_Donna_

yeah got it now, ty standoff,,, but i was looking at HO's now. how can you get +healing aspect into ranged damage powers?? now i am baffled !

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For IOs that boost two aspects, each aspect gets 5/8ths the normal bonus. Though each individual aspect gets less boost than a one-aspect IO would give, the total combined bonus is one-and-a-quarter times as large. Similarly, three-aspect IOs boost each aspect by half the normal amount, for an aggregate total of one-and-a-half times. Four-aspect IOs boost each aspect by 0.4375 times the normal amount, for an aggregate total one-and-three-quarters times as large.

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U lost me :S

please post an example same as i have above alphane i would be interested to see how that would work please, x

I have a few toons where I need 3 aspects of certain powers to be fully slotted, for example.

[u]Trip Mines[u]
100% Accuracy
100% Damage
100% Recharge

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100% Accuracy
100% Endurance Mod
100% Recharge


As we all know, 3 SO's will get you close to 100%.
Now as the maximum is 6 slots per power best we can hope to achieve is 2 out of the 3 aspects we want., Or is it

Using IO's for pure percentage reasons, and ignoring set bonuses will give you the chance to stack percentages in a smaller amount of slots. for example...

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slot 1) lvl 50 Performance shifter - Endmod/Recharge
slot 2) lvl 50 Performance shifter - Accuracy/Recharge
slot 3) lvl 50 Performance shifter - Endmod/Accuracy
slot 4) lvl 50 Efficacy Adaptor - Endmod/Recharge
slot 5) lvl 50 Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
slot 6) lvl 50 Efficacy Adaptor - Endmod/Accuracy

This should give your power 95.90% on all 3 aspects.

Can anyone see a better way of doing this or have i just explained something everyone knows about already ? :P lol

[u]To the OP. This took ages to type so read the whole thing please[u]

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Do I need a farmer(Fire/Kin) to make my ppl good at PVP?

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I read this and was like, [censored] are you talking about???


If your new to the game do things in this order and forget about farming and PvP for the moment.

1) Try out a few builds until you find the style that you enjoy... getting a toon to lvl 25-30 isn't hard with consistent teaming so do a few, villains as well as heroes. (this helps in pvp, ill come back to this later)

2) Pick 1 that calls to you, and go all the way to 50.

3) This will give you a feel and understanding for how to play your toon and what does and doesn't work.

4) Take your toon to zonal pvp, Sirens, Warburg or RV. (bloody bay not really worth it) just as a learning curve, don't expect to PwN!! anything.

5) The main reason for point 1 was to learn your opponents powers, you have to know more or less what your fighting, for example it would save embarrassing yourself, examples follow....

"lets see, i'm a controller and i think i'm going to try and use my holds on that there Superstrength/Willpower brute"

and this

"I'm a stalker, i think i will assassin strike that /devices blaster standing on caltrops and mines."

Both of these would be very bad and not result in a happy pvp experience. :P

Now, once you have learned all of the above and want to take your PvP to another level, you can refine your build with Invention Origins ...

Don't do this til you have done all the rest cause it's like trying to pull a 360 degree back flip on a BMX 5 mins after taking the stabilizers off.

To get the best IO's, you will need alot of money(influence)... and trust me I mean ALOT !

My PvP toon cost me 800,000,000 Inf. and that is by no means the most costly out there.

So.... to get enough to do this farming is used... its still hard work and you need to level another character to 50 designed purley for farming, this toon will be for nothing else.

But I'm sure all I have said up to now will get you at least a 12 month vet reward, so stop reading this and start learning the game from scratch.. Trust me it's worth it and you will make some great friends on the way.

Your more than welcome to contact me in game too, either on @Donna2 or @Donna

Goodluck x

Is it just me, or does anyone else find this as well...

For some reason I hate leveling Villains??! I never seem to be able to get a team or see half as many people running about as you do in the blue side.

Everything in Mercy Island seems to be a 2 mile hike compared to Heroes, and i have gotten about level 6 on countless alts just to get bored and delete them cause i cba running about streets on my own for my Dom to take 3-4 mins to kill a same lvl luit.

Now I have been guilty of Farming my own toons now an then on Hero side but i leveled a few recently old fashoined way and really enjoyed it, ny Illusion Therm is lvl 33 now and got their fairly quickly.

I would love more villains as there are sets and toons I want to try like Grav Doms, and Traps MM's and if I ever get a 50 a Widow...

What am I doing wrong??


P.s. please dont say carry on after lvl 6, the grind really does grind to a halt by that stage and i get bored.

Few suggestions if the help you have received so far hasn't solved the problem, if it has then wonderful, otherwise..........

* Power cables will interfere with speaker cables if run close together. Keep the cables going in different directions.

* Mobile phones even when not being used check connectivity on a regular basis to the network, this is done via radio waves and can effect speakers, don't keep your phone near the woofer, even if on charge.

* If you have a wireless connection from not only a router but your keyboard and mouse as well these also use radio waves.

* Make sure that you have the most up to date drivers for your sound card.

* Clean the ports in the connections.

* Go into StartMenu, Settings, Control Panel, Sound and Audio devices, and at the bottom under speaker settings click on Advanced button, (not device volume), and make sure the drop down menu is correctly setup for a woofer. I have mine set to Surround 5.1

* Get headphones?

Free cake as vet reward?
:P

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Search CoX - Search screen option to search Coh / Cov, so i can see how many vills are in SC not just Heros ;P

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Not for PvP zones, thanks. Let's keep a little mystery. But in co-op zones? Hell yes.

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This would only stop me traveling to the zone and typing /whoall


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Recall Friend - Cross Zonal please

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HELL NO! It's annoying enough when I've forgotten to switch on Prompt Team Teleport and I get pulled away from the AH if I'm in the right zone, but cross-zone? No thanks.

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Like an Invite to team question popping up would be better... "Team mamber "x" would like to TP you to "map" do you accept?








I'm chuffed you liked everthing else

Some of these may have been mentioned, but it's important to show that more than 1 person agrees so i will post them anyway... Multiple posts for same request is a good thing. Shows mass desire. Anyway...


Badge List - Shows all the badges grey'd out, and the collected ones in colour.

X,Y,Z Location Finder - /search type box that you enter co-ordinates and they will be display'd like a mission locator does.

Search Screen - Adjust so that the window can be expanded.

Search CoX - Search screen option to search Coh / Cov, so i can see how many vills are in SC not just Heros ;P

Uni Workbenches - Workbenches in all zones that have Auction houses please.

Inspiration Vendor - Trainers should also sell Inspirations same as Pocket D Bar staff and Arena Staff.

Sell All Button - Sell all at Store, Sell all salvage / Recipes option when at a vendor.

Recall Friend - Cross Zonal please

Replying - Multiple backspaces flicks through recent contacts

Character Transfer - Transfer Characters from 1 account to another.

Player Notes - Player notes list all toons on same account.

B.cast Chat - Broadcast also can be heard when in mission from that zone.

Team search - Players in teams of 8 or in Task forces show up in /search as red.

/Agree with all...

I have recently just in past Month or so decided to rebuild burnt bridges, can only be for the good of the game... and it's players.

/em Huggall

love Donna x

And oddly enough didn't a defender win it all ?

Sorry TG i over looked your post when I was still writing the reply to Gamete... But here's what I have been thinkin,


**MAX HP**
I assume heals are worked out at the % of the casters HP, so in every Res power I add 3 Titanium and 3 of that other IO that gives +hp I should hit 57%Res mod and gain 3% Max Hp per power...Definatley want the Freedom Phalanx Reserve, does anyone know what lvl 50 standard HP is for a troller and what the cap is ?

**TRAVEL**
Changed build to CJ+SJ / Hasten+SS for obvious reasons.

**DEFENSE+RESIST**
Dropped Weave although i would still like tough as the Res capped with Epic shield would be nice, especially how in PvP Healers become prime targets.

**FORGE+THAW**
If i 6 slot each I can gain more Hp from Thaw being able to accept Res IO's (+3%Hp) As for Forge will probably go with 3 ToHitt 2 Recharge 1 +Perc

**DOWNFALLS**
Mez will be an Issue, I will carry 25 Bf's but regardless i hate being Mezzed.

Endurance, had issues up to now but ill put that down to fly, hope the change helps.

**PROGRESS**
Last night i managed to get from 28 to 33, still fun and I wanna get to 50 asap... Due to a connection issue at home I have been unable to Dual log and Farm it myself so It has been old fashioned way up to 28 but had some recent help from Nutty Imp Man and Fiery Spark which I would like to thank.

**FUTURE**
Excitedly looking forward to 50 + using my Vet respec...

=P

OMG am i right in thinking that Indom will has a 6 minute recharge!

Tell me thats a mistake.

Maybe I am looking at this with a PvP head on, as thats "my Bag" but I don't see HEAT's and VEAT's comparing at all.

I would consider Vill Side Epics far more advanced regardless of the difficulty in playing.

I have a few Idea's will work on it throughout the day and post here, up to know was a suggestion of balancing.

As for "apparent", take a Widow and a Warshade to RV and see what happens :P

oooo yeah they are pretty good, could maybe mix and mash em.

Stalker Strike could be a Bio Bomb attached to the Foe. Special Damage ( Extreme Toxic/Smashing/Fire )

It may be that they are new, but recently in PvP Zones and allover the rouge Isles I have noted more and more VEAT's knocking about, and i feel its a shame as soo many hero's are excited to get to lvl 50 try their first Epic only to be disappointed by them.

I personally have deleted a lvl 30 PB + Lvl 34 WS.. I'm sure many of you are in the same boat.

SO, Here's My suggestion.

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Ascended Kheldian
A Lvl 50 PB or WS allows access to a new Archetype. The current toon would be sacraficed and become a level 1 Ascended Kheldian.

With a revamp of powers balanced to match those of the new Widow + Soldier or Arachnos...



Thoughts...

Maybe another Melee Set that would be better would make use of weapons, as there is already 1 main punchy(SS) and 1 main Kicky(MA) which doesn't leav a lot left.

So how about a Gadget/Device melee set,... Its not quite as blunt as another weapon, and although the animations would have to be made there is lots of fun things you could do.
So as a counter suggestion how about something like this ?

1) Handheld Taser (You thrust your 10,000 volt taser into the enemy ) - Minor NRG Damage, Recharge Fast (chance to stun)
2) PowerGlove (Clamping down on your Foe the glove leaves a lasting impression on your foe) - Moderate NRG Damage, Recharge Moderate
3) Force Cube - (This device is rigged to go wrong, cauing dmg to everything it comes in contact with) - PbAoe 10ft, Minor Nrg Damage, -Foe Endurance, Foe KB, also damages self. (Was thinking that the animation could be created with a mix of Invention creating Rubix Cube, and Short Circut.
4)Overload - Similar to Rage
5)Grapple (Cross between Snipe+TP foe) - Ranged HighDamage Snipe, sucessful hit pulls target within melee range.
6)Flare -(Flash animation from Ill set) PbAoe Taunt Foe
7)SmokeScreen (Using smokeFlash animation) - PbAoe Foe -Perception -Acc -Def (chance for Confusion)
8)Plasma Discharge - VeryHigh Nrg+Fire DoT Toggle, (With a huge endurance cost this could only be sustained for 2-3 seconds. Short range such as 3 - 5ft)
9)Recharge(Drawing power from around you this device can recharge all power cells) - PbAoe 15ft Foe Moderate Damage+Immob Self +Recharge +Speed +Regen for 15seconds


Rough Idea, not a comprehensive one like statesman_4_prez but maybe it could spark debates??

Ok been look at this in more depth, and I think I may have a few Ideas from my original build and that from the help i got from Gamete, (ty again btw).

Ok so quick question tho, Mids says that Thaw accepts RES IO sets. Is this true ?

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think we're obliged to do something we don't want to (i.e. fight back), though

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Yeah, what they have to realize is that we are in Zone to Kill the opposite faction, when you enter the Zone you consent to being attacked, how you deal with it is your own choice.

Don't want to be attacked? Then you don't deserve a badge that says I've been in a pvp zone and managed to get this award.

[censored].

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Some (mainly the PvPers, unsurprisingly) seem to think it's an agreement to actively participate in PvP.

Others (the badge/temp hunters, natch) regard it more as an acknowledgment that they're fair game, but not an obligation to do something they don't want to.

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They prey's intentions are of no consequence, when you enter the Zone it warns you that you can be attacked, it says nothing about your own actions.

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So other than some sort of jerkish pleasure out of winding other people up whats the point in constantly attacking them?


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The point is in PvP you don't have time to do this...

/t Pve'r, Hi there i'm about to whoop your @ss, are you only here for a badge or may i continue the reason I am here?

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But I must ask how can you call yourself a PVPer if your not in it for the challenge?

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As for this, if your not a challenge when i attack you, thats your problem not mine.

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I didn't say i was in it for the challenge, I said if your not a challenge it's your own fault.

I'm in PvP to kill the opposite side.

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So other than some sort of jerkish pleasure out of winding other people up whats the point in constantly attacking them?


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The point is in PvP you don't have time to do this...

/t Pve'r, Hi there i'm about to whoop your @ss, are you only here for a badge or may i continue the reason I am here?

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But I must ask how can you call yourself a PVPer if your not in it for the challenge?

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As for this, if your not a challenge when i attack you, thats your problem not mine.

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I take it you do this because your a dick right?

I mean it can't be fore the normal PVP reasons of having a challenging fight.

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Nope it's cause you remind me of the [censored] little kid that run about shooting people with a supersoaker but says you can't get me back im not allowed to get wet.