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Well...yeah...if you fight him as an EB. Or bring some friends! \o/

It is possible. No idea if the devs will do such a thing though. :/

But you could make a Dark Miasma Defender and use Air Superioty, Boxing, Kick, an Epic Melee attack and go for it! Grab provoke tho

Oh! it's totally great for those going after S/L Defense or Range Defense on the ranged toons.

Sucks for the meleers who go after positional defense. IMO anyways.

For my WPs tho, it's awesome!

They're not hiding story in the trials.

This is more not wanting to do the content to find out more of the story.

Still gives some decent bonuses for those who can utilize the S/L defense. Which is my only gripe with the set, and the Stalker set.

At least I've come to see the Blaster +Defense is a bit more universal in that the blasters don't tend to come with any defense.

The Scrapper (and especially the Stalkers) I think can benefit from just straight +Defense. The Stalkers more, because of Hide's defense.

Cant recall if Brutes or Tankers get S/L Defense in the set bonuses. But the same would apply to them as well.

I can and have done it, but yes, you notice that lack of taunt aura when you really really want it!

Ummm...the +dmg they give still help out patron pool attacks tho. For Street Justice, it just means you'll likely want to use a finish power first then the blasts, or the blasts if you can be quick about it.

Mauk is right,but I think Biilz went off the basic 10% likely for easier time of the math.

Well if you're going to count all that on the Crab, why not Rebirth or Ageless on the Shielder?

Mind you, if you dont want the shielder anymore, make a new main. But it just seems silly to put in the Destiny power on the Crab, when you can do the same for the Sheilder.

Like has been stated...knew it already! My DB/WP noticed it all the time. SD has better DDR, and still has other things to rely on to overcome it.

Slot for additional HP! It comes with a passive power just for that! Slot up those resistances!

I've seen to many SD users kick lots of butt without those membranes to think SD just become a terrible set

Untill you invest IOs into them! DB can take both -Resist Procs.

Alabating Strike: 5 Purple IOs (all but DMG) + -Resist Proc.
Sweeping Strike: 5 Purple IOs (all but DMG) + -Resist Proc.
Assassin Strike: All new Stalker IO set 6 slotted! Proc goes off, get crit on next attack!

Would have to figure out how much recharge one would need, but with a DB/NIN I couldn't help but think it's totally possible...

Alabating Strike - Sweeping Strike - Alabating Strike - Assassin Strike - Repeat!

You're now a blender!

I like the idea of it being Ms Liberty myself. Flower Knight was never impressive.

But I agree. If it's the player characters who become Statesman's replacement, then it's just not as impressive when it's so many heroes.

Do players want their characters to be the new Statesman? I'm sure a lot do. From a story perspective however, it's just not impressive when all characters are.

Though on the bright side, while I'm sure many want their characters to be said character, I'm glad to stick to my X-23/Spider-Girl hybrid of a character, who isn't a hero one would put into that place, but is a hero none the less.

Of course, I also RP, so the idea of everyone saying "I'm the new Statesman" seems as bad to me as everyone saying "Yeah, I'm the one who discovered what happened to Hero One"

Agreed on this. I went to use the sash with the Victorian Jacket and was disappointed to see I couldn't.

Don't RP the female character or say it's a crossdresser.

They're in the business to make money, and while the enhancements are nice might not make them money (I have no idea if they've been making money on the pay for them IOs), and by making them available in game it keeps people from saying "pay to win" while the costumes have no actual value when it comes to game mechanics and therefore can be made to be bought in the Paragon Store.

Eh, I still think a flat +Defense bonus would be better and more useful to more builds, as not all builds rely on S/L Defense, but I guess that just wasn't going to happen.

I seperate them myself.

If I didn't seperate the person from their roles, Id miss out on some good movies, when you realize that some of those actors who's movies you love to watch, in real life, are in some way messed up in your view.

Saddly, for a lot of the players and forum goers, they can't or don't want to seperate the creator from the creation.

Is this everyone? No. But enough have freely admitted to it. Or rather, they know they're not truely one and the same, but hate Statesman the creation anyways, because it was Jack's creation.

To take a popular comicbook writer/artist who seems to be universally hated now a days. It would be as if people couldn't seperate Deadpool from Rob Liefield. Hate Deadpool because he was created by Rob, not because you either just wouldn't like the character or would like the character if he was created by someone else.

Or it's just how writing in the game has to be to work?

You go in and fail the mission. So you keep repeating it untill it doesn't fail?

Heroes go in to stop it, while villains go in to let it happen. Which side wins in the story?

You say "My hero saved Statesman!" while another player says "No! My villain stopped the hero from saving Statesman!"

Untill they can have phase tech work on every little thing in the game, I'd expect more of the stories in the game to go along that route.

Last I recall, Lore stated Rhode Island gained some new terrain and area when an earthquake happened and an underground city was revealed.

Doesn't take much for me to let slide, that Paragon City was errected over this new landmass.

Hmmm...but would he be thinking clearly when his daughter has been killed?

Would he care?

His daughter was killed, he figures out the reason, the killer wants a personal confrontation with him, so he goes along with it to give him just that.

This works even if your character figures it out as well.

Your Character (YC): Statesman! It's a trap! He wants you to fight him one on one!

Statesman (S): I know.

YC: I'm coming with you.

S: No...you're not. *instantly takes flight at unmatchable speeds*
or
S: This is my fight. *instantly takes flight at unmatchable speeds*

YC: You heroic fool.
or
YC: You damn fool.
or
YC: You fool.
or
YC: Idiot.


Statesman isn't some gangbanger who grabs his gang to help settle a score against one person. He's an old school, one on one type. He's the classic hero. This doesn't look to be a world threat, this looks to be a lone villain with an agenda for personal power.

He's the type raised in the early 20th century where this type of thing is dealt with one on one. Not today's belief were one gets slighted, so grab your friends to make this an unfair fight.

He was a father who just had his daughter killed. This made it personal. Win or lose, he was going to settle the score one on one. Because that's his upbringing.

Sadly, DW was counting on this. It was part of his plan. And for the player, this part worked. I'm sure someone's saying "Well my character could of done this or that to be there" And yup, maybe they could of done this or that, maaaaybe they did, and this or that failed anyways.

While not as powerful, I'd expect the same thing from a hero such as Captain America (if he had a child), and he's considered a tactical genius. It's the difference in mentalities of yesterday and today (btw...not saying there werent views such as grab your friends back then, and not views of going it alone today...but I think you get the point).

I'm also sure Statesman figured he'd win as well. Saddly, that day, that just wasn't the case.

Mind you, I didn't want Statesman to die myself. And really, I don't see Statesman dying as making the game center around my character. I don't think the stories can be written that way and work for the general playerbase. I think the stories have to be written to done a certain way to have them be involved and yet still not stop the story from going what way they plan, because to do otherwise, just isnt in the cards currently with CoH.

It's basically up to the player to figure out how much more their character was involved while the story played out.

For a solo player, I think this will be easier, for a mass community RPer, a little more difficult as then everyone did the same thing.