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    Recovery Link + Nomad 4 piece. What to expect?

    I was testing some builds out this weekend, and decided to test out the Nomad 4 piece + Recovery Link.

    Both of these claim to restore health on fatal damage.

    In every case, only my Nomad would pop. I tested with a friend in the DZ. He would "kill" me, and my Nomad would pop. He would kill me again before the cool down, and I would die. Either recovery link wasn't working, or it worked at the exact same time Nomad did, rendering it useless.

    Is this normal? Should I not be running Recovery Link with 4 pieces of Nomad? It would be a waste of a skill if they both pop at the same time on lethal damage.

    NOTE: Prior to testing, Recovery Link had not been used, and neither did Nomad, in case some think either was on cool down and I didn't realize it. I had been doing stash and mat sorting at the base of operations prior to testing, so I wasn't in any combat where it popped and I didn't realize it.

    We both waited about 25 minutes (I know the recovery link CD is 13 or so minutes, so I wanted to be absolutely sure). Tested again, and Nomad kicked in and went on CD, and my friend killed me again right after. So either recovery link again didn't pop, or it popped at the same time Nomad did.

    Suggestions?
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    YodaMan 3D's Avatar Senior Member
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    I haven't tried it myself, but a friend said it worked with 6pc Nomad and Recover Link. I don't know exactly what his build is, but he stated he was invincible in the DZ and in any PvE content, stated that he couldn't be killed cause one or the other always pops.

    Now with my 6pc Nomad, I seem to die a lot more often then he does like neither one pops as they are suppose to. Then again I seem to be able to take a beating forever before I die.
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    my nomad sucks in every way possible. It just doesnt work for me. I dont even put it on anymore for contamination events. Meanwhile, people running around the DZ getting it to proc like 4 times every day.
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    I had similar problems with Nomad. Only for me it was 'some days I get it all the time, most days I get it once'.

    ...that sounds a little off. Thoughts out of gutter again, please.
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    Originally Posted by CPL599 Go to original post
    I was testing some builds out this weekend, and decided to test out the Nomad 4 piece + Recovery Link.

    Both of these claim to restore health on fatal damage.

    In every case, only my Nomad would pop. I tested with a friend in the DZ. He would "kill" me, and my Nomad would pop. He would kill me again before the cool down, and I would die. Either recovery link wasn't working, or it worked at the exact same time Nomad did, rendering it useless.

    Is this normal? Should I not be running Recovery Link with 4 pieces of Nomad? It would be a waste of a skill if they both pop at the same time on lethal damage.

    NOTE: Prior to testing, Recovery Link had not been used, and neither did Nomad, in case some think either was on cool down and I didn't realize it. I had been doing stash and mat sorting at the base of operations prior to testing, so I wasn't in any combat where it popped and I didn't realize it.

    We both waited about 25 minutes (I know the recovery link CD is 13 or so minutes, so I wanted to be absolutely sure). Tested again, and Nomad kicked in and went on CD, and my friend killed me again right after. So either recovery link again didn't pop, or it popped at the same time Nomad did.

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    Could be a bug. Ive had this happen once for sure. But dont play nomad enough to have tested it. But I do remember someone posted in another thread they had issue with the revive link once their nomad went into cooldown.

    Not sure if its working as intended tbh.... but i wouldnt be surprised if it was.


    Originally Posted by moesuvious Go to original post
    my nomad sucks in every way possible. It just doesnt work for me. I dont even put it on anymore for contamination events. Meanwhile, people running around the DZ getting it to proc like 4 times every day.
    Thats exactly my experience. Seen ppl pop routinely 2 or more times. Me, I can count on one hand the number of times Ive had 3 or 4 pops. 1 each )

    And then there is the cooldown. Thats why I prefer playing 4p set. At least I know that I can only rely on one lifesave.
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    Nomad not popping a second time would just be bad luck on the 50% chance roll.

    I'm referring more to a 4 piece Nomad without the 50% chance on another proc. I was running with both 4pieces of Nomad, and Recovery Link at the same time. I had read posts online from 2016 from people saying Nomad procs first, then Recovery Link will proc next if Nomad is still on cool down. In the cases of my testing, Recovery Link didn't proc while Nomad was on cool down.

    This leads me to believe that they either both procced at the same time upon my first "death", or there is a (possibly new) bug when using both at the same time. Forum posts from 2016 seemed to indicate that it was working at some point in time in the manner described above (Nomad will kick in, then Recovery Link will kick in if Nomad is on CD).
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    I was solo farming divtech in DZ07 the day before yesterday and got jumped by a couple of Rogues at extraction. I managed to put the first one down, but he took off enough of my health that the second one killed me.

    Nomad procced, but by that time the second guy had his stacks up so I immediately went down. Recovery link did not proc at any time.
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    Gonna ask the obvious question - where you in a group by yourself? Recovery link won't auto engage if you're not solo.
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    Originally Posted by VR_tjmitchem Go to original post
    I was solo farming divtech in DZ07 the day before yesterday and got jumped by a couple of Rogues at extraction. I managed to put the first one down, but he took off enough of my health that the second one killed me.

    Nomad procced, but by that time the second guy had his stacks up so I immediately went down. Recovery link did not proc at any time.
    Yup, that's exactly what happened during my testing with my friend. Either Recovery Link did not proc, or it procced at the same time my Nomad did, and wasted itself.
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