It would actually be pretty simple to make these new IOs exclusive with the existing IOs; that's basically achieved by having each IO check that you don't already have that IO OR the Superior version slotted, so they'd simply have to be modified to also check against the damage/control version of the IO. For example, Ascendancy of the Dominator Accuracy/Control currently looks similar to this:

Requires NOT_SLOTTED(Ascendancy of the Dominator Accuracy/Control) AND NOT_SLOTTED(Superior Ascendancy of the Dominator Accuracy/Control)

It would just need to be modified to be:

Requires NOT_SLOTTED(Ascendancy of the Dominator Accuracy/Control) AND NOT_SLOTTED(Superior Ascendancy of the Dominator Accuracy/Control) 
AND NOT_SLOTTED(Primacy of the Dominator Accuracy/Damage) AND NOT_SLOTTED(Superior Primacy of the Dominator Accuracy/Damage)

 

So, this suggestion is quite achievable. In other words, with the "could we?" settled, it's only a matter of "should we?"

Edited October 18, 2022 by Vanden

[Wavicle]

And these would be slottable in the secondary?

[Mezmera]

Ascendancy of the Dominator would make sense to leave the bonuses as they are but change it to damage instead of control so it can slot into assaults.  Then spruce up the other set and make it good for slotting into a control power.  

[TheZag]

Id like to see control sets in general have some damage attached to them or some new control sets with damage.  Dominators in particular are quite limited for where their ATO can be slotted so i say do the thing.

 

[Vanden]

8 hours ago, Wavicle said:

And these would be slottable in the secondary?

 

Any primary or secondary power that deals damage.