Aneurysmo
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Thoroughly good read. This is what forums were made for.
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Quote:Ha! I did that too once.Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison
I once /afk'd myself into not being able to speak.
I sent a tell to someone who was AFK, and started to chat to someone in team right after I hit enter. The auto-reply smacked into my afk, which sent an auto-reply back...
A hundred billion auto-replies later and neither of us could talk for the cooldown.
Luckily I have very few friends, so it didn't continue for long
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Quote:Thanks bud, you've been a tremendous help. I'll roll a tank.Originally Posted by Berliner
Both are actually pretty important and easy enough to get good numbers in both recharge and defense. If you can afford the Kinetic Combats nowadays you can softcap to S/L very easily. My Fire/Fire brute actually just added Hasten to his build after years of farming at 50 and I have noticed a big difference in both damage output and survivability, and he has sucky recharge numbers too, I think only 105% with Hasten.
Personally, if I had to choose between the two I'd go with +defense. He's a little squishier than I like and his damage numbers are off the freaking chart already. If I had my druthers I wish my Inv/SS tank was a brute because he's tougher than he needs to be and I'd like a little more damage out of him, whereas I wish my Fire/Fire brute were a tank because I'd like him a smidge tougher and I'd be willing to trade in a percentage of the ridiculous damage he puts out.
And again, even with my recharge numbers, your talking about hitting Rage and Fiery Embrace before jumping in that mob, then Burn then Foot Stomp then... well then nothing, because there's only a boss standing in front of you by that point, chuck out a single target attack or two and then on to the next mob. If you're fighting +4 mobs they may be slightly tougher and you'll need to drop Burn again which is not a problem because it recharges retardedly fast and is up and waiting for you.
Either way, good times are ahead of you my friend, enjoy!
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Quote:Thanks for that link, so it's always going to con purple regardless, but the truth of the matter is that it won't all act like it's got the same relative difficulty to people of levels above/below it? That's interesting.Originally Posted by StarGeek
See Giant Monsters vs. your level for the mechanics.
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Quote:Ah ha! Now I get to grill you (pun definitely intended) about FA/x tanks!Originally Posted by SinisterDirge
It's possible to have both. I have a fa/fire tank that is soft capped to sm/lethal and melee, decent resists, and healing flames recharges in 12 seconds. I am about 8 seconds shy of permanent hasten. It's a very tough toon. It would not be very difficult to pull off with a brute.
On unideal mobs (presumably toxic?) what sort of settings can you handle before it becomes either too slow or too dangerous to solo? Can you tank as the main tank on 8 man teams without getting overwhelmed?
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Quote:And I demand a P value, statistically significant selection unbiased cohorts and measure of confounding variable control before I accept your study!Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
How did you test it and what were your results?
Did you attack a Monster/GM with a rare Alpha, break off, swap to a non-rare (or nothing) and attack again using the exact same conditions other than the swapped alpha?
I jest, I jest. It's a fairly valid question.
But afaik, GMs are always +x regardless of your level, but presumably the added effects from the alpha slot would definitely improve one's odds. -
Quote:But less chances for NCSoft to be sued if the card details are snaffled!Originally Posted by _Zep_
More chances for it to be stolen in transit etc if we are being totally security minded.
If a central server holding personal information is hacked (as Anonymous' recent bit of SQL injection and SE have shown is possible with HBGary) then the company is personally liable if it can be shown that their security issues are ultimately to blame. If someone has a DPI node on your line or (somehow) has a data exchange DPI node or you're using an unsecure network then that doesn't make NCSoft liable for your card details funding some anonymous criminal.
It puts you at greater risk, but them at less risk.
Not a clue.Quote:Originally Posted by GPBunny
Ok follow up question.
If I buy one of those prepaid Visa Cards from Wal-mart. Could my online friend then use that card to buy the animal pack? Or can you only use real Visa/Master Cards?
A method others have posted is paying through paypal: send your friend x amount of money for their paypal account to use as funds for the booster pack. -
Quote:Interesting stuff. Out of interest, is it best to focus on +recharge for perma hasten (and all the wonders that brings) or +defence for FA/SS survivability?Originally Posted by Berliner
Well a bunch of things actually that all add up to a generally higher degree of survivability; more base HP, and better resist numbers but on FA they're still not that great, or at least game changing. Healing Flames job is to cover your behind where your resistances lack but FA's true defensive strength is in its offense and assiting you in stopping your foes from dishing out the damage in the first place.
My INV/SS tank jumps into a mob of purples, I put foot stomp on autofire and go make a sandwich. Eventually they all die. My FM/FA brute jumps into a mob of purples he dies if I stop to blow my nose for a minute BUT if I'm attentive and attacking I've cleared that mob in seconds.
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Quote:Cool, thanks for the input. Presumably the biggest determinant in tank survivability with this set is increased raw numbers healing from Healing Flames?Originally Posted by Berliner
FA is plenty tough enough to handle +2/x8 mobs if properly built. I have a fire/fire brute who rounds up two or three mobs at a time w/bosses included at that level with ease. There are certain enemy groups that cause me headaches, especially while running at +4/x8, forces me to adjust my pace and there's alot of clicking involved in staying alive, but in honesty these are the same mobs who cause my lvl50 inv/ss problems as well... just more clicking on the brute. He's softcapped to s/l, and outside a few exotic damage types or debuffs, healing flames handles everything else.
A tank will give you a slight edge in survivability which will help with FA, and if you are not deadset on being a walking chainsaw the damage you will be able to put out with a FA/SS tank will more than suffice.
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Quote:That's only part of the reason it's despised. It's still not great even without the debuff because it restricts ones movements without a prompt. I'd be fine with it if it offered a prompt like teleport.Originally Posted by Derangedpolygot
The reason G-Fly is so reviled. It's due for another look. To eliminate the -ToHit or at least reduce the penalty.
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Quote:Is the damage for brutes noticeably different? I've never actually played a tank as anything other than taunt machine, so I've no real frames of reference for damage between the two sets.Originally Posted by SinisterDirge
They will both perform adequately for the goals you have set. The question is do you prefer more surviveabilty, or more damage. (You will be surviveable enough. One can never have too much damage.)
I do recommend some defense for Fire Armor. If you get a decent amount (within a small purple of softcap), You will be a very tough whatever you choose with decent resists, a great heal and a fantastic end recovery power. Everything else is cake. -
Quote:Providing the team members that had set it at +4 could handle the TF without me, the lowbie, Id' probably think "Sweet Jeebus these guys are awesome letting me get these sweet rewards, I can't wait until I'm as uber as they are!".Originally Posted by Auroxis
Imagine being in an ITF facing purple cons just because some members of your team have +4 level shifts and they get too bored beating on grey cons. Does that sound fun to you? Probably not, and hopefully the devs will implement something that discourages such situations.
I'm a very casual player (heck, I only just figured out how to sign up to the forums) and I don't feel perturbed by the existence of (+x) level toons or fully IO'd toons, I feel strongly encouraged by their presence because whenever I get to team with them I get to see just how super duper my builds can become given time.
I don't have to get all of my incarnates/IOs in a single month, it's a nice thing for me to have to keep me playing and slowly, but noticeably, getting better over a course of months/years.
This.Quote:Originally Posted by SinisterDirge
If watching what is possible to do with a character these days makes someone and thier characters feel inferior, perhaps they should stop watching what is possible. Or, knowing that it is possible on thier toons as well if they put the time and effort into it, it might motivate them to actually try it themselves rather than feel sorry for thier toon. Again, if you expect to gain anything from compairing someone elses toon to your own, you have already lost.
The only people who'd feel bad that other players are stronger than them are the people who care as much/more about the efficacy of their character than they do about playing a character whose playstyle they like and those people will find a way to make their character uber no matter what. Part of the brilliance of IOs and Incarnates is that one can take the shoddiest of the shoddy and turn it into a God-slaying machine.
I pray this doesn't happen. This would create a horrible dichotomy between Incarnate content and non-Incarnate content. Some characters are completely legitimised by their Incarnate global buffs and stealing those hard earned slots away whenever one strays into the vast majority of game content would be a gigantic kick in the 'nads.Quote:Originally Posted by DarkGob
I am almost positive that later Incarnate Slots will be disabled on non-Incarnate content.
If I'm playing a character who suffers large problems with blue outside of his Incarnate slotting then returning to content that gives me this headache again after having seen how awesome he can be without recovery issues would just make me cringe.
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So I'm considering rolling a Fire Armour/Super Strength combo and I've been a little uncertain about whether I should roll that combo on a tank or a brute. I'm not looking to be an uber farmer, I'm looking to be team oriented, but also more than capable in solo. A friend of mine's properly decked out FA/SS tank can really hold her own in solo with +2/x8 spawns (just regular content, she's no farmer either), but I've never seen a brute version so I'd like to know the main differences are between the two.
Furthermore, is this a type of tank that's going to be able to tank in teams without getting itself splattered? It seems hugely damage oriented, so is it fair to say that it has a tough time coping with the incoming damage on large teams compared to other tanks?
Goals for the build:
- Easy soloing at x8 spawns (+level doesn't bother me)
- Capable main tanking on TFs and general teams
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Quote:The front cone attack (eviscerate?) is pretty worthwhile too, but I agree that it's basically a time filler in between Spin recharges.Originally Posted by Daemodand
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Short answer: I love my Claws/SR brute. Since 30 it's been at 37% defence, meaning a single purple inspiration soft caps it. Now that fitness is inherent and GR is live, one needn't choose between getting all the powers and Aid Self, plus the Body Mastery epic makes this build's endurance issues perish. -
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Quote:Doesn't work for me:Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Easier way : the item number of an item in the NCSoft store is two higher for the EU version.
Example :
I click on the GR Item pack :
https://secure.ncsoft.com/cgi-bin/St...em&item_id=213
is the URL - this is the NA version. To buy the EU version, I just change that 213 at the end to 215.
Mutant booster EU: id=200
id=202 item not found.
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Quote:Confirmed WorkingOriginally Posted by Acyl
Previously, I've been able to buy what I needed by getting friends in the US to give me the exact URL for the NA-version purchase page (ie. the https://secure.ncsoft.com path).
I'm an EUer, but I escaped the dead EU servers and migrated to the NA servers. Since doing so it's been annoyingly tough to get booster packs for my NA account, since codes are no longer allowed and the 'US version also available' link only exists under a select few items. To get around this painfully poor site design (or deliberate attempt to prevent an exodus from the dead EU servers) I use the following method:
1) Find the NCSoft store link on your browser of choice and copy the URL in the address bar
2) Enter copied URL into AmericanProxy (Google it)
3) Guide to the desired item on AmericanProxy and copy the URL from the URL input bar on the proxy engine -- not the URL in the address bar, that's encoded
4) Exit AmericanProxy and input the copied URL into your address bar to receive the NA page -- This step is VITAL: using a proxy, VPN or any other shared network to process secure information is EXTREMELY unsafe as anyone with a malicious intent and modicum of network security knowledge can intercept your data. You MUST process the payment through your normal browser, not AmericanProxy.
5) Process your payment, remember to check that your card details reflect your genuine card country of origin as by default it'll be set to The United States of America. Changing your details to the correct values (e.g. UK, Germany or France) will not prevent you from retrieving the US store item.
6) Apply to your account. Even though the screen doesn't say so, the code will apply to your NA account
7) Hope and pray that the NCSoft marketing department will revert to allowing us to gift codes and access non-local products.
Hope this helped someone out there!