Brimmy

I'm sorry to announce that the Costume Competitions that was planned for "tonight" will NOT happen. Some IRL stuff has come up preventing me from getting online to do them. i will however try and come online on sunday one last time before i leave.

once again, Bye bye everyone, it's been great being a part of this community. Keep up the good form

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See you for I9

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hehe, ye you'd think so eh not gonna be back for i9 though, chances are very slim that i'll be coming back at all... Only chances are if they have any more of those "Free Weekend" things in the future.

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Sorry to hear you are leaving us Brimmy, I know Purples will miss you :/ But good luck in all you chose to do in the future, take care

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Ye, i'm trying to get hold of Purp and a couple of others in-game before i leave to say a proper goodbye....

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You'll be dropping in on the costume competitions on saturday i hope

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if i can i will bud

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hehe, no doubt, you'd just love to have a couple of extra mill to throw around wouldnt you


oh, and in addition to my OP, the remaining 20mill that is spread over my toons will be given away at random, same routine as during Christmas

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terrifying news!
ever since i sent that first tell in kings row "fancy some company?" you've been a constant source of fun.
very bad news to hear you go but i take heart that you will be back (i didnt think id return but heck CoX really does win)

take care out there bud you'll be missed

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Ye bro, who'd of know´n that tell was to be the start of such a fun time eh. You'll be dropping in on the costume competitions on saturday i hope

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Sad to hear mate, seems that all the old school players have had enough of the laborious content now and all seeking a new challenge. You will be missed matey. All the best for your future plans.

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yeah it seems that way bud, things just arent as they used to and there are other games that needs some Brimmy-lovin (but NEVER count on seeing me on WoW!! )

My time as a "Super" is drawing a close, i will still be around for a week or so but i'm making my little goodbye post now as a bit of an announcement...

First of all i just wanna say thanks to everyone both in-game and here on the boards, had a great 15+ months of playing. This was the first MMO i've played and its been a great game to start it all off with

During my stay i've met some really nice people, some have left, some are still around, to all of you i say thanks for all the insanely fun times playing and the coffee pumped action in the wee hours of the night, there are too many of you to mention but you know who you are
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Secondly, seeing as i dont intend to be coming back once i've left, there is a matter of the pile of influence my hero characters have gathered during my stay, last time i counted it was roughly 60mill, and i will NOT see it dissapere just like that.

I have been thinking about a fun way to get rid of it, i could just spend it all but there's no fun in that is there now

instead i will start off by having TWO good old-fashion Costume Contests this coming weekend on saturday (thats the 10th). It will be had in Atlas Park (on union ofc), as usual.

The First one will be at 6 PM GMT, and it will be open for lvl 1 to 20, to keep it as fair as possible Capes will NOT be taken into consideration in this competition.

The Second competition, will start at 9 PM GMT and will be open from lvl 21 all the way to 50 and Capes and Auras WILL be taken into consideration during this competition.

I will start off with having a look at everyone showing up then selecting 5 of these to go through to the "finals". These 5 will be put under the looking-glas once again and 3 "winners" will be chosen.

So, the prizes:
3rd place will be awarded 4million Influence,
2nd place will be awarded 6million Influence,
1st place will be awarded 10million Influence!

*The prices will be the same for BOTH competitions*

I know prizes like this will take time to give so please have patience, prizes will be awarded in the order stated above to try and keep it as fast as possible.


Hopefully this will be as much fun as the last time i arranged a costume competition, allthough the prizes are considerable higher this time around


So, sayonara, ciao, bye bye, hejdå -Forums, and to my in-game pals, cya ingame during the week for my final goodbyes!

aaaww maaaan... how dare you? both of you!

G, i'll hunt you down and drag you back you know that right?


ah well, its been great having you around, havent met Spag all that many times but i've had the pleasure once or twice

best of luck in the future guys, keep it real..

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Hurl Boulder- Sucks, skip. IMO.


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i probably shouldnt say this aloud like this, but i'm gonna do it anyways, still does 2x damage with containment, wich makes it less sucky but the fact that you gotta be on the ground to use it kinda stings.

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I have done and I much very like the Ice Mastery more than I do Fire Mastery I'm just thinking if its worth wasting a respec just to get rid of one unslotted power...

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when my Fire/kin reached ancillary levels i went for Fire first but when the nerf came i changed to Ice and i never regretted it.

Hibernate - excellent panic button, leaves you invulnerable (and unable to do anything) to everything while it gives you really awesome regen/recovery for the duration of the power.

Frozen Armor - Nice +Def to smash/lethal, pretty good +Res to cold and some +Res to fire

Ice Blast - even after the nerf damage vs End use isnt too shabby, i have it and like it.

Ice Storm - huge AoE power (have to target the ground to execute), Auto-hit in both PvE and PvP, some ppl will say that the damage is low but they usually only look at one foe at a time, being such a large AoE it does good damage and even if the enemie wasnt in the AoE when you pulled it off it will hit them if they enter the area. (Great as a way to unbalance the Regen of EB's/AV's)

only downpart of Ice Storm would be the recharge on it, but personally that hasnt been a problem since i'm /kin and have both siphon speed and hasten.

on the Fire part...

i didnt really take it past slotting Fire Ball, after the nerf the damage vs End Use just put me off totally, in my eyes its just a waste of End really.

Fire Blast - never took the pool this far but i could probably see this as being rather useful despite the nerf.

Fire Shield - +Res to smash/lethal(/fire), personally i prefer having a +Def power, especially being a squishy.

Consume - i guess this can be useful when you're not /kin but ofc its a matter of taste and what powers you run and how activevly you use them. if i had a non-kin i'd probably take it. (allthough i find Hibernate to be a more useful power to regen/recover hp/end, and much safer too)

@Kaiser : i think the build i'm going for will be quite fine for both PvP and PvE, as for the earlier lvls i just pick the powers i feel in need of to keep the lvling at a nice speed then i use my Vet Reward respec to fit the build to what i want it.

Spines still is a good option imo, my spines/sr is lvl 30 and he does quite nicely in PvP and very lovely in PvE.

@Dragonfish: in my build i'm getting aid self in the 40's, not gonna get any of the ancillaries so thats not a problem for me.

the AoE def toggle really wont be used much by me personally, if i'm even gonna take it, i solo 99% of the time when i play my stalkers and AoE/PBAoE attacks count as normal meele/ranged attacks when they're aimed directly at you. (iirc)

@Blasphemy: Spines/* stalkers CAN cope, very nicely too imo, as i wrote above i have one myself and i love playing him.

the spiney i have is /sr without aid self and i'm pretty fine with that, i always carry insps whatever i'm doing so its really not that needed for me.

hmmm, i've taken stuff into some more serious concideration and i've decided to reroll all together and make it em/sr instead, i have another /sr stalker and i think it works out very nicely for my playstyle and such, and having to plan/re-plan drop and fiddeling around with a build too much just takes the fun out of it for me. thnx for the advice i got from ya though, very nice

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Stamina is usually something you should get, but with the stalker build being packed as it is, I can actually think of some builds of the top of my head, working just fine in SC w/o Stamina (carrying some Blues with ya being implied).

For everybody that is new to stalkers and is thinking about playing an EM/Nin I can only say: go on the American Boards and look for Elernets Builds, he is the most skilled EM/Nin player I have so far seen, and is current Build (I think it is still i7 on the US-Boards) is actually w/o Stamina as he had the same probs as you do.

I play EM/SR Stalker and I pretty much used Elernet's Build to optimize it for my needs as /SR.

Kaiser

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great info there bud, thnx alot, gonna go look for his post right away

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My own 50 Stalker (EM/Nin) has 2 EndReds in his main 2 toggles (not inc. Hide) and he does ok with that one..

so 3 DEF/2EndRdx shud be fine for you, bro.

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now that is a fortunate coincident, mines em/nin

and i have a new little question concerning the endurance, this time overall.

I've been fiddeling around with the planner, trying to get together a build that will have all the essentials at lvl 30 (for SC PvPing) and i've found that it just cant be done with wanting Stamina. so the question is, how dreadful would endurance be without Stamina?

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ah okay, didnt even think about that thnx for helping me clear it out at least a bit will try to get that extra End Red in there at some point

well i know that the first toggle in Ninjitsu is the same as the SR toggles, but since Danger Sense represents 2 SR toggles (if you just compare what they do) i'd like to have a more precise figure on it. if it really is as high as 0.36 (against the other one being 0.26, same as SR) i'd probably want an extra End Red in that one.

Just have to ask here on the trustworthy boards

what is the "real" Endusage on Danger Sense? my planner says 0.36 nofuture says 0.18 i really cant believe either of them :P 0.36 seems horribly high and 0.18 far too low.

gogo super forumites!

when playing my bots MM i tend to send them after one foe at a time (while i keep the rest at bay with Force Bolt from FF) and with the pets concentrating on one enemy at a time they will deal with a full spawn faster then if i just let them shoot as they wish.

for your specific problem i think simply sending them to the location you have chosen while they are on aggressive then putting them on Stay should be plenty enough, if the enemy they are attacking runs out of their range they will simply start attacking another that is in range.

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HEhe in PvP fitness i found it was not necessary at all. Since the only way to kill with spines is by AS followed by a couple of attacks, endurance is not that a problem. In any case elude helps in those situations when end isnt just enough (sometimes its end recovery component is almost as valuable as its def buff :P), or well, the ocasional blues.

As for impale for fliers... well its range is quite limited, you wont hit people that fly above 40 ft, nor people that stand on rooftops. Besides, you will lose hide with impale, and AS would be far more difficult to get. Well my 2 cents at least

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well if i had access to Elude in Sirens i might have to think about it but since Sirens is the place i feel is the most fun to PvP in (despite all the B-S that is thrown around but thats a whole other thread)

Yes the range-nerf on Impale made things a bit harder, but in my book this change is rather good, i've been using SJ for quite some time wich means i have at least some minor skills in jumping around, getting high enough for Impale to reach and que Placate for a follow-up or AS (and then run away screaming like a crazy person )

ouch Dark, i'd never dream of running mine without stamina i rely quite heavily on it with all those toggles and stuff.

Getting fliers really isnt a problem since Impale takes them down from there (doesnt say -Fly in my planner but when trying it out it seems to bring down fliers quite accuratly)

i do feel a bit sad about not getting Aid Self in there earlier but i cant see any way around that without sacrificing Fitness wich i feel i need more than anything

i'd probably do something like this,

Archetype: Stalker
Primary: Ninja Blade
Secondary: Ninjitsu
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01) --> Sting of the Wasp==> Acc(1) Dmg(3) Dmg(3) Dmg(15)
01) --> Hide==> EndRdx(1)
02) --> Flashing Steel==> Acc(2) Dmg(5) Dmg(11)
04) --> Ninja Reflexes==> DefBuf(4) DefBuf(5) DefBuf(9)
06) --> Assassin's Blade==> Acc(6) Dmg(7) Dmg(7) Dmg(9)
08) --> Combat Jumping==> Empty(8)
10) --> Danger Sense==> DefBuf(10) DefBuf(11) DefBuf(15)
12) --> Placate==> Rechg(12) Rechg(13) Rechg(13)
14) --> Super Jump==> Empty(14)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
01) --> Assassination==> Empty(1)
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Putting more damage into Single Target early on will be more useful to a stalker since Cone attacks has a less chance to crit wich makes them more useful as a filler.

This build is meant to be able to hold you quite nicely even without Build Up early on but thats a mattter of taste.

If you have the vet reward respec available it really doesnt matter too much, its all about trying and trying until you find a build that fits your playstyle and personal taste

Hey all, just wanted to share the build for my Spines/SR stalker, creative criticism is very welcome

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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:
Level: 50
Archetype: Stalker
Primary: Spines
Secondary: Super Reflexes
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01) --> Lunge==> Acc(1)
01) --> Hide==> EndRdx(1) DefBuf(43) DefBuf(43) EndRdx(50)
02) --> Focused Fighting==> DefBuf(2) DefBuf(3) DefBuf(3) EndRdx(11) EndRdx(15)
04) --> Focused Senses==> DefBuf(4) DefBuf(5) DefBuf(5) EndRdx(13) EndRdx(31)
06) --> Assassin's Impaler==> Acc(6) Dmg(7) Dmg(7) Dmg(9) Acc(9) EndRdx(11)
08) --> Swift==> Run(8)
10) --> Combat Jumping==> Empty(10)
12) --> Placate==> Rechg(12) Rechg(13) Rechg(15) Range(42) Range(43)
14) --> Super Jump==> Jump(14) EndRdx(46)
16) --> Practiced Brawler==> Rechg(16) Rechg(17) Rechg(17) EndRdx(40) EndRdx(50)
18) --> Impale==> Acc(18) Dmg(19) Dmg(19) Dmg(21) Acc(21) EndRdx(25)
20) --> Health==> Heal(20) Heal(42) Heal(42)
22) --> Stamina==> EndMod(22) EndMod(23) EndMod(23)
24) --> Build Up==> Rechg(24) Rechg(25) Rechg(34) TH_Buf(37) TH_Buf(37) TH_Buf(48)
26) --> Ripper==> Acc(26) Dmg(27) Dmg(27) Dmg(29) Acc(29) EndRdx(31)
28) --> Quickness==> Run(28)
30) --> Stealth==> EndRdx(30) EndRdx(31)
32) --> Throw Spines==> Acc(32) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Acc(34) EndRdx(34)
35) --> Evasion==> DefBuf(35) DefBuf(36) DefBuf(36) EndRdx(36) EndRdx(37)
38) --> Elude==> DefBuf(38) DefBuf(39) DefBuf(39) Rechg(39) Rechg(40) Rechg(40)
41) --> Stimulant==> EndRdx(41)
44) --> Aid Self==> Heal(44) Heal(45) Heal(45) EndRdx(45) EndRdx(46) IntRdx(46)
47) --> Invisibility==> EndRdx(47) EndRdx(48) EndRdx(48)
49) --> Grant Invisibility==> EndRdx(49) EndRdx(50)
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01) --> Sprint==> Empty(1)
01) --> Brawl==> Empty(1)
02) --> Rest==> Empty(2)
01) --> Assassination==> Empty(1)
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The toon is currently lvl 29(and a half) and its really fun playing

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You need another attack before 20.

I'd take lunge, and barb swipe and/or spine burst - they are pretty rubbish, but its better than just lunge + AS for 20 levels, which wouldn't be very good.

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just to point out that this is a matter of taste, on my Spines/SR stalker (currently lvl 29) i only had Lunge and AS to 18 (when i took Impale) and it worked very nicely, bit slow at times but that didnt really bother me.

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Sorry Trix old boy, Hammerfall is correct. The Rikti Drones will see you through Hide+Stealth and as far as I can remember so will the Knives of Artimas as well.

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hmmm, i must have been really lucky then, i've done a good couple of Rikti mishes lately with my stalker and the drones hasnt reacted the slightest to me being there and i only have Hide so far...

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woot, grats Brimmy! You should have said you were going for 50 and i would have been there

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oh i dont think you would have, think it was that one night you actually logged off to sleep before i was even online ^^