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I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:17 am
by Lujo
:shock: :idea:

Stick a cydstep on an EM worshipping halfling with a naga cauldron. Tell me what you get. You can thank me later.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:21 am
by The Avatar
Dear god. Who new Halfling Warlords could be so great? Now I'm just imagining what a rogue who scummed CYDSTEPP could do. Great find Lujo, now I will finally use the cauldron.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:33 am
by Lujo
I can't stop giggling hysterically. I whish I could email everyone who was pissed off at me when that monstrosity got benched back then to tell them they can come back now. I whish q3 was here. What an incredibly cathartic moment.

Let's break this in all possible ways.

EDIT: Ever since the last round of balancing I was secretly praying that the devs put it back in somehow, and when I saw that cydstepp change I felt impossibly relieved and so thankful, but that darned 10% was missing. And I'm probably the only person who kept the cauldron in the locker, and I kept trying to push halflings to the limit and couldn't find one. And it was all bloody there all this time XD Sidestepper's acid caster, dear god, I have to buy that guy a beer one day... Ahhh, I feel like I can die happy, it's incredible how much I love this game...

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:50 am
by Blovski
I uh...

I think I'm being dim because I don't get it/don't get why it's better than the existing alternatives. If you can get it so you've got a boss where you can get 2 hits for the clearance/cydstepp/potion combo maybe...

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:55 am
by Sidestepper
I'm with Blovski here. I'm guessing that you can use the plants to get poisoned/manaburned/cursed/corroded, but at 15 piety a pop, that's pretty expensive, especially since the poison and manaburn keep getting reset. Massive health potions don't seem all that great when you have 40 stacks of corrosion from Earthmother's ire.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 3:58 am
by Lujo
Ever herd of the fabled "too broken to believe" cydstep rogue? :)

Now immagine doing the same thing with a Transmuter who has the easiest possible time scumming up whatever you're looking for? Immagine it with the tools we have now?

You only need one shot of weakening and one shot of corrosion XD You can turn anyone into a warlord (sans damage, but who really cares, you got other abilities) XD

In theory you can self-cannon with anyone, at the very least :lol:

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:03 am
by Sidestepper
I believe you when you say you've created something wonderful. I get stacking Greenblood and Clearance with CYDSTEP, but I don't really see how the super potions fit in. I guess I'm going to have to try it and see.

Arggh, I just did a Naga City run but decided not to locker the cauldron. I guess this is as good a time as any to snag some more badges from that place.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:07 am
by Lujo
You can cast cydstepp at 50% health with anyone. And potions restore 40% health. So you need +10% which is two debuffs which can be RBS and something, or two plants from EM. And then you're a warlord. On top of whatever else you are, say a Rogue. If you hadn't been around when it was hot, take a crack at it, you'll see. Stacking a warlord on top of a rogue used to be able to take out dungeons much harder than the ones we have now.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:10 am
by Blovski
Interesting - probably too much scumming involved for me to get it with a class that can use it properly. Should be good for Demonic Library, though.

Re: I may have just broken the cauldron

PostPosted: Sat Dec 14, 2013 4:15 am
by Lujo