Centinull

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1acc3dmg1rech1end: 309% of base DPS, but much more reasonable END cost

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This is what I've been telling people since 30 seconds after I found out about ED.

1 Accuracy Enhancement boosts our base to hit to the 95% cap
3 Damage Enhancers boosts our damage resonably without taking a sever ED hit
1 Attack Rate Increase to boost DPS and make up for the lack of perma hasten
1 Endurance Reducer to compensate for the increased Endurance consuption becuase your attacking more frequently and to reduce dependance on Stamina.

I didn't need a spreadsheet or be a math wiz to figure out that this would be the optimal slotting post ED.

Great wok Pilcrow.

I don't understand why people are so confused about how ED will effect them. Slotting Post ED can be summed up in one line.

DON'T SLOT MORE THAN 3 OF ANY 1 ENHANCEMENT TYPE IN ANY ONE POWER

Great and informative guide.

I'm just about to hit 50 with my Main Toon and I was wondering what I should about playing a Squid. Your guide has given me some insight into what I will do.

My Main is an Elec/Elec/Elec Blastroller and I have to say your guide is dead on.

I like to use ranged attacks up close, instead of Blapping myself, but Endurance Drain is indeed the name of the game for Electric.

AIM+BUILDUP+SHORT CIRCUIT+POWER SINK+BALL LIGHTNING 4 teh w1n !1!

Thanks for the Guide.

I've been searching for theese Tiki Fools for so long I was about to using some Vodoo of my own to locate them

First off I want to say that this is a great guide and all the information in it is helpfull.

Secondly,
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All you need to defeat pretty much any AV is 1 Tank (a scrapper will work but he needs a taunt, and he needs to be able to hold aggro on the mobs around the AV if there are any), 1 Healer, however many damage dealers you want, and about 4 Lucks

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He's right as well.

I recently defeated this AV, without knowing what mission it was or what we were up against. Team of 4 comprising myself(blaster), a sidekicked up fire tank, emp/rad defender sk'd to a fire blaster who was lower than myslef, and I was the mission holder. Tank popped lucks, ran in took alpha and Empath healed him up while I used Thunderous Blast to nuke the minions out of existance. Tank taunted and held him at bay untill we could whittle him down. Finished him off with another Thunderous Blast !!!

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Lol you people need to get wiht the program Although there hard to find I Already got Kraken,Adamastor, Freedom Phanlx and The Atlas Medal and all that stuff. Plus I'm only 36 (but I am a Big Badge Hunter so i guess thats why) Thanks a ton posi now i can get my believer badge YAY!!!

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Your a Badge Hunter with High Level Friends.

Fake Nemesis aren't avaialable in the 30's.

Personally, it took me 8 months to track down the Kraken.

1 4m D4 L337 uB3r G4m3r !!!!

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Now I will make an argument that a single enemy build can be just as powerful as your AOE builds but I will admit that I don't tend to go after groups of +4's by myself (especially if there is a Lt or boss).


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I will have to respectfully disagree with you.

While a single target build may be enjoyable and playable, it can't match the AOE Juggernaught that a Fire Blaster can be.

In Solo play your going to aggro an entire mob anyways, so why not kill them all in a shorter amount of time ? The entire group drops faster when your using fully slotted AOEs, so it is damage mitigation.

In Team play, you can reduce entire mobs to a fraction of their original hit points in seconds, making them easy pickings for the rest of your team. All the Bad Guys drop faster and more of your team stays vertical.

Single target draws less agrro to you and that's about it.

Quason,

I just want to start off by saying you wrote an excellent guide.
Your guide inspired me to rollup a Kin/Elec Defender.

I realize that it's a play style thing but, I feel it needs to said that I disagree with a single point in your guide.

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Healing - Say it with me guys - "We are NOT healers. We are NOT healers..." However, we DO have a heal.

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We are not EMPATHS, but we can be great healers.
I have Transfusion 3 slotted with recharges and hasten and when the going gets tough, I can spam heal with transfusion every other power activation. Sure the timing is bad every once in a while and someone dies but, it's saved lives 20 times for everytime it's failed.

With Speed Boost and Transfusion you can turn anyone into a I4 REGEN Scrapper !!!

I will concede that my experience is based on my KIN/RAD who is happy to buff/debuff/heal constantly and not from flinging Electric Death to Drained oppenents like your Kin/Elec .

I'll let you know if my opinion changes once I level up my Kin/Elec

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wasn't PHAT at one time an acronym for

Pretty
Hot
And
Tempting

I could be way off here.

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YES, it did.
It was a hip hop/rap late 80's thing.

ROTFL !!!!!!!!!!

5 STARS

This man needs a spot on the COV Beta

Great Guide, please feel free to share more of your wisdom with us

While I like Defiance in concept, I've been convinced that is in fact a Scrapper Ability.

At some point if you please give it back to the Scrappers and nicely ask them for our Critical's back, it would be greatly appreciated.

If you're going to 're-balance' the game with issue 5, do it right and assign inherent abilities where they belong. Scrappers would love the damage boost and Blasters will love an ability they won't need to be mostly dead to benefit from.

It wouldn't be unbalancing since Scrappers already do blaster level damage and have the same damage cap. This change would make alot of people happy. Regens and SR's are going to be operating at lower health levels in the post I5 game and this would be a real boon to them.

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Why disqualify Electric?

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When I team with them, I can't say they are as impressive as Fire or Ice. Plus, when I see them zap mobs, I always get the feeling they are just tickling them.

But if you want to enter you Electric in the Blaster v Scrapper Olympics...I'll let your zaps do the talking.

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I have no interest in playing I do more damage than you games with anyone. I just had a hilarious (to me anyway) image of a cartoon orator at a podium pounding one fist into his his other hand for emphasis. "It is blatantly obvious blasters do more damage than scrappers!" /aside "But not Electric, they suck."

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The Elec/Elec Blaster, THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE!!!

I have more power pool powers than primary & secondaries combined.

Primaries & Secondaries
Charged Blast, Lightning Bolt, Zapp, Lightning Ball , Telsa Cage, Aim, Buildup, Electric fence
Power Pools
Stealth, Inivis Other, TP, TP friend, hasten, SS, hurdle, health, stamina

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Does anyone have an example of a scrapper build that can one-shot yellows without inspirations?

Several blaster builds can do that.

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A blaster can one shot a yellow minion/lt with SOs+AIM+BUILDUP+SNIPE, but the return fire from a mob of 6 yellow minions can floor him. Meanwhile any scrapper worth his weight in thumtacks with SOs can take a mob of 7 yellow minions with Lts with little risk to himself, once he has his defensive powers.

The Blaster doing it is in contant peril, the scrapper just needs to make sure his toggle are on and spams his attacks.

Name: Vikings of Valhalla, The VoV for short
Motto: "Fight untill your last breath, and then a minute more"
Leader:(Advisor) Centinull
Captain:Rooted Soul
Captain:Agent 13
Colors: Navy Blue/White
Player Type: Casual to Power Gamer
Member Levels: Any, but currently no one has toon above 40
Normal time of Gameplay:
We have players from East to West Coast.
Lots of 2nd shift people, so lots of night owls, but there is plenty of daytime play as well
Requirements
The only real requirements to join the VoV is that you team with us and prove that your not a liability to the COH community, and that your willing to help your team mates.

We do ask that you wear SG team colors when in SG team ups, and that you get the Destined For Valhalla Badge. We'll help you to get it if you need it. Your encouraged to display it, but it is by no means a requirement.

Random Stuff:
Some of the Group suffers from Chronic Altitis, so SKing up and TPing around single digit level heroes is quite common.

Other information: This group is great for people that have some time during the late nights. This fit perfectly with European players and other non-US players that play during off times of US players. Everyone is welcome.

I don't know what was better:
How funny this is
or
How TRUE this is

My main, and first ALT, is an Elec/Elec Blaster.
Every other AT I have played since is a cake walk in comparision.

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So why make a Blaster?
To start off none of the AT’s are a challenge. If you like riding that wave of excitement on every battle well this AT is for you. No other AT comes with no way to heal, no defense, no resistance, no Mez protection, and low Health. To make things even better at the higher levels your damage output becomes sub par and everything uses high damage range weapons that can shoot from a mile away. You want challenge? You want an AT that will challenge you to the limit? You want an AT that can make people laugh and feel pity at the same time? Well the Blaster is for you.


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They really need to change the AT to this instead of the OFFENSIVE JUGERNAUGHT Propaganda that is there now.

JRANDOM SCRAPPER "I got my Spines/Regen Scrapper to 50"
ME "Oh yeah ? I just made it to 31 with my Elec/Elec Blaster!!! Come tell me when you do something equally impressive"

I was so confused the first time I heard someone moan about the Developers Ideal of 3 minions= Challenging encounter for a Hero. I had only played my Elec/Elec Blaster at the time and I was like "Why ? Who can solo more than 3 at a time ?"
That was the Pre-SO levels, but it was what my COH experience had been like up untill then.

Great Guide, I'm going to bookmark and share it.

When I added stealth to my perma-hastened blaster I immediately noticed a difference. I get aggro less. and the 12.5% to defence actually translates into getting hit noticeably less often.

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You know what I find funny? I made a post poking fun at the whole "5th Column was changed because of the Europeans" crap, and yet 90% of the replies have been from people thinking I was badmouthing Ramen.

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Hey, hey, hey..
You can Bad mouth the Europeans,
You can Bad mouth the Koreans,
But I draw the line at Ramen...

If Ramen is wrong, I don't want to be right

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Should be quite curious as to what rule system you have used with this PvP RPG.

I still think HERO 5th edition is the way to go though... 10 years of Champions revisions, updates and fine tuning makes for the BEST PnP system out there.

Besides there is NOTHING like rolling 20D6 when you are about to splat a hero with a uber power Energy Blast!

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I believe that the CoH RPG will use Eden's Unisystem mechanics, as also seen in All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Witchcraft/Armageddon, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Angel.

There's an ape RPG in there as well, I'm sure of it.

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What he said.

The Unisystem is pretty flexible, but it sadly you onl;y roll a single d10 to resolve anything istead of fistfulls of dice.

The Absolute best thing about the unisystem is it actually has rules to cover groin shots, steaking through the heart, and decapitation. The rules are quite easy to learn but detailed enough to allow some pretty complicated interaction. A very solid game engine, COH RPG will not dissapoint.

Oh, the planet of the apes game is called Terra Primate

Terra Primate and Angel both have rules for superpowered individuals.

The Unisystem is skill based system not a Level Based System like COH is, so it will prove interesting to see how they handle security clearance and power allocation. Personally I hope they keep it skill based. I would hate to GM for my group if all they want to do is PL by street hunting. =)

Whoever plays with...er games with Stateman please post about the RPG game when you can.

If your a blaster, 6 slot your snipe for damage.
It already has a high accuracy and with SO's you'll be able to one shot Even Cons, some +1s, and +2 that are vulnerable to your attack type.

With my Elec/Elec, I lead with Snipe, follow with Charged bolt, Lightning bolt, and Telsa Cage, and due to hasten, Zap is ready for use again, buy the end of the other 3 attacks.

Heck if your a blaster, slot you main 3 atttacks heavily for damage I usually slot 1 accuracy and 5 damage, but if you have trageting drone, you won't need the accuracy enhancement. Once you get SO's the difference slotting makes is incredible. You will be so much more effective when you can drop foes with 1-2 shots and move on to the next.

HASTEN AND STAMINA ARE NOT ESSENTIAL
They are just freaking incredible. Sure you could go hunting with a Black Powder rifle, but having an AK47 would make it so much easier. The same argument goes for Hasten and Stamina. You can make it to 50 without them, it's just alot easier with them than without them.

This is a great change.

Increasing the learning curve to 10 was a great Idea.
New players will feel less frusterated, and my ALTs will love you for it.

A note to all the players asking why about the second change and how it effects me:
Most of my main ALTs deaths are the end result of some other player aggroing a mob behind me and then running scared past me, or a Tank dropping mid combat, or some other similar mishap brought about by poor teaming skills.
Heck, 9 out of 10 of my faceplants have been during missions, so this is a blessing. How many times have you joined a team of 8 only to find out the mission owner outlevels you and has the mission difficulty set on invincible ?

The greatest thing about Killer Mimes in COV is that our heroe ALTs will be able to pummel the crap out of them.

I mean really, who doesn't want to hurt a mime ?

Personally, I can't wait for the Kill Skuls badge to go live.

I'll be sitting in Perez all night long untill I get it !!!!!

Right now I have GO. HUNT. KILL SKULS as my battlecry, and now I'll have a chance to abuse it

I'm going against the grain here but,

If you want your Hero HQ populated, make sure your buddies are logged on the same time as you.

Seriously, how much time are you gonna spend in your HQ anyway ? A few minutes here and there banking enhancments or waiting for your pals before you go Hamidon hunting.

Why would anyone raid it ? There are NO destructable environments, and if they were your base would leveled 4am in the morning by a rival SG or VG. What's the point ?

I'm betting only SG members will be able to get into a base anyway, kinda like door missions. If you don't belong, your not getting in.

Alot of the ideas that are being thrown out cool, but I don't want to suffer lag just because your HQ has 30 armed guards or get a free trip to the hospital becasue I mistook your Giant Guard Spider for something I was suppossesd to shoot.

my two cents,