EU_Damz

thanks for the reply anyway and yeah thats the reason i want to try FF/psy in pvp because im one of those people who like to throw something different into the mix.
Im guessing Repulsion Field isnt a good pvp tool then? It was the one power i thought would be good against the melee based toons. Even though most of them get repel resistance (iirc).
Aid self is a certain power choice for when i have to use PFF and possibly the leadership pool for that extra small % defence.
Actually yeah does dispersion bubble give enough defence to be noticeable?? (not against blasters with aim of course i learned that lesson with my SR scrapper )
Oh well, i WILL beat someone in sirens with it once i reach that lvl

im trying to build up a FF/psy defender for pvp (not the uber pvp events, just zonal fights).
Do any of you know if this will be a good combo and if so what pool powers i'll need? Havent planned out the finished build yet (only lvl 13 with it) but starting to wonder what powers i will need.
any help or advice will be thanked

Edit: Mostly for solo pvp i might add

TA is awesome, one of the most underated sets in the game imo (mostly people who havent played one). Glue arrow is by far my fav power in the game and you can get it so early!!! ^_^
Cant wait to see how awesome the set gets with the new IOs, hmmm wonder if there'll be any unique buff/debuffs ^_^

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This is my tactic versus roughly half the stalkers out there: (this is for a MA/Sr build btw)

Stalker uses hold Move: This shouldnt really affect you unless its fear since your a scrapper
Stalker uses build up: Cant stop this
Stalker uses AS: If your standing around in a pvp zone then your finger should be right next to your heal button/inspiration
Stalker kills you: Sorry not today! thanks to your quick healing your now able to hold the stalker in place with a power of your choice (to prevent those that like to run), my personal favourite is fear *from power pool* or some sort of knockdown power. Might only last a few seconds but that should be more than enough for you to finish him off.
Stalkers dead: /e dance on his sorry dead body

Edit: almost forgot . . . .
Stalker leaves the zone since heroes are now overpowered

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Okay, bring a team down to warburg and make me the leave the zone then, mr hero

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Warburg??? Isnt that the place true pvpers go ??? im more of a pvp noob so sirens is my home
(my SR gets owned in WB lol)

This is my tactic versus roughly half the stalkers out there: (this is for a MA/Sr build btw)

Stalker uses hold Move: This shouldnt really affect you unless its fear since your a scrapper
Stalker uses build up: Cant stop this
Stalker uses AS: If your standing around in a pvp zone then your finger should be right next to your heal button/inspiration
Stalker kills you: Sorry not today! thanks to your quick healing your now able to hold the stalker in place with a power of your choice (to prevent those that like to run), my personal favourite is fear *from power pool* or some sort of knockdown power. Might only last a few seconds but that should be more than enough for you to finish him off.
Stalkers dead: /e dance on his sorry dead body

Edit: almost forgot . . . .
Stalker leaves the zone since heroes are now overpowered

When your farming turrents in RV and last longer than your heavy as a SR without using a heal

When the entire team sends you friend invites right after you defeated the mob that faceplanted them all.

When you dinged 50

when your pvpin a villain as a SR and you just /e eat for the first 5 minutes without getting hit

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Super reflexes are imo the 2nd best of the scrapper secondaries. All the powers in SR are worth taking and when you got them all it will be a really nice dodgenator character

30+ was IMO when the set really got alive.

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see i feel like SR is THE best secondary.
SR from level 30 onwards is imo one of the strongest sets in the entire game, however you must know your limits. If you can master which toggles to put on and when you will never really have endurance issues and will in theory never really need to carry a respite. I tend not to carry any since i just use the +regen from inventions between getting hit to get my health back up.
If you pvp then your best bet would be to get aid self before level 30 as this will make you into an untouchable god and anyone who says otherwise hasnt faced a decent SR
One last thing to remember is that imo you need inventions in your build to max out your build, since the +regen, + recovery, +defenses will really make your toon feel overpowered.
BTW i hope to team with you soon SonOf-Damz is my SR and can usually be found in sirens (union side) if you want an example of how often you'll get hit.

MA/SR - lower levels you will struggle and not see the positives that it brings. However once your in the high end of the game you will be basically farming missions due to the quickness of your attacks and the lack of damage that you are taking (this of course only reflects if you've slotted your toon well). Personally i havent taken aid self on my SR toon YET (getting it late 40s) since you'll find that you do get hit hardly ever.
Pvp wise . . . . . its good in general zonal pvpin with general pvpers. However against the more experienced pvpers who would have enhanced more acc in their attacks you will have a much harder time surviving.
If you want to build a scrapper that has a bit of everything (ST, PBAoE, heals, end recovery) then pick katana/regen. If you want a good concept toon with a high survival rate (high lvls im basing this on btw) then pick MA/SR. For more of a challenge pick DM/INV.

after leaving my level 39 scrapper on the sidelines since just before issue 8 i thought i'ld give him a shout out and see how much better he is with inventions.
At the end of my first mission back it was a case of - dont you ever . . . . EVER doubt SR again!!! - before issue 8 i either had defence or endurance issues but now after slotting just roughly under half my build so far im getting none of that and hes hardly getting hit
Made me think though because i havent seen THAT many SR scrappers around lately but inventions make them truely god-like, even in sirens against MMs i wasnt getting hit that much.
I love me MA/SR scrapper!!!!! now who wants to lend me a billion influence JUST for the defense sets

against melee toons you SHOULD come out on top (considering both players skills are equal), however against more ranged toons then you'll have a much harder time against.
TA is one of my fav pvp sets and the one power you'll learn to love is glue arrow. Its a sick sick power i tell you

Hello there and welcome. Before i start i would like to say that this is NOT a topic to try and gain new members to the supergroup (although it would be nice), this is a topic to show the new annual event that is being held in Union - Atlas park, everynight from 9pm onwards (although some nights we will start earlier than planned but will always finish late).
The Cruise started on sunday night as an expirement to try and entice a large number of people to atlas park where they can chill out, meet new people/new friends and be part of an environment which is friendly and open to all.
Now we have had a couple of people saying to us that we dont have the right to do this since people have been meeting under atlas since the game started. Now this is all true and valid, however it came to our attention that people were only talking to people they knew and that it wasnt really a good place for new people to meet new friends (and also it wasnt really that busy at a certain time - apart from planned events like cossie comps).
Now since we started this sunday night, we have run it everynight for a minimum of 3 hours eachtime. We have had only VERY possitive feedback about it so far as a lot of people have made new friends and had genuine good clean fun There is no limit to what kinds of people are allowed and anyone is welcome, we try and entice random players in and it usually ends up being a big turnout
I will be posting screenshots that i have taken over the last few nights and will try get a good screenshot when the crowd is at its peak (since all mys screenshots have been at about 1am when we'r all ready for bed).
We will eventually be holding "cruise special events" in the notsofar future, these will include "dude/dudet" cossie comps, most original name, possibly a standup hero comedy show and maybe even a couple of dance circles.
So could anyone whos been to the cruise so far post their comments/screenshots as all views are taken into account, whether possitive or negative.
For anyone thats not been to one yet . . . . . be there Atlas Park, under atlas, everynight from 9pm.
Peace out heroes!
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(btw kerensky i wasnt sure whether this is in line with the forum rules, if not im sorry)

(the following post is based on my ill/rad troller)

I personally use emp in 2 different situations.
On a team i use it as my FIRST attack, since most of the mob is then really target practice and with only the odd 1 or 2 able to survive the slaughter that follows.
However solo i only ever use it as an emergency power (which is rare). So if you team a lot . . . . take it, slot it (more for acc) and love it.
If you solo . . . . . take something else

ice/ta (thinking of making one myself tomoro), you wont be the most damaging, and wont have the most "hard control" . . . . but you'll annoy the hell outta everyone fighting you all the slows, holds, knockdowns etc etc will have the player cursing his pc screen. Of course imo you would be better off teaming a lot with this toon since solo you would take much much longer.
peace out
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ill/ta with all those debuffs and PA + ST, you'ld be unlucky to get hit.

Edit: Against melee toons lol, against ranged toons ummm possible ice/FF would be a good one

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Wouldnt exactly say too lazy.. there been a time i didnt go on test server cause i didnt have the disk space for another exact copy of CoH. I think a big problem is ppl don't really wantin to PvP with the so-called pvp elite. What i mean is there is a bit of cliqueforming where only familiar faces fight together. One hand the hardcore pvpers, other hand the casual ones. And I think instead of shouting "psh, just go to test" you should try to break down that barrier. By shouting "just go to test, and shut up if you cant be bothered installing it" you'll keep alienating alot of people, especially the casual ones.

Other thing bout the test server is you need to shut down your game, start test server for 1 or 2 arena matches, shut down test and go back to normal game. I wouldnt call that lazy, i'd call it a hassle. Especially for the casual PvPers who just like a quick PvP bout between their normal PvE activities. Its especially annoying if you (like me on my old comp) have a pretty slow game start-up/shutdown. Sometimes took me 5 mins to get comp responsive again after I shut down the game, even though while ingame i had no lag issues or slowness at all.

Reason i dont really do duels is cause i got no real duel-capable toon on union, and I like to have at least SOME chance when PvPing.

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ty thats actually the exact reasons for a lot of us not using test server. Dont know about everyone else on the category of "no test server" but my comp lately has just been far too slow and iv had to uninstal a lot of my programs, i wuldnt wanna risk making my live servers any slower than they already are.
Also hes right about casual pvp between pve i know plenty of people who like to "grind" a couple a of pve missions, then chill in atlas to meet some friends/make new friends then head off to do some zone/arena pvps. Its just much easier and far more fun on the live servers imo since everyday iv pvp'd iv seen a new face and a new challenge
Nothing against the test servers pvpers of course, its probs is easier for you and more viable than for me, but it just isnt for me *insert smiley of choice here* not being lazy or "just cant be bothered", i just find the live servers pvp aspect more fun and interesting *insert smiley of choice here to make post more friendly* (nothing against u test server pvpers!!!)

Yus but a lot of pvp tournies are based on the test servers (which is fair so every1 can join i agree), but people like me dont really want to go onto the test server (dont ask why) and would much rather have server based comps and ones where they spread out the level ranges instead of mostly just level 50s, cummon people get a lvl 30 event going! lol
In response to the arenas though, iv got toons on both servers and i agree that arena battles have become a thing of the past. However saying that, iv been in atlas just chilling and doing my thing and people have organised arena battles that way (of course via local chat, since broadcast in atlas is frowned upon), if theres ever an arena battle/server based tournie then i know me and a couple of other people are always up for it.
Silly broadcast pvp fights ftw!!!
"you think that hurts?!"
"pft wa a noob"
"oooo look at you Mr Strong using inspirations"
"runnin away are ya?!"
"oh great now im dead . . . gank squads suck and you know wa else . .. you suck too"
lol

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Can you use more smileys in your next posts pls?
We love smiling

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Smileys are not an option, they are a way of life (besides i only used 6!! thats pretty good considering i usually use 2 per line )
And Thundorn . . . . i'll always stick up for ya since i still member ya from the old supergroup Until you spell my name wrong . . . . then im gonna go virus rikiti monkey on ya [censored]!!!
Peace out heroes!

Farming is just a term used when a player kills mobs quickly am i correct?
Therefore any decent player with any decent solo built AoE toon could therefore be classed as a "farmer".
Plus a team of fire/kins imo wouldnt match up to a team of fire/fire blasters or a team of Warshades (yus i know thundorn said solo )
And as has already been mentioned to make one toon awesome at one aspect of the game leaves them a bit low on the other aspects of the game (pvp for example or some 1 on 1 AV fights) I have faced most toon combos in pvp fights and i would much rather fight a fire/kin than say an ill/rad, mind/TA because i know i have a much higher chance of winning. (btw i know this doesnt reflect on player skill, im just basing it on my own experiences )
Ummm so to finish this pointless reply off i wanna say i dont mind the farmers as it makes my more "unique" toons have that extra wow factor in teams
Peace out me heroes

add Damz illusion/rad/stone troller

This tf will be my 3rd time doing this but this is going to be my most special 4 bars from my first EVER 50!!! Should hit it no probs

Damz level 49 illusion/rad troller if you need him let me know asap

Illusion/Rad troller You'll be the heroes hero

i think they have just one too many pvp zones at the mo, they should combine sirens/WB into one pvp zone. There arent enough constant pvpers as it is and with four pvp zones they are spread out. By adding a 5th you would be starting the decay in zonal pvp. Combine sirens and WB into one zone i say, would be more fun and is at the currect level range too.

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Yep, thats where it appears, on the Enhancements listed under a power. Do you have +Attack Rate or +Recharge listed as well?

As far as I knew its just a Text error and the actual effect is just to boost your own attack rate for that power. Be great if I was wrong though!

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Yeh sorry about that, didnt know there was a text error and got carried away.
Carnifax . . . . you are correct and i am wrong