Devastation Field/D.P.S.

yeah maybe this dps stuff needs ironing out. i can do well over 1k dmg with dev field now, just like before. the only problem is, they should put the timer back, not for reasons related to nerfing but to gameplay. by the time you actually THROW this hack, a month later, your various targets have invariably moved too far apart and yay you just took all day to hit one guy =D but wow you REALLY mess up his hair, when you do.

bottleneck no longer solves this problem.

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HCFrog wrote:

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Trinnea wrote:
A question about Devastation Field.
Under damage, it says Viral D.P.S. 1
An ability three pages further up the tree, Logic Blast 1.0, has a D.P.S. of 11. -- why is Devastation Field lower? With D.P.S., isn't a higher number better?

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In general, yes. There are two reasons the DPS on Devastation Field is lower:

#1 it's an area attack.
#2 it causes a state (stunned).

Also, when calculating damage done, remember that you get ( DPS of the ability + the DPS you get from Hacker style + bonuses ) * number of seconds, which I think is why people are managing over 1000 damage from a 1 DPS ability.

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Interlock rounds are always calcuated at 4 seconds.

And yes your current tactic effects your damage or healing outputs.

thx for agreeing with me. XxS3P3RxX

does it really look like a bunch of numbers? is it just your computer?

/agree with Xxsp3rxX this ability is now mostly useless, which is to bad because it should work like logic canon 2.0.  Logic Canon 2.0 cast timer is about the same as casting sets of logic blast 3.0 and logic barrage 4.0 and the damage is almost identical.  Now with that in mind, and despite the fact that they are in different trees.  Code Nuke 3.0 and Logic Bomb 2.0 should have roughly the same cast time as Dev. Field and should do about the same amount of damage.  I know that Dev Field has a chance to stun, but stuns are only running 3-5 seconds and most people are running around with stuff to shorten it as it costs them less to shorten the debuff timer as it does for Hackers to increase the debuff timer. (Side note here I have been hitting people with roots that should last anywhere from 19 for code freeze 2.0 and 25 for code freeze 1.0 and I'm lucky to get 8-12 at best before they are out of it)  Chance for stun was removed form logic bomb and code nuke I say just remove the stun from Dev Field and up the damage and make the thing useful again. 

The thing that gets me is they have knife throwers and ballistic trees running around with outside interlock attacks that do just as much damage as logic cannon 2.0, logic blast 3.0, or logic barrage 4.0 but they also get the benefit of rooting or stunning or making powerless with those same attacks.  You have Paralyzing throw that can give continuous roots and damage.  The root for Paralyzing throw lasts longer than the reuse timer [root is 8 seconds reuse is 6 with 30 dps].  Same with Blinding throw [24 dmg over 15 seconds and reuse timer of 8 seconds]  Keep in mind folks that both of those Throw Abilities are useable INSIDE and OUTSIDE of interlock.  ALL of the hacker abilities that do damage over time have a reuse timer as long as the damage over time duration.  All of the hacker debuff abilities have a reuse timer LONGER sometimes much much longer some over TEN times longer than the debuff duration.  And beyond that you tell me what hacker abilities give decent damage (Hell even moderate damage or even small damage) and debuff now?  None. 

As a Hacker to get a portion of the same effect and damage as some of the knife or gun abilites I have to throw up a few quick self buffs, change clothes (with macro), cast a stun, change tactics, do the damage hack, change clothes back for the defense, and then cast another debuff.   And chances are extremley well that not all of those hacks will hit. 

Look I know hacker was overpowered in the past, but it's quickly getting to the point where it and many of the abiliites in the hacker tree are becoming useless.

Message Edited by broin on 04-06-200609:54 PM