That was a LOT more fun than I imagined it might be.
Things I've learned:
Archery as a blaster set is in NO WAY gimped! Watch out for Pooky, he'll make a pin-cushion out of you! Fear da Imp!
Superspeed without superleap is difficult.
Superleap without Superspeed is gimp.
Invulnerability set for Scrappers? Might be gimped. I'll have to see what happens when I fill out the secondary on Vigdis Brightblade, but I was kinda
disappointed in her as a PVP fighter. Her Broadsword has OUTSTANDING burst damage potential though! I might have to consider rerolling her as a Willpower
Scrapper though.
On the other hand, Invulnerability for Tankers? Most definitely NOT GIMPED!
Watching Terrence against Nogi? Scary! Both in terms of all the various and sundry tools Nogi brings to the fight, and then watching Terry...
...JUST...
...WADE...
...THROUGH...
...THEM...
Neither of them could land a knock-out, but watching them both go hammer and tongs one on one for the whole 10 mins... whoa...
Kara Skye? NOT good one-on-one. But in a team with her buffing, debuffing, speed siphoning and the occasional Heal? Oh yes, NOW we're talking!
Nogi and Clank are both good to have as teammates. But the synergy between Cyberman's defense and Clank's bubbles was just UBER.
Speaking of bubbles. When they were opponents, C8 practically could NOT get a hand on Clank. I would've had to burn a LOT of yellows to do that. Sorry
Pooky, but you were punching bag of choice on that one by default!
And speaking of Cyberman 8: Able to get out of nasty situations, disappear in the blink of an eye, circle around and hit where least expected. Even able to get
out of caltrops fairly quickly. Or at least to continue to avoid further damage while doing so. Able to ROCK on offense constantly. (Even though he doesn't
have any single attack with the burst damage to equal Vigdis, Pooky, or Terrence.) And though he can be hurt badly if someone lands a good one on him, good
luck landing that hit! Particularly if bubbled! And perhaps most important, the ability to STUN people and then knock them around! Those stun IOs were WELL
spent! I am very proud of him.
The Monkey Fight Club map... HATE. The novelty wears off REAL FAST when you realize how friggin tight it is in there and how many obstacles there are to bump
into. Ironically, fliers may have a slightly easier time of it! YMMV. Even Cyberman 8 had trouble moving around in there. Kara Skye on the other hand was
mostly okay. Someone hovering near the ceiling either blasting or controlling in those girder filled spaces makes it DAMNED hard for a melee person to get to
grips. And why did it keep coming up in rotation so DAMNED much! Huh? (At least the characters I brought were able to get the rare badge in the middle of the
ring.)
The above also is true, though to a much less frustrating extent, in the ruined office map. The outside near the walls is pretty free, but the center with the
desks and the overhead office? Not so much.
Love the Perez Park map. I hope someday to see the "Dinosaur" map that Wiregeek kept mentioning.
All in all, with the ability to have more reasonable and structured combats, this is much more satisfying then Zone PVP.
Things I've learned:
Archery as a blaster set is in NO WAY gimped! Watch out for Pooky, he'll make a pin-cushion out of you! Fear da Imp!
Superspeed without superleap is difficult.
Superleap without Superspeed is gimp.
Invulnerability set for Scrappers? Might be gimped. I'll have to see what happens when I fill out the secondary on Vigdis Brightblade, but I was kinda
disappointed in her as a PVP fighter. Her Broadsword has OUTSTANDING burst damage potential though! I might have to consider rerolling her as a Willpower
Scrapper though.
On the other hand, Invulnerability for Tankers? Most definitely NOT GIMPED!
Watching Terrence against Nogi? Scary! Both in terms of all the various and sundry tools Nogi brings to the fight, and then watching Terry...
...JUST...
...WADE...
...THROUGH...
...THEM...
Neither of them could land a knock-out, but watching them both go hammer and tongs one on one for the whole 10 mins... whoa...
Kara Skye? NOT good one-on-one. But in a team with her buffing, debuffing, speed siphoning and the occasional Heal? Oh yes, NOW we're talking!
Nogi and Clank are both good to have as teammates. But the synergy between Cyberman's defense and Clank's bubbles was just UBER.
Speaking of bubbles. When they were opponents, C8 practically could NOT get a hand on Clank. I would've had to burn a LOT of yellows to do that. Sorry
Pooky, but you were punching bag of choice on that one by default!
And speaking of Cyberman 8: Able to get out of nasty situations, disappear in the blink of an eye, circle around and hit where least expected. Even able to get
out of caltrops fairly quickly. Or at least to continue to avoid further damage while doing so. Able to ROCK on offense constantly. (Even though he doesn't
have any single attack with the burst damage to equal Vigdis, Pooky, or Terrence.) And though he can be hurt badly if someone lands a good one on him, good
luck landing that hit! Particularly if bubbled! And perhaps most important, the ability to STUN people and then knock them around! Those stun IOs were WELL
spent! I am very proud of him.
The Monkey Fight Club map... HATE. The novelty wears off REAL FAST when you realize how friggin tight it is in there and how many obstacles there are to bump
into. Ironically, fliers may have a slightly easier time of it! YMMV. Even Cyberman 8 had trouble moving around in there. Kara Skye on the other hand was
mostly okay. Someone hovering near the ceiling either blasting or controlling in those girder filled spaces makes it DAMNED hard for a melee person to get to
grips. And why did it keep coming up in rotation so DAMNED much! Huh? (At least the characters I brought were able to get the rare badge in the middle of the
ring.)
The above also is true, though to a much less frustrating extent, in the ruined office map. The outside near the walls is pretty free, but the center with the
desks and the overhead office? Not so much.
Love the Perez Park map. I hope someday to see the "Dinosaur" map that Wiregeek kept mentioning.
All in all, with the ability to have more reasonable and structured combats, this is much more satisfying then Zone PVP.