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It usually is, and I understand why. However, I go for what powers I want, not necessarily what's MAXDPS or the like. My first 50 was an Elec/Dev Blaster, for example.

However, as my Brute has a weak taunt aura (see Willpower,) I like having something that's guaranteed to shift the focus off of teammates. I took it and began employing it long before Foot Stomp became available. I may or may not drop it when I finally finalize my Incarnate Build for him, but for now it has its uses when exemped and sometimes just for fun on low-level zones.

Well, let's go to the replay tape and check that...
That doesn't look like an absolute statement. It sounds very much like a personal opinion to me.

Direct quotes are misrepresenting you? Interesting.
Well, I suspect at this point I may just have to learn to live with such an alleged stain upon my conscience.

Ill/Rad has been well and thoroughly covered, of course.

But I have to vote for Ill/Dark as a blast and fitting thematically. You could even tint the powers a sickly greenish yellow or the like.

Stunning, slowing,inflicting wounds that do not heal at a normal rate, weakening enemies and exposing weaknesses in their armor, all of these sound like the sort of thing your concept would do to enemies. If something was doing those sorts of effects on me, I'd be horrified and trying to get away and never come back. And Dark Servant may just be yet another manifestation of your foes nightmares come to life to torment them!

I have an Ill/Dark Controller whom just left Praetoria and it was my smoothest sailing through there yet. And I cannot imagine that the assorted hefty debuffs wouldn't be welcome in iTrials later, which you also listed as a matter of interest

Thank you for an answer to this question. I'm trying to learn more of the underlying mechanics of the game.

With +KB in Bonfire? Because what I was asking is whether slotting +KB in a procced Bonfire would allow it to juggle enemies with some KB protection or not. Basically asking for confirmation if it checked against magnitude to see if someone was affected then modified the amount into KD range just before application.

I think that's what it does, but I'm not certain, and thus the question I asked. My apologies that it apparently was unclear.

Or is that just what they want you to think?

*looks at Redname*
*looks at title*



ZOMBIE!!!

I just made my first MA mission this morning, so I'm no expert, but my recollection is that those two badges you get by doing them while testing one of your own missions.

We're in the Controller subforum, so I know what my money's on.

That's a bug and will be fixed Soon™.

Oddly, I've been on plenty of teams with neither of those conditions and had no trouble...

Give me all your stuff, naturally.

I'm on Pinnacle, and I don't think I'd try that.

But..then how..ARGH!

Each of the contacts in Praetoria is short, but so much personality built into them. I'm sure there must be contacts with personality Blueside, but I don't remember them.[/QUOTE]
Faultline? (Jim, Penny, Delilah)

But yes, Goldside has some well-written characters. Shame they aren't seen by too many people.

(And the Loyalist Power storyline has some of the funniest writing in the game.)

It's the Proc from Overwhelming Force, a new set that can go in any damage power, basically. It has a 20% down and also converts any power's extant chance for knockdown and also converts any extant KB in a power to KD.

You can choose it off the rewards table at the end of the Summer Event. 20 hour cooldown per character and you randomly get one of the six pieces.

It might be for Freemiums who can't use IOs, but otherwise, I'd imagine 2x3 (+24% Regen, +6% Damage) or 3x2 slotting (+36% Regen) would be much more productive.

For a very specific value of "real."

There are very few specific places that are removed from play in Praetoria We know some have been nuked or lost to the DE, but even then, there are apparently pockets of survivors and those who fled to Cole's city.

Except that Praetor Funbags has a distinctly less than 100% acquirement rate on young psychics. And that really only applies to those raised in Praetoria proper.

Absolutely. The Syndicate have several corporations under its wings, for example.

The main divergence seems to be that Vietnam was replaced by the Hamidon Wars. The Korean War happened. That's where Tyrant was nuked.

That's a subjective opinion. I've had no trouble with my characters' backgrounds clashing with what's known about the place. Not even my first goldsider who, naturally, was created before my first run through the content to get a better handle of what's going on.

If you want a background for your first character that will be very unlikely to conflict with canon, you could always play a refugee from the wilderness whose caravan finally made it to the safety and security of Cole's utopia...