Item Database

Improved Red Tape

Your target has their initiatives lowered by 250 points. There is also a chance of other 'weird' effects happening.

Flags	Default Target, Item Texture Override, Buff Nano, Disable Statel Collision
Patch	110000
QL	116
Crystal	Weird looking Red Tape
NCU	36
Nanocost	190
School	Psionic — Psionic
Duration	6 minutes
Attack time	2.80s
Recharge time	1.20s
Range	12.00 m
Effect icon
Stacking order	36

Attack skills

Skill	%
Biological metamorphosis	50%
Psychological modifications	50%

Defense skills

Skill	%
Nano resist	100%

Requirements

Hook	Attribute	Operator	Value
To Use	Psychological modifications	at least	538
To Use	Biological metamorphosis	at least	538
To Use	Visual profession	exactly	Bureaucrat

Effects

Hook	Target	Action	Attribute	Value
On Use	Target	Modify	Melee init	-250
On Use	Target	Modify	Ranged init	-250
On Use	Target	Modify	Physical init	-250
On Use	Target	Modify	Nano init	-250
On Use	Target	Modify	Stamina	-25
On Use	Target	Modify	Projectile damage modifier	-10
On Use	Target	Modify	Skill lock modifier	15
On Use	Target	Modify	Critical decrease	-2
On Use	Target	Modify	Agg/Def	-50
On Use	Target	Modify	Projectile AC	-40

Comments

21 archived

Discuss this nano on the forum

Keex 2005-10-02 17:40

chestloot in SL static dungeons/missions

tegrere 2005-11-10 07:13

lol, cool, its kinda like gambling, lol, except all the effect r lame...lol, whats the point of this and not normal red tape? is it to cast on ppl in pvp? lol.

MsManners 2005-11-22 19:26

What's the point of this over red tape? You're mad! let's see, There's an EXTRA 200 POINTS on the init debuff, there's -50 Agg/Def, and then it looks like if you get a low enough roll you get all those "lame" effects. I'll trade you a red tape for a wierd looking red tape if you like, heck, I'll give you two ;-)

Bluetape 2006-02-08 18:46

I got this nano as soon as possible. It's a unique stacking debuff, and that always helps against bosses. It stacks with malaise/UBT, and the -50 agg/def massively slows down attack speed. On pandemoneum raids, my main contribution is just tab/improved red tape/repeat. It lands very easily.

nomad1 2006-04-08 22:31

"All enemies in the area have their initiatives lowered by 30 points." gogo Copy-Paste :P
Both this and Red Tape are not AoE nanos, secondly 30 points? more like 230 :)

Yakobo66 2006-07-07 15:54

and 2 more crit decrease.... this + the -11 = veeery nice

Blaumann 2006-10-25 13:12

Do I get this right? There's a 55% chance of this nano doing nothing but burning 190 nano? oO

pusikas 2006-11-25 00:10

It always lowers aggdef by 50% and initiatives by 230. Rest is random. Can't be stressed too often: this nano stacks with all other init debuffs, crat/doc/MP, whatever, and it lands on things that cannot normally debuffed, like alien bosses, HI eremites, whatever.

slakrrr 2006-12-31 19:54

Where in the shadowlands is a good place to camp for this nano?

GhostUK 2007-01-04 15:09

Any dungeon with lvl 116ish mobs will do :)

slakrrr 2007-01-07 02:13

Anyone know where a dungeon in SL with level 116ish mobs is?Thanks

Zinrax 2007-09-10 16:37

http://www.jexai.co.uk/anarchy/sl_scheol.html
marked The Underroot Passage, seems a good place for us omni's.

zerogates 2007-10-19 01:10

this crat debuffs are annoying as hell, they last too damn long without any way to clear them other than death. Fix it FC virus scanners or free move stims or something.

Lazy 2008-12-01 02:03

Pricecheck???

jokeUsa 2009-04-27 09:16

zerogates @ 2007-10-19 01:10
this crat debuffs are annoying as hell, they last too damn long without any way to clear them other than death. Fix it FC virus scanners or free move stims or something.
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gdb2222 2009-06-28 02:29

Pricecheck 500m?

Manicmouse 2009-08-01 14:31

100m on RK1 today

Darketernal 2009-10-27 02:31

yeah this lasts too long, need a way to clear it when not in fight or somethin

Binarybot 2012-02-13 08:32

With 17.6, this became a new nano (http://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=267311), but they both stack (even though its same effect, same name, etc, they are still different nanos). So old crats who got this nano are very useful in a raid (since you can double this effect, plus all other tapes and init debuffs, etc).
Haven't tried yet to see if you can upload and cast both from the same toon, but the effects of -100 aggdef seem to be amazing if you can find a crat still slinging the old nano.

Binarybot 2012-02-13 08:34

Since the comments update on both nanos, the currently dropping nano from 17.6 through today is (http://auno.org/ao/db.php?id=222687)

Binarybot 2012-02-13 08:35

reverse that last one (sorry, no edit). 222687 was the old one, 267311 is the new.

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