I'm an owner of the chaos set and I find really frustrating how it outclasses almost any other set I own (or at least I feel like it). I use almost every kind of weapon and by comparing the chaos set to the sets that are specifically made for one particular kind of weapon I usually end up realising that the chaos set works as fine if nor better than those sets (although I don't own any gunner set). Should this armor be nerfed? because I don't think the status weakness is enough to stop this set from being op.
Chaos set
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 06:35
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 07:17
#2
Hmm, I've fought worse
welcome to the world of the offensive supremacy poko (nice name, flourish user?) and yes, chaos is supposed to give generally better offensive than other armors in trade for status weakness and it is also supposed to give better offensive bonuses than a standard gunner, sword or bomber armor, think of them as "glass cannon" type of armors, weak defense high offense.
the problem lies on the power of the damage bonuses severely outweighing armor resistances and defense, leaving the chaos and black kat to be the most imba sets in SK, trading very little in exchange for very powerful bonuses, not to mention that most of the downside effects of these armors can be nullified with some UV's, making of them the best choices almost literally everywhere.
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 07:43
#3
You could argue that the only
You could argue that the only true glass cannon set is 3* Black Kat, but only when used in tier 3, of course.
Mad Bomber was at one point, but buffs to the other 2 main Demo sets and the inclusion of trinkets ate its lunch long before Chaos did.
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 10:56
#4
Mad bomber is probably the
Mad bomber is probably the most balanced of all the "Glass Cannon" sets.
It provides great boosts but only to the least used weapon class in the game.
Chaos takes the Mad bomber boosts and turns them into universal boosts by picking up a curse penalty (the rarest status in the game).
Black Kat set provides max damage boost to everything and a MSI boost. Perfect for those who spent CR on CTR/ASI UVs.
The other much less used glass cannon set is the Cyclops Cap/ Fencing Jacket set. Doesn't make much sense for endgame players to use but for those in the early game this set lets you either play in a defensive set or an extremely fragile yet much more dangerous set.
Sun, 10/05/2014 - 11:34
#5
Chaos cloak is the reason I
Chaos cloak is the reason I regret ever making a mad bomber set, it's useless as hell because of it.
Threads about equipment belong in the Arsenal forum. So please move this thread there (by editing the original post and selecting that forum from the drop-down menu).
Yes, Chaos and Black Kat armor outclasses everything else in the game. This has been discussed heavily since Black Kat Cowl was introduced and Chaos was buffed.
Ideas recently proposed for nerfing Chaos include (A) movement speed decrease (B) harsher status penalties, (C) changing how damage is calculated, to make damage protection on armor important, and then making Chaos have bad damage protection. Ideas proposed months ago include smaller bonuses, such as (D) making each piece be +1 and +2, instead of +2 and +2.