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Incidentally, I decided to go for Assassin rather than Agent, because more power damage = better stripping on Insanity NG+, and more damage in ED/Reave = better survivability. I also used the +5% power damage visor to have a total +20% character power damage bonus (I chose the Kestral Shoulder because it's too good).
Then I suddenly come to realize that this Assassin is clearly a better caster than any of my Agent builds. Perhaps even better than my Demolishers (my Neural Shock/AI Hack Mechanics are entirely different and not comparable). Assassin has much better power damage which synergizes well with ED/Reave, but it also seem to have better cooldown.
Why? The reason is actually simple. Tony's Agent is partly based on using Sniper Zoom as a cheap Adrenaline Rush, and powers cool down at the same speed from Shepard's POV within Sniper Zoom and without. So Sniper Zoom is equal to a substantial amount of power cooldown bonus, namely:
Agent with full upgrades has (1-0.2-0.15)*(1-0.5)=0.325 times the cooldown as normal on powers such as Reave or Energy Drain (0.2 = Tech/Biotic cooldown upgrade, 0.15 = Agent bonus, 0.5 = Sniper Zoom slowdown);
Assassin with full upgrades has (1-0.2-0.09)*(1-0.6)=0.284 times the cooldown as normal on powers such as Reave or Energy Drain (0.2 = Tech/Biotic cooldown upgrade, 0.09 = Assassin bonus, 0.6 = Sniper Zoom slowdown);
So if you're spending most of your time in Sniper Zoom, as you should with a Viper, Assassin offers better cooldown AND better damage as a caster than Agent. It may even be more effective than the Demolisher when it comes to casting pure damaging powers such as Incinerate, Reave, or Energy Drain.
All hail the Caster Assassin!
Modifié par iOnlySignIn, 19 février 2011 - 09:28 .
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