Uncle Shags Posted Thursday at 05:15 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:15 PM Howdy folks! I'm disgruntled, nice to meet you. In the last couple days I made an NRG/NRG blaster specifically for the knockback. I wanted to send baddies into the atmosphere. Power Boost specifically says in the in game description that it improves knockback. Power Thrust magnitude is 16. That's really high. So maxed out knockback enhancement into Power Thrust, combined with Power Boost should combine for a grand total of extra lots of knockback! Right?! Guess what? Power Boost does nothing. In mids it nearly doubles the magnitude, but in game it does nothing to the distance when compared to an unboosted Power Thrust. Two days of leveling for nothing... Is kb magnitude not supposed to increase distance traveled? I thought that was the whole point. The plot thickens when you look at City of Data for power boost it says in the written description that it impacts knockback, but when you look below in the effects there is a whole slew of things increased by 78.672%, but knockback is conspicuously absent... What gives? Should I put in a bug report, or is this a known issue working as intended? Thank you kindly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcane Posted Thursday at 05:22 PM Share Posted Thursday at 05:22 PM I believe PB used to affect KB but no longer does. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High_Beam Posted Thursday at 06:25 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:25 PM Damn shame. I am so tired of hearing the towel twisting against KB. I wish they would leave the KB in things that are supposed to knock things back. 1 Girls of Nukem High - Excelsior - Tempus Fabulous, Flattery, Jennifer Chilly, Betty Beatdown, Totally Cali, Two Gun Trixie Babes of War - Excelsior - High Beam (Yay), Di Di Guns, Runeslinger, Munitions Mistress, Tideway, Hard Melody, Blue Aria Many alts and lots of fun. Thank you Name Release For letting me get my OG main back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted Thursday at 06:28 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:28 PM 1 hour ago, Uncle Shags said: Howdy folks! I'm disgruntled, nice to meet you. In the last couple days I made an NRG/NRG blaster specifically for the knockback. I wanted to send baddies into the atmosphere. Power Boost specifically says in the in game description that it improves knockback. Power Thrust magnitude is 16. That's really high. So maxed out knockback enhancement into Power Thrust, combined with Power Boost should combine for a grand total of extra lots of knockback! Right?! Guess what? Power Boost does nothing. In mids it nearly doubles the magnitude, but in game it does nothing to the distance when compared to an unboosted Power Thrust. Two days of leveling for nothing... Is kb magnitude not supposed to increase distance traveled? I thought that was the whole point. The plot thickens when you look at City of Data for power boost it says in the written description that it impacts knockback, but when you look below in the effects there is a whole slew of things increased by 78.672%, but knockback is conspicuously absent... What gives? Should I put in a bug report, or is this a known issue working as intended? Thank you kindly. you will be massively hated by all temmates without the PB. but, you can always add + KB through enhancements. and you can use a base empowerment station too Knockback Increase (Empowerment) - Unofficial Homecoming Wiki 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavicle Posted Thursday at 06:28 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:28 PM Knockback was removed from Power Boost like 15 years ago, on the live Cryptic servers. 1 Wavicle's Guide To What Really Matters: What Needs To Be Done On Every Toon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted Thursday at 06:44 PM Share Posted Thursday at 06:44 PM You can boost your KB via the Empowerment station for 90 minutes at a time. (I think it says 60) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Shags Posted Thursday at 08:09 PM Author Share Posted Thursday at 08:09 PM Well dang. They can change the coding but not the power descriptions?... Mids says I can boost power thrust up to 45.5 with a full set (kinetic crash). So, theoretically, 60 more from the empowerment station should more than double the distance. I just got in real quick and tested the station buff. My gut says it's not doing much, but I can't do thorough testing. It's RL trick or treating time! Thanks for the help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted Thursday at 11:09 PM Share Posted Thursday at 11:09 PM 2 hours ago, Uncle Shags said: Well dang. They can change the coding but not the power descriptions?... Mids says I can boost power thrust up to 45.5 with a full set (kinetic crash). So, theoretically, 60 more from the empowerment station should more than double the distance. I just got in real quick and tested the station buff. My gut says it's not doing much, but I can't do thorough testing. It's RL trick or treating time! Thanks for the help. It is a really old game and the upkeep on changing descriptions to match stuff was never done on live. Now it is volunteers… plus, they actively TRIED to mislead players with descriptions when the game came out… and, the most times they were not trying to mislead players they were just stupidly wrong. Take the Blaster AT description. Ranged damage dealer? A Blaster is most effective at point blank range. That has changed somewhat over the years, but the best Fire^3 is still a Blapper. And most Blasters do more damage blapping. there are a thousand other “pluses” and “ands” but sometimes you just gotta roll on have fun KB. Also, check out Earth Blast Meteor. Ka….BOOM!!! ☄️🔥💥💥💥 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wavicle Posted Friday at 03:43 AM Share Posted Friday at 03:43 AM 4 hours ago, Snarky said: check out Earth Blast Meteor seconded. Seismic Blast>Meteor is one of the most fun Knockback powers in the game. 1 Wavicle's Guide To What Really Matters: What Needs To Be Done On Every Toon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoptartsNinja Posted Friday at 08:35 PM Share Posted Friday at 08:35 PM IIRC knockback mag has a soft cap of 15 or so, so anything above that value doesn't really add extra distance. Having higher KB values just means you'll knock higher level or knockback resistant foes back farther. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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