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    Tani Shirai
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kabooa View Post
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolide

    Huh. The namesake doesn't quite match up.

    So here's a thought. What if instead it reduced the damage the target does by 100% for 5 seconds. Instead of Gunbreaker being discount Hallowed Ground, Gunbreaker instead nullifies the enemy attack regardless of target?
    At first I thought Superbolide was perhaps... another name for a hyperbolic paraboloid, that ultra-strong, ultra-compressible saddle-shape as seen launching the clubs of mantis shrimp or the like -- with the idea being you're "compressed" down to 1 HP, but you're now entirely indestructible.

    But nope. It's a meteorite. As you'd expect on an AST.

    And, if we're keeping a name fit for an AST... just what exactly would be an effect that could remind someone of an incredibly bright meteorite? Something that makes you "burn out brightly"?

    You're unhealable but you gain tremendous Defense with each point of damage taken? Damage taken is reduced by your %missing HP? How do we "meteor" this immunity skill in some way other than... letting it crash violently?

    Quote Originally Posted by Shougun View Post
    What if Superbolide recharged a cartridge for every X% hp prevented? Theoretically could temporarily turn you into a whirlwind of attacks.

    Maybe allow it to overcharge your cartridge (the two slots animate out to a six slot revolver like image, as each overcharged is consumed it'll slowly collapse back down into the two slots).

    Worse than Paladin in terms of defense strength better than Paladin for offense?
    Wouldn't this return you towards undue MT-dependence, though? In dungeons you'd also feel obliged to save it for mass-AoE pulls for Fated Circle spam unless dungeon bosses can actually finally hit for more than noodle-strikes, and in a 10-second Flurry at that. That would make it feel rather... confined.

    Admittedly though, that would definitely be a "burn out brightly" effect, lol.
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    Last edited by Shurrikhan; 06-03-2019 at 06:39 AM.