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Quote:I'm actually surprised Dark is third although it's rather close. While I love the set and think it's one of the best, I hardly see it played. It's a crime that Cold ranks that low. It's as good as any other set.Originally Posted by Patteroast
I know it's not a perfect sample, but for these kind of questions, I always find the statistics page on City Info Tracker to be informative. Here's what they have currently for defenders:
1117 Empathy
599 Kinetics
585 Dark Miasma
555 Radiation Emission
299 Storm Summoning
287 Force Field
273 Trick Arrow
241 Cold Domination
210 Sonic Resonance
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Quote:Meh. I don't have the energy to write up another full on rant about healers in this game. My Ill/emp will run circles around any of them. I also find Emp lacking in the higher levels, but that's a different rant.Originally Posted by Zandock
I wonder how long this can stay civil.
If a person wants to play a class that heals a lot then Empathy covers that. Please do take the attacks, slot them, and use them. If a person just wants to be a full support healing based character, roll a controller. Controllers are the support class no matter what silly things some of the outliner controller builds do. Controllers tend to be more fun for me anyway. I've made healers be bored and even reroll after being on one of my teams where I was playing a controller. -
Quote:As long as the games on the linked site aren't talked about then it's fine. If you start trying to counter indirect stuff you are really opening a can of worms that's simply not worth it.Originally Posted by QuiJon
It isnt just the idea of gaming reviews im talking about. What i mean is that NC Soft it seems basicly has said that they didnt want discussion other games on their forums. I would assume because they feel that it is directly or indirectly giving their competition advertising for their products.
If the members of this forum though can start their own sites, and link to them on these forums, and on those pages find discussion of games, reviews, advertising etc. then how is this any diffferent then if we still had threads here about them. For isntance, Shadowrush's site has alot of information about other subjects, and movies and such. But almost everytime ihave gone there and followed a link there is a game of some type being advertised on the banner ads for the subject linked to here. So sure i might be going to see pic of the captian america movie, but im assualted with advertising for WoW when i go their. And advertising that i would assume someone is profiting off of.
Again i am not pointing fingers at you only. I know advertsing is everywhere. But it would seem to me that linking to sites that have a decent stake in discussing other games is just like posting threads here. I can understand saying oh well Superherohype.com is a fan site for many things. And its kinda out of control to say that you cant link to it because one banner ad comes up for a game. But if the site itself has one of itsmajor stakes in reviewing, advertising or discussing game releases, then i fail to see a difference to discussing it here. -
Quote:Accidently hit refresh after a long response. *sigh*Originally Posted by OzzieArcane
I'm glad you actually pointed that out because it made me realize I need to go through and alter some of the post titles. Gaming Pixie actually handled the actual design and I think she may have overlooked some things while trying to archive all the current videos, especially with Cartoon Hero since he had so many (Infact his getting added last is why there are so many of his near the front, unless you use the menus). But for the record, Cartoon Hero's blip channel actually is labeled "ThatGuyInTheCape" because I think that was originally going to be his alias before he realized how unoriginal it was.
As for the quality of his videos (I think you were talking about his). I know he isn't the best but I enjoy his videos because he's usually pretty informative.
The video I saw had inconsistent volume issues. The sound didn't sync up with his mouth at all. There might be the minor issue of using a "Vault Disney" clip as a segway to your vault. I think you just have to really think about the format you are using to put out the info. When there are that bad of errors they need to get fixed, or just try written, or purely audio format. Whatever the reviewer feels most comfortable with. The fact that the review style is a copy/paste of better known reviewers doesn't help. -
Quote:One, and the worst part is the other reviewers are blatant ripoffs of the more established ones.Originally Posted by QuiJon
This is in no way directed to you personally. But frankly opinions are like *** holes, everyones got one, and now with the internet, everyone thinks you want to see theirs.
Just curious though i was thinking this when that Shadow(whatever his name was) started pimping all his pasted links to his site, exactly how if we cant discuss games on these forums is it ok to post or link to sites that do sell, advertise and discuss other games and have that be ok within these forum rules?
Two, We can't directly talk about games. What Shadowrush does would be considered indirect since they are talking about something else. I can link to my site(if I had one) that talks nearly non-stop about MMO X, but just link here to the other stuff on the site. -
The "posted on" doesn't always show the date. In none of the post do they show who the reviewer is going to be. One reviewer is labeled ThatGuyInTheCape, and don't get me started on that name, when his actual alias is The Cartoon Hero. Sound quality was subpar to start with and then there is the "and now we add in a comment about something that is taped separately and thus has a completely different volume level" moment. The effort is there, but the execution reeks of amateurism which shouldn't be there since ads are there. You put up ads, you are trying to pull in a profit.
EDIT: I'm an idiot.. I see most of the posts do give you an idea of who is doing it. I just happened to see one that didn't.
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Quote:So "Indiana Williams and the (insert here)." I didn't even see the last movie so you can assume I will be avoiding the next one.Originally Posted by Marcian Tobay
No matter how you feel (and this thread's going about how I expected), they did establish that "Indiana" is a nickname that could fluidly be passed down to Mutt.
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Quote:You don't need to be standing in the middle of melee to benefit from all of those powers. Know the range of the effect and stay within in it on a as needed basis. Psychic Scream also benefits from you being back a little to max out the cone. If you are talking Kin/rad, or Kin/elec then that's one thing, but my Kin/sonic played much differently than those two and I find /sonic to be similar enough to /psy to have an idea of how to play it.Originally Posted by Gilia
The problem with this is Kinetic/s can't afford to stand back. If you're going the whole 9 yards, IOing for a tough build at the high levels, ranged defense won't cut it. Transfusion, Siphon Power, Transference, and most importantly Fulcrum Shift are all going to call you into melee. If you don't, you won't be healing/recovering yourself or getting most of your own damage buffs. Transfussion + FS should be calling the other ranged folk into tight ranks anyway, so if they're interested in damage buffs encourage your teammates to at least stay close enough to get the buffs that emanate from you. You just have to position yourself in between your squishy allies and the mob.
I also wouldn't write siphon power off completely. It doesn't need a lot of slots, but if you're on any team or task force that is "speeding" or allows for splitting up, it can be a big help. FSing a small crowd with one ally nearby isn't much better than SP and its recharge is way higher. -
Quote:As pointed out, it would have been a number of issues since the last batch so they are due for it more than anything else.Originally Posted by Apophasis
I'm curious. What makes you figure that Power Proliferations are due then? Is there a cycle they follow?
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Quote:On a Kin/psy I would look at getting ranged def up since that's where most mezzes come from and /psy can afford to stand back a little to blast. You won't be using Power Siphon at all. I would put as many slots into Siphon Power as you feel needed.Originally Posted by Hockeypuckhead
Is it possible cap defense on my guy so I can be in the thick of things debuffing and buffing without being a wet noodle?
The other question is how often would I be using power siphon? is it worth it to slot it up or just depend on Fulcrum shift? SP is still useful against AVs for the debuff aspect.
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I grabbed a KM/shield once I figured out Overtake was a sweet name and somehow not taken on Virtue. I went brute just because Overtake feels more like a brute name. The idea of the +dmg/-dmg works well with the theme of overtaking something.
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1. You are level 12 and have them at best 3 slotted. At 12 this means 2 acc, and a end reduc at DO level. At least, based on how I slot early on.
2. You don't even have the heavy hitters yet.
Add in the previously well mentioned lack of Power Siphon and it's really not surprising you find it lack luster. -
I like both my DB/elec and DB/sr. Both are in their 30s so they are coming into their own. /sr will obviously be the sturdier one of the two which overs up DBs lack of mitigation(no sweep combo for me), but /elec is fun with the damage aura and the added end recovery.
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It's a sleep, but can be done at range and it pulses rather fast so even if they are woken up, they sleep again rather quick. Add in the -end aspect and it's a core power.
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Quote:If only those were the only AoEs those sets got. Irradiate and Fireball do more damage. Dark also has T.T. and Nightfall and they also have base recharges of 10 seconds. Sonic's AoE is bottom feeder.Originally Posted by Deacon_NA
Irradiate is 20 seconds, Fireball 16.
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Fault + OG = love.
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Whatever I am playing.
Fire/ice will be widely recommended. -
Quote:Put EM Pulse as a must have and Choking Cloud as skippable although there is debate there. Move Scream to must have and Shout to good. Amplify could be moved to skippable just because I never take Aim like powers on defenders, but after i19 that might change.Originally Posted by Justaris
Here's a Cliff Notes version:
Radiation Emission -
Must Have: Radiation Infection, Enervating Field, Lingering Radiation, Accelerate Metabolism
Good: Radiant Aura, EM Pulse, Mutation, Choking Cloud
Skippable: Fallout
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Must Have: Shriek, Howl, Shout, Screech
Good: Scream, Amplify, Siren's Song, Dreadful Wail
Skippable: Shockwave
Dreadful Wail is a bit of a special case, being a nuke, so it's a judgment call. The crash of the nuke will drop your endurance and therefore your toggles, so it's up to you whether that's worthwhile. Personally I find that it's nice to have the option.
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Quote:Even if Kin/en was one of the few Kins I have deleted it came first to mind in terms of a sidekick. I guess /psy and /sonic work for a sidekick theme in my head. /sonic being the noisy sidekick who never shuts up.Originally Posted by Splat-Fu
Defender: FF/NRG ---- lots of fun teaming missions. I LOVE bouncing the pesky one's off the walls in a KB dance of grief with me in the lead.
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Quote:She's Gwen Stacy.Originally Posted by Inazuma
I approve of Emma Stone as MJ. But then, I approve of Emma Stone in anything.
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Quote:Most fun read since early New Warriors for me. I thought it was a series as well. I should track down the issues I'm missing because I think I stopped at 9. I stopped collecting not due to dislike, but due to stop collecting at all.Originally Posted by Scarlet_Phantom
Found it. It was a Wildstrom comic called The Intimates. Turns out it was only a mini, I always thought that it was an ongoing that got canceled. I remember it being a fun read.
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Quote:So you are new to Hollywood using 20-30 year old actors to play teenagers?Originally Posted by Dz131
also aren't the harry potter kkids like 20 now?
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Autorun has long been changed in my binds. "R" is for target nearest.
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Quote:I remember that. I don't think /invul was really talked about during that point so it was kind of out of the blue to see somebody pull it off.Originally Posted by Werner
Nihilii. Thread here. Nihilii was one of the pioneering Scrapper no temps no insps AV soloers after the advent of IOs. The build is there, but it is, of course, fairly old.