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Enhancements

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Overview

Enhancements are permanent boosts to powers.

  • There are four main types of enhancements:
  1. Training
  2. Dual-Origin
  3. Single-Origin
  4. Special
  • Training and Special enhancements are usable by any characters. Dual-Origin and Single-Origin enhancements are only usable by characters of specific origins.
  • There are 26 different Aspects which can be enhanced, such as Accuracy, Damage, and Recharge.
    • Each Aspect is categorized under 'Schedules', depending on their boost.
  • Enchancments that match the same Type and Aspect can be combined to form one enchancement that has a slightly larger boost.

Enhancement Types

Training

TO

  • Useable by any character.
  • Purchasable and dropped at all levels.

Dual-Origin

DO

  • Useable only by characters who match one of the two origins.
  • Purchasable at level 15 (useable by level 12's). Possible to drop at lower levels, though unlikely.
  • Can be combined with other DO's as long as one of the origins match the character's origin.
    • EXAMPLE: Science character. Can use Tech/Sci and Mut/Sci. Can combine Tech/Sci and Mut/Sci, can also conbine Tech/Sci and Tech/Sci. Cannot combine Tech/Sci and Nat/Tech.

Single-Origin

SO

  • Useable only by characters matching its origin.
  • Purchasable at level 25 (useable by level 22's). Possible to drop at lower levels, usually through a Task/Strike Force or Trial. Still unlikely
  • Can only be combined with enhancements matching its origin

Special Types

NOTE: Currently only accessible to Hero characters

  • Enhances 2 or more aspects. Boost varies by type.
  • Useable by any character.
  • Can only be combined with other Special Types that enhance the same aspects
    • EXAMPLE:
      • Hammy Centriole Exposure (Damage/Range).
      • Titan Diamond Shard (Accuracy/Damage).
      • Hammy Nucleolus Exposure (Accuracy/Damage).
      • Centriole can be placed in any power that does damage and/or has a range aspect. Can be placed in brawl, but will not increase melee range. A better choice would be the Nucleoulus.
    • The Diamond Shard and the Nucleolus can be combined.
    • Centriole and Diamond Shard cannot be combined.

Hamidon

HO (sometimes called Hammie-O's or just Hammy)

  • Enhances each aspect at the same level as Single-Origin enhancements.
  • Only dropped by Hamidon in The Hive, a level 45+ zone.

Crystal Titan and Hydra

  • Far more rare than Hamidon-Origin.
  • Enhances each aspect at the same level as Dual-Origin enhancements


Enhancement Aspects

  • Accuracy
  • Confusion Duration
  • Damage
  • Defense Buff
  • Defense Debuff
  • Endurance Modification
  • Endurance Reduction
  • Fear Duration
  • Flight Speed
  • Healing
  • Hold Duration
  • Immobilization Duration
  • Intangibility
  • Activation Acceleration
  • Jumping
  • Knockback Distance
  • Range Increase
  • Recharge Reduction
  • Resist Damage
  • Run Speed Increase
  • Sleep Duration
  • Slow
  • Disorient Duration
  • Taunt Duration
  • To Hit Buff
  • Accuracy Debuff

Schedules

Modified from official Enhancement Diversificationforum post by CuppaJo

Schedule A

  • Accuracy, Confuse, Damage, Defense DeBuff, Drain Endurance, Endurance Discount, Fear, Fly, Heal, Hold, Immobilize, Intangible, Jump, Recharge, Recovery, Run, Sleep, Snare, Stun, Taunt, To Hit Debuff

Schedule B

  • Range, Defense Buff, Resist Damage, To Hit Buff

Schedule C

  • Interrupt

Schedule D

  • Knockback

Retired Aspects

There are currently three enhancements that have been retired. They are:

  • Cone Range enhancements, whose functionality is now within the Range enhancements,
  • Endurance Drain enhancements, whose functionality is now within the Endurance Modification enhancements, and
  • Endurance Recovery enhancements, whose functionality is now within the Endurance Modification enhancements

Notes

Respec

Combining

Links

CuppaJo

Enhancement Disambiguation page with links to other Enhancement articles

Official Forum post on [Enhancment Diversification]