AIB

I don't think there is an @Abe on Protector...Honest.

1. I didn't get the PM.

2. Cool

3. Was there ever any doubt? Alas, one day form shifts will be instantaneous (or nearly instantaneous) both ways and powers like hasten will fire off while in forms...hey, it works for Granite Tanks doesn't it?

4. Eclipse on them would be very nice...but I very much doubt that that will ever happen. Being able to control them...or at least giving them better A.I. so that they don't try to melee AVs with their ranged attacks would be greatly appreciated.

5. Indeed it is. Throw some inspirations in the mix for more POWER!

6. Yep. But it would require nearly flawless execution.

My name is AIB and I approve this message.

Yeah, he's full of it...

Information that is...

Appreciate the encouragement.

Later all.

In order...

1. I intentionally ignored the insolence.

2. We have already discussed the optimal chain at length. I refer you to the discussion found here...

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=273855

3. I assure you that it is not. While I cannot tell you how you should feel I can tell you what I have said and what I have implied. Eisegesis would lead you to your conclusion. Exegesis would not.

4. You asked me about the Level 53 AV soloage before you did it. As I was busy preparing for the GRE during that period you beat me to the punch. After congratulating on the accomplishment I did it as well for the following reasons...1. To see if I could do it. 2. To prove to the community that it is something that a TriForm Warshade can accomplish as well.

(Remember, you were once a TriForm Warshade. And now you have apostatized. You shall never convince me to become your disciple. Heretic )

5. I still think you should give it a shot. You will be the only Human only Warshade to post about it if you do it and post it.

6. Sadly Scrappy puts us at Level 30 in A.E. as such we cannot use our incarnate abilities as well as some key preincarnate ones...

7. Nope, I just read people saying "it can't be done" or they seriously "doubt it can be done" I try to do it and if I can do it I post it and then I'm prepared to move on.

Some folks say, "Wow. Great job! Congratulations."

Other folks, in the spirit of friendly competition say, "Nice work. But can you do this?"

Still others say, "Great job. Do it again and record it (or take pictures of it) as proof to all and then I'll PAY YOU (inf) for what you have done."

It has nothing to do with "proving superiority. Mostly, it has to do with encouraging others, letting them know that certain things CAN be done and that, with enough time and effort invested (if they have it to spend) along with a bit of practice they too can go and do likewise. Perhaps, they will even be able to accomplish greater things than these...
(Partly, I just enjoy the challenge of doing these things.) Hmm...notice that these points mirror what I related under point 4.

8. The running joke, in case it has been overlooked is that I post my accomplishments for "street cred." I've already related the reasons behind my posting of these things.

9. Thanks. Yes, real life and Heroes of Might and Magic V are taking me away from COH lately. You're one of my best COH friends too...even though you have fallen away from the Triform fold.

10. Wow. Umm, this is and has always been your baby. It's not my thing. I've never affirmed TriForm ST damage over Human only...though even with a tri build I reckon you could put together the highest DPS human attack chain as well...I wondered the following openly in the tab I previously referenced...perhaps this is whence your confusion stems...

Is the optimal human attack chain with ONLY fully saturated Sunless Mire still dishing out more damage than Dwarf ST attack chain with fully saturated Sunless Mire and fully saturated Dwarf Mire. You see, in large groups I can stay at 300% damage (damage cap) without inspirs. Whereas a human form typically stays at around 150%ish without inspirs.

to which Microcosm replied...

Absolute best builds I can muster for both, the human (actually still a triform, only with forms for set bonuses) with only sunless mire saturated still does better than the dwarf with both mires saturated, though it's not huge, especially because the Dwarf will see approx twice as many chances for the -res proc. That's not counting the extra time it takes to pop down to human and back to dwarf every ~30 seconds for mire, however.

11. I prefer overt argument. At anyrate, this is not a "pissing contest."

12. No, they certainly do not.

See you around Septi.

Wow. You're really grasping at straws here. I suppose I'll have to be more direct.

Responding to your comments in order...

1. When and if you ever find this thread please be sure to provide a link. Maybe it exists then again maybe you are mixing it up with something else. Until you can supply the link, from an evidentiary standpoint, the comment is worthless.

2. I have seen Auroxis solo a pylon with Lore Pets and I have seen him solo an AV without them. I have never seen him solo a Giant Monster with or without Lore Pets. A thread or a message tab of him (or another Emp/? Defender) demonstrating the killing of a GM would be most appropriate.

3. I do do math. And this is what I know. If he killed a level 50 Chimera in 50 seconds with Lore Pets it means...

28,271.70 (Lev 50 AV HP) divided by 50 seconds (time it took to kill the AV) = 565.434 (Damage per second)

He is saying he (along with his, presumably, Warworks pets did 565.434 damage per second(DPS)...now...this does not take into account ANY regeneration of the AV's hit points...with regeneration it would be an additional 4,240.755 hps (5% every 15 seconds - 3 regen pulses (at 15, 30 and 45 seconds) in other words the total DPS per second...650.2491

Now, T4 Warworks put out 209 DPS. So, that means, if Auroxis beat the lev 50 AV (Chimera) in 50 seconds.

He was putting out somewhere between 356.434 to 441.2491 Damage Per Second BY HIMSELF for 50 seconds. (If he could sustain this level of damage he could solo a Giant Monster without Lore Pets). Let that sink in for awhile.



Now...back to the point of this thread.

The title is "Warshade vs. Giant Monster."

Let that sink in for a moment.

Here is the fact.

No other Warshade (Tri, Bi, or Human only) has ever posted the soloing of a Giant Monster with or without Lore Pets.

As I have said before, there may be some Ubershade lurking in the shadows who defeats Giant Monsters routinely but hasn't the time or the inclination to post the accomplishment on the boards.

If another Warshade ever comes along and does what I have done or something greater than what I have done, at that point, I will remove my accomplishment from my "Highlights." Because, at that point, my signature will no longer be unique.

Until that day, I humbly submit that the evidence suggests, that I stand in a league of my own.

By the way...The view must be pretty good from the cheap seats.

Nice one.