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Which powersets require a review the next year?
criswolf09
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Hi guys I was wondering which powersets need reviews/updates so far... From December of 2015 the sets that have been updated are
-Energy Projector: Fire and Ice
-Technology: Munitions (Dual Pistols sub-set), Power Armor (at the time of writing this post, the powerset is being updated/ and the Laser Sword miniset being converted to its own new powerset)
-Martial Arts: Single and Dual Blades got their thematic lunges, and some new powers were added to the shared MA powers; now the Shreded debuff is no longer exclusive of Fighting Claws' Viper Fangs powers. Also all the Tier 0 melee combos which dealt Slashing damage were made AoEs with the posibility of applying the Shredded debuff either innately or through advantages when you finish the combo.
-Mentalist: Well there is nothing much to say, Telepathy has had some changes but all have been nerfs sadly.
-Brick: Heavy Weapons was reviewed to amplify the set's synergy with Fire's Clinging Flames.
-Mystic: Here we go:
a. Infernal SN had at least two reviews this year!
b. Bestial SN had three reviews!
c. Sorcery: The old 4 Sorcery schools were merged into a single one.
d. Darkness: Had a small revision on May of 2016
I know I am missing the various individual power changes introduced along the year like the power changes introduced with Teleios Ascendant, the Patch of February 21st, March 23rd, July 21st and others.
-Energy Projector: Fire and Ice
-Technology: Munitions (Dual Pistols sub-set), Power Armor (at the time of writing this post, the powerset is being updated/ and the Laser Sword miniset being converted to its own new powerset)
-Martial Arts: Single and Dual Blades got their thematic lunges, and some new powers were added to the shared MA powers; now the Shreded debuff is no longer exclusive of Fighting Claws' Viper Fangs powers. Also all the Tier 0 melee combos which dealt Slashing damage were made AoEs with the posibility of applying the Shredded debuff either innately or through advantages when you finish the combo.
-Mentalist: Well there is nothing much to say, Telepathy has had some changes but all have been nerfs sadly.
-Brick: Heavy Weapons was reviewed to amplify the set's synergy with Fire's Clinging Flames.
-Mystic: Here we go:
a. Infernal SN had at least two reviews this year!
b. Bestial SN had three reviews!
c. Sorcery: The old 4 Sorcery schools were merged into a single one.
d. Darkness: Had a small revision on May of 2016
I know I am missing the various individual power changes introduced along the year like the power changes introduced with Teleios Ascendant, the Patch of February 21st, March 23rd, July 21st and others.
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And Telekinesis it's in need of removing or reworking some powers that don't have any use (Telekinesis and the lack of "Objects" to use it)
- EARTH:
- Underwhelming Damage!
- No thematic Energy Unlock
- Half powers are split into Melee and Range and the powerframe cannot decide what it wants to be
- Doesn't use the Stagger debuff really good as it should
- ARCHERY:
- Underwhelming Damage!
- Right now it's basically UTILITY The Powerframe
- Bugged powers (Focused Shot interupting itself and being a pathetic counterpart of Sniper)
- FORCE:
- May as well be called FORCE CASCADE the powerframe, any other damage power gets overshadowed
- Personal Force Field is still bugged and Banned from tanking End Game
- No thematic Energy Unlock
- Crushing Wave is bugged with concetration/chilled form and does really small damage
- The Impulse AT
- WIND:
- More damage potential than EARTH for sure, but really lucklasting powerpool!
- May as well be called Hurricane the Powerframe
- Hurricane is super laggy
- Typhoon damage split makes it really hard to make the best out of it, the energy managment doesn't help because
- Wind Reverbation is crap and doesn't synergize with half it's own powers
- MIGHT:
- Annoying Knock spams
- No thematic Energy Unlock (Passives DO NOT count)
- No AoEs, may as well take 100 hands from MA
- Needs more powers
- MARTIAL ARTS:
- Unarmed needs more powers
- The kick powers damage is pretty horrible because it focus on Dodge-Avoidance gimmick
- Fighting Claws still don't have a proper lunge
- Single Blade and Fighting Claws still don't have exlusive AoES (their combos don't count and I consider Scything Blade an embarrassment)
- Munitions:
- Still not enough Dual Pistol powers and animations
- There are no SINGLE PISTOL powers despite NPCs have access to them
- Heavy WeaponsBFGs DPS cannot be compared to Two Gun Mojo
- Telekinesis:
- Bugged powers who don't trigger concetration
- FInnicky Energy Unlock
- Melee TK blades are royally screwed
- Telepathy:
- Get Nerfed 5 Times, Question yourself why you made that character using this powerframe as theme
- Master of the Mind is KILL ME NOW Button
- You are better using MSA instead of Telepathic Reverb because the new telepathy powers have zero synergy with it and Mental Storm doesn't even trigger it
- You can rapture other players Debuffs and they can do the same with yours Debuffs 10/10
https://youtu.be/QuNhTLVgV2Y
- Gadgeteer:
- After the Global Cooldown nerf MSA is the worst EU you would like to pick for this powerframe
- GImmicky powers which forgot they also deal damage
- lack of potential powers
- Sonic:
- THERE IS NO SONIC POWERFRAME!
- The most underused Damage type in the whole game
Knock downs and ups are welcomed but I have stayed many times in the forums, I HATE KNOCK BACKS
Especially in Alert Pugs, reason why I avoid farming GRAB dailies
There will be always someone who spam knocks to knock the mobs away from my lvl 40 AoE attacks and my Melee character
If you keep knocking my targets while i'm carrying the alert with a lvl 40 melee character, I'm LEAVING this **** (but not really, im just going to ignore the group with the Knock spammer and solo a different mob group) ! This is beyond my patience, 3 years of farming alerts! No more of that
Formerly @Seschat pre PWEmerger. @Seschat on the Titan boards.
Supporter of the Titan Project.
some ATs for comparison
ATs which were not tied with a Movie release: The Icicle, The Rockstar, The Predator, The Witch
So which Movie release should I wait for a Single Blade, Fighting Claws, Unarmed, Dual Blades, Force, Wind, Earth, Archery, Gadgeteer, Might, Celestial updates?
Speaking of Celestial, i forgot to add it
12. CELESTIAL
- No themed Energy Unlock
- No offense power potential (there ARE people who wants to make a Celestial DPS)
- The Illumination revamp ruined Ascension and Celestial Conduit
- Ascension was ruined and from the BEST AoE heal was downgraded to the WORST (ruined so many legit theme builds in the process, the damage was still not being fixed, we get more power illumination 1 YEAR LATER)
-Fighting Claws will get a review with the Logan Movie (Wolverine)
-Might could see a review with the Wonder Woman movie
-Gadgeteering could see a review with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Earth, Telekinesis, Telepathy (*say violinist song plays), Wind, Archery I have no clues, perhaps with the first movie of Justice League next year?
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
INDEED IT DOES
I'm sick of Dual Pistol powers (which are not many to begin with)
we definatly need Single Pistol powerframe
Formerly @Seschat pre PWEmerger. @Seschat on the Titan boards.
Supporter of the Titan Project.
I'd love to see more chi like abilities in the MA powers that kind of mimic a melee version of other powers. Say a Circle of Primal Domination that sees its chi ability allow its owner to stand his ground and fight, or a Telekinetic Eruption like chi ability that temporarily boosts your resistance and physical damage output.
I miss 2 Gun Mojo in its old form. I wish it didn't really change to what it is now and instead they toned down its damage. Visually its a fun power (hello, TWO GUNS) and with the changes it was less than fun.
I kinda LIKE where Telepathy is at the moment, compared to some other powers its gotten a lot of attention and additions. I'd focus on Might, MA and Force.
On Martial Arts, we sorely need a more pugilist/prizefighter framework. The current MA options default to mystical zen master, but few choices for a boxer or a kickfighter that, while refined compared to a street brawler (which the Might set works well enough in representing), is not focused on the esoteric/quasi-supernatural abilities. Jabs, bodyblows, backfists, hooks, clinches, bobbing and weaving, shin kicks, elbow and knee strikes... More Batroc than Iron Fist. (And while at it, some sweet Boxing Gloves costume pieces would be nice).
The very next archetype will be - l'm afraid - Might DPS, there's no one yet oddly nuff. Might'll get E Unlock (possible procing on Disorient), totally reshaped (m/b Enrage will lose its Endorphin rush), Endorphin rush would be made standalone buff like Furious or Reckless. But all those changes're outshadowed by HAYMAKER EPIC NERF. That's why you hafta be afraid.
Now it's Celestial. Vengeance needs Condemn-like healing rune, Seraphim maybe turned to Balanced passive for DPS toons, introduced few hard-hitting Celestial powers. New archetype - ranged damage (?). Radiant update (maybe put AoRP as alternate passive here, lllumination & celest conduit). The star of the show - INIQUITY EPIC NERF. That's why you hafta be afraid.
The one AT l personally want it's Gadgeteering-based DPS (not Night Avenger gadgets, but energy weapons). l want it ASAP, because overchanges made Plasma Beam unusable, and my inventor-based Main FF lost proper AoE. l see lot of potential here. There was already Gadgeteering revamp last year prior to TA launch, but no new power appeared. Besides that l want Medical Cannon for Gadgets. Inventor AT needs update, because it can't fill its primary role - CANNOT HEAL. Support role doesn't buff pets for years, years ago. That's how outdated it is! Either devs have to change its role to Balanced, or introduce and give it some full time heal tech Power.
But what's about other AT, than DPS? l see Archery mezzing archetype, DPS AT based on "new" Telepathy powers. Regen or forcefield true Tank archetype, maybe even make one more def passive. Although those balanced're pretty tankish. Finally "Floral" or "Arborial" miniset under "Supernatural" group, that'd have Vine-like structure attacks and maybe some heal stuff in it! l suggested it long ago.
because most of them either don't fit a punchying build or have annoying issues
PUNCHES, maintain punches, this is why i prefer 100 Hands
or brimstone with imaginary weapon for being a 360 AoE which actually deals GOOD damage
100 hands - whatever works... But it doesn't proc Enrage, that's sore. Dex, Int, Ego, Pre forms procing easily, including FoTT. Strength one has draconic restrictions, that's not fair.
and i certainly DO NOT Want them to change the rapture mechanics of it, DO NOT DO THAT Leave ego leech as it is
I take this quote from a review that I agree with.
"customisation is so linear; everyone is after the optimal dps:survivability ratio with 0 reliance on other players = autonomous gameplay... Players don't need each other anymore... which in my opinion is a bad thing."
Wish they would let any weapon skin work for any power in the framework and let people pick their weapon of choice.
Want to use a single pistol? Pick a single pistol skin for all of your powers.
Want a submachine gun? Pick a submachine gun skin for all of your powers.
Want a wide variety of weapons? Pick different skins for all of your powers.
I know this would require some more animations, but I think for sheer customization, and given the great number of characters that use munitions in some capacity, I think it would be worth it.
They could also skip some weapon types for this.
Single pistol, dual pistol, submachine gun, and assault rifle would be okay with me, letting people pick any of those skins for all the powers, and it would save the devs from having to make animations for shotguns, sniper rifles, and chain guns.
Heck, if I had to settle for single and dual pistol becoming a combo option where sometimes my character used one pistol, sometimes they used two, that would even be okay.
Even if they decided to sell "pistol specialist" "submachine gun specialist" and "assault rifle specialist" packages in the C-store that would allow characters to pick those weapons for all of the munitions powers.
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I'd say many sets need to be touched up and fleshed out but aren't actually broken. Most melee AoE would benefit from being a good sized sphere centered on the target instead of a cone. Even if the splash damage did a bit less damage than to the main target. It would make it easier to deal with mob movement and annoying tab targeting. Cone attacks work so much better on ranged moves.
[at]riviania Member since Aug 2009
Some of it's powers are just way out of date by the game's current standards. With most combinations starting to be centralized in a way to be able to work with multiple forms, this makes it stand out even more. I'm looking at you BEATDOWN.
That Mighty Kick power is also a joke. Literally. It needs to be revisited.
Shockwave could serve better as a PBAoE rather than a targeted cone doing low sonic damage and does a knockdown only on a full maintain.
Nuclear Shockwave, cmon. We all know how absolutely terrible this power is.
I have mixed feelings on Defensive Combo. On one hand, I think it's outdated because it is the ONLY POWER in the entire game that has innate threat building with no advantages. There should be other powers with a similar innate ability, or just change defensive combo.
It pains me to say this, but as much as I love it, Defiance needs to be looked at as well. Being able to be fully 100% beneficial without ranking it seems to be slightly unbalanced. It's the only passive that behaves like a form ( correct me if I'm wrong ).
Also, in regards to Might as a whole. I believe that "stagger" is the most lack luster debuff in the game, and should either have it's mechanic changed, scrapped, or applied to more might powers.
Anyway, while I'm at it, I'll also mention Earth.
Earth sucks. All of it does. Review the entire thing.
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