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Subject: One thing I never understood

Posted by: Textually Harass
Posted by: ShieldyPoo
U Mirin?

Why don't you do any work on your chest or legs or something? You look like a cartoon character.

Why does the power drain overpower the regen? If one gives you health(shields back), and one takes it away, wouldn't it make sense for nothing to happen?

0 + 1 -1 = 0.

  • 03.09.2011 12:26 AM PDT

I'm out.


Posted by: ShieldyPoo
0 + 1 -1 = 0.

Maybe.

  • 03.09.2011 12:38 AM PDT
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It makes a counter to the regen. Also, think of it like this:

The regen gives you shields, but the power drain takes them away. So even if your regen has given you your shields back, the power drain should, rightfully, take them away and leave you redbar.

This works the other way around too, but try not to think too hard about it.

  • 03.09.2011 1:03 AM PDT

I'm out.


Posted by: ghoulies113
This works the other way around too, but try not to think too hard about it.


That's the opposite of true.

  • 03.09.2011 1:17 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
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I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


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Exactly Ghoulies. You're spot on.

You don't use a regen when you're full shield.

Therefore;

-1+1-1=-1 <-- Back where you started, weak/no shields.

That makes more sense. When you put the regen down, you aren't at normal shields (0), you're always weak (-1).

  • 03.09.2011 1:18 AM PDT

I know where you live

I like to think that the power drain causes changes to the re-gens circuitry causing a singularity that mathematics are unable to describe.

  • 03.09.2011 2:20 AM PDT
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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: jaythenerdkid
I definitely believe every wildly inflated claim ITT.

Weow kid, do you even lift?


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Posted by: Duppy Doozi 13
Posted by: Mike Huntt
Exactly Ghoulies. You're spot on.

You don't use a regen when you're full shield.

Therefore;

-1+1-1=-1 <-- Back where you started, weak/no shields.

That makes more sense. When you put the regen down, you aren't at normal shields (0), you're always weak (-1).
Even if you have full shields and you put a regen up a power drain will still take them away.

Powerdrain > Regen.
I'm aware of that. I'm just stating that the theory behind why it happens is pretty logical.

  • 03.09.2011 2:27 AM PDT

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It's a counter to regenerations I think.

  • 03.09.2011 3:19 AM PDT
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Cause the power drain drains faster?

  • 03.09.2011 4:38 AM PDT

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magnitude of power drain is larger than that of regen. so in your complex equation let power drain = -2 instead of -1

  • 03.09.2011 4:41 AM PDT
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Posted by: Screamo
riot is to halo as batman is to gotham city


Posted by: Colossal Dave
magnitude of power drain is larger than that of regen. so in your complex equation let power drain = -2 instead of -1


Yeah, shields drop faster from Drainer than they raise from Regen.

  • 03.09.2011 8:33 AM PDT

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Posted by: Colossal Dave
magnitude of power drain is larger than that of regen. so in your complex equation let power drain = -2 instead of -1


Pretty much, if Regen gave you shields as quickly as Drainer took them away then the Regen would make a guy nearly invincible.

  • 03.09.2011 8:57 AM PDT
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Thnx for the awesome sig Smyf!

and now it is my duty to completely drain you

I like that its how it is. Regen is op anyway.

  • 03.09.2011 10:55 AM PDT

Posted by: A 3 Legged Goat
"Team shoot the wraith!"
"What's a team shoot and what's a wraith?!"
"It means we all shoot at the big blue thing together!"
"Okay!"
*starts betraying blue teammate*

Or powerdrain just breaks the regen...

  • 03.09.2011 12:36 PM PDT