First of all, while I haven't finished the Statesman TF on any character, my understanding is that
it's simply difficult to finish without lots of
debuffs, a good tank, and controller. This is by design. It would be, however, pretty unfair to say you absolutely need to have Radiation characters, or any of the above. It's just that Rad has the most reliable -regen debuff out there. The Kinetics
and Dark Miasma sets have small amounts of -regen too, but nowhere near what you get from Lingering Radiation.
Second...I'm not sure about that, Ankh. See, traditionally power changes for player characters have usually not affected enemy NPCs. Moment of Glory has been through several changes in the past
few years, and none of said changes have affected the version used by enemy characters (most obviously the Paragon Protectors). I don't have any concrete
knowledge here, but I'm willing to bet that Captain Mako still has the old NPC version of Moment of Glory, not the player version. Unless someone can
verify otherwise? Anyone know?
Third, all that said, Space Mage is now Level 50. She's a Dark Defender, and thus far more useful than my previous
solitary 50 - a scrapper. Admittedly Dark isn't the absolute best defender type for AV fights. But it's one of the better ones, I think. Let me know
time and place. I may need some help getting Shivans and Nukes though. I can do it solo on Space, and will if necessary, but I'd much rather
company.
-- Acyl
it's simply difficult to finish without lots of
debuffs, a good tank, and controller. This is by design. It would be, however, pretty unfair to say you absolutely need to have Radiation characters, or any of the above. It's just that Rad has the most reliable -regen debuff out there. The Kinetics
and Dark Miasma sets have small amounts of -regen too, but nowhere near what you get from Lingering Radiation.
Second...I'm not sure about that, Ankh. See, traditionally power changes for player characters have usually not affected enemy NPCs. Moment of Glory has been through several changes in the past
few years, and none of said changes have affected the version used by enemy characters (most obviously the Paragon Protectors). I don't have any concrete
knowledge here, but I'm willing to bet that Captain Mako still has the old NPC version of Moment of Glory, not the player version. Unless someone can
verify otherwise? Anyone know?
Third, all that said, Space Mage is now Level 50. She's a Dark Defender, and thus far more useful than my previous
solitary 50 - a scrapper. Admittedly Dark isn't the absolute best defender type for AV fights. But it's one of the better ones, I think. Let me know
time and place. I may need some help getting Shivans and Nukes though. I can do it solo on Space, and will if necessary, but I'd much rather
company.
-- Acyl