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Mastermind trick arrow oil slick -def encs but no power info


Ridiculous Girl

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hello!

i was running on my lvl 29 ninja/TA mm, princess dragon, when i noticed that the Mastermind Trick Arrow Oil slick arrow, takes defense debuffs encs. but under the power infomation, it gives no info on the -def. when i put in a lvl 30 SO def debuff, it showed only that the -def power was augmented 38% (or something like that). on City of Data, it list one of the effects for oil slick arrow (MM TA) as base -25% def. so i tested it out on some poor helpless lvl 1 hellions with a power analyzer. they went from 0% def to -100% def, (not ignited) which was odd, but ok. so i went to brickstown and found some freaks more my level, it dropped them to something like -34% def, which i kind of expected.  what is going on here? why is the -def %s not  listed in the power information? why would it scale like that for lower levels? is this a bug? just curious! 🙂

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3 hours ago, Ridiculous Girl said:

why is the -def %s not  listed in the power information?

 

Because of the way the power is designed.  Using Oil Slick Arrow creates two pseudo-pets, Oil Slick Oil and Oil Slick Target, and defeating Oil Slick Target with any energy or fire damage causes a third pseudo-pet to spawn, Oil Slick Burn.  The info panel doesn't respond well to the complexity.

 

3 hours ago, Ridiculous Girl said:

why would it scale like that for lower levels?

 

https://homecoming.wiki/wiki/Purple_Patch

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4 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said:

Debuffs scale based upon critter level -- they're more effective on critters below your level and less effective on those above your level.

I'm 99% sure -DEF is listed in the power description, -25%. A +1 SO would put that around 34% against critters your level, so that looks right.

ok, that makes sense, the first part. and yeah, duh, i should have remembered that it scales... 😅

the description, yes, but the detailed power info does not list it. hence the confusion. is it just missing text?

thank you for responding! 🙂

"I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours" the Cheshire Cat

"Ce n'est rien de mourir; c'est affreux de ne pas vivre"

(It's nothing to die, it's terrible not to live) Jean Valjean

"وطن المرء ليس مكان ولادته و لكنه المكان الذي تنتهي فيه كل محاولاته للهروب”

(Home is not where you were born, home is where all your attempts to escape cease.) Naguib Mahfouz

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oops the detailed info only report -run speed and fire damage, even on the character creation. 🙂

"I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours" the Cheshire Cat

"Ce n'est rien de mourir; c'est affreux de ne pas vivre"

(It's nothing to die, it's terrible not to live) Jean Valjean

"وطن المرء ليس مكان ولادته و لكنه المكان الذي تنتهي فيه كل محاولاته للهروب”

(Home is not where you were born, home is where all your attempts to escape cease.) Naguib Mahfouz

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3 minutes ago, Captain Fabulous said:


As Luminara said, it's because it's a pseudo pet, and the game info doesn't always report the abilities of pseudo pets. Mids and CoD will give you that info.

ha ha! i only saw your response... thank you!

"I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours" the Cheshire Cat

"Ce n'est rien de mourir; c'est affreux de ne pas vivre"

(It's nothing to die, it's terrible not to live) Jean Valjean

"وطن المرء ليس مكان ولادته و لكنه المكان الذي تنتهي فيه كل محاولاته للهروب”

(Home is not where you were born, home is where all your attempts to escape cease.) Naguib Mahfouz

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46 minutes ago, Luminara said:

 

Because of the way the power is designed.  Using Oil Slick Arrow creates two pseudo-pets, Oil Slick Oil and Oil Slick Target, and defeating Oil Slick Target with any energy or fire damage causes a third pseudo-pet to spawn, Oil Slick Burn.  The info panel doesn't respond well to the complexity.

 

sorry, i only saw the other response... i was not intentionally ignoring you! ok, i should have known that. ok case closed, just COH weirdness, i am use to that. 🙂

"I'm not crazy, my reality is just different than yours" the Cheshire Cat

"Ce n'est rien de mourir; c'est affreux de ne pas vivre"

(It's nothing to die, it's terrible not to live) Jean Valjean

"وطن المرء ليس مكان ولادته و لكنه المكان الذي تنتهي فيه كل محاولاته للهروب”

(Home is not where you were born, home is where all your attempts to escape cease.) Naguib Mahfouz

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