Blue_Centurion

Yeah Lobster, you cannot get both contacts (or all 3) that give the same stuff. But figuring out which ones give which is spaghetti to me right now. Plus, based on a suggestion above, i am going to get a guy set up and start getting the Inventor vadges for him. that way when I start the run he has that going for him. And thats definitely better done over a couple weeks rather than "Buy it Nao" prices on salvage. So, with Prep i will be better.

I am putting off the project. i realize I need to do a few weeks research and prep work before I can do this easily. Blueside content, especially at low levels, is very complicated. Multiple contacts for the same missions, etc. i will be preparing a character to do this, and getting my research ready.

Plus....TW. As much as I hate redraw I am loving this stuff. lol.

You havent watched enough dog shows. Get moving! Everybody runs so the dog looks better. get out there and move and the dog will look right!

Wow, you mean it changes after 20, lol? I tried starting blueside content at least 3 times and got so discouraged trying to sort thru if I had hit every contact. Redside is so much better written it is insane.

Hrm, werent there more than one contact giving the same mission in the 10-15 as well? I am almost 100% that is true. It is just very confusing Blueside. You get this arc from Toni, no Marsha, wait Fred. Wait, who sent you? Okay well Fred will give you Marge, Marsha will give you George, and Toni will give you Juan, but dont worry they are all the same.

I hate redraw. Hate. Did I mention hate? i have no doubt i will make a TW character, already bought the set, have 2 concepts in mind. But I will want to pair it with something non clicky, like Willpower.

http://wiki.cohtitan.com/wiki/Hero_Story_Arcs

Is this just the new stuff?

But some are definitely King's Row. I ask because they are not listed in the current level 5-9 content on Paragon Wiki.

Did a lot of the old content get shelved, and is only available thru Ouro?

for instance, this convoluted list of charactters. i think there are actually 6 arcs buried/shared amongst these contacts. Are they still available?

== Level 5-9 ==
Detective Jose Brogan
Kip Cantorum
Paula Dempsey
Maurice Feldon
Ron Hughes
Juan Jimenez
Vic Johansson
Tony Kord
Samuel Pierce
Linda Summers
Rachel Torres
Henry Peter Wong
Introduces == Level 5-9 ==
Detective Jose Brogan
Kip Cantorum
Paula Dempsey
Maurice Feldon
Ron Hughes
Juan Jimenez
Vic Johansson
Tony Kord
Samuel Pierce
Linda Summers
Rachel Torres
Henry Peter Won

Yeah, I mean all the side missions as well. I love a big project. I realize this one will be pretty huge lol. that's why I am not sweating "It's not a challenge because you're not doing it at +2/x4" cause it's gonna be a serious enough commitment as it is. There are some contacts who you cannot run out, one in the hollows. I'll have to research a little careful on those.

Last night I did Matthew Habashy, Sondra Costel, and Aaron Thiery's story arcs. I leveled to 5, yeah lol. I will start working the 5-9 arcs tonight. Probably will not get very far, busy night. I want to knock out the Safeguard.


But tonight I'll be duoing with my wife (she is new to the city!) and doing her content, accompanying her on another of my alts. Trying to find a play style she enjoys. She is having fun, and that is really cool.

Oh, good and gentle townsfolk of Locker C-18... no wait. Hey folks. I have decided to take a Brute and solo all of Blueside content. I picked a Dark Melee/Invulnerability Brute. I will be running at +0/x1 and with vet powers and such do not think it will be difficult. Time consuming, but not difficult. I have done this multiple times Redside with a Brute. I have tried this a few times Blueside with Scrappers (a Blaster one time!) and never got far. I think with my favorite arch-type I will be able to do this.

Tonight I started out. I got the character made up, a bull headed thing with hooves ( Baalzataur on Virtue ) and started out. The very first thing I did was throw a couple dozen low level magic SOs in the base for him to use up through that magic level 22. The second thing I did was run the Death from Below trial 4 times, earning him all four temp powers, nabbing a couple more SOs, and the 3 badges. I shut off experience once he leveled to 4, in keeping with the long term plan.

Taking a break to do a little workout and grab a snack. I will be doing all content available at level 4. (There doesnt seem to be a guide anyewhere for this...) Once I am 100% sure I have done all level four I am off to King's Row.

My plan is to post here about every 5 levels or so. I both want to give a quick synopsis of what I am doing, as well as any problems I encounter. Hopefully they will be few. I will be cramming I/Os on the build as he levels up to them. Probably go for a softcap build, or at least a high Defense build. This particular combo really loves high recharge, since it brings up the Dark Consumption, Soul Drain, and Dull Pain that much faster. Those three big game changers are a joy when they flow regular. So for my end game build I will be looking at balancing a recharge heavy build with a defense heavy build.

I will be teaming for Task Forces, but other than that will be solo. I plan to shut off experience earning quite frequently until the late 20s. Hopefully by then the content will sync up with the exp required and I wont need to do that anymore. thats how it usually goes Redside, but Blueside is older, and I am unsure if it has more content. Also, First Ward changes the 20-30 paradigm.

Cyas in the cities.

Thanks all. My wife helped me with the decision and we sort of went a different direction. i will do that MA / Regen one day though lol.

Oh, good and gentle townsfolk of Locker C-18... no wait. Hey folks. Decided that i wanted a project. I am gonna solo the game, every arc, every story blueside. I have done this multiple times redside, but have stalled out everytime I have tried it Blue. Various reasons, trying it with a Blaster didn't help lol. Also, the storylines are more convoluted, since multiple contacts give the same arc, it got very confusing as to whether I had in fact, done each available arc in every 5 level block. But, I shall try again.

This time I have decided on a Martial Arts scrapper. I am sure there are better choices, I know there are worse ones lol. But I have decided. I am here to ask you good folks what secondary I should use. Most of the parameters are set, Solo the entire game, every arc, every misssion, Blueside. I will of course be doing the TFs as I level, with a team. I will be keeping the setting pretty easy, I think +0/x1 is the only appropriate setting for my first run thru. I will be throwing Procs and Globals on as he levels up to them, and will be investing quite a bit into the build, popping it on as I go. Oh, and certain secondaries I may decide against for concept reason even if they are in fact better for game mechanics. So, again, given these conditions what secondary is best? Thank you in advance.

edit* I suppose I could be talked into Street Justice (I have already bought it) if it is a huge difference. But in fact stylistically I would prefer MA.

Does Dark's "Abyssal Gaze" hold stack with Ice's "Freezing Touch"? And if so, up to what can it hold. And can it be enhanced? (I/Os, etc., even chance to hold Proc in other powers....)

Nice Milady's Knight, thx. I have been experimenting with more Blasters over the last couple days. A dark/Mental I parked in the low 40s, a new Dark/Ice I started, a Dark/Dark I started. For all the reasons that have been discusssed above I am going with Dark/Ice as my main. Mental lost out because even though it has a nice cone I have to close to get more goodness out of the set. Ice has goodness I can use at range, allatime. The ranged 1st attack on ice is only 50 ft (compared to Dark's 80) but Dark has a build up only a Blapper could love. Ice Patch and Shiver are wonderful tools, and they can be employed constantly. Thanks for all the help.

I had one of these as a Brute over a year ago. Very strong, was considering one again. Would this be better as a Scrapper, or should I go Brute again?

I had one of these as a Brute over a year ago. Very strong, was considering one again. Would this be better as a Scrapper, or should I go Brute again?

Thats why I'm making my character as huge as possible, then getting that cloud pet. that way i can finally block the danged demon MMs vision for once instead of them blocking mine!

Okay. I feel like Belushi in Animal House after his rousing speech where he ran out the house...with no one following.