Downtime Server Downtime - August 24, 2017 - Game Update 74!

Has the update already started? My game froze and then crashed and I tried logging back in but it wouldn't let me.

I am pleased to see the notes are updated regarding NPC stats. I'm a bit more hopeful for my testing tomorrow.

NPC stats? What about our characters? CC moves are exactly the same with no sp in Dom as to 175 in Dom. Also shields....serious hit or miss there, I've seen a healer with no Dom at all, there shield negating 24k damage, my shield as a tank, and 100 pts into Dom gets taken off with 5 k? Id say our toons are a lil more important then NPC's but hey, now we can not spec into Dom with our new skill point UI....

8 Hours ???

They're also doing a lot of stuff on the backend for water to hit, I'm sure. They can just flip a switch when it's go time for that.

Base shield strength is based off of both Dominance and Restoration, however each shield has a multiplier which is used to determine total damage blocked. As such, some shields end up being stronger than others based upon this multiplier, even if used on the same character. Hard light shield, for example has a longer cooldown than most shields but also doesn't shield as much damage as a standard shield with a multiplier of only 1 I believe (could be wrong with that number).

[TANK]
Immolation (Fire) = Approx 1.52
Winter Ward (Ice) = Approx 2.30
Density (Atomic) = Approx 1.87
Redirected Rage (Rage) = Approx 2.17
Gemstone Shield (Earth) = Approx 3.27

[HEAL]
Boon of Souls (Sorcery) = Approx 1.93
Swarm Shield (Nature) = Approx 1.88
Flux (Electric) = Approx 1.88
Group Transducer (Electric SC) = Approx 4.13
Blessing (Celestial) = Approx 1.87

Furthermore, healers also often have about 2x the Restoration that tanks have in Dominance, coupled with all of these OP items that are out, my healer runs about 2.5k Dominance. This makes for a very strong shield even though Dominance has a much higher effect on shield strength than Restoration.

CC moves are designed to work if you surpass the recommended Dominance for that content. As a tank this should be easy even without skill points based on your mods, gear, and tank role bonus. For non-tank characters, in my experience, CC superpowers can be hit or miss whether they provide the desired effect.

Hope this helps!

Petros

i was hoping for test server to be at least available while the live is down :/ thought it was like that back in the days or maybe im getting too old.

Are we there yet?

It would be interesting to see what the multipliers for Controller shields are. It seems like Hard Light Shield works better on my Gadgets toon than Distract does.

I started playing Year 1. I'd use Wildfire to raise Joker's goons into the air. It was fun. Then it suddenly stopped working. I was told the fun was over and not worry about Dom. But the questions persisted.

This has continually confused me. Always wondering how much Dom a DPS would need to increase their CC in certain events.

I'm excited to see some of the issues reported in the forums being addressed and look forward to what they've come up with in this latest round of tweaking.


Not everyone is at your level of game play knowledge, using unexplained acronyms can be confusing:
CC is Crowd Control
OP is Over Powered
k when used with a number like 2.5k represents thousands 2.5k equals 2,500 (or the moving of the decimal point three spaces to the right).

8 Hours is a guesstimate - best case has been about 7 hours. Longer down should be expected as unforeseen issues often arise. These may or may not be on Daybreaks side or on the Playstation/XBox side. To include any hardware between the companies that fall outside of their control (such as AT&T, Sprint, or other communication lines/hardware).

OP doesn't mean Over Powered in the context of this thread. OP means Omnipotent, which is the name of the items.

If you say 'Rage is so OP at the moment' - that OP means Over Powered
If you say 'I've finally got all the OP items' - that OP means Omnipotent

If that's the list for future patches. What particular content is being patched with this update? I know it says tier 4, 5 and 6 but there is no list stating which alerts/raids. So far I'm enjoying the revamp to be honest. It will be nice to see these problems are being fixed though.

I just want them to fix pvp by adding back the counters to rage atomic and etc just the fact I can't block or interrupt their moves is unfair takes the fun out of the game pls Mepps bring that back everything else is pretty much ok just bring back counter. I'm not trying to get on unlimited spam bandwagon I have skill and I played the game for many years I like what I see the game is heading I just strongly disagree with the removal of counter and the shields being op the negation of damage is unreal with powers like mental omg reflect damage and the shields I literally could not get the guys health to move an inch no exaggeration and I took all of my own dmg pls fix Mepps

Thank you for the correction and providing an example for the use of acronym explanation.

Outstanding, looking forward to all the new content next month

im very happy to see these changes it was quite rediculous that a level 40 npc would be able to stand their ground against cr 201's not to mention it made completing certain content impossible unless you're getting carried by much stronger players

I don't think the NPC stat nerf means facerolling will be coming back, before people get their hopes up.