Golden_Ace

This means that Ace will become even more powerful? inconceivable!

Why I enjoy playing a Tank? Because no other AT can come close to matching what a Tank can do, nor do they come close. I can solo nearly any mission set for an 8 man team without dying. The only time I show any concern for what I’m fighting is when the critters start sucking my end.

I started playing CoH in Issue 2, and got Ace to 50 in Issue 3. Tanks have fallen hard since those glorious day of yore. Being able to cap your resistances w/o tough, no Agro cap, Herding entire zones, etc... I once walked through the hollows from the Skyway City entrance to the Atlas Park entrance and gathered up every mob in-between and stood there letting the low levels pick them off or die trying.

Ace isn’t a fraction of his former self, even with several billion in IO’s slotted into him, but damn, if he’s not a lot more super than any other AT. I have a brute and a scrapper slotted up they however can’t take but a fraction of what Ace can. I will on occasion play a non main character for a while, but I always go back to Ace.

The brute and scrapper can kill around 8 or less mobs quicker than Ace, but when it comes to large capped out groups of mobs or higher, Ace kills faster and with less health loss.

I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me. Honest! I didn’t even attempt anything we just had a nice BBQ.

It all started around a month ago. I heard Ura and the Ura-Clan were going to be in the area, so I invited them over for a BBQ. I even offered to let them stay the night. Shame they didn’t take me up on that. I prepared the guest bedroom just for them. Oh well, my mother-in-law will be visiting in a few months. I’m sure everything will keep until then.

I did my utmost to be a courteous host, and I even made special ribs with no “Extra Spices” for Ura and his brood. Mind you we had a few other guests over too, and I did prepare some food with the “extra spices” for them (long story, lets just say that there was a little matter of money being owed, which I don’t owe them now). But I made it abundantly clear to Ura and Shesa that those particular ribs had the “extra spices” and that Ura and Shesa along with their two heroes in training were to stay away from them.

We all sat at the table and ate steamed crabs, ribs and steak, had cheesecake and drank a couple of bottles of Ice Wine while we reminisced about old times, and got caught up with what’s been happening. I even got out the gold silverware. It was a very nice visit. I was very impressed with Shesa Hero too she was quite the lady the entire night.

After we ate, our youngest kids went downstairs and showed Ura Jr his explosives collection and taught him how to combine smaller explosives into a much larger and more powerful explosive. No permanent harm was done to the yard, and fences can be replaced. They both had a good time and that was important. Afterward they played a few games of pool.

Now I’d like to note that Ura Hero Jr’s S/L resistance is quite high for one so young. Seems my youngest had an “accident” and broke a pool stick. Oh sure, he said it just magically broke all by itself, but I saw Ura Jr rubbing his head. I’m pretty sure Ace Jr blindsided him with it while he had his back turned.

I think they both learned a very important lesson out of the whole deal. Ura Jr learned not to turn his back on people, and Ace Jr. learned to use a bigger stick, and to think of better excuses. *Sigh* it does me good to see life lessons learned at such a tender age.

I came back upstairs after what we’re calling the “pool stick incident” only too see Ura gulping down his second rib with the “extra spices” I’m pretty sure Shesa gave them to him.

By the way, my dog absolutely adored Shesa, and he’s a great judge of character, just proves once again he’s right.

All in all a very pleasant BBQ, but eventually it had to end. They packed up the kids and we all said our goodbyes. I told Ura to visit the hospital if he started feeling queasy, then again I might have said not to visit the hospital. My memories are kind of fuzzy on that point. I do remember giving him a bunch of leftovers, along with the rest of the cheesecake. I hope they enjoyed them.

I made sure that Ura Jr got a box of explosives (it was Independence Day after all) and told him not to combine them, and not to set them off outside mom and dad’s room at 2 am. I also told him not to set the explosives off in the car. Ura Jr. was such a well behaved boy I’m sure he followed my instructions to the letter just like all teenagers would. I did however hear an explosion in the general direction they were going shortly after they got out of sight followed up by several sirens...

All in all it was a very pleasant visit, and I can honestly say that the last time I saw Ura, Shesa and the rest of the Ura-Clan they were well fed and in perfect health. Does my heart good to throw a successful BBQ like that.

GA

There are cons to tough? O.o

I get Tough, I like the 90% I get with it. I usually solo +1's at the combat equivalent of 8 standard heroes. Tough comes in handy as I take them down.

Not sure how to read rep anymore.

used to have cool comments to go along with it.