Dechs Kaison
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Quote:Which is why my suggested changes are usually ways to make tankers better at aggro control and even more survivable. Since tankers are supposed to have superior survivability, let them stand out by a wider margin.Originally Posted by Johnny_Butane
[T]he fact remains in a game where more survivability is easy to come by and more damage is relatively hard to get, the AT with the most survivability out of the box is always going to be at a disadvantage.
This alone is not enough. You need to make that survivability worth something. As it stands, even if they were made more survivable, it wouldn't matter because nothing threatens our characters enough. -
Quote:I'd agree except they take ... I don't want to say skill...Originally Posted by SPiNE
Definitely Masterminds, they pretty much have everything from damage, buffs/debuffs, heals, controls and tanking ability(from bodyguard).
They take more patience to play well. Once you learn some of the AI quirks, you'll be golden. Until then, MMs can be pretty daunting. -
I want to take the time to thank you again for holding this extremely selfless contest. I slotted everything up that night (thank you, freespec), but did not get a chance to play it. My warshade is about to do the fall from grace, so he will do that now filled with massive amounts of extra purple.
Quote:Yes. Prior to last night, my warshade had everything that he needed to be awesome. Now, with everything I could ever want, this character is a verifiable beast.Originally Posted by Organica
As Dechs had said before, he's already got a pretty good build.
I have to admit, I was very tempted by the LotGs. They are worth a ton and useful to much more than just my warshade. Sure, I had "won" the contest and they were "mine," but I just couldn't take them. I knew that if you split them 3 and 2 with the runners up, even third place would end up getting more recharge out of the LotGs than out of his one purple set.Quote:Originally Posted by Organica
He very generously passed up on the five Luck of the Gambler +7.5% defense IOs, the Performance Shifter, the three hami IOs and also the Expedient Reinforcement set.
The other IOs I also had, and I won't use the hami-Os. I have crap Acc/dmg IOs in my "one slot wonders" and it's more enhancement than I ever use in them anyway. I figure that, if nothing else, it would help fund the runner up.
Does this count as a writeup? I'll get that screenshot when I get home from work today. I hit printscreen in the enhancements window last nigh, but the game didn't take the shot. I have a third party program to use, so I'll do that tonight.Quote:Originally Posted by Organica
Oh, and Dechs promised not only a writeup and picture at some point on his new War Shade build, but also maybe a video. ^_^
The video will take more time. I've got to get footage, edit it up real nice, and add some decent music. I had a lot of fun making the Dark Armor video, this will be twice as fun. -
Ok, I've had a moment to breathe.
Thank you. THANK YOU!
w000000t! I can finally finish the build! WAHHHHOOOOOOOOOO!
Ok, seems I need another moment... -
OH SNAP! I was just about to post /em curse you for the suspense!
I'm literally tripping out over here. -
Thanks again for all the advice guys. Here's what I've got so far. See anything I can improve?
Hover/Fly and Arctic Mastery are thematic choices. With the exception of fly, I plan to use this as a leveling build as well. Permafrost will be put in fly's place while I'm leveling so I can put that +3% defense IO in sooner.
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I think you might actually have to ding 20 on a hero to unlock this if it's not doing it for a log in.
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Quote:You don't have to choose that setting. It is by default - by design - set to not let you fight bosses solo.Originally Posted by RabidBrian
It is going to be a boss, until you choose the setting that turns all bosses into lieuts. That setting makes it a lieut, nothing else.
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Quote:That's no longer soloing.Originally Posted by RabidBrian
Until you go to a SF or something that does not allow you to turn bosses off.
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If you create a character and do nothing with the difficulty settings at all, then you will not see bosses. Ever.
In the old difficulty settings, before we could turn off bosses, your missions would not spawn bosses on that default difficulty either. Some arcs had a boss as the end mob but only as the end mob by the time you've gathered enough inspirations to defeat him. -
I'm not sure if button5 is mappable, but assuming it is, you'd do this:
/bind button5 "powexecname ninja run$$powexecname combat jumping"
The two powers are mutually exclusive, so pressing it once will turn on combat jumping if nothing is on, and the second press will turn on ninja run, which by activation turns CJ off. -
Quote:Without purple inspirations, not very long, but certainly long enough.Originally Posted by Smersh
Or, try asking someone like Dechs how long his softcapped defense lasts on the ITF.
I led an MoITF with my Dark Armor, softcapped, no DDR tank. I forgot to change my difficulty settings, and we did the first mission on +4. The team stuck together a bit closer than usual (even for an Mo), but my tank did fine and I only once had a cascade failure. Even then, I was still able to survive, but that's more on the merits of Dark Regeneration than anything. -
Thanks for all the advice guys. I've made the character twice now, but I think I'll be rolling him a third time tonight. I started with Hoarfrost, which seems to work well enough. I haven't used it more than twice, but then again I've only made it to level 6 so far. Another reason why I picked it was to assuage the endurance costs of running another toggle until I could more reliably enhance my powers. The reason to roll him a third time is I added an extra slot to chilling embrace for accuracy, not realizing that the power is autohit in PvE until it didn't let me slot the TO.
Quote:Thanks Penny. I love the concept I've come up with, as I've colored the kinetic attacks blue and they look very much like water. It's the closest thing we have to an aquatic melee set.Originally Posted by PennyPA
Dechs, you make me sad.
This sounds like a great concept I haven't thought about, but I already leveled an ice/ tanker, and I don't repeat sets. KHAAANNN!!!
Good luck on it though it you plan to take one to 50!
I think I even snagged a great name. "Frigid Tide" -
Quote:Welcome to the City. We're good people here.Originally Posted by SchandlichCOH
Wow that was quick. And not a single smart@ss remark in the bunch.
Seriously, there's an unspoken friendly competition for us to answer these questions as quickly as we can around here.
There is no real endgame, yet. It's on the way. This game is very much about the journey to the level cap and making alts to do it all over again. Don't think that the game stops at the level cap, though. I still play my main characters all the time, because you can actually "level down" to play the old content with friends.Quote:Originally Posted by SchandlichCOH
Are there "raids" though? Is there an "endgame"?
Plenty of people min/max around here. I'm one of them, but only some of the time. It's not essential to being good at the game.Quote:Originally Posted by SchandlichCOH
And I know what an AT is, but what is an MM? I take it this is not a game where people focus a lot on Min/Max'ing their characters then?
I have a rule for my teams which states "Any build, any budget, no exclusions." I don't care what character you bring to the table, we're going to have some fun. That's what we're all here for. -
Welcome to the city! I'll try to answer before anyone else can finish typing... doubtful.
Quote:1. Correct. You will have access to the full game with the complete edition. There are other boosters, which are little more than extra costume pieces and a few other perks.Originally Posted by SchandlichCOH
1. If I buy the Going Rogue Complete Set, I don't have to buy the other expansions right?
2. Is this a game you can solo all the way to the level cap?
3. I am going to assume that if that is true, there certain ones that are easier to solo with than others. Is that correct?
4. How is the balance? Are there certain (I have no idea what the term is for the different "combos") that are just pointless or nerfed to heck?
5. In EQ2, (sorry) in order to get reasonably good gear, you HAD to group/raid. Is that the case here? (I'm ok with that.)
6. Are there tradeskills?
7. Are there servers well populated? Any recommendations for a server if I tend to play between 9PM and 12AM PST?
2. You can solo the entire way to the level cap, yes.
3. Some will be better than others. It will depend on the AT (class) and the power sets chosen.
4. There are combos with some very good synergy, there are combos that don't have a lot of synergy, but you have to try really really hard to make a character that is "gimped."
5. In this game, the best drops will come from soloing.
6. No.
7. All the servers are well populated. Keep in mind much of our game is instanced, so you don't see people running around in the open world. Right now, Freedom and Virtue are the most populated. They are also experiencing server queues right now because they are so heavily populated.
EDIT: HAHAHAHA I WIN THIS TIME! -
Quote:It's Kaison, but that was close enough.Originally Posted by Organica
3. Dechs Kenson's warshade Defying the Curse
If you're curious, it's a derivative of Kaiser, meaning king, ruler, emperor, or some other thing like that.
By the way, thanks for throwing this little contest. This kind of generosity and attitude towards community is what sets our game apart from the others. -
Quote:Yours sounds a pretty close playstyle to mine. I use the mouse to look, activate attacks, and occasionally to target. Most of the time I rely on TAB to cycle through targets. Sometimes I use the F key to find my target, but once I get there, tapping W once makes sure I won't follow if the target runs or gets knocked waaaaay back.Originally Posted by Jonas1974
I am just wondering if anyone has any advice/tips/tricks of the trade/shortcuts for Melee based toons to make life easier and more enjoyable.
What helps me is to bind "reaction powers" to keys near my movement buttons. I've found that consistency is key.
Since I use the mouse to look around, I re-map Q and E to most toggle powers. Q powers tend to be offensive ones, E for defensive ones.
I bind V as a heal button. Whether it's aid self or dark regeneration, all I have to remember is "V gives me green."
I bind C to be an "Oh crap!" button. This tends to be the godmode powers, like Moment of Glory or Eclipse. -
I've always been a fan of layered mitigation myself, so I'd nudge you in the way of the resistance toggle too. When it comes down to AVs, not only should you have teammates giving you buffs, but someone else will likely have the aggro.
AVs resist more than just -tohit. It is a bit unsettling, but imagine how trivial AV fights would be when all it took was a single rad defender to floor his tohit chance. I like things the way they are. -
It looks to me like the combination will have mitigation in spades. Between the defense, +max HP, -damage, -recharge and knockback aplenty, I think it should have no trouble with most content. I've never been comfortable with defense based sets, though, so I have a few questions.
The plan right now is to put off the S/L shield until level 12. I don't see it helping as much as Chilling Embrace and Hoarfrost will until SOs start to come into play. Does this sound like a decent idea?
I don't plan on taking Tough. Without innate resistance to build on, I don't see it providing enough benefit to justify the costs. Again, does this sound reasonable?
Regarding AVs: they shouldn't hit me often, but I worry about being two or three shotted by a lucky streak. I'm hoping Chilling Embrace and the kinetic attacks should stack enough -damage for that to not be a problem. I'm fuzzy on -damage, but I'm pretty sure it cannot be resisted by anything. Am I correct on that? Of course, there's also Hoarfrost.
Speaking of that, is the combination of Hoarfrost and -damage likely to be enough to hold my own against enemies heavy on fire and psi damage? -
Quote:You need to get a hero to level 20. Not a praetorian who becomes a hero.Originally Posted by DiamondGeezer
Thank you but my problem is i cant access them they are still greyed out.
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-Tohit on enemies acts exactly the same as defense with one exception: debuffs can be resisted. Against foes higher level than you, your tohit debuffs will be resisted. Also, AVs resist something like 85% of it.
Defense can be relied on more, but -tohit helps your entire team. -
Quote:For what it's worth, I know my rad/sonic defender doesn't redraw the blackwand after casting toggles.Originally Posted by Bill Z Bubba
Ok, here's the test for today: Grab a DP whatever character, shoot an enemy, then turn on a toggle and shoot another enemy. Reply with whether redraw occurred.
I sometimes pull out the blackwand as a prop, more or less, just to walk around with it. I also noticed that the toggle on animations were different with the blackwand drawn. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Pseudonym1
Heck, go with a Johnny Cage movie-style bit and make a Ninja MM with the pets as Extras, Stunt Doubles, and Pyrotechnicians./Thermal. Ninja stunt doubles are always on fire.Quote:Originally Posted by Zhanid
That's a really cool idea. What secondary do you think would fit the theme best?
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Quote:Your statement comes too close to comparing warshades to the abominations found in the Twilight series for my liking.Originally Posted by SwellGuy
Sounds like that vampire cloud thing from the original Star Trek TV series. IIRC it sparkled.
Don't ever come that close again. -
The design goal I know of is that any powerset combination should be able to realistically solo on the standard difficulty of +0/x1.