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When I form a Keyes, I specifically advertise "all ATs". I don't bother checking if there is 'enough healing.' I tell everyone to fill up on green inspirations, and if they 'die' to go to the hospital and refill on green inspirations.
My Keyes have no problem dealing with the pulse.
Quote:That's not the case. *Damage* to AM increases the damage of the Pulse. I drag AM around all the time with Darkest Night, an anchor debuff.For those that dont know.....its not about damage or pulses doing more damage...its called any form of attack whether it be a debuff or even zero damage on antimatter....makes the pulses happen more often in that first portion..... -
K, I'm now siding that the 'foot' is really 'cape'... but it does mean Statesman's cape makes a drastic turn near the bottom... maybe it's from Synapse fanning the air with his feet off the ground.
Also, there's a triangular indent in Citadel's back. Probably from were one of the pointy ends of Manticore's cowl's rubber hair overlapped it. -
Quote:Indeed, that's why for my Dark Control, I tried to go with a different set of Controllery controls other then the type of Controls already in Dark Miasma. Controls around the theme of being in darkness/lights out.Originally Posted by StratoNexus
Indeed. Trying to reconcile Controller Dark Miasma with the new Dark Control set is likely why Dom proliferation has to wait. -
Manticore *is* pretty short.
Looks like he got erased but they forgot to remove his quiver or his foot.
Citadel is now wearing pants and workboots.
Numina has taken off her smock.
The real question is where's Sister Psyche? She's the usual poster gal for the game.
BTW, was there a link with the email "in case you can't read this email, click here" that you can share? -
Brooklyn isn't even a lyn!
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Quote:And another warning: Currently, all new accounts must make their first toon a Praetorian (once they do so, they can leave it in the tutorial and then make Paragonian/Rogue Islander toons, and then delete the Praetorian). But free accounts won't have access to Praetoria without purchasing Going Rogue access. So.... make sure your friend levels up a character in Paragon or the Rogue Isles while on Trial.Originally Posted by TerraDraconis
Hmm, fair warning if your friend makes a Mastermind, & Controller then they will have to pay to unlock those Archtypes. Basically those two will require specific access to have them unlocked.
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Quote:Point about the nuke taken, I weakened it into 'Darkstar'.Originally Posted by Carnifax_NA
Why would a Domi set get a nuke? Soul Drain would also be a no-no since Domis can get it in their PPP.
I'd remove Soul Drain and make the Tier 9 a version of the the Dark Dwarf Mire with a Chance to Fear thrown in.
But with regard to Dwarf Mire, why would you make the set less Blappery with more ranged attacks and at the same time give it a damage aura?
Good ideas. Replaced.Quote:Dark Blast, Gloom and Moonbeam should also probably be in the set too (even if I hate snipes). Dark Blast as the Tier 1, Gloom in Soul Drains place, Moonbeam replacing Dark Pit.
Oops. Yeah. Replace that, too.Quote:Dark Consumption (isn't this in the Soul PPP though?)
I re-did Assault:
- Blast
- Smite
- Gloom
- Shadow Maul
- Night Fall
- Fearsome Stare
- Siphon Life
- Moonbeam
- Darkstar
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Quote:Then you'd also have to show us your Controller's version of Dark Miasma.Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Okay, here's my take on a Dark Control and Dark Assault.
I'm thinking it extremely unlikely that Controllers will get access to Dark Miasma as it exists for MMs, Defenders, and Corruptors, so several powers from that would end up in a Dark Control.
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Quote:Or, it could just be that they do Double XP twice a year on average as a regular practice to keep retention and get lapsed to resub?Originally Posted by FlipS0ckeT
To me this Double Xp sounds like damage control on the part of NCsoft. When they annouced Freedom, I'm only assuming they saw a large amount of subscriptions (including my 2 subs) get cancelled. With my main account's sub lapsing in a couple days, it looks to me like they're trying to keep as many active subs as possible until the F2P launch. To what end? I'm not sure. I'll be back when it's free. Cheers
And I highly, highly doubt there's been a significant amount of unsubbing since the FREEDOM announcement as you suggest. Why would anyone unsub now and be totally locked out when they can wait for FREEDOM and unsub then and enjoy Premium access?
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Quote:Why wouldn't it simply be Torrent animation with Nightfall DoT?Originally Posted by JayboH
I bet you anything that Umbral Torrent is basically Thorn Barrage with different graphics and negative/smashing instead of lethal/toxic.
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Totally Free: 80% of Powersets and 80% of Content
With a Few Micro Purchases: 100% of Powersets and 95% of Content.
So... where exactly is this split going to take place? Praetoria? Is there really a "Praetorian Community" in the first place? Only totally Free folks will be excluded. Freemiums can buy their way in.
Will the community split be End Game Content? Yes. But with up to 95% of the game available to Freemiums... that's OK with me. Besides, I bet within a year that today's End Game Content will be purchasable anyway. -
Quote:You were just lucky. Drops are not doubled.Originally Posted by Its_Me_Matt
Is drops doubled, like recipes/shards/threads? Last double xp weekend they were. I solo'd a mission for couple hours and got 4 or 5 purple recipes, 50 shards on my empath defender. Or am I just lucky?
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Refer to this chart here for what is, what is thought to be coming, and what is suggested.
Dark Assault
Edited version based on comments below, with less copying of Manipulation and more combining Dark Blast and Dark Melee and stealing from other ATs APPs:
- Blast
- Smite
- Gloom
- Shadow Maul
- Night Fall
- Fearsome Stare
- Siphon Life
- Moonbeam
- Darkstar (a weakened, non-nuke version of Blackstar)
Dark Control
(Assume that -ToHit is added to everything and all Damage is Negative)
- Tier 1: Midnight Grasp as a Single Target Immob (see why I took it out of Assault?). I made the Damage moderate instead of minor since it is melee.
- Tier 2: Soul Storm - Single Target Hold
- Tier 3: Soul Tentacles - Group Immob (Tenebrous Tentacles could be used, instead)
- Tier 4: Dark Cloud: Take the Cloud/Fog from the indoor Croatoa ghosts-in-the-office-map and use it like a summoned pet. Since it makes things dark and cloudy it has these effects: -Perception, -Range, -Fly, -Speed, Confuse. Confuse is there because the foes are swinging blindly and it becomes the source of damage. This pet should have the AI of Tornado. It might even gather the foes together with the -Range and Confuse.
- Tier 5: Umbral Slumber: Location based pseudo-pet with a continuing sleep effect that puts foes back to sleep after they are awakened. Thus it will leverage the same mechanic introduced by Static Field in the Electrical Control set.
- Tier 6: Umbral Torrent: KB control and damage!
- Tier 7: Quiet of the Night: a PBAoE Placate. Substitutes for an area denial power... can't touch this!
- Tier 8: Pitch Dark: Like Illusion's Flash, except that the foes grab their eyes because of a black blob in front of them.
- Tier 9: Shadows: These are the lieutenants from Dark Swan's missions. They're black colored fire imps, but they have Dark Blast and Melee attacks.
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Quote:Merits are not Experience... so, nope. Although, Influence and Prestige isn't XP, either, but they're doubled...Originally Posted by midgard2
?, what about reward merits. Will they be doubled too?
So, just XP, INF, and Prestige. This includes such type rewards from badges, and mission and arc completions. It also works on Leveling Pacts.
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Quote:You're seeing a very, very small number of players *guess* at November and December. And their *guess* is based on pretty much nothing. Nothing the Devs have said. Nothing based on past history. Nothing based on inside knowledge. That's pretty much the definition of a clueless guess, because it's based on precisely zero clues.Originally Posted by Rowdy
Whoa! I'm seeing November and early December in this thread. That's a looooong time considering we've only had 1.5s issue so far this year. But now that I think about it, I wouldnt be surprised if it did take that long. THings have been slowing down as of late.
And just because other player repeat such baseless guesses doesn't mean it has any more validity than the first time such guesses were made. -
Quote:What's your global +ToHit/ACC before slotting? On many of my builds, I don't need to slot ACC at all.Originally Posted by Roderick
I'm looking at frankenslotting a blaster, and I hit a roadblock: Targeted AoEs. With so few sets to work with, frankenslotting is difficult at best. Can someone help me find the biggest Acc/Dam/End/Rech bonuses possible on both 5 and 6 slots? No purples or PVPs, but Hami-Os are OK. I managed to get ST blasts to 95% Acc/Dam/Rech and 79% End, but can't even come close on the AoEs.
And what's the Recharge of the power and your global recharge? If it's a fast charging power and you already have a lot of globla recharge, any more recharge is going to be just shaving off fractions of a second and not worth it.
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Quote:After FREEDOM goes Live, you will never be able to really leave.Originally Posted by Negative10
Seems like I picked a good time to return.
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Quote:Umm... that's not going to happen. Then you'll get people who want the KB to work screaming that their powers are working against each other.Originally Posted by Roderick
If the blaster version of Tenebrous Tentacles gets -KB added to it, then any KB in Umbral Aura doesn't matter - you can tentacle things if you want them to stay put, or go straight to UT if you want things on their butts.
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Quote:Can be? Probably the only time it will be.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
A 1-person league can be very coordinated
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Quote:I like how they're letting a story be told in a longer arc rather than the problem of the week dispatched in the last 10 minutes of an episode.Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
So.
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In Praetoria, aren't they Rikki and Luke Ricardo?
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Quote:Except foes that live in 1-team-only instance.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Everything's vulnerable to those
And before you tell me that you can create a league with just two people, then may I point you to the solo-only moral choice 'arcs' of Praetoria?
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Quote:While that would be great if it was, it's also likely it's another travel power like Slide or Beast Run.Originally Posted by MaestroMavius
Has me curious if the new Rocket Board is secretly travel power custumization in disguise. As an alternate animation for SuperSpeed.
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Quote:I'm not a redname, but I know how to read press announcements from rednames. If they don't announce free reactivation, it ain't happening.Originally Posted by CrashTofu
First: You're not a redname. Whatever you say is a best guess.
Second: We have had exactly ONE Double XP weekend without Free Reactivation / Free Server Transfers since the last one that had them, so your best guess is based entirely upon ONE instance, unless you somehow have inside information.
Since the last, combined Double XP and Free Reactivation, there have been three weekends where we've had one or the other, but not both. And free character transfers were only included because they had extended the free transfer period (actually, I think they just forgot to shut it down) and were about to shut it down right before the 2x/Reactivation weekend, so they said, 'what the heck', and extended it for the weekend. Free character transfers were never intended to be part of a Double XP or Reactivation weekend.
The Servers took huge hits on the combined weekends and caused the establishment of the hated Server Queues. Even with the recently increased capacity of the servers, it doesn't make sense to tempt fate. Besides, by separating the two events, they can have more events and entice people back in more subscription periods than having one, big blow-out that annoys the currently subscribing.
Here is the history of the events:
- July 21, 2006 - 2xXP Only
- January 26, 2007 - 2xXP Only
- June 15, 2007 - 2xXP Only (coupled with Referral Program)
- February 08, 2008 - 2xXP Only
- Thursday, May 22 - Reactivation Only
- July 18, 2008 - 2xXP Only
- January 23, 2009 - 2xXP Only
- July 31, 2009 - 2xXP Only
- October 8, 2009 - Both 2xXP & Reactivation
- March 4, 2010 - Both 2xXP & Reactivation (free character transfer end date was extended to be active for this weekend)
- Thursday, October 7th - Reactivation Only
- January 27, 2011 - 2xXP Only
- Wednesday, May 8 - Reactivation Only
- July 28, 2011 - 2xXP Only