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Re: Scoundrel - Skill Feedback
ekary said:you wasted that time searching for a 50 value piece.
Traveler said:I have to keep looking at my junk list and finding a new type of junk to construct from.
OT: Personally I don't notice a difference. I make IEDs out of all junk worth less than ~15 or so. After an hour bashing I 'lose' maybe 300 marks (out of like 5000), and gain probably 4-5x the IEDs that I used in that hour.
Maruna
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Re: Lets talk about Nanoseers abilities. Nanoseer General
Caliah said:I played around with bashing attacks again for a bit today. I tried upping the number of freezes and mixing in eyestrike in the hope that maybe it'd process blurry vision for a bit of damage reduction. Here's what I found:
Eyestrike is too unreliable as you only have a 1 in 3 chance of getting anything useful out of it, and even if you do luck out the damage reduction is unremarkable. Basically, it just bogs the whole thing down. You are measurably slower to kill if you use it. (More than the 3 seconds of balance, as it throws off freeze synergy and everything else down the line).
I found best results with multistrike, freeze x2, then swarm. I had just been putting freeze back when it faded, but applying it twice seemed noticeably more effective. (and I'd still put it back if they managed to clear it all). Three freezes didn't seem like it was worth it, too much time spent on prep, and not enough doing real damage with swarm.
(Currently level 26, lvl 19 goggles, lvl 25 glove, 200 techcraft, 150 psyche)
*Edit- opening with suffocate is interesting. I just got it, so I'll have to play around a little more.
I have found dropping speedup and pointzero in a room before i start that cycle to make the two freezes worth frontloading. Usually adds 30ish % to the freeze damage. Put up speedup first and use queueing to be most efficient with it.
EDIT for clarity: my cycle is speedup>pointzero>multi>freezex2>swarmtodead. Havent hit higher areas yet and while it does feel slower than beast or scoundrel, I don't feel like i am cutting it as close as I was as fury. (Granted, I didn't play with fury for very long.)
Minion
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Re: Lets talk about Nanoseers abilities. Nanoseer General
I played around with bashing attacks again for a bit today. I tried upping the number of freezes and mixing in eyestrike in the hope that maybe it'd process blurry vision for a bit of damage reduction. Here's what I found:
Eyestrike is too unreliable as you only have a 1 in 3 chance of getting anything useful out of it, and even if you do luck out the damage reduction is unremarkable. Basically, it just bogs the whole thing down. You are measurably slower to kill if you use it. (More than the 3 seconds of balance, as it throws off freeze synergy and everything else down the line).
I found best results with multistrike, freeze x2, then swarm. I had just been putting freeze back when it faded, but applying it twice seemed noticeably more effective. (and I'd still put it back if they managed to clear it all). Three freezes didn't seem like it was worth it, too much time spent on prep, and not enough doing real damage with swarm.
(Currently level 26, lvl 19 goggles, lvl 25 glove, 200 techcraft, 150 psyche)
*Edit- opening with suffocate is interesting. I just got it, so I'll have to play around a little more.
Eyestrike is too unreliable as you only have a 1 in 3 chance of getting anything useful out of it, and even if you do luck out the damage reduction is unremarkable. Basically, it just bogs the whole thing down. You are measurably slower to kill if you use it. (More than the 3 seconds of balance, as it throws off freeze synergy and everything else down the line).
I found best results with multistrike, freeze x2, then swarm. I had just been putting freeze back when it faded, but applying it twice seemed noticeably more effective. (and I'd still put it back if they managed to clear it all). Three freezes didn't seem like it was worth it, too much time spent on prep, and not enough doing real damage with swarm.
(Currently level 26, lvl 19 goggles, lvl 25 glove, 200 techcraft, 150 psyche)
*Edit- opening with suffocate is interesting. I just got it, so I'll have to play around a little more.
Poet
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Re: Scoundrel - Skill Feedback
I love the bandolier (so much, all the love) but I hate the junk change. It doesn't really cost that much, but I have two problems with it: first, it's fiddly - I have to keep looking at my junk list and finding a new type of junk to construct from. And secondly, where bandolier is amazing RP, making IEDs from junk is the opposite.
Exactly why can I make a bomb from a hunk of meat? Or why do I need raw meat to make it? Does Starmourn have some kind of magic technology where you can strip substances down to their base elements and then 3D print completely new substances? If so, that sounds more science lab than rogue scoundrel.
That being said, I'm being nitpicky, and the change is not going to break scoundrel for me. I'm just giving my feedback on it.
Exactly why can I make a bomb from a hunk of meat? Or why do I need raw meat to make it? Does Starmourn have some kind of magic technology where you can strip substances down to their base elements and then 3D print completely new substances? If so, that sounds more science lab than rogue scoundrel.
That being said, I'm being nitpicky, and the change is not going to break scoundrel for me. I'm just giving my feedback on it.
Traveler
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Re: Good Vibrations!
Uh. Just to be clear, that's not QUITE what we were going for with wetwiring!Eoleva said:Having left two other IRE games on a bitter note, I am totally ecstatic with Starmourn.Wetwiring gets me wet. I don't need to say anything more.
Aurelius
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Re: An update on bashing?
ekary said:I think you might be doing something wrong. As a 68 Scoundrel I could hunt pretty much everything. Just gotta be a little more careful. The problem is, all the 65+ areas are always empty and the respawn times are horrifying.Sagex said:level 50's hunting in a level 60-70 area is idiotic yet i as a 68 can't hunt in a level 65-75 area..
heink's one shot you, usurm is always bashed out, the breeding colony is bashed out and the other one has all aggros
also fury is next to nanoseer in bad pve classes
Sagex
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Re: Scatterhome Administrators
I think it might be a good idea to let the evolution take place before Admin intervention.
My expectation would be that people of Scatterhome would create sub-factions first to become pockets of power and influence then for the benefit of all they start to cooperate. Obviously if they do not they will either join the singing choir of Song military or become a fulltime wage-slave at a Celestine factory.
Small pockets will form into bigger pockets and control other small pockets in this vying for the ultimate power. It would be reasonable if two or three major sub-factions cooperate because it is a necessary evil, while there could be several anarchist pockets who are doing their thing while not harming Scatterhome on the whole.
At least that is what would be the outcome of this social experiment whether it is painful or painless. A no-pain path with Admin intervention would be the real failure of Scatterhome.
My expectation would be that people of Scatterhome would create sub-factions first to become pockets of power and influence then for the benefit of all they start to cooperate. Obviously if they do not they will either join the singing choir of Song military or become a fulltime wage-slave at a Celestine factory.
Small pockets will form into bigger pockets and control other small pockets in this vying for the ultimate power. It would be reasonable if two or three major sub-factions cooperate because it is a necessary evil, while there could be several anarchist pockets who are doing their thing while not harming Scatterhome on the whole.
At least that is what would be the outcome of this social experiment whether it is painful or painless. A no-pain path with Admin intervention would be the real failure of Scatterhome.
Zhulkarn
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Re: Scatterhome Administrators
@Solus it should really be respected that referendum votes weighted by influence is an idea you and I may like, but the vast majority do not. The call passed, the referendum was handily shot down.
So its basically up to admin to decide which path they like more for the faction. The current population does not support the idea. Like you've stated before, you might just need to accept that your idea is not the idea the faction selects
So its basically up to admin to decide which path they like more for the faction. The current population does not support the idea. Like you've stated before, you might just need to accept that your idea is not the idea the faction selects
Rylek
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Re: Engineer
Just noticed that the wormholer could also potentially be worn, based on its description, even though it is unable to be.
Satomi
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