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FC.31.20161102.0626.3 - Power Changes/Bug Fixes
kaiserin
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Power Changes
Voodoo Doll Block
Curse
Archetypes
- Added visible numbers to the scales in the tailor UI.
- Onslaught Gloves of the Sniper now have a short internal cooldown. This change is targeted towards the use of this piece of gear with Power Armor abilities, and shouldn't have much impact on players who aren't using PA.
- Added 1K perks for gaining 1000 of Unity, SCR and GCR currencies: Bronze Age, Silver Age, Golden Age.
- Added a perk for completing all of those perks: Modern Age.
- Added Phoenix Tear back to the GCR store.
- Made some changes to the Cybermind Alert so it tracks mission credit a little better.
- Made a change to the Qliphothic Warzone open missions to try and address an issue with rewards.
Power Changes
- U-238 Rounds now apply Burn Through instead of its own debuff if toggled on for at least half of its duration instead of its own debuff. This is being done to tone down the number of debuffs PA can stack on a target.
- Increased the duration of burn through to 12 seconds.
- Plasma Beam's (player version) damage has been reduced to make it more in line with other power armor and aoe abilities.
- Plasma Beam's tic rate has been increased to 0.25 seconds to reduce server strain.
- Increased Melta Cannon chance to 10%. Tooltip is currently inaccurate.
- Fixed a bug where Arcane Clarity was not working for the Witch AT.
- Fixed a bug where Wil-o-the-Wisp was not refreshing Hexed.
- Fixed a bug where Life Essence healed you for extra tics.
- Added voodoo dolls as a costume option for Ebon Sigils.
- Voodoo powers can now be colored.
- Fixed a bug where R1 Infernal Blast FX was skewed.
- Fixed a bug where Mk1 Takofanes Throne vehicle was invisible.
- Fixed a bug where upgrading the Takofanes Throne did not expel the weapons.
- Fixed a bug where Incendiary Rounds did not increase in damage with its mark.
- Fixed a bug where the new arcane flight animation was playing when using any 2H block in regular flight mode.
Voodoo Doll Block
- Now deals toxic damage back to attackers.
- New Advantage: Has a 20% chance to stun enemies. This can occur once every 10 seconds.
Curse
- No longer ruptures poison. We decided to take the power in another direction.
- Stuns targets if affected by a poison.
- New advantage: Refreshes all poisons.
Archetypes
- The Witch AT no longer has access to Infernal Blast.
- Now picks between Ebon Sigils and Venomous Breath at level 11.
- Now picks between Curse or Will-o-the-Wisp at level 30.
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Plasma Beam needs second version. Non-toggle and non-slot version with old damage lMO. Many people were using it in non-PA builds, cross frameworks builds ftw.
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If PA is no longer stacking multiple debuffs, Burn Through should be increased to -15% to match other debuff powers.
While you're at it, make Burn Through available on a gadgeteering power. I suggest either Experimental Blaster or making it one of the random debuffs from Finite Improbability Engine, probably replacing Displaced.
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Ok I get nerfing the damage some... but it's still an awful power to use. Can the the way it targets get a look at please? Sure it did a ton of damage, but hardly anyone ever took it, because it was just so awkward. And I say this as a player who leveled a plasma beam + pestilence build to 40 back in the day
The New Witch power progression makes a lot more sense. Love the visuals and art (hooray voodoo dolls). Tried it out on test in both Lemurian Antiquities and a Nighthawk run. I did notice that all of it's powers are 50ft range abilities -- so it's forced close to the action a lot.
It looks like Life Essence was adjusted to place a hefty heal around poisoned enemy targets. That seemed to work well especially with Sentinel Mastery. Tanks should love this.
I actually like Arcane Clarity with this AT. Makes casting holds a little less annoying. I wouldn't mind someone taking a look at the cast time for Grasping Shadows. Even with AOAC it's a little slow.
Even with some of it's oddities - it has the best DPS & Survival of the exiisting healer AT's. I know there are folks who think otherwise. But I respectfully disagree. The Witch is a unique AT with an unusual (and fun) blend of powers. I like this kind of thinking... keep it up!!!
Ok at first I raged because I didn't read it very well and I thought Burn Through was applying Plasma Burn and i was like "why they hell are they replacing a Debuff with a usless DoT?"
But after re-reading I realized it's the same Debuff with Chest Beam (never seen the name of the Debuff)
I was afraid that Chest Beam would be the only Debuff for the set, but my fears came out to be wrong
Now BOTH Missiles (100feet) and Laser (50feet) themed PA Builds have equal debuffs
I'm Ok with this, it's not really the nerf which I was expecting, Cheers
How long is this internal Cooldown?
Just a side note since the Cooldown on the sniper gear will make this power tricky
BUG: Sniper Gloves generate damage while charging Shoulder Launcher, the damage is 2 Digit number for some reason (it also triggers debuffs in that period)
Aww yeah... but there are still a lot of Bugs and Exploits with this alert which need to be fixed (hell the whole alert needs to be revamped)
I wonder how much of a hit to PA's current 10,000-12,000dps all this will be. I'm sure it'll still be far ahead of everything else, considering it has been since 2009. So don't worry too much if you're someone thinking about having an existential meltdown over nerfs.
Snark never dies.
The Inernal CD applies for each PA power individually right? or does it applies to all of them at the same time
MEEEEEEH, the Poison Rapture was more interesting >_>
I was never fan of this power due to the Targeting system (it won't work on flying)
Too bad I was using it on a Gadget themed builds since there was no maintaince option for the poor Gadgeteers
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Yeah some things are broken... no I don't use/abuse them.. where would be the fun in that?
Sounds more like a Bragging Rights Reward I wonder if TvTropes' CO page was updated
Shame Steam Archievements hasn't been updated to include new CO stuff, this would be the Epitome of perk hunting
Where it happens: Powers: Will-o'-the-wisp
What happens: No debuffs will be applied to targets farther than 100 ft from the player. This includes debuffs acquired through advantages as well as the base power's poison stacks, and is determined at the time of impact. The damage component is unaffected.
Where it happens: Powers: Will-o'-the-wisp advantages: Harbinger and Ghost Fire
What happens: While the base power bypasses Line of Sight checks (please confirm if intended), the stun from Harbinger and the Fear part of Ghost Fire do not. Effects from other advantages, as well as the Clinging Flames (Ghost Fire) and the poison stacks (base power), are applied even if there is no line of sight to the target, but Fear and Stun aren't.
Where it happens: Powers: Will-o'-the-wisp advantage: Guide
What happens: While the base power bypasses Line of Sight checks (please confirm if intended), the Stun from Harbinger and the Fear component of Ghost Fire do not. Effects from other advantages, as well as the Clinging Flames (Ghost Fire) and the poison stacks (base power), are applied even if there is no line of sight to the target, but Fear and Stun aren't.
Suggestions
Allow Will-o'-the-wisp's advantages to apply their effects to all targets (except maybe Harbinger) instead of only the main target. The power's target limit is small enough, and its cooldown prevents excessive use.
Incentivize the use of Ranks for Will-o'the-wisp. Currently, only the damage portion (comparable to a single pulse of Celestial Conduit) and power effects are modified by ranking the power up.
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Suggestion: Please include an "Unlock Store Item* perk catagory within the perk list that describes the perks that are needed to unlock NPC store items, such as the Phoenix Tear.
I understand that some of the store unlock perks are listed, but they are not clear as to what store items they unlock and requires unecessary searching; for example if you wanted to purchase some of the Soveriegn Sons costume pieces from the GCR store you need the JuJu perk. To find out what that perk is, you have to search through the Perk store in order to find out what it is. (its under Signature Villians, I believe) If we had one tab that described what perks unlocked which store items, it would streamline the search for the perks you need to unlock store items.
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Yeah some things are broken... no I don't use/abuse them.. where would be the fun in that?
Evertyhing else is horrible
If the extra damage the gloves deals could transform into the type of damage the used power has, it would better DPS choice, piercing damage is horrible choice for many DPS
So the damage is converted, let's say into Magic for a Magic DPS
Seriously, devaluing your Gimmicky crappy OSV Gear instead of making it more appealing is really bad tactic, but again OSV was a bad update which made a lot of CO Veterans Quit
Where it happens: Perks: Bronze Age, Silver Age, and Golden Age
What happens: Recognition held prior to the existence of these perks is not credited towards their acquisition.
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This will be the case as we had nothing in place to track these currencies for perk purposes prior to this patch.
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Ok so PA was doing too much dmg. Might I ask what's the point of PA if not damage? I mean as far as I can remember that was what PA was all about. You use 3x powers to do the most dmg of all the sets. You deal with the energy issues and the targeting issue but are compensated with dmg. If you nerf PA then what role does it play? I can make another toon which uses only 1 dmg power and use the rest for utility/buffs/debuffs/healing instead of spending 2 more power points and 8 adv points like I do with PA because of the 3x toggles.
Look, I get nerfing things but the PA set was always all about dmg (multiple toggles). That's the thing about that set, it was like that since close beta. Why would people invest into a PA build if they can just make one that does somewhat less dmg but gives you 2 power points and 8 adv points to play with since you don't need to use 3x toggles for max dmg.
I understood why 2GM was nerfed, it was the single most dmg power in the game (high dmg, low energy cost, would work on almost any build, no downsides). But nerfing a set that's all about dmg is like removing Bleeds from Bestial.
With 3 PA attacks you can cover all all that very nicely.
If you look at recently reviewed sets HW/bestial, you need more attacks to cover things.
Most other ranged sets also need at least 3 attacks to cover their cover their attacking needs. TGM/burstshot is the only combo I would consider for making a build with only 2 attacks.
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This won't effect Pulse Beam Riffle AT ALL
If The innate cooldown of theOSV Sniper is 0.5 sec and the Pulse Beam Riffle is dealing damage every 0.5 sec, then they in perfect pulse wave
The thing about PA powers is that individually they are not as strong as other powers. Furthermore running 3x toggles uses a lot of energy and on top each additional toggle makes powers cost even more energy. The energy requirements on such builds is by far the greatest of all the sets.
I don't know how you build your toons but I can tell you that you can easily make one using only 1 or 2 dmg powers.
For all intents an purposes PA is all about doing dmg. That's it's mechanic if you will.
What bothers me the most about those changes is the Sniper gloves though. That's 15 days of grinding (if you do it every day)
for one piece. To have it nerfed like this is just unacceptable. What's the point of doing content if once you get your gear they nerf it !?
Not only is CO getting more and more grindy but now even the items we farm for are getting nerfed. Those nerfs don't affect just powers, they affect the build and the gear and the mods you use on those toons. That's a lot of time and G wasted because of lack of foresight.
The success rate of cosmics will decrease a lot after this patch. Consider how much a PA toon helps carry those who can't make the DPS check (i.e Dino). If an optimized PA toon does the most dmg then let it, I don't see how it negatively affects anyone especially if we are talking about doing Cosmics. (I guess there are not enough failed runs as is, we need to make it even harder on people)
This means that power armor powers are forced to underperform when used by themselves, and thus can't fit well with other abilities. Personally, I suspect PA would be better off with a significant increase in base damage of individual toggles, and then instead of active toggles giving an energy penalty, active toggles give a damage penalty. For example, a toggle gives a -50% damage penalty to powers other than itself, using two toggles at once would do 133% of damage of one toggle, three would do 150%. At current PA power stats that's too severe, but then there would be room to improve base stats for PA powers.
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You can actually do the math to see how much of a change that was. For example for PB it would proc every 0.1s so it was worth it. Now it procs every 0.5 seconds, meaning you essentially have lost 8 ticks of dmg from the onslaught gear per second or you can think of an 80% dmg loss compared to live Sniper gloves.
According to the current nerf of the Sniper gloves, the powers most affected by it are those who did dmg on a <0.5s per tick.
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If there are some lower damage attacks like AoE (which there are a lot off in the PA set) things might not work out.
For example if you have one attack that does 5000 dps, one that does 4000 and one 3000.
Obviously using 1 attack you'd do 5000, 4000 or 3000 dps.
Using two attack you'd do (5000+4000)/1.5=6000, (5000+3000)/1.5=5333, or (4000+3000)/1.5=4666 dps.
And using all 3 attacks you'd do (5000+4000+3000)/2=6000 dps.