_Tremulous_

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I got called Chicken Legs by a Brute last week.

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LMAO Was the Brute named Undead Hulk by any chance? That's my Lvl 40 SS/Inv and he doesn't half pack a punch with his lvl 43 SO's in Knockout Blow (a big thanks to all those that gave their life (unvoluntarily or otherwise) so that I could get enough bounty for 6 lvl 43 SO's last weekend).

Soz mate didn't know it was you. I love going in Sirens with Hulk and winding up the heroes (sorry if I have offended anybody seriously). I mostly solo there. Pains in the backsides for me are rads and kins in particular recently Sweet Chilli who even with all his +acc stuff Hulk can hardly hit once them damn debuffs are out! A katana/super reflex scrapper has given me pain too - once they build up that defense I really struggle to hit them to.

My acc probs with Hulk are weird. He has an acc in each attack, perma Rage, the +acc from invincibility and tactics for that little bit extra and yet still struggles with some foes. I have to say though that ill/kin trollers in Warburg haven't been too much of a problem - their pets cannot get my attention from whupping their masters [censored] and blind rarely hit to hold me. I have had 2 proper matches with ill/kins so far and won both 3-0 even with no end and my toggles dropped as a result. Nice debuffs shame about the lack of damage from Illusion?

Already in another post but thought i'd add it here too.

Just got my stone/stone to 40 and he is ace!

Here's my build: -

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Little Rocky
Level: 41
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Stone Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Stone Mallet==> Acc(1)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(15)EndRdx(34)
01) --> Rock Armor==> EndRdx(1)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(5)
02) --> Heavy Mallet==> Acc(2)EndRdx(13)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(34)
04) --> Earth's Embrace==> Rechg(4)Rechg(5)Rechg(7)Heal(7)Heal(9)Heal(9)
06) --> Boxing==> Rechg(6)
08) --> Teleport Foe==> Acc(8)
10) --> Mud Pots==> EndRdx(10)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(31)Dmg(40)
12) --> Swift==> Run(12)Run(13)Run(15)
14) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(14)
16) --> Rooted==> EndRdx(16)EndRdx(17)Heal(17)Heal(25)Heal(25)Heal(27)
18) --> Seismic Smash==> Acc(18)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(37)
20) --> Health==> Heal(20)Heal(21)Heal(21)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22)EndMod(23)EndMod(23)
24) --> Tough==> EndRdx(24)EndRdx(33)DmgRes(36)
26) --> Fault==> Acc(26)EndRdx(27)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(37)
28) --> Hasten==> Rechg(28)Rechg(29)Rechg(29)
30) --> Stone Fist==> Rechg(30)
32) --> Tremor==> Acc(32)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(34)
35) --> Minerals==> EndRdx(35)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(37)
38) --> Granite Armor==> DmgRes(38)DmgRes(39)DmgRes(39)DefBuf(39)DefBuf(40)DefBuf(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Run(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Rechg(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Rechg(2)
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All the endreds in attacks are needed so you can keep going when your fury is up, also out of granite hasten makes the attacks recharge so fast ur end suffers bad.

Dont worry about the lack of dam enhances - fury sorts that and with brawl, boxing and stone fists it doesnt take too long to buildup your fury.

Stick with it mate. Sure you will find end probs and acc a little annoying sometimes but it'll be well worth it!

I have just got my stone/stone to lvl 40 and he rocks!

I have an 8 power attack chain to keep things going.

Here's my build for info: -

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Exported from Ver: 1.7.5.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder
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Name: Little Rocky
Level: 41
Archetype: Brute
Primary: Stone Melee
Secondary: Stone Armor
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01) --> Stone Mallet==> Acc(1)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(15)EndRdx(34)
01) --> Rock Armor==> EndRdx(1)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(3)DefBuf(5)
02) --> Heavy Mallet==> Acc(2)EndRdx(13)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(34)
04) --> Earth's Embrace==> Rechg(4)Rechg(5)Rechg(7)Heal(7)Heal(9)Heal(9)
06) --> Boxing==> Rechg(6)
08) --> Teleport Foe==> Acc(8)
10) --> Mud Pots==> EndRdx(10)EndRdx(11)EndRdx(31)Dmg(40)
12) --> Swift==> Run(12)Run(13)Run(15)
14) --> Teleport==> EndRdx(14)
16) --> Rooted==> EndRdx(16)EndRdx(17)Heal(17)Heal(25)Heal(25)Heal(27)
18) --> Seismic Smash==> Acc(18)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(19)EndRdx(37)
20) --> Health==> Heal(20)Heal(21)Heal(21)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22)EndMod(23)EndMod(23)
24) --> Tough==> EndRdx(24)EndRdx(33)DmgRes(36)
26) --> Fault==> Acc(26)EndRdx(27)EndRdx(31)EndRdx(37)
28) --> Hasten==> Rechg(28)Rechg(29)Rechg(29)
30) --> Stone Fist==> Rechg(30)
32) --> Tremor==> Acc(32)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(33)EndRdx(34)
35) --> Minerals==> EndRdx(35)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(36)DefBuf(37)
38) --> Granite Armor==> DmgRes(38)DmgRes(39)DmgRes(39)DefBuf(39)DefBuf(40)DefBuf(40)
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01) --> Sprint==> Run(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Rechg(1)
01) --> Fury==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Rechg(2)
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Don't worry about the lack of dam enhances - Fury sorts that out and with brawl, boxing and stone fists you can get fury up pretty quick. Have brawl on auto for pve so that it fires as soon as it is recharged if you havent already clicked another pwr

My ss/inv brute with tactics can see through superior invis and at quite a distance too.

I was asked to do a trial for an ill/kin troller friend with superior invis and beat him 3 - 0. I even managed to resist his pets and keep him targeted

The only time i struggle to see the target is a stalker with hide and stealth until they attack.

The lack of defense before I coped with because being fire/ice meant I had an ice patch I could drop which made most enemy fall and therefore less hits on me. This meant that I could then use my attacks/team could attack and finish them off in safety.

Now my defenses are lowered and so is the amount of damage I dish out. So a fight takes longer and my health drops faster making me run away like a girl instead of standing like a Tank. In the Dreck mission the SCRAPPER was able to take as much damage if not more than us tanks and he also had the added extra damage output on his side. How is this fairer and more fun?

I can see Tanks becoming redundant and scrappers taking over as if they are like the 1 I was teamed with then they can have higher HP and more damage output and can still get some sort of taunt to handle agro.

I wouldn't complain about the agro cap with the lack of defense tanks have now with ED.

Tonight 3 tanks (1 fire/ss, 1 fire/fire and my fire/ice) and a spines regen scrapper all lvl 50 STRUGGLED with freaks in a Dreck mission! This was just the start of the mission. Whereas I used to be able to hurd 6/7+ groups and not take too much damage now i can't even manage 1 group on my own!

After testing our dif tanks to see how dif builds coped we decided to cut the [censored] and go for Dreck and see if we could do it. Bear in mind this is THREE tanks and a scrapper yeah? We had NO chance! Dreck took us all down eventually after countless numbers of insps were popped!

How the hell can we be expected to do our job as tanks when we are this poor?

Apart from PvP now I am hanging my tanks gloves up. This is so disheartening - I have respec to the best I am going to be with the recent changes and now I feel like a Brute but without the advantage of fury!

I like a challenge and so far until ED changes have been adaptable but this is daft - anything more than 3 same enhances in a pwr is useless but 3 damres is downright [censored]!

Anyway as i said - be thankful for the new agro cap!
I am so disheartened by this that I am retracting my recomendations for CoH at least. With what I have seen in CoV it wont be long till the bat swings in there.

Where the [censored] is the fun???????

I have respec'd my 2 lvl 50's for PvP and although I still need to sort my tactics and my Fire/Ice tank needs a team I am loving it.

Last night I switched between characters and although my bubbler might be the better PvPer normally in my control at the mo he isnt so I ended up using my tank. Whilst solo my tank didnt stand a chance and either I was killed or it was stalemate as with end probs I couldnt keep up my holds/attacks long enough to kill.

Once I got into a team though things changed and for a while we owned the beach and one of the other PvPers claimed the tables had turned and it wasn't as much fun suddently ;P He and his team where still good sports and changed their tactics a little.

All in all LOADS of fun!

I'd like to thank the dev's for this oportunity to PvP and fellow gamers for the fun in the PvP areas.

I'd also like to thank Cherry Fusion for advice on PvP build for my bubbler and Seri for advice for my tank.

See you in Warburg

Currently my CoV main character is Evil T - Necromancy/Dark Mastermind.

The story behind him (which can be found in my bio ingame) is that the hero Tremulous was killed by fellow heroes in Warburg and was given the chance by Lord Recluse himself to be ressurected to take revenge on those that turned on him.

As with any hero normally Tremulous wouldn't have taken Lord Recluse up on this offer but with the anger from being turned on by fellow heroes (hellbent on getting their reputation higher rather than helping others) Tremulous lost control of reasonable thought and grasped the chance to rid the world of these so called heroes.

Tremulous didn't quite bank on what he got - Lord Recluse ressurected him as an Undead Mastermind to do his evil bidding for him. He was granted powers to ressurect his hero alter ego's - Ice Burn, Army Medic, Mini SpineBot,
Mini RadBot, DarkBot and EarthKin to help him in his new found quests. He was also given the power to summon the ghost of one of these if they were to fall in battle so that they could carry on with their reign of terror.

Unfortunately for his alter ego's they didn't have the choice of ressurection and bear no resemblance to their former selves. The only thing they have left is their loyalty to Tremulous.

On top of this he was given the power to show his enemy the darkest side of evil and to draw upon their power to in order to feed that of his own, his minions and anyone that chooses to acompany him in his quest for revenge.

The so called heroes that turned on their own will soon feel the wrath of Evil T!