Tonight, my team was in a QL 141 mission. We were totally wasting everything, until the boss...
In fact, we totally wasted the boss, too. It was pretty weak HP-wise compared to most bosses--the only hitch? It insta-killed one of my teammates with a 2176 point nuke.
Since it was a boss, it was hard to tell if it was an NT or a Crat, but one important fact is that the nuke was Energy damage. This makes it very easy to track down, since there aren't many heavy-hitting energy damage nukes out there.
There are basically only 2 nukes it could be:
Rule of One
QL 179
Inflicts 1,375-3,211 points of energy-based damage.
OR
Cascade of the Storm
QL 175
Massive bolts of lightning strike the target, inflicting 932-2,218 points of energy-based damage.
Both of these require more than 800 points of MC...and should NOT be on a QL 141 boss. Not by a long-shot.
The idea that MOBs can cast nukes at their own QL is asanine as it is--without the 50% rule, there are quite a few nukes that can insta-kill PCs, because they are balanced for NPCs with 10 times the HP. But the idea that a nuke 34 QL's above the mission being cast? Absurd.
With the skill required to cast Rule of One, an NT could cast Izgimmer's Little Nuke, which is insta-kill to basically any player no matter what. (2,834-4,739)
-Jayde