Flitz

Had completely forgotten about this until I got an invite! Made it along, made some xp (tazer starter power FTW) and got my first Hami-O (dmg/acc).

Very well organized and smoothly run - I got more debt fighting with GMs during the holding phase than from the big jelly.

If I can make it on the night, then you can add Flitz to the perimeter team.

Quilty, appreciate the offer of a place in the alts. To be honest, at least until Flitz hits 50 (which is unlikely to be anytime soon unless I get bored of EVE real quick) it's probably a better home for her. I'll shout out on the 1AT channel when I'm next on.

Although I will miss being a 'real' Precision Ranger.

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Personally I love my SR and solod Infernal (as an EB) and his portal without dying, that damn portal takes a lifetime solo.

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I haven't soloed Infernal with my /SR but I did tank him once as an AV - at least until elude crashed.

So I log on with Lead Hose for the Halloween event and get this strange message: 'You are not in a SG'.

Someone's going to get shot for this. And it's probably going to be the chump that's allegedly 'running' the SG at the moment. Okay, so I've been away flying spaceships in EVE for a while and I know the PR is always short of spots, but that's no excuse.

So, can I have my spot back or at least get into the alt rangers or whatever the second stringers are called these days so I can abuse you all when I do make my big return.

Note that if you need to make a space in the PR to let me back in you can always kick out some old duffer like Shnyet - assuming he's still around.

/SR but I'm biased

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If I had my way, these are the changes I would make...

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I like them all! Would settle for being able to tp the turret though.

Still no level 50s here - see sig. Admittedly EVE online might have something to do with that at the moment. Might drop in for some Halloween hunting and see if I can hit 47 with Flitz.

Frogue dinged 50!? Better stop playing EVE and get some quality time in on CoH.

P.S. Gratz to all involved.

I thought it was last night! Positron is level 10-15 right? (I know short attention span, I blame computer games). I might have a toon around that level - might be a gimped ice/mace tanker though, and I am supposed to be pushing to 50 with Flitz, but what the hell...

Ehm, what time was the kick-off?

I'd say MA, but I'm biased. Secondary effects like MA's disorients seem to play less of a role in PVP so perhaps Katana might be more suited if it has a higher damage output.

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1) Is teleport for for useful for pulling to mines and if so what are the chances of pulling an awkward mob such as a boss, or malta sapper onto the mines?

[/ QUOTE ] I believe it's very good. It might not work on bosses, but sappers aren't bosses.

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2) How good is the auto turret? Is it worth getting recall friend to move it about?

[/ QUOTE ] I was planning on doing this too. Auto turret is also good for taking aggro/alpha strikes.

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3) Is ignite any good in teams? Any tactical uses for it?

[/ QUOTE ] Not in my build.

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4) Is hasten required for mine laying or can 3 recharges keep the laying managable?

[/ QUOTE ] Hasten is always good!

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5) Can I get away with not slotting Accuracy into my attacks at a high level if I run targetting drone constanly?

[/ QUOTE ] Yes

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6) Any particularly useful powers for an AR/Dev blaster from the various pools?

[/ QUOTE ] Speed, Health, Medicine, Leadership - not in any particular order.

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7) Stamina: Is it essential when running targeting drone and cloaking device all the time?

[/ QUOTE ] You need stamina, even when not running TD and CD.

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8) Is it wise to slot attacks for range over either recharge or endurance reduction?

[/ QUOTE ] Depends on what you are doing. I've slotted slug for range, because I don't have snipe. Caltrops can also use range enhacmements

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9) Is time bomb useful or is it too unreliable for regular use?

[/ QUOTE ] Not in my build

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10) Is smoke grenade useful for stealthing and how big is the -to hit on it?

[/ QUOTE ] Not in my build

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11) Will cloaking device allow me to stealth missions or will I need either stealth or SS as well?

[/ QUOTE ] Cloaking device is pretty good on it's own, but SS certainly helps.

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I'm interested in seeing what the Peacebringer and Warshade have but do any of you have any recommendations?

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I'm planning on creating one of each, but would also be keen to hear what our 50s think of the epic ATs and any tips for powers/slotting.

If you are finding that your build is fine then the only thing you should look at is powers with more than 3 of the same enhancement. 4+ enhancements now give such a small increase that they are not really worth it. So just replace those 4+ enchancements with something else - secondary effects, endreds, recreds, etc. If you post your current build, then I can suggest where to replace enhancements. Bonus is you won't even need to respec!

Don't drop the grenade! You'll miss out on all those lovely orange numbers. Also, I've found that AR snipe isn't that good, stick a couple of range enhancements in Slug and you've got an uninteruptible snipe.

I can solo just fine with my blaster. It might be on a lower setting than my scrapper, but most things die before they get into melee range and the ones that do usually don't stay around for long.

In teams, esp. with a good tank I can really let loose with the AoEs and pump out more dps than a single target scrapper - ooh look at all the orange numbers - and I don't have a nova power (AR/Dev).

I thought we were going to give the GG crowd at least a 1000 post headstart before starting a new PR thread?

Gratz Weasel. Guess it's about time I finally got Flitz up to 50 as I was getting a bit of a ribbing last night by an old friend (Daynight), whose tank (Bestial) is rapidly catching me up!

Last night was my first Hami raid and I just wanted to chip in with a few comments on what I noticed.

1) Oh God, the lag. Took about a minute (or more) for a power to activate and recharge. Made it difficult to attack.
2) Didn't see the big jelly once. Targetting through others isn't the best way to maintain any sort of dps.
3) While I think Babel did a great job trying to keep us all under control, it would have been nice to have regular status updates, especially when we were all hanging about outside the Hive.

Here's hoping we have better luck next time.

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...(except Lucky as I don't intend to pick the last toggle against AoEs thus slotting the passive against AoEs seem worthless)...

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Without AoE protection you will die, a lot. For /SR to work you really need to 3-slot all the toggles AND all the passives with defbuffs (won't go wrong with an endred in the toggles as well).

Note also that standing around in a bunch of villains with a def build will get you killed eventually (unless they are grey). The trick is to jump in and kill, er arrest them before they get through your defences.

And always remember, you are not a tank - at least not until you get elude and even then only for 3 minutes.

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Try 3 Vs. an Ice Tank .... with i6 defences

Vostok It was an Ambush!!!

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Cross-thread post: And you were thinking of deleting Vostok!

P.S. The Precision Rangers took a Paladin down last night with an (almost) all ranger team (or 2).

Not sure if I can make it on the night, but I'll sign up Red Hot Rod. If I remember correctly, he's a fire/fire blaster.

A quick question: is it okay to slot sprint with run speed / jump enhancements?

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You're right, Sr is [censored], even for stalkers. Claws/regen is mentioned as one of the best builds for scrappers.

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Pah! /regen is for n00bs! With /SR you have to know your limits, and that only comes with time. But then again, I might be biased.

I find MA accurate enough for even/+1 level mobs with just one SO, although I did put 2 in cobra strike as I use it as my alpha strike. For higher levels (orange/red) I might need to toggle FA or hope that Focus Chi is recharged. For purples I toggle FA and possibly an inspiration too.

DE emanators are a pain and should always be targetted first. If you are missing a lot or getting hit a lot against DE, check for emanators.

Flitz seems to be doing a lot better against higher level opponents and fares just as good as before against even level or lower mobs. Admittedly I only play on Tenacious, so don't run into too many +lvl mobs.