A question about the Superior Icy Shoulder of Powerful Mind

There are some upcoming changes to the Powerful Mind shoulderpad where the NanoDamageMultiplier are being removed and replaced with Nano Init.

I have this shoulder on 3 toons now (NT and 2 MP's) due to the NanoDamageMultiplier option (Direct Nano Damage Efficiency 2%) affecting my nuke damage. I really do not want to have to refarm this shoulder on 3 toons.

Is there any way that you can make a process associated with this shoulderpad so that we can deconstruct it back to its original parts? Having to go farm 3 more pads, 3 more prgrams and then 3 more master programs is really not sitting well with me. Nano Init will do absolutely nothing for the toons currently wearing those pads and well.. Alappa is like a big time waster... I can't even get a DOJA out of it.

EDIT: A NPC on Jobe platform that we can hand the Superior Icy Shoulder of Powerful Mind and get all of the components OR hand the Icy Shoulder of Powerful Mind and get all of those components, would work out fine as well.

Ungh I probably wouldnt have even noticed that. That change must be in line with allowing items to boost nano dmg. The jury is still out on that one for me. I prefer %nano dmg over +dmg items for nanos anyway so I don't like it anyway.

Is there a summary of changes posted other than patch rips? I can't download and open zip files from my tablet. I would like to look at changes though.

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Originally Posted by Psikie

Ungh I probably wouldnt have even noticed that. That change must be in line with allowing items to boost nano dmg. The jury is still out on that one for me. I prefer %nano dmg over +dmg items for nanos anyway so I don't like it anyway.

Is there a summary of changes posted other than patch rips? I can't download and open zip files from my tablet. I would like to look at changes though.

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It's in the updated Test Live Patch Notes area.

It was kind of nice to have a character that didn't require overpriced items in order to maximize damage but I guess FC wants everyone to wear RBBs and alien armour.

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Originally Posted by drainbamage

It was kind of nice to have a character that didn't require overpriced items in order to maximize damage but I guess FC wants everyone to wear RBBs and alien armour.

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RBP is a cool idea, especially since the energy/fire/rad damage lines up very well with NTs. But I think ofab back will be just as viable for a DD setup. You would really have to put some thought into it to decide which would do more damage.

But alien armor to maximize damage? +10 over 1% dd? lol

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Originally Posted by Seoin

But alien armor to maximize damage? +10 over 1% dd? lol

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Yeah it was more just a snarky comment, unless they seriously nerf the amount of %nanodamage on items (which they might just be doing) not a lot will change.

Any Funcom employee response on this?

Alternate idea: give the Powerful Mind pads fairly hefty NR bonuses. Anyone using that pad for the nano-damage already has enough nano-initiative that more won't be noticeable. As is, there is just no plausible situation wherein a non-doc who chose that pad over others would want it over Explosive Power now. It is clearly much weaker than the other two pads.

Not a huge deal in the big scheme of things though I suppose, and the itemization portion of the rebalance will probably shake things up a lot more.

Wierdly, for DD purposes, my MP for the time being will probably have to switch to the ToTW pad (haven't farmed a Gauntlet pad or Explosive Power). Seems odd for a 220/30 character to be using, un-ironically, a no-drop bit of armor from a lvl 60 locked dungeon :).

You want might of the revenant not barrow strength(unless you use both)

Will be using both.

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Originally Posted by JustinSane4

Alternate idea: give the Powerful Mind pads fairly hefty NR bonuses. Anyone using that pad for the nano-damage already has enough nano-initiative that more won't be noticeable. As is, there is just no plausible situation wherein a non-doc who chose that pad over others would want it over Explosive Power now. It is clearly much weaker than the other two pads.

Not a huge deal in the big scheme of things though I suppose, and the itemization portion of the rebalance will probably shake things up a lot more.

Wierdly, for DD purposes, my MP for the time being will probably have to switch to the ToTW pad (haven't farmed a Gauntlet pad or Explosive Power). Seems odd for a 220/30 character to be using, un-ironically, a no-drop bit of armor from a lvl 60 locked dungeon :).

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docs STILL can't go full def without osb's and a lot of sacrifice to their setup. i, for one, welcome the nanoinit on the powerful mind.

I for one built my NT around %nano damage.
Im feeling cheated if this becoms true.

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Originally Posted by Typeon

I for one built my NT around %nano damage.
Im feeling cheated if this becoms true.

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This. I was maybe 1-2 pieces away from the max nanodmg setup on my 220 NT.

Looks like it was all for nothing.

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Originally Posted by Typeon

I for one built my NT around %nano damage.
Im feeling cheated if this becoms true.

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Agreed, thus me trying to understand, from a Funcom employee ,how they plan to handle these types of changes. In this case, it makes an item turn into something completely useless that I actually have as part of one of my toon's endagme setup.

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Originally Posted by Johnnykay

This. I was maybe 1-2 pieces away from the max nanodmg setup on my 220 NT.

Looks like it was all for nothing.

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it's cuz you're an mp. and funcom hates you.

I went from +50% to +45%, so the number of items affected is small (there's a list in the testlive announcements forum). I reckon it's about 800 less damage on the max damage of a top end DM on my NT, less in practice (as you aren't often near the top end), and less again on standard nukes. A small nerf I guess.

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I went from +50% to +45%, so the number of items affected is small (there's a list in the testlive announcements forum). I reckon it's about 800 less damage on the max damage of a top end DM on my NT, less in practice (as you aren't often near the top end), and less again on standard nukes. A small nerf I guess.

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Sorta small.. but the reason I picked that one on my MP was because I thought I'd be gaining some level of added dmg on her nukes (that I tend to spam. Now, there really isn't any significant benefit of having that shoulder on a MP that I can see anyway. I confess that I don't always understand how damage calcs in this game are done and maybe I havent invested enough time into figuring it out over the years. From my limited vantage point it seems like its now a junk item for my MP though.

Yeah, not so useful for nuke professions now, 40 nano init instead... Superior Icy Shoulderpads of Explosive Power might be ok though... +10 damage!

Basically, for Docs it's still fine, but for MPs and NTs, we'd be vastly better off with Explosive Power now, and the nano-init really doesn't help us much.

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