Cynic

I need to do a second run on my BS/SR for the good one, but am a tad bit busy at the moment. If you still want it when I have free time I'll organise a run

[ QUOTE ]
I live in Leeds and support Man Utd.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'd think less of you if you supported Leeds

Congratulations on getting Toximus Mini to 50 mate. Must have been while I was at the concert or something but noticed it on the SG list.

Now, seriously, 5 level 50 scrappers........ bit obsessed aren't we?

-Loads of badge stuff I've not done, and probably never will. But I can deal with that.
-1st and 3rd SS TF (and I really want to
-Sewer Trial
-Hamidon villain side (done old and new on heroes)
-Played my VEAT since creating it (that will happen eventually)
-Got all of the core ATs to 50 villain side (just the two)
-Got an EAT to 50
-Note done all Oro TFs
-CoP.............. and unlikely to ever. Not pleased about this

They're clearly involved in the whole floating process

The idea of Unstoppable on a stalker makes me laugh fo some reason. Makes me think of "OK you get one free hit then I can hit you right?" rather than sneaky sneaky

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
... If anybody can break down a PDF to the normal images, PM me, and I'll email them so they can get linked to here.

[/ QUOTE ]
What, like PrntScrn + ctrl-V in MSpaint/photoshop?

I'd like to see 'em comics again.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'd like to see them for the first time

GMT or BST?

Do I post on every thread or something........ but I remember all of them with smiles

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

Dark debuffs the resistance of your foes and thus boosts your damage, it also contains a very chunky self heal for example (probably the best in the game)

[/ QUOTE ]

I believe it has thwe exact same values as Kineytics Transfusion but it does higher heal points than anything empathy can come up with short of Absorb pain because it requires a to-hit roll in order to work correctly. In short it's the best 'non penalty' heal, along with Transfusion in the game.

[/ QUOTE ]

I prefer it for two reasons

1) I like the debuff more than Transfusions

2) It is centred on you so as long as you hit a foe you're in it. No one can knock the centre of your heal out of your range.

If you have both typed and positional it will take the higher number of the two.

So ranged defence would cover psi attacks from range, but would not stack with your psi defence.

Some Psi is AoE, I am hard pushed to think of any psi melee off the top of my head

Am pretty sure I just assigned all my free slots to defiant when I saw them but will double check.

Thanks for the heads up

The reason people wouldn't push for empathy is that it doesn't actually boost your damage in anyway. Now as a standard defender this is no issue, but if you're soloing as an offender you want that damage boost.

Dark debuffs the resistance of your foes and thus boosts your damage, it also contains a very chunky self heal for example (probably the best in the game) It also has a cone Fear which allows you to ignore some targets while fighting others and an ST hold which will take certain foes out of the fight.

That's just an example of why one set would be better than Empathy for an Offender.

The reason I wouldn't pick archery at the moment is the redraw on it slowing you down. It does have fairly nice damage in that burning arrow type thing (I have a level 26 blaster with it so I should know the name, forgive me for not) but the delay from changing between your primary and secondary set does make it a pain to use.

I've teamed a few times with a level 50 Emp/Archer on high end task forces which is a fantastic character to be on a team with (the no end loss nuke is the main reason) but I'd bet solo its like pulling teeth and I cant think I've ever seen that player online and not on a team

I need vangaurd dual blades so will be there

[ QUOTE ]
Shame it doesn't do any negative damage

[/ QUOTE ]

My broadsword sometimes does negative damage, well 10% of the time, on one of the attacks

right lose the extra jumps from super jump, ot at least one of them cause 2 takes it to max, or close enough

I'd keep hasten but ditch super speed if jumping will be your main means of travel. 1 SO in SS almost caps it, I wouldn't bother with the second if you're keeping it.

Moment of glory is now useful to take alpha strikes, I would keep it and slot it for recharge.

Instant healing is a click now, it hasn't neeeded 3 end reds in it since I5 (if it ever did) 3 recharge, 3 heal is how I have mine slotted

Integration should be fine on 1 or 2 end reductions, if you're taking stamina then definitely only need one

Fast healing I'd leave with 3 heals
Quick recover 3 end mors

Hasten is helpful on a regen cause Dull Pain, Recon, MoG and IH all benefit greatly from it, they're your best mitigation

The thing that would make me PvP more would be the ability to have a PvE and a PvP build on the same alt. So when I entered a zone, or the arena then my build would switch to build B

Sure I'd have to spend more on IOs to fill out two builds but it would save me having to have duplicate characters. As I bore of PvP quickly I wouldn't think of making a character I enjoy in PvE into a PvP build, but if I could have a second build for it then I'd shell out the inf. I'm not levelling everything twice

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Increased rare drops you say!!! Just go solo in Cimerora, guaranteed at least 1 rare per hour.

[/ QUOTE ]Is that supposed to be a lot?

[/ QUOTE ]

Shhh leave people thinking you aren't getting more than them and they'll be happy. I've even stopped telling Nightmarer when I get purples now

hmmm really should log my BS scrapper and go costuming shouldn't I

I wont play a character that I cant plan a bbuild I'm happy with from 1-50 anymore. I wont stick to that build, or half the time pay attention to it, but I need to know I can make something I'm happy with. This comes back a Warshade and a Dominator which I wish I'd used the time elsewhere. I'm really glad I picked Ice primary on my dominator, but I wish I'd picked a secondary that I liked less so that slotting and power choices would be easieer and I wouldn't be wanting to 6 slot everything.

Simularly I wish I'd never rolled a warshade because I cant get the all human build I want till the late 30s and I find the other two forms imensely dull

So yeah perfectly understandable obsessions. I also wont create a character I cant think of a name or costume to go with concept wise

I wouldn't play a defender with the rad secondary again, but then I see you doint want a repeat either and thats the reason why I wouldn't choose rad for me.

That said Iradiate is a stupidly good debuff and I guess cosmic burst would be good on acro'd squishies in PvP.... hell its a damned fine stun anyway.

I dont like sonic, stops me moving for too long. Its a pain.

Archery I like the set, but the defenders damage level on it makes me sad, that, its lack of secondary effects and redraw makes it a no for me.

Ice........ now there's a set I would repeat from my blaster. On a ddefender with the slows and the hold I'd think it were lovely, bitter ice blast is such a nice blast feel wwise so am guessing its good DPA.

Cold and en aren't greatly resisted so would go Rad or Ice. I can recomend Rad cause I wont be required to play it

tanked Countess crey for 20 minutees cause of laggy loading screens for the rest of the team and two disconnects

Was the brute for a fairly regular group of corruptors on the way from 40-50 too.

Thats all for my Fire/DA

my elec/fire was in a duo till its current level, herding groups like I was a tank and then one shotting them like I was a blaster........ now thats fun.

But no its not the same as scrapper lock, cause I watch my HP, I watch my end and I watch my Fury and then judge from all three whether I'm diving headlong into thee next group of buying myself some time by pulling them around a corner. With my scrappers in full flow all I see are living people waiting to be dead

My WP/Fire tank isn't as good as my Spine/Inv scrapper, infact is a long way from being as good. Have been wondering about a build change but I cant see a way of adding 33% to my kill rate to compete.

But then I love to scrap more so maybe I'm paying more attention on my scrapper.

Dark/Fire should be good based on my Fire/dark brute. Though no fury on Death Shroud would probably take a lot away from the kill speed

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]

Good points. I'm against this idea because 1) it's pointless - nobody is going to get any real game-related benefit from it

[/ QUOTE ]
It's an addition to the costume system. If you're saying it has no benefit, then you're also saying costumes in general are the same, and thus contradicting yourself.

[ QUOTE ]
it will be difficult to implement, thus delaying the arrival of better new content

[/ QUOTE ]
You work as a coder for NCNC perhaps?

[ QUOTE ]
2) at the risk of labouring the point, it doesn't make sense!

[/ QUOTE ]
All the costumes of my main character involve shapeshifting. Are you saying this also makes no sense?

[/ QUOTE ]

MaX please dont try to argue that you're costumes make sense, the rest of your points I can agree with but bringing your costumes into the debate can only lead to pain all round

And take away the stealth from it? Cause its one hell of a benifit in PvE to use that and a single IO and gain invisibility