Boltmeister

Hehe, your altism is worse than mine, and that's saying quite a bit.

Gratz on the dozen though

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Most that I consider legends have been with us from the start. Many still play, many don't. To all, I raise a toast.

To those who began; to those that finished. To those that fell in battle, and those that hung their capes. To those that frequent PI, and those that frequent Icon. I salute you all.

WarEngine
Target
Dameron
Spad
Halgronite
Silence
Laustin D'woods
Cassandra (now a Unionite, bleh)
City Hunter 0
Miss Chief
TG, natch
SL and Jade
Astroturf & Beta Man (and their trusty companion, Necromicon)
Johnny Fiasco
Special K
Honsou
Shifty
Fluct & Lana
Inf
Mass
The PsyGonk collective
Death Badger

All these names make me think of Defiant.

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signed, sealed and delivered

although u forgot me

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my legends :

TG, Pvt Ringkobing, Aria, Sexeh Lady and Jadeh, basically the whole TC Guild
definitely my old team Empath and Spad,
Dark Steel somebody already mentioned as the first 50,
TG because he is just mad,
Wilf because he always cracked me up and was just plain nice!

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[censored] - not me? meh I am The Mayor of FacePlant City - the infamous "typing as fast as he can "arrest"", 3rd toon live in EU etc etc etc

Well, defiance is the utter [censored]. Claiming that is it very good in PvP _if one knows how to use it_ is irrelevant. Why? Consider the playerbase in PvP vs PvE....

And we've had similar threads about Defiance. One thread got very popular with a lot of feedback, and IIRC there was an overwhelming majority of player supporting the "it sucks"-side.

yeah, Defiance is useable in the 1-20 game. But after that - to be able to use Defiance means that you're gonna live on the debt-cap the entire way to 50 because almost every critter one-shots you once you're down to low enough health for Defiance to be usefull or noticeable (sub-20%).

It would be better to have the Corruptor-version instead. Lay down the smack, then unleash double damage when mobs below 15% of health. Maybe RoF could be used differently than just being the biggest aggro-magnet ever?

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EmPuSae was the only other person who could use THE CAGE properly

I'll miss the few times I fought you in Sirens.

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Are there _wrong ways_ of using sonic cage?

I see where you're coming from, I've decided to cancel my sub myself (runs out sept 4th). It was nice meeting and getting to know you ingame. My best wishes for the future!

Boltmeister, the one and only
- The Contingency / The Last Stand

It is time for me to wave goodbye to all my friends in Paragon City. Having watched alot of my old friends from way back (since beta infact) leave the game one by one, I've struggled to maintain my enthusiasm for the game. Almost 2 years have gone by since I first entered Atlas Park with Boltmeister, and I've enjoyed myself immensly. Be it from whopping Hellions around or facing Adamastor the first time, to suicide runs across Monster Island or into that infamous green blob. Gotten scared a couple of times too, laughed alot, faceplanted more than the average toon I reckon, cried with friends going through difficult periods in real life and having a very serious case of altism the entire time.

But alas, sometimes one must write the final chapter and close the book - and now it is my time. I've come to know so many people on Defiant (and quite a few on Union too) so I'll just say this: none mentioned, none forgotten. But a big shout goes out to The Contingency, TANC, Insanity Inc and OOTCS. A lot of you I've gotten to know, some not so much. I'll be haunting you lot on the boards

Yours truly, the one and only

Boltmeister
- once a TC'er, always a TC'er -

ahh thankh youh vheery much

the king has left the building, popped into his KingMobile, pushed the JetEngine v.4.15-button and soared off to do some mundo bizarro stuff

edit: weird domain? meh, should see some of the others I got going but the domain for the email-addie used is my normal day-to-day domain and belong to my ISP

tried to register myself, got an email, but with no content

depending on the type of mastermind, a 3 acc 3 dam for 1st tier henchemn is a good thing (tm). Not slotting these babies gonna put yourself in a world of trouble. And also to the poster saying not to Equip tier 1s - utter foolishness. When my team of bots open up fire on a mob with 6-8 "goodies" in there, they drop faster than a en/en-blaster in RV. The sheer total DPS from tier 1 Henchies must _not_ be ignored.

Had a good team cpl nights back, we entered a room with about 30 baddies. I swear, them were all dead almost faster than I could switch targets. 2 MMs btw. Pure carnage.

I solo on highest setting (am lvl 36) and frequently get ppl in team just to get bigger spawns. Did some +6s too. That was interesting But my bots prevailed.

The Contingency. We're oldskool. We're insane. We're grouchy. We're insanely good at what we do. And we're gearing up again to once again become the dominant SG in Europe. Come lurk abit on www.the-contingency.com/forums

My assault bot did not SJ around in Nerva the other day. Friggin slow thing, took ages to catch up with me... Big'Un (ABs name) wouldn't re-spawn next to me either if I was outside the range (200 yrds?). I was at one point atleast 800 yrds ahead of Big'Un, and had to wait patiently for it.

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In all seriousness, blasters can't compare to tanking like a true tank...i.e. taking the alpha and holding the aggro of 14 enemies at +4/5. But then a tank can't take down the lot in one fell swoop!

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We both got jobs to do. I herd up the room and then put the kettle on whilst the damage dealers dispatch them with impunity.

I think blasters have a long way to go before they're seen as respectable They're the spotty, rebelious teenager who swiped their Dad's car keys and drove his Merc into a bus stop full of old people waiting for their ride to their weekly tea-and-scone afternoon.

That's not to say there's not good blasters out there, there's just a lot of bad ones. Scrappers are the same to a lesser degree. If I were to guess, maybe it's because those two ATs are favoured amongst newbies.

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Got myself a 50 en/en/elec - I "mini-tank"
Got my fire/en to 24, that toon is starting to look like a blanketer (i.e. pump BU + AIM + fire ball + fire breath, rinse and repeat) with SOs all the way. Power Boost is going to be a god-send. Whoo-hey, imagine the damage!

And no, I am defo not a teenager But a bit crazy? Heck yeah.

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Ok, think I'm approaching the final build now, thanks to the massive help from Plight on test
Dropped stun, in the end, takes too long and not as good as TF, really, plus, no damage from it barely.

Brought Conserve Power in instead, with stamina and that, I can swap out the end rex for recharge redux instead, but I can swap them if needed, depending on hw it plays

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Looks good. Very close to my current build (i've now dropped force-epic and gone back to elec-epic, that hold is invaluable IMO, plus charged armour is very good indeed), which now kicks major beehind. Fast'n'furious. And the dropping of end-rdx and putting recharge-redx in there is a good idea. You'll have more attacks than you'll cope with tho' It's like playing a rabid hamster on speed going postal.

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The long and short of it is, if your having a reunion of sorts, I would feel honoured to be able to pop along....

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So how about this....This sunday 20:00 GMT Atlas Park Old School Reunion Event...open up your msn and start calling your friends ??? Dime!!!i miss those nights too lol ^^

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Missus permitting, I'll pop by

Well, Radical Bolt (rad/rad lvl 33 atm) might just your best friend bashing AVs. Just gimme a holler @Boltmeister and if I'm not busy I'll come and provide the best -regen there is

If RL permits - Boltmeister would be up for this (en/en/force blapper lvl 50), would be a nice RL-ding-present

I've copied over my en/en/force blapper to test now a cpl times and will test some new combinations with the free respec given on Test today. I'll be trying the ranged-version with some different slotting than what is normal, and also and maxed speed / range / accu build. Anyone seeing a BoltmeisterX (where X is any number between 1 and 5) - gimme a holler and we'll try some stuff in RV/Sirens/wherever

Elec epic good. 1 hold, 1 armour (charged armour, probable the best armour in the epics) and EMP Pulse (disorient/end mod slotted -> nice to have as a mini-nuke).

I had that for a while, then respecced into Force Mastery and a pure blapp-build for my en/en. Decent armour (temp invul) and the freakishly good Force of Nature. Also the personal force field (nice to use to draw aggro and then nuke'em). Needless to say (anyone who has accompanied me on a paragon protector 7th gen mish can attest to it) I'm dealing out damage like a rabid pack of lemmings on meths.

Here is my build (or veeery close to it anyways):
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Exported from Ver: 1.7.6.0 of the CoH_CoV Character Builder - (http://sherksilver.coldfront.net/index.php)
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Name: Boltmeister
Level: 50
Archetype: Blaster
Primary: Energy Blast
Secondary: Energy Manipulation
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01) --> Power Blast==> Acc(1) Dmg(3) Dmg(7) Dmg(13) EndRdx(15) Rechg(33)
01) --> Power Thrust==> Acc(1)
02) --> Energy Punch==> Acc(2) Dmg(3) Dmg(7) Dmg(13) EndRdx(17) Rechg(34)
04) --> Build Up==> Rechg(4) Rechg(5) Rechg(5)
06) --> Hasten==> Rechg(6) Rechg(9) Rechg(9) Rechg(48)
08) --> Power Burst==> Acc(8) Dmg(11) Dmg(11) Dmg(17) EndRdx(27) Rechg(34)
10) --> Sniper Blast==> Acc(10) Dmg(29) Dmg(42) Dmg(46)
12) --> Aim==> Rechg(12) Rechg(15) Rechg(43)
14) --> Super Speed==> Run(14) Run(42) Run(43)
16) --> Swift==> Run(16)
18) --> Health==> Heal(18) Heal(19) Heal(19)
20) --> Stamina==> EndMod(20) EndMod(21) EndMod(21)
22) --> Bone Smasher==> Acc(22) Dmg(23) Dmg(23) Dmg(31) EndRdx(31) Rechg(31)
24) --> Conserve Power==> Rechg(24) Rechg(25) Rechg(25)
26) --> Air Superiority==> Acc(26) Dmg(27) Dmg(29) Dmg(37) EndRdx(37) Rechg(37)
28) --> Power Boost==> Rechg(28)
30) --> Aid Other==> Rechg(30)
32) --> Nova==> Acc(32) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(34) Rechg(36) Rechg(36)
35) --> Aid Self==> Rechg(35) Heal(36) Heal(40) Heal(42) EndRdx(43) Rechg(46)
38) --> Total Focus==> Acc(38) Dmg(39) Dmg(39) Dmg(39) Rechg(40) EndRdx(40)
41) --> Personal Force Field==> DefBuf(41)
44) --> Temp Invulnerability==> DmgRes(44) DmgRes(45) DmgRes(45) EndRdx(45) EndRdx(46)
47) --> Force of Nature==> Rechg(47) Rechg(48) Rechg(48) DmgRes(50) DmgRes(50)
49) --> Fly==> Fly(49) Fly(50)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
01) --> Defiance==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
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Badge hunting or no badge hunting, you took your time Gratz and I hope you enjoy a very frustrating Kheldian life!

still around. Was 3rd toon live in Europe I think. Have been here since 2.wave EU Beta.

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Personally, I'd never take the leadership set unless making a stalker hunter for PvP, but that's just me

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Why not? When facing +3/+4s in PvE the assualt and tactics really makes a difference. I've tried my 35 bot/ff with and without leadership, and it stays on for good now. First tier henchmen being 1 lvl below ya, that's 4-5 lvls up to the baddies. That means at least 2 accu in their slotting unless you wanna be missing a lot. Maybe even 3 accu.

ahhh.. so that is you, you hovering "dropping outta the sky" piece of ...

I imagine a tiny DoT will take care of that, from another hovering range- and accu-enhanced toon. At least your ratio of 10:1 will go down

And one more thing - is LR / EF annoying in PvP?

Yeah, gotta agree with ya there. Highest setting, whooosh goes the mission Get 3-4 people in team, spawn mission. Commence soloing Except for the occasional +4 boss with immense AoE. A +3 EB or +1/+2 Hero is also tricky but doable. Depends on amount of AoE. If minions faceplant with 1 AoE -> trouble for the MM

ohh that gave me a bunch of ideas for some new alts - complete with backgrounds etc