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the nerf could be "can not reduce the same cooldown more than once until refreshed".The actually sounds REALLY good.
Eh, you can still LTI quick tinkering to get effectively infinite choke-point. Or LTI flashbangs, etc.I hope Styg eventually nerfs pure psi rather than all the weaker builds getting smaller benefits from temporal manipulation.Yes, I feel Temporal+ other stuff builds aren't OP, but Temporal+Full Mage gets disgusting.
That's just how it is. Balance everything tightly around cooldowns, then add temporal manipulation. Only one thing can happen.I've done a permadeath pure psion run on dominating without using thermoD and force field all the way to getting house in Core City. So quite a few nerfs would be necessary before it even becomes noticeable.
I hope Styg eventually nerfs pure psi rather than all the weaker builds getting smaller benefits from temporal manipulation.
Yes it's good, with grenadier too it's pretty insane.The thing is, LTI is a force-multiplier.
Though in your case it's probably the least OP thing in your whole build
It's ok but hardly critical. I finish most battles on dominating with my cave wizard without even remembering that I have that ability unlocked.You are technically 100% correct, however, "most battles" are easy to begin with.
But wait, there's more!Anyway, as far as I understand, if you have fully specced cryogenic induction, target will shatter if you deal 30%+ of remaining health. So a 70% implosion will shatter anyone with mech resistance <58%. Is that correct, or is there anything I'm missing here?Seems to be the case. Hopped in the game and checked it out; since i don't use CE or any file mods I can't tightly control things but post-DR hits around 33-35% of total target health were shattering the heavily armored Praetorian Enforcers in Core City. Seems reliable.
I'm not confident it's a trick I'd use all that terribly often. On lower difficulty levels, direct damage will kill most anything; on higher difficulty levels, I suspect I'll continue to find real value in AoE like LoC+ability or fireball/iceball/ThermoD. But, especially for psi builds that also pick up Expose Weakness, you may have a highly reliable way to handle like Industrial Bots (edit: if they can be cryostasis'ed with CI; I really don't remember) and Balor very quickly, with a 4/4 CI spec. I don't normally use CI; thanks for making me think about it =)
You are being pretty clear, don't worry.[can you deal 70% of HP via implosion, and then buff it to 200%+ of that via Entropic Recurrence on the spot? So basically anything with mech resistance <60% will just insta-die no-matter-what?No. ER is an end-of-turn DoT, and the damage is smeared pretty wide (it was originally far too powerful and was brought back into the realm of reason - it *used to be possible* to do as you describe, but no longer). Still, if you ER a good heavy Implosion/TK Punch you certainly can put a lethal DoT on the target, then just go run away and let them die off on their own. For one-turn kills, you're still probably better off with a Proxied Implosion on your main target, then maybe a ThermoD from a secondary target or if your main target is alone, use that Proxy again for a TK Punch.
EDIT: Let me make an amendment, here, but leave the original post since I don't hide my mistakesIf you can get a *single* Implosion to do over 50% (second edit: not 40, 50 - typo) of the target health, and you proxy the Implosion, and ER that, then the target should die at the end of their following turn, so if you would call that insta-die then absolutely yes, and I was wrong to say no.
OK, I'm tired enough that I'm confusing myself. Basically, ER will kill an enemy after they've taken their turn. It will not apply damage at the end of the turn when you apply it, so if ER is going to kill an enemy they will always get a turn before they die, no matter what. I'm going to take a nap before I confuse anyone else - myself included - any further
(Yes, I know you can also use TR on high mech resist to effectively set up an Implosion echo but I never even on DOMINATING was able to keep a boss alive long enough for that to work - not even Balor who's pretty tanky)Speaking of this, can you deal 70% of HP via implosion, and then buff it to 200%+ of that via Entropic Recurrence on the spot? So basically anything with mech resistance <60% will just insta-die no-matter-what?
