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I have more of a problem with the Corpus comba units (the dudes on roller skates). Not easy to tell which variety it is and thus if it's a threat to one's current active abilities. Also it's not made particularly apparent as to when they're about to do their radial burst.

Thanks for those tweaks to Sandstorm. Great job on Inaros rework btw, having a lot of fun with it!

I feel like a nudge in the right direction would be changing the other "self nerfing" auras like Melee Guidance to have 9 capacity, like Power Donation.

That was precisely my point, both in an earlier post and replying to yours, that I'd encountered players who mindlessly follow the meta to an extent they label "outside" builds as bad. I do indeed use Warding Thurible religiously (pun mostly intended)

Nidus is a firm favourite for me too. At the moment I particularly enjoy Teeming Virulence combined with the Hema. I missed the dev stream so don't know about this new augment. My only complaints about his kit really come from his fourth ability: that the heal rate doesn't scale, and you can't take the infested garden with you. I'd happily see an augment that creates the effect in an aura around the player with a reduced range or something.

I've heard a number of people say just that, when I said I'd rather have Warding Thurible on Harrow instead of replacing the ability with Nourish. Certain frames, like Harrow, Nidus, and Zephyr, have inherently excellent ability synergy to the point replacing any of them makes no sense to me, and also breaks the overall theme/gameplay loop of the frame. Imagine subsuming Gyre's zappy ball on, idk Loki or Hydroid. Thematically it just makes no sense. There's also the argument that the whole Helminth system was just a bandaid to avoid looking at outdated or just outright bad abilities.

The problem in my eyes is a lack of flexibility and imagination in a percentage of the player base, and an over-reliance on content creators for making builds. I've met more than one that will tell me my Harrow build is bad because I haven't replaced Thurible with Nourish like Knightmare Frame told them to. But also what Xzorn said about the strength of viral status. I'd happily see that whacked with the nerf hammer.

The stance for her exalted claws is horrible. If anything needs refreshing I'd say it's that. But also yeah Ripline and the third ability (forget its name) are pretty useless. I like your ideas on replacing these!

Catching up with this thread has made me excessively grateful that I've long resigned from the debating society.

+1 for the Corinth Prime, I dusted mine off recently and it slaps SP Grineer without breaking a sweat. One of the most satisfying shotguns to use too, great sound and reload animations!

Yeah, fair points. Good point on Gloom, though I think that is too strong as a subsume as well tbh. The base slow needs to be lower. I'm not really a "back and forth on replies" sorta guy, but appreciate the thoughts from all!

I always thought Volt, Ember and Frost passives could just be, immunity to their respective element procs.

Catchmoon can still get some pretty nice slash damage with Hemorrhage, has infinite body punch through, but a very limited range and not such a good status applicator. Worth noting its riven disposition is very low too, 0.6!

It needs to do either the viral application or the energy bonus. Both is just silly, and its overwhelming presence as the subsumed ability on most builds reflects that.

Yeah cold one is probably gonna help you out more, cold procs are actually pretty decent at slowing enemies down these days too. Rattleguts really needs punch through in more dense content. I think I rolled a riven that was basically Lethal Torrent with punch through and negative zoom, seems to work well! As for modding, I'd take Primed Heated Charge over Scorch. 165% element damage is a big ol' boost. As it's typically a high-status fast-firing weapon, you could probably swap Hornet Strike for Galvanized Shot, but would need a separate damage arcane (Deadhead is my first choice but merciless would work). And lastly, until you get the riven, Galvanized Crosshairs or Sharpened Bullets might be good if you don't mind aiming.

Uhh you know you can "pick up" Volt shields and carry them with you? Go up to it and use context action, it'll stay hovering in front of you as a personal shield. On topic, yeah I pretty much use that build you linked for most stuff. Bit less range and more dura I think. But similar effect :)

Works quite nice with that Melee Vortex arcane. Yeets stuff in to heavy attack range. As for the poll I went Dreamer's Wrath. But just as often I use the exilus slot for Dispatch Overdrive.

What mastery rank are you? Both players have to be at least MR2. Are they on the same platform as you? You need to enable crossplay on the options menu if not. Failing that, logging out and back in again can sometimes do it 😋

Have you figured out the parazon mod order? Once you stab it with all three in the right order you need to do a Railjack mission on Saturn for the final showdown. If it's rank 5 it will have some chonky damage reduction. Take a strong crit weapon (Knell Prime or Perigale being my choice), prioritise headshots as it's free damage multiplier. Or if you have Banshee, her Sonar weakspots kinda do the same thing. Very effective against high level liches. Oh and take note what damage types its resistant to. It'll tell you in the main lich screen.

My usage stats have only just recovered from those days. Until very recently Loki Prime and Attica were still my most used 😆

Used to be you could force host depending on where you started the mission from (if memory serves, starting from the dry dock ensured it was your ship). Not sure why that was removed but it worked well enough. I really enjoyed Corpus RJ right up until I had to get out and run an exterminate or survival or whatever. Missions like the old Gian Point were more what it should be like IMO, just pure space battle.

Most "stand still to cast" abilities can be performed mid-air, say in the middle of a bullet jump. If you time it right you can finish the animation before your feet touch the floor, therefore keeping mobility/momentum.

Idea for new Loki passive: all of Lotus' mission babble is now voiced by Tom Hiddleston!

Oh, those bards and their guff! There was never enough, One could do to slake their dire thirst. But back on the topic, Remind me what was it? Oh tau shards! Yes, Chipper's the worst.

If they did, they would really need to nerf Furor. That shiz is way too strong for normal play. More seriously though, the only place other than archwing I'd maybe use archmelee is on Bonewidow. But even then regular melees are just better. Hell according to arsenal screen, my Rakta Dark Dagger has a longer blade than Ironbride.