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The Con Color is determined by subtracting the critter's level from your combat level and adding their rank. | The Con Color is determined by subtracting the critter's level from your combat level and adding their rank. | ||
| − | :For critters with no rank (such as pet's), you can use the con color to determine their rank. Take their con color's numerical value and add the difference in your levels. | + | :For critters with no rank (such as pet's)<!-- I'd like to say mission and player pets and well as mission and player henchemen, but it gets a little long -->, you can use the con color to determine their rank. Take their con color's numerical value and add the difference in your levels. |
== Con Colors == | == Con Colors == | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 8 August 2007
Overview
Con System is short for Consideration System. It is a color coded way to 'consider' how difficult it will be to defeat a particular target.
The Con System will change the color of your target's name based on its relative level as well as its rank. This is called the Con color. (some may refer it as Con rank, or Con level).
Rank refers to Underlings, Minions, Lieutenants, Bosses, Elite Bosses, Archvillains and Heroes, each of these has a different modifier that will change the Con color.
The Con Color is determined by subtracting the critter's level from your combat level and adding their rank.
- For critters with no rank (such as pet's), you can use the con color to determine their rank. Take their con color's numerical value and add the difference in your levels.
Con Colors
The following is a list of Con colors.
In addition to the colors, there are in some cases small arrowheads (triangles) that appear below the target's name. These are to assist players who may have trouble distinguishing the colors.
| Color | Arrows | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dark Grey | None | No XP award. Good for hunt missions or venting. |
| Grey | 3 Down | What Positron says. |
| Green | 2 Down | Green like grass. Mow as such. |
| Blue | 1 Down | Dangerous in large groups. |
| White | None | Should be a mediocre fight. |
| Yellow | 1 Up | Most characters will handle these just fine. |
| Orange | 2 Up | Bring a friend. |
| Red | 3 Up | Bring several friends. |
| Purple | None | Need a few of at least two of healers, tanks, and Awakens. |
| Purple | None | ... mommy ... |
Rank
The higher a critter's rank, the higher its con color will be.
| (-1) | Underling |
| (+0) | Minion |
| (+1) | Lieutenant, Sniper |
| (+2) | Boss |
| (+2) | Elite Boss (bugged/error) |
| (+5) | Archvillains, Heroes and Monsters(instanced) |
| (+100) | Giant Monsters and Monsters(non-instanced) (except Sally) |
Notes
- (Giant) Monsters will always con purple to everyone no matter what level they are. This includes Monsters that are NOT spawned inside of instanced missions. All Devouring Earth Monsters in The Hive, The Abyss, Monster Island and Peregrine Island con purple to all characters.
- An exception to this is Sally, whose level ranges from 27 to 30.
- There are 2 shades of grey for targets conning -3 and -4, but the difference is negligible.
- Conning errors do occur, examples:
- Currently, all Elite Bosses will con as regular bosses, +2
- Critters spawned from Rikti Portals often have a con +1 that of normal.
- Malta Auto Turrets con as Lieutenants, even though the Operation Engineer that put it there is a Minion.
- With the release of Issue 10, the individual Rikti spawned from Rikti World Invasion event portals are level-less. They always con at even level to the player, with modification for rank being the only difference - for example, a Guardian (minion) will con white, while a Headman Gunman (lieutenant) will con yellow (+1 level for rank) and a Viscious Rikti Monkey (underling) will con blue (-1 level for rank).
Example
| Character combat level | 15 |
| Lieutenant NPC level | 17 |
| Level Difference | +2 |
| Rank Difference | +1 |
| Con color | +3 (Red) |
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Quick Reference Conning Chart
| Target's Relative Level |
Underling | Minion | Lieutenant | Boss/ Elite Boss |
Hero/ Archvillain |
| <-8 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY |
| -8 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | LIGHT GRAY |
| -7 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | GREEN |
| -6 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | BLUE |
| -5 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | LIGHT GRAY | WHITE |
| -4 | DARK GRAY | DARK GRAY | LIGHT GRAY | GREEN | YELLOW |
| -3 | DARK GRAY | LIGHT GRAY | GREEN | BLUE | ORANGE |
| -2 | LIGHT GRAY | GREEN | BLUE | WHITE | RED |
| -1 | GREEN | BLUE | WHITE | YELLOW | PURPLE |
| Even | BLUE | WHITE | YELLOW | ORANGE | PURPLE |
| +1 | WHITE | YELLOW | ORANGE | RED | PURPLE |
| +2 | YELLOW | ORANGE | RED | PURPLE | PURPLE |
| +3 | ORANGE | RED | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE |
| +4 | RED | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE |
| >+4 | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE | PURPLE |
| Foe’s Level |
Underlings | Minions | Lieutenants, Snipers |
Bosses | Elite Bosses |
Arch-Villains / Heroes |
Giant Monsters |
| +4 | Red | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple |
| +3 | Orange | Red | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple |
| +2 | Yellow | Orange | Red | Purple | Purple | Purple | Purple |
| +1 | White | Yellow | Orange | Red | Red | Purple | Purple |
| Even | Blue | White | Yellow | Orange | Orange | Purple | Purple |
| -1 | Green | Blue | White | Yellow | Yellow | Purple | Purple |
| -2 | Gray | Green | Blue | White | White | Red | Purple |
| -3 | Gray | Gray | Green | Blue | Blue | Orange | Purple |
| -4 | Gray | Gray | Gray | Green | Green | Yellow | Purple |
| -5 | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | White | Purple |
| -6 | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | Blue | Purple |
| -7 | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | Gray | Green | Purple |
Screenshot example chart
| Con Total |
Color | Arrows | |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-4) | Dark Grey | None | No XP award. Good for hunt missions or venting. |
| (-3) | Grey | 3 Down | What Positron says. |
| (-2) | Green | 2 Down | Green like grass. Mow as such. |
| (-1) | Blue | 1 Down | Dangerous in large groups. |
| (+0) | White | None | Should be a mediocre fight. |
| (+1) | Yellow | 1 Up | Most characters will handle these just fine. |
| (+2) | Orange | 2 Up | Bring a friend. |
| (+3) | Red | 3 Up | Bring several friends. |
| (+4) | Purple | None | Need a few of at least two of healers, tanks, and Awakens. |
| (+5) | Purple | None | ... mommy ... |
| COLOR | EXAMPLE | DESCRIPTION |
| DARK GRAY |  |
An entire order of magnitude less powerful that you. Even in very large numbers enemies of this power level aren't likely to present a challenge. |
| LIGHT GRAY |  |
Significantly less powerful than you. No contest. |
| GREEN |  |
Substantially less powerful than you. Should be easy. |
| BLUE |  |
Less powerful than you. Can be dangerous in groups, or to non-combat-oriented characters. |
| WHITE |  |
About your same power level. Depending on your Archetype and Powers, you may be able to handle several of these at once, or you may find a single enemy a challenge. |
| YELLOW |  |
A bit ahead of your power level. Combat-oriented characters should engage solo with caution, avoiding them when they’re in large groups. |
| ORANGE |  |
Substantially ahead of your power level. Only characters skilled in combat should attempt to engage solo, and then only with extreme caution. |
| RED |  |
Significantly ahead of your power level. Should not be engaged one-on-one. |
| PURPLE |  |
Far ahead of your power level. Do not engage one-on-one. Purples near your level may be successfully engaged in groups. |
