so photon blast is finally getn fixed...

In other news! Can Hard Light's finisher get "fixed" just like gadgets's photon blast?

All finishers are miles ahead of light blast.

I usually always ask for the other DPS' power before I start the alert or raid just so we don't override, I build a strictly burst Loadout whenever I happen to run into another Mental, and it usually works out, me and my league(whenever we have pugs) tend to go through the instance regardless of the power.

It's funny how a player who was defending rage and saying how it's balanced will come here and call photon blast op. This community is something else

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None taken. None intended back either but 1st thing I did as a pvper was turn that off. I mean immediately after logging in after the update. Im not giving free tells

I don't believe that affects other players, only what you see but if another has the option enabled they'll be able to tell what you're doing.

Then again I could be wrong though.

BBMK | Wolfs Gypsy Net vs Block & Role (Round 1): hopefully this works. This was my 1st 2v2 tourney match from orbits p.o.v as ref on opposite team it should show photon being used but no tell.

That only effects what you see on your screen, the other player can still see your vulnerability icons.... Otherwise, it would create inconsistencies with gameplay and besides, that makes no sense.

Just ask the pvp forums, turning off vulnerability icons on your system does not effect what the other player sees, just what you see

Im not claiming to be absolutely correct here and if im wrong ill sit in the shame corner for a bit, however if you watch the video I posted skip to 4.15 and youll see me bb and p.b with no icons above the head. Its not my viewpoint but orbits on the opposing team .

He sees me as an opponent therefore the only conclusion I can draw is that im either correct or he has the icons turned off for opponents . Not conclusive I know. Regardless though my point about p.b and channeling is that you dont need it to use p.b , high end pvpers can tell you as I will that knowing who can be countered doesnt mean you can counter them. Not in large group pvp. When im focused hard in 4s and 5s I know im being bb but I cant switch in time through the mass of targets . Its more like someone lunge x whose bbing me so I can get a block off or someone block for me to give me a breather I cant reach the bber. With icons active I agree 1v1 can be very dangerous without the mod. But I wouldn't be without it as I wouldn't use stealth .

Im trying hard not to come across as if im crossing swords with you as e **** measuring on here is my no1 hate and why I read more than post. Just offering a different opinion. The pvp I partake in cant be of a higher end on my server although I concede standards have dropped off since about a year ago . Less pvp vets more new guys finding their way. In short is p.b better with the mod? Absolutely. Is it a necessity to use the mod with photon? Absolutely not. As for the nerf if it retains good spike damage at 35% ill be happy enough

Yeah man, just exchanging theories, no offense taken what so ever, it's fine if you disagree (even though I'm right,lol)

But I do agree, you don't need empowering mod to do good with photon blast because I feel that finishers should be done after you score a block counter or breaker, while you have immunity. I feel that's how they were designed to be used.

The problem with the mod plus a op finisher like photon blast is on live, is that people can stand there spamming the power with no risk whatsoever, in fact, instead of risk, it give the character enhanced defense and control immunity

I have a Sorcery character too and have yet to be kicked from a group once with him. While your experiences do suck (seriously, getting kicked isn't fun), maybe they were a string of unfortunate coincidences? If we have two people with polar opposite experiences here, something's not right.

You two might be on different servers/factions.

I've never seen anyone kicked at the start for for being the wrong power either. Most people wait until the group starts wiping, in my experience.

If you want to stop beeing booted form groups, then stop playing with people who would boot you for any reason.

Yea, there's your problem. Don't use PUG groups as an excuse to act this way.

i think rage's finsher needs to be looked at
it twice as fast
and benefits from PI too
not fair, then again what about rage is fair?

Also vulnerable to block, does not benefit from empowering channel hand mod and does not have a 50% modifier like all the other finishers do. Yes, it needs to be looked at, but in a different way than you want

vulnerable to block if it's combo'd but the combo dmg isn't determined by health i think ( i'll look into that)
and it isn't vulnerable to interrupt so why would it need to benefit from white mods?

Exactly, it's vulnerable to block and does not benefit from the op stats of moves that utilize the hand mod, that's something that typical. Finishers have over rage's finisher, also lack of 50% modifier... It's almost useless if you don't combo it since that's where the bulk of your damage is, and yes, it does do more damage below 35%.

lol, I didn't know I was acting any way. I justed stated my previous experience.

My initial post and reply specificaly made it clear that this pertained to PUG groups only. If your response is to stop using pick up groups then this is where we agree to disagree and move on.

Well no we don't. PUG groups have always been like that. Using GU36 to say something bad about them isn't exactly saying much at all.

All that aside you weren't forced to change powers. You changed because PUG groups are full of jerks and you couldn't use the power you wanted. Rather than spending money or changing to a power you prefer less a more simple solution would have been to not PUG.

Bottom line here: My response isn't to stop using pick up groups, but it is that you shouldn't
use PUG groups to justify statments like you've been doing. It doesn't really grant you any sympathy.