New year, new Armor T9 discussion!

[mistagoat]

37 minutes ago, Frosticus said:

"barely an inconvenience"

[tidge]

There is a pretty large level gap between when a T9 can be chosen/slotted and a Destiny Incarnate power being available!

[Frosticus]

For def based t9s

in the case of /ea that only matters if you are a masochist trying to never use inspirations to get through the crash. Otherwise you just hit a single blue and energy drain

in the case of /nin (scrap/sent) they have a 0 end cost blue bar refill on a short timer, that set sails through the retsu crash like it is designed to handle it.

Only /sr has issues easily handling the crash before 50, but it also gains the least from using it relative to the others. That said, 160% positional def on a tank is entirely, unnecessarily, enjoyable. 

 

everyone is free to petition for the type of gameplay they want, but imo /ea and /nin really underperform outside of their t9. So t9 changes would have to be accompanied by a major revamp of the entire set for me to get behind it. 

[Captain Fabulous]

11 hours ago, tidge said:

There is a pretty large level gap between when a T9 can be chosen/slotted and a Destiny Incarnate power being available!

Not to mention that a T9 shouldn't need an incarnate to be viable.

[Wavicle]

I agree some of them need a tweak.

[Starhammer]

I'm in the camp of preferring less powerful, less punishing, faster activating T9s. I'll occasionally take One with the Shield or Strength of Will. I won't even bother with the others. I don't have the coordination to cycle a variety of powers to counteract another power's drawbacks. I just need powers I can use when I need them that don't make me regret using them. Maybe the power level of those or the Sorc one (already forgot the name. Stroke brain sucks) isn't amazing, but they're good enough to usually make the difference I need when things get hairy. I wish the high tier buffs in the other pool sets would be rebuilt to more closely match Sorcery. I'd use those pools more often. And the T9s in armor sets feel the same but more. I hate skipping powers, but not as much as I hate taking powers that I'll never use because they're bad for me.