Escher

Somebody wake me when this game become relevant again...

Oh wait, Going Rogue? Isn't that a book by Sarah Palin?

GR was talked about as if it was in the final stages of development at PAX. That was five months ago. Yeah...

/e crawls back into his nice comfy bug cave.

Happy Birthday!

Have a birthday Cigar!

(or not, if you don't smoke)

-Da Bug

See, now THIS is the cowgirl song that I picture...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10q96IPlm70

While we're at it, what was wrong with MY Birthday thread for viv? HMM???

Not that I don't think she deserves TWO or more.

Happy birthday to you,
Kill MORE rul LA ruu
And then kill some Rikti,
And some Red Ink Men Tsoo!

To the Viv, with love,
Da Big Bug™

Sorry I missed out, Happy belated Bday Rod. See me in game for your Birthday Cigar.

-Esch

Sigh... last on the list. It's almost enough to give a bug a complex or something...

My goodness, I had forgotten all about this little endeavor. Well, I'll be there, and I don't really have a preference as to side. I've got a 50 of each AT, though not all combos hero side. Villain side, I pretty much have only one fifty, and that's my dark / fire brute.

Just be warned, if you DO win me, you WILL receive a Big Bug Hug™.

-Escher

Bug is in.

Probably will bring Gaia Vox. She is a Earth / Storm Controller.

What Saph said.

Whenever I've interacted with the devs in person at an event, or via E-mail, they've always shown a great deal of professionalism balanced with humor and "just one of us"-ness that I really enjoy. These guys and gals really are FANS of the game / genre / and dare I say "us" and they prove it every time they interact with us.

Yeah, I know some of the adjustments they've made haven't been popular with everyone, myself included (CURSE YOU ED!!!) but I do believe that the game we all love so much is in good hands.

And I can't WAIT to go ROGUE!!!

-Big Bug Huggles to the Devs
-Robert Escher (Onus Vox)

Sonic has resistance debuffs - which means that you decrease the enemy's ability to resist the damage you do to them. End result - you do more damage per "hit". You can see this if you observe your numbers after a successful hit or two.

Blue sonic powers... hmm, have to give that a shot on my Dark / Sonic defender...

You will see a lot of fire blasters as the set "looks" like it does more damage, and many folks who play blasters want to feel... well... blastery. It also has a very early AoE power, and no matter what, you just can't help feeling like a bad*** when you shoot a fireball into a group and see all those orange damage numbers float over their heads.

Of course the flip side is that if you don't kill them, then you will soon be seeing many RED numbers floating over YOUR head. Then the pavement rushing up to meet your face. Then the inside of a Hospital. Hopefully, you'll have Viv as your nurse.

I've just found a new quote for my .sig

-Esch

Volken, welcome.

I've played a Stone / Stone tank since I started and have found good teams whenever I needed them. I've also played other ATs and enjoy the challenges of each one. I don't really have any advice positive or negative to add that hasn't already been said. Just have fun, it's a game after all.

-Esch

Happy Birthday to you...
Kill some Ru-LA-Ruu
And THEN smack some Rikti
And a Hellion or Two...

-Big Bug Huggles

I saw Posi at PAX and even gave him a coke, cause he looked really thirsty. I hope he gets better soon...

/E points at signature.

My memories of that day and the week that followed...

Being woken up at six am by a phone call from my mother...

Being called by my boss asking if I was in Dallas this week or last (I was home) because they were grounding all the planes...

Deciding that I would go in to work even though I was offered the day off. Seeing my co-workers trying stay upbeat and professional...

Driving by our local Mosque and seeing my neighbors offering support to our Muslim community...

Getting a haircut from my local (Jordanian) barber three days after the event. I was his first customer since the event.

Visiting a nearly empty shopping mall...

The most striking thing - Looking up at the sky for four days and seeing NO air traffic...

I don't know why that last one sticks with me the most... I suppose it's because I live near Boeing and am used to seeing planes fly overhead several times an hour.

Take care out there folks.
-Robert

Exactly. The STF may take a bit longer to finish because the repairmen might get off their healing powers a bit easier, but it does not mean that you cannot defeat them, or complete the TF - REGARDLESS of team make up. If you had a team that could complete the STF before, they will be able to complete it now.

Lord knows I'm not the most patient of players... and I've had my fair share of moments of frustration with certain tasks. The repairman issue is annoying, but certainly not game breaking.

-Robert

I'll certainly try and make it over there. Not going to PAX because by the time I decided to buy a ticket they were all sold out. But, I live about ten blocks from the venue, so... yeah, I'll try and make the M&G. After all, Victory must represent

HBD WE!

Remind me to hook you up with a birthday Cigar.

-Esch

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Stalker - Shields or fire melee

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Shields doesn't mesh with most stalkers sets or the stalker theme. Fire melee functionally double but breaks theme since how stealthy is a man on fire?

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Where there's fire, there's smoke...and smoke hides just as well as being invisible. I could easily see a Fiery Melee or Fiery Aura Stalker work. Especially if Placate and Hide involved vanishing into a swirling mass of smoke and embers, and then reappearing in a sudden blazing flash when you strike, like a backdraft.

That could be pretty darn cool.

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Backdraft Brawler?