BrandX

Originally Posted by seebs

Hmm. Well, really, Batman should be martial arts/devices.

Unfortunately, that's not an option.

I'd actually probably run him as a /nin stalker. Not sure which primary. MA, if they have it? I can't remember.

Robin is, of course, a Hostages/Self-Reference MM.

Originally Posted by Chazzmatazz

I think we will get a bunch more nostalgia 70s/80s IPs that producers mistakenly think there is a contemporary market for (see Land of the Lost and A-Team). Should see Magnum PI (maybe with The Rock), maybe Rockford Files and I think Hart to Hart or Remmington Steel are possibilities too.. Buck Rogers seems possible as well (though that IP is a bit more old school of course). That's not to say that they couldn't be entertaining or even good, but I do think Hollywood is so risk-averse right now that anything that isn't a big IP (or at least recognizable) has nary a chance of being made/distributed.

Originally Posted by Baarogue

I'm with Mondo on the Kheldian thing. I won't berate anyone RPing their squid as a centaur, dragon, or faerie (three real examples of Kheld-abuse I've encountered) but I usually will politely remove myself from their presence and RP with other people instead. Am I the bad roleplayer for refusing to MUSH with them, or are they the bad roleplayer for insisting on playing a character that doesn't fit the AT they're playing?

Of course now that I've posted this and read Eisregen's posts about Peacebringer angels I want to make a Peacebringer that /thinks/ they're an angel. I'm sure it's already been done though - along with the Warshade that thinks they're a demon.

I do, however, use asterisks sometimes when emoting something while on a team, in a mission - and thus my teammates are very likely to be /just/ out of range of the emote even while in the same room. I usually emote normally with ; (the even shorter than "/em" shortcut) when participating in local RP.

Originally Posted by Kheldarn

The good news is he left by his own choice (unlike Brawler). After 6 years of the same thing every day, he could tell he was headed down the Burned Out path, so he got out before he turned into another Jack Emmert.

Originally Posted by Gehnen

Just to clarify, what I intended to mean is that this hypothetical build has everything capped in either option 1, or 2 respectively. If I wanted to turn any AT into a "Tank", what option would be more durable (if any).

However you make some really good points. I imagine a Blapper would really like to focus on S/L more than anything else, while a classic Blaster would probably value Ranged more.

I'm finally getting into build strategies, so I just wanted to hear some opinions on what looks to me as two equal options (if money, time, and slots were no consideration).

Originally Posted by Heroid

((Stuff like this is why I just don't do task forces (tasks force? task forci?) Most of them take a lot of planning and time. Everybody who forms teams to run them has his/her own method of doing so and I wouldn't be offended if they asked me specifics about my characters' powers. But I've started so many and dropped out in the middle because of the length of time it takes to complete them that I just quit bothering: I don't want to waste people's effort because I'm unable to finish. Maybe it's for that reason that I can see why someone organizing a TF team would ask specific questions about AT's, powersets, and even if prospective teammates have enough time to commit.))

Originally Posted by Cinder_Flux

Well I got my IO's all worked out, now what Alpha boost to pick?

Any suggestions?

Originally Posted by New Dawn

I agree that if its the only option to get a team make up thru its a good option to be able to achieve. All my tanks fly, all my tanks 6 slot taunt, so I myself always have that option. This is why if I were to redesign the game I would wipe the whiteboard clean. I'd want different team make ups to only need to use different tactics, timing, positioning and lose the need for an extreme kiting does all as an option. That option works well for Trick Archery which is effective if it is seen just as much as a controller as a debuffer. We should be playing differently on account of what defender we've got anyway and this would especially show around AVs.

Originally Posted by MondoCool

That's actually what I do with people who use asterisks. I just pretend they're saying everything they're doing out loud. Makes it easier to make fun of them.



Why not do this?

[Local] Super Guy: Red Moon, huh? You say it's got something in it? Let me have a look here.
Super Guy takes the bottle, giving the list of ingredients a casual glance.
[Local] Super Guy: Compound 1-XZ? Isn't that one of the chemicals they use in Malta Sapper packs? Heh heh. No wonder it gets folks drunk.

I guess that's too much effort?

Originally Posted by MondoCool

Using asterisks to emote is like using a spoon and fork to eat in a traditional Chinese restaurant instead of chopsticks. Yeah, you can eat with it. But it makes you look like you can't do it the way it was designed to be done.

So here's my advice: pick up some chopsticks and use them. You'll enjoy the experience a lot more. You can do:



Or, if you want to actually have fun and take the time to put some thought into the character you are controlling, you can do:



Seriously. Is it that hard to put some basic thought into one's roleplay? Are people in some amazing hurry to roleplay that they cannot come up with posts that look like actual posts instead of some asterisk-infected fanfiction? Is it your "habit": a physical impossibility to not press shift+8 before and shift+8 after every pose?

No. It's not that hard, people aren't in that kind of a hurry, and there is no such thing as "habit" when it comes to consciously pressing a series of keypress combinations on your keyboard. Unless you have such low control over your own actions that you are completely incapable of avoiding such a thing, you CAN type /e at the beginning of your emotes instead of making yourself look like a tool with asterisks.

Seriously.

Originally Posted by Baarogue

I'm also working on the same goal as plainguy - though I'm a Brute. If the differences are too extreme or it's better form to create my own thread I'll gladly do so.

I tried to keep everyone's advice in mind here - particularly BrandX and Myriad - but I'm obviously deviating in places. That's probably why I'm missing the key to getting that last few % to softcap S/L and I've exceeded the F/C softcap. I'm sure that's where I'll need to change but I'm at a loss at what to alter it TO. I'm also wincing at the lack of +Dmg in my STM attacks, but am hoping Rage will counter that. Is there any hope for me?

I'm a fan of regen, so I might have obsessed a little about getting as many +HP and +regen bonuses as I could, and I also tried to get a good amount of +Acc set bonuses as well.

Here's my build. *cringe*

Originally Posted by Hero_of_Steel

Women with detailed or semi-detailed muscles (similar to the ones below) would be a good addition for the costume creator.

*BUNCH OF IMAGES*

Originally Posted by Rikis

I too haven't encountered that either. Hell, even when I form my own PuG Apex/Tin Mage TFs, I don't mention the Alpha slot and have only had one person join without it. He even pointed it out to me by asking if he needed the alpha slot, and I told him yes and a boost. His response? "Oh ok, didn't know. Let me bring my other char". Twice I've been on Apex TFs where there was one person without a boost. The first time, it was a Mastermind, so it was no big deal, their pets still spawn at 50 and their secondary is buff/debuff. The other time though, it was a Tanker. Both times we succeeded.

Originally Posted by New Dawn

That tactic has been in play in RV since RV has existed, just pull to an apex, except not on Scirroco as he flies without -fly and used by me once on a scrapper back in well before these US, EU forums merged, two years later someone blabbed in the tanky section about it but it's actually "not how most tankers like to tank" so easily got forgotten by people.

From what I thought Arcanaville said, I thought they would just run around like headless chickens now or go off. Long time since I'd needed to bother with it as I personally resort to trying to make what is there in the team useful I haven't used that method for a flipping long time.

Originally Posted by OmniSurge

As far as "rules" for RP..I can sum it up rather quickly..

1. Its is preferred by most if OOC statements are encased in brackets.

2. If your character preforms a action in your RP, please emote it instead of encasing it in * *. The latter is just annoying as hell, not to mention /can/ slow the flow of a rp down if speaking is mixed in with the action.

3. Don't let /anyone/ tell you what "good" or "bad" rp is. Also..don't avoid places in game because someone said .. "Pocket D is horrible for rp" or whatever else they might say about a particular area ingame. Try things out for yourself before passing judgment. Afterall.. whats fun for one person, might not be fun for another. "Good" rp is nothing more than a matter of opinion.

4. Have fun, and I hope you enjoy your time on Virtue. Welcome to the nuthouse.

Originally Posted by ChaosAngelGeno

It's like Virtue is the adopted parent of all of Victory's lost gamers, myself included... I don't know where I'd be if not for Virtue. Cheers.

Originally Posted by plainguy

Thanks for the insight and really just taking the time to type all that info out.. It is very much appreciated.

I come from Robot Traps, Traps AR, DP Kin. Basically a More support blasterish type of builds. I'm BIG into Defense Cap. Born again Defense Cap player here. I LOVE Traps for what it can do.

All that being said scrappers sort of scare me, I don't have my head wrapped around the mechanics of it.

Further I want to say I have no clue how resurgence got in there.. And I went for the Physical Perfection line but just thought about my recent no hold LGTF episode and was tired quitting because we had none. Been in 4 or 5 of those situations in the past few months.. Very annoying.. Maybe there is a temp hold I can make for those situations. Will have to look into that.

Finally I can clearly see you guys/gals know your DB chain attacks.. I don't have a clue about that either. Was wondering what was important and not.. Just trying to memorize the chains ( I know its not that many ) and what they do.

I didn't work with the Miracle +Recovery because of the 180 million it was going for.. Just seemed to steep.. Many of my full defense cap builds go for that price, I was a bit shocked having to spend that price for 1 IO. hehe..

Originally Posted by peterpeter

To follow up on this question, why put the purples in GC instead of SD? Soaring Dragon is a stronger attack, so my instinct would be to put the strongest enhancements there. But I keep seeing people put purples in GC and something else in SD.

Originally Posted by Myriad

Power Selection:

You might want to reconsider taking Nimble Slash. With Attack Vitals and Sweep most people don't use Empower and Weaken much anyway. You could take a travel power instead.
Drop Resurgence. If you want a self rez you can keep a Restoration in your inspiration tray. You could take Strength of Will instead. SoW might be situational but at least you can use it to mule a setIO from the resistance category.
Drop Hasten. It is completely superfluous on a DB/WP (you don't need much global recharge to run BF – Attack Vitals gap less).
Take Leadership Maneuvers and perhaps Tactics, too. This will help to softcap defense vs. S/L.
Drop Melt Armor. It's rubbish. Seriously.
You should consider dropping Blaze Mastery and taking Body Mastery instead. Physical Perfection is a nice add on to improve endurance management and gives some extra regeneration, too.


Slotting goals:

Try to softcap defense vs. S/L (45%).
Defense vs. E/N/F/C should be in 30s range, when you reach the S/L softcap. It is possible to softcap E/N/F/C, too (Eradication is the key). But you would have to give up damage in exchange.
Boost your hitpoints. This will also help with regeneration.
Don't bother with endurance too much. With Stamina + Quick Recovery + Physical Perfection you should be good.


Enhancements:

High Pain Tolerance should be slotted with IOs from the heal category to boost HP and regeneration. Give it 3 slots total, to have enough slots for other powers.
To get to 45%+ in S/L you'll need 5 sets of Kinetic Combat. Remember that you can slot them in Brawl and Boxing/Kick, too.
You'll probably need Obliteration in one or two of your PBAoE powers.
Blinding Feint is a part in the BF - Attack Vitals chain. You should slot it like an attack, not like a buff.
The 5th Reactive Armor IO is not really worth it, imho. Better use the slot somewhere else.
No Miracle unique? It's not that expensive. Get it! 3 slots total in FH should be enough.
Slot Indomitable Will with LotG: Def/End and the +7.5% recharge. Drop the 3rd slot.
Slot RttC with 3 Numina or Miracle IOs. Do not slot it with ToHit debuff.
With QR+Stamina+PP 3 slots in QR are probably enough.
A ResKB in Tough is a wasted slot. Indomitable Will gives all the KB protection you need. You could use it as a mule for the Steadfast Protection +3% defense and/or the Gladiator's Armor +3% defense. I would give it at least 2 slots total, to improve its +res and lessen the end cost.
Drop the Def/End from Combat Jumping unless you REALLY need the extra 0.3% for your defenses (Combat Jumping already has very very low end costs).

Originally Posted by Cowman

My rebuttal:

And even leaving out the fantasy argument, I've tried a couple times to make a female bruiser on COH, but always ended up deleting her cause she never looked right. Turning up the Physique slider only made her look like a caricature of Chun-li. Huge thighs and chest with stick arms and teeny, tiny Barbie-hands.