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- GRUDG:

I am no Dr Havok, I don't have my degree in Inv tankers However your build looks good. Might want to do a respec after you level post 30 to get rid of Punch, reassess your powers and take a higher damaging attack by moving other power choices earlier in the build.

- Sv:
Fly doesn't need end reducers: as soon as you'll get Stamina it will be a non-issue, and before that you'll need the slots somewhere else anyway. On the other hand, it needs fly speed enhancers IMHO since I don't find non-enhanced Fly to be that fast in the first place.

GRUDG,

Taunt ASAP is a must-have IMO as soon as you are at least two. Your role becomes instantly to be the tanker and leave the damage to others. I believe that your friend as a Spine/Regen will complete very well the duo with your Inv/SS tanker.

As Havok said, shown templates slotting is high-level slotting.
My Inv/SS just reached lvl 10 and taunt. My slotting follows the rules below before reaching Stamina (and having it slotted):
- Toggles : endurance reducers first (at least one or two), damage resistance enhancers come next.
- Attacks: one accuracy, one endurance reducer, and then damage amplifiers.
- Dull Pain: recharge reducers

TOs benefit is so small for dmg resistance or dmg amplification that you better slot endurance reducers. You won't notice a difference (or maybe one point more of damage) until you reach at least DOs.

Moreover, saying /SS doesn't need accuracy enhancers is true but only when you get Invincibility at lvl 18 (with one ToHit buff in it). Before that, you'll need them just like in any other ATs.

Finally a good guide without at least a leveling routine isn't really complete. So here is my contribution up to lvl 14, solo :
- level 1-6: Atlas Park or even better Galaxy City: Outdoor street hunting
- lvl 7-10 : Kings Row, outdoor hunting and some missions as I am nearing 10 (need to progress through contacts a bit).
- lvl 10-14: Since I get taunt at lvl 10 and I have my main shields, I am ready for some hollows madness if needed. I am able to fulfill my role in teams. Otherwise, progress normally through missions solo until I get the mission for Spelunker badge (need to be something like lvl 12 to have the contact that gives it).

Plan for post-14:
Until I get more attacks (obtained at least at level 24), grouping, grouping and more grouping. Then I'll try to see how I do in Terra Volta. I did great as a fire tank but I don't know if TV is doable with so few attacks and no AOE.

If anyone has a good solo leveling routine for an Inv/SS (for when you don't feel like grouping), I am interested.

Hello Dr Havok ,

Here is what I came up with:
Exported from version 1.4B of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Tanker
Primary Powers - Ranged : Invulnerability
Secondary Powers - Support : Super Strength

01 : Jab acc(01)
01 : Temp Invulnerability damres(01)
02 : Punch acc(02) dam(3) dam(3) dam(5) dam(7) dam(7)
04 : Dull Pain recred(04) recred(5) recred(21)
06 : Combat Jumping defbuf(06)
08 : Unyielding damres(08) damres(9) damres(9) damres(11) damres(11) damres(13)
10 : Taunt tntdur(10) tntdur(21)
12 : Resist Elements damres(12) damres(15) damres(17) damres(13) damres(15) damres(17)
14 : Super Jump jmp(14)
16 : Hurdle jmp(16)
18 : Invincibility thtbuf(18) thtbuf(19) thtbuf(19)
20 : Health hel(20) hel(46)
22 : Stamina endrec(22) endrec(23) endrec(23) endrec(25) endrec(25) endrec(27)
24 : Knockout Blow acc(24) dam(27) dam(31) dam(34) dam(37) dam(40)
26 : Haymaker acc(26) dam(29) dam(29) dam(34) dam(37) dam(42)
28 : Rage recred(28)
30 : Resist Energies damres(30) damres(31) damres(31) damres(33) damres(33) damres(33)
32 : Hasten recred(32) recred(34) recred(36) recred(36) recred(36) recred(37)
35 : Super Speed endred(35)
38 : Foot Stomp acc(38) dam(39) dam(39) dam(39) dam(40) dam(40)
41 : Conserve Power recred(41) recred(42) recred(42) recred(43) recred(43) recred(43)
44 : Laser Beam Eyes acc(44) dam(45) dam(45) dam(45) dam(46) dam(46)
47 : Hurl acc(47) dam(48) dam(48) dam(48)
49 : Whirlwind endred(49) endred(50) endred(50) endred(50)

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01 : Brawl Empty(01)
01 : Sprint Empty(01)
02 : Rest Empty(02)

A few thoughts:
- SJ >> Fly for movement speed. Don't care about being safe anyway we have defenses for that.
- Taunt before Haymaker. Not sure this is a mistake or not but I am a tank and therefore I need to draw aggro in groups. Waiting for lvl 25+ to get taunt doesn't seem to good to me. So get Taunt at lvl 10 and get Haymaker at 26. That leaves me with Jab (1 slotted) & Punch (6 slotted) until lvl 24.
- Got Hasten / SS at 32 & 35 because I couldn't see another other power choices...

Critics/Thoughts ?

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I really enjoyed the PCC

Not exactly a pic but I've been trying to make a PvP video and the event gave me a good chance to grab some footage. Doesnt help that the camera drones are easy targets..

So I present The Arena. (400x300 10Mb AVI, 2:42 MP4/MP3 Encoded)

Can you please save it to disk and not stream it, to save on my site's bandwidth. And if the link doesnt work, then I'm afraid I took it down for a while before my limited exceeded. Got to keep my SG forum's up

(btw, if anyone knows of any good free file hosts or good codec settings, that would be helpful)

This is the first time I've posted a video of mine, they are usually just for my own entertainment. Enjoy.

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It's very very cool. Thanks a lot !
Going to use that as my own promotion for CoH towards reluctant friends

Thanks Cuppa for maintaining that list!

The french "official" website is already falling behind in term of updates.
Don't make an official website in any specific language if you are not going to update it!

G

French player here.

Many known french MMO community sites have pages explaining how to get the US version of CoH... so like everyone else in the french community I wasn't going to wait 6 months for playing CoH and bought the US version online.

So you better think of something smart if you want to see us on the euro servers...

Concerning language, I am very well aware that some friends of mine only play online games when they can speak french with other players but they are a very small minority. As a german poster already said before, we are all learning english in school because hey it's 2004 and everyone has to speak english now. The whole bloody internet is in english.

Moreover I prefer ten times to play on an international server with people from all around the globe because that's almost a guarantee that there will always be a decent number of people to play with at whatever the time I choose to log on.

I experienced french servers in other online games and it's generally stupid because you have to wait 6 in the evening for some decent population numbers. Whereas on an international server, it's always 6 in the evening for someone around the globe.

Finally like many seasoned MMORPG players I am definately done with the French online community and want to play online games to meet people from different places around the world, not only from France. Because we are in the freaking 21st century and that it is possible.

Grominus