Entertainer Archive
Thread: Buffs
Just answered on the other thread, but I neglected to mention that they usually last about 2 hours, can last as long as 3, but they are gone if you get killed.
So don't get killed. 
B
BDarkmist wrote:Where do you get buffs, how long do they last, what form do thay come in, and how do you use them? I have heard of buffs, and I believe thay are modifiers to your character. Ido not know how to use or where to get.
I have a doc alt, and I refuse to buff novice players just in the game.. if pressed I suppose I could pull out the enhance-a buffs at +300 for 1 hour.. but not likely..
Yes, you will take longer at first, but if you dont learn your specials and how they interact and work you wont be as good a player as you could be..
With buffs I can take down a rancor by just standing there shooting, without buffs, I -think- I could take down a rancor, but I would be using traps, suppressionfire, KD, warningshot, etc.. all to keep it off me and out of range while I ran out of its reach to fire...
I was out on endor last night, hunting to get weapons XP.. and was using a bleed pull, knockdown, shoot a lot, warningshot, suppressionfire series of specials to pick roba off one by one.. when someone agro'd 3 more right to me..
If I didnt know how to use warningshot and the phecnacine dart I would have been toast.. as it was I had all three running scared and my main target trapped and being shot at.. all in about 5 seconds..
Put this all together with the impending combat balance where it seems there will be a "specials" pool for combat specials like the HAM pools, but unbuffable.. and we wont be able to spam specials any more...so tactical use becomes very important.
The first thing in that is ruining the game is Jedis>>>>>but I don’t need to go into that since well everyone else has.
The second is (and hear comes the fire storm) Buffs:
Buffs are in need of a nerf. You only seem to see one of three things 1. noobs who can’t afford them 2. Ppl that are always buffed. 3. Ppl with 400 heath and action and 1.2k mind in line to get buffed.
People are no longer concerned with ham cost of weapons or armor. So why even have costs???? There is no reason you should be able to slap on a full suit of 80% comp armor if it was supposed to be that way armor would come in one piece. Weapons: well with the advent of buffs anyone can spam their most powerful special. So he with the strongest gun wins. Before you could own at Pvp with your stats tweaked right, and a good combo of moves that didn’t trash your ham but still hit for good dam. Another reason buff suck is that anyone can fly to endor and take hi payout missions. This has had two effects on the game. 1 the social aspect of grouping and going on missions has diminished. 2. The economy is all out of whack. I can easily get buffed for three hours and make 200k-400k alone. I remember when it took a day or two of heavy playing to do that. More ppl have more money so things cost more.
Hears how I would like to fix the problem.
Buffed stats will be based on the un buffed stat. up to 50% (or 75%)
So 400 action would have a maxed buff stat of 600 (or 700)
This would cause players to have to have all their stats be in a range that would be functional for unbuffed play
I see some hate mail in my future
Zartan