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Quote:I see a flaw in here.Originally Posted by Jade_Dragon
Basically solo, a Scrapper and a Brute are about equal. They have the same defenses, so the Brute will last a little longer on his hit points -- but will use them up building Fury. So it comes out to a wash.
Solo wise, you say the Brute will eat up that extra bit of health building up Fury. But all things being equal, solo wise, won't that scrapper being jumping into the same size spawn as the brute? And thusly the brute will surviva better.
It's not like Fury is built on hits connecting. It's just being hit at (and of course dishing out your own hits).
The more I go...I'm liking Brutes more for Fire and Electric Armor. As both of those on the Brute can reach 90% Resist to their specialty resist type. Also, Brutes can make out on the Damage auras more.
Also, if I recall correctly, Brutes make out on Fire Armor's Fiery Embrace more to.
Now, I tend to pick Scrappers over Brutes, because when solo, I tend to get up during a mission and do things, or I'm chatting away in globals, or whatever...basically something will at some point stop me from non-stop attacking (that isn't death or mission completion).
Also, Scrappers just feel like the typical comic book superhero to me (except for the fact they're missing so many primaries, some we're waiting on, some we'll never get).
I actually thinking of making a Brute for Double XP weekend, but I'm still undecided, only have time to work on one new character due to new job (why couldnt they wait a 9 days till they hired me
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Quote:Use Power Slice. BF -> Attack Vitals -> Power Slice That' what I did untill I had enough recharge to run just BF -> AVOriginally Posted by Xetrov
Sorry, badly phrased! By waiting time, I meant what attacks would I use to fill the time between each Attack Vitals combo when fighting an AV, until I get enough recharge to chain it? Also, since Blinding Feint is not needed for my combos (currently planning on using Attack Vitals and Sweep), I have not picked that attack. Is it a must-have for AV-pwning? Also, do you think I'm going to need Physical Perfection to be able to sustain my endurance during a solo AV-beating? I suppose I could drop Resurgence and Strength of Will for those two if needed.
Btw, looking at that build, I see you have picked Combat Jumping and Fly.. Missclick?
However, if you're not going up against a single hard target, nothing better than going BF - Attack Vitals - Sweep
[Edit] Also, you don't need Physical Perfection to sustain your endurance during AV beatings.
I'm actually respecing out of Physical Perfection (though this means I lose a bit of +REGEN too) today or tomorrow, as I'll finally have the Patron Pools unlocked to grab some concepty Mu Bolts and Mu Shackles.
And I'll still have more END coming in than going out 
Sadly, Physical Perfection is concepty too, but really, Mu Shackles will just be more fun
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Quote:As it was explained to me way back when, Placate puts AS's DPS down WAY WAY LOW. To the point that only a few of the Primarie's benefit from using it in their main DPS chains (Electric Melee was one of the sets), and even then, Placate + AS is never going to be used in every run through of an attack chain.Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
... AS benefits the most from placate due to the high damage it does. In many cases, the critical damage done by other attacks isn't enough to justify the 1.5 second addition to attack time. In fact, all attack with less than 1.5 second attack times are actually weakened by critical hits from placate. You can go further than that, since with innate critical hits placate technically only increases damage by about 90%.
All attacks that don't have a full critical are weakened. Total focus, for example, has I believe only a 20% increase in damage on critical, which is not worth adding 1.5 seconds to the activation time.
Attacks that are low damaging don't benefit much if the player is built to have some kind of continuous attack chain on them. It is, after all, more practical to just fill that 1.5 second void with another punch to the face than to somewhat increase the DPS of a weaker attack.
Your statements perplexes me, since the Damage Per Activation Time, as per my calculations, shows that placate + AS is one of if not the most time-efficient way to inflict damage.
Now, I had my KM/WP IOed to the gills! Softcapped Defenses, max health, and used the chain of BB - SB - FB - BB - SB - CS - Repeat, and tried to replace FB will Placate + AS when they recharged.
This is with FB being the worst DPS attack in that chain. It just didn't work.
I wasn't defeating AVs at the speed (or for that matter faster) of my DB/WP Scrapper. In fact, most times AS was a waste as AVs like to interrupt it, and even after you hit placate they like to find you fast or get that one hit in right after you used Placate.
I was wasting more END on non-Assassin Striked Assassin Strikes
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Quote:Oh! I LOVE Eagle's Claw! To me, Eagle's Claw is why you make a Martial Arts character!Originally Posted by theheat
I feel the same way about EC, I can't see not using it. My attack chain is EC - SK - CS - SK - EC repeat. I can do EC - CS - SK but there is just a lil bit of a delay, prob less than a second or a second. I'm not sure which one would be better DPS wise, one has SK more often, but the other has CS with the added chance to crit. I really can't see how an optimal DPS build doesn't have EC in it, as the added crit chance hands a ton especially with SK afterward. That new punch animation...meh...I want the kick!
And in normal play, I'd use it all the time. It's only when going for DPS would I go to the other chain (if I even could to begin with).
Though it makes me think...
SK - CK/CS/EC (take turns with them) - SK - CAK - Repeat!
I'll have to figure out the DPS of that chain at some point. It really shouldn't be that much worse than SK - CS/CK - SK - CAK. -
Quote:Just further proves the point. It's internet geek rage on the voting of the RazziesOriginally Posted by Ice_Wall
Here's the thing. I have never watched more than about 5 minutes of the cartoon, I went into the Last Airbender Movie because the previews made it look pretty epic. I knew next to nothing of the source material.
And that movie was crap. It was just garbage. The writing, the pacing, the acting, just every part of it was garbage. If it's better than Syfy movies, it's not much better. It deserves several razzies.
However I'm amazed that Clash of the Titans isn't getting more razzies. It was way worse than either of the Twilight movies, those movies were almost passable in some respects but Clash of the Titans was horrible writing, horrible directing, horrible script and dialog and half the time I felt like the actors weren't even trying.
It had decent special effects, for what ever that counts for with a horrible plot and badly executed action sequences, the mythological creatures were somewhat believable.
I think it deserved all the razzies.
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Quote:Agreed! 100%Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I'll be honest: I think these people keep forgetting that they are stewards of these properties, and not their owners. As a writer, you have to balance respect for the past with forging your own course, because you can't just be stuck in the past when you are taking over the legacy of other writers.
But for me, it comes down to this: if you want to shake up Spider-Man by killing Gwen Stacy, you're a genius. If you want to shake up Spider-Man by killing Spider-Man you're an idiot. If you can't figure out how to make the Fantastic Four work, that says something about you: go do something else. Destroying the title for the good of the title is ludicrous. Why write about characters you don't want to write about. Make up your own and go kill them off. If the problem is that people won't care about your characters as much as these more established ones, well that's the point isn't it. More people care about the Fantastic Four than care about the Fantastic Four writing team. Nobody cares about their writers block.
In any case, the chances of any good coming of this are something between zero, and negative zero.
You don't kill off the main characters like that! You kill off their loved ones! You hurt and maime the main heroes!
Think Peter and Mary Jane can make another deal with Mephisto to return one of Spidey's friends back to life? -
Lion-O...I like the new look. In fact I think it's an improvement.
Panthro...meh.
Cheetara...Love the new look. I won't say it's an improvement over the original like I did for Lion-O, but I love it. Could use a few more spots though. She's a cheetah girl after all!
Tygra...he has a pistol and a whip! And his look is an improvement!
Now, if they keep Cheetara the badass of the team I remember her to be (<_< No need to correct me if I'm wrong >_>) all will be well!
Just hope they still have Kitt and Katt. -
Quote:Well, with Martial Arts, you're almost good to go with all the attacks no matter the way you goOriginally Posted by FireWyvern
Since CS and CK are more or less the same DPS wise, wouldn't a chain with both be almost as good but a lot less recharge intensive?
Something like:
SK-CS-CAK-SK-CK
Not sure about the order, i suck at all the chain building and arcanatime calculating. =/
edit: Also... the EC's added chance for crit is not enough to justify using it in a ST chain, right?
I'd likely just go with SK -> CS -> CAK -> SK -> CK -> SK -> CAK -> Repeat But that's because I like the animations of CS and CK I can't make a MA character and not take both powers now! Because CS is just that good now, and every now and again I love to just hit things with Crane Kick.
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Hmmm...I'd love to see a new Wonder Woman show. And I've usually enjoyed DK's shows. A little bit worried with how they might go with it though.
I don't know if I want to see a NEW Wonder Woman. I want to see the super strong, durable, can fly, deflect bullets Wonder Woman. What we've seen in animated movies would be great.
If it turns out she's just a female Batman with the name Wonder Woman, I would have to wonder why they don't just call the show Batwoman.
Will just have to wait and see. I have faith the writing will be good, it's more a question of, will this be Wonder Woman or will this be Wonder Woman in name only. -
Quote:Haven't read the lead up to Johnny's death, but I think it would be more of a matter of how he died and how they brought him back.Originally Posted by Ironik
This kind of thing leaves me completely unimpressed.
Basically, was it well written?
These are established and popular characters, and in the american comic medium, it just doesn't seem likely they'll stay dead and usually for the reason that, people don't want them to.
How many Human Torch fans want him to stay dead? He's been around a long time. It's not like he's a new hero who's become popular and then killed off. He's been around for 50 years. -
Quote:Yes I saw it. I think if it wasn't based on a cartoon inwhich people loved, it would have done well (it did in countries which havent seen Avatar). It's failure was in not living up to fan expectations/wants/desires. I'd watch TLA over any of the SyFy "what the hell is this movie...are they intentionally trying to be a off shoot of a crappy B movie from the 60's"Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Did you actually see The Last Airbender? It was one of the worst films I have ever subjected myself to. The performances of most of the main cast would have been shameful in a Made for the Sci Fi Channel presentation about giant lizards attacking spring break. Each actor earned, on average, 0.8 Meta-Worthingtons, the notorious Australian cardboard humanoid facsimile being the gold standard for bland lifeless performance. And that's only because Shaun Toub as Iroh brought the average for everybody else down from a full 1 Meta-Worthington (or more).
The Last Airbender deserves every word of criticism it's likely to receive, especially given how strong the source material it mangled was. The effects department did its job ok at least...
And I really don't think the casting was bad at all, and I think the only reason they're giving the Worst Ensemble Nomination to TLA, is because people still think A:TLA has actual earth races, which it didn't, seeing as how it wasn't on earth
We all remember those little rants right?
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Quote:I figure it's foot protection for the actorOriginally Posted by sleestack
Yeah, not liking the new costume all that much. What's up with the metal things on the feet? They look like tap-dancing shoes.
I wish the eyes of the outfit where bigger myself. -
I'll have to disagree with Eldorado.
WP isn't based on Resistance and Regeneration. It's based on Resistance, Regeneration and Defense.
Heightened Senses is a Defense to all except PSI power. The S/L Defense is low, yes, but still that's what the power is.
Crushing Impact isn't a bad set at all, but if I was building for survival, I'd most likely only use it on builds where the Defense Set is based mostly on Defense (like SR, Ninja, EA, maaaybe Shields depending on what my defenses are at).
So the popular set with WP will be Kinetic Melee. It gives S/L Defense bonuses that are really good.
Of course, every other typed defense build is going to want that set as well (INV, some EAs possibly, squishie builds that try to focus on S/L Defense builds).
My suggestion, Hero Merits! 2 days = 1 of the Kinetic Combat IOs you need. 8 days gives you 4 of the Kinetic Combat IOs you would want to slot into 1 attack (you skip the knockback proc), then franken slot the last two slots in the attacks. -
Quote:Have to know your slotting to help as well...but here's how to do it giving some quick example so you can figure it out.Originally Posted by Santorican
I am trying to figure out how long it will take for me to run out of endurance for my super secret dark/shield build but I cannot figure how for the life of me the calculations behind them. I've search high and low for a thread specifically for it but alas even my search fu has its bounds .
I will be using Smite > MG -> SL -> Smite -> SM as my attack chain and currently I have an end rec of 3.64 end/s and end use 1.52 end/s
Thanks for the enlightenment
Santo
Let's assume the attacks have the following END Cost per use...
SM = 4.82
SL = 7.157
MG = 8.399
So, you're chain uses (4.82 x 2) + 7.157 + 8.399 = 25.196 END
That chain takes 6.732 seconds to pull off.
So... 25.196/6.732= 3.742 EPS
So if the only ENDRED you had was equal to a Lvl 50 Generic ENDRED IO in all your attacks, you'll need to work on your end management, as 3.74 EPS + 1.52 EPS (from toggles) = 5.26 EPS -
Hmmm...interresting, I never really followed the Razzies, but looking over the list, it doesn't seem so much that the worst are actually nominated, but rather "We the internet have gripes about the film"
Seeing The Last Airbender get nominate for Worst Screen Ensemble seems to really bring that to the front imo. -
Quote:I thought the movie was suppossed to be one big fight scene that they added a bit of dialogue into so you know why they're fightingOriginally Posted by Lothic
I think you just answered your own mystery here. Sure the fight scenes were cool, but can you really call any movie that's only good for a few minutes worth of fight scenes a truly "good" movie? Movies like this weren't made to be "fast-forwarded" through. The fact that you only really enjoy it that way now pretty much proves the sequels were no where near as "good" as the first one.
I never thought Matrix 3 was heavy dialogue to begin with. ;p -
Quote:I agree. I think that's the way they should of played it out as well.Originally Posted by Eisenzahn
Scott Summers is the first X-Man. He should not be some worthless chump who gets killed off-camera and never mentioned again, and then casually written out of his own origin story in the next film.
I was already planning to skip this film, so I'll just add that to the heap of reasons. -
I never understood the hate for Matrix 2 and 3. Admittedly, with Matrix 3, I tend to fast forward to all the fight scenes and I enjoy it that way. And sometimes it's really quick between those fight scenes.
No idea what the MMO said happened at the end, but I never thought Neo was actually dead at the end of 3. Possible for sure. But I thought they left it open so it could go either way. -
If we get Glove/Boot Kitty Paws I'll be happy
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Quote:Well a lot depends on you. Some of that isn't to hard to get if you just play, and stay hero/villain and work on getting Hero Merits. It'll take some time, but easy enough to do.Originally Posted by Xetrov
Wow, I had no idea I was THAT far off As I said, this is my first high level Scrapper, and only my second 50 in total, so I don't have that much experience.
I'm not really looking for any specific amount of damage, I'm just hoping to be able to slot so that I can solo AVs.
I most certainly don't want to go as far out as you have, seeing as I only have about 200 million inf. across all of my toons, meaning my budget is pretty tight (I suppose I'd be willing to spend all of it, if I have to). I just checked WW's, and realized how much I'm going to have to pay for a full Gaussian set, so looks like I won't be able to afford that either.
Do you think you could put together a build for me, one that I might be able to afford? I'm guessing my power choices weren't that bad, since you didn't comment on them? Or were they just not as horrible as the slotting?
Edit: I already have the Miracle: +Recovery, so that's not going to be a problem. Also have a Steadfast Protection: Res/Def, if that helps.
As for enough damage to take out an AV, you just need enough +RCH to get it so you can run Blinding Feint -> Attack Vitals Combo, and you got it.
As for your power picks...that's up to you really. I skipped the Sweep combo, as I just didn't have the room for 1K Cuts.
Seeing as how I can't do the Sweep Combo without 1K Cuts, I took Nimble Slice over Power Slice, which gives me access to the Empower and Weaken Combo when I exempt down for Positron TF or Cavern of Transendance Trial.
When going after large spawns I just go BF -> AV Combo -> Typhoon's Edge -> Repeat. It works for me, but 1K Cuts for the Sweep Combo would give you better AOE. -
You'd be better off slotting for +Health in HPT vs the slotting of -tohit in RTTC.
DB/WP isn't exactly a combo that needs Hasten, so you might want to 1 slot it, but I'm also not sure what sort of damage you're looking to achieve.
Not really sure why you're slotting Crushing Impact either. Is it just for the added 5% +RCH?
I'd put Gaussians in Tactics, and 1 slot FA with the END RED IO.
The slots in Resurgence are wasted. Stick with 1 slot, move the other 3 slots around, and the +END Proc in the self rez is a REAL waste, as it would only activate when you USE the self-rez.
I'm not saying don't take the self-rez (if I had the power slot, I'd take it on my DB/WP), but you really don't need to slot it.
Super Speed. The Winter Gift's bonuses are pretty...well..lousy. Slot Super Speed with the +slow resist IO, and call it good, move the other 2 slots somewhere.
While you don't seem to want to go as far out as I did with my build, here's what my build looks like and it can maybe give you some ideas on what to go with...
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Gun ninjas!
I want a Dual Pistol hero that feels like they can take a punch and throw a punch!
A Pistol/Sword set would also be awesome!
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Quote:It's more of a terrible tactic. :/ Placate + AS (last I knew anyways) was terrible DPS.Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
I would give my vote for Energy Melee on soloing AVs due to my experience with it. Energy Transfer and Total Focus can lay on a surprising amount of damage, and the stuns stack up during their down phase.
A question, though. I notice no mention of using placate + assassin strike on the AVs. Is this tactic supposed to be a given or are you avoiding it?
And that seems to go along with my own findings.
Andif it isn't, even with softcapped defenses, I found Placate + AS wasn't something easily pulled off against AVs, and most times I found my self burning the END for no real reward
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Quote:Sorry, forgot all about of Broadsword when I was writing all that up and figuring out what could be the best. :/Originally Posted by Stryph
No love for BS What is this, I don't even...
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Quote:o.O But that's what you're doing when you create black holes!Originally Posted by Gr33n
agree 100%... propel for sure... pulling crap out of thin air is silly... really really silly...