Invention sets

[Scarlet Shocker]

3 hours ago, FupDup said:

Usually, the more veteran players tend to load up their eligible attack powers with as many damage procs as they can, at least for the powers that have a decent proc rate. Powers with lower proc rates might be used as a source of global recharge/accuracy bonuses to help the proc'd powers work. 

 

Loading up pure sets in everything is still viable in the sense that the game's difficulty is low enough that you'll still be able to complete almost anything that way, but proc bombed builds are mathematically better because damage is the name of the game and non-damage stats like defense can be outsourced to teammates and/or insps.

 

At the risk of going off topic, the issue is that most set bonuses don't actually raise your maximum ceiling for those stats, they just bring you closer to the same ceiling that everyone else has (in other words, raise the floor). Meanwhile, damage procs give you a way to surpass your standard damage ceiling. A Blaster built for softcapped defenses has the exact same upper limits for def, res, HP, etc. as a Blaster with 0% defenses, but the 0% Blaster has a higher damage ceiling that can't be replicated from inspirations or teammates. If I were to make the game again from scratch, I would add some kind of way for set bonuses to interact with your max caps, i.e. resistance bonuses might slightly increase your max res cap to a particular damage type, so that non-offensive investment couldn't be completely replaced by outside sources (which of course would entail rebalancing the default res caps, etc). 

 

...But this is definitely way too much for a game as old and established as this one, I'm just ranting for academic purposes. 

 

 

Ok, that makes sense and while I kinda think I knew this already you've clarified the point. The only way to take your damage beyond the pre-defined game cap is to proc the shit out of it!