Bill Z Bubba

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Bin laden won.

just facts.

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if you go off of kill count i think bush won

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Too bad about the horrible aim.


"Myth" was a poor choice of wording from me earlier. "Illusion" would have been a better choice.

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Like I said, at that point you've taken cynicism to the point that every possible action is self-serving and there's no way to win, no matter how many burning houses buildings he goes into in order to rescue the people trapped inside of them.

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It's not that black and white for me. I don't think altruism exists. Some people help others only because they couldn't live with themselves if they didn't. Does this make them evil?

Absolutely not. I don't find enlightened self-interest evil at all.

Here's the setup: I see my lady about to be run down by an out of control truck. I dive out, pushing her to safety and die in the process.

So am I selfish because I'd rather die than watch her die? Or am I a hero for making the ultimate sacrifice to save someone I love?

Or are both statements equally true? For me, they are both true. I'm horrifically selfish in that I know my lady wouldn't want to see me die but I'm taking that choice from her by saving her at the cost of my own life. I'm also a hero due to the whole sacrifice thing.

Good and evil are a myth. They are nothing but subjective descriptors of an event/motive.

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Single target may just go to SS brutes

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I still don't see how anything can produce the damage a blaster can. Anyone have any comparison numbers?

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I've found this conversation fascinating. I would think that getting mezzed would be murder on DPS.

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Roger that. hmmm. Can a fire blaster chain blaze/flares/fireblast/flares/repeat?

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Single target may just go to SS brutes

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I still don't see how anything can produce the damage a blaster can. Anyone have any comparison numbers?

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I've found this conversation fascinating. I would think that getting mezzed would be murder on DPS.

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Compare that to Super Reflexes or Shields that can receive debuff protection of 95% in both cases

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SR, yes. SD can only hit the 80s with perma-doublestacked AD which, if I recall, took 233% total recharge reduction.

There's also a lot more defense debuffs in the game than dam-res debuffs.

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A Fire/Fire Tanker with soft-capped defenses can be pretty scary.

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How the heck is that possible?

hmm, I just got 40.6% melee/28.7 range/23.1aoe on an em/fa brute, but it would be grossly unplayable.

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If anything is 'skip-able' it is Quickness, as it grants no Def.

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Quickness also grants Slow Resistance, so it is really not a Skip-able power.

The only power in /SR that is skip-able is Elude.

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Replaced elude with conserve power in my latest build. VERY happy with that decision.

Skipping the passives is a very bad idea due to the scaling damage resistance they provide.

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Of course villains should win. Frequently, and with great fanfare. What the villain should not win is the final battle.

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I think that explained what I was trying to say upthread far better. The villian's victories will all be along the road to that final battle, but at the final battle... the hero will always win.

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Agreed. And that's why they call it fiction.

I love you, Reyne. Mostly for posting that link.

You are correct. No redraw time on fire/ice blades or stone mallets. They form as part of the actual attack animation unlike the true weapon sets which have a different animation for the draw.

And you still failed to prove me a hypocrite. Come back when you manage it. Otherwise, go back to your bridge.

I was also in the army. 11C. I learned a very valuable life lesson while I was in:

Far too often, individuals are promoted past their level of competence.

In other words, more often than not, you'll be following someone that is poorly suited for the position they hold.

I've found that truth to be even more prevalent outside of the military.

So... no. I'm not going to take "orders" from another gamer unless it suits my purposes to do so. If they kick me for it, so be it. It won't phase me and I'll take it as nothing more than a sign that I was about to have a very dull and/or annoying teaming experience.

I recently stayed on an ITF only because the person that invited me had shown me a kindness the day before. The "leader" on that team was apparently a yes man for another teammate that took offense to my playstyle. Had the person that I felt a debt to not been on the team, I would have replied with a hearty "fark you" and quit the team at the first sign of silliness.

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and they have given me 3 free months of play

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How'd you get that?

You might also try taking an English course.

Away from that, taking enjoyment from an archetype being buffed does not equate to harboring hatred toward a playstyle.

While I see that you aren't capable of understanding the difference, the difference is there.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the scrapper haters would get the hell out of our forum.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the dominator haters would get the hell out of *that* forum.

Billz luvs dominators!

Bloody hypocrite.

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I see agreement that doms need changing and joy that they're getting buffed.

Nice try, little boy, but a failed attempt.

While true, in order to have perma-double stacked AD, you need:

duration 120
recharge 200
new recharge 60
60 = 200/(1+X)
60X = 200-60
233% recharge? ouch. 3slotting it for recharge will get it down to around 135% needed. That's a whole lot of recharge.

So yea, possible, but at a huge cost. With SR, you get capped DDR by having powers slotted that you'd normally slot without any need for recharge.

Flip side to that is with that much recharge, shield charge is also going to be up a lot more often for more aoe bashing fun.

SR: No damage buff beyond that 20% recharge from quickness. Vastly superior defense debuff resistance. Dam-res only functions when health gets low.

SD: Nice damage buff from AAO, more difficult to softcap, more reliable dam-res. Low defense debuff resistance.

Either choice will be pure win.

I'm not that fat.

Sharing brings people together.

And allows pandemics to wipe out our species.

any/any brute and any/any scrapper

No, really. Some sets will have a harder time than others. But thanks to IOs, they can ALL be made to get the job done.

Sets that I would personally avoid for AV killing? Primaries that are more geared toward AOE damage like spines and secondaries that are "trick" based such as fiery aura and dark armor.

I am NOT stating that AV soloing is impossible with those sets.

I've soloed AVs with my claws/sr. SR seems to be a very good set for the job. Fiery Melee and Dark Melee dish out insanely beautiful single target damage and will be able to get your there more quickly than claws will. Willpower, I would guess, is also just fine for soloing AVs.

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1) Everyone has their own definition of fun.
2) My version of fun deviates from that of some of the popular old time scrappers.
3) Sometimes "sharing the fun" can allow good relationships to grow or even a better understanding of the game.

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None of that falls on deaf ears. I actually agree with all of it.

It's when the "tell the scrapper to stay with the team or kick him" mindset occurs that the above philosophy falls into failure.

Nope, we don't even have that in common. The scrapper running off and accomplishing nothing but speeding up the overall kill rate because he isn't slowing himself down by playing babysitter to a bunch of boring players is in no way detrimental to your fun.

Unless it's nothing but AT envy annoying you. And that's the envious players problem, not mine.

Yes, there are bad players out there that get in over there head and then run back to the team. They are bad players regardless of what AT they happen to be playing. Bad players should be avoided.

Therefore, any player that throws out the "stay with the team" crap when a scrapper or pair of scrappers go off to finish the mission more efficiently than staying with the team will bring about, that player is doing so ONLY at the detriment of the scrapper's fun.

If your fun is being lessened because the rest of the team is clearing baddies too slowly, then perhaps you chose your pace setter poorly. (Which is probably why the scrapper in question tore off from the group.)

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Due to the mechanics of "ArcanaTime" the difference of a frame or two is unlikely to have any impact on the overall rate of fire for players.

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HAAAAha. Now you're using it.

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There is a solution though--compromise.

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Most scrappers already compromise. Rather than forcing the team to charge in at the exact same time as us to maximize the chaos, we compromise by letting them lag a few seconds behind before joining in the glorious carnage.

Meet us half way here, otherwise I'll just go back to demanding full team blitzes on every spawn when I run TFs. Those damn squishies need to grow a pair and join in the fun, they really kill my chaos/time ratio hanging back like that.

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Well said. It would be so nice if the scrapper haters would get the hell out of our forum.

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I was wondering, what AT / power set is capable of the absolute highest single target DPS? Fire/Energy Blasters? Dark/Shield Scrappers or Brutes? Sonic/Kin Corruptors? Or is it too close to call?

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I assume B S /fire scrap is the only scrap with double + to hit, add a crit on top, hitting headsplitter, you slice a dude 1 shot. without support.
edited: and not to mention the + 33% dmg, eventually.

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Not counting things like being able to slot two different types of dam-res debuff IOs, BS's overall DPS in the long run doesn't appear to even be in the top half of DPS output. Yea, it's got great burst, but when dealing with longterm DPS, it's not up there.

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Call me wacky, but I like teams where all members get to have fun.

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Then stop using Torrent on my spawns.


Disclaimer: I'm being facetious.

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You're gonna love my newest alt

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I've been running an EB/Storm Corruptor. Knockback heaven.