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kojirohellfire
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As my various heroes inevitably draw closer to level 25, I've been contemplating what powersets would be appropriate for my villains when I recreate them as Nemeses. Most, so far, have been rather obvious--Scythus would be Darkness, Poison Lips would be Infernal, i.e.--but one continues to elude me in the planning stages.
Mistress Bloodwrath was a Mercs/Pain Mastermind in CoH and would naturally be having soldiers as her minions. But her powerset, what to do about her powerset? What powerset seems appropriate for Pain?
I'm contemplating possibly Telekinesis simply because of the mental and physical relationship of pain, but I think I could use some input on this.
Mistress Bloodwrath was a Mercs/Pain Mastermind in CoH and would naturally be having soldiers as her minions. But her powerset, what to do about her powerset? What powerset seems appropriate for Pain?
I'm contemplating possibly Telekinesis simply because of the mental and physical relationship of pain, but I think I could use some input on this.
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My apologies for wasting your time is a fix has already been announced and I missed it.
Also, Telepathy is a surprisingly powerful set in Nemesis Alerts. A Nemesis with that set will put a real hurting on PUG that isn't expecting a fight.
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
But anyone else have any input for Mistress Bloodwrath?
I have yet to see a nemesis using these power. Telepathy nems are more about Ego Blast and Ego Storm.
Also, Telekinesis = Ego Blades. That's nothing like Pain.
Giving any nemesis Darkness as a powerset is a BAD idea! The "un-feature" that gives Ao' Qephoth his insane regeneration affects Darkness nemeses too! :eek:
The sad fact is that the Nemesis System hasn't been updated since Vibora bay was added, in year 1. And judging from the devs' current pace, it won't be updated within the next two years.
All right, I'll certainly consider that then. Although I'd like to poll the audience if anyone has seen those powers from a Telepathy Nemesis. If not, then I might go with that then.
Is that all that's wrong with Darkness for Nemeses? Then I don't think it'll be a problem for the Superman-expy that willl regularly be tangoing with Scythus. Destructeon hits like a truck.
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
'Wen considered the nature of time and understood that the universe is, instant by instant, recreated anew. Therefore, he understood, there is in truth no past, only a memory of the past. Blink your eyes, and the world you see next did not exist when you closed them. Therefore, he said, the only appropriate state of the mind is surprise. The only appropriate state of the heart is joy. The sky you see now, you have never seen before. The perfect moment is now. Be glad of it.' Terry Pratchet The Thief Of Time
It would not be a problem at all in regular nemesis missions. But entering a nemesis alert with a Darkness nemesis is pretty much griefing.
The amount of HP regenerated by Shadowfeast, the inbuilt HoT of Shadow Form, heals 1.8% of the user's max HP (chance on attack, possible at most every 3 seconds). It is not the passive power itself that is causing the overpowered heal, but the sheer amount of HP alert bosses generally have.
This was initially a design flaw. Shadowfeast was balanced for player characters with no more than 10,000 HP, not for NPCs that have over two million HP.
First, it was noticed on Demoiselle Nocturen after alerts went live. She was then given a special version of Shadow Form that doesn't heal her. However, nemeses didn't get this treatment, as Cryptic has appearantly decided not to touch the nemesis system until it gets a huge update. :rolleyes:
For Ao' Qephoth, they deliberately left the heal in, thinking this would make him "more of a challenge".
Personally, I think it's sad that our devs resort to bug exploits to create content, and then do it wrong, in a way that makes people hate their work.
The rocket jump in Team Fortress 2; that's how you turn a bug into a feature. Ao' Qephoth, however, is rightfully the most hated of all alert villains, for the sole reason that he is so difficult to defeat because he cheats. Fighting a cheater is not fun!
Sorry, got a little off track here. But the point is: If you have a Darkness nemesis, enter a nemesis alert, and yours is chosen, it will be exactly like if you were fighting Ao' Qephoth. The other players on the group will be frustrated, and you will likely lose the alert.
So, if you must have a Darkness nemesis, do everyone including yourself a favour and stay out of nemesis alerts.
However, it takes but a few seconds to edit your nemesis -- so I keep him as Darkness until Nemesis Dockside Dustup pops up as an alert, then I edit him to Infernal -- which is still a pain for many PUGs, but more doable -- then switch back to Darkness when that alert rotates out.