Gideon

Rule 4: There is no Rule 4.

Rule 0: Don't be a [censored].

Mind you, munchkin bites is amusing. There are just enough of the in-jokes from the vampire larp organisation I'm part of to indicate a certain amount of familiarity, not just with the games they're specifically taking off, but also with some of the specific people...

Part of the problem has always been the gaps. The little bits that the powersets and backgrounds don't tell you, but for common senses sake, must be in. (Examples include Recall Friend and it's usefullness or lack thereof on objects, the idea that there must be some kind of pain-relief involved in /regen, above and beyond dull pain, because otherwise no regenner would be able to do anything when even at half a health-bar, the problem of what health-bars represent in general (and the fact you can regen completely in a couple of minutes), the differences between "energy" "magical energy" "psionics" etc, and a half a hundred other little niggles.)

Again, as Hiki says, half our powers work in our specific world-views. Trying to blend them together has always been a matter of fudge, agreement and downright handwaving. A mechanics system is practically impossible. Social conventions may be doable.

Currently having some very major issues with my em/ea brute. Put simply, end use is crippling. At level 11, I drop toggles practically every fight just from the end use alone. This, and I have endrecs in practically every power I use.

Does this start to get better anytime soon, or am I doomed to plod along doing one mob every minute?

Current build is (all TO's)
01) --> Energy Punch==> Acc(1) EndRdx(9)
01) --> Kinetic Shield==> EndRdx(1) EndRdx(3) DefBuf(3) DefBuf(11)
02) --> Bone Smasher==> Acc(2) EndRdx(7)
04) --> Power Shield==> EndRdx(4) EndRdx(5) DefBuf(5) DefBuf(11)
06) --> Barrage==> Acc(6) EndRdx(7)
08) --> Whirling Hands==> Acc(8) EndRdx(9)
10) --> Entropy Shield==> EndRdx(10)

Also. Do not be blond. Ever. You will die.

or, for the I6 version of that...
http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showf...Number=3929981

But seriously, BS/regen is an uber combination. Broadsword does enough damage out of the box that you can get your regen slotted up well comparitively early. Although there are a couple of minor issues I disagree with Gecko's guide about (it is well worth slotting IH with an extra 3 heals, the extra can often tip the balance, and I like to use a little more accuracy in attacks than he does (with those slower, heavier attacks, you definitely want them to hit)) it's fairly good as far as the broadsword utility powers go.

MoG still sucks.

Now, I've told you before about the whole TMI thing It just depresses the rest of us

You can get arrested for that birdy

All things considered, I think we've come to the final conclusion. It's part skill, part observation, part talent.

Not sure whether it fits inthis list, but another gotcha with ninjitsu.

You can't really do without the 2 defense auras. So in the first 14 levels, you get: 1st Attack, hide, 2nd attack,1st defense, AS, 2nd defense, travel pre-req, placate, travel. What's missing from this list? Yup, the one power everyone reckons you should take, Build Up. So, it comes down to how do you wish to die: faceplant due to getting hit due to lack of defense, or faceplant due to getting hit because you can't kill the enemies as fast as you'd like?

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Lycaos... forgot the name of the band but - Of Wolf and Man

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That would be Metallica.

Sylpheed: Pink Floyd - Welcome to the Machine
Arachidamia: Manowar - Warriors of the World Unite
Sara Aegis: Powerman 5000 - Drop the Bombshell

I'll supply Arachidamia. She needs this too.

woot/w00t: A l33tsp34k phrase meaning anything from hurrah, woo, yay and hooplah, to gratz, good job, anything like that. Basically a noise of approval and celebration. A lot more socially acceptable than the rest of l33t.

Hmm, should I blush or just implode in embarrassment?

It's easier to do online than it is in larp or tabletop, because there are no voice or visual cues, which means all I need really to fool is the social cues. Most of my best friends are women, so I've seen it first-hand.

Respectfully, I disagree. With the current aggro rules being what they are, you have to run a long way and wait a long time to get away from a mob of any size. Assuming you've placated someone, that's still one or two left to follow you. Once you AS and decloak, to me, you need to be able to survive at least long enough to make sure you have no more aggro, which simply running away doesn't help with. Thats why you need the defense.

Difference in playstyle, maybe.

In that case, where do you put it? I run ninjitsu, and literally, by 14, I have 2 attacks, travel+preq, AS, Placate, my two defenses. None of those is nonessential. Even fitting it in later is annoying in the extreme (short of getting it at level 35).

This is the trouble with everyone sayign "Oh, suchandsuch is essential". There has to be a choice somewhere.

Well yeah, I'm in. Kinda goes without saying

Yes, I'm watchign that same scene.

Like the Bowie song.. I'm afraid of americans.

Once I'd managed to navigate through the obscenely awful layout, scripting, video ads, and generally nausea-inducing crapness of the site it's hosted by, my official response is "doubleyou-tee-eff?"

Poing! Birthday Wossnames! Do remember to grow old disgracefully?

Hope it was good At least I hope it was better than my weekend of plans going awry. Nineteen people who say they'll turn up for a game... one of them does so.

So that was my saturday I am currently turning bright green with envy

Sara didn't so much make the choice as more or less was taught to be her hero ID (You think Aegis is her birth surname? ) as she was always taught that she had no right to a private life, as her life should revolve around her Duty. She's learned better, but still, she has no secret identity to speak of. Damia tried. Mostly because she wanted people to appreciate her the person, not Damia the broadsword-swinging regenerating combat wombat. That sort of slid into abeyance, as due to having to take action at GG once too often. Now she just doesn't bother to deny it.

Now, CoH does lend itself well enough to a very Aberrant view of superheroes (Hero as media star/celebrity as much as anything else) but its down to where you draw the balance point. The thing is, eiter extreme is perfectly valid, but the system makes it more difficult to do anything but either portray the hero side all the time, or to only have the hero aspect. For a game supposedly written by a bunch of roleplayers, they are, as we all know to our long-standing irritation, very lax about the tools needed to actually roleplay.

Something I'm experimenting with, based on the fact you don't need to slot for damage as much in the early game, and based on the fact that I like having some defense, is runnign with the armours four slotted, 2endred/2 defense until I get at least DO's, maybe until SO's or stamina depending on how it goes. I haemorrage end like a mad thing with both toggles up and being in the thick of the fight.

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RP is only a game

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Is that why they look at me so funny in ASDA?

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No, no, in Asgard

Mostly based on Evilgeko's US I6 BS/Regen, this is my attempt to somehow get Damia back on stream (she won't get spec'd into this until she next levels, for inf/enc updating reasons, but I'm making the plan now.)

Questions:

1) Worth the healing slots in IH/Dull Pain or would I be better using those slots to ramp up the recharge rate on my attacks?

2) Overkill on end reduction for integration? I'd say that for broadsword, you need your toggles to be as end-light as you can get them, but thats just my opinion.

3) Energy Torrent. Worth it as an epic, or am I better dipping into another power pool once I've got Conserve Power and FA? (Anddon't get started on Laser-Beam Eyes ) I pondered Dark, but it doesn't fit the character concept.

Primary: Broad Sword
Secondary: Regeneration
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01) --> Hack==> Acc(1) Dmg(3) Dmg(11) Dmg(34) Rechg(43)
01) --> Fast Healing==> Heal(1)
02) --> Slice==> Acc(2) Dmg(3) Dmg(11) Dmg(34) Rechg(43)
04) --> Quick Recovery==> EndRec(4) EndRec(5) EndRec(5)
06) --> Reconstruction==> Heal(6) Heal(7) Heal(7) Rechg(9) Rechg(23) Rechg(23)
08) --> Parry==> Acc(8) Acc(9) DefBuf(13) DefBuf(13) DefBuf(43) Rechg(45)
10) --> Dull Pain==> Rechg(10) Rechg(36) Rechg(37) Heal(46) Heal(46) Heal(50)
12) --> Hover==> Fly(12)
14) --> Fly==> Fly(14) Fly(15) Fly(15) Fly(37)
16) --> Integration==> EndRdx(16) EndRdx(17) Heal(17) Heal(19) Heal(21)
18) --> Whirling Sword==> Acc(18) Dmg(19) Dmg(21) Dmg(34) Rechg(42)
20) --> Hurdle==> Jump(20)
22) --> Health==> Heal(22)
24) --> Stamina==> EndRec(24) EndRec(25) EndRec(25)
26) --> Disembowel==> Acc(26) Dmg(27) Dmg(27) Dmg(36) Rechg(40)
28) --> Instant Healing==> Rechg(28) Rechg(29) Rechg(29) Heal(31) Heal(31) Heal(31)
30) --> Build Up==> Rechg(30) Rechg(36) Rechg(37)
32) --> Head Splitter==> Acc(32) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Dmg(33) Rechg(40)
35) --> Resilience==> DmgRes(35)
38) --> Moment Of Glory==> Rechg(38) Rechg(39) Rechg(39) DefBuf(39) DefBuf(40) DefBuf(50)
41) --> Conserve Power==> Rechg(41) Rechg(42) Rechg(42)
44) --> Focused Accuracy==> EndRdx(44) TH_Buf(45) TH_Buf(45) TH_Buf(46) EndRdx(50)
47) --> Energy Torrent==> Acc(47) Dmg(48) Dmg(48) Dmg(48)
49) --> Revive==> Rechg(49)

Sara we've already discussed, pm me if you need anything else.