Why doesn't Overdrive work all the time?

tilarta

I was fighting some enemies in Vibora Bay when I noticed something odd.

I fully maintained Shadow Blast and Overdrive failed to activate.

I checked the tooltip and it says it activates on use of "a Toggle or Maintain ability used for 50% of it's maximum charge time".

I then went to the powerhouse and checked each qualifying power:

Tactical Missiles
Micro Munitions
Pulse Beam Rifle
Sonic Boom Generator.

Of these five powers, only Micro Munitions and Pulse Beam Rifle triggered Overdrive.


Anyone have any idea why Overdrive is not working as advertised?

bravehoptoad

Shadow Blast is a charge, not a maintain. "Toggles" I think only refer to PA toggles, since those are the only toggles that are attacks.

Dunno for sure, though, I'm a newb myself.

kallethen

Shadow Blast is not a maintain or a toggle. It's a Blast power, you tap or charge. Same with Tactical Missiles and Sonic Boom Generator.

Maintain powers are ones that do something on a constant tick for as long as you hold the button. Things like Fire Breath, Shadow Embrace, Frenzy, or Shockwave.

A toggle is similar to a maintain, except that you don't have to hold down the button. You activate it and the power runs until you either turn it off, run out of energy, or the max duration has been reached. Several Power Armor powers are toggles, like Micro Munitions or Minigun. Ego Storm from Telepathy has an advantage that turns it into a toggle instead of a maintain.

That said, I know there's a small handful of maintain powers that Overdrive doesn't properly trigger on. There's a recent thread posted about them.

ajanus

P.S. Frenzy is a combo tap power, not maintain :biggrin: (Just for clarification)

kallethen

ajanus wrote: »

P.S. Frenzy is a combo tap power, not maintain :biggrin: (Just for clarification)

*facepalm* I meant to type Ego Blade Frenzy.

ajanus

Figured. You got my hopes up though, had to login and check lol.

jaazaniah1

This is the page with the list of powers that proc/don't proc overdrive.

http://co-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=248781

rtma

Because like most things in this game, it is still Broke-ed. :B