Fireheart

While I agree that Trick Arrow may not appear very 'wizardly', I do like it for Illusion. The main reason being that Illusion is a bit weak on controls, but TA gets some good ones - and they do set up Containment, making those Controller powers more effective.

As others have said, secondaries with good Defense and Resistance debuffing are excellent for leveraging Phantom Army's damage.

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Fireheart

There is one request I'd like to make - Please examine Singularity's Movement speed! It's distressing (when it isn't catastrophic) to be able to out-run your pet with nothing but Sprint on. Perhaps give Singy perma-Fly, instead of Hover? If nothing else, introduce the 'teleport-code' that Mastermind pets use, to keep up with their fast-moving masters.

I really hate arriving at the fight and then having to wait for Singularity to catch up.

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Fireheart

Nun - then, since nobody else took it... and I bet I know what the next one will be.

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Fireheart

I always use 'stealth' techniques for Lady Jane. Leave the idi... um, lady captive, go find the blinky, then clear the path back to her. Optionally, one could clear the whole map. Then defeat the crowd that anchors her and immediately lead her to the goal. Bingo, done, you can leave now.

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Fireheart

Daisy - Margherita is Italian for daisy.

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Fireheart

One effect that I'd say is Missing from Gravity, is a sort of 'funnel' effect - something that draws all of the affected targets towards a central location. It seems like a natural effect for someone who is creating and/or shaping gravitational forces.

And it seems like a natural effect for either Dimension Shift, or Wormhole, or both. Dimension Shift could introduce a slow, inevitable sliiide deeper into the field. Wormhole could have a 'Knock-together', a Concentrating effect, instead of Scatter. Both of these effects could assist with Gravity Control's 'bad rep' for KB.

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There is one more request I'd like to make - Please examine Singularity's movement speed! It's distressing (when it isn't catastrophic) to be able to out-run it with nothing but Sprint on. Perhaps give Singy perma-Fly, instead of Hover? If nothing else, introduce the 'teleport-code' that Mastermind pets use, to keep up with their fast-moving masters.

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Fireheart

Pearl

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Fireheart

I'll go for the Binary 7.
The Hindu Snake-Eyes.

111

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Fireheart

Dinosaurs are SOOO much cooler than Vampires!

And it seems Booth isn't clueless about handling his Malefactor. Well Done, Woot!

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Fireheart

Wow! You know, I just use CIT (and an Excel workbook) to keep track of my characters. Heck, I don't even have screenshots of most of them.

These 'Cami-Cards' are neat! However, I don't think I can afford a set for my characters.

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Fireheart

Wale - A raised ridge in the material.

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Fireheart

Wail

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Wine - Blush is a type of rose' wine.

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Fireheart

Hmm, already interesting.

Cobble - Roads were previously paved with cobbles.

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Fireheart

Hmm? Yes, that pose is a little more intimate than strictly friendly, but it's not rude... is it? His top is leaning towards Sapphy - but his Bottom is leaning towards the other lady, who is being a bit more intimate towards him...

I'd be more worried about what Sapphy's tail is doing...

I'm Certain that Sapphy would be happier if the fella and lady with her were to trade places...

On the other hand, in order to balance the composition in that case, DeeDee might have to move the blue fellow to the other side of the group... Possibly putting a little white, pink-pajama'd catgirl, in the place of the translocated blue fellow... except, I'm not sure this is the right sort of party for a 12-year-old 'Dream Warrior'.

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Fireheart

... or Homonym, as the case may be.

I'm enjoying the other 'word games' we're playing here, so I thought I'd toss in another one.

The rules, simply stated, are that a person posts a word and the next person posts either a synonym (means the same) or homonym (sounds the same) of that word. Also, there are words that are Spelled the same, but which are pronounced differently and mean different things.

For example:

Cattail - A plant that grows in marshy areas.

Reed - Cattails are reeds.

Rede - Here is my rede for the situation. (Archaic term)

Read - I like to read.

Read - I have already read this book. (not a necessary step in the Game, but re-iterated to show how one could procede to 'Red' as the next step.)

Red - A color that sounds like read.

Brick - A variant color of/meaning Red - but also a building material.

And so on and so forth until the end of the Thesaurus. I hope we have fun with it!

So... for the First Word, let's start with...

Root

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Fireheart

"DeeDee's Guide to Making a Mess and Looking Good While Doing It!"


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Fireheart

That's because it was Bourbon Sauce that I had on my beef and mashed potatoes and green beans.

No BBQ today.

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Fireheart

Well, it's still before 4 pm... in Hawaii, but we'd need a few more posts.

As for Broadsword Tankers, we already get that stackable Defense in Martial Arts, so Parry wouldn't be so bad. So, Devs, hurry up and Proliferate Broadsword and Katana! My WoW Warrior Demands it!

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Fireheart

Okay, I have a couple of Peacebringers to share, I don't think I have pics of my Warshades.

Star Tiger


Starlight Saint


Yes, I do like that helmet and wraps combo.

I have more, perhaps I'll get pics of them, too.

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Sad for the old teacher, but WooHoo! Finders Keepers! Glad to hear you've got slightly more financial stability.

So... now you have time to draw more! Who are you going to draw next?

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Fireheart

But he didn't ask about Ice.

I have a bunch of Tanks and I like Fire/** a lot.

One that I'm enjoying is Fire/Dual Blades - That will get your AoE fairly early (L6), and the individual attacks look fantastic and are Designed to chain-together smoothly.

If you're worried about the 'squishiness' of Fire/**, pair it with **/Dark for more self-healing and double Endurance-siphon powers. Unfortunately, Dark is a little weak in AoE, but I feel that Fire's damage Aura and especially Burn, make up for that lack a bit.

The main trouble with your request is that few Tanker secondaries have AoEs before L20. **/Energy Melee gets its one full (unfortunately weak) AoE at L16 and **/Electric Melee has a targeted 'splash' AoE at the same level. **/Stone gets its first one at L20. Of course, there's **/Fire, the King of AoE, which gets Combustion at L4.

The rest have to wait until L28 or even later, before they get theirs.

So, if you want to do lots of AoE, early, **/Fire and **/Dual Blades are your best bets.

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Fireheart

Okay, that's enough of that.

Besides, you're gaming, you're on a timed mission, you accidentally left the difficulty on High, so you're up to your eyeballs in Hydra spawn... You don't have time to answer the phone.

What makes my gaming difficult? I have to go to work early, tomorrow.

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Fireheart

Left to... ? You mean, Clockwise! Yes, that works.

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Fireheart

Keep in mind that only powers below level 32, or so, need to have L30 IOs. When you Exemplar down below that, you won't have access to those higher-level powers anyway. Feel free to slot your APP powers with 50s.

Also, it's not the level of the IO, but the size of the enhancement bonus that matters, so a tri-aspect IO could be much higher level without being Exemplar-nerfed.

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Fireheart