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Im inclined to agree Prawnee. Iv got an Earth Controller to 19, everything is going swimmingly so far. Especially seeing as though iv got Trick Arrow as secondary, i feel like a controlling god!

so far.....

Earth - single hold, group immob, group disorient, group sleep panic button, group slow, group knockup.
Trick Arrow - single hold, group -Acc, group slow, single immob, single -dmg.

to come....

Earth - volcaic gasses - should be very nice for fire dmg and group-ness, animate stone
TA - oil slick (like ice patch until some1 uses fire around it and it explodes causing supposedly impressive damage), acid arrow (-dmg res), disruption arrow (targetted planted AoE -dmg res), EMP arrow (yum)

so that means i can lock down a boss str8 away with a double stacking single hold (ice arrow, fossilize), then group immob every1, group disorient every1, and then im just laughing as i top up holds and immobs everywhere.

Just hoping that Volcaic Gasses causes enough fire damage to ingite my oil slick arrow! w00t damage

Very happy controller

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Ive been looking at this and musing over it recently.

They're very similair sets, both have draw animations, both have inherent accuracy, both have the heavily resisted Smashing and Lethal damage. So as a stand alone set without a Secondary, which one is going to be superior?

Similarities -

1 Beanbag = Stunning Shot ; Both ranged disorient attacks.

2 Ranged Shot = Sniper Shot ; does what it says on the tin.

3 M30 Grenade = Explosive Arrow ; Ranged AoE with fire damage and chance for KB

4 Aimed Shot + Snap Shot = Burst and Slug ; Burst is slight DoT while both Archery are str8 damage out of the box. The Archery duo give a complete chain out of the box with the high recharge. However Slug has the small chance to KB. This one was a close one to call and COULD be put in "Differences" if you so prefer

Differences -

1 Buckshot > Fistfull of Arrows ; both in a little cone but buckshot has then chance for KB, tbh fistfull is a pititful power.

2 Rain of Arrows > Full Auto ; Planted AoE rather than str8 cone. FA has you planted for at least 6 seconds while i believe RoA will be a one off and then once combined with Aim and Buildup (if buildup features in your secondary) come issue 7 it'll be quite useful. (especially if you combine it with other AoE's while it ticks away) Can anyone confirm if the recharge on RoA is similiar to FA or a normal nuke? This would obv change the outlook on this


Conclusions!

Well that leaves 2 powers a piece. So the match up being

Archery - Aim + Flaming Arrow
VS
Assualt Rifle - Ignite + Flamethrower

Now i have first person knowledge of Flaming Arrow and find it a VERY nice power. It currently has the damage output of a snipe, then an added fire DoT for about 4 ticks.
Aim as you all know can be ver useful in most cases.

Now the only real things i know about Ignite and Flamethrower is that they're a welcome change from the smashing and lethal damage output, but hear that they'r shortrange and quite long rooted animations.

So there we have it. (i only say issue 7 in the title because of the added Pet Builup, Aim thing that Rain of Arrows will gain) Are we on the verge of a revolution?

I currently have an Archery Blaster to 20. He has Elec secondary and will be mainly melee based. I can imagine the Aim, Buildup, RoA, Flaming, Explosive, Stunning, Elec Melee's combinations i'll be throwing out onto mobs will be quite impressive.

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Gratz Linx, well deserved.

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Train to Catch

Ok gang, this isn’t gunna be an EPIC like Doulos’, bringing in new characters etc, it’s just kinda a “day in the life” of the Rangers, (just think of it as the start of a Bond film, where nothing big happens, he just kinda shows off for 10 minutes looking ace) so hence not chronologically before or after any of D’s stories (apart obv for being BEFORE his untimely demise). This is just a little taster. I’m hoping it’ll b quite long but I dunno when I’ll be posting each part (kinda busy :P)
Enjoy………..

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The base was the normal hustle and bustle of Ranger life. Byte was sat in the corner with Rogue chatting about some freak activity. Genergy was on the Comms as usual checking the satellite feeds and police scanners, barking out orders. Columbo struts past Standoff, the pair just exchange a big high 5 and Columbo heads out the door.
Shnyet had stood in the doorway for a good five minutes admiring the new base he’d heard so much about. This was definitely the place; there was red and white everywhere. Some he’d met, some were new faces, some had changed costumes, and then there were just some he would never forget. He walked through the base, his bag over both shoulders like any geeky scientist would. He walked up to one of the seated Rangers, he had wild blonde hair, chunky armour and a goatee to match his own, he was a new face, Shnyet coughed gently to get his attention

“By chance could you direct me to the whereabouts of Disco King Junior?”

PowerSWAT turned, face blank.

“Yeah sure pal, I’ll get him on the comm, who’s asking?”

Shnyet, slightly taken aback by the question, just smiled nervously

“um, can you just tell him Shnyet is here?”

PowerSWAT put a hand to his ear piece and looked at Shnyet

“You know I think he’s pretty busy, and he may not be pleased to be called in by a Recruit” then got on the comm. And calmly said “Hey guys, broadcast to DK going out, um I’ve got a guy here at the base asking to see you………..yeah……… yeah…….. Sure I told him you were busy………. said his name was Sprite or summin………what was it?……..oh yeah……..Shnyet”

His ear nearly exploded as the noise came down the intercom, all Shnyet could hear was w00ts and he swore he heard “JIVE TURKEY” as well. Shnyet had missed DK’s “colourful” language. PowerSWAT just looked up at Shnyet.

“um……….he’ll be here now”


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The Stunner Freak stood barking orders to his minions. Constantly looking over his shoulder for a cape to come swooping in. All he had to do was get this chip and they could be gone but these stupid people were panicking and taking too [censored] long.
Finally, he hissed as the vault opened, he pushed the manager inside
“Get the chip or you fry like that one”

He pointed to an unconscious man on the floor, badly burned and still smoking. The manager just nodded, terrified and scurried into the vault. He was back in a flash, chip in hand.

“Ok boys we’re out”

The Freak turned, and through his arms in the air, motioning towards the door. They left the office workers there, to be bullied by another gang in a week or two.
The freaks at the front of the group laughed to themselves as they walked down the corridor, they pressed the button for the lift. The doors opened

“Going down……?”

Columbo burst a Slug into one of the freaks chest sending him flying into the opposite lift doors. Standoff and Genergy unleash torrents, taking the other two front minions off their feet.

“We got company boss, of the cape kind” a freak yelled
“Destroy them”

The experienced Rangers dived out of the lift sideways as lightning flew into it, sending it plummeting down the shaft. Columbo managed to get a shot off mid roll and take out a freaks leg. He yelled in pain and hit the floor. The numbers were far greater than the Rangers first imagined. There must’ve been at least 40-50 in the adjoining room.

“Push them back guys, we need a bit of room and cover here”
“Already on it”

Genergy and Standoff stood shoulder to shoulder launching attacks simultaneously. A freak came at them, his large claw like hand gleaming in the budget lighting. The Rangers glanced at each other, nodding. The freak swung his big arm down in a vertical motion, the Rangers split span, Standoff leapt in the air to the side of the Freak at head height, while Genergy rolled to the side, throwing a mine at the freaks feet. The Freak had just enough time to gulp as the mine threw him in the air. Standoff summoned Energy to his fists and smashed him back to the floor mid-flight in total focus.

They were back to their feet and span to cover behind a small wall by the lift entrance. Columbo had already found cover on the opposite side of the room. Bolts of lightning shot between them randomly. Columbo shouted over the noise

“Smooth moves guys”
“Us? What about you, I can’t believe you kept your hat on during that combat roll!”

The Rangers smiled and chuckled. Then breathed out in unison and put on their serious faces…………Freak Show-Time

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Doulos, DK and Shnyet sat around the table. The debriefing had taken the good part of an hour. DK had had his usual 9 cups of coffee, Doulos had a beer and Shnyet had his obvious choice of water. Doulos took a sip from his beer,

“So that pretty much wraps it up Shny, it’s been kind of quiet to be honest. The usual thing, Freaks taking hostages, Nemesis inventing new weapons, cats in trees……”

“There were felines in danger from Devouring Earth?” Shnyet asked naively

“Whatchyu talking bowt ‘Mazin? Jeez man, I tell you, we gotta get back out on the field so we can get back to training your lingo brother, remember where we got to last….?”

Shnyet stroked his goatee slowly

“I do believe it was lesson 5, ‘Witty comments in Battle’”

Doulos smiled,

“What’ve you already covered?”

“We had a lengthy lesson on ‘Villain Dissing 101’, also ‘Strutting’, ‘Thinking before I speak’ and ‘How to woo ‘dem ho’s” which I still don’t fully understand”

The formidable trio laughed. The laughter was broken by the comm., Sun Beam was sending out a call to any available Rangers. Frostfire had been spotted in the Hollows entering what was though to of been his stronghold. Frostfire was a wanted criminal and the Rangers weren’t gunna pass this opportunity up. Shnyet put his finger to his new comm.

“Sunny, this is Amazing Shnyet, we’ll take that one…”

“Who’s ‘we’ sir?

“Doulos reporting in”
“Disco King Jr reporting in”

There was a pause

“All 3 commanders are going…………?”

“Lets just say we’re tired of sitting behind this desk signing bits of paper”
“Rangers Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo”


(This was the end of part one that i posted a while back - now the new stuff)

Disco King Jr, Doulos and Shnyet flashed their Security passes as they walked into the hollows. A few policemen saluted, Doulos gave a coy wave,

“they’r….um….just some guys I knew”

A single shotgun shell silenced the Commanders as they set to combat stance. A troll that’d been charging the sandbags had been taken down by one of the local cops.

“it seems that the Hollows have not differed from previous encounters” Shnyet proclaimed

“yeah, dis place is still as whack as Jack on smack” DK chipped in.

Shnyet and Doulos looked at each other, confused, arms raised to a shrug. Doulos eye-spied Lt. Wincott out of the corner of his eye, not knowing whether to engage him in conversion. He had no doubt that Shnyet and DK would’ve left with him on good terms after their training spell here but Doulos’ relationship with him was a whole different kettle of fish. He quickly stated,

“Come on guys lets head out. Sun Beam said that Frostfire had been seen entering the outpost at approximately 1800 hours. We don’t know how long he will remain at that location, I suggest we move out”.

There were solemn nods of agreement from the other two Commanders. Doulos knew his stuff, his years in the field and Hollow Hunting had taught him all the back alleys and shortcuts in the book. The Rangers had their history here too; after all, this is where Shnyet had hired the very first Precision Ranger, Doulos himself. The team moved out, quickly and silently…..


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Columbo ran for his hat, releasing a burst to his right, cursing his ambitious cartwheel-slug. But what else could he of done? His white jacket had been scuffed on the combat roll, so the cartwheel was the obvious answer, SURELY.
The Freaks numbers seemed never-ending,

“Fire in the hole”

Columbo took two more with an M30 Grenade, then span for cover. A Freak hit the floor with a groan as Genergy landed. He spotted two more to his right. Planting his left foot, he launched off it in their direction taking the first with an energy punch to the chest, sending the Freak into a wall, and left crumpled on the floor. The other swang for him, the giant hammer-like arm narrowly missing G as he shifted his weight back onto his right foot, focusing his energy into a wave infront of him, pushing the villain back. He lines up the snipe with a wide stance. 3 seconds later and G is moving swiftly to his next opponent.

“Aaaaargh”

A yell of pain from Standoff, brings the attention of his fellow Rangers, Columbo looks over to see Standoff battling just fine,

“What is it Stand?”
“Just realised I’m missing my soaps for this!!!”


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Two Ranger Commanders wait at the designated spot for surveillance. Shnyet lands in behind them silently,

“My apologies gentlemen, it seems I’ve been away too long, I took a left at the Gulch”
“Shnyet…..you so crazy”

The two old friends shared a grin, Doulos was all business.

“An update Shny, we’ve observed quite an influx in troll activity at the entrance. The guard movements are frequent and thorough. I suggest Codename Gamma Pincer #3 as our best tactical route”

The three of them hadn’t been on tactical operations together for a long time but they were each highly trained in teamwork and combat. They each nodded silently and parted ways.

DK had his patrol in sight. Codename Gamma Pincer #3 consisted of spreading to the furthest reaches of the surrounding area. Then moving in, taking the patrol guards silently and quickly solo, then re-grouping at the entrance.
He darted towards them from the rear, utilizing his speed would be the key here. He silently tapped the furthest left guard on his left shoulder. As he turned DK dispensed of his partner with a lightning fast punch to the face. The troll turned back to see his colleague on the floor just long enough to feel the fear build up inside him before DK put him out of action aswell. The King of Disco brushed his hands together, adjusted his blinging helmet and moved on.

Doulos left the last patrol where they fell, it was dark, they wouldn’t be discovered before Ranger business was complete. He smiled to himself a secret smile, he loved getting the route with the most patrols.
The next patrol only had 2 trolls. He set up a snipe position, the one troll had fallen behind to tie his lace,

“Single shot from 300 yards, you never saw it coming”

The troll didn’t get back up. Doulos kept his crosshair trained on the other. The troll turned and saw his fallen brother, he panicked and span around a few times at first. He reached for his radio. 2 silent pulls of a single trigger later and the radio lay in bits on the floor, slowly being soaked in blood flowing from the troll’s right leg.
The troll groaned loudly and cursed. A figure materialised infront of him and put a substantially large knife to his throat. The figures single eye burned with hatred and passion, but was also cold and calculating. Doulos leant forward ever so slowly

“Who’s the big party for? Someone special in town tonight? Followed around by his little entourage of imps maybe?”
“I’ll see you in hell, Cape” the troll rasped as the knife scraped his throat.
“You’re damn right……I’ll be the one in the big chair”

Doulos moved his hand with speed and precision, cracking the base of the blade into the troll’s temple, knocking him out.

“Sweet dreams”


Amazing Shnyet hadn’t been in combat for a while, and although the rust was there, so was his years of experience and intelligence.
He pressed himself to the wall, hearing the raspy hiss of a troll patrol. Peering out from behind the wall, he could see 4 trolls approaching his location. His scientific mind quickly formulated a plan. He’d learned some new tricks while on the road, and this seemed like the perfect place to try them out.
The trolls walked around the corner, the one stopped, seemingly unable to breathe, his eyes wide open in horror. The others turned to him, unable to shake him from his terror. Then suddenly they could all feel inconceivable fear welling up inside them. Awful sounds from the obscurity circled them, encasing them, swallowing their very minds. Shnyet appeared from the gloom solemnly, watching as his fear techniques overtook them. He didn’t wish to see anymore so quickly and silently knocked each of them unconscious with reigning blows of water.

Shnyet arrived at the entrance last, the other 2 Commanders had already set up a defensive perimeter at the door and unspoken signals were issued. They entered the fort of Frostfire.


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The freak bashing trio leant exhausted on a nearby pillar. All around them freaks were being teleported to the Zig. Columbo had given one of them a wedgie just before he’d been ported to give the guards at the other end a laugh.
There was only one or two mobs left, one of which was occupied by the freak barking the orders. Worryingly though the yelling had stopped, Standoff broke the silence

“I think we’ve gotta move guys, my contact didn’t go into specifics but we DO know we’re not to let them leave with the contents of that safe”

The 3 Rangers broke cover and aimed themselves at where the freaks should’ve been. There was nothing………..just a big hole in the side of the building leading down to the street. The Rangers looked at eachother……….then towards Columbo’s smoking nozzle, Genergy chipped in;

“you use an M30 in that last fight mate?”
“……….um…….maybe?”
“oh was that when the freaks landed on eachother in the funny way and Standoff snorted like a pig?”
“yeah yeah that was it”
“Quiet you two! My contact’s gunna kill me, come on, lets get after them, put out an APB on the Coalition chat and see if u can get us some backup”
“Will do……………Snort-off”
“Oh be quiet for Freaks sake”


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nice1 yellow, a Ranger thru n thru

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lol Happy Code Day Canine.
Sorry i cant make the kronos bashing tonight (how many of those do u HAVE, didnt we do like 2 of them the other time)

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Good stuff again Inni, keep it up

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Try and find a Blaster called Doomsday, he has this set and is a very accomplished PvP player. Im sure he can give u all the critique u'll need. He frequents this board a little so im sure he'll be around. Or try an in-game email.

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bah, more oldschool quality leaving! i'l miss bumping into u in Alting mishes not knowing.
Av fun

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BTW: He's not a blaster

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Bah, i wanted the n00b in my all-blaster SG feel free to come grab all the names u want from our thread on the Union board. Red and white r the colours, all blasters, and all friendly chaps. Use away

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No probs bud, be glad to have some1 with such experience aboard. Dont tell anyone but i had a little SG clean last night so there are a few spaces in the Rangers atm. See ya in-game bud.

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Saw a lot of the Darkwings bowt a week ago running the 3rd respec. Theyv been on Villains pretty exclusively. Darkwings are still coalitioned with the Precision Rangers so you'll hopefully have no trouble finding a team.

Welcome Back.

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hmmmmmm first it's Amazing N00b, then it's Tuffy

Are you sure you havent been on the Union boards watching "Amazing Shnyet" and "Tufty" ?

Another good work Inni, looking forward to seeing which AT he is.

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Brawl doesn't work with any of the AT inherants. So Tankers don't get gauntlet on it, scrappers can't Crit with it etc. WAI.

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bah my dreams of a full defiance Brawl GONE!!!11!1one!!

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i dont get double damage on my brawl either, and sometimes i swear it doesnt take anything off at all, the number comes up but the bar doesnt go down.
Highly suspicious.

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nicely done bud, but can i suggest one thing? Super n00b? the current one is a little close to home for me
Only kidding, great stuff.

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I'm planning on getting provoke back

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Phew, finally some1 ELSE has mentioned this Im level 14 and took Provoke at level 12 and Taunt at level 4. Im Inv/SS (as i said earlier) and have so far had no problems holding the aggro i create for myself. Yesterday i was Tanking 16's when i was 13 on a team of about 5 very capable forum players and pretty much holding every1 that wsnt already on the floor (shout out to Stasis, Maximillion, Deluge and Quilty) I think it'd only work on early Inv tanks though as they havent got an aura until 18. Ive got the presence pool on my blaster (for the fear aspects) and think that theyd be very handy in a Tanker set. I know for a fact i can lock down every minion around me with an Invoke Panic while blapping.
It'll obviously have to be well thought out (example - be pointless me using it if a) there's a fire blaster or kheld on team, or b) i use footstomp, d'oh ) one Question though, although Invincibility grabs aggro, DOES IT BREAK A SLEEP OR FEAR?

Thanks a lot guys, this thread is helping me no end.


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Im a Tanker n00b, but with taking Taunt so late in the 2 last builds inthis thread (24 and 30 i think it was) and the first Aura Inv gets at 18, surely u wont b able to hold aggro until then? and even then only when theyr close. Am i missing something?
Looking to learn becuase iv rolled an Inv/SS too, he's only an ickle lvl 14 though.
Thanks

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hmm, im not sure, certain mobs take longer (or less time) to get up anyway. i DID notcie that they were quick the other day when compared to the length of my epic hold, whereas they used to nearly be on par. I'll test when i get back on, it used to be the length of a Snipe from start to get up.

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but is it possible for Villains to skip the tutorial!? iv never seen it the 2-3 times iv rolled a villain, hence they'll be level 2 by the time they get chance to go to the Arena.
oh and the controller inherent would be ok in PvP Delboy, oh and i KNOW i saw u use defiance in that match with the DA scrapper few weeks ago
I'll be there

*goes away to think of new name with Shnyet in*

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Big gratz you guys, teamed with u a lot through the 30's and 40's. Great bunch of players. Shame i missed the past 5 levels.

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Just a few little pointers that help me out.

Love the Auto. Select one of your melee (i always use the weakest, fastest recharging, so Energy Punch or Charged Brawl) and set it to auto, now anytime some1 is in range it'll give them a good bump on the noggin, good for kiting and helps speed up your chain no end.

Go to Menu. Then Options. Then Control tab. The default TURN SPEED is set to 300%, stick it up to about 500%. It's an added boost of speed and can be essential when in the middle of a mob trying to blap away, trust me, it feels good.

Blapping full-time is gunna b tough, you'll have to work out an alpha strike if you're solo'in or charging first. Mayb consider the concealment pool to help u get into position. Use KB if ur NRG, and holds etc if you ice. Crowd control and fast kills are what's gunna keep u alive.

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gratz again Stand-o, u joined the Rangers only 2 days into our birth, mainly because id sent you about 3 PM's on here to join us cos u were always helpful and pleasant on the boards and i wouldnt of had it any other way. Mucho Gratzo

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nice1 Power, always a nice read

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Im in 'Serv, teamed with u a few times this week it seems. Just finalise the name of the channel and send an invite to @Amazing Shnyet.
Currently lvl 43 blaster

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