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Dummy Drill+Dim Mak Strike=Overpowered

Either Staggered or Dazed has a slight debuff to Defense (can't remember at the moment), so that may be what you're experiencing.

Player Versus Player Feedback · 07/09/2006 11:37

"Golden Ticket" Archive Hideouts

Yeah, some more complex PvE encounters besides Tank and Spanks (or, in terms of Box 4, Terrain Bug and Spank ) would be very cool. We don't really even having the whole Tank part even (then again, my research on the aggro system is like......

Development Roundtable · 06/28/2006 06:21

Can You Spot What's Wrong With This Picture?

Precedent has been set with regards to "exploiting the fact that buffs do not dynamically update is an exploit...". So the same can be said for abilities, "Exploiting the fact that abilties do not dynamically update mid-animation, is proba...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 06/26/2006 02:52

What kind of people play online games?

May as well... I'm already on that map thingy... - Male 19 - Los Angeles, CA - First MMO - Asheron's Call ('bout 5-6 years ago) - Played (seriously/competively) - Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Battlefield 1942, Lineage II, Star Wars: Galax...

World Discussion - Recursion · 06/24/2006 23:52

Top 10 reasons to NOT have the EPN tags

Cypherite rebuttals/agreements/thingies... It's not a real organization, but "But you can certainly pretend you are. Bandanas forever!" -Rarebit. You are effectively alienating yourself from the majority of the game. You aren't "supposed"...

World Discussion - Recursion · 06/24/2006 16:15

The Fate of a Machinist?

Well, unlike Fenshire, I was a Machinist to be well... a Machinist. I always felt that it was my role to protect everyone, awakened, program, or bluepill. Zion was filled with too many crazys to come up with a cohesive strategy, the Meros...

World Discussion - Recursion · 06/24/2006 09:14

Area healers and pvp

MaRKiE wrote: actually i was talking about area heals + improved hacking in force multi tree. they are unkillable alone. Devs, slap a reuse time on area heals please. Imp. Hacking is the same as old Passive Code, nothing's changed except h...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 06/24/2006 00:19

Area healers and pvp

RemagDiv wrote: NoRepro already gave off the reason why area healers are currently so powerful, and that's with the bugged Passive Code. Once that gets fixed in the next Update, it should become less of a problem. All that gets nerfed is m...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 06/08/2006 22:25

Sig fads

Symmetric wrote: Redopsin wrote: Sigs need fads just like everything does. *Cue the evil laugh* It's is very true though. Not only do faction have a specific sig format for all their members, but there are community fads that have occurred...

World Discussion - Recursion · 06/07/2006 18:15

An honest question: Why do you play MXO?

Because there is still an entire combat system to see field tested, that and Legion helps out... most of the time.

World Discussion - Recursion · 06/07/2006 18:13

Passive Code bugged?

Yeah, it's been like that since CR2.0 release. A Passive Code, if you're spec'd for it will only add 150-160pts per Heal, if you aren't, then around 100 (for group heals, divide by 2 for single-targets, and 4 for instants). It isn't as big...

Ability Feedback · 06/03/2006 01:20

PvP Battle ZeroOne Suggestions.

eyepopper wrote: xBLINDSIDEx wrote: you know what would really be cool?!?!? if pvp in mxo meant something. I'll be back when it does Message Edited by xBLINDSIDEx on 05.31.2006 01:26 PM you know, im soooooo tired of the above ridiculous as...

Events - Recursion · 05/31/2006 18:49

Any epic quests?

MxO really doesn't really have a whole lot of "uber PvE stuff". The Pandora's Box missions are the hardest PvE stuff in the game, although those still really only require a team for the last one at 50. All the other missions for Neighborho...

Guides and FAQ's · 05/28/2006 22:48:11

Side Roll Escape

They're a Spy class, that specializes in Support and Alpha Strikes... yeah, they need escape mechanisms. That said, you have Cartwheel, Back Roll, and all their other moves additionally. MKT's power comes from set-up and control, it's abil...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 05/25/2006 12:46

There Is Blue In The Matrix

Illyria22 wrote: There are blue bandanas. Illyria That are for some reason... teal, but match the Forest Green Under Armour really well...

Items and Clothing Feedback · 05/22/2006 19:23

The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Friday, May 19, 2006

mitez wrote: Nice update, good to see your looking at making these smaller tweaks to make the game more fun. BTW its probably a noob question but what is double tap rolling lol Keep up the good work Press one of your direction buttons twic...

Broadcast Depth · 05/20/2006 01:45:40

Max Health Bonus?

Since your base health of 2.6k is just that, base, it isn't affected by stats. The Max Health Bonus from Vit (or in Guardian Patcher) only work when you use a buff that increases your max health, like a lot of the Operative class buffs or...

Ability Feedback · 05/20/2006 01:36

Targeted HyperJump

I'm able to do really long targeted jumps still, if anything, I've gotten longer jumps now. You might want to try clicking with a red X anyway, since I've gotten that and still been able to that exact spot sometimes.

Ability Feedback · 05/19/2006 15:57

Rifleman and Interlock

kiwizzle wrote: no it isnt becuase thats 14 memory slots id have to get rid of off my loadout just to roll out, rediculous...MKT's are meant for outside combat but they can outroll me and have more abilities to use in interlock...coinciden...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 05/19/2006 03:08

Recall Team Member wigging out?

I've found it happens when you move when teleporting someone before the animation finishes. You never actually moved from that location until you did the Recall animation after the person loads in, but on your client it looks like you've m...

Ability Feedback · 05/18/2006 18:45

How about making DEV FIELD useful

You're all more then welcome to reproduce my tests to see if they're accurate, that's why I go into such detail. What good is scientific testing without peer review after all? I'd be more then happy to help you out in that regard or if you...

Ability Feedback · 05/18/2006 18:40

Your character and you..

Caladein Whats your fave tree? Trauma Surgeon Whats your least fave tree? MAs, maybe Proxy Coder Are you a solo or a group type player? Groups ftw. What do you like doing to people in PVP? Uh... getting called a Zerg when we're one team of...

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/18/2006 18:31

How about making DEV FIELD useful

Actually no. I almost always play Patcher actually (Trauma Surgeon with some UA and FE at the momement). In terms of stuff I play besides that, sometimes Spy, sometimes Gunner, but mostly I'm always a Patcher. The reason I respond to the H...

Ability Feedback · 05/18/2006 18:15

Logic cannon 1.0 and 2.0 use timers.

NoRepro wrote: In essence Cal is correct though the DPS formula that is listed in his post is not quite correct the gist of his post is correct. You can calculate your damage within +/- <small number>% BEFORE taking into count your target'...

Ability Feedback · 05/18/2006 16:26

How about making DEV FIELD useful

Yeah, to get 1000+ damage before resistances you'd need 120+ Viral Damage in Speed, or a little over 100 in Power. Not too hard to get really. Full Auto Redux is the damage ability in a damage-centric tree, it requires a state, isn't AoE,...

Ability Feedback · 05/18/2006 16:17

Ask the devs an MXO question

I was redoing my buff guide and the fact that Gaussian Blur and Resist Combat stack caught my eye again. That, and the fact that they're % bonuses instead of straight stats got me thinking. Are those abilities' (and Compel Close Combat for...

Archive Construct · 05/18/2006 04:27

Mega City Ghost Town

Recurion's rocking pretty hard at the moment, there's normally at least one PvP fight between Mara and Camon throughout the day, and normally someone brings out a decent chunk of guys at least once a day. That, and LESIG/LE meetings are no...

General Discussion · 05/18/2006 03:48

It is done...

w00t! Grats Rogue, and after being in TS with Dragn for levels 48-49.5, yeah... that was fun times on TS.

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/17/2006 16:18

MACRO TUTORIAL REVAMPED

Very nice Fenix, that /cancel command is a life saver .

Guides and FAQ's · 05/17/2006 14:43:58

MA vs Duelist duel

An MA has a lot of burst DPS that isn't too IS effecient. If the Duelist can block an a decent chunk of the opening string of non-state requiring moves, he should have it. Especially when you look at moves like DP Execution, which has an 8...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 05/17/2006 14:42:44

Logic cannon 1.0 and 2.0 use timers.

cryshal wrote: you guys are making the mistake of taking the dps numbers shown on our abs as gospel. do you guys really think theyre accurate? come ON. theres no way in hell. its too general and our bonuses/influences/etc (such as they are...

Ability Feedback · 05/17/2006 14:19

How about making DEV FIELD useful

LiquidZ wrote: Dev field should be a AOE trump card, just like LC2 is a single target trump card. It should be something you rarely use, and does a helluva lot of damage. The problem with that is that LC2.0 only works as an Alpha Strike (m...

Ability Feedback · 05/17/2006 13:53

Question for Mero/Zion PvPers

I'm seeing a lot of complaints on the forums and in-game about Team Patcher (either in discussions about HP5s or directed at me). So, I've been talking to Legion/CoS/SF about it after fight sometimes, and I'm get comments sometimes of the...

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/13/2006 03:15

MegaCity Times - Kung Fu Guide

Pretty good, although I'd like to add: KF's Versitility in an open PvP situation thanks to having all three states covered. MA Prowess could use a better explanation: i.e. "MA Prowess isn't just +25 Damage to each of your attacks, since IL...

Guides and FAQ's · 05/12/2006 01:44:31

What is your hovercraft's name?

I am Captain of The Hati . Pre-requisite Wikipedia entry although Mythica does it better . Being a Machinist, I wanted to honor the act that finally sealed our fate in the Matrix, the darkening of the sky. So, my ship is named after the wo...

Next Renaissance · 05/10/2006 17:10:11

Why do you roll with that? (Loadout Questions)

I've always sort of wanted to ask this, but especially now that I've been posting on the CR2.0 boards answering questions and stuff, there are some things I still don't get. Why do you use a certain loadout in a certain situation? I don't...

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/10/2006 12:12

The Zerg and IL

Well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to put it into Multifighting since anyone on Recursion knows, interlocking me as a Trauma Surgeon is the best way to get your group rolled, so giving it as a latent IL ability would surely overpower Team Pat...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 05/09/2006 14:17:18

You know you're from Method if...

RogueA wrote: ...you know who the MxO Highlander is. Because there can be only one Reznik.

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/07/2006 20:00:30

You know you're from Method if...

RogueA wrote: Davo wrote: you remember the LEG10N chase of the assassin that ended in him actually not wanting to fight us anymore. ah, good times, great guy...if you could get over that rotten smell from behind that mask. *cough* For the...

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/07/2006 11:25:15

You know you're from Method if...

Hmm, was wondering when this one would pop up, if you remember: ... Sugaree and I putting in overtime to get Legion and TC to save Neurophyte . ... the debate at Camon Park right after Legion had sent in their votes to save. ... Cylon beco...

World Discussion - Recursion · 05/07/2006 10:55:15

Code Infection "fix" cannot be correct (Please Read)

cryshal wrote: the reason why hacker gets nerfed so much (other than wimpy devs bowing down to whining 17 yr olds who think theyre neo) is miseducation. hacker is NOT god. but ppl THINK it is, or at least was. for example, the guy above me...

Ability Feedback · 05/07/2006 09:49:12

Code Infection "fix" cannot be correct (Please Read)

Ok, I'll go point by point: Code Infections take 2s to launch, I'm not sure about Infect Area, but I'll guess it's 4s just like the Howitzer attacks and TS heals. So yes, it would be doing more damaage/tick since it takes twice as long to...

Ability Feedback · 05/07/2006 00:58:19

Code Infection "fix" cannot be correct (Please Read)

All Over Time abilities are acting a little strangly now as DoTs are doing absolute trash for damage and the Emergency Repairs are doing less then they're stated, by a decent margin. Did some testing with Emergency Repairs 1.0 just now and...

Ability Feedback · 05/06/2006 22:09:55

Feedback Request: Diagnostic Tool

I don't know about making it require an ability, since that would increase overhead quite a bit. How about making the tool kind of expensive (couple i$100k) and having it lose stability rather quickly instead of requiring some Referee tree...

Development Roundtable · 05/05/2006 17:24:50

Feedback Request: Diagnostic Tool

I think 1m range is fine since you'd be using it more as a referee then anything else, so you better be ok with him getting near you .

Development Roundtable · 05/05/2006 16:35:25

Team Patcher Class Buffs

Already /bugged these but wanted to bring it to everyone's attention... All of the Team Patcher buffs are giving the old "Heal and Upgrade Radius" bonus that isn't being affected by the new "Buff Area Radius Bonus". While I still feel that...

Ability Feedback · 05/04/2006 12:23

The Other Side of the Looking Glass - Monday, May 1, 2006

RemagDiv wrote: What exactly do we have to do to get an award and what can we /claim? It sounds really cool, just wondering if someone here has played an SOE game where they did that. Star Wars: Galaxies vet rewards were some decoration st...

Broadcast Depth · 05/01/2006 22:40:12

PvP Resists - What do you have?

*cough* Maximum Total Resistance from clothes is 693, or 173.25 Average. Now, with a buffer doing PF2.0 on you every time, then yeah... you could hit 813 TR, putting you a little over 200 in each. Considering that Blindside has both his Th...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 04/30/2006 23:15:36

Free Trials getting Hyper-Jump Beta/Mobius Code

Here's a few paragraphs regarding the upcoming free trial from the April Newsletter: The Matrix: Relaunched Between May 1 and May 14, 2006, Sony Online Entertainment will be offering a 10-day free trial through Fileplanet. New players tryi...

General Discussion · 04/27/2006 03:15

suplex and leg sweep should be on the same timer

Well Weakness Analyzer isn't on the target anymore, it acts like one of the other self-buffs (Upgrade Attacks, Overclock, or Firearms Skills).

Player Versus Player Feedback · 04/25/2006 16:34:42

[CR2.0 Guide] Buff Overlapping

Finally plunked the cash down on Upgrade Master and a couple of new no-stacks: Passive Code is overwritten by Upgrade Master. (Why, I don't know since they don't buff the same stats.) Enhanced Dodge is overwritten by either Hyper-Sense, Do...

Guides and FAQ's · 04/24/2006 00:49:40

suplex and leg sweep should be on the same timer

If the ability states "Thrown DPS" you need Thrown stuff to protect against it. Probably would have been better named Spy or Sneak Defense/Resistance, but alas...

Player Versus Player Feedback · 04/23/2006 17:47:57