Diakos_Delvin

http://uk.boards.cityofvillains.com/show...0&fpart=all
Just look for Server: Union and Side: Hero
http://union.virtueverse.com/index.p...ory:Supergroup
Or there is a list of union only RP-sg's here, the ones that bothered getting their SG on the Union wiki, which in GENERAL means they know what they are doing

Most SG's listed have in common a link to their webpages/forums with rules and background as well as recruitment policy

I wholly applaud this, great read, very much "relevant to my interests".
Should be stickied in the Newbie section along with "Costume creation for the visually and/or Aestheticly impaired"

Notable Hero names:

Audiosurfer: Sonic/Kin with the power glide from CoH edeluxe on permanent (and i'd just played the game)
Punstoppable: Ilu/Kin COntroller, gave his enemies cerebral haemorrhages with bad jokes and vicious Puns
Am-Pierre: Elec/Elec blaster with moustache, beret and bad accent
Ram-Bow: Archery/Enegy blaster, Big bow, bigger muscles.
Chad the Impaler: Spines/Dark Scrapper, originally a example of "Nastygoths"

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First, another real weapon (and hell, not a sword):

Gáe Bulg

The spear of Cúchulainn. Branches out into multiple barbs inside the targets body after penetration. Tends to be nastily fatal. (there's more, but typing out all those accents is a pain )

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Heh, guess I too a while too long to post

Ok here goes:

Name: Gáe Bulg meaning "notched spear" or "belly spear".

History: The signature weapon of Celtic mythical hero Cúchulainn.
It was given to him by his martial arts teacher, the warrior woman Scáthach, and its technique was taught only to him.
Made from the bone of the sea monster Coinchenn, killed fighting another sea monster, the Curruid.

Appearance: A spear or javelin made entirely of bone with seven viscous barbs along it's length, and a length of fine rope attached to its bottom.

Powers: Upon impacting a victim it's seven barbs would split into thirty making the only way to dislodge the spear to cut away all flesh entangled in it's barbs.
Some legends state it as heart or gut seeking, but agreeing that on a sharp tug on the guide-rope would pull out whatever organs it's entangled in.
Another legend states that the barbs once in a victim detach and wander into every joint in the victims body.

I’m not trying to start a further argument here just wanted to make my point perfectly clear.

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Well obviously with your 'funny' builds you won't kill a troller with A blaster, but it's not that blasters can't or shouldn't win, it's just your 'funny' builds which makes it hard.

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I never said I believed blasters should be unable to defeat a controller, if s/he knows what s/he's doing it should indeed be very doable.
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About the 'copy & paste' thingie.. well yeah, we all play alike, smashing buttons and that... and yeah we try different variations with our builds too, and come up what works best.

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And that was a mistake on my part, I got a bit snappy, and assumed (and assuming makes an [censored] of me I know), that all PvP'ers are attached by the hip to the US-boards PvP build list "for maxxximum powah".
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That is what you could also do if you had gone past 35, according to your sig

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That I have no proper reply to, I'm an altoholic.

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Don't get me wrong, if you are happy PvPing that way kudos for that, some others prefer some slightly higher standards in PvP than fighting a team where troller holds make a difference, that's all

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And that is likely where my "Carebear" nature plays in, as I dislike the idea of forcing Controllers to be second rate Defenders with stealth, but I guess that's what the game's like in high-profile competitive PvP

But i think we are starting to twist the argument, it was about Blasters and /regen Scrappers being *Impossible* for a Controller to defeat one on one.
Not that variety gimping min-maxed PvP specific teams, makes all non- empathy Defender/Controllers redundant.

[edit] Yes "lol", never said i had much sicces though, but like i said to me it's about trying to win, not succeding at it.
Same reason some people go hunt a deer with a bow istead of just wacking ants with a hammer.

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Thought I would point you lot in the direction of this redname sticky and this thread for Union Villangroups. That isn't saying you shouldn't start a fresh, new one, but at least now you know its there, if you didn't already.

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Whoa didn't see that one and i dug 10 pages back before creatign a new one... seems it wasn't sticky enough to stay on top

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Given that you seem to have PvPed an amount of times I can count with just one hand, I'll try and be a bit clearer.

Holds are useless in team pvp, no matter what. Every PvP team will have 1-2 empaths and a sonic that will have the whole team mez protected forever... and I do mean forever.
Illu/empaths are used in PvP because they get superior invis without having to sacrifice a pool for that, nor a prequisite power. They were way fashionable pre-IOs because they could heal/buffed while invis, while defenders couldn't. Every single decent illu/emp PvP specced will focus heavily on the empath side, and just use their primary to get some good set buffs. That also goes for any /kin, /sonic, /ff and any secondary you can think of, when it comes to team PvP [ QUOTE ]


I have PvP'ed quite a bit but i never have and i will never, NEVER! PvP in the sad, sad enviroment you're describing, i pity you and the ones you PvP with, sacrificing originality and individuality to create a army of Copy+Paste PvP clone troopers, i wouldnt be suprised if the crowd described have all grey characters with nearly identical names to confuse enemies...

When i PvP it is on a significantly less focused basis, against others who had fun builds, and actually win with them.
Throwing people left and right, dropping them from high altitudes.

I gues the difference is i have fun trying to win winning in itself is no fun in it self.
So i guess im a "fukn gimp kasual carebear" as the WoW-heads coined the phrase

On another node if there so much arguing about PvP efficiency one could take the kindergarden approch:
If you can't share the toy and stop arguing ill it away from you both.

If you frea salvage theft, have a SG leader register new applicants @global upon joining, being able to be tracked across all servers generally curb most larcenous tendencies.

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They are only good for being used as pseudo defenders. Holds are pretty useless for team pvp, and only the buffs/debuffs/cages/tk are useful. Defenders can do that better, and they are less squishy

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You clearly have been PVPing incorrectly. Let's have a look, shall we?

Ill/Emp. Bonuses over Empathy Defender?
-More Damage
-Holds
-Chance for Indomitable Will
-Confuse
-Pets
-Invisibility
-Terror

Earth/FF over Energy/FF?
-Huge holds
-Earthquake
-Quicksand

What does a Defender get? Sure, on the surface it seems like damage, but in practice we all know the Controller will do a lot more.

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Using an ill/emp means you are playing the empath role. That means no damage, no holds, and mainly no indomitable will. Being an ill/emp u really want power boost in your build

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Ah yes because we all know that Controllers name have nothing to do with Controlling their real name is actually Defenders-with-nerfed-primary-that-is-a-secondary-and-a-primary-trat-does-not-control-just-suck-end-better-spendt-healing [/sarcasm off]
[Sarcasm On] Darn, something about this post keeps switching it on...[/sarcasm off]
Empathy allows the OPTION of being a heavily supportive, not a law-enforced need to.

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Regen can be pretty tough to play in PVP against burst damage Blappers

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Funny since regens are the blaster killers, along with tanks


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They kill blasters the same way as brick walls kill bikers, they tend to squash people too dumb to steer around them, or foolhardy enough to think they can pass through if they just go fast enough.

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Hilarious, really

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Yes, truly hilarious.
Now it's fairly obvious that this is an attempt at being funny, as such complete ignorance of and disregard for bacic AT functionality can ONLY be an act

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The noob OP has now been PWND....

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I never called him a n00b that sort of language i leave to WoW rejects and /b/tards, and i want NO assiciation with either such group.

Ilike the idea of a spines update, but as is a larger do-over li likely long due, instead perhaps "just" allowing the choicle between thorn and spine animations (both sides) might be a "easier" step, heck as is i'd be happy to just be able to make the spines colours not clash entirely with any and all costums, seeing as there is no colour that even remotely resembles the spine colours, so one cannot even make other similar looking "protrutions"

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i dont disagree but i think maybe your thinking from a pve point of view im talking about pvp and i still see no need for a stalker to have any def after they come out of hide ,they kill in 2 shots or sometimes 3 then 5 seconds later they back into hide so theres a window of maybe 7 or 8 seconds and on top of that they got defence , there mitigation is getting to pick there targets and attacking from hide with the biggest attack in the game , i still dont see why they get a def buff aswell

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Mmmm a delicious plate of copy-pasta coming up

I don't see why -Tankers- get -attacks- at all shouldnt they just have 9 more -Taunt AoE's- i mean that's all they do right?

I don't see why -Defenders- get -attacks- at all shouldnt they just have 9 more -Heal/Buffs- i mean that's all they do right?

I don't see why -Controllers- get -Support powers- at all shouldnt they just have 9 more -Hold/Immobilizes- i mean that's all they do right?

I don't see why -Blasters- get -Melee- at all shouldnt they just have 9 more -Damage buffs- i mean that's all they do right?

I don't see why -$class- get -$target seconday powerset- at all shouldnt they just have 9 more -$class signature powers- i mean that's all they do right?

To force people to alternate tactics between enemies, to trancend stereotypes, to force you to realize, theres someone out there with a better or different build.
Of couse the whole them being lucky thing might kick in, also are you sure you didnt have fly on?..

Considering that controllers were made before PvP was intended, and back then existed as a support character, i'd say they do a tremendous job in PeeWee-land.
If you have such a hard time playing a Controller in PvP either as said before get to know the tactics and combos of the Controller, or roll a more PvP oriented toon, i myself stink as a PvP'er yer COntroller is one of the only classes i can actually "Win" with in PvP and how i do that is easy:
The name of the AT is "Controller" not "Hinder-and-smash-'em-with-assault-secondary", that's what Dominators do, see that your secondary is a support set? Find (or try to find) a teammate go out and hinder the enemy, buff your teammate and see enemies fall like flies.

...You laugh at the blasters Nova and show him a REAL PBAoE

none of the above i think the 200+ DB or WP toons are more than enough, i don't mind the set but 4 out of 5 teams should not have 4 scrappers and 2 tankers all DB/WP'ers...
*mumble gruble* damn kids...

Heh tried both of the single skulls, and both are almost bigger than my torso, would be nice if thay had a single small shoulder skull option, a left all robotic arm option would help a lot too.

Say just wondering about our "On duty" uniform, is the Large single shoulder skull absolutely neccesary?
Cockatrice is rather scrawny looking and as it, the single large skull make him look about to fall over, much less accurately aim a bow or be stealthy...

Heh i play a lot villainside so lag is everyday diet for me, i'd assume the worst of the DB/Willpower newtoon flood will subside in a week or two

Nearly every character on my global @Diakos are RP able, some are created in more seriousness than others but they all have backgrounds, either in their Bio, a text documet, or in my noggin'.
I can make a list of names if you need it but it's rather long.

DING! Gz bossman

Heh easy as pie, got all but Vengeance already

Bump (1 bump to go then if it doesn't catch on, I'm letting it drown)

What level is the optimal TF level?
Also with regards to dupilicates, i don't have a problem with some random person creating another Statesman clone, but it would be fairly lame to have say 5 Positrons in the SG and 7 other members.

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