Dechs Kaison

This made my day. It's hilarious and at the same time a testament to the visionary he was and the legacy he has left.

Beautiful.

MFing Warshade. The more you add to it, the more obscene it becomes. And the more fun, which is the most important part.

At that high end budget, though, a human only warshade also becomes a very viable build as well.

Say what you like, but there are things my Mastermind can do that whole teams have failed at.

Not bad for an AT that's "subpar to pretty much every other AT."

Not everyone that jokes about death is a troll or even disrespecting the man at all. I'm one of those types to say "Death's coming for us all, so we might as well laugh about it."

I could make jokes about an iCoffin or something to that nature, but it would take nothing away from what the man had accomplished in his lifetime. If anything, jokes like that only show how much he has done.

I understand there are many people grieving over his passing. My prayers are with them, for what good it may do. But life should be celebrated, even in death. The man had a great run, and accomplished much more than most in his time.

I want people laughing at my funeral. I don't care whether it's laughing with me or at me; by that point I won't know the difference. I think I'll instruct the home to put one of those big red clown noses on me for the viewing, so long as I die in a manner that leaves my face intact.

I won't deny that, but again... You're helping me make a mint!

This is fantastic news for me. Positron has the most influence bet on him. I didn't think people would put that much faith in Vick. Posi, I really hate to profit off of your poor fortune, but you are making me a mint.

Friend of the Studio has the second highest amount of bets, and even though he won this week, he's still 1 and 3, so I'm not terribly worried about losing that bet.

The guy that's worrying me is Giant Monster, with just over a billion influence on him. He just lost his first match which puts him 3 and 1 right now and tied for best in his division. If one of you gents would kindly knock him out of contention for a playoff spot, that'd be grand. Otherwise I'm going to have to pay out more than I took in for this bloody event. Oh well, that's the risk I took.

I saw a signature on these forums which sums up my feelings on the matter:

"The more people I meet, the more I find myself rooting for the zombies."

Those are patron pools, which are technically available to every alignment (all ATs too*), but the mission to unlock them is restricted to villains and rogues.

There are "vanilla" epic pools that are available to everyone** as well which do not have prerequisite unlocks.

*Except Kheldians

**Except Kheldians and Soldiers of Arachnos

I think this is what he is really pushing for: downward adjustments in power to Super Strength.

Please prove that the set is weak before making statements like yours in the future.

Take your pick of the litter, and show me any other AT on SOs that can solo +0x8 maps and AVs.

Then try to repeat the quoted statement.

Soul Storm's duration is 2 seconds longer at base, and both can be maintained as permanent holds. The way I see it, there are three scenarios that are relevant here.

1. I need a permanent stacked hold.
2. I need a permanent hold.
3. I need to do damage.

Petrifying Gaze works for the first two. Soul Storm works for the last two. Neither one does everything, but if I had to chose, I know that Soul Storm would be more valuable to me.

Very good points, but to emphasize this, at level 20, that MA tanker has a total of zero AoE attacks. Almost every scrapper will have access to at least one AoE by that level which would do a great deal to help stave off such large ambushes. Even if the scrapper had no AoE, he would be doing much more damage. Any damage buffs on the team would further widen this disparity.

I dunno. I saw Turban Legend yesterday.

I would take the hold from Dark if and only if it fits nicely and I had slots to throw away to make it useful. I'd be much more apt to take the patron hold (e.g. Soul Storm), which you can slot as an attack. Basically, it'd be good for those pesky LTs and minions like sappers, but it'll still be useful against bosses/AVs because you'll still contribute damage.

Travel powers are a taste thing. I always like having one if I can, but there have been a few times where it just didn't fit in a build I was tooling.

When it comes to masterminds, I don't like most travel powers. Teleport is particularly good because it almost forces a respawn every time and you never run into the pets dragging extra aggro problem. I also grabbed Team Teleport because I really like being able to "Surprise Robot Army!" around. It helps manage the pets in situations like Apex and clogged doorways as well.

Neither of us were being hostile.

If your behavior on the forums is in any way indicative of in game, I have no doubts about what causes you to have trouble finding teams.

Learn from this.