BrandX

Well, I don't see the point of them attacking the same obvious PvE'er over and over, as you need a cool down between killing the same person to even get a chance at a PvP IO recipe when you do kill them.

That said, I've gone to the PvP zones strictly for the badges. I took my risks going in.

And nothing in the PvP zones is needed by a PvE'er. At least hero side...there's nothing you can get there, that will help you in the PvE game when it comes to badges.

I think hero side has some exploration badges to obtain there...but the taking out of the Heroes/Villains gives you nothing but a badge.

That's badger vs PvP, not PvE vs PvP, and just think, there's badges for PvPing!

OMG! I want those wrist/ankle/neck shakcles/collars/whatever you want to call them, as costume options!

Not only that, I want them to be costume items that work with exsisting gloves/boots (I'll forgive the neck one having to be used by itself).

In the end, it comes down to intent.

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

I mean lets say Rage-Man, is the type who just likes to cause destruction. On Primal Earth he's a villain, because he has no regard for others safety.

He goes to Praetorian Earth, he could easily side with either fraction.

Work with Cole, he gets to legally cause mass destruction at whoever Cole points him after.

Work with the Resistance, and he may be freeing people from an oppressor, but he's just doing it to cause destruction.

He's evil. His intention is to just cause destruction. One side allows him to do so legally.

However, I kinda think GR will be less about intent and more A & B (A: You help Resistance you're good. B: You help Loyalists you're evil).

Loyalist: We need your help stopping a Resistance Member from planting a bomb in a public building, that will kill 25 civilians.

A hero would stop the Resistance Member from planting a bomb, to save the civilians. He just did something evil however as he helped the Loyalists.

Resistance: We need your help stopping the Loyalists from taking a little girl in for mindwiping for saying "I hate Cole", and having her whole personality changed.

A hero would stop the Loyalist Member from mindwiping a civilian. He just did something good, breaking the law to do so. This one is a little more in line with Primal Earth heros however, in that they're protecting the civilian (which is what they do on Primal Earth, but the law works with them in doing so in Paragon).


I think that's what will make GR interresting. Though personally, I think we'll see alot of heroes doing stuff they wouldn't normally do, just so the players can take their hero between Paragon and the Rogue Isles.

As it looks right now...Loyalists and Resistance are less about "Good vs Evil" and more about, "What side of the war are you on?" Are you for personal freedom at the cost of less safety or are you for safety at the cost of personal freedom?

So, to decide if one is truely Good or Evil, one would have to decide when their side is in the right and when their side is in the wrong, which I don't think GR will cover at all. I think it'll be more Black & White. Help one side, evil. Help the other side, good.

Nice guide. I find myself agreeing with a lot of it.

I do disagree on Willpower (w/ Tough/Weave and IOs). After IOing out my own WP/ tanker (I really should remake a WP tanker, as I stole her IOs after the EM suckage), I found you can make a WP/ who can easily take the alpha, and is still the only tank I've seen handle Towered up LR, on it's own.

Mind you I don't run STF as much as ITF, so I'm not saying others havent done it, just that I myself, haven't seen it done.

With IOs, I just find Willpower overcomes so much, and has very few weaknesses.

I think you're all missing some details...

When Aurora volunteered to host Praetor Tilman's consciousness, Scott didn't believe it. His wife wouldn't have done such a thing without at least talking to him first.

See that. Reason to believe his wife wasn't even doing this willingly.

He questioned the Praetor about his wife's decision, but those questions were ignored by both Praetor Tilman and Emperor Cole. Shortly after he questioned the Emperor, Calvin found himself admitted to the Mother of Mercy Psychiatric Hospital by the Emperor's decree and placed under Tilman's personal care. Tormented by the demon wearing his wife's body, something inside Calvin--a sensation he had never really felt before--rose to the surface: a pure, burning rage.

Then there's the rest of it.

He's not looking to just get that piece of tail back. He's trying to save his wife.

His whole bio reads to me that his wife was taken against her will. And if not against her will, something more was done to her after the fact (ie...Sure I'll help you. It won't hurt my life will it? Of course not. You'll never even know I'm there. HAHAHA SUCKER! *traps her psyche deep down and takes control*).

This doesn't read to me "I got dumped. Now I'll get her back or I'll get even."

Now mind you...in good story fashion, Calvin can be put through the questions...

What if he's wrong? What if she did just change out of the blue? What then? Does he keep fighting? If so, what are his reasons for fighting now?

Right now, he's fighting to get his wife back, because he basically thinks she's been taken against her will (which could be the case).

Okay, Fire_Minded. I think you have it wrong and right.

Yes, that Dark Armor tanker running Weave ontop of all his other shields, when he has no other IOs in place...not being smart.

For a set like Dark Armor, you take Weave if you have the IO set bonuses in place to stack more defense. CoD + Weave + possibly CJ, just isn't enough Defense, to make Weave's end cost worth it.

Now running all three of those at once, with the proper IOs in place (more Defense AND END concerns taken care of), is a good thing.

However, alot of players don't understand that part. :/ I still see long time players saying "I put 6 SOs in Stamina"

And that +Defense you think doesn't matter, because some mobs have -def, is wrong. It still makes a difference. If I can feel the difference on my Katana/FA Scrapper, I bet you'll feel a difference on a Dark Armor/ Tanker.

But no. Dark Armor isn't going to be popular, it's just not as good on something as other IOed sets can be.

Why?


Dark Armor has PSI RESIST!!! Pffft, so does WP! Shielders can soft cap positional defense and not worry about it much themselves.

Dark Armor has MEZ AURAS!!! That don't effect bosses, not all Primaries have ways to stack effects, and OMG, those other sets do great tanking without Mezzing. And face it, they suck on the ITF (and any other mez resistant enemy) and useless on AVs.

...and that's just the first few parts.

CoD, it's good for adding some defense sure (it's not much tho, and without stacking with set bonuses, it really is nothing), and for the Stealth to have any real effect, the player has to grab a Stealth IO or Super Speed (they can Tanker "stealth" a bit easier tho)...not to mention REMEMBER to turn off the aggro auras OR they may as well not be stealthing at all. But that requires, of course, retoggling.

Dark Regeneration being an ACC based END hungry heal, isn't helping people like the set either.

Not to mention Dark Armor automatically gives the "Dark/Dead/Demon/you get the point" feel to the hero who uses it as well (even with color customization).

Let's not also forget the lack of KB protection. Now personally. I think 2 KB resist IOs are easy to get. Run a few of the main TFs, and you got them! They're cheap merit IOs. Other people think OMG that still means I have to run multiple TFs. :/ Posi + Synapse + Sister Psyche I believe gives you enough for 2 KB resist IOs (but to alot of people that seems like alot of merits)


That said, I love Dark Armor! It's a great set. But I can easily see why it's not going to be very popular, even more so on a Tanker, than any other AT. In the end it's not all that great. It's just not as bad as others make it out to be either, but still...:/

Not alot of people are going to want to have multiple tanks. So they're going to be drawn to the ones who can perform better for cheaper, or just perform better.

Hell, I find Shield a terrible tanker set untill IOs are thrown in with Tough/Weave, but it also has the fun factor of Shield Charge drawing people to it.

Of course, then you see people with these amazing Shield Tankers, so everyone makes one, not realizing what makes them do amazing things is the right powers picks.

Why is my Shielder dieing? Well let me see, no Tough/Weave (weave could likely be cutout with IOs, I wouldn't lose Tough personally), and no IOs for added defense. That's why!

Of course, times like both of these (unslotted Shielders, Dark Armor Tankers...other equivalents) is when the rest of the team is suppossed to cover the tankers behind, but sadly...some of these things can't be obtained by the team at hand or not enough in some situations.