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Quote:If they're not constantly mezzed. :/Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Oh yeah, let's not discount the significant to-hit debuff power available to every TM character by level 4. Get a team of 8 Fire/Time controllers together and you'll be flooring everything's to-hit while melting them with Hot Feet/Fire Cages.....all by level 8. Probably going to be the earliest steamrolling superteam I can think of. -
Quote:Saying that though, goes for all the sets. Multiple Dark's become stupid powerful pretty quickly tooOriginally Posted by ClawsandEffect
That's 42% defense from a defender who is also running Maneuvers.
Add Combat Jumping or Hover and a Steadfast Res/Def and you're soft-capped.
You can get really good amounts of defense out of Farsight if you stack it with other sources.
One Time Manipulation character isn't particularly impressive, but multiple TM characters will get stupid powerful pretty quickly. The fact that the individual powers aren't that strong on their own just means the set will stack very well with itself.
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Further testing has me still not seeing Distortion Field as being all that helpful. But it does seem to be getting better. Maybe there's an ACC check and now with Tactics and at least one +ACC set bonus it's hitting more often?
Still, warwolves and cims, it was doing nothing, and Galaxy's kept blasting me.
Still giving it some serious testing untill the new MIDS comes out. I figure that will be plenty of testing.
As for Temporal Selection...still meh on it...mayeb if there werent other powers I wanted more.
Deffinantly need to build up the defense however, as getting mezzed is very common when getting into melee, and I'm tired of that toggle dropping (and using BFs only goes so far and then you run out)...so more defense will help keep the toggle from dropping as often.
Doesn't feel like a TOP OMG set, like DARK, RAD and COLD do to me, but feels a lot more fun than a lot of the other sets have been for me. -
Good! Good! I'm glad you're getting noticed on your Energy/RAD.
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Quote:Oooo...nice name grab there and totally should make it a Carnival of Light or Dark themed character!Originally Posted by Jophiel
Carousel was free. Now it's not. Maybe I'll try a Carnival themed character.
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Quote:And I agree, it's suckie, but I wouldn't call it stealing and griefing seems a bit far too, as it was never yours to steal.Originally Posted by Slazenger
Some are just plan Thieves though.
I wouldn't say my name was popular, heck it took 7 years for a server merge, I went to Freedom to see if my name was available and it was .
So in 7 years nobody took my name, yet after 7 hours my name had gone on Exalted, either I'm really,really, really unlucky and my name got a massive boost in popularity that I never see. Or someone did this out of spite, I know which sounds more likely. -
Quote:Ooooh...that's hitting below the belt on all those "name theives" (which I wouldnt call them name theives...since you know...they got the name first on a first come first served basis).Originally Posted by ChrisMoses
I would have agreed with everything you were saying, whatever it was, if you took this opportunity to use Peter Parker and Miles Morales.
All of these name-thieves are just a buncha Miles Moraleses.
I mean calling them Miles Moraleses...LOW. LOW! SO SO LOW! -
Quote:I admit to not having an Ice/Cold Corr, but I do have a Cold/Ice Defender (my /Cold Corr I went with Fire/).Originally Posted by Turbo_Ski
Sleet doesn't make not having BIB for 10 levels any less painful I assure you. Also benumb doesn't increase damage in any fashion.
at 50, Corruptors outclass defenders as I've already mentioned previously in the thread.
Defender is just more survivable.
Benumb hits hard targets for more -DMG. The defense buffs to self are higher.
And going by mids...adding in assault to the mix, helps put the Defender a bit more damage than a Corr (not counting Scourge on hard targets), while Ice Storm gets a significant amount of additional damage on the Defender (is this a bug with MIDS or how it is?)
Now I'm sure scourge will make a difference on the ST damage output, but Defender will still have the better survival...though...why Sleet doesn't do more -resist for the defender I don't know.
Time Manip has a difference between Corr/Defender's -Resist...but Cold and Dark don't seem to.
But yes, on a team a Corr will get those attacks faster, but really...so? Lvl 18 versus lvl 28. It's pretty easy and quick to get to lvl 28.
Though, if you want to use Blizzard sooner, I could see wanting to go Corr. getting to 38 can drag for some people, never mind the next two levels slotting it up. -
Thugs/Time...Farsight on GangWar...+RCH does effect the amount of time Gang War is up.
+DEF also synergizes with the Thugs Manuevars, which may not be granted to the MM, but still that's more DEF stacking on the pets. -
My suggestion...ELA!
Grab Tough.
Grab Cardiac Core Alpha Slot.
You're now at 86.4% S/L Resist with 90% Energy Resist.
Buy those Kinetic Combat's, and build for S/L Defense.
Then proceed to giggle madly! -
Quote:hahahaOriginally Posted by Commander
But we're better than that here! We're VIP's!
*tilts head back and lifts nose into the air*
Good day to you!
*walks out*
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Quote:I have no problem with Hyphenated names.Originally Posted by Doctor_Gemini
Funny, I'm just the opposite, but then I'm more entrenched in the Golden Age where two-word or hyphenated names were just as common. Probably why I rarely have trouble getting names on any server.
Spider-Man!
I just consider it one word
Mind you, I knoew there was (or still is) an RP SG on Virtue that wouldn't accept such a name, even if it made since like Spider-Man.
And all I could think was "Really? It's not like it's Frost Man-. It's Frost-Man. Like Spider-Man!"
When appropriate, I make use of the hyphen with no problem. -
Quote:Of course people HAVE used that thread to 1) take names and sit on them 2) take names to trade with 3) say "I have such and such name and I plan to just sit on it and keep it formyself"Originally Posted by Commander
I don't believe the idea of the thread should be "Hey, I snagged these names and I might be willing to make a deal and here are some names that I'm NOT willing to trade."
The idea was that if you found a name that was available and you didn't claim it for yourself, or that you had a name and are willing to give/trade it away, that you would post here.
See the Virtue Name Watch Thread for reference. It's grown to just about 13,000 posts of people sharing names. Not too bad for an RP server.
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Quote:Could just as easily do that on ExaltedOriginally Posted by Slazenger
LOL no I won't, I know exactly who took my name, reason why is unclear, but they play on the same server as me. Will I team with them now, I think not.
I mean, I'm not saying "Go play on Exalted" I just found the reasoning of it to be flawed. Where as the reasoning of "Stick to my home server" is just better reasoning
After all, all those people who took names of forum goers, popular in game personas, just to stop them from getting the name they knew they'd want, are on all those other servers, including the ones you play on.
So I wouldn't let "name grabbers on Exalted" be the reason to not play on Exalted.
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Quote:So change it to Cold/Ice combo...getting Sleet sooner and Benumb sooner doesn't have a factor in that single target damage?Originally Posted by Turbo_Ski
Which deals more damage, Ice/Rad Corr doing Ice Bolt->Ice Blast->Bitter Ice Blast-> or a Rad/Ice defender doing Ice Bolt->Ice Blast? The Corruptor because they get BIB WAY sooner.
For damage comparison's I'd say go with both at lvl 50 with the same builds with as little variance as possible (ie...once you get the defense for softcap, you work on the next set bonus goal). -
Should note however, it's easier to pull off the 45% Defense on a Defender than a Corr (without the use of PBU).
Defenders just get better Defense numbers on all the +DEF powers. The Corr will have to focus on more set bonuses for +DEF than the Defender will.
The Defender on the other hand will then beable to focus on other set bonuses, like +RCH (to pull off the better attack string or make more use of AOE attacks), or even more +HP or +DMG to even up the solo play damage between them.
All things I considered when I decided on Corr (which was only because I want Hail of Bullets at level 32 versus 38, so I can have it at level 27 when exemped...and I exemp enough to want this )
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Quote:I'll agree with you there. I'm not sure I really want to bother with that combo of PBU + Farsight either.Originally Posted by Deus_Otiosus
That's true.
On the other hand, once you are softcapped, you are softcapped.
And no Time Corrutper will be having all that much difficulty softcapping.
For teams/leagues, it will come down to a variable of who is or is not IOd
and how many other sources of +DEF are available.
I'm of the opinion that generally even most leagues on iTrials have DEF overflow.
As for the PB/Farsight combo, it's tempting but until I see it in mids I'm not sure I really want to hassle and make sure I cast them both together just to get to softcap - since it shouldn't be all that difficult to softcap anyway without it. (Which will leave me free to go Mu instead, for SM/L/Ene Resistance, to stack with Tough, as well as 1 or 2 End management tools if I feel I need them.)
However, I did want Temp Inc toggle for concept, but then Leviathan Mastery's shield works for concept too (the added cold resist)...but it does mean I have to do the whole alignment circle, but then I dont have a power prequisite either for the shield toggle. -
Quote:Instead you'd rather team with them on the ther servers?Originally Posted by Slazenger
If the person that took my name is holding it at Ransom and expecting payment, I'm sorry but you just wasted a character slot for no reason, the only reason I would want my name on Exalted would be so I could transfer my main toon there later, which again i'm sorry is not going to happen. I have no wish to join a server full of people that have snatched popular players names in attempt to become popular themselves, so I will leave the fake server to the fake players.
"EXALTED the place where you can't make a name you have to snatch someone else's"
Those who took those names are on the other servers as well. So you'd be teaming with them anyways. -
Quote:I have to agree. It's those one word names I picture written across the cover of a comic book. And of course there are exceptionsOriginally Posted by Jophiel
I have an easier time imagining single-word iconic names splashed across a comics cover than other ones. You won't need to point out any examples of the latter, it's just a personal preference. Even on Virtue, almost all of my names were of the "single image-provoking noun" variety. I just had to bust out the thesaurus to find those nouns.
I found it interesting because the common conceit in "name wipe" threads is that there's no consensus on what's a good name. Since "good" is subjective, I'll agree there but I think there's evidence on what style of name is the most immediately popular. Not just in this thread but having sat around AP on launch day and spent time watching the swarm of gray spandexed men popping in and out.
Also, picked up Chicago Fire showing that there's exceptions to every rule
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Dual Blades still needs the rusted blades before it can be considered to have a lot of customization
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Quote:Yen is in her twenties now.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So is Penelope Yin, and she's more mature and less selfish than Flambeaux.
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Quote:Have to agree with Distortion Field, the hold though as more -Regen to a set with low low LOW -Regen.Originally Posted by Dispari
I skipped the hold. I'm on an Ice/Time Corruptor and around 24 I only just bothered to take my ice hold. Honestly I haven't felt like I needed any holds on this particular character. Oh, I have characters that spam holds like my Necro/Dark MM, but this character has better things to be doing.
I also find that Distortion Field isn't that potent of an effect so I'm still putting it off. I tested the character a lot in beta, and I had too many powers to bother with holds, and I wasn't using Distortion Field much.
The set seems to bloom at high levels. The 28 and 38 powers are a huge boon to teams and put you high up there in terms of team buffs. -
Quote:And Distortion Field is sucking it up too.Originally Posted by Dispari
I miss having a single target heal, and the long recharges on the AoE heals can be a bother compared to traditional sets. Its -regen also isn't as impressive as sets like Rad or Dark.
It's a good set, but not without its downsides. It's not the perfect set. -
Anyone else being underwhelmed by [Distorion Field]?
I'm finding the Hold doesn't trigger that often and the slow not to be all that effective.
Currently I have it just slotted with a Lockdown Proc, hoping once I get a Hold Set in it with ACC, that MAY make it better, but so far *sad face* -
Quote:If they just took the name so others couldn't use it, and don't harass anyone about it, then, they're not harassing, and nothing can be done about it.Originally Posted by FizRep
this what happened in the last game i played name campers ruined it for everyone campin famous names and gold and just anything to harass there no extened maintenance there trying to catch the harasser and we pay for it so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it we ruin it and there we not be a COH IT WELL BE GONE TO THE PHILOTICS!!!!!!!
Now if they take the name, and then the person who think they should have the name send them a tell, they're more than in their right to say "Sure pay me 10billion influence" and that isn't harassing.
So I guess the question will be, will they be smart enough to do that?