Captynrj Posted February 8 Posted February 8 I'd love to see Lighting storm have some ability to follow the caster around...sorta like storm cell. 2
Uun Posted February 8 Posted February 8 While I like the idea, keep in mind that quite a few enemies have Lightning Storm. It would be unfortunate if you couldn't break LOS to get away from them. 1 Uuniverse
Clave Dark 5 Posted February 9 Posted February 9 I dunno... it would be nice, sure, but it would be nice if I got a hundred merits every time I logged in, too. This feels like a power creep to me, for a power that's already pretty powerful. My first impression. Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
MsSmart Posted February 10 Posted February 10 I always had an issue with lightning storm not being able to follow me, like other classes' pets. I would suggest if you move out of range of your lightning storm, it dissipates and your icon is refreshed for a new recast, if it had not already happened. Sue
Communistpenguin Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Im used to it as it is. It works fine, I see no reason to change it.
Clave Dark 5 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 5 hours ago, MsSmart said: I always had an issue with lightning storm not being able to follow me, like other classes' pets. I would suggest if you move out of range of your lightning storm, it dissipates and your icon is refreshed for a new recast, if it had not already happened. Sue Is it a pet, or an AoE thing, like a Sleet or Rain of Fire? Is Sleet a pet, should that follow you too? IMHO, I think it wasn't meant to be a pet; perhaps you're meant to have locked down some foes to keep them within range of it. You have to remember this was designed before the current age of speedruns and steamrolling teams. If you're on one of those, then you may very well be in a situation where you don't need to cast it all that often anyway, you and your team are already on top of the situation! You can maybe just save it for longer AV fights or something. Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Luminara Posted February 11 Posted February 11 If it moved, it'd have to be changed so using the power again would replace the existing one, instead of the current summoning of another. We'd only be able to have one out at a time, instead of two or three. Going to have to pull out the nope on that. Nope. 1 Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right.
Rudra Posted February 11 Posted February 11 1 hour ago, Clave Dark 5 said: Is it a pet, or an AoE thing, like a Sleet or Rain of Fire? Is Sleet a pet, should that follow you too? IMHO, I think it wasn't meant to be a pet; perhaps you're meant to have locked down some foes to keep them within range of it. You have to remember this was designed before the current age of speedruns and steamrolling teams. If you're on one of those, then you may very well be in a situation where you don't need to cast it all that often anyway, you and your team are already on top of the situation! You can maybe just save it for longer AV fights or something. To the best of my knowledge, it is a pseudo-pet. Something created for the power to work, rather than an actual pet. The problem with looking it up, is Lightning Storm, Rain of Fire, Ice Storm, Blizzard, you name it are all listed as pets, but aren't actually pets.
Clave Dark 5 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 3 hours ago, Rudra said: To the best of my knowledge, it is a pseudo-pet. Something created for the power to work, rather than an actual pet. The problem with looking it up, is Lightning Storm, Rain of Fire, Ice Storm, Blizzard, you name it are all listed as pets, but aren't actually pets. For once, I will take the side of "it's the semantics." I don't think a "pseudopet" is a "pet," in action, even if the definitions are a bit squishy. The wiki says a pet is: "NPC that follows a character around and attacks" While noting pseudopets: "create a temporary, untargetable, invulnerable object on the map, then that object uses powers of its own ... but that some can move or not.... Although it's highly unintuitive to call some of these objects "pets", their inner workings are all the same: a power creates a thing with powers of its own, and that thing uses those powers on players or enemies using the same AI and Attack Mechanics that true pets do." Maybe that untargetable is the key here. 1 Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney: Matt (Posi) used to say that players would find the shortest path to the rewards even if it was a completely terrible play experience that would push them away from the game... ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ Clave's Sure-Fire Secrets to Enjoying City Of Heroes Ignore those farming chores, skip your market homework, play any power sets that you want, and ignore anyone who says otherwise. This game isn't hard work, it's easy! Go have fun! ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
Captynrj Posted February 14 Author Posted February 14 I see your points - I wouldn't want to loose the ability of summoning 3 clouds. I hadn't considered the other "psuedopets" or however you'd want to identify them. I retract my suggestion! 1
Luminara Posted February 14 Posted February 14 What just happened? Did someone... not explode in an argumentative temper tantrum when he/she wasn't patted on the head and told what a brilliant suggestion it was? I... I... *faints* Get busy living... or get busy dying. That's goddamn right.
Rudra Posted February 15 Posted February 15 Smelling salts! Someone get the smelling salts! Or a sacrificial soul or 3! Lumi' down! Lumi' DOWN!!!
plainguy Posted February 16 Posted February 16 On 2/7/2024 at 9:39 PM, Captynrj said: I'd love to see Lighting storm have some ability to follow the caster around...sorta like storm cell. On 2/8/2024 at 9:20 PM, Clave Dark 5 said: I dunno... it would be nice, sure, but it would be nice if I got a hundred merits every time I logged in, too. This feels like a power creep to me, for a power that's already pretty powerful. My first impression. I think it would have to be at a lower DPS And it would be a great OPTION for a player.. Why Softcap is important: https://dechskaison.blogspot.com/2011/01/why-is-softcap-so-important.html Limits: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Limits Attack Mechanics: https://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Attack_Mechanics Semi & Petless Mastermind Builds: https://forums.homecomingservers.com/topic/10994-petless-and-semi-petless-masterminds/
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