Eskimo_Spy

I'll help out on both badges with my brute.

Sorry was busy yesterday so i'm a bit late with the thanks but as Tristar said it was a great team even with 4 controllers one blaster and a tank

Thanks to all involved for a smooth and fun TF.

Well that's a team of 4 so far, hopefully we can pick up two more before then since it's 6 minimum.

Anyhoo see ya there.

If anyones up for it i'd like to run the Moonfire TF on the above mentioned date.

It's levels 23-28, 11 mishes long and has a 6 member minimum.
Exemplars welcome since i'll be auto exempt myself.

Anyone interested post below or send a tell or e-mail to Luna Blackheart or @Eskimo Spy.

Thanks much.

Been called into work so I can't do Sunday either

I'll put Coffin Dodger's name down for Sundays SF, I would've said Saturday but i'm down for badge hunting then.

Well since I have the day of tomorrow

I'll be on in the afternoon, if I can get outta bed i'll be on at 2pm.

I'll give a shout out on UB before I start.

If anyones interested Luna has 4 mishes left on the General Z story arc. I'm sure there'd be plenty of FF generators going around. Since the spawns were conning 7 levels below her i've bump it up to invincible so it'll be levels 31-32.

I'll leave it till tommorrow night (Sat 21st) so you've got some notice.

Gonna put in my two pennies worth about Mind/FF.

After some initial power selection problems, i've found that Mind controller is a good balance between solo and team play.

Okay if I started the character again I might not of taken FF but since i've only taken 3 powers in the set i'm not too bothered now and besides apart from one hero everyone appricates a bubble or two.

Okay when soloing I might not take out mobs as quickly as other AT's but i'm hardly gonna take any damage. Hit the mob with Mass Domination so containment kicks in straight away normally followed up with terrify (just incase you missed someone) then it's just a case of Dominate, Levitate and Mesmirize last since sleep lasts longer than a hold, then move on to the next target.
I also took Air superiority to use if I miss an attack or an enemy gets too close.

When teaming the mass holds come into there own an then use the single holds on straglers, misses or bosses who need a second hit. Remember that your teammates will be doing the damage so concintrate on keeping the mobs held rather than dealing damage throwing in the occassional levitate coz I never tire of seeing the poor sod flying through the air.

Then theres Confusion and it's big brother Mass Confusion.
Firstly don't make the mistake I did and drop the single when you get mass as both have different applications plus Mass has a long recharge.

The best thing about Mass confuse is thats it's a great hold it stops them attacking you. I sure there's been many calls of it "stunting XP" but since I got it I haven't had a single complaint. Mostly because a) I normally follow it up with terrify meaning they only do one attack of damage. b) It's a great desperation power when your overwelmed and can really turn the tide. c) It's a kick [censored] move.
As for confuse it's really one of the most useful powers in my arsenal. So mind trollers don't have pets, well no we can choose our pets, need healing? Confuse a Crey Medic. Bubbles? Try a Raider force field generator. Basically any enemy that can buff/debuff can be confused to buff/debuff for you. It's like an instant defender, just add water. The list is endless and the fun of confuse is finding out what it can do for you.

Almost forgot. FACT : Mind Control has the best sounding powers of any powerset.

I'll put Luna's name forward for the respec.

Yeah the SF when without a major hitch thanks guys. Pah who needs healers anyway.

I'd especally like to thank the rest of the team for beating up big Bat'za the Thingy while made my way back from hospital

Thanks for the response we have a team of 8 now.

Neo VIII
Rock Eagle's stalker
Rhinovirus
Ghostwolf
ZEK - 1337
Koopa's villian
White Wraith
and myself

So thats a Mastermind, 3 Brutes, 3 Stalkers and another

Sure it's not the most balanced team but what the hell.

Yeah the SF'll auto-exempt you down to lvl20 which is good since everyone interested apart from Rhinovirus is over 20

Anyone wanting to do the above mentioned SF meet Coffin Dodger beside Virgil and his little portal at the above mentioned time.

The SF is lvl 15-20 but since i'm lvl 22 the mobs will probably be 20-21.

If your interested put your name down here or just turn up on the night.

Thank you for your time.

Luna Blackheart needs the badge, she'll be there hopefully.

You could always try the Sean Connery accent since it sounds the same as always even when playing a russian sub-commander.

But seriously it can be hard to translate an accent into text without going overboard, also you do actually want others to understand you so i'd go with the suggestion to just throw in the odd russian word, even just calling everyone comrade would do the trick.

On the subject of Soviet villians does anyone have a plan to start a Soviet SG on Union?
With an unhealthy diet of 80's action movies I think it'd be a great looking SG (it may seem a bit frivulous of me but the soviets won the coolness stakes over the americans hands down).
My soviet character was one of my many heroes wasting away in outbreak for months until i spotted the hammer & sickle detail while creating villians and resurrected her.
Although I did have a twinge of guilt when the first fellow villian to speak to The Soviet Terror turned out to be russian, but it turned out they thought it was a great character.

I'd use

If SF's mean Strike Forces then the first contact is Barracuda in Cap Au Diable lvl Range 15-20, dunno about later ones.

On the subject when i was lvl 15 i had two question marked badges in the Accomp. section, I assume one is Barrcuda's SF, anyone have any idea what the other could be?

i've seen the ship "run aground" twice now once in the the NW corner of Talos and once in IP near the King's gate, Of course the 2nd time I already had the Ectoplasmic Badge.

Playing a DM/DA brute, Smite and Shadow Maul are awesome powers and combined with Death Shroud he can smash through minions and get that fury bar up.
The only draw back so far is that he eats up endurance quickly, even with and end. reduction in each power, due to having toggle powers on most of the time. Stamina should take the bite outta the end usage.

OT On the subject of Stamina, when I was creating a re-gen stalker i had to think for a minute what power hide replaced, then it clicked it was quick recovery. guess re-gen stalkers will need stamina too.

Hit level 13 last night, plus 6 more between lvl 1 and 3.

I second that, the running away when I get your health low, then coming back and backstabbing me when i'm fighting someone else really got me fuming.

Ah the beach.....

I went to warburg with a team for my first PvP action I was having fun for about half an hour, sure I faceplanted several times but I gotta couple of kills too.

The thing that ruined it for me is that since we're so near the beach, there was one person who as soon as his health was half way down he'd run away to the boat, it got silly he was running away at the single sign of trouble but would still kill you if you started fighting someone else.

It's people like this who'll ruin PvP.