Angry_Citizen

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Haha! Stupid PC cables!

No, there was no kick - Ex Libris knows that kung fu would have ensued!

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Xury needs to MSPaint this scene.

Ah, that explains that. Good luck with the unpacking! Don't lose the "Buff Stalkers" memo in the shuffle.

You might want to poke your co-workers with a pin. They may be automatons!

Welcome to the forums please post more. We like content writers. Even if we do seem to be going through them rather fast -- kinda like lead designers (Posi, you're next! *evil look*)

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I got 5 influence says...

Issue 12: "The Storm Arrives"

You heard it here first.

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Zero Gravity: Dunno if you want a critique, but that seems fine -- except for the KB enhancements in SD and GD.

Aether: There's a great one by Kane1 (I think) fluttering around here somewhere, so I don't know if I'll do one for Fire/Psi. I might though. Guide-writing is fun, if slow.

It always used to work on single targets and single targets alone.

Problem is, it would provide us with a level of Stealth that was equal to Hide's stealth value, and thus, people without perception would experience a pseudo-Placate, in that they could no longer attack the Stalker. The change to Placate merely nerfed the level of Stealth it gave in PvP -- it now gives Stealth-values.

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If you run all of the Shard TFs and actually read what's going on, you get a pretty solid basis on what's happened there. The Cathedral of Pain was good too, although nobody has seen that place in over a year, so don't hold your breath. That being said... Manticore = love, and shard stories = love, so Manticore's continued shard stories = love^2?

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I know enough to formulate a "best guess". I've never read anything involving the CoP, though. Care to enlighten, since Manti probably won't?

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No slight intended to the villains out there! The Praetorians are still my favorite CoH creation and Ghost Widow's journal pieces are my pick for best Manti-lore.

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YOOUUUUU!!!! Dammit! \./ You people really need to attribute authorship publicly. Since it was part of the website I thought it was Arctic's.

Ghost Widow's Journal is the piece of CoX writing with the absolute best "voice" I have ever seen. I adore it. I'm so glad it's up on a webpage where I can go back and look at it.

Write more of it. No, I'm not even kidding.

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Nope, GW's journal was my baby and I loved writing every entry. Your request for more is duly noted.

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Manti. We <3 you. Please write more.

And tell us the precise nature of the Shadow Shard. Please?

I think these necroposts are a result of the NCSoft/Cryptic thing. All these necrothreads, including this one, have at least one post by Statesman in there. And since Jack is no longer a part of the team... perhaps they're simply removing his ability to be tracked in the Dev Digest, and this is simply the result?

Aw, that was sweet.

<3 War Witch!

I might, but probably not. Think I'll just finish up my DM/Ninjitsu guide, which will contain a great deal of IO info. Really, I'm just waiting for my DM/Ninjitsu to hit 50 in order to "validate" the opinions in the guide before finishing it up. I already know Dark Melee very, very well and consider it to be my new favourite primary.

Floyd Grubb?

*slight snicker*

Going to watch the video, once I can wipe the smile from my face.

It's a fun experience as always, but I wish it were taken with a bit more seriousness. The Unseelie Court could definitely use some content attached.

Perhaps add in short-term contacts for future Halloween events?

I could definitely enjoy a more Croatoa-like permanent content addition, as well, that's based on enemies that one fights during Halloween; especially considering Villain-side has no such area.

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I'm still alive, just buried with homework for awhile! But I did not make a return without a new picture. So here it is! Larissa Rasputin

http://sargasso737.deviantart.com/ar...rissa-67345763

(more comments yet to come!)

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You're freakin' awesome

If you want a bit more damage, Dark Melee. If you want survivability but slightly slow kill speed, Katana. If you just want to be gimped, Claws.

New clue is "THISISNOTAHIDDENMESSAGESORRYMARCIAN" backwards.

Sorry, couldn't resist getting one for a change.

Edited because I forgot "sorry" -- sorry.

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I am amused with how people with stalkers aren't happy with the builds of stalkers. I mean seriously if you feel they are lame and gimped the way they are then why not build something different. For fact I have seen many different stalkers in pvp that are nearly indestructible due to how they slot the powers and the sets they pick. If you can't build a stalker that is formidable then maybe stalkers aren't your cup of tea and it is time to try something else.

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This is a good example of two things

1. A Hero
2. A guy who doesn't get it....

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actually yes to the first remark and no to the second cause I do get it. I played a stalker for a while and did just fine with it no complaints had alot of fun with it. So why isn't everyone who has a stalker complaining? probably because they know how to build them.

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You're implying I don't know how to build my Stalkers?

I've logged more hours on Stalkers than you probably ever will...

Please, before insulting our intelligences, get a clue.

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I am amused with how people with stalkers aren't happy with the builds of stalkers. I mean seriously if you feel they are lame and gimped the way they are then why not build something different. For fact I have seen many different stalkers in pvp that are nearly indestructible due to how they slot the powers and the sets they pick. If you can't build a stalker that is formidable then maybe stalkers aren't your cup of tea and it is time to try something else.

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And if you can't fry a Stalker, then you need another Archetype.

*two shots yet another invisininja*

Seems a few people managed to get "in" unintentionally...

Wonder what was up with that.

Hey, neat guide

Makes me kinda want to make a Fire Brute. Probably not /Energy ... even I'm not that masochistic.

I actually lol'd at "Flash Fry", that was great

I wonder, though, why no info on the passive +resistance powers?

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Which is what Tundara has been asking for a long time now. As you say, it's an easy fix that would lead to several of us standing up for the devs if anyone ever tried to say "/Ice Melee never gets any love." Or...we could just keep this thread going until everyone started paying attention to it, thus making the devs look.... Hmm...what would the better option be?

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They already have looked at the thread. See Castle's statement.

As for keeping threads alive, I can assure you from personal experience that it has no bearing on their decision, having kept up the Stalker Fight for quite some time myself. Yes, they know the playerbase is unhappy with Ice Melee. That alone might get it some fixes, but apparently, debating its mitigation, damage, or whatever will not.

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Small correction RR, but Ice Melee has 3 attacks in it's first tiers. Than has nothing until level 28 (Frozen Touch). Frozen Touch is actually its best ST attack overall. The second best is Frost, which is the sets Cone and only form of quasi-pbAoE.

The set needs another damaging attack. It is my opinion, and everone probably knows it by now, but adding Damage to Frozen Aura is the best answer and kills 2 or 3 birds with one stone. The only potential downside to this depending on the coding is that Damage Procs could break the sleep. The answer is to simply delay the Sleep until after the Procs are checked and applied. I don't know if that is possable though.

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Hell, that's easy to do. You simply have to code the power to delay the sleep for a quarter of a second. They do it with every sleep that causes damage in this game.

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Sorry did not have time to read through the whole post.

Does anyone know if animation will change with blade weapons depending on the weapon you choose?

Meaning lets say I have a ninja blade stalker and I choose the red cap dagger as my blade will I wield it with 2-hands using ninja blade animation? Or will it switch to broadsword animation so I can wield it with 1 hand?

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No. Animations and FX will not change. The redcap dagger is not available for Katana users (handle's not long enough to wield as a katana)

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see, even BAB calls it a Katana...

Just sayin'.

I'm not entirely sure it works that way. I recall it actively weakening each effect produced by the target. For instance, if I were to, say, hit a Fortunata Boss with Weaken (Fortunata bosses have an active mez protection toggle that CAN be weakened by, well, Weaken), I'd be able to hold her in (I think) two shots as opposed to the three or four. Either way, it's noticeable.

Whereas if I were to hit a normal boss, I'd still have to hit them twice with a hold to hold them. It doesn't actively work against native mez protection; it simply works against any effects that are actively causing mez protection.

I think your quoted poster was wanting Frozen Aura to actively lower native mez protection. I don't think it's doable. However, an anti-power boost? Sure, it might be interesting.