EnvyExtreme

I know not many of you remember me, but I started on this server back in 2006. And being that I'm leaving the game, I only thought it fitting to also say good bye in the place where I started. I truly saddens me to leave, but it must be done. It's time. I migrated to another server about a year ago and people just aren't as familiar on the whole. I have many completed toons still on Pinnacle, most of which are members of Savage Heroes.

Pinnacle gave me many friends that I still keep in touch with across servers: Liver, Doheny, and my fearless and sexy leader of my part time SG, The Savage Heroes. I can't name them all as many of them have fallen by the wayside. But I pretty much remember everyone I've ever teamed with for some odd reason and being that this was the first MMO I ever played at the time, it was always potentially meaningful to meet nice people.

My account expires tomorrow. Happy Trails. And if you see any of the aforementioned people above, give them my message, please.

Yall Be Easy.

Envy Extreme
Rogue Preacher
Plutonian Pariah
Ensign Rickey

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I ran a dark/dark scrapper for a couple years before the sets were made available for tankers. I rarely touch my scrapper now. My tanker is dark/dark/fire. I run 9 toggles on her, with no end issues.

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Build or it didn't happen. Every time the general consensus is that something is "X" then assuredly someone comes along and says, "I never have a problem with X. I've been doing X just fine and with Y as well." So all of us must be incompetent buffoons because we can't think outside the box and get obvious IO's and use standard slotting and Frankenslotting to combat endurance issues. Mkay. I want to see how you run 9 toggles on a DA/ and not have ANY endurance issues. And standing around not attacking doesn't count.

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My specific build is not something I want to share particularly, but I can give some general guidelines for anyone who cares to contact me in-game. (@Maelthra)

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Case in point. Not to sound malicious or anything of the sort, but I want to see it. I want to see a build or a video. You can't make a claim like that when most ppl are on the opposite side of the fence and then tell us you won't show us. That stinks. Build or it didn't happen. I'm tired of people basically telling us we're inept for not knowing how to do something they claim to do sooo well, and then not be willing to pony up the proof. Prove it. Prove it I say! Show me the money!

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But chances of that are as likely as Michael Jackson becoming black again...

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That's okay. We don't want him back anyway.

I love Dark Armor, now but, I'm not going to be an apologist for it. It is an endurance hog, even without Dark Regen. OG is fine, but CoD and CoF are heavy on the end. When you combine that with your other armors and attacks, you've got some major end management problems. With that said, don't use them if you don't need them. DA is not like other sets where you can "Set it and forget it!"

I've rolled two DA Scrappers and two DA Tanks, all with different secondaries, so give me a little credit here. DA Tanks are squishy until they get Tough. Period. After Tough it's a whole new ball game. Normally one application of Dark Regen gets you through a fight, if it's an enemy type it's strong against, then maybe not even once, but it will suffer more damage than some of it's more robust counterparts. But as always, the secondary you choose really helps your survivability. Stone, SS, AXE and Mace are really good for keeping a DA up longer. One tank I rolled is a DA/Fire and it was a pain as there is zero mitigation. That makes a huge difference! But after getting Tough, things got a ton easier.

DA is heavy on the Neg Energy damage and Psi damage. DA is more of a specialized set. It's the set Batman would use if he were a Tanker. Although the OG and CoF only affect minions, that's potentially a lot of minions that aren't attacking you. You choose which to use. I prefer OG if I'm not playing DM as secondary, otherwise I like CoF because of the fear stacking even if it comes with a higher end cost. But that PoV is just from a solo perspective. They both are great on a team if someone else has stuns or fears.

As to how to handle the endurance problems? Many have said it, just use traditional slotting in the armors and at least one in every attack and carry an abundance of small to large blues. I put two end redux's in Tough and squeezed an extra on into CoD since I use that a lot. Pick up some Impervium armors for extra recovery, you only need two to get the bonus. You can also pick up Performance Shifter and the other endurance mod set escapes me at this time. Frankenslot as many of those as you can. I also have the Numia unique and the Miracle Unique and YES Accolades are your friend. If you are serious about making your Dark Armor tank stand out, then I suggest you start working on those.

Hope we helped.

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Been here close to five years, never heard of 'em either.

Obviously a real bang-up organization.

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That's odd. I played exclusively on Pinnacle in 06-08, as this was my first server and have know the leader of Endless since that time. We keep in touch through globals from time to time. I've never figured her for the type she's being described as, yet I was never a member of her SG, just a friend. Things can be different on the inside, I know.

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Anyone who is wasting their money on the jet pack must be wealthy. To expect someone to pay a monthly fee for anything like that is silly.

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While I can't speak to everyone's financial situation, I'm not the wealthiest guy in the world either. While I like the packs, I understand that my purchasing them goes beyond nifty costume pieces and powers. I don't mind paying an extra $15 bucks total because I know that goes towards development costs for this game we all love. I do and have always given extra financial support to something I believe in and want to succeed. I see this game as a tiny entertainment investment that is included in my budget. But that's just me.

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Automan?

EDIT: Too slow.

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Automan was awesome, what was that little flying thing around him called, "cue"? And wasn't I luv Lucy's son the average dude in it. Tv at it's best.

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Cursor was its name.

Aside from posting the build, I think it's a fine guide. OP gave us the pertinent information as related to the key powers and their recharge times. The OP gave us the percentages we'd need to get those powers to an every mob recharge rate. And the OP showed us that a fire/em blaster can farm. It's true that most ppl think that only fire/kins can do it well. I've seen an ar/em blaster farm on Freedom and it really was pretty fantastic. This blaster has multiple purple sets so his recharge was on point for every spawn, no waiting at all.

So yeah, nice guide if for nothing else but letting everyone know that.

Oddly enough. I found that....amusing? I need more coffee.

Tell me what you want me to do. PM meh.

Seriously, change the title to "Commands your team must know", compile all of these into one list and sticky this bad boy.

Sounds like a smart kid you got there. I've been raising my soon to be 2 year old on CoH. He started as a baby sitting in my lap just watching. Soon he learned that pressing the space bar makes the toon jump. It's funny sitting there watching him press the space bar and making the little man jump. Now he sits and laughs at the characters running around on the screen. Sometimes I let him just mash the keys which usually ends up with me being ran into a mob of purple "somethings" and going to the hospital. Our kids are so much smarter than we are, in a couple of years he'll be better at this game than me. Of course I have to be honest, he sat many nights on the couch with me while I played SOCOM3 and watched me run around shooting everyone in the head so I sorta fueled his addiction in his early months. A few weeks ago I HAD to buy him this little game console he wanted from Game Stop that plays all the old school games. He's gotten really good at playing Pokemon on his older brother's gameboy advance.

The family that plays together stays together.

So that's why blasters don't have Dark Blast...heh...always wondered why...dirty Defender. Jacob and Esau much?

Ahhh...you just can't beat flaming poo. Awesome!

THE UNSUSPECTED ALLY: PART III

“I can’t do this forever!” yelled the massive behemoth “I’m getting increasing tired and may not be able to hold it off much longer!” “And I can’t even dent it.” exclaimed Blaster. Controller having applied all of his skill to replenish the waning energy of the beast and after many failed attempts to subdue the Paladin, was greeted to a much welcomed sight. His brothers and sisters had teleported right into the battle. Help had arrived…except for Scrapper.

Tanker unsheathed her mighty Mace and knocked Paladin to the ground. “Your momma was a can opener!” Tanker said sarcastically. Defender set forth a haze of darkness to hide and bolster his siblings strength and immediately applied a patch of darkness to weaken and slow Paladin. “There, this should even the score a little! Scrapper! Where you at!?” “Hold on. These Hellions owe me money!” Scrapper explained as she brought up the rear.

The battle seemed endless, as neither the Paladin nor the children of Statesman and their foreign ally were gaining ground.
“Blaster!” Tanker yelled. “Is that all you got!”
“I’m giving her all she’s got captain!”
“We need more damage.” Scrapper said sheepishly. “These steel “Lee Press On Nails” aren’t getting it done. I can barely scratch it sometimes.” And suddenly in a spectacle same as before, the giant “Lobster” transformed into…”What now? A Squid!?!? Blaster questioned “Is Lusca your mommy?”

With the Paladin continuously weakened by Defender, thoroughly occupied by Tanker, and partially subdued by Controller, the giant flying “Squid” unleashed a rain of purple death so powerful that even Blaster had to pause in awe. Paladin, now on its heels tried to escape for cover, but was so terrified and sluggish due to Defender and Controller that its demise was inevitable. Resistance had become futile. Blaster, Scrapper and the “Squid” continued to pour it on and suddenly in a massive explosion, Paladin blew up into a million pieces! The children of Statesman were victorious!

As the rain of flaming, mechanical parts fell to the ground, the heroes battered and exhausted turned to the flying creature who was now a humanoid being. “Whew! Thanks for holding it down...ummm…Seafood Man is it?” Tanker said graciously, “Yeah these two are always getting into trouble!” said Defender as he glared at Blaster and Controller. “Who. What are you anyway?” asked Blaster as they turned to the unknown being. “I am a Kheldian know as a Warshade. My name is Plutonian Pariah. I am not from this planet. “Well I kinda gathered that.” Scrapper scoffed. The alien continued, “I was happening through this city hunting my hunters when I noticed the young ones making mischief. I was intrigued so I decided to observe. That is when I noticed the Paladin’s construction and your siblings pending defeat and decided that my aid was needed…alas my story is long and my journey has been arduous and I require rest. All things I will explain to you in due time.”

“Fair enough” Tanker agreed, “Let’s head back to the house. I’m sure pops has already gotten wind of this.” Defender glared at Blaster and Controller with a piercing stare, “You two are in sooo much trouble!”
“Snitch” Blaster mumbled as he pouted.
“Hey! Where’s Scrapper?!” Controller asked, “Scrapp! Where you at?”
“I’m at the store getting…stuff.”
“If you spend all your allowance dad is gonna kill you.” Defender scolded.
“Let’s bounce” Tanker ordered, I think pops would like to meet you Pluto. Scrapp! Let’s go!”
“Hey can someone loan me a million real quick, I’ll pay it back when I get paid tomorrow.”
“Scrapp!” Defender yelled. “Coming. Coming.” Scrapper yielded as he followed the pack.

The children of Statesman journeyed towards their base, victorious yet again over the forces of tyranny with the help of a new found, yet strange ally.

“Man I’m hungry.” Blaster complained, “Anyone feel for Seafood?”
“BLASTER!” the children of Statesman exclaimed. “What? I got a taste for seafood is all.”


THE END

THE UNSUSPECTED ALLY: PART II

“Help! Help!” Blaster yelled into his communicator to his siblings. “We are under attack in Kings Row by the Paladin!”

“Paladin? Stop playing.“ Tanker jokingly replied. “Paladin is an Urban Legend pops tells us to keep us in line.” “Is me lying face down on the concrete an Urban Legend?” Blaster rebutted.
” I’m on my way!” Tanker exclaimed. “Hold on until I get there!”
“In route!” Defender assured them. “Stay out of sight!”
“I’m in Warburg!” Scrapper yelled. “Just let me finish off this stalker first and I’ll be there ASAP!”
“No! Come NOW!” Controller yelled as he did all he could to stave off the giant behemoth.

No amount of running or any attempt at defeat could quell the single minded mission of Paladin. Blaster picked himself up again from the pavement and Controller tried in vain to continue to hold off the Paladin.

“We need a distraction!”
“You think.” Controller rebutted sarcastically, “But without Tanker here all he wants to do is rip us a new one.”
“Or just rip us!” Blaster exclaimed.

As the futile battle raged, there was a being that had been lurking in the deep and watching from the shadows. He merely observed the battle at first, but soon could not resist the expanding need to intervene. One minute it was in one place and with a dim display of purple luminance, appeared directly in front of the Paladin…face to face. At first Paladin seemed puzzled, as did Blaster and Controller.

“OMG!” Blaster yelped. “WTF is that?!”
“I don’t know” said Controller. “But that little dude is gonna get stomped for sure.”

The tiny being turned to the two and directed, “Get yourselves together, I’ll hold him off!”
As the diminutive being stood at the feet of Paladin, Blaster and Controller were assured of their doom. “Not today Paladin! Your primary objective will go unfinished!” Then suddenly in a fantastic show of might the being exploded in a purple shroud of never before seen energy. And in an instant no longer was there a minute being of small proportions staring at Paladin. In its place was a giant monstrosity of force the likes that have never been seen by the children of Statesman.

“Holy Shizzle!” Blaster yelled. “It’s the Lobster you dropped that Skull on earlier.”
Controller replied, “I knew there weren’t Lobsters in Kings Row. I told you!”

The giant, purple monster now standing toe to toe with Paladin, waved its claws and instantly the colossal battle ensued. Controller while healing his wounds rose to his feet, ran towards the battle, fortified and boosted the adrenaline of the giant sea creature looking beast. Blaster arose with new confidence as he knew he could unleash all of his power without recompense at Paladin. The two Titans rolled and flung one another back and forth into buildings, crushing cars, light poles and narrowly avoiding citizens caught in the fray. The battle raged on, the Paladin gave no ground and neither did this strange looking purple monster.

TO BE CONTINUED....

Drawing off the style and theme, I got inspired. Thanks Jock, I haven't been this inspired in a loooong time.

The Unsuspected Ally: Part I

The children of Statesman were many, yes. The children of Statesman were powerful, yes. Indeed all of Statesman's children had grown to be respectable and revered among the citizens and villain factions of Paragon City and The Rogue Isles. However, the children of Statesman had much learning to do and their level of maturity would soon be exposed.

In Kings Row, while playing a rousing game of "Toss the Skul", Blaster of Energy and Controller of Mind were having a jolly good time catapulting unsuspecting Skulls off of buildings and into deep ditches.

"102 yards! Beat that Controller!" Blaster of Energy boasted.
"Pfft! That's nothing, watch this!" Controller retorted. And with a wave of his hand launched the unsuspecting Skull 217 yards into the air and laughed as he plummeted to his demise.
“Ha! Ha! Beat that!” Controller of Mind exhorted.
“Meh. It was okay. But mine was defeated before he even hit the ground, so I RULE! Plus yours landed on that Turtle, Lobster thing in the ditch so it doesn’t count.”
“Lobster? I didn’t know Kings Row had Lobsters.” Controller said puzzlingly. “Heh”

See, the children of Statesman were extremely powerful, and young and sometimes when a youth has that much power without experience they tend to show off. Statesman strictly forbid such activities because with acts such as these, justice was not being served, only the youthful angst of a child. All of their public displays of power did not go unnoticed however, as they had been being observed by a distant hoard of Clockwork minions. A hoard of Clockwork minions who were building something, something that would soon make Blaster and Controller regret their power flaunting ways.

While the two were headed to Atlas to reunite with their siblings Tanker, Defender and Scrapper, they were halted by a dreaded sight. Seemingly out of nowhere they were smacked to the ground by a tremendous force of might. As they lay on the ground, they turned to see the horrible reality of the identity of their attacker. The earlier observing Clockwork minions laughed to their delight.

“Bzzt! Tzodayz Uzz DIE! Bzzzzzt!” The Clockwork Canon Prince taunted. “No lon..zzz…ger will we zzuffer the blight of u heroezzz for we hazzz unleazzhed ze Paladin! BzzzzT!”
It was the Clockwork creature constructed to be known as Paladin!

Blasters and his siblings had only heard rumors of this Paladin. But once realizing that Paladin was no longer an Urban Legend, had a sense of panic and urgency come over them.

Over confident with all of his destructive might, Blaster scoffed at the giant nightmare. “I’ve heard of you. Is that all you’ve got! Take this!”, and with an outstretching of his arms, unleashed a massive burst of destructive energy. Blaster, certain that nothing could withstand a single out pouring of one of his most fearsome attacks, was quickly humbled and afraid. Paladin was unscathed and worse, was rampaging towards he and Controller. Now Controller being versatile in control and helps, replenished and fortified Blaster and at the same time set out to render Paladin motionless. Controller focused with all his might and set forth a massive wave of psychic force, but to no avail. The horror in Controllers face was unspeakable as Paladin was still on the rampage and was then bearing down on the two with tremendous abandon.

TO BE CONTINUED....

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10PM Sunday-Apologize to my wife for being a jerk. Make sweet sweet make up love.
10:05PM Sunday-Back to CoH until I pass out.


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I lol'd

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I concur with this assessment, and raise it a *ROFL*

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Ummm...yeah...I was trying to be funny...yeah that's it...heh heh...I'm a regular Eddie Murphy (80's version)...everyone knows I'm a stallion...yeah that's it...a veritable jack rabbit..heh heh...*puts bag over face in shame*

The Master Double XP Plan:


8PM Thursday-Piss off wife.
This is so she won't want to spend anytime with me and that leaves me free to play. Of course my alone time will greatly depend on the level of her anger. I gotta make it good...but not too good, just long enough to last about 2 days.

10:30AM Friday-Be late for work. My schedule is flexible like that.
3PM Friday-Leave work early. Like I said, the schedule is flexible like that.
4PM Friday-Arrive home with kid in tow from the daycare. Give him a snack. Turn on Doodle Bops so he won't bug me.
4:30 Friday-Log in

3AM Saturday-Go to sleep.
7AM Saturday-Wake up. No Hygiene stuff this day. I go straight to the PC. I can shower later.
8AM-until Saturday-Play the CoH and avoid my wife's piercing stare all day...ignore everyone else...except the dog...he has to have his bio breaks.

8AM Sunday-Wake up for church and play CoH before I'm late. I think God understands.
12PM Sunday-Arrive home from church. Don't get undressed. Play CoH in a 3 piece suit the remainder of the day.
10PM Sunday-Apologize to my wife for being a jerk. Make sweet sweet make up love.
10:05PM Sunday-Back to CoH until I pass out.

Double XP Weekend Successful!

Love! Love! This post. I don't really PvP a lot. The most I do it is with some SG peeps. However, I DO like to PvP. I just don't because of the aforementioned reasons stated by the OP.

I don't know if this is a viable solution or not to the PvP build problem, but here goes.

Add another reward for hitting lvl 50. The PVP Copy/Respec. When a player turns 50, it receives a Copy/Respec Token. This reward allows the player to copy the rewarded character to a server of choice and respec it into a PvP suitable build. This particular character, when logging in is only allowed to log in to PvP zones. This would work much like leaving Outbreak where we get to choose which zone we want to start in. Limiting to PvP zones would keep players who just want to have a duplicate toon with different powers that are not for PvP from flooding regular zones with duplicate alts. These PvP toons would be tagged as not being able to leave these zones, much like we are not allowed to enter hazard zones until we reach a certain level.

The problems with this idea:

This could potentially drive up the server population of popular PvP servers. If the PvP zones were on "PvP servers" then this wouldn't be a problem. I'm not privy to the population stats so I can't say if this would cause overcrowding or not

I can also foresee labor being an issue. We already have to pay for server transfers (with good reason) and with the number of players with lvl50 toons, this could become very labor intensive on the part of those who manage this game.

And I'm sure there are those who would find a way to exploit this feature for their own personal gain.

I know there are challenges associated with this proposal, never the less, I wish it could be done.

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My dorky husband wants to know if our characters will actually be able to get married in some sort of a Valentines Chapel?

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Yes. But only on Virtue.

Me thinks the OP has gotten ghost.

*takes his portion of BBQ ribs*

*mumbles as I stuff my mouth*

it'sashamedtoobecausehedoesntknowwhathemissing

SLATHERS BBQ SAUCE ALL OVER THIS THREAD!

/em, smacksOPwithawet-nap

*mumbles as I take my sweet tea to the head*

WorstGuideEVVVVVAR!

Give me one of them pointy sticks!

I say we sing some old Negro Spirituals around the camp fire until a fire tanker comes in here and lays down a burn patch.

"Kumbya My Lord. Kumbya. Kumbya My Lord. Kumbya."

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To sum up = Tanks must taunt and hold aggro;

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So you're telling me Tanks MUST take taunt to be effective? I know you're not telling me that. Oh man because if you are I'm gonna smear "Hunts Honey Gold BBQ Sauce" all over this thread.

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Defenders = A defender should never - let me repeat this - never - play on "auto heal" unless they are in a Hami Raid or other such "everyone can go on auto-pilot" nonsense.

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To sum up = Healers have to stay awake and alive; team members should figure out what they are doing wrong when they die - rather than immediately placing blame on the healer.

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Well said.

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Scrappers = Scrappers. Ya gotta love them tough little toots.
To sum up = Yum.

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Me thinks someone loves Scrappers.

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Blasters = Blasters are probably the easiest of all archetypes to play...and quite possibly should therefore be designated as the "preferred archetype" for the village idiots. I mean come on, it's basically just: KABOOM!

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Oh man! You are so gonna get it. I hope you brought your flame retardant suit.

Hey you left out Kheldians. Oh man you're gonna...wait...nevermind...everyone leaves out Kheldians. Carry on.

Seriously. Except for the sweeping generalizations, nice guide.

I kid because I love.

Can a brotha get some love around Memphis TN?