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Post by PillarBiter on Jul 14, 2017 6:59:01 GMT
I'm back with more questions.
Mainly about the adept profile. It says int he profile description that it has +% biotic aeo damage. Does this include things such as nova's damage, biotic combos or charge if you evolve is for area damage? Or only things like annnihilation's DOT or singularity's area dot damage?
Kind of important for my build to choose between adept and explorer (which has raw +% biotic damage) with charge, nova and concussion shot.
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Post by ProbeAway on Jul 14, 2017 7:30:15 GMT
I assume any biotic skill with a damage radius would be affected, but I don't know for sure. Maybe tweet one of the devs?
No idea re combos. My guess is no, since convo damage is treated differently to power damage. Shouldn't matter too much on your build unless you take the seismic nova evolution, and even then nova still has a lengthy cooldown.
I'd pick Explorer if you aren't going for a biotic combo-heavy build, since biotic echoes is the main draw card for Adepts, but if you want to play CQC then why not use Vanguard for the melee and shield buffs?
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Post by Sanunes on Jul 14, 2017 12:18:56 GMT
My guess is that it would impact any area damage even if it is from evolution. I doubt it would impact combo damage since with augments there is a separate item for Biotic/Tech/Combat/Combo damage. I would recommend Explorer if you are going for those skills, unless you are going for Shield Powered evolution for Nova then I would suggest looking at Vanguard for the shield cost reduction.
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Post by jaegerbane on Jul 14, 2017 14:42:33 GMT
Tbh for that build I'd just go Explorer.
Adept is a fine profile for early game as it essentially allow your biotics to function several ranks above what they actually are, but by about midgame the echoes ability is largely cosmetic (enemies tend to be dead or injured to the point of irrelevance after a detonation) assuming you've been investing in your biotic passives.
Explorer generally offers much more general practicality and the best evade in the game.
I can't be sure if the Adept's biotic damage affects AoE from power, AoE from skill ranks, or even only AoE, but either way I couldn't see any difference between my biotics under Explorer or Adept.
FWIW, I'm running a Ghost build (Throw/Pull/Tactical Cloak, Pistol/Shotty/AR/SR/Asari Sword - so named after Starcraft Ghosts) and I haven't looked back from using Explorer.
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