Toxins description is in conflict with detailed info when choosing the power.

[Ukase]

A picture says it best, I guess. Toxins, the plant secondary version of Build-up.  Looking in the detailed info, there's nothing about doing extra damage, yet the description says extra toxic damage. Is it DoT? How much? How many ticks? Or does it not do any damage? If not, why does it say it does? 

Or do I put this under typos or bugs? 

 

 

[Uun]

It's a proc with the amount of damage determined by the power's base recharge and area factor. 

 

[MagExpr] points of Toxic damage (all affected targets)
Magnitude Expression: 55.612 * (0.16 * minmax(power.base>rechargetime, 0, 20) + 0.36) / power.base>areafactor

 

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=blaster_support.plant_manipulation.toxins&at=blaster

https://cod.uberguy.net/html/power.html?power=temporary_powers.temporary_powers.plant_manipulation_toxins&at=blaster

[macskull]

This isn't a bug, it's just a limitation with how powers info is displayed ingame.

[Shin Magmus]

   I agree that it would be nice if powers like Toxins and Brimstone could show their dmg values under detailed-info, but yeah due to limitations and variance they can't.  It's a bit unfortunate since this is one of a few cases where the detailed info can basically trick the player who takes the extra effort to read it, but that's just how it is.  Toxins is a GREAT power BTW.

[MTeague]

I would find it hard to come up with a proper themed character to use /Plant Manipulation, but I also haven't put a whole lot of thought into that prospect.  Maybe Storm/Plant, for some kind of angry nature spirit?

[Uun]

2 hours ago, MTeague said:

I would find it hard to come up with a proper themed character to use /Plant Manipulation, but I also haven't put a whole lot of thought into that prospect.  Maybe Storm/Plant, for some kind of angry nature spirit?

Seismic/Plant?

[MTeague]

16 minutes ago, Uun said:

Seismic/Plant?

not a bad idea, though personally, I do not care for most of the seismic blast animations. Some of them, the animation looks like it should one-shot small neighborhoods, but it's still only going to do regular damage for that blast tier. I get what they were going for, but the disconnect doesn't work for me. 

[Rudra]

3 hours ago, MTeague said:

I would find it hard to come up with a proper themed character to use /Plant Manipulation, but I also haven't put a whole lot of thought into that prospect.  Maybe Storm/Plant, for some kind of angry nature spirit?

Dark Blast/Plant Manipulation -> A shadow plant entity from pick realm (shadow realm, qlipphotic realm, whatever realm)

Electrical Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Malign or violent nature spirit

Energy Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Inverse of Dark/Plant idea, also bio-energy plants

Fire Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Entity of the cosmic cycle (destruction and rebirth)

Ice Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Variant of Fire/Plant idea, except winter-spring themed

Psychic Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Uses psionics to attack and control vegetative matter, or plant that gained sentience and associated psychic powers

Radiation Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Science experiment gone wrong (or right?)

Seismic Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Standard earth-plant approach

Sonic Attack/Plant Manipulation -> Plants that use vibration as self-defense (or use sonics straight up if preferred)

Storm Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Variant of Electric/Plant, also storm attractor entity concepts

Water Blast/Plant Manipulation -> Standard water-plant approach (variation of sentient aggressive cactus creature?)

 

Just some thoughts from scanning the Blaster list.

 

Edit: Any gun(s)/Plant Manipulation -> Modern or Sci Fi druid. Archery/Plant Manipulation -> Martially minded druid.

 

Edited September 20 by Rudra

[Ukase]

The character in question is water/plant. 

I appreciate the additional info. 

 

Spoiler

 

[biostem]

5 hours ago, MTeague said:

I would find it hard to come up with a proper themed character to use /Plant Manipulation, but I also haven't put a whole lot of thought into that prospect.  Maybe Storm/Plant, for some kind of angry nature spirit?

Superpowered roulette?  "You got plants in my machines!  You got machines in my plants!"  

[srmalloy]

8 hours ago, MTeague said:

I would find it hard to come up with a proper themed character to use /Plant Manipulation, but I also haven't put a whole lot of thought into that prospect.

I have two — a Fire/Plant named Pozharnaya Sornyak ('Fire Weed') and a Dark/Plant named Toksichniy Podlesok ('Toxic Undergrowth') with the Dark blasts recolored to look like she's shooting plant toxins. 

Edited September 21 by srmalloy

[MTeague]

5 hours ago, biostem said:

Superpowered roulette?  "You got plants in my machines!  You got machines in my plants!"  

I understood that reference!  

(which... means I'm old.)

[Ukase]

9 hours ago, biostem said:

Superpowered roulette?  "You got plants in my machines!  You got machines in my plants!"  

And now I want a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup.