futhermocker Posted:

This is true, but what I was getting at is that for some clbumes their equipment is much more expensive and breaks more easily, so the explicit and implicit cost is higher, which adds to the challenge.

Putting points in Upkeep negates that. With 10 Upkeep I pay less than 14,000 in repairs for every four visits I make to L35 forums. Considering how long it takes to save up for powerful Eq, the repairs cost should be a non-issue once you actually have the item.

futhermocker Posted:

To play the devil’s advocate, if all clbumes were perfectly balanced, there would be no point in having different clbumes since they’d all just be one and the same.

“Balanced” does not mean “Identical”, it means that the strengths and weaknesses of each clbum make them equally competent on average but not necessarily in any given aspect.

futhermocker Posted:

But yes I know what you mean and I agree to some extent, though I think your proposed nerf on trolls is too punishing. And yes I’m also biased since I’m a troll myself.

I understand both your viewpoint and why you feel that way, but I don’t agree with you.

Trolls have the highest defense (Albeit closely followed by Hacker), and so need to have lower damage than other clbumes to compensate. One clbum having the highest damage and highest defense is the opposite of balanced.

futhermocker Posted:

As many posters have pointed out, the main problem is that with the creation Kyoubai, glbumes have become available to pretty much every clbum except emos and re-res.

No. Glbumes have always been available at the Ppwn Shoppe, although only sporadically.

futhermocker Posted:

I guess a very temporary solution would be to have a new shoe shop to provide better shoes.

That’s part of my suggestion for un-nerfing Camwhores, but that doesn’t solve the problem of overpowered trolls.

futhermocker Posted:

As for my current build:

Thank you! Please, share your new build once it’s ready.

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futhermocker Posted:

This is definitely not true, even with 128 defense, the level 35 forums still hit for 350+ each hit, and you are *very* unlikely (if not impossible) to pwn them at max threads without any consumables. Even with 5140 ego, there this one time where I got extremely unlucky and died on the very last thread when trying to pwn Fetish at 12 threads, and that’s with me using a boatload of 5-HTP’s when I had around 1000 ego left, I just got really unlucky since the forum kept hitting me without missing.

When I spec for taking-on level 35 forums, I put 43 Upgrade Points into Egomania (L16), the rest in Offense, and burn consumables to make-up the difference.

Also, prior to obtaining Pink Floyd I was taking 400+ damage per hit. Pink Floyd brought that down to +360.

Unless I made a math error, without points in Offense it would take me 4 attacks to pwn each thread, resulting in a maximum possible loss of +12,960 ego, requiring that I put 121UP (L42) into it if I want to insure that I require no 5-HTPs.

If you’d like, I can try it out once I finish my streak. Should be good for a laugh. Log in to see images!