Dr_Impossible

Have they posted system specs for Ultra Mode anywhere yet? Ive been out of town for a few weeks and curious. Haven't seen anything yet.


Thanks

-Doc

Thanks for the replies gang. This set just got so fun with SO's.


More:

What are peoples thoughts on Trip Mine and Time Bomb? My experience with those on me devices blasters was: I never took Time bomb, it seemed so unpractical after watching a slew of others flail around with it, I could be wrong. Trip Mine, while cool, took so long to set up even with max recharge SO's, it wasn't worth having around because I just wouldn't 'go to it' often enough.


Thankee

-Doc

Thanks for that reply Master. I'll sniff around and see what I can find about the prerendered frames option.

As to the other part, I do not have a Aegia card. I actually just got my comp back from being fixed. The video card was replaced among other things. Old card was a 9800 GT 1 Gig onboard w/Physx support, EVGA. New Card is not an EVGA but has the same specs including the Physx support. The old card is what I was able to enable that in-game option with.

It was my understanding that the PhysX in the newer cards was basically the same thing as the actual seperate Aegia card. Now I really don't know what the hell to think!


Thanks again


-Doc

Hey all, been reading this thread so I rolled a Traps/Sonic the other day and got him up to 23.
Love the set, great mixed bag and with SO's turning out to be super fun to play and powerful.

Curious as to what people are putting where since I haven't found a guide for this set yet.

Slotting for Seeker Drones?

Slotting for Poison Gas Trap?

Love to here what you guys are doing.



Thanks

-Doc

Questions:

I am running an Nvidia 9800 GT with 1 Gig of onboard. I have all my settings set to these specs.

Question 1: I have an option in my Nvidia control panel NOT listed here: Maximum number of prerendered frames. This is currently set at 3 and I have no idea what it does or what the setting should be.

Question 2: In my control panel my PhysX support is Enabled, in-game the option is still greyed out. Does Coh not support this any more? I used to be able to enable it in-game. Can anyone shed any light here.

Any info would be appreciated.



Thanks

-Doc

Thanks for the replies all, that helps, I'll look into it and try those suggestions.


-Doc

New Question, any help would....help.

Both my accounts were active during this period, I am seeing the badges on some characters and not others. What gives?

Thanks


-Doc

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Faux windows

Waterfalls of various sizes; would include lava falls

Molten pools

Natural tilesets, like grass, gravel, dirt, etc

More wallsets, like moss covered, glass, mirrored, plain, etc

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Jesus, yes. This is soooo needed. Waterfalls, yes: Lavafalls, yes; don't forget just regular proper water for the floor. Sewer base-Ho!




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Televisions.

The computer stations seen in Council bases.

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My GOD! It has mystified me since the first day bases were introduced that these things were missing.

Computers.
Computer consoles.
Computer console screens.
Databanks.
I wanna fill an entire room with data banks. I wanna cover every wall in every room in me base with computer consoles and databanks. We have massive amounts of stuff to compute.

No, not functional. Functional makes it complicated to place anywhere I want.

Don't forget:

Wall/touchscreen computers and computer consoles.

Old school versions of all this stuff.

Rikti versions of all this stuff.

Steampunk/Nem versions of all this stuff.

Land O' the Lost Sleestack crystal versions of all this stuff....




....huff, puff, huff.....


-Doc

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<ul type="square"> Low tech/retro/steampunk teleporters
Low tech/retro/steampunk lights
Low tech/retro/steampunk medbays
Low tech/retro/steampunk power generators
Low tech/retro/steampunk control devices
Low tech/retro/steampunk storage containers
Low tech/retro/steampunk Vaults
Low tech/retro/steampunk crafting tables
Low tech/retro/steampunk everything basically - we have arcane and high tech but would love something inbetween. Especially important for the items that no basic base can do without[/list]
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Werd.

Seconded.

/signed.

Whatever it takes.

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The destruction of Astoria


[/ QUOTE ] This was top of my list as well........

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My dream scenario for this is a modern take on the zone, where the Midnighters and heroes try to reclaim the zone, while villains sneak in to cause mischief (special new Mayhem mission, Strike Force, and Trial).

On top of that an Ouroboros arc that let's us witness the darkening, and do what little we can to prevent the spread of that disaster beyond the boundaries of the zone.

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....until I read this great idea which made it even better.

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Those are Clockworks, but I like calling them Clickey Clacks." she replied quite happilly.

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Fantastic story. This in particular caught my eye.

My last girlfriend has a son who is now 10. We are all still very close. He was 8 when he started asking me about City of Heroes.
He loves games. He thinks an adult that plays video games is the coolest thing since sliced bread.
When he saw me playing, he wanted to play. When they came over for dinner at my place I would always let him play. This turned into me buying them an account of their own for Xmas the next year.....

...... And like your daughter, he didn't call Clockworks clockworks, he always called them 'Tinkerbots'. That always cracked me up and 'Clickity Clacks' cracks me up to.

So wonderous, the mind of a child.

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Ok, admit it, who went out and spent the $10 as soon as they got the email?

I know I did... &gt;.&gt;

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Me.

It's 9 bucks. Me don't care. Me want goodies.

Just upgraded my account with new V-day goodies. Did this while I was logged out. Goodies still not in game. Did I miss something? What category, I'm sure it's Jackets, is the Tux Jack under?

-Confused in the Facemaker!

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I particularly love it that you included a section on strategy. That's often a lot more important than simple power choices, but power choices tend to be what guide writers concentrate on. My little earth/rad will be doing a lot better thanks to you. Okay, well, I hope so anyway. If she's not, that'll be all my fault.

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Agreed wholeheartedly. The other thing I also like is the personal 'notes' and comments. I want to here what you think from using these powers in real game situations, same thing with slotting. Too often, I think, people do not include this in their guides and I think it makes them lacking.

I have been playing for around 30 months, I feel like I have a decent grasp of how the 5 main ATs work.........but I still always read guides, especially good ones, especially like this one.

Yes, I think this is one of the best, most thorough guides I've ever read. I hold this one high with Luminara's Trick Arrow Guide and Mighty Scourge's Storm Defender Guide.

Lemme tell you what I like the most:
[*]Lists
[*]Lots of lists
[*]I think lists make things easier to read and understand. When I am reading something in list form..............wooosh, I love it.
[*]So, thanks for taking the time to write this fantastic guide......
[*]...........but mostly for the lists.

Oh, in addition to the Ziggurat toon in Bricks, the Ziggurat remix in Pocket D is also a must-have.

2 of my Favs that I know are not on the ftp site are the Port Recluse/Sharkhead and the Ziggurat themes. The Zig theme was also used in the DMZ in the old Rikti Crash site.

A congrats to Surra on hitting 50 with her Invul/EM tank last night with me (Sasquatch Lord WP/WM) also hitting 50.

I never take one single toon all the way up from the bottom to 50. I usually bop all over the place. I stuck with this one being as I was having a Blast playing tank team with Surra. Did over 30 levels together. I was also having a blast playing with some great people here on Pinny.

So thanks to you all, was a great time!

We both did the run from PI to Atlas to level up with Ms. Lib. Never had heard of that and thought that was fun, had Man with Kin and Sam Tackett along for the run.

Also thanks to Kinesis and Avarix who were both pretty much there for the whole run too. Aaaaaand Sho, Pun, Syk, Righthand, Red...........too blown out to remember the rest. Yes, I know it's 11 am.......

Excellent guide! Thank you.

Great guide for a great combo of powers. Good to see it was finally written and done so well. Mine is up around 30 atm and I love the set so much. Defenitely NOT a build/combo I'd reccommend for a newish player as it is super tight and fairly complicated.

The two things I really love about this guide are:
You don't bash the lvl 1 attack. In my experience with a DM/DA, DM/SR and a DM/Reg, this is the best lvl 1 power out of the box. Extremely underrated. It does lovely damage with a fast recharge. Agreed, core of single target chain which is a lot of what DM is all about. In general, I think people bash the lvl 1 power of too many sets/AT's in general and I believe there is a lot of utility in there and that they ARE worth slotting. I don't always do that, but I have probably more often than not. Of course, that is merely a matter of opinion. I read somwhere in the defender forums a while back about a fast recharge power fully slotted doing ultimately more Dam with less End cost or somesuch thing. It makes sense, at least to some degree and/or in certain situations.

Second thing I love: No travel. The two things I've gotten over in my 30 months playing are debt and travel. I don't really care too much about either. Debt is a fact of life in here, and the 2slot Sprint, CJ, Hurdle, Swift combo gets you around the city nicely. The GvE jump pack with all that is great if you need a bit more help. I love that you axed travel. I have so many Natural characters that I do this with or I just don't want to waste powers on travel or worry about setting up for travel at 14. I used to when i first started playing but now I don't. And of course the temp travels. I've been able to milk a few into the late 30s. Doin' that with my WP Tank atm. So no, it isn't neccesary. I watch everyone going to missions sometimes as I'm running over there. I usually get there same time as everyone else or just after. So it's not too slow.

Wow. What can one say? I have read you're original TA/A guide many times and pointed people there many more times.
That was an excellent guide but this absolutely blows it out of the water. Well done Luminara! Same great stuff as the original with even more info. Especially in regards to notes and thoughts on all the powers and the slotting. I really like seeing this in any guide and I'm glad you expounded on that part.

This is one of the most comprehensive guides I've ever read, along with Gamemasters DM/DA Bible. And it is also one of the best. Thanks for taking the time to do this. I have played my own TA/A up to 38 or 39, absolutely love the set and would have to say anyone that makes one and doesn't read this guide first is silly.

Thanks again

-Doc

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This is my First and Only MMO. I am SO glad I didn't start with one of those - might have left and never come back! Thanks for summarizing this. I hope some magazine picks it up and publishes it somewhere.

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Ditto. I've been playing games since I was a weee boy. Started on the 2600 and never looked back. I have been a console gamer all the way. When My buddies hooked me into this, that was pretty much it. I only play this game now. This one, no other. Playstation 2 finally busted: whatever, who cares.

I had never played an MMO before this and everything I here from other people about the communities and the people and the game mechanics make we want to not try them all. Besides I'm too much of a comic geek to bother.

So, right on to Brad, everyone who posted similar sentiments, and the whole thread in general. This needed to be said and should be more often. Thanks to the whole CoX team!! King's to you. You've made the best game i've ever played!

-Doc

Great guide. First Tank with Fire so this was great to have as a guideline. Posting my own build for variation.

-Unless I'm getting really pounded by multiple enemies with KB, I have found so far that the one KB IO does great.
-Immob: Right now trying to get it reduced with IO bonuses. We'll see if it bears fruit.
-The Healing FLames setup I used is giving me 97% heal and rech-&gt;very nice.
-Maybe hard to tell, but all other enh in the build that are not IO sets are in fact regular IO's in the 30-35 range.
-Important note: This Tank is tough as hell and fun to play.


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Name: BLazing Bumble
Level: 35
Archetype: Tanker
Primary: Fiery Aura
Secondary: Energy Melee
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01 =&gt; Barrage
Accuracy(1)

01 =&gt; Fire Shield
IO - Steadfast Protection : : Damage Resistance,Endurance Cost (1)
IO - Steadfast Protection : : Damage Resistance, 3% Def(All) (3)
IO - Steadfast Protection : : (3)
Damage Resistance(9)
Damage Resistance(11)

02 =&gt; Healing Flames
Attack Rate(2)
Attack Rate(5)
IO - Miracle : : Heal (5)
IO - Miracle : : Heal,Attack Rate (9)
IO - Harmonized Healing : : Heal (11)
IO - Harmonized Healing : : Heal,Attack Rate (13)

04 =&gt; Bone Smasher
Accuracy(4)
Damage(7)
Damage(13)
Empty(33)

06 =&gt; Air Superiority
IO - Touch of Death : Touch of Death: Touch of DeathDamage,Accuracy (6)
IO - Touch of Death : Touch of Death: Touch of DeathDamage,Attack Rate (7)
IO - Makos Bite : : Damage,Accuracy,Attack Rate,Endurance Cost (19)
IO - Makos Bite : : Damage,Endurance Cost (34)

08 =&gt; Swift
Running Speed(8)

10 =&gt; Taunt
Attack Rate(10)

12 =&gt; Kick
Accuracy(12)

14 =&gt; Blazing Aura
Endurance Cost(14)
Accuracy(15)
Taunt Effectiveness(15)
IO - Cleaving Blow : : Damage,Accuracy (17)
IO - Cleaving Blow : : Damage,Endurance Cost (19)

16 =&gt; Plasma Shield
Endurance Cost(16)
Damage Resistance(17)
Damage Resistance(25)

18 =&gt; Health
Heal(18)

20 =&gt; Stamina
Endurance Modification(20)
Endurance Modification(21)
Endurance Modification(21)

22 =&gt; Tough
IO - Impervium Armor : : 1.0 * Melee_Res_Dmg (Psionic) (22)
IO - Impervium Armor : : Damage Resistance,Endurance Cost,Attack Rate (23)
IO - Impervium Armor : : Damage Resistance,Endurance Cost (23)
Damage Resistance(25)
Damage Resistance(34)

24 =&gt; Fly
Flight Speed(24)

26 =&gt; Consume
Accuracy(26)
Attack Rate(27)
Attack Rate(27)
Attack Rate(31)

28 =&gt; Whirling Hands
IO - Multi Strike : : Damage,Accuracy (28)
IO - Multi Strike : : Accuracy,Endurance Cost (29)
IO - Multi Strike : : Damage,Endurance Cost,Attack Rate (29)
IO - Multi Strike : : Damage,Attack Rate (33)

30 =&gt; Hasten
Attack Rate(30)
Attack Rate(31)
Attack Rate(31)

32 =&gt; Build Up
Attack Rate(32)
Attack Rate(33)
Attack Rate(34)

01 =&gt; Sprint
Empty()

01 =&gt; Brawl
Empty()

02 =&gt; Rest
Empty()

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