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Either my first mistake or brilliant decision

forrksakesexcoforrksakesexco Posts: 435 Arc User
edited October 2012 in Power Discussion
Power Armor..
Amazing in 2 years I been playing this is my first power armor toon..
So I have taken wrist bolter because...
In another thread it said that Power bolt was awful and it must be true coz it's in the forums.
That having been said I have never experienced a more cantankerous energy builder.. Even Steady shot from munitions seems more responsive than this.

Wishing for Force bolts with or without refraction but if I try that then I gotta take a power from force (other than Force Shield) that I don't really want.

Is it true then? Is Power bolt actually worse than Wrist bolter? This is taking some believing.

Some advice on the Energy builder for a PA build would be useful.
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  • lordfuzunlordfuzun Posts: 53 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    FWIW, I retconned out of Wrist Bolter into Power Bolts mostly because of the animation (and perceived delay in activating them) The only real diffrence between them is that you can turn Wrist Bolters into a hand slot power with an advantage. That means you can keep Bolters on continuously. When you toggle off your head and chest slot power, Bolters will build energy.

    Damage-wise they are the same. Both do Particle damage. Power Bolts have an advantage to hace a chance for Particle Burn with every shot instead of just the first.
  • secksegaisecksegai Posts: 1,354 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I take power bolt purely for the animation difference on my PA setup. Wrist bolters is oogly. However, if you run End primary with kickback on a PA build, you'll effectively cover your energy as long as you don't mind constantly being in 50ft range.
  • bioshrikebioshrike Posts: 5,491 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I wish they'd bring back the improved wrist bolters animation we had for a while. I also wish the wrist bolter geo appeared in the weapon section of the costume editor so you could recolor them.
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  • beldinbeldin Posts: 1,708 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    I played Power Armor last year so Wrist Bolster was my only option, and it really the worst
    of all Energy Builders, and i swapped it against the Gadgeteer EB later, since i also used
    some other Gadgeteer Powers like MSA and Bionic Shielding.

    The problem for me was the ungodly long activation time, and i was never shure if it was
    active now or not.
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  • forrksakesexcoforrksakesexco Posts: 435 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Thanks peeps - I'll stagger along with this uuuugly mother till I retcon again and get something out of set. (going Ego/Int/something)
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  • somebobsomebob Posts: 980 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    You also don't want the Force EB because it causes a tiny amount of knock randomly that gives mobs knock resistance against a real knock attack.
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  • kallethenkallethen Posts: 1,576 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Power Bolt is bad? I honestly didn't hear that before. I don't see it being that awful, it's got similar animation to Force Bolts, but is Particle Damage and can cause Plasma Burn.

    As far as damage goes, all energy builders are pretty standard.

    Most people dislike Wrist Bolters because of the animation. It also just does Particle Damage, no special effect beyond that. It does have some use if you take Kickback from the END tree and the advantage in Wrist Bolters to turn it into a Hand Slot toggle. That could get you some energy while you have other slots firing alongside WB.
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  • forrksakesexcoforrksakesexco Posts: 435 Arc User
    edited October 2012
    Wrist bolter is disliked by me coz it looks clunky, it doesn't seem to engage if you're not lined up properly and it doesn't seem to always come on when I press the button.
    Yeah Keikomyst said so here
    So there!
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