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Virtually all my villains (around 40+) will go Rogue to take advantage of the blue-side TFs. Very few of my heroes will go dark, though a few will finally become vigillantes they are now.
The one thing I AM doing is choosing 1 villain, pushing him full hero and using him as a "mule" to bring recipes red-side that I need. Will it take a while to do? Yes, but until they actually adress the insult that is the red-side recipe market this is the best we can do. -
Any hunt mission in the shard beyond FBZ.... pure horror!
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Can't...breathe.... sides...pain... must stop.. laughing.... ow
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Quote:I see what you mean.. I don't think they QUITE got the formula down yet for the "new" balance. As for the secondary effects, they were already buffed once in Beta, they were truly sad in the beginning for anyone but Defenders. They are stil;l a bit too low IMHO but I don't think we'll see a buff in a while. When I solo, Chemical rounds are the only rounds I use, I can only really see the effect of those (IE a Rikti/Anethema sword doeson't immediately drop me into the red). On Teams i usually switch to Incendiary or regular rounds for fun.Originally Posted by Smiling_Joe
Okay, I'm seeing the point, but then don't the long animations work counter to that theory? I'd have to see the defiance numbers for the powers before I could give a halfway qualified response, but that did jump out at me as an obvious flaw.
EDIT - I'm actually fine with lower damage overall, but I'd really like to see the mitigation in swap ammo increased. With so many aoes and also with the DoT in fire ammo I'm finding that I can pull aggro off my wife's Black Dwarf right through her taunt. Granted, as blasters go I make a good doormat, but I am drawing a serious amount of attention to myself compared to my other blasters, and I don't think it's the animations. Switching from fire to cryo or chemical only helps in that the DoT from the fire ammo doesn't aggro quite as much. I'm not actually seeing the mitigaton of the alternate ammo types so much as I'm seeing the absence of the extra damage from fire. -
Quote:See, I really have a hard time seeing this. I see Scrappers becoming more obsolete then Tanks. Scraps can (and will) get out-damaged by Blue-side Brutes and Stalkers. And while MM are good tanks.. they pale in comparison with real Tanks. How many MM pets survive tanking a LRSF? Very few I'm guessing considering how many calls for /Stone Brutes there are. My guess is going to be that MM will dazzle and outshine Tanks till AV show up in the end game- then Tanks will step up again. (As they always have, its a thankless AT)Originally Posted by Blunt_Trauma
Like I said (in another thread a month back) Tanks will end up being niche and obsolescent as far as regular game play goes (or you'll see more Scranking). I got flamed there somewhat, but I can't see any other result when you got Brutes, Crabs and MM's running around all over.
Ask half the trollers in the game and they believe this already past lvl 38 or so.
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The one thing that I consistently see MISSING from these arguments is is this- DP is the first set designed FROM THE GROUND UP with Defiance 2.0 in play. The proliferated sets were tweaked yes, but this is the one that was designed with the Devs thinking ok.. as they blast they are getting a stacking damage buff every x seconds... OF COURSE THE BASE DAMAGE WILL BE LOWER. It may suck.. but thats the thinking from a balance standpoint.
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Even better Zikar, lvl 25 IOs (generic) ARE sOs that never go red, so start crafting them at 22 and why would you ever bother buying SOs again?
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Welcome Back A_C! Glad to hear college is going well, and GOOD luck on A&M- 2 of my cousins just started there and they love it.
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Mine is a bit out there... Combining a Kung Fu idea with DP. Picture a martial artist in full robes, totally blind (chain & cloth covering his eyes) weilding a pair of revolvers (JAY... We NEED .45 Peacemakers dangit!!!)- name? The Six Gun Seer.
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Quote:Exactly.. I have a sneaking suspicion that this new villain group will play a big part in the "Endgame" Posi and co. are working on. So.. you get a glimpse of them early in your career, then when you think you are at the peak of your power.. they step out of the shadows to take you down...Originally Posted by PennyPA
This is my take on it for now in that more is coming. 20-30 to highlight (or sneak peek) a new group. Then when GR comes out and I could be very optimistic and assuming, the devs will show the after lvl30 to 50 content, getting ready for this "endgame", and doubt that they will leave this sinister new group just hanging at 30.
I will add again from what I said a in other posts on issues in that we don't the work involved. This issue could represent the workload of like I3 to I6 for all we know. They are still producing and more is to come. -
Quote:Actually it fits.... You start a new Character in Praetoria, make your choice at lvl 20, and BANG, can start new arcs right away with the new villain group.Originally Posted by Satanic_Hamster
Yeah, content in a range where you can already outlevel it without exemping missing 90 percent of the content. Great plan there.
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Try a Mayhem Mission set for 8 on SS Brute with Goldfish cranked on the speakers....
The amount of awesomness in the total destruction you will wreak will make your head explode!
Seriously, I upgraded from an old GeForce 6250 to a 9800 GT and my jaw hit the floor. I haven't travelled to the Shard yet, but may I suggest St. Martial at dusk just when the neon kicks on over the casinos.. beautiful. -
My main is Kong Fu, a SS/INV 50 (yes, my battle cry is "Everyone is Kong fu Fightin!")
But I have a ton in progress, including a :
Elec/ELA 36
DB/EA 31
Dark/Dark 32
SS/SR 29
WM/SR 28
WM/Shield 27
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I sometimes do this, but usually just add 1-2 more slots, tht should be enough. My favorite proc, the 1 that almost ALWAYS goes in is Kinetic Combat chance for KD. With my SS Brute, I can usually chain-KD a mob or two. 2nd choice is Pounding Slugfest chance to Disorient.
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Great.. then a set of Kin Crash is DEFINITELY going in swoop!
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Just started a Axe/Fire (been Brute crazy lately, this will be # 8) and I was wondering.. if I slot Kinetic Crash into Beheader and Chop and raise the KD to 1.0 or higher, does it change to Knockback? (trying to get around buying a Steadfast/Karma or getting Acro)
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I've been dying to make a Dark/DP vigillante "shadow" homage since the first mention of Pistols. I've also got a slot reserved for a DP/Mental Blaster. My namesake will definitely go Vigillante, can't see him going full-on evil. Also, ALL my villains on both accounts will go Rogue, simply because I want all the hero TFs.. or more the Merits they give
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I have a DB/EA at lvl 31 that I like a lot, the combos really help my survivability. But it's not an easy build. Dark Melee is a great pairing with ea, the hit debuffs vastly increase your defense and you have a good heal in Siphon Life. (Energy Drain from EA isn't a reliable heal except when you are surrounded- plus the animation is SLOOOOOW).
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I've been shuffling around some of my less-played toons to make room. My focus in the game has always been IO builds. I love creating builds, tinkering, seeing what insanity I can come up with (a soft-capped elec armor stalker, a perma-dull pain scrapper, a sapper tank etc) so I'm definitely looking forward to the new IOs that might come out of Praetoria.
I have the feeling ALL my villains will go Rogue simp[ly because that resolves the Merit crisis red-side. I can't see many of my toons fully switching sides, but quite a few new vigillantes will be born with GR (I'm a HUGE fan of the Shadow, so you know damn well I'm making a homage Dark/Pistols Vigillante)
Plus.. I am looking forward to diving straight into the STORY of Praetoria. I'm a sucker for anti-heroes and such (my favorite comic characters are Moon Knight, Punisher and Deadpool) so i love to see the world from that angle. -
when he was running with the SUDTA (ok, I admit, I love saying it) he was a straight Energy/Energy Blaster from what I looked at, didn't seem to have anything out of the ordinary. My first guess was that he just picked a version of the bajillion Aeons you fight in the STF.
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I was Proud to be a member of SUPER ULTRA DREAM TEAM AEON and shocked to discover that our parents wqere right- Television ROTS our brains!!!
Seriously.. I had a BLAST teaming with the good doctor! -
Dr. aeon has shown me the way... all my TV on dvd sets must be purged by fire..DOWN WITH TV!!!
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My regular teammates and I have the Posi down to a hour & four minutes, The Synapse and Sister roughly an hour & 15. We cannot WAIT for Going Rogue.. we are pretty certain we can get a Posi down to under 40-45 minutes. At that point, my villains won't have any merit worries again.
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Silly question, but I forget... is the timer on TF merits 21 hrs or 18 hrs now?
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Philadelphia here... 12-15 inches since yesterday... it's gonna be a ***** to shovel my way out....