Resisting Thermal Detonators...no

Ha that's true! I hadn't thought of it like that. I throw a sticky time bomb at you but Admiral Ackbar waves his hand like a Jedi, even though he's not, and the grenades disappear..

Brilliant!

Those that are resisted are duds.

Those that are erased are disarmed. Voila

Interesting point. Call the manufacturer. I want a refund on the duds.

Yeah it shouldn't be resisted. Makes jawas basic even worse.

Scoundrels or Jawa Eng need more potency in stats, thats can make them be unresisted. But detonators should be also non cleansable by dispel. It is non a debuff, it is timed dammage. Only evade chance like other direct atacks.

Because they can be resistant and dodged they are hard to place. This makes attacking with them very hard. I agree would be nice if they had some benefit to make them more effective.

- can't be debuffed (removed)
- explode on a critical hit
- not effected by potency
- or even a detonator switch that maybe increase s damage the more turns you wait maybe the 2 it would take to get the full 100% and one extra for 25% more, but could detonate after 1 turn for less damage
- if they can be debuffed they should count as a negative status effect, which I don't think they do currently
- a chance debuf where they have a 50% or greater chance to explode if debuffed


There are many ways to rework them. And something really needs to be done.

Here are my thoughts about Detonators.

They should be Resisted, but not Dodged. They are a negative status effect (they are Red), but they should not be treated as an attack. When Fives shoots, you Dodge the damage and Resist the Speed Down. For detonators, you should Resist, but never Dodge.

Also, detonators should do a % of (Max Protection + Maximum Hit Points), not just a % of Maximum Hit Points. Protection was designed to prevent one-turn kills, which Detonators, by virtue of blowing up after a set number of turns, never do. Their damage was never upgraded when Protection was added to the game, and it should be.

Try putting Dengar on your team if you want thermal detonator based damage, he has a synergy with scoundrels and the majority of characters that use thermal Detonators are scoundrels anyways.
He inflicts tenacity down which makes opponents inflicted with it unable to resist thermal detonators or any other kind of de-buff.
Did I mention he is free?

They are a negative status effect (they are Red), but they should not be treated as an attack.

Yes the color is red but I don't believe they would for example trigger a % bonus damage from 88.

"Allenb60;519055" wrote:
Try putting Dengar on your team if you want thermal detonator based damage, he has a synergy with scoundrels and the majority of characters that use thermal Detonators are scoundrels anyways.
He inflicts tenacity down which makes opponents inflicted with it unable to resist thermal detonators or any other kind of de-buff.
Did I mention he is free?

When I make some dark side maps today - Chuwbacca was affected by tenacy down by Dengar. But detonators from Nut was resisted. May be it was random, but seems that Dengar is not panacea.

"Skirata;518920" wrote:
Also, detonators should do a % of (Max Protection + Maximum Hit Points), not just a % of Maximum Hit Points. Protection was designed to prevent one-turn kills, which Detonators, by virtue of blowing up after a set number of turns, never do. Their damage was never upgraded when Protection was added to the game, and it should be.

I'm agree with this opinion, that damage from detonators should be reconsidered.
Scoundrel team looks to thin (very low hp), too low speed, not so big damage (like some others agressors), so they also couldnt stay alive, until they explode.