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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by InfamousBrad View Post
    If Stalker:Energy Auraisrupt doesn't break Hide, and Stalker:Ice Armor:Chilling Embrace doesn't break Hide, can we please get Stalkerark Armor:Cloak of Fear and Oppressive Gloom also changed to match? If not, why not?

    I'm also somewhat annoyed that stalkers don't get Ice Melee to go with that Ice Armor; Ice Armor seems kind of pointless without it.

    On the other hand, I have to say that I'm somewhere between psyched about the AoE component to Mastermind:Poison:Envenom and Weaken, and terrified about it. My Demons/Poison is already pretty sick; with those changes, it may be a completely overpowered combination. (Demons/Sonic is going to be pretty sick, too.)
    Ice Melee didn't get ported because the animators are busy with I21 and They don't have time to do a animation for Assasin Strike.. understandable.

    I'm confused.. WHAT AoE component to Evenom and Weaken.. they are ST...
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    Lets see.. sick combos to come....

    WM/EA Scrapper, now with MOAR Strong and Pretty!
    Dark/Ice Stalker..... Revenge is a dish best served COLD
    Thugs/Sonic MM- your own personal Brute with a Hulu Hoop of Doom...
    Rad/Poison Corr- Defense? WHAT Defense?
    Anything/Regen Brute- what more needs to be said?
    Thermal/Fire Defenders- I love the Thermal set anyways.. but this.. this is just sick!
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    Synapse- I love you man!!! Poson for Corruptors Finally!! REGEN BRUTES!!! And The Energy Aura changes look saaaweeetttt!
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    Originally Posted by Scene_EU View Post
    No Stargate SG-1

    No The Pretender

    No Blake's 7

    No thanks!
    Pretty much this- LOST do not deserve to be near that list.. and as much as I hate the show, Star Trek TNG should have it's own entry.
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    Originally Posted by Amy_Amp View Post
    It was the king of defense before the change. It's still the red headed step child of end game content for support sets.
    That;s only because you need Barrier to back it up in order to deal with the Trial "spft-cap" on Defense. Thermal & Sonic don't need that, resists are much better in that sense, theres no RNG involved. (And we all know the RNG is an evil vindictive bastage!)

    I really think this will help me push my Sonic/Sonic Corr up to 50 for Trial content- they can always uses his shields.
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    FF definitely seems to be the real winner with this change- I'm even toying with the idea of making one.

    Time Manip I admit.. I WANTZ IT NAO!!! (might be the fact that I'm a rabid Whovian and anything time related I love) But my 1st love is still Thermal. I was running through the arcs in Imperial City last night and happened accross a small group- 4 players, 1 being a bot MM. I dropped into the middle of the group.. hit 2 buttons and Viola! everything shielded! I LOVED it!

    Now if only Thermal would get ported to Defenders so I can make a thermal/Fire Blast Defender!! (Better living through Immolation!! muhahaha.. sorry, got carried away)
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    I'm just curious how many of us have started (or dusted off retired) "support" toons with the change to buffing with 20.5?

    Personally I never could play a buffer toon for long- my 1 50 Defender is TA/Archery & my 1 50 Corruptor is Dark/Dark. (I tend to like DeBuffers a bit better) But with the AoE shields now in the game, I got the idea for a DP/Thermal Corr that I plan to take blue-side once he's finished saving Praetoria. I also dusted off an old long-forgotten Sonic/Sonic Corr.

    I'm finding that now that I'm not spending all my time watchinhg shield Icons and clicking through the team window I can actually enjoy blasting! I'm even thinking about rolling up a Bubbler- something I thought I would never ever do in 7 years playing this game! With Freedom coming might we see a..."Defender resurgence" since buffing is now so easy?
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    Does anyone know when the "new" store is going up? I have a sinking feeling we are going get screwed on Booster Packs when they make the change. If 400 PPs = $20, then 400 should be enough to buy 2 whole booster packs, and by the looks of the prices Second Measure released, it's not even close.

    Soo.. that means I'll need to drop a bunch of cash getting the boosters now before we get nickle and dime'ed to death.

    Also, is it 400 points PER account? I have 3 accounts but only 1 master NCSoft account obviously.. I'd like not to get screwed another way.
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    Must stop... laughing.... cannot... breathe!!!!
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    Err... did you miss the part about the whole new zone "First Ward"- that is IN Praetoria and the final resting place of all magic in Praetoria?
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    All I know is there better be a costume piece of a 20 ft scarf to go along with this powerset!!! And possibly a noncombat pet of a mechanical dog?
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    Originally Posted by Slazenger View Post
    I think a big point for me was that If I go F2P I wouldn't be able to use my Veats,Eats,MM's or Trollers unless I purchase them again, sucks a bit as MM's was the reason I brought CoV.
    Incorrect. If you switch from paying now (soon to be called VIP) to a F2P status, your only restriction is in # of slots. You start with 2, plus add any you've gotten up till now as Vet rewards plus add any you've purchased. All your toons will be there, just locked behind slots.

    Actually you automatically become the mid-range tier of player, what they call "Premium". A previous paying customer who switched to Free. All your accumulated 'loot' and toons are there, but you may need to 'purchase' a couple slots to unlock all your slots.
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    Congrats EMPulse!!
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    Between the look of the Meks and the little conversation about why the Skitters are multi-legged but the Meks are Bipedal I got the idea that the ultimate fate of Harnessed kids are "remote pilots" for the Meks?

    I was leery going into the show.. Noah Whiley isn't my favorite and I doubted he can carry a role like. So far I'm happy to be proved wrong! He works best with good supporting characters and this show has them in SPADES! I think TNT has another hit on it's hands.

    Another hope is if TNT and USA and the other cable networks keep knocking home runs outta the park like this then eventually MAYBE the big 3 Networks will start to ask what they are screwing up... (We all know there is NO hope for Fox...)
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post

    * I was thinking of making up a Fusionette Task Force but honestly it was just 10 missions of "rescue Fusionette from..." before you put her out of your misery by killing her yourself in the last mission. Let's face it... if ever there was a legitimate reason for switching from hero towards villain it's her.
    Followed quickly by the sequel-

    Kill Hardcase..OVER AND OVER AND OVER... then Rescue him from death...JUST SO YOU CAN KILL HIM!!
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    Redside Power

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    Agreed on all above points. However, also a lot of Red-siders that I know (myself included) went to at least Rogue in order to hop on Hero-side teams etc for the slower periods in the Isles. About 75% of my toons are Red-side and of them 50/50 are straight villain and Rogue. I keep some villains 'pure' for RP reasons and also to gather up Alignment Merits
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    Originally Posted by Steel_Shaman View Post
    Didn't one of the Devs say recently that for water control to "look right" it would require Ultra Mode and that because of this they didn't want to do it? I could swear I remember reading that somewhere.
    Actually it was one of the UStream chats but you are exactly right. The Dev team said that any time a powerset or FX would require Ultra Mode just to look right would be a idea-killer. They just won't consider it (rightly so).

    Personally, I'm hoping for something along these lines-

    1) Radiation Melee/Armor (lots of "splash damage" and maybe -Regen as a secondary effect?)

    2) Multiplicity (with the introduction of the 'reflections' tech in the new Posi TF, how cool would it be to have a MM set where you summon versions of yourself?)

    3) Insect Command (could be a control/assault set with 'blasts' looking like streams of flying bugs, immobs/holds being bugs bursting up from the ground, DoTs, etc)

    4) Plant Armor (LOTS of regen and PBAoE sleeps/slows etc)

    5) Arcane Defense (a mix of Defense and active ways to disrupt attacks like a Placate without the Crit function, maybe even AoE abilities like a Bubble or a Flash Stun?)
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    Info on Issue 20.5

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    Originally Posted by Teenage_Kid View Post
    Anyone know what the polar lights are? I did a paragon wiki search and didn't find anything.
    No idea but if I had to guess I'd say something like the Will 'o Wisps in Croatoa? And the Phantoms might be the Ghosts as well?
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    Info on Issue 20.5

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    Rularruu pets? I-merits?...AOE SPEED BOOST?????????????????????

    *HEAD EXPLODES**

    YES!
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by LISAR View Post
    "Hey is that a guy coming at us?"

    "No just some man shaped fire, let it pass."

    "Ohh God the man shaped fire is punching me..with more fire!"

    "It's a super villain why didn't we know?"
    I Want Stone/Stone Stalkers Dang it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    THUMP THUMP THUMP

    "What's that noise?"

    "I see nothing..."

    From the shadows......... ASSASSIN'S BOULDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    OK.. now I'm excited! H.G was a great addition to 13 last season and a very cool character. SciFi cashing in on the recent Steampunk resurgence? Not surprised and very happy about it. SciFi may be 90% crap but 13, Eureka are the only good shows they have left, here's hoping they make a 3rd gem.
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    There's a Praetorian Tick joke here xomewhere....

    That and for some reason I keep thinking that WW is about to start going "Badger Badger Badger Badger..."
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    SS/SR Advice

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    Originally Posted by Caffinated_Hero View Post
    It's great to know about Rage negating it's own penalty, I was under the impression that was some sort of bug. That alone settles my concerns.

    The armors are taken late in that build because it's not final, or made with any exemplaring in mind. At the moment there's only one each of Melee/Ranged/AoE bonuses in the build, besides the Gaussian's set, so I don't feel like I'm wasting the Defense over 45%. I found your example template and saved it so I've got it to look at later.

    What would you suggest to be more efficient? I suppose if I added in a set of Mako's Bite, Scirocco's Dervish, and Touch of Death then I would have enough extra Defense to drop Maneuvers entirely... While the 15% Recharge would not be a big loss, I'm not sure what to take in it's place except perhaps a travel power or taunt.
    Heads up.. the Defense Debuff negation is a bug- or at least according to Castle when he was here. It was on his board to be looked at in the future but with him leaving I'm not sure where it is on the new guy's schedule.

    As for dropping Manuevers? Definitely.. you could grab CJ or SJ and 2-3 slot it with BoTZ to get some AoE and Ranged def boost.
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    Last I heard WW was 'delayed'- but after reading this review of the pilot, I'm betting it never sees the light of day.. (which IMHO is a GOOD thing)

    http://wonderwomantv.com/5083/podcas...r-woman-pilot/