Quote (Old_Grandma @ Fri, Dec 21 2007, 04:47am)
Beacon - I hope this obvious
Elemental Beacon - Same applies to this...
MultiBeacon - This isn't as important to me. I rather do Mass amount of damage to a single mob (Beacon), then to do a little more damage to a group of mobs.
you do know beacon and multi beacon stacks right?
Yes, I never disputed that. But I think I do know what you're trying to get at...(I should have elaborated a bit more, but i was getting tried of writing this). If what I'm saying is to try and do mass amount of damage to a single mob, why not invest points into mulitbeacon and stack it to increase damage to a single mob right (while also having the benefit of increase damage to surrounding mobs)? Well the first problem is (as I've stated a couple of times above) skill points are very limited. At lvl 50, I've already used up all my skill points into skills I think are useful/good for me. And I don't think multibeacon is worth having if you plan on just investing a point or 2. At 88 power costs, it's not worth it to do an extra 15% for only 5 secs, and as you well know we are not the caster-type class and so we don't have a lot of power points . And here lies the second problem: In Hardcore (at least for me) I don't ever wanna be in a situation where my power points are completely depleted or almost depleted. You might argue, just use ur power injectors. Well...That's what I'm trying to avoid, because I never want to be in a situation where I'm unable to heal because I've previously used my power injectors and the cool down period isn't over yet. But let me make it clear, I'm not saying this is a bad skill, and therefore, I avoided investing any skill points into it....All I'm saying is that, for my build...I just couldn't afford it. And I don't think it's worth having if only for a point or 2 into this skill. I'm sure sooner or later someone will come out with a build that utilizes this skill to its potential. But until we're able to get more skill points, I don't see it happening anytime soon. Because even with the MM cookie-cutter build (rapid fire build), I don't see how they'll be able to be an effective MM...cuz then they won't be able to max out crucial skills.
NOTE: As Old_Grandma stated, they do stack; however, I don't know if this is a bug or intended, but you can only stack then if u use beacon first then multibeacon or vice versa (My apologizes, I forgot how it went exactly, since the last time I used multibeacon was w/ my sc char trying to finish the game asap to get to hardcore mode. But if you're curious I can find out, since i still have my sc char, lmk).