Carnifax

Wasn't that the new "comic relief" teacher in the last Harry Potter book?

Hmmm, IE7 should be fine though. I was just wondering if you were stuck with IE6 in work and that was causing it (I have to allow for IE6 still when writing stuff, although I've now put my foot down when it comes to any bugs that are due to it rather than any sort of error on my end).

What browser are you using? Someone made a decent Firefox CSS file which improves the blue colours used on the site, which I then nicked and tweaked for my Opera browser. The actual, official colours are indeed horrible, and make it fairly difficult to read.

The forum software works like a dream for me though, I'd guess your work connection set-up might be causing problems with it.

Yep, our pond just got bigger is all. I quite like my new watery abode, the EU boards were getting fairly content-light and dull recently. Bigger pond means more questions and posts, which are a good thing.

(haven't had anyone offer me a one-night stand yet though. I dunno what sections of the boards you're inhabiting to get them Blue )

I don't tend to Exemp down with my 50s ever really. Why bother when it's pretty certain I'll have an alt around the actual level of the team I can switch to instead, that way they'll be progressing and gaining XP. Plus chances are if it's a PuG I'll make a few friends around his/her level for future team-ups.

Nothing to do with "snobbery". Just seems more practical to me to pick a char of about the same level instead.

Why not just use an SO slotted Spines/Elec scrapper with Fireball, make the enemies all Mu and just go to town?

Or a Claws/Fire/Mu or Fire/Fire/Mu Brute, choose standard Fire wielding enemies? Or make Custom Fire Blast/Fire Melee ones for each tier? No need to slot for Ranged Defense at all really.

Yep, I logged the same issue last night too, makes sense that it might be a server times issue too.

Who won though?

Surely everything is technically dying. Even the universe!

Heat Death is coming. Repent now.

(Although I hear the new, rival universe being created by a competitor is much better than this one anyway)

You can BUY a Raptor pack in-game for 10,000 inf off a vendor in Grandville.

I was only pointed in his direction a few weeks ago. He's basically between the ferry and Lord Reclueless's house.

Send a mail to CoHForums@ncsoft.com asking them to change it and it should disappear.

Carnifax was a pseudo-random name made up when I was staring at the Character Name screen for my Illusion/Stormie main. I say pseudo-random because I used to play Tyranids in Warhammer 40k and came within 1 vowel of unconciously infringing their copyright. It fits a tiny demon character pretty well though.

Wait, I know the fate of Hero One. Technically I suppose you could say he fell to "enemy action". Eventually.

Hmmm. Can't see that working. "Oh I seem to have contracted the Vashok Plague". *switches build* "Ah, that's better. No flies on me mate".

Dark isn't Kin. This is one of the best things about it. Kin is horrible to play. Dark is easily my favourite Support set to play. So many toys!

Storm ranks up there too, my main learned how to use it the hard way. Any time my Illusion/Stormie comes across a spawn in a small room it makes my heart sing! I'd be tempted to Go Rogue with her just for the fun of Illusion/Storm + Mayhem Missions. You want mayhem? You got it!

At least you're on the correct continent. We'll never see these things EU side

Although the face is so crappy it does ease the pain slightly.

It's true there's less choice. But you can get Gloom & Darkest Night, plus an AOE from Dark (yum), or an AOE immob (which stops knockback), an AOE and another cone power in Mu. Coupled with Shockwave & Spin those 3 should be pretty damn potent. Plus Mu means more End Draining which may be handy. Scrapper & Tank Pool Powers seem pretty unimpressive, or a bit late in coming compared to Brute ones.

Follow-Up seems skippable on a Brute to me. The small extra damage bonus doesn't seem worth it considering I'll have Fury up high most of the time. I don't see much of a need for Taunt either considering the AOEs I have.

Good idea with the Raptor Pack. I'll be picking up SS, since Hasten is a given with this build anyway. I'll be doing the multiple respec trick to respec Stamina in at 22 and then getting rid of the Fitness Pool entirely at 37 (22 and 37 also let me get a refund on any DOs/SOs I may not want then). Energise & Power Sink should be enough to keep me going, hopefully.

I'll be bolstering my defenses with the Fighting Pool, speccing it in during the level 37 respec. Weave I'm not too worried about so I have that as my level 49 power, although I might take Mu Lightning instead for a second ranged attack. Do Boxing & Kick both cause redraw? I'm guessing they do, which is a bit of a nuisance.

Here's my planned SO build (hurrah for up to date Sucker Punch).

Yeah. I mean remember the bad old days when there was swarms of Rikti in Founders Falls, loitering around and robbing old ladies. Thank god those days are over! Nice to have them gone out of PI and Creys Folly too...

Try buying them a couple of drinks beforehand to break the ice, I always find that helps. I recommend Pernod. Even Regens have trouble staying sober after a few of those...

Given that the one you lists says "infected explosion" and the Parent Power description is "Suicide Special. Self-destruct Infected." I'm pretty sure that's the listing for the Temp Power from Dr Creeds mission. The Parent Power has a recharge of 10 seconds as well, so it's not the Cyber Self-destruct. Snake-B-Gone is listed in the same section. All Temp Powers seem to plop into here.

Can't find the Cyber self-destruct in that list at all though.

*Edit : Ah ha. I think this is it. In a different section for some reason. No idea why. Does 520 damage according to that. Hmmm. Almost tempting for my Stone/Fire Brute...