FireWyvern

No idea for mac saddly. On PC, it's in your City of Heroes folder.

How many powers can be considered "important" in a set?

Pretty sure he meant that ATs that doesn't have crits would now have it. The "enable" part. =P

Mind posting your costume? I love those heroines.

Like cybermitheral said, the enemie actually have to attack you for that case to happen. In most of the type of maps, you can easily move to the end with a good number of mobs not seeing you.

And well, i find it extremely frustrating to search everywhere into an empty map to find the one enemie that managed to stay hidden. Granted that doesn't happen now with the white star on the map, but it used to happen.

Something about granite and the claws not working together if i recall. There was talk about changing granite, so maybe eventually we'll be able to make one.

If he's not shoulder to shoulder with you, he won't get TT:M. =P

For that exemple, yes i wouldn't have problem with you kicking him. (as long as you warned him first) Because it's not just a power he skipped or a different playstyle. He's actually causing problems and actively making it harder on some teamates (the dom).

Wait... since when they changed TT:Maneuvers to be an auto power? Last i checked, it's still a toggle and it cost 0,21end/s. =P

No matter how much of a jerk someone can be, a lot of people won't mind putting up with it, if it's not directed against them.

If you have team wipes because one person skipped a few powers, i'd say there's a problem with your team. On the teams i am, 2-3 people can go afk when it's a full team and we'll still be rolling. A little slower sure, but at a very decent speed.


The problem with assuming what the "core powers" are and what should never be skipped is that not everyone think the same. A good number of people don't care if the emp do nothing be rocking the aura. That's clearly a liability for me. Some people are okay with a corr being a buffbot, but i'm expecting to see damage, that's his primary after all. Some people are okay with a tanker that just survives and have only his tier1 attack. That's clearly a liability for me, since a brute can survive while doing insane damage. I've also seen a stalker without AS and placate (before the stalker buffs even) that was better then all the other player in the team. And they were all decent players that had good experience. Not crazy min-maxer, but they were good enough to do SFs and the like.

For exemple, you mentionned Kin and SB. For me, FS and the heal are more then enough. Most of my character tries to be end sufficient without insps, so with a few insps once in a while, i'm good. And the recharge won't change much to my attack chain. Sure i might be able to get 5-10 DPS more.... but FS gives a lot better then that.

P.S. My VEAT took TT:M. =P But i've seen all kind of "core" powers skipped for good reasons, some by me. That rarely stopped the character from being very usefull if the player was knowledgeable.


edit: And i support what OneFrigidWitch said! I won't change character, but i'll do my best with the one i feel like playing and i don't mind sub-optimal builds or players, if they are trying.

Totally aggree! By then, you're supposed to be already finished.
And i really doubt anyone would need to look for "damage", since everyone have tons of blasters/brutes/scrappers.

The only way to counter that would be perfect power customization. Like in Mutants and Masterminds (pen and paper RPG), where you choose the mechanics, then add the concept on top. Easy to do in a pen and paper.... it would be almost impossible in a video game.

The set might "trump the other in all aspect" but it's not by much. Even if DM beats MA by 5-10 DPS, most people won't notice. DM's mitigation might be 63% (random number) compared to the 61% (random number) of MA, but the difference is small and since they have different form of mitigation, they will both perform better in some cases.

Comparing CoX where all the costumes and items (IOs) don't affect your stats to the other game where everyone must look exactly the same if they want the best equipments, i'd say the penality for choosing a concept is very minimal in CoX.

That, the kheld using team to buff themselves and a stalker using a team to get 31% crit chance. Those would all not be "soloing". What's the difference between having a teamate that passively buff you and a VEAT with TT:maneuvers near you, or an FF defender.


The end problem is one of the thing you have to beat to really solo something. That, surviving and having enough damage to beat him. If you remove one of those thanks to teamates, it's a lot easier to succeed.

But really, i don't see why you need to ask all those questions. The "devs' way of soloing" is one player. Temps, insps, pets are all good. A lot of people wants to do better then that.
What's important is what you'll be proud to have done. I've felt a lot better beating AVs on my SS/invuln with shivan(s) then i did when i just popped tier3 purples and soloed psy AVs without shivans.

Does that mean it will always work on anyone (even AVs and GMs)? Or does it just mean it can't be cutted in half by resistance, but immob protection will still work?

Why play the role of a lackey for 5 levels? If you think at lvl 40 you can beat, the 4 patrons, the 4 semi-patrons and Lord Recluse, all at once, then by all mean do so. I'll even make the AE arc. =) If you went to confront Lord Recluse, that's what would happen. Not to mention the 4 AVs in STF (the mission aeon gloats about the plan), Arbiter Sands, Nocturne and Dr Aeon. You'd have to go through his entire army. Instead of being allowed anywhere in the tower because you are now a patron.

Around lvl 49? I'm always done with that around 45-46. It's the first arc i do, since i enjoy the story.



For the OP
Funny, but after 40 redside, you almost get no fed-ex missions. Heroes on the other hand, still have a lot of those. In a world where teleportation exists none the less. You also do a lot less "walk around arresting 50 random nameless villains" when you're redside.

I do that to a degree. If someone who's power sets are the weak point of another, i'll let them say they beat it, even if they can't. For exemple: Invuln that say he beat Mynx, fire aura that say he beat Baphomet, etc.

What i hate is people that say they soloed "every" AVs out there, when they can't even solo an EB. Or when it really doesn't make sense. "My martial art can be statesman....nevermind that he can survive a nuke in his face." Or people that pretend they could stop Recluse for goodwith there 8-man team....without considering that he'll have his patrons and the 4-5 VG full of SoA loyalist protecting him. =P

9 or 10, last i've heard. And they were +0/+1. But he/she's IOed insanely. I was refering to SO. =P

-from Siolfir
I though you were still talking about Nihilii's post, where it's mentionned that SO mitigation is far from great.
If you were answering to the brute/tanker debat, then yeah, i poped the SO from nowhere.

If you're a mastermind....you haven't soloed them ICly. Since you were a lot vs one. =P




As for everyone that said Spider-man is cool and he mostly fight petty bank robbers.....
Yes he's cool ,but that's because he fights so many "unique" bosses and his sense of humor. When he's stopping random thiefs and muggers, it will rarely take more then 1-2 pages.

Vulture, Rhino, Venom, etc are all EBs at least. They might not be level 54 AVs like Sentry or Thor, but they are still a lot more powerfull then Emile Marcone or Ace McKnight. They all are unique and extremely powerfull, more then just "generic" villains like bosses are.

Did you just implied that you can solo 17(that's the cap?) +4 AVs with an SOed brute? O_o
I'm pretty sure even an SOed granite tanker couldn't survive long against 17 +4 AVs...

I don't have to math skills to prove it either way. ^^;;

As a whole, yeah i aggree that the IOed tanker will be better. I wasn't considering endurance management or mitigation.