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Warron Peace

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Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

As Per Doc Brainstorm on the Official Boards:

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Subdual – Subdual deals moderate Psionic damage and may leave the targeted foe Immobilized for a brief time. Immobilized foes cannot move but can still attack. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate

Mind Probe -- Grip the minds of your foe with a Mind Probe. You must be in close proximity to pull off this attack that wrecks havoc on your foes synapses, dealing moderate Psionic Damage while reducing his attack speed. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Moderate

Telekinetic Thrust – A focused attack or intense mental power that violently sends a nearby foe flying. Deals minimal damage, but can be very effective. Damage: Minor, Recharge: Moderate

Psychic Scream -- This howl of Psionic energy resonates in the minds of all foes within its conical area of effect, inflicting moderate damage. Damage: Moderate, Recharge: Slow

Build Up – Greatly boosts your attacks for a few seconds. Slightly increases Accuracy. Recharge: Long

Drain Psyche – You Drain the Psyche of you nearby foes, thus weakening their Hit Point Regeneration and Endurance Recovery and boosting your own. Recharge: Very Long

World of Confusion – This toggle powers allows you to cause psionic damage and cause confusion within a group of foes, creating chaos. The chance of confusing an enemy is lower than then chance of damaging them, and it may take multiple hits to affect stronger opponents. All affected foes within the area will turn and attack each other, ignoring all heroes. You will not receive any Experience Points for foes defeated by Confused enemies. Recharge: Moderate

Scare – You entwine a single foe within his deepest fears and cause him to helplessly tremble for a brief while. Recharge: Medium

Psychic Shockwave – Psychic Shockwave is a devastating Psionic attack that wracks the minds of all nearby foes. Affected foes may have a reduced attack rate and may be left Disoriented. Damage: High Recharge: Slow

Oh, MaGod!

W.P.

04/03/08 23:55

Help Plz!!

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

OMG that sounds so cool lil bit of dominator's psionic assualt powers in there. Wasnt really sure if I was going to make a psychic blaster now that I see what it has to offer im going to roll one before they before they nerf it. Need to think of what best compliments it. Also going to make a fire/wp scrapper or fire/fire not sure what i want yet

04/04/08 01:51

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I like! It is kind of an evil set. Messing with somebody's mind is not very heroic, even with if it is a villains mind. I like it a lot!

04/04/08 04:25

DocterPink

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I love it! Sounds like a really cool set, but I only got 1 question: Wouldn't Psychic Scream as a secondary mess up Psychic Blast, which comes with Psychic Scream, as a primary? Hopefully thats just a bit of a mistake because I like Psychic Blast the way it is, don't want any powers moved out...

Heroes:
Spectral Storm, lvl 50 Illusion/Storm
Powerlevel Man, lvl 50 Fire/Kin
Rider of the Flames, lvl 26 Fire/Fire Blaster
Sound Barrier, lvl 24 FF/Sonic
Cap'n Ghostbeard, lvl 24 DB/Regen
K'zilix, lvl 12 WS
And, lvl 8 Invuln/Fire

Villains:
Lt. Surge, lvl 40 Elec/Stone
Skull Cyborg, lvl 29 Bots/Traps

And various other lowbies...

Server: Infinity

04/04/08 05:44

LordStarwolf

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Wow! That looks awesome. Definitely gonna have to try it.

Guardian
Avant Guard = Emp/Rad/Psychic Defender Lvl 50 (Dedicated Healer)
Astral Plane = Peacebringer Lvl 50
Spica = Fire/Em/Energy Tank Lvl 50 (Scranker)
Beliskner = Eng/Eng Blaster Lvl 40
Avant Spines = Spines/Regen Scrapper Lvl 39 (AOE King)
Avant Kin = Ill/Kin Controller Lvl 35
BMG = AR/Dev Blaster Lvl 27
Avant Psy = Psychic Blast/Empathy Defender Lvl 20 (Offender)
Avant Def = Kinetics/Energy Blast Defender Lvl 16
Avant Stone = Stone/Storm Controller lvl 15 (Super Controller)
Umbral Plane = Warshade Lvl 14
Triumph
Lord Yu = MA/Regen Scrapper Lvl 24
Avant Psy = Rad/Psy Defender Lvl 14 (Offender)
Lord Starwolf = Sonic/Electrical Blaster Lvl 14 (Blapper)
Protector
T-99 = Ice/Ice Tanker Lvl 20
Electrostun = Electric/EM Blaster Lvl 21 (Sapper)
Starwolf = Katana/Inv Scrapper Lvl 18 (my very first toon, 3 years ago)
Avant Sonic = Sonic/Sonic Defender Lvl 14
Pinnacle
Avant Claws = Claws/Regen Scrapper Lvl 18 (Non-power pool toon)
Champion
Avant Dragon = Fire/Fire Blaster Lvl 20

And many, many, many more....

04/04/08 06:57

Sturmwolf

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

No Snipershot....=(

I'm listening to real music.
Real Rock, real Gothic, real Rap, real Soul, real Funk...etc

(If you feel insulted by any of my posts.
Remember first, that I'm not writing in my native language.
You might missjudge me.)

04/04/08 07:00

robot mind

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I think that there is no snipe because of pvp balance...Aww well.

I'm not a altoholic...no really i only have 1000+ toons...thats not..really...never mind.

Ninja Strike!!!

04/04/08 09:46

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I may be wrong as I don't play blasters very often, but isn't it just the primary blaster sets that have snipe attacks? Mental Manipulation will be a secondary set.

I'm an incurable altoholic, but most recently I've played as these characters:

Abana (hero, Champion), lvl 36 mag tanker, stone/stone/fit
The Ballplayer Reverend (hero, Champion), lvl 14 nat tanker will/mace
Shrathala (hero, Triumph), lvl 12 mag scrapper, dual/dark
Fat Kat (villain, Pinnacle), lvl 10 mut brute strength/will
Souleymane (hero, Champion), lvl 14 mag defender, dark/psy
Saffron Bow (hero, Triumph), lvl 5 nat blaster, arch/dev

04/04/08 10:07

lani

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I think you're right Percy, but I also think I'm not seeing that Snipe Power you mention?

04/04/08 10:11

Sturmwolf

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

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I may be wrong as I don't play blasters very often, but isn't it just the primary blaster sets that have snipe attacks? Mental Manipulation will be a secondary set.

This set is obviously a PRIMARY blaster set, no doubt about that.

04/04/08 10:29

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Except that the devs specifically said that Mental Manipulation was a secondary set. Psychic Blast is the primary set.

04/04/08 10:36

Str0ker

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

If it was a Primary set it would have Aim instead of build up.

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/bookone.php

04/04/08 11:08

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

And the set is a collection of short range (melee range) attack powers and control powers.

And the set uses the same naming convention as the other blaster secondary powers (like "Fire Manipulation", "Energy Manipulation", "Electical Manipulation", etc.).

And the devs' announcement specifically said that Psychic Blast would be the blasters' new primary set and Mental Manipulation would be the new secondary.

I'm confused as to why there is any confusion here.

04/04/08 11:51

lani

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Yup yup, it's a secondary alright. No doubt about it. Now who's using mind-tricks to hide that Snipe attack? Still not seeing it :-)

04/04/08 12:05

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

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Yup yup, it's a secondary alright. No doubt about it. Now who's using mind-tricks to hide that Snipe attack? Still not seeing it :-)

Er, as we seem to have established that Mental Manipulation is a secondary power set and snipe attacks would be in primary sets for a blaster, I'm not sure what you're getting at.

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Percy

Since when did I become the Scarlet Pimpernel? :-P

04/04/08 12:17

Warron Peace

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

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Wouldn't Psychic Scream as a secondary mess up Psychic Blast, which comes with Psychic Scream, as a primary?

I can see Psychic Scream in the secondary to make room in the primary for Aim. All in all, that'd make Psi Blast stronger in the long run.

As for the Snipe, it'll be in the Primary, Psionic Lance.

W.P.

04/04/08 12:41

Sturmwolf

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Are you guys kidding?
This MUST be a Blasters PRIMARY
Subdue - Defender Secondary
Mind Probe - Dominator Secondary
Telekinetic Thrust - Dominator Secondary
Psychic Scream - Dominator Secondary
Drain Psyche - Dominator Secondary
Psychic Shockwave - Dominator Secondary
So many powers from other Mental Offensive sets should be a 2ndry?
How unbalanced would that be?
A Prime and secondary set consisting of ranged attacks?
That's nuts.O.o

04/04/08 13:32

Mech beta

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

People are probably screaming over forums now...
I can see it now..."PvP is dead! DEAD!!!"

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Goblino 33 Broadsword/Willpower Scrapper - Triumph
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Mech Beta 50 Robotics/FF Mastermind - Triumph
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Brawl: R.O.B!
**Post ends here**

04/04/08 13:40

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

And if you don't believe Mech Beta, you can go read it for yourself here. This really isn't a point that can be argued, at least not unless you want to accuse the CoX developers of lying about their own product.

04/04/08 13:43

pyro master

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

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umm, im not sure if you realize this or not, but ALL blaster primaries are offensive. and just because its ranged, doesn't mean it cannot be a blaster secondary. almost all of them have a ranged immob as the first power. and many dominator secondaries are melee as well:combustion, consume, mind probe, ripper, thorn burst, TOTAL FOCUS, greater ice sword. the dom secondary is a bad example as being "ranged sets."

and as for

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This MUST be a Blasters PRIMARY

it has BU, mind probe, psychic shockwave, huge melee attacks found in some blaster secondaries. and come on, the 2nd power is melee, how is that a primary. this is without doubt a secondary set

04/04/08 14:20

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Well, it sounds like Mind Probe won't technically be melee, but will require such "close proximity" that it might as well be. It's kinda hard to make psionic attacks melee. Maybe a sword of psionic energy. Or a Vulcan death grip. :-P That would have been hilarious.

04/04/08 14:36

Str0ker

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

In this case Melee just refers to proximity of the attack. Most of these require you to be in melee range to perform them.

http://www.secretworldchronicle.com/bookone.php

04/04/08 14:54

Solarix

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

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i had the same concern. i know they are using the psionic assault set (dominator) for almost all of the powers, but that power is already part of the psychic blast set. also, since when is a cone, ranged purely damage attack part of a blaster secondary? i could understand if it were maybe some sort of crowd control...but i think its just a misprint. or maybe they came up with a new basic AoE for psi blast? I dunno.

if it still needs to be clarified, snipe powers are in the PRIMARY sets for blasters. so is Aim, not Build Up. That, and the fact that they said it was a secondary should tell you that this is a SECONDARY set. :)

can't wait for the official release of the powersets so I can start working on builds!

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Luna Moonlink - lvl 27 Peacebringer
Mr Galactic - lvl 20 Fire/Fire Blaster
Ethereal Phoenix - lvling Fire/Kin Controller
Aurelei - lvl 26 Warshade
Zhaan - lvl 18 Storm/Sonic Defender
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and various others...

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04/04/08 20:30

Phase_of_Echoes

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

These sound great! I can't wait to get started on another Blaster! Man sooooo many good things coming soon. I like the looks of what they have done here. Im sure there will be modifications made after time. I recall not to long ago they tweaked a lot of the Power Sets. Im sure this one will be no diffrent.

04/05/08 06:21

Sturmwolf

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Oh no...
Thermal and Cold Dom for heroes?
Please no, I always hated their buffs.
They dominant animations make every member of the team look alike.
What for do I build a costum matching my powers if a 1.Lvl teammates make me look like the human torch anway?

04/05/08 07:16

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

This set alone, will cause a rush to Wentworths. Their are only a handfull of hero or Villian powersets that offer any real defence against Psi attacks or holds, lots of set bonus are your only hope if you are going to a PVP zone. I recommend a generous investment in "Break Free Inc.", you're going to need a bunch.

Marine

04/05/08 07:20

lani

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Good point Marinex.
Psi-offensive sets aren't selling as well atm either.
Got a lot of them of late and they're not the biggest profit sets by a long shot.
That might change too. Might want to stock up on some cheap ones now :-)

04/05/08 08:52

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I was planning on making a psychic blaster and I was thinking of having energy manipulation or electricity manipulation as my seconday. But after seeing this set, I might go all psionic with psychic/mental.

04/05/08 09:13

jfire90

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

I'm gonna be one of the many psi/nrg blasters running around pwning everyone =D Psy Blast plus boost range....pwnage from a mile away? (exagerated a tad)

And if this wasnt settled yet...if this IS a primary, then why have the devs announced PSYCHIC blast as the primary?

04/05/08 14:12

Perceptor II

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RE: Mental Manipulation Powers Announced

Check that. The character is a magician-type. I think that I may actually go energy or electrical blast with mental manipulation so I'm a little different from everybody else.

Oh decisions, decisions.

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04/05/08 14:52

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