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  1. Blue Lava
    For myself, Ill be using this to gain additional defense in some way shape or form ! YAY
  2. Blue Lava
    If you want to complete the SPIDER SMASHER badge - which is needed for an accolade -"Born in Battle" I think.. head to Marconeville in Port Oaks and go back and forth between the giant fountain square and the concrete wall that backs up to a hill. Took me about 30 mins to get 125 last night.
  3. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Catastrophe View Post
    ... aaaaand the chance to turn into a Rikti Monkey at an inconvenient time... like, oh I dunno, during the AV battle in the Cathedral of Pain. THAT was a fun one to jump around in.
    LOLZ - Thats why you dont hit the power in the middle of a battle, unless you just like to gamble. Still, same thing happened to me at the end of an Oro SF (and I was the tank) and I had to hop up and down to watch the rest of the team beat down the AV.
  4. Blue Lava
    mutant = self power bonuses.. cool costume pieces
  5. Blue Lava

    Purple Drop Rate

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sionwyn View Post
    I know this is a dead horse question.. I'm just wanting a little clarification because I've never tried this before.

    If I am lvl 47 and I run at +2 x5 (just picked 5 randomly), I should be in the running for purple drops?

    Thanks for any replies.

    S
    This is correct
  6. Blue Lava
    Not IOs, but for some extra endurance...

    a 5% increase to endurance
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Marshal_Badge

    a 5% increase to endurance
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Born_in_Battle_Badge
  7. Blue Lava

    Kitting a new toon

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by _23X_ View Post
    It is rare for me to roll a new toon, I really enjoy the high level game, and I don't have any form of alt-itice. I have been with the game off and on since launch have 4 50s and enjoy playing them. On the rare occasion I am motivated to roll a new toon I plan his final build well in advance and have the enhancements ready to go when the new toon can start slotting the IOs.

    So all that to ask, with the new HAMs I thought with 82? total slots to fill I should do a few rolls and see how many I can knock out at 5:1 before I start having to buy them 1:1 or 1:2 or on the market at their going inf rate.

    Last night I did 3 rolls 15 recipes and not one was useful to my new toon. Disappointing to say the least.


    Am I doing it wrong? does RNG hate me? how do ya'll do it ?
    I didnt have great luck on mine either.. from now on Im sticking into just trading them in 5 merits at a time for something really useful

    With that being said, about 2 weeks ago I had a whole 21 regular merits and said heck with it and traded 20 in for 1 random recipe and ended up getting a LotG Def -- guess it really is just a random act of YAY or Aww
  8. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by StarGeek View Post
    As will Kismet: Accuracy IO.
    Didnt even know this existed.. That'll be a nice addition to my crab spider ! Thanks for the heads up, even tho Im not the OP
  9. Blue Lava
    PS - Big Joe - looks like you're new to the community and game, so..
    WELCOME !

    And enjoy
  10. Blue Lava
    What about us evil tankers that went to the redside? Maybe a co-op zone run every now and then?



    <expecting to hear crickets chirping>
  11. Blue Lava
    at the official site, under the news link on the left
  12. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by onelildustbunni View Post
    Hi,

    I'm using the CoH trial from the official website. Last night, I downloaded the game, messed around, everything worked fine. Today I wanted to play again, but when I double clicked the CoH Updater, it asked me where I wanted to install it, then began the 3.6 GB download.

    I looked around on the net, and noticed others having similar problems, but no solutions that worked. I'm trying the play on the US client, so renaming the updater for .eu doesn't work in my case (I did follow the instructions and it didn't work). I tried both double clicking from the installation folder and desktop, to no avail.

    System info: I'm on Windows XP.

    Thanks for help!
    just an FYI there was downtime and a quick patch today. Once that was pulled in, your computer verified files and did the 3.6 gig thing. It shouldnt do it every single time.. only if there was a patch.
  13. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Father Xmas View Post
    He was rolled before I learned how awesome Air Superiority can be.
    It can be incredibly awesome, cant it? Super fun watching a purple boss go flipping into the air !
  14. Blue Lava
    you either need to run that mission to get more tips from killing enemies, or the one you have left is the morality mission
  15. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
    Knockup? I'm not aware of any power that gets a character pregnant.
    ^ this only works on female characters - fyi
  16. Blue Lava
    based on the fact that my 'knock-up' power is slottable for knockback, I would say yes

    Jawbreaker
    This upward swing attempts to shatter your opponent's jaw, and has a chance to send him flying upwards into the air.

    Damage Superior (Smashing)
    Recharge Slow
    Minimum Level 2 (Brute)
    4 (Tanker)

    Effects
    Melee
    Foe Knockup

    Enhancements
    Enhance Accuracy
    Enhance Damage
    Reduce Endurance Cost
    Enhance Knockback Distance
    Increase Attack Rate
    Enhance Taunt Effectiveness

    Set Categories
    Melee Damage
    Knockback
  17. Blue Lava
    Saw this response from Snow Globe

    That badge text is wrong. Mother's "hospital" is the Behavioral Adjustment Facility in Northern IC. Several other badges and the heavy population of Seers point to this fact
  18. Blue Lava
    this is all I could find on Wiki
    http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Mother_Mayhem
    Affiliation Praetorians
    Mother of Mercy Psychiatric Hospital
  19. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mackie View Post
    I see, so the archetypes (brutes, tankers?) using those power sets are the most frequently encountered (in your opinion - more peoples opinion would be nice to have :P)

    Funny, I'd have thought the more blastery types would be common.
    In my opinion, those are the ATs that are most frequently encountered, yes. Dont get me wrong.. built right, they can be monsters and have their uses for sure, but it just seems like a lot of people consider those ATs a 'must have'.
  20. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Mackie View Post
    Indulge me, if you went full hero, could you then go back down the slippery slope?

    (Oh, and I have no idea what SS/WP etc means, sorry!)
    Yes, but I think you have to wait 7 days before going back (hero to vil then vil to hero)
    SS/WP is SuperStrength Willpower
    SS/INV is Super Strength/Invulnerability
    (regarding your question about archetypes)
  21. Blue Lava
    "Conversely, what are the opposite, the all too commonly seen ones?"
    SS/WP SS/INV and Demon/Pain in my opinion

    Also, the EATs are unlocked after your praetorian goes full villain or hero.. has to be completely one way or the other.
  22. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
    So cut them some slack.

    Does it suck? Sure!
    Will it be fixed? Sure!
    Was this intentional or through malfeasance or laziness? HELL NO!
    I have to agree.
    I think when at 8pm my time last night there was a que of 68 people in front of me to get into my server... That tells you something about how many people bought the game, and how many people that means are coming back to CoX (and paying the 15$ a month charge). Based on this, I dont think NCSoft is sitting on their laurels. They have customers to lose - or gain, depending on how and how fast this issue is resolved.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Starjammer View Post
    Please, using your extensive knowledge of me, my life and my circumstances, lay out for me exactly how upset I need to be. In your estimation of my upsetness.
    ^ very clever
    me likes the snarkiness of this response
  23. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SightlessShadow View Post
    Hello,

    I just returned to CoX about a week ago after leaving just prior to Issue 13. I had a total of 13 characters on my account when I left, which were all there when I came back (yay!). Today I purchased Going Rogue and wanted to try out a new character but I had no slots available to use (13 was my max apparently) so I decided to delete an alt that I had no interest in. After deletion my max is now 12! As I scroll over to the other character screen it shows slots 13-24 and 25-36 as unavailable! Why is that 13th slot no longer usable? I also thought that GR came with 2 additional character slots, where are those?

    Thanks for any help you're able to provide.



    EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw the problem with the store being down.
    Glad you made that edit - was about to refer you to the other 2,341 threads on the subject
  24. Blue Lava
    1 Yes
    2 Unless you can find the original name holder, no - you cannot get that name - someone else already has it and could possibly return to the game (is NCSoft's thought). I would have been a little upset if I came back to the game - which I recently did after a years time - to see my toons names genericed just because someone else wanted my names.
  25. Blue Lava
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Deacon_NA View Post
    Quite annoying, exacerbated by the fact (well, my opinion) that the mission is extremely annoying all around.
    Not only is it annoying, but I can remember running this arc around I8 with a full team and it was team wipe city like 3 times before we were finally able to get the job done. By far the most pain in the rear patron arc in my opinion.