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We have to wait until Live Server Publish - Tuesday, November 15, 2011 for a fix?
I was up for renewal the 13th. I have just made sure that won't happen. The friend I was playing with quit a week back anyway, this is just a final straw occurrence. For what it is worth I blame NCSoft management and not the Paragon staff.

I'm not going to critique because I don't feel knowledgeable enough. I have a Fire/Psy Dom though so I had to take a look and I like that you went in a different direction than I did. It gives me things to think about. You went Resist I went Defense. You took Fire Ancillary, I took Ice. We are both fliers though!

My build is below. I don't have any of the Armageddon in Hotfeet and only one Ragnarok in Flashfire. In their place are just lv50 ACC and DAM I/Os right now. Also I don't have the two Panacea in Health, just lv50 Heal I/Os. The rest is as you see. I am thinking about giving up on the hugely expensive sets and taking something else better than generic I/Os but not billion INF sets. I team very well with this as it is and have overbuilt.

Someone is going to tell us to go over to the Redside and get Scorpion Shield from Mace Mastery but I like my Ice and I bet you like your Fire.


Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.952
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Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Psionic Assault
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Ice Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Char

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold: Level 30
• (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
• (3) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 30
• (5) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 30

Level 1: Psionic Dart

• (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
• (5) Decimation - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
• (7) Decimation - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
• (7) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
• (9) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 40

Level 2: Fire Cages

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize: Level 50
• (9) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge: Level 50
• (11) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (13) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Endurance: Level 50

Level 4: Mind Probe

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 35
• (13) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 35
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge: Level 35
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 35

Level 6: Fly

• (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%): Level 50

Level 8: Hot Feet

• (A) Armageddon - Damage: Level 50
• (17) Armageddon - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (17) Armageddon - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (19) Armageddon - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (19) Armageddon - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (50) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50

Level 10: Hasten

• (A) HamiO:Membrane Exposure
• (21) HamiO:Membrane Exposure
• (21) HamiO:Membrane Exposure

Level 12: Flashfire

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage: Level 50
• (23) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (23) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (25) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (25) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

Level 14: Boxing

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 35
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 35
• (27) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge: Level 35
• (29) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 35

Level 16: Tough

• (A) Impervium Armor - Resistance/Endurance: Level 40
• (33) Impervium Armor - Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

Level 18: Cinders

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold: Level 30
• (29) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
• (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 30
• (31) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold: Level 30

Level 20: Weave

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance: Level 40
• (31) Gift of the Ancients - Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

Level 22: Drain Psyche

• (A) Theft of Essence - Healing/Recharge: Level 30
• (33) Theft of Essence - Accuracy/Healing: Level 30
• (34) Theft of Essence - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30

Level 24: Combat Jumping

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (34) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
• (34) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

Level 26: Jump Kick

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 35
• (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 35
• (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge: Level 35
• (48) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 35

Level 28: Hover

• (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance: Level 40
• (42) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40

Level 30: Spring Attack

• (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (37) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50

Level 32: Fire Imps

• (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (33) Blood Mandate - Damage: Level 50

Level 35: Sleet

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (40) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range: Level 50
• (40) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50

Level 38: Psychic Shockwave

• (A) Obliteration - Damage: Level 50
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (39) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (39) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
• (40) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50

Level 41: Frozen Armor

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 50
• (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 50
• (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 50
• (45) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 50

Level 44: Hoarfrost

• (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance: Level 30
• (45) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30
• (45) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection: Level 30

Level 47: Ice Storm

• (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow: Level 50
• (48) Tempered Readiness - Damage/Slow: Level 50
• (50) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
• (50) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 50

Level 49: Afterburner

• (A) Blessing of the Zephyr - Knockback Reduction (4 points): Level 30

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Level 2: Swift

• (A) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure

Level 2: Health

• (A) Panacea - Heal/Endurance: Level 50
• (43) Panacea - +Hit Points/Endurance: Level 50

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) HamiO:Microfilament Exposure

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 50
• (36) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
• (36) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 50
• (43) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 50

Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage: Level 35
• (43) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance: Level 35
• (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge: Level 35
• (46) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 35

Level 1: Domination
Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Celerity - +Stealth: Level 50

Level 2: Rest

• (A) Healing IO: Level 50

Level 4: Ninja Run

There doesn't appear to be a consensus that the character would have trouble in later levels so I guess it is user error or at least my perception of what I should be doing is higher than it should be. Which was what I thought would the most likely answer. I know that this character is a better team player than soloer but I am adverse to the role of setting the pace or playing team lead.

If I find that app that takes your character information from in game I will post what I have (opposed to what my Mids build says I 'should' have) and we could discuss that but from what I read I have formed the opinion that this is as much a expectation/perception problem as anything.

None of the points brought up are things I think I have missed. I have adequate KB protection. Though I took Grounded later than I should have I don't fall down. I turn Bosses off and on, approximately seventy/thirty, and run at +0/x6 usually. I learned groups fuel the powers early. I will experiment and go to -1 or x8 or both just to see if that changes my vague feeling on this issue.

I have Tough/Weave/Maneuvers covered though I tend to turn Maneuvers off because of END concerns. It is on the edge, when I next get slots I can drop the END drain on it to where I won't worry. I don't have the SP3%, Steadfast Protection unique, mentioned. I could certainly get it but I don't die a lot so it isn't urgent to plug holes in my protection. My real issue is just that I feel I am not killing as fast, relatively, as I did a few levels ago.

I know I shouldn't really be soloing this tanker but I haven't played the class much and I haven't played it at 50 ever so I wanted to try.

Thanks for the time and thought going into the replies by all.

Do Electric\Electric tankers mature early? Is the slow down I feel is happening just the mobs catching up finally?

Character is 43 with generic I/Os that I just upgraded to lvl 45s (mostly) because I have this perception of under-performance.

I solo this character because I am not a good tanker and I have seen what bad tankers do to a team often as not. I am doing Ouroboros missions and AE (I have a silly arc I keep testing and changing) so I pick what I fight. It isn't like I have suddenly changed the foes.

Ah. Good someone else started a thread for me. I don't need to do it myself.

I don't want to bother putting any effort into this so someone else needs to make a Fire/Rad build for me to use. It should be able farm really good so budget doesn't matter.

I don't have any Inf so if you guys could just take a collection among yourselves that would great. I don't have time to go to each of you individually.

Also once you do all that, what is a good farm? I can door sit for a few dozen to see which ones are best, but I only play from 1am to 4am. I live in Salomon Isles so you will have to find out what time that is your time. I can't be bothered right now so send me a PM. I won't charge you much to play in my farm.

Thanks ahead of time.

The only thing I want to comment on is the apparent dogma that being impatient is a sin to be punished. "Want it nao!" I probably take that meme from around this forum too seriously but it seems, to me at least, that is is a pejorative when used by most of the posters here. It places bricks in the wall separating people.

This is a game, not real life. Some people only have so much time that they can devote to it and have to choose where they put their time. And no I am not saying everyone else lives in their Mom's basement or other stereotypes and therefore has no real life themselves. Can we just agree that players have differing amounts of time they can put into the game?

Yes people coming here from outside the local clique often expect too much. I see an Us vs. Them forming. Maybe I am wrong.

Tiny little insignificant morsel of food for thought. Or not.

Thanks for the advice Necrotron. My video looks better than before after getting into the Catalyst control and playing with the settings as you suggested!

I found that the original problem occurred because absolutely nobody that also lives in this house and plays on this account messed with the video properties. Nope, nobody touched it. Nobody swears to this, with a bit of a smile that hints nobody lies. Played with occlusion I think.

Disabling Advance Graphics Settings fixed things.

... that's ultra mode? ... but I want ultra mode.

All the people I know that are unemployed will trade places with you.

Edit: Info up front. ATI Radeon HD 5800 (x2 w/crossfire) 10.11 drivers.

I opened the log on screen with a red message at the bottom of the screen saying 'update your drivers'. I ignored that and entered my info. I played for months with that message earlier in the year so it didn't bother me but it was back now after having gone away.

At the character select screen my characters were all silhouettes. A few had like a forearm that was displayed or the trim on a cloak. Random and only just a few. Guess maybe the warning was something I shouldn't ignore.

In game I see blue/gray silhouettes of the landscape. /unloadgfx flashes a correct looking display for less than a second and it changes perspective too. It is very close up to the character no matter how far out it have the perspective view. Then it returns to the blue/gray. I did this multiple times on mulitple characters too.

Died to a Ritkti raid trying to run away in the dark with one character .... yay.

So I update my ATI drivers. They were version 10.4. (pretty sure) Now they are 10.11. Same problem exists with newest version.

What did you guys do? Things looked great yesterday. Today; totally broken.

Broke my graphics. The entire game is a blue/gray wasteland.

My friend thanks you for the information.

1) Does hide_all have a timer?

2) If hide_all has no timer, then are there other ways for it to be canceled other than my entering unhide_all?

3) Is the flag for hide_all saved on the server or the client PC?
..3a) If saved client side would logging in with a different account on the same PC over-write that? ( "Aye" account is flagged for hide_all. "Bea" account is not flagged for hide_all. "Bea" account logs in to CoH on the same computer, plays, logs out. "Aye" account logs in to CoH. Still flagged? )


4) Is it possible to change my forum handle to something different from my in-game global handle now, after I have made the account?

Pie for the Impish Kat.

Thanksgiving is approaching so pumpkin is always appropriate.


I like chocolate.


Non-traditional peanut butter.


Just remember in your excitement to use a fork. Else you end up looking like this guy.

I get it. I was making fun.

Just because making MY life easier than a trust-fund kiddie would be a much better alternative doesn't mean I don't understand. Sadly the rest of the world does not yet know that they are here for my benefit, so this sort of thing goes on. Everything will be forgiven once I am the Benevelant Tyrant of Earth, except Kevin Stolls from second grade. I will never forgive you Kevin!!!

/random silliness

Though seriously why is this thread on the internal workings of a particular SG on Virtue in the Market section?

I don't understand why this is in the Market&Invention section. I am equally clueless why ya'll aren't handing your billions to me!! instead of whatever it is you are doing. Obviously it is a nefarious plot of some type.

but it sure looks like you are having fun (not handing your billions over to me) and . . being ebil?

Postscript:
I would like to join in but am poor. Can I just rent _23X_ 's {{This space for rent}} real cheap?

Impish Kat is the best ever! Thanks for your time. I did not want to ask much but she just stepped right in and set things straight. Plus extra.

+++ Plus rep? We cant do that anymore can we?

I guess I have the maximum number of storage in my smallest possible base. I have no teleporters. I have no med bay. Whatever else is possible; I don't have any of those either.

I do have:
1) Portal in. Purple thingie that lets you enter and leave via the base portals out in Paragon.
2) Workroom. 8 salvage bins. 1 enhancement bin.
3) Workroom. 6 salvage bins. 1 enhancement bin. Vault/Safe that magically connects to Vault Reserve.
4) Control room. 1 abstract art thing that provides control. 2 bookcase. 2 desks. 1 salvage bin.
5) Power room. 1 glowie crystal thingie on the floor that provides power. 1 small crystal thingie on the wall that provides aux power.

So I have a plot that allows me all that I need until I want a med bay or teleporters to various zones? What does buying a larger plot get you? Just room for decor? (Forget those questions. Rhetorical)

Not sure what to do yet. Obviously I don't want to remove all the salvage from the bins (15x30= 450), but I may have enough alts to just carry everything plus vault reserve. Logistically it may be possible. Have to do some math and see. Plus Auction is obviously an option. I may find I have 30 brass or something that I don't need to have so much on hand.

Anyway thank you for the information. Now that I am not exhausted from hours of futile effort on the base, I need to plan out options. Also I have a PM that Firefox blocked from popping up that I need to look at.

CoH has the best community. Thanks for the offers of help but I don't think anyone can.

I will try to keep this explanation short (I'll try but I tend to over explain). I started with a tiny decorative base months ago. Just the the transport room. It had 3-1/2 stories. Kind of cool. I really liked it. I learned to stack safes and build off of that. Minecraft this ain't but the little apartment was homey. (And I am getting away from the point.)

I have a bazillion alts. I got to a point that I felt I needed to get storage for salvage. Unfortunately, I may have had a bunch of characters but I was prestige poor. (Still am, Inf too.) I could not keep the fun decoration and add the rooms and items needed. I put it off a long time but finally cleared everything and added bare rooms with lots of storage and the energy and control needed. It worked. It was ugly but all I could afford.

Fast forward. Nine salvage is not enough I say! I have filled all my salvage bins and I have some prestige to expand. Great I say. I buy a bigger plot. Moving up in the world. From the smallest to the next smallest. I try to put in more bins... hmmm. I put in more control. Hmmmmm... I have to buy a bigger room in order to add more power. Ug. The power room was in a corner so the new, bigger room does not fit so I put it 'over there' instead. It does not matter. None of this gets me what I want. Those of you reading this know that I guess.

It makes sense that bigger plot + more (power + control) = more space for storage. Silly me. I guess it doesn't work that way. I can't buy a HUGE plot and fiddle with things. (still poor!) So I decide to go back to the old setup. Ha. I shuffle those stupid rooms forever trying. It is 20 minutes down grading the power room to the original size. The editor won't let me connect rooms that were connected before. I can't figure out how to rotate rooms to maybe fool it into letting me. The layout is stupidly inconvenient now. That's why I say I have to set it ablaze and then start over. I am not decorating. This is more basic than that. I can't put one room next to another.

That is what I was complaining about yesterday. Basic room arrangement, juussssst not possible with this technology.

I just spent a very frustrating three hours trying to upgrade my little base.

It ended up pretty much broken when I finally quit. I will have to delete everything and start over. Where I will put the salvage I have no idea.

Yes I am having a little cheese (& crackers) with my whine. How some of you do what you do is a mystery to me. The whole thing is so broken.

I have started a Fire/Thermal. Seems a natural combo huh? I have found one post on an Illusion/Thermal and nothing else that uses the secondary. I can reroll if Thermal is useless. I don't want the ZOMG fotm overpowered build favored by min/max'ers and munchkin copycats. I do want some decent performance. Good on teams and able to solo a little bit.

Theme-wise I want Fire related powers. Character name is Homura no Umaretsuki (Born of Flame/Fire). With the (really cool and new to me) ability to edit power colors I guess several secondaries could fit the 'look' of my idea if I end up changing.

I am a returning player. The last time I was around WW had just come in and I am P.O.O.R. (under 12 million across all characters and only because veteran players are very nice with contests and giveaways) No expensive builds for me!

I could use some advice.