KotOR2 Combat Rebalance 1.2.1

Any chance of making a version with extended buff durations, like this mod? https://deadlystream.com/files/file/777-increased-force-buff-durations/

That would make a bunch of force powers unbalanced, so no.

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"The Energy Resistance series no longer resist energy damage"

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Soooo, you gutted the entire main point of that series of powers?

Some of these changes look interesting, while others - such as the above-mentioned - seem more questionable. I think the nerfs to Heal and Improved Heal might go a bit too far, unless (unlike the Master version) they still get a boost from Treat Injury.

IMO nerfing Destroy Droid is not really necessary. It only works on droid enemies, and only does the full damage if they fail their saving throws - which is hardly a guarantee at the point in the game a player will have it. On top of that, once the player is past G0-T0's yacht its usefulness drops off dramatically unless you have M4-78EP installed - and for M4-78, nerfing Destroy Droid is overly punishing because the Environmental Zone absolutely spams droid enemies and some of the droids on that world are extreme damage sponges. I think the Guardian Droid in the Environmental Zone is even more of a tank than the freaking Drexl Larva.

Why do so many people in the community hate the blur effects for things like Force Speed so much? Seriously, why?

I wonder if it would be simpler to just significantly up the cost for using contra-alignment Force Powers, so that people can't cheese the game by mixing power pools the designers did not intend to freely overlap. Or maybe to just remove access to Force Lightning entirely, since from what I can tell that's the lynchpin of most or all of the game-breaking cheese builds that so many players seem to be addicted to using. I do see you at least nerfed that whole line a good bit.

Well... Energy Resistance was OP, if you combine it with armor that has energy resistance you basically become immune to energy damage.

The Force Heal series is still OP in my opinion, especially if all 3 group members cast it at the same time.

Destroy Droid hard stuns droids and also does a ton of damage so i felt like the nerf was necessary.

And as a graphics connoisseur i can assure you only weirdos like the blur effects.

5 minutes ago, GearHead said:

Well... Energy Resistance was OP, if you combine it with armor that has energy resistance you basically become immune to energy damage.

The Force Heal series is still OP in my opinion, especially if all 3 group members cast it at the same time.

Destroy Droid hard stuns droids and also does a ton of damage so i felt like the nerf was necessary.

1. Do you have clear-cut confirmation of that? I ask because I just checked Strategy Wiki to double-check how it works (I wasn't sure if it was like a consumable shield where after absorbing so many points it fizzles out, it's not something I end up using very often)... and according to StrategyWiki, damage resistances do not stack; only the higher resistance has any effect. And even if they did stack, there has to be a less-awkward solution than making a power literally called Energy Resistance... not provide energy resistance. Like maybe making the Master level restricted by armor.

2. I've never found Force Heal to be OP; the first two levels especially can actually struggle to keep up with your Vitality as you level up, in my experience. And (contrary to something I had assumed for a while) it doesn't benefit from Treat Injury as medpacs do. It only benefits from your Wisdom score, which you cannot raise nearly as readily and gear that raises it typically comes at the cost of wearing armor. If all three party members cast it at the same time it can definitely heal a lot, but that means having to have all three party members take a break from dealing damage that round. Which can be costly, especially when fighting multiple enemies. And of course, Force Points are in limited supply in combat. You can run out of them faster than you'd think, especially if the RNG is favoring opponents' attack rolls over yours and making you have to heal constantly... or causing you to burn FP by causing opponents to make their saving throws more often than not.
How does your experience differ? And how do you typically build your stats at character creation?

3. It does, but again that's only if you beat their saving throw. And speaking from my experience with spamming the crap out of Destroy Droid on G0-T0's yacht (which, without M4-78, is basically the only chance Destroy Droid really has to shine), that's a much bigger "if" than you might think at the point of the game where you have access to it. And I do believe they can un-stun if left long enough, I think I had some of the aforementioned damage sponge droids on M4-78 do that. Speaking of, even with the full damage of Destroy Droid it took some time to eat through those droids' health. That is how stupidly tanky we're talking.

I really would like to know what the community's beef with the blur from Force Speed and other such things is. Did it torture kittens to death in front of y'all? I see so, so many mods that remove it, including K1CP. It feels like the community assumption is that everyone wants it gone and nobody could possibly enjoy having it around; like the community perceives it as some hideously offensive mistake on Bioware's part.

• Damage Resistance definitely stuck, even with the Toughness and the Ignore Pain / Inner Strength feats. You can literally become immune to damage. Also Energy Resistance was renamed to Environmental Resistance, which was the originally intended name for the force power according to the game files.
• Force Heal is OP because there are lots of gear in the game that helps you resist a ton of damage, and that is a huge indirect boost to healing in general.
• If you invest enough attribute points into wisdom or charisma you will stun and do damage to droids every single time.
• We all hate the blur effect, and this hatred unites us, this is the reason why this community is alive and well to this day.