Benchpresser

Lets see.. already have the 17th scheduled off.

I have a family Birthday party to go to on the 18th, but the rest of the time? Yeah.. I already told the GF not to expect to hear from me at all that weekend (outside the family commitment) so I will spend it glued to my PC, Turkey Hill Iced Tea in hand, Pizza shop & Chinese on speed dial, Dr Who marathon on the TV while I try to get 50 #17 by then....

(oh.. and likely pantless)

Dark/Dark possibly, really thinking about a Ill/dark and a Dark/Cold.

Also a Dark/Dark Dom and a Dark/TA .. or Plant/dark.... hmmmm

For non-IO/non-Incarnate toons I'd definitely go Body Mastery. Since WP Stalkers lose Quick Recovery and StJ can be a lil.. End-hungry, anywhere you can pick up extra Blue Bar is a good thing.

While Physical Perfection isn't QR, it is decent, especially slotted. Superior Conditioning is having a 2nd Atlas Accolade at 35.

Blaze Mastery really just adds more attacks, and you already have enough as a melee toon. Melt Armor in the Epic pool is not worth it, debuff wise, the only reason to grab it would be iff you want ranged attacks in Fire Blast and Char and Fireball.

Liberty has never had any stalker hate that I've seen, and I've leveled 4 at this point. Plus Liberty always has WST teams and Trials going.. we may be a smaller server but we are ALWAYS active.

First off, Welcome Honey Badger! (badger badger badger... DAMMIT.. headsdesk!)

How feasible is it to have a flickering... Victorian Aura Style aura that looks like glowing bones?

As in your bones glowing through your skin in places... different parts of your body?

The Nemesis ones had me crying.. WB Steely.. we missed ya!

Now that fandom has (hopefully) run Lucas out of the busines of destroying classics and our childhood memories- Bay NEEDS to be the next target.. truly.. this is the villain Prime should be trying to stop, NOT Megatron...

Not to sound nasty but when is this poorly constructed crap event over? Since the only result of it is now I have a totally unplayable character I HAD planned to push to 50 this weekend... I'd like to know when I can play without this BS?

(I'm talking about the botched ritual bug that stacks 2-5 times if you log off)

OK.. this just killed the entire event for me. Apparently there's a bug.. if you log off.. the damn debuff stacks. I logged off 3 times on my 1 character.. my endurance is now NEGATIVE 20!!!!!!!!!! Who was stupid enough to design this? Seriously.. Major fail.. and yet no patch to fix it.. typical.

Yeah.. I'm angry and raging but this is another example of them pushing verything live before it's tested.

Thought about it.. I'm in.. with a Psi Time Corr.. Doctor Helios!

I might be convinced to hop servers for this.. but just out of curiousity.. why no MMs?

That reminded me.. I HOPE they aren't going to pull a trope out like a hidden Nazi South American base full of Mystical SS officers...

Also.. am I reading into it too much or did they try to "twist" the trope of the black guy getting killed first in Horror by offing the only Jewish character? (thats the only reason I can think for one of his few lines being "not many Jews out here...")

In a word.. meh. Pretty much a by-the-numbers shaky-cam thriller. Kinda what I expected by anyone attached to the Paranormal Activity films.

Two things really bugged me though. One was in the beginning they (sorta) establish that the son is a man of science and has no time for wonder/magic. Then before you can blink he's believing in mythical creatures and digging up corpses to appease spirits? nope.. not buying it.

The second thing was HOW many TV tropes were crammed into those 2 hours, I mean we were nearly tripping over them!

Good thing this show is only 8 episodes, it will run out of steam FAST.

The shot of the Hulk from the back (In the group street shot of the Avengers) reminds me of the way the Hulk was drawn in the original Avengers comics. It is possible that was intentional- a homage to the original drawings?

As a aside.. for some reason I do NOT like the "modern" Cap suit.. something about it just seems off..

I really hope that Loki's army is the Skrull and not the Kree.. though it is possible Hollywood decided to combine them into a "new" race?

Still haven't bought my tickets.. waiting till I get more info but looking for advice on airlines and what airport to use etc Is Southwest the best to use I guess? (FYI, flying out from Philly)

Unfortunately not every set will be equal. That's why we have a variety of sets. Will that mean some sets are "gimped" to some, sure. Personally I'd like to have the variety than conformity, otherwise just have 1 primary set called "Stalker melee" so everyone can have the same.

The Devs intent is to make Stalkers ST/Burst kings so we need to try and work within that mindset, and unfortunately, some things just won't happen with that as the core idea. Also, Synapse has said more than once he doesn't like swapping powers out. At this point I think we can only hope for buffs to EM when they get ported to Scrappers- since a lot of villain sets only get love when HEROES get them (I'm staring at you EA(

I know Synapse said he'd consider looking at the animation time of Placate, but no time frame- that definitely is progress!

I have a feeling the Devs would be hesitant to tie too many values to the same mechanic, so I don't see AF building End Redux happening. I'd be happy with a 20% reduction in cost (from 14.35 to 11.48).

Stalkers are different from Brutes, they fill a different niche as ST specialists.. AoEs go against that.

I've been testing my DB/WP over on Beta a lot.. believe me.. it feels like a whole new set now with the AS change- it helps DB double by allowing another combo (and a useful one at that) to be regularly used and helps the S/L sets as well.

Now I see your point about END with the change- but I still don't see the need for QR. I see it much more likely and useful to lobby for the END cost of AS to drop a bit- thats where the majority of your end drain now is. (I've actually been pushing for this as have others)

Placate has always been a survival tool, this change just.... well makes it glaringly such Sure Burst is useless in AV fights.. but now, Stalkers are VERY useful in the endgame with things like the Prisoner phase of the BAF or killing the Adds or hunting down the Seers in a TPN.

I really have no experience with Claws so I'll stay away from that one. However as for the rest- there's no need whatsoever for splash damage in MA, neither does it fit the powerset. Storm and Thunder Kicks are single-target animations, and they should stay that way. Not every set should be a AoE specialist, doubly so for stalkers. Eagle's Claw maybe... but I'm still not convinced.

EM- Forget splash on ET.. I'd rather have it on Barrage and modify Stun ala Clobber.

DB? With the changes to AS coming.. having the Sweep Combo at 12 now and can be used out of hide is more than enough. A Combo at 6? You fly through the low levels so fast that a Combo is wasted. I'd argue that DB is getting the MOST boost from the AS buff, anything else isn't needed.

As for your request for Quick Recovery? Wishlisting- not needed at all and highly unlikely to happen. Would Quick recovery be nice? Sure.. but Stalkers are BURST specialists- not sustained DPS like Brutes.. if you can't manage End on a Stalker than QR isn't going to help. (DA would be the only secondary that would need more END... Regen and WP it's overkill)

I do like the SR suggestion though!

Wow... I found this discussion late didn't I?

Uk, Cinder, Ion and the rest, you guys are the REASON I practically sing Liberty's praises as a Trial-friendly Server here on the Forums, hell, just look at my posts in the Beta Forum over the difficulty slider in Trials argument.

That being said, I support what has been said here 100% I suck at leading (which is why I never do) and sometimes I gripe when I get killed by my own stupidity at times but you all know I cool off a lil bit later and go right back at it. Plus between 3 accounts I have about 20 50s, most have a level shift or 3. Sooo... Here are my Globals-

@Benchpresser
@Benchpresser2
@Benchpresser3
(yeah.. I know, very original lol)

If you need a +3, or even just a body, send me a tell, I'll always help.

Start here:

http://guide.doctorwhonews.net/index.php

That will give you summaries of all the seasons and is a good jumping point.

There's a 16 year gap between the end of the old run and Davie's relaunch, and in that time period you had the Paul McGann movie as well as 200 + Original novels written for the 7th and 8th Doctor that the BBC considers pretty much Cannon- these can be hunted down here and there.

Also, most of the missing episodes are from Pat Troughton's run (2nd doctor, 1966-69). Out of 21 stories, only 7 remain intact, 6 of those from his last season. But ALL the stories exist in audio form completely and all have been released on CD and MP3 with linking narration from surviving actors. Also, EVERY televised story was novelized by Target Publishing in the 80s.. you can usually track down PDFs of these- the BBC have started mmaking these into Audo MP3s.