Fire_Minded

Ok,what im wanting to understand is why people respond in very few ways when a players asks a question?

If someone asks of the "Fun Factor" or a particular build and AT....they get the following...

"Its not good at soloing AVs."

Well,if that was my focus,wouldnt i have mentioned that when i asked about how fun the build is?

or

"Heres a Mids map that may help the development of your build."

Great,awesome,cool....not only did you throw a outside program at me,that not only is impossibly useless in anything but telling you maxamized numbers for a power set,it doesnt tell you how your going to perform vs the things youll face in the game,like villian/mob resistances,def %,do you need massive support from a team to do anything?Or if youll even like the build,or if youll be the type to play that particual build correctly.Plus,i didnt tell you that i wanted to make a toon that i wanted to try out for the olympics.

or

"That build is meh...but with IOs,it could be halfway decent."

I see...so nothing but IOs is a contributing factor in how well you can build and play a character?My only response to those who belive you have to be IOd to be decent..is...Your limiting your self on what the game offers,your playing the same thing as the next guy because its a exsplored set...that by no means makes it a "Better" set then one less used.It simply makes you ignorant,hence the response on IOs making it decent.(NO,mids does NOT work correctly,its a insufficient program)

Then this last one is the one that urks me..because its the more seen,in the forums,and in the game its self,and its the most ignorant thing i can think of pertaining to this subject..

"Thats a horrible set,and the reason is because of....."

The reasons that follow the beggining of this comment are usually from ignorant people,from every corner of the Earth,that play this game.

From "Mids numbers arnt very high." to "Because i had a friend that had a level 50 of that build!And erased it!Cause it Sucked!",and we both know thats a cop out,to talk trash on someones choice in a less travelled,or less understood set,just for the sake of talking trash,when they never seen a player do it,or just couldnt cope with a diffrent playing style,or never tried it at all.

I also dont understand why people would suggjest there build...to everyone else...for me,and many other players,i find Cookie Cutting and copying a build that is everywhere annoying.

Some of you dont like me,and some of you know exactly what im talking about,but its those of you that dont like me,know i speak truth.

LAY OFF THE MIDs PEOPLE!

PLAY THE FREAKING GAME!

ENJOY YOUR CHARACTER!NOT THE NUMBERS!

GAWD!

Well,i plan on making a Dark/Dark,im just unsure if i wanna make it a Scrapper,or a Brute...most likly a Scrapper,but,we shall see.

I wanna wait till GR comes out,but,i dont think i have the patience for that.So i may just flip a coin.Dark/Dark is still a nice combo,but,i dont think from lowered damage capacity that id wanna play it on a tanker.

I may go Scrapper...simply cause the new Fury gains are a bit too frustrating for me to wanna play a Brute.Not to mention the colors of the power sets are fine,ill be keeping them classic,and i will be taking the Stealth power,not taking it because you wanna see a costume,is pretty silly,especially since the Def % is worth it.....im not sure how much itll cost to IO it to be a soft capped set,but it would be none the less interesting.

Awwww....ArticFahx....YOU CARE!

I dont think he is "Asking" for a Placate like effect to be added....its more like he is "Demanding".

If someone hadnt gotten to it first...i woulda pointed out that its agenst the rules to push someone to do anything that you desire through petitioning the Devs....

Here is a great way to deal with this conflict though,and ill give a few choices that i can think of right off the top of my head,that may resolve the entire situation.

#1 - Try to contact a Dev,or someone in charge of the games mechanics,give them your idea,and hope for the best.

#2 - Realize your being a pushy little worm that has to much time on your hands,and apologize.

#3 - Stop using that power thats making you upset and making you demand change,cause odds are,your the only one upset by it.

#4 - Stop using Trick Arrows,and choose a diffrent set on a fresh new toon.

#5 - Cut back on the caffine,as well as being overly obsessed with the game to nit-pick about a single frickin power,that does what it does,for a reason.

#6 - Shut Up.....

#7 - Step outside and get some sun and some fresh air...heck...maybe even a girl friend and a hobby.

#8 - Look back at #6 and read it again...

#9 - Accept that no one really cares,and no one loves you,and move on..

#10 - Realize im a jerk....but that your a bigger one.

Hmmm,thats odd,i never had issues fighting them,and i fought them with my FA/SS Tanker.I had very few issues jumping in,and kicking the holy *BLEEP* out of them,and moving on to the next mob.

So far we are hearing alot for Blue,but surprisingly,alot for red as well.

On a side note,mostly none related to the subject,even with this GR change they are making,theres still one thing i pray they never do.

First of all,a Scrapper from what others say about them,seem to be the 3rd in line for PvE content in the game in terms of power and defense when it counts towards melee classes.I just hope they dont totally proliforate all the melee power sets to every melee AT,because that would litterally make the Scrapper a novelty,and in the future someone will say something along the lines of "Awwww,isnt that cute?someone made a Scrapper,they must have been bored.." when you see one running around.

They already gave Brutes Claws and Dual Blades,and i still dont agree with them giving Electrical or Fire Melee to Scrappers,but,if they give Spines to Brutes.....Then the game will no longer have Tankers or Scrappers unless someone really was bored enough to make one.I see Ice Melee being just as bit of a AT killer if it was givin to Brutes...if anything,because of how the ATs are built...Scrappers should get Ice Melee.Atleast if they get Ice Melee,reguardless if Brutes get Spines or not,would pretty much keep a Scrapper on the map in terms of game play.

Ok,im done with my DOOOOOOOOM rant..

DROP THE MIDS AND PLAY THE FRICKIN BUILD!

EXPERIANCE IT WITHOUT BEING A SCIENTIFIC GEEK THAT ONLY SEE's NUMBERS!

Thats my comment!

Well,my experiance on my old account,with current PvP rules as they are...let me give you a idea of what iv went up agenst,thats beaten the crap out of my Tankers and scrappers,ill even give the build i was using at the time when it happened.

Lvl 50 - FA/SS Tanker,maxed out for pvp Resistances...65% for everything,including Psi,and 45% resist for Cold damage.A Dark Melee/Dark Armor Stalker kicked the Holy *BLEEP* out of me.It wasnt a easy fight for either one of us,we faught for id say 5 or 6 minutes,before i finally dropped dead.Keep in mind that he couldnt dodge me,and i couldnt dodge him,due to our choice in sets of armor and the toHit % bonus from Rage from my /SS half of the build.

I mean,iv taken on Invln/SS Brutes,and sat there for 3 minutes while there tier 9 wears off,doing nothing but healing with my Healing Flames,but this Stalker gave me a fight...a NASTY fight...he Tanked ME!The Tanker!

Then there was the time i fought a Elec Melee/Elec Armor Stalker,while i was on a WP/EM Tanker...this guy messed me up...BAD....There was no me hurting him...there was him...beating me into Tanker GOO!

Iv mainly played Tankers,and iv had my *BLEEPEROONY* handed to me by many builds..builds i rarly see people talking about using on the Forums,or power sets that Forum goes scoff at.....Every one of those sets have wiped the floor with me...WP.....Regen...pffft....dont make me laugh...easly beaten by the majority of the players who survive the Alpha of the attacking Stalker...dont be fooled or drawn in by hear say on whats good...you decide...and for the love of GOD...leave Mids out of it,....numbers count for nothing....if its not a ejoyable set past the numbers...youll never excell at any of them...The player makes the set...not the other way around....

FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS STALKER!

STOP USING MIDS!

PLAY THE FRICKIN MIX!

NUMBERS MEAN DIDDLY!

PLAYER MEANS EVERYTHING!


Fire_Minded for President!!

HOOAH!

DEFIANCE SUCKS!

ITS WORTHLESS!

POINTLESS!

SERVES NO REAL PURPOSE!

.......YEH!

That is all.....

[/QUOTE]It irks me that you can afford to fully IO out a toon, even at the stupendous prices of the good sets, with what some people are willing to pay for one single recipe. Do peopel really enjoy farming that much?[/QUOTE]


OMG!Someone finally said it!

SOOO FREAKIN TRUE!

Alot of us dont like to farm for endless hours to IO toons,and most of us "Cant",due to i dunno...work....jobs...and possibly a life outside the game?

So far its 2 for blue side and 2 for red side (thats counting my self on a red side count)

Keep em commin!

Ohh brother....Min/Maxers of the world unite!......sheesh....anyhow,the Ninja Run is well worth the 10 bucks to get it.Saves on buying into a travel power....and who cares if its "Only as fast as Super Speed unslotted,and half the height of Super Jump,provided you add such and such....."

Bottom line...you pay 10 bucks,you get a great travel power that you get at lvl 4 for every toon....and can save you upwards of 3 power pool slots to put towards a better build for your character in general.

Feel like you have limited power choices for a build?Or that you have a route youd rather take to increase the performace of your toon,but your just a couple powers out of reach?Well then,replace your old travel power with NR...and FIX IT by removing your travel power pool and using them power choice slots for what YOU want!

Its a no brainer!

DUH!

Well,im on Freedom,and iv been talking to a few guild mates,then asked people in teams when i get on one,what ATs will they be making,and what side will they take them for?

I was a bit surprised at the answer,but then again,maybe i shouldnt be all that surprised at the answer..

Everyone i talked to,or asked,or mentioned this to for the upcomming Going Rogue issue of the game,said they would bring Villians over to the Hero side and play them there.Some even said they havnt played villian ATs simply because they didnt like Mercy Island.

The main AT that was most talked about being brought hero side was the Stalker,followed by a close 2nd being Masterminds and Corruptors.There where a few people that said they want to make a Brute to replace there Tanker/s hero side.

The more i talked to people about it,the more i noticed that no one mentioned bringing any Hero ATs red side....they all want to bring Villians to Blue.

From what im noticing,and this is just my veiw of it...everyone wants the stronger ATs,and want them blue side because blue side is easy compaired to red side...not to mention a bit less laggy for many people who play the game.

After going rogue,im sure there will still be a few people who will play a Defender,or a Tanker,simply because of the nistalgia of it,but you can bet youll see a massive decline of both those classes being played in favor of Corruptors and Brutes in Paragon City.I dont see Stalkers totally replacing Scrappers though,but because of how new Stalkers will be vs a Scrapper in Paragon City,there population will get smaller for a time,then id say that might even out after the new wears off Stalkers existing blue side.

Which brings me to PvP...good lord...the amount of Stalkers cussing at one another from both sides,and the population of them will be annoying.

I can already see it now.....everyones going to be a Stalker for PvP...itll be like 1 fast moving submarine chasing another!

if your any other AT...well,you better not stop moving...reguardless what side your on...because if you do...Stalkers from the opposing side will see you as fresh meat...

Try to think what would happen when you stopped moving..just for a moment to adjust your glass,or scratch your nose,or sneeze.....the moment you stop,youll be surrounded by Stalkers...and itll be just about as horrifying as a scene in Pitch Black where they are all around you in the darkness....then HACK!SLASH!ZAP!STAB!SLICE!KA-BOOM!.....youv just been hit by multipul Assassin Strikes...no one survives that....no matter how strong...

Yes,i know what some of you are about to say..."not everyones going to be a Stalker",or youll say "well,if you wanna PvP,just goto the arena"

If you feel the urge to let either one of these sentence leave your lips,then your a special person,and prolly need to go take a double dosage of your daily medication! (just kidding!)

Anyhow,joking asside,i see it ruining it for Zone PvP...not to mention that the extreem lack of players red side will make it a Mute point anyhow...and well,maybe Arena is all that will be left.

I however have descided,that any hero i make from now,till going Rogue,is going to be taken Red Side,and any villians i make,are going to stay...red side.....Im sure there will be a few more people that wanna keep Mercy Island alive so there are villians to fight,so,i wanna hear from everyone what they plan to do with the Hero and Villian ATs and where they will be placing them when it comes time to choose?

I think it was rated 2nd for Brutes and Stalkers...dont quote me on that,and i dont see why it would be that bad of a set to begin with,its very compairable to the other sets that are Def % based anyhow.

The tier 9 on Energy Aura doesnt drop your Hit Points after it wears off,which in my book,is a definate plus,and it boosts your Def % very high,so whats so bad about it?from my point a veiw...nothing...i just think alot of the sets in the game arent as thematic as people would like for there character concepts,but,it looks like a very good set...not like it'll matter when im nuking mobs like a scrapper anyhow.....

Well,i settled on a Stalker,of the Electric Melee/Energy Aura variety.

I know i could have taken these power sets with a Brute,but,on a Stalker,i belive ill have a much easier time...i do perfer to clobber entire missions,this is where the 1 short range cone,and 3 AoE attacks are going to come in handy,however,i do get a bit tired of that,and wouldnt mind running to the end and ripping the Big Bad apart and just finishing it,especially if i just didnt like the mission.

Then theres the bonus of not worrying about the Fury Bar,and the stealthing to missions without worrying about outside mobs and lag...which can make a bad mixture and get you killed red side at times because your running along,or super jumping along,and the game lags for like a minute.....yeh...im sure some of you know what im talking about.

Also,Energy Aura seems to have very interesting tools to it,it has a self heal,great for if im mob fighting,energy drain to take down end along side my elec melee drains,and the PvE % for crits does help as well,granted its only 5% for every person in your team,which if im going to be by my self,ill crit like a Scrapper alot of the time,and have a garanteed Crit or Assassin Strike to start off a big mob before i do a attack chain of Lightning Rod + Chain Induction + Thunder Strike.Then the rest of the fight is whatever goes.

Im looking forward to my panic button the most with Energy Aura...that being the Repel AoE that the set has,which i dont think the Brute Version has at all.

I think this Stalker will get me where i wanna be...which is in cahoots with my VEATY VEAT!

Without using mids,or any other type of program,and stepping back,looking at the Blaster AT its self,i can pretty much tell you "Why" recharge times where slowed down for a whole 2 powers in the Rad Blast set made for Blasters.

#1 - Blasters have the highest ranged damage modifier in the game.

#2 - Blasters with the majority of there sets get Build Up,and Aim,giving a huge bonus to there damage,without the aid of a buffer.

#3 - Blasters can be buffed for added damage on top of there damage modifier,to obseenly high levels.

With just those 3 reasons,they slowed down 2 of the fastest firing attacks in the game,just so a blaster wouldnt be over powered,atleast not without having to take steps like Hasten,or Recharge Enhancers.

Allowing a Blaster to fire of Rad Blasts as fast as a Defender can causes a problem that i can visually see,and thats prolly why when they gave it to Blasters,they slowed it down.

A Defender doesnt hit very hard with Rad Blasts...AT ALL..(Speaking from experiance,had a lvl 39 Rad/Rad defender on old account).They did however fire very fast,which was one of the pulls that lead me to play a Rad/Rad,that and the green color that couldnt be changed.

Just a example,a Blaster can do a dual self buff cycle,raising its damage over 150%,now if you put into account the high damage modifier...Bosses wouldnt stand a chance,nore would most mobs if you where firing off rapid fire Neutreno Bolts as fast as a defender could...causing a massive amount of damage just with your teir 1 power....Some EBs and AVs would be taken down and be a utter joke if you nailed it with 10 hits of 1 second recharge Neutreno Bolt that did say,150 damage each shot,not to mention if you hit with the first one,the rest wouldnt miss due to its def % debuff,which would make it even stronger,because even with Aim + Build Up,you can still miss a target.Now lets add a team...someones Buffing your damage output,say a EMP Defender just Fort'd you,then say theres a /Rad Controller or Defender on this same team,and say they are going after a AV,or a EB,Bank Mission,TF,whatever,and they just Debuffed the Big Bad,and the tanker runs up to hold the agro...ok...those 10 shots of 150 damage now become say...250 each blast using Neutreno Bolt,that would mean 2,500 damage from a single 1 teir power using the Defenders Verion of Rad Blasts,from 1 Build Up + Aim Cycle.Then if you wanna get more technical,you could actually boost that damage to around 3000 if you still had 1.5 recharge for the N. Bolt,and the 4 seconds recharge defender version eye beams(forget the name of that power,been a while.)Making that Boss,EB,or AV,a complete joke,and the Blaster wouldnt have to take more then 1 or 2 Blast powers...mainly the teir 1 and 2 powers,and would be safe from most mob agro,because he is dropping everything he ST attacks to quickly to really harm him,hence why i say it would be over powered.

Its not hard to understand,its just that people dont "Want" to understand.

Iv started making it a point to make builds people wont play,and iv come up with some interesting mixes i enjoy.

So far,my new Spines/Elc Scrapper is very fun,and does very well at tackling mobs solo,at lvl 4,i went intot he sewers,and i leveled to level 7 before i left...ohh by the way...did i mention i was aolo?NO?!Well,i just did.

I couldnt handle mobs past the first 3,because at lvl 4,Bosses kicked my butt pretty hard...so i didnt try...i stayed till lvl 6 on lvl 3-4 mobs at the beggining of the sewers....then i ran in a little ways and could handle the bosses,not being a tanker,i couldnt tank that well,but,lightning field,and spine burst,made a very big mess of things.

So,im going to continue making builds i dont see people playing,and i have yet to see another Spines/Elc Scrapper...not to say there isnt more of them running around,but,its surprisingly cool.I used Cyrstal Spines that are baby blueinside,with the edges royal blue...very pretty...and with the electric armor being royalish blue,and matching the crystal spines,the theme of both of these powers is simple.

The crystal spines absorb light,solar energy,and electrical disscharges,and store it all for the lightning that cascades off of them,making a lightning aura.

So far iv ran into another scrapper telling me my costume,and artistry for my spines was very cool,but that i shoulda picked Willpower with my Spines...i just gave him the "LOL" and ran off,while on the other end of my screen shaking my head,and smirking at the A-Typical behavior.

Ok,i wanna race to 50 Red Side with minimal effort,what whould i play to do such a thing?

Solo perferable...cause my life wont allow me to play long hours daily.

I WANT MY VEATY VEAT!!

Nothing special comes to mind to me.There just isnt any special causes or anything of that nature to have made the last 10 years anything special.I watch very little TV,i dont bother with the news,or news papers.None of it is anything more then redundant things that can be fixed,if ignorant people wernt involved.

The redundant music and arrival of endless 15 minute famers that sound like the last person turned me off of most music from the last 10 years,and i find it funny when someone mentions a pop singers name,and im like "Who?",but,i guess its because there is money is to be made,so people go with what works for the moment...which happens to be exactly like the 100 that came before them.

The lack of care,morality,individuality,and whats acceptional,are very obvious to some,but most go back to point #1...they dont care.People complain,and yet do nothing,or complain about a product,or something unfair in there lives that either steps on there rights,or many other things that would be to numerous to list,and go on using it,or allowing unfair treatment.

The rate for divorces climb,and we teach our children close to nothing,other then money is all that matters,and transfer no good moral boundries for them,which could be a very good reason why everyone wants to be a music or movie star,because it provides almost nothing to the population,but makes them a few bucks.Which takes acctual arts that go un-noticed,and under apprechiated by the population.

Men and women cheat in there relationships,Vanity is a focus of many lives,as well as selfishness...not selflessness.

So to say the last 10 years have had anything interesting happen in them...i would have to dissagree...we are whats considered the height of American civilization...which means,absolutly nothing of special interest is going to happen for a while...until our nations decline,when things will all the sudden matter once again,and people will acctually find purpose,to save a falling nation,but,most likly in my life time,and even yours,we will not see that,but what we will see,is people stuggling to survive in a hostile,heavly lawed system,in which we live in already,that peddles entertainment as subtifuge for anything serious that would make us care.....

I dont think i have to write the name of the man who made this following statement.....

"Bad men succeed,when Good men stand by and do nothing."

In our society...we in the last 10 years...perfer to sit back and watch..

Well,i still havnt decided on a Brute build yet,but,im noticing Scrappers seem fun,just like Brutes...sure..they dont get the UGH SMASH! kinda feel to them,but when you run into a mob with a Spines/Elec Scrapper,it is FUN!

That and iv decided on what power sets for a secondary armor i wanna use for the Brute,but,i cant quiet make up my mind yet.The Armor sets on the table are.....

Fire Aura
Dark Armor
Rock Armor

I have also added Energy Melee to the list of Melee Choices for the Brute,which doesnt over shadow my previous 2 desired picks for a Brute melee set.

I think that people need to stop trying to find new combos to add with Shields.I have no shield toons,and really have no desire to touch the set at all,not even with a 10 foot pole and rubber gloves.

I find the amount of shield users a bit annoying.The main draw to shields is the Alpha Strike power called Shield Charge.Which dont get me wrong,i think its a great power,but makes horrible players decent,and the added power from Agenst All Odds,makes a bad,or half way decent player a God.

Then throw Fire Melee or Lightning Melee into the mix,and there pretty much unstoppable in missions and farms....unless there net fails or the game crashes on them,causing there death...(Crosses Fingers)

I guess im just picky,i dont really enjoy a set/s that makes the game so little of a challenge,that everyone and there grandmother are using it.

With all the power sets in the game,and costume options,the ability to change the color of powers..and even some of the animations for a few sets...whats the point of picking the same thing everyone else has already?I figure if people wanted that kind of narrow choice in a game,they would stick with WoW,or EQ or something like that,where choices are very limited....Ahh well,im just rammbling now....cheers!

You know,iv noticed that too...you kill a minion or 2 in a mob,and the entire mob spreads eagle like a easy prom date.Its rather annoying to have to chase them down...when did they impliment this change to mobs?

Anyhow,my way of dealing with that running,is to herd them by running to the next mob,they eventually come back after you,and although its annoying,it doesnt do much in the way of slowing down my Spine/Elc Scrapper.....I sometimes dont apprechiate the argo hold of my Tankers,but,K-Sara-Sara right?

Well,maybe i look at damage a little diffrently then most people.

Rad Blasts its self,can allow you to contantly hit..rarly ever miss because of the side effect of debuffing def % of your foes....so in turn,not missing makes for better damage over time.

Dark Blasts,yeh,little bit on the low side for many attacks in damage,but whats the use of extreemly high damage if you get nailed the second you start your attack run?Dark Blasts debuff toHit % of your enemies,allowing you to continually dump more control,making the damage acctually a mute point,they will die surely enough,but you wont have a scratch on you most times due to the debuffs and the FF generator.(Traps primary)

Sonic,now this is the interesting one...i keep hearing how sonic blasts are just out of this world,and awesome for a defender...i totally dissagree... i have a lvl 37 Kin/Sonic Defender.....and i am find it not only borning,but not as fantastic as everyone hoots and hollars about.(yes,i know how to use both power sets very well)

Alot of things are resistant to the damage Sonic does,and Fulcrum Shift does help with the problem,and make you hit VERY hard...however...a diffrent blast set would benifit more from Kin/ then sonic blasts do...but who am i to judge right?cant change everyones minds...and yes..im sure someone will throw mids at me over this statement,but,as always,mids dont know anything but numbers,and dont take in account the damage type,or the resistance of what you may face,or the offensive capability of what you may face.

Im prolly going to roll a Kin/Ice Blasts Defender soon,simply because i think Fulcrum Shift + Aim + Blizzard would be funnier then hell.Not to mention the end drain from it wouldnt be totally horrible,considering youd lose end,but played right,you never run out.

Then again,ANY Blast set would be a good combo with Kin/,so trust me Sonic isnt that great,it has alot of knock back,which i dont perfer vs soft control of other blaster sets.

So yeh...im saying Sonic isnt that great...that and i rarly see a defender with it...prolly because its not as great as forum goers belive..and i wouldnt make another defender with that set if i was paid to do so.