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Desmodos

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  1. Desmodos

    Speaker Reversal

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    I tried Google-ing this but did not find anything helpful, so I'm seeking help here.

    You may have heard this story before.

    I have Logitech X-230 Speakers. Unfortunately, my rig is set up on the left side of my desk. The USB cord for the speakers is on the right speaker and is not long enough to place on the right side of my desk. So now, the right speaker sits on the left side of my desk. The left speaker sits on the right side of my desk.

    Is there a way to reverse the sound?
    • Rig details:
      OS: Windows Vista x64 Service Pack 2, v.113
      CPU: I7 920
      RAM: 6 GB
      GPU: 7900 GTX (on life support)

      MoBo: EVGA X58 3X SLI
      Sound Manager: Realtek HD Audio Manager

    Thanks in advance for any help or insights.
  2. Desmodos
    FYI, Hover offers some defense as Combat Jumping. The trade off is your movement will be slower and the endurance cost is double. I run Hover/Fly on several of my scrappers, including my DM/DA. Every travel power has it's pros and cons, I recommend choosing what fits your character concept best.


    I should clarify, my DM/DA actually has Hover and Combat Jumping.
  3. Desmodos
    Welcome back Tartysause.

    While you were away, they announced Forum IDs would get locked in once the migration/merger had been completed. Sorry you missed it, though I kind like your name.

    Oh, your supposed to use your hands on her feet, not the other way around.
  4. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SteelKing View Post
    I had absolutely no problems with managing Endurance while running my BS/DA scrapper. But that is really long ago, I don't know if it was before ED or after...

    Nevertheless you're right, Kat is much easier to manage.
    Initially, I struggled quite a bit with BS/DA but I was having so much fun with it I simply didn't care. Once IO'd out, my BS/DA is actually my most endurance friendly build of all my Dark Armor characters.
  5. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by McCharraigin View Post
    Elec/Dark is it a good solo combo?

    I can't say with absolute certainty yet, but based on my experiences with Elec/DA as a brute I expect the combo to do really well as a scrapper. Electric Melee has a good balance of single target and AoE which is ideal for my playstyle.
  6. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by SteelKing View Post

    Too overcome that issue I strongly advice the use of a primary set that increases your defenses: Katana or Broadsword. That should drastically reduce the frequency of Dark Regeneration applications.

    While I agree and promote the power of Parry, if a player struggles DB/DA's endurance management they will run away screaming with BS/DA. Yes you can build and manage both exceedingly well, but of the two BS/DA is considerably more difficult to manage.
  7. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Possible View Post
    Fear is going to make them run.
    Not since Issue 4?
  8. Desmodos
    Thank you to everyone who joined for all or any portion of these. 2 Days will definitely be the format for Villain Merit Milk Runs going forward. I even managed to get my Isos Brute all caught up.
  9. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Selenir View Post
    Oooh. How good is elec at endurance efficiency?

    My Elec/DA brute is level 42 and a very fun build to play. Electric attacks aren't a major end problem, but then I didn't think Dual Blades was either.
  10. Desmodos
    Sorry to tell you, but if you found DB/DA endurance unmanageable I would suggest you seriously review your build or walk away for Dark Armor entirely. Dual Blades is not the most endurance costly primary...by quite a bit. It does very good damage that combines very well with Dark Armor.

    Might I suggest you post your build, perhaps review where you went wrong with DB/DA before trying another DA character. Otherwise I suspect you'll end up with similar results.
  11. Desmodos

    How is DA/FA?

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    Any scrapper combo is actually quite good. Each combo has it's own strengths so it's hard to comment without more information as to what you are looking for. Concept? Playstyle?


    For DM/DA advice, see the guide in my sig.
  12. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Aura_Familia View Post
    both of these were posted on the boards. run a search.
    As I stated above, my search fu is rather weak. Why don't you link me to these posts. Every post I've found references back to something a Dev put on Twitter.
  13. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Perfect_Pain View Post
    I don't understand why this is "so bad".

    You don't have to like Twitter, facebook, email, fast food, bunnies, scented candles, bottled water, going on walks next to the beach, taking care of your body, taking care of your friends, roadkill, litter, dusting, mountain biking, smores, etc.

    But OTHER people can take part in any of that stuff.

    You seem to be misunderstanding the question. I don't care if you, the devs, or anyone else chooses to Twitter.

    The issue was the "perception" that Twitter became the only source of information from the Devs.

    If Twitter becomes the primary source for Dev info (as in the Devs officially stating things), then that annoys me. Folks are claiming this is simply an issue of Dev Digest not working; OK, I'll wait it out.
  14. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by The_Masque View Post
    Des, Sign me up for the Imperious and the Lady Grey. I hope that is a typo as far as the LGSF merits, or did those darn nasty powergamers get it nerfed?

    I must have copy pasted something wrong. I'll fix it with the correct amount when I get home.
  15. Desmodos
    Quote:
    One thing I'm going to say - it makes me feel a LOT less close to the developers and a lot farther out of the loop when I can't find developer comments on the forum but through trudge and kludge. Developer commentaries ON THE TOPIC OF THE GAME always gave me a sense that these guys really do care about us, really are working with us and really do want to make a better game. Maybe they still do, maybe they don't. I don't know and can't know, because I can't find their posts.

    Pity.
    Largely feeling the same way. A significant part of my draw to CoH are these forums and the accessibility they provide us to the Devs. I'm hoping this just a temporary issue.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Priority override:
    Desmos! What game is that avatar from, and if it's not from a game, what is it from? I love it
    It's from Aion. It's one of the characters I created there on the semi-Closed Beta. Full screen shot can be seen here, hereand here
  16. Desmodos

    The Tally

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    I've already begun to take the necessary steps ...
  17. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna View Post
    Tell the dead to keep a tweet-ready diary.

    They won't listen to me anymore after that group dancing incident...
    They won't listen to me anymore either, ever since agriculture department said we can't do that to chickens.
  18. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lady_Athyna View Post
    Not after yer dead, apparently.

    If Twitter were filled with posts from the dead, I'd be more inclined to read it.
  19. Desmodos
    Quote:
    A high school student touring the sixth U.S. president's archives recently noticed his bite-sized diary entries looked a lot like tweets.
    And here all this time I thought diary entries were intended to be seen by the very few.
  20. Desmodos
    What I make depends on Issue 16 going live first or not. I'm in no way suggesting we wait for Issue 16. In fact I expect we'll be geared up for next Isos before I16 goes live, but would be thrilled if it comes out first.
  21. Desmodos
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Sarrate View Post
    Just a few notes::

    Drones have +20% Accuracy. It's higher than usual, yes, but it's not anywhere as bad as, say, Rularuu eyeballs.
    See my comments on Rularuu ;-)

    Quote:
    Whirling Sword is a melee attack, not AoE. It would check against the Drone's 35% melee def. (A lot of melee AoEs are flagged in this way.)
    Yeah...I recall that now after reading your post. I like to use Soul Drain against Drones which is in fact flagged as an AoE. I instinctly use Whirling Sword on Drones thinking AoE mentality though it doesn't actually have a better chance of hitting them, my bad.



    Quote:
    Scrapper single target attacks have an efficiency of ~12.03 DPE**. Death Shroud also has a DPE of ~12.03**. This means that killing an enemy with normal st attacks vs Death Shroud costs the exact same endurance. The big difference to using both is that you're dealing damage faster, thus consuming more end.

    To put it another way, it will take ~35.8 end to kill a minion** either way, but by killing faster, you have less time for your recovery to offset it.


    ** These are unslotted numbers.
    Now THIS ^^ is why I like to keep you around :-)

    PS: These new emoticons are da suck
  22. Desmodos
    Issue 16 went into close beta; announced on Twitter by Positron.

    Character creator blocked off to those not in closed beta; announced on Twitter by Babs.


    Now my searchfu is severely lacking combined with defunct dev digest, I can't find this information anywhere on the forums that isn't linked back to Twittter. I'm probably jumping the gun here, but I'm not liking this trend.
  23. Desmodos
    Maybe I missed a post somewhere or something, but it seems the Devs are now exclusively posting on Twitter?

    I gotta say, I HATE Twitter. If at all possible, I'd like some clarification on this. Is this a temporary problem with the new forums or are we expected to subscribe to Twitter to hear directly from the CoH Devs now?
  24. Desmodos
    Quote:
    The Stone tank was the leader, however, the only thing he said was this is his first time doing an ITF on the toon, and was wondering how he would do on Rom.We told him he would be fine.
    I'm not commenting on your actions as right or wrong. I have no opinion as to the actions of this Tanker.

    These are your words, in your first post. Those claiming they saw this coming are zeroing on these words. They only thing you claim the tanker states was he wanted to see how he faired against tanking Rom, which you then went and tanked Rom. Judging solely from your words, it's hard to be surprised the tanker might have been a bit displeased.
  25. Desmodos

    Electric Armor

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    I'm just wondering how many "Norelco" characters I'm gonna have to run past...