GrantAnderson

I'm considering venturing into the world of Tanking, and from browsing in Mids' planner, I quite like the look of Dark Armour.

What I'm wondering is what secondaries go well with Dark/, and if I'm looking at PvE, sometimes solo and sometimes grouped, what build choices should I be looking at?

Any advice would be welcome!

I just went and looked up Stealth mechanics.

Apparently you need 45 to be hidden to minions, 50 to lieutenants and 54 to bosses, with Stealth IOs giving 30, Stealth giving 35 and Cloaking Device giving only 15! (according to my copy of Mids, anyway)

Why is Cloaking Device so low by comparison? The pool power Stealth and the Cloaking Device give the same defence bonus - is the movement-slow in Stealth really that significant that the stealth factor in Cloaking Device needs to be that low?

Oh, good point.

Pretty much exclusively PvE, solo and in groups of 2-4. Missions and AE missions (but not farming, I think). Probably not many (if any) TFs. I can probably scrape together a few million if need be - almost certainly by the time I reach 30+ which is when I generally switch to IOs, anyway.

I have to admit I blinked at the Time Bomb recommendation, I hadn't really considered it. It does sound kind of fun when you put it like that.

So Superspeed + Stealth IO = totally invisible, but not Cloak + Stealth IO? I should probably look up a guide on Stealth mechanics.

My Archery/Devices Blaster is currently level 20, and I'm trying to decide which powers to take between now and 38.

The concept is a stay-at-range blaster (hence Hover over Air Superiority) and I currently have:
Archery - Snap, Aimed, Fistful, Blazing, Explosive
Devices - Web 'nade, Targeting Drone
Flight - Hover, Fly
Fitness - Swift, Health, Stamina

I definitely plan to take Aim, Rain of Arrows, Trip Mine and Auto Turret, but that leaves four slots between now and 38.

The options are:
Archery - Ranged Shot (the snipe) and Stunning Shot
Devices - Taser, Cloaking Device, Smoke Grenade, Caltrops
Various pool powers

Caltrops seems good as a keep-away tool. How much use would I get out of the stuns (Stunning Shot/Taser)? Would Cloaking Device + Smoke Grenade be enough for the planting of Trip Mines, and would their damage mitigation be noticeable? What can a fully slotted for damage Ranged Shot take down in one shot? (Given I'll only have Aim and not Build Up)

Any advice much appreciated!

After coming back from a break and discovering Architect, the first two teams I joined turned out to be farms. After the initial rush of ye-gods-this-is-quick-leveling on those two missions I got pretty bored with it and came here to read up on what it was all about.

My plan now is to find the awesomely-written missions I'm sure must be out there, and do those. (I have sufficient 50s to have seen most of the standard content, but you can never have too many alts, right? )

Thanks for the quick responses!

Maybe my Mids auto-update isn't working - it says 'updated 03/12/08'.

If I go /Fire I'll probably take both Consume and Stamina, yes, but it's nice to have the extra End recovery without spending the three slots on Fitness (hence my love for QR).

Looking at /Fire in Mids now, as the Phoenix-themed self-res is pretty tempting - if I take travel+Stamina, then I'm missing a total of 3 powers across the primary and secondary at 38. If one of those is the taunt, what are the other expendables? Or does it depend on whether I'm single-target or aoe-focused?

So I've returned to City to find a couple of Issues have passed and shiny things like Mission Architect have shown up. I'm looking to make a Phoenix-themed Fire/something scrapper, and I'm wondering if anything has happened in the last few issues that might affect my choice of secondary (and if there's any must-take/must-not-take in Fire Melee).

Mids' Planner doesn't seem to have been updated since last year - is there something new to use, or just not many changes?

Secondary-wise I was thinking either /Fire or /Regen - both seem fairly phoenix-thematic, although I do love Quick Recovery in an almost unhealthy way, and Consume doesn't look like it can replace Stamina (about half as good, with both fully slotted?) From some playing with the planner, I can take all of Regen and all of Fire Melee bar the taunt, while I have to be a bit more picky about Fire Armour due to having to fit Stamina. How good is the damage aura?

Any thoughts/experiences much appreciated!

I just did this - it tried to install into \games\city of heroes\city of heroes, when I'd copied the old one into \games\city of heroes.

So I went into the registry, looked for where it said \games\city of heroes\city of heroes and changed it to what it ought to be. Worked like a charm.

Wow - does that mean my villains could get by without ever taking a travel power now by being careful with the Mayhem temp powers, then just Ouroboros-ing the Sky Raider arc any time a new jetpack's needed?

Shame there's not a Hero-side equivalent that I could see.

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Also... not to be a jerk... but couldn't they have addressed some of the bigger bugs before going after this? Masterminds, broken badges, the Boss Knockback bug?

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The Mastermind bug, at least, has a fix in the pipeline as of a few days ago - we just have to wait for it to make Test, then Live. I don't know about the others.

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Well one thing I know for sure is you guys have made this game very enjoyable to play at begining! and now you have done Just what UO did to its community and what EQ did later too. RUIN a PERFECTLY good game with your lack of insight and listening to a bunch of cry baby little kidds who should be doing there damn homework anyway.

Battlefield 2 comes out tomorow and I will NOT pay for a game to play when Devs make it stupid and rediculous I have been here since the begining Just like I was for UO, Diablo, EQ etc etc, you wanna ruin the game guess what ? me and my Money go elsewhere.

I have a 50 Fire/Rad controller you have nerfed this toon more then any other toon in the entire game Half of his damn powers dont work for CRAP now, and the ones that do still work are almost useless. Have fun making your game in the eyes of the little kiddies cus this 40 year old is gonna be OUTTA HERE!!


~ Chosen Angel - 50 Fire/Rad Controller - Victory

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Ruined how exactly? Me and my stable of characters are still having fun.

(Or was that some kind of joke post? There's a bit of irony in there that makes me wonder)