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midnight santa
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der is no balance because class > varium > stats abuse > skill dats it sumary. lol

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I just came up with this skill called Breach.

This is a new skill for Bounty Hunters, replacing Shadow Arts.

This is how it works :

It gives you a passive armor which gives defense/resistance based on the first damaging attack you do to your opponent, i.e strike, gun, aux, bot etc.

Breach

Gives you a passive armor based on how much damage you do to your opponent on your 1st turn

Level 1- 1% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 2- 3% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 3- 5% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 4- 7% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 5- 9% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 6- 11% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 7- 12% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 8- 13% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 9- 14% of damage taken by opponent on first turn
Level 10- 15% of damage taken by opponent on first turn

Example

You do 25 points of energy damage on your first turn with a MAX Breach.

25*.15=4 rounded up

You get +4 resistance for the rest of the match.

1. Instantaneous Penalties
   
   
   The layout of instantaneous penalties is quite simple really. There is only 1 penalty, at only 1 threshold. When are stats abused I do not know, but for a simulation let us imagine that exceeding n points of 1 stat type (including modifiers, enhancements, and base stats) is the threshold.
   
   
   • At n Strength, reduce user weapon accuracy by x%.
     
   • At n Dexterity, reduce user critical strike rate (which in turn increases the critical strike rate of opponents) by x%.
     
   • At n Technology, reduce user rage rate by x%.
     
   • At n Support, reduce user defences by x%.
   
   
   Example...
   
   Player A @ 125 Strength
   
   Threshold = 100
   
   Penalty = User weapon accuracy - 25%
   
   
2. Intensive Penalties
   
   
   Intensive penalties add up over time, or in the case of stats, growing numbers of stat points. There are multiple magnitudes of 1 penalty, at multiple thresholds. Like instantaneous penalties, intensive penalty thresholds count modifiers, enhancements, and base stat points.
   
   
   • At q Strength... reduce user weapon accuracy by x%, at q + r Strength... reduce user weapon accuracy by x + y%, at q + r + s Strength... reduce user weapon accuracy by x + y + z%, etc...
     
   • At q Dexterity... reduce user critical strike rate by x%, at q + r Dexterity... reduce user critical strike rate by x + y%, at q + r + s Dexterity... reduce user critical strike rate by x + y + z%, etc...
     
   • At q Technology... reduce user rage rate by x%, at q + r Technology... reduce user rage rate by x + y%, at q + r + s Technology... reduce user rage rate by x + y + z%, etc...
     
   • At q Support... reduce user defences by x%, at q + r Support... reduce user defences by x + y%, at q + r + s Support... reduce user defences rate by x + y + z%, etc...
     
     Example...
     
     Player A @ 125 Strength
     
     Threshold = 100 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 (125)
     
     Penalty = User weapon accuracy - 10% - 5% - 5% - 5% - 5% - 5% (= accuracy - 35%... please note that their base damage is 26-32 before weapons)

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Suggestion of change to Agility:

Health is technically able to be considered related to Defense or Resistance. Health is an immediate form of damage absorption for all damage. Defense and Resistance are gradual forms of damage absorption for either physical or energy damage, respectively. Agility is a health penalty, and in turn reduces Defense and Resistance. This is inappropriate. To act justly in opposing a battle mechanic like health, it is strongly recommended to act in such a way that it's negative is more pronounced or something unrelated. The current Agility opposes D/R, and relatively speaking, allocating health points is counterproductive with Agility in effect since adding health points ultimately reduces the effect of health points. So it cancels out in the end and that is no good, really, mechanics like Agility become a reason to avoid health or potentially discover exploits. For example, I have successfully exploited Agility to increase my rage rate dramatically as well as improving my offence. If I only allocate Strength and Health with a Bloodlust class I take more damage (+ rage), my opponents hit less D/R (opponent - rage), I damage more and damage D/R more (+ rage and damage). Ultimately, the build abuses damage output severely and in our ED history was an imbalance (see Alpha Strength Bounty Hunters and Delta Strength Tactical Mercenaries). I hope that you all see what I mean and why Agility should be changed for it is a high priority balance issue.

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I like to see variety in my battles. How boring would it be if every opponent you faced was a 5 focus build reguardless of class?