Adam7

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CRAAAAAAZZZINNEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!



better?

Oh yeah....???

Well you smell.


How do you like THAT one?



(going to have to come up with something better than that, I suppose)


You are right Mighty. There are straight line paths in CoH. Though they do need to continue to make more and more zones with their own stories (as you said: hollows, striga, croatoa, Faultine) and the movement of gamewide story (apparently i9-i12?). They need to do more... That much is true. And I will never argue for less content.

My points were geared in part to the don't PL your first character and then cry for content crowd, and also for people coming from games where the rush for loot mentality was prevalent.

We've both been playing long enough to recognize this game's faults... I just wasn't writing a guide about 'em

That being said, I've posted suggestions in the forums for newer ways to do AV encounters and Hamidon raids . I've also posted suggestions on branching contact story lines, permanent story repercussions for mission failures and reworking how the contacts work. (that suggestion got purged ages ago- maybe its time to re-post it?) I've tried to contribute to the game in a way to make it more interesting and provide not just more content, but DYNAMIC content (which is of course, the only way to keep things fresh). This guide was more for the understanding of the basic mechanics and philosophies that drive the game.



Your commentaries are always appreciated, O Mighty one, even when we don't see eye to eye. That's what friends are for.

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Might want to add an addendum concerning the crafting bit.

What with the Invention system coming out, and apparently an Auction House-type thing as well. Although, we don't really know how all that is going to work.

Otherwise quite nice, though I have to disagree with your stance on ED, but that's neither here nor there.

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trust me.. I am waiting on inventions/auctions with bated breath and a lot of worry.

and I do mean *a*lot* of worry. My views on player economy should be obvious by now ...

great point! /em smacks head I can't believe I forgot sidekicking...

I'll include sidekicking into the next update of this guide (with proper credit given, of course)

(I can't really help the tone though... thats just pretty much who I am )

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Wow. After reading this entire thread I HAD to make a forum account, and post here. You guys are incredible at exaggerating things. Especially WoW... etc

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sorry I'm late to the party... I usually only check the UPDATED VERSION OF THIS GUIDE (thats a plug, by the way) for replies...

Please keep in mind, I made generalizations, and I also merged many "traditional" MMO conventions into that post. Rolling for loot was the common practice in DAoC and EQ. I understand the DKP system for Wow... and I think it's a good system given the heavy handed importance of loot in the game.

...in the end, I just hate the idea of loot in MMOs. Beyond the effort required to obtain said loot, and disregarding that your top end loot with always eventually become obsolete, I dislike loot because it takes away from your character. Some people like the stories of the average man who stumbles upon Utimia, the ultimate sword of awesomeness. And that he is powerful because of that. I don't. I like my heroes, and conversely the characters I play, to be powerful in their own right.

forget the fury bug... its nice to know the Gecko is still around!

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* Choice table for Lord Recluse's Strike Force. - Upon completion of the mission, you will get a choice table, instead of the Enhancements simply being put into your tray (and if your tray is full, put into oblivion). You will NOT be able to pick the specific Synthetic Hami-O, but you will be able to choose a +3 level SO instead of the random SHOE if you want.

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What a worthless fix. Way to spend a time and effort coming up with a [censored] solution.

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because at the very least, now you won't lose your shoes.

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Positron, thank you for addressing that part of the LRSF problem.

Now can we get some kind of official word on if the last mission is how you guys want it to be? Because we've had people post videos of the last mission being a unicorn and fairy-laden teaparty cakewalk through easy land with rad corruptors while teams that dare to bring stalkers and dominators are doomed to failure.

Is this intentional? If Hamidon's secret was holds, are we resigned to the fact that we must bring at least one rad corruptor to a LRSF or be faced with the debt cap, with having to rely on PvP zone temp powers, with having to break the game with stacked vengence, with having to reset the mission repeatedly by logging out if we get a bad pull?

Is the fact that the last mission of the game is horribly immersion-breaking and difficult for one team yet a non-factor and easy as pie for a team with 2 or more rad corruptors and a stone brute by design? Are the VGs that powerlevel up rad corruptors really getting rewarded for doing so?

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O SNAP!
Say it ain't so Posi!
Make Dominators & Stalkers wanted again!

<ul type="square">[*] EVENT NAME: Operation Hamidon[*]WHEN: Friday 07/14/06 8pm Central (DOH!)[*]WHERE: Hive Entrance in Eden[*]HOST: Myrmydon &amp; B.O.S.S.[*]ANY PREREQUISITES? Be a high enough level to enter the Hive[*]WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW: The first B.O.S.S. hosted hamidon raid! Go forth and show your support![/list]

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The site hasn't been updated since before the sale, but you can still get the map patch through .com/]Badge-[censored] and Badge-Hunter (same site, BTW).

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go through badge-[censored] and get an "updated" map patch to include grandivlle &amp; mayhem missions.

I just may do that
(though I totally gutted A7's build last night to try out a few new ideas, so I may wait a bit before an update. I need to see how well onoly taking 4 devices powers will play out)

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Much of the information from here is directly from Adam7’s I6 guide to Fire/Dev blasters, which I found invaluable...

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Holy crap you read that guide?
I thought NO ONE read that guide... lol
I feel so much better now

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Firstly, the majority of PvP rewards are the ability to purchase level 53 enhancements (to which you can get the same effect by combining 3 level 50 enhancements),

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You get a 52 by combining three level 50's.

Three 52's is some tiny fraction worse than three 53's, though, so the point remains.

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good point. I forgot (momentarily) that at level 50 all your enhancements are white and not green.

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Something you might want to add to this -

"Adam, these missions are boring! Fight three guys, rest, fight three guys, rest, what's the point?!...

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I would but I can't edit the post any more and you phrased it just fine right there .
I will brazenly rip that off whenever this guide gets updated again, though. (and yea GF you'll get your props )

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PM CuppaJo and tell her why it should be stickied....she's usually quick with a response and a good reason if she chooses not to sticky it.

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you should actually be PMing cricket.
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so what are people supposed to do when they have driven the other side into their base? go pick flowers?

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hrmn, maybe go after the other villians in the zone?
Take over pillboxes?
Run missions?
Back off?


Or you can span camp and get drone tped and whine like a baby because you can't press an "I win, You Lose" button and keep the opposing faction firmly under heel.
Because fun is in never giving the other side a chance, right?

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question: due to the retorlled claws end costs, is there any reason for a claws/regen to grab stamina? Seems like QR is pretty sufficient now.
(besides- I need to make room for more attacks on my scrapper now )

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If you plan to run a lot of toggles, CJ, Tough, FA, etc, I'd vote yes. At least that's my plan for my new claws/regen if I decide to go that route. But if I was only going with claws attacks and regen only for damage mitigation.. I could see QR being enough.

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Thank BZB, oh and I have no idea what "retorlled" is... I had intended to say retooled, and got that blight on the english language.

Yea, I suppose since I'm gonna make my scrapper a PvP-centric toon, I'm going to be better off with those toggles.

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Can we get some numbers?

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What? Like cricket's number?
Dude she just got here, you're gonna scare her off!

question: due to the retorlled claws end costs, is there any reason for a claws/regen to grab stamina? Seems like QR is pretty sufficient now.
(besides- I need to make room for more attacks on my scrapper now )

hey cricket: as lame as it is to have to explain- can you please put a parenthetical blurb that this does not refer to powers that toggle drop as a result of their PRIMARY effect (hold/disorient/stun/sleep powers -) in other words: "control" powers, but powers that contain toggle dropping as a SECONDARY effect (like brawl, charged brawl, etc)?
Thanks.
Some people are crying that the sky is falling and this is one of the reasons.
A little clarification would be nice to throw at them.

simple request about the name change, states:

Bile != Stomach Acid

change its description to match, please.

i'm just surprised that the rush of people who are noe back to flocking to the site haven't broken it again!

Glad to have you back RT! W00T!!

thank you for the support.

of interest: I have Updated My Guide to make it i7 &amp; ED compliant.
It just so happens that the guide to guides has not been changed to refect that... yet.

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I've always wanted to use this as an avatar. I give you permission though

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Omg....if she doesnt take it i want itO.O

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Hajime no Ippo ftw!!!

God that series is so good. FYI that title match-from where the gif comes from- occurs in volume 30 of the manga. We are currently on vol 73. That should give you an idea how much more there is. Oh, and it just keeps getting better. That fight has already been surpassed in coolness.
Being a staffer for I-O I am quite partial to the series, true, but damn it is one of the best out there.
Any of you who are into good fighting manga with great characterization / emotion, check out Dynamite Glove for series info and Dynamite Glove Forums for download info / Community. Links to all the champters and such are there.
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Welcome cricket!

<ul type="square"> [*]EVENT NAME:
MISSILE LAUNCH PARTY!
[*]WHEN:
Tonight, April 24, 2006. 9pm Eastern
[*]WHERE:
"The Web" Map Marker in Warburg
[*]HOST:
Michael Bond
[*]ANY PREREQUISITES?
You must have a hero or villain level 30 or higher to get into warburg...entrances to warburg are in St. Martial for Villains and Kings Row for Heroes...
[*]WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW
From: Michael Bond-
Hi guys, not much of a big event...but I have been trying to get the Warburg Missle Temp Power for GoreRax...but every time I try...I get AS'd by a stalker or some other brute or crackhead comes and kills me...so I figure that a team would be better suited for it...

so if you would like to join a team to get a missle...meet at "The WEB" marker in Warburg at 9PM Eastern Time...

We will divide up into hero &amp; villain teams...burning through the WEB until everyone has a scientist...then we will proceed to lead the scientists out and collect our codes...[/list]

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