I Suggest Weapon Damage Needs An increase

My basic thoughts on stat focuses at the moment is that weapon damage could use an increase. I'd like to see precision increased so that weapon damage is increased to a point that weapon focused players are easily competitive with superpowered focus without having to be buffed and have dots up. That would also give hybrid focused players the damage boost they need without having to mess with power.

I like the way superpowered focus plays right now and I don't want power messed with. I do think weapon and hybrid focuses need a little boost to make them more attractive. It makes more sense to me to do a precision increase than to mess with base weapon damage.

For hybrid there needs to be a compelling reason to consider taking such a hit to power regen. I also feel the support stats of hybrid should be bumped up to 10% for the same reason.

I agree. Especially because new players are very weapon-focused. I leveled a new toon to evaluate the game from a new player's experience (5 days = cr62/50sp). There are new players, they are using weapons, and they are easily outperformed by me using PftT including when they are higher cr. Much higher cr. PftT is good, weapons need to come up to that level.

Weapon damage needs an increase and the power returned from weapon attacks needs a major increase as well.

dps role needs a damage increase

You know I originally felt the same way about getting more power back from your weapon combos in hybrid and weapon focuses but now I'm of the opinion that we should simply do more weapon damage to account for the lack of power or be given more support stats to account for the lack of power in the case of support roles.

"..without buffs or dots..."?

So you just want to be OP with weapons without even trying?

You should be using buffs and dots to SUPPLEMENT your damage.

Use your head, man.

So the bow>smoke bomb thing needs to do more damage? I think not. Maybe some weapons need to more damage. But i have seen some weapons focused players doing very good damage.

I will agree about taking the hit on power regen when going hybrid.

Mepps pointed out that there competitive builds for all focused types and powers.

I agree that was probably an overreach. But I would like straight weapon damage to do comparable if not quite the same damage as average pftt rotations. I would like the bonus damage removed from WM combos and redistributed so that ideally all weapon combos would average the same dps.

I enjoy the standard weapon combos. Spamming the same WM combos followed by a buff or dot over and over again is a boring way to play and that what is being pushed right now for weapon focus.

Increasing the damage of standard weapon damage would also make hybrid focus clip style rotations worth using which is what I really want.

Right now if you are hybrid focused, any time spent doing weapon combos is a dps loss.

The outliers need to be balanced. I already said it but I'll say it again, I would like bonus weapon damage removed from weapon mastery combos and make all weapon combos have the same average dps...if that makes sense.

But yes, I agree a lot of weapon combos need a buff. All they need to do is turn the 10% buff for WE to 15 or 20, or... Adjust specific combos possibly

Maybe some CC resistance too? Some bosses just will not let you finish a combo.

I thought the revamp removed bonus damage from WM combos?

i never got why they added a might buff for super powered (the aditional power would have been enough since power regeneration was not sufficiant without it) and hybrid... well, not only that, but the fact that might and power was fused into one stat made super powered way to conveniant. if i could fix it, i would seperate might and power (power as a replacement of vitalization), get away with those might buffs and maybe all would be fine...

just take away the might buff for super powered (the aditional power would be enough) and hybrid... well, not only that, but the fact that might and power was fused into one stat made super powered way to conveniant. if i could fix it, i would seperate might and power (power replacing vitalization), get away with those might buffs and maybe all would be fine...

How many powers have dots that are worth using? Many power sets, like munitions, lost one of their PI and were left with a fire dot. FYI, fire dots are the lowest in the game and their aren't any iconic supplements. It's not just munitions, a lot of powers are in the same boat.

What do you use as powers only to supplement your damage? Theirs no reason to build weapon damage if you are going to have to use powers to do damage anyway.

but dual pistols could go pew pew to no1 DPS...so...so much potential balance here...btw...you and i prob both know go full precision get a easily button mashed WM..you are near no1 dps every time. i have no idea who would need more from full weap...if anyone deserves some grumbling its the hybrid...but maybe i just havent found the best power/weap combo that makes hybrid unerring and easy...any suggestions??

a thousand times this...everything they are asking for is already here...