(Temporary Power) Life Hack: Arachnos Disguise

[tidge]

I thought I'd share this: After completing Agent G's Faultline Arc, I still had some time left on the temporary power Arachnos Disguise, I used it (as a lowbie) to collect badges in all sorts of (blueside) zones that would have otherwise had the baddies quite interested in me, including Giant Monsters in Peregrine Island. The only enemy group that "saw through" the disguise were the Rikti spawns in the Abandoned Sewer Network.

[Snarky]

54 minutes ago, tidge said:

I thought I'd share this: After completing Agent G's Faultline Arc, I still had some time left on the temporary power Arachnos Disguise, I used it (as a lowbie) to collect badges in all sorts of (blueside) zones that would have otherwise had the baddies quite interested in me, including Giant Monsters in Peregrine Island. The only enemy group that "saw through" the disguise were the Rikti spawns in the Abandoned Sewer Network.

Interesting.  Blueside any baddie = all baddy, so you are them.  Redside...no.  Much like the Rikti Redside is very faction specific.  Almost positive a similar tactic would not work Redside.

[tidge]

Because of the way the Rikti reacted (the ASN spawns include drones), I suspect it was simply a sort of SUPER STEALTH. I didn't think to check my combat attributes, as I was "on the clock". I don't remember the Rikti Monkeys in PI paying attention to me.

[Luminara]

It's 80' Stealth with a model-specific costume (Huntsman male /Night Widow female /Crab Spider huge).  It can be acquired multiple times by accepting Agent G's mission, abandoning it and accepting it again (the power isn't deleted when the mission is abandoned).  Each time it's re-acquired, it adds 1 hour of duration, up to 2.5 hours maximum (game time, not real time, so the timer isn't ticking when the character is logged out).

 

That's it.  It's just "free" Stealth for 1-2.5 hours, and it works anywhere and on anything that doesn't ignore Stealth.  I played around with it while leveling up a few characters, but I didn't like the toggle cost.

 

Similar powers are Midnight Visage (50' Stealth) and the Chameleon Suit (1000' Stealth).

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=temporary_powers.temporary_powers.arachnos_disguise

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=temporary_powers.temporary_powers.midnight_visage

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=temporary_powers.temporary_powers.freakshow_disguise