Grey Pilgrim

Gotcha. I think I bought that case after reading a few positive reviews about it and on your recommendation, so I'm guessing that's why it's still a good choice.

I'll have to keep my eye on that card and hope it goes on sale or something, as I don't think I can justify quite how much it costs right now (my wife and I are trying to save up for a move or some more education next year, among other things). Hopefully there will be a good Thanksgiving deal or something on it.

Ohhh, see, I thought you all were saying that some memory had a weird setup (to my mind), like one stick had two 1 gb modules on it and that was slower, or something. Sometimes I have just enough knowledge of computer components to be dangerous.

The info on Newegg and looking in my box when I cleaned it for dust last week confirmed that it has four slots for memory, and that kit only takes up two of them, hence my wondering if I should get two more.

I thought the Ultra settings were pushing CoH higher than they were before, but I do also play a few other games. Sounds like a better graphics card may take me farther, if I can afford one. My wife was saying even the $50 for more 4 GB more RAM sounded like a lot (I thought it sounded cheap, myself), so we'll see how it goes.

I think that is why they have started doing guides to the new powersets, why they had a VIP beta, and why VIPs get free points, but I do agree. They haven't done videos of these new for pay sets (that I have noticed, but correct me if I am wrong), so it's hard to even figure out how the set looks (and the costume editor is not a good way of seeing the look and feel of a set).

A lot of people have said they would like the option of a powers "training ground" when they level up, to see if they want a power or not. The same would be a good idea for pay sets, so people can see if they like how a set looks. This wouldn't fix discoveries made while fighting actual foes, but it would give us a better preview than we currently get, at least.

It could work well the other way for NCSoft, too. I did not think I would like Beam until I played it on beta, actually. Disintegration did not seem like the best mechanic for a Blaster when I heard about it on paper, but it works well enough in practice on hard targets. I drop bosses and EBs faster with my Beamer than any other Blaster, and I have played a lot of them.

It's a 500 watt power supply. What else do you need to know for sure? I could probably link to it on Newegg still if you need the info to help. Oh, looks like I got it with my case, which is still on Newegg.

Here is the memory I have now, for instance. I can't figure out if they are 1 gig or 2, like you all are asking. It doesn't seen like 1, but I'm not sure.

I do have Window 7 64. I made sure to get that so it could read up to my 4 GB of RAM that I bought, so I didn't think it would have issues reading any more memory.

Thanks for the feedback, all. I had a hectic weekend and forgot to check this thread. But I really do appreciate the help. Not sure what I can do about a graphics card, though. That's more money, and will be harder to justify at this point. Especially to my wife, who has wanted a better digital SLR camera (as do I) for years now.

Yup, I ran with my En/En Blaster a little before my DP/En, and they do perform fairly similar with Incendiary up.

I don't really have any issues with only using Incendiary or Standard only for Blasters. Incendiary is nice looking and shoots 'em down fast. Blasters aren't really about debuffing, but dropping them faster. I guess it'd be nice if the flavor meant more from the other round types, but Blasters just aren't debuffers.

See, that's interesting. I can't stand Corruptors or Defenders. They take far too long to kill stuff, and I actually find them to be less safe to play, at least for me (I think I'm a better Blaster player than a Corr or Defender). I'm speaking solo with this, but I know that I have to take far more hits (whether they are dodged or not), or mez for much longer to drop a boss or an EB with my Corruptors and Defenders.

Sure, on a team you can think that your buffs or debuffs are helping a lot (and they probably are). But Blasters are just lots of fun solo and teamed. That screaming, explosive playstyle is a lot of fun.

He's just this guy, you know? Heard he plays Kheldians, or something crazy like that.

It's only bad if you are thinking of it as "I'm going to be switching between these weapons willy nilly, meaning I will have to redraw constantly." In practical terms, you shouldn't need to, and you can act tactically so you do not have to redraw frequently (i.e., chain your powers from one set to reduce redraw).

I have many weapon-using Scrappers, Tankers, and Blasters (some of them using Weapon Mastery), and it is not the issue you are imagining it to be. My War Mace Tanker does not have to use Dull Pain all that often mid-combat (and it's not much of an interrupt then). For my Blasters with Energy Melee for a secondary and Weapon Mastery, they're switching between powersets more often, but they can act as I noted above to reduce redraw.

That is the other bonus. It's also good to keep in mind that redraw was removed from the standard animation times due to player requests. When you are not redrawing, those sets are now much faster and more smooth. It was a buff, all in all.

If you are a VIP and not a Tier 9 veteran (this refers to reward tokens that replaced the old veteran reward system), you should be receiving 400 points every month. If you were subscribed in July, you should have started receiving points than, as a reward to come into the new system with. Not sure how it would work if you were subscribed in July, but not August (don't know how that applies for you, either).

There are other bits of info around to let you know how many reward tokens you should have, but you should now be getting one of those per month you are subscribed, and if you buy a certain amount of Paragon Points (can't recall how many off the top of my head).

You people make me cry whenever you say stuff like this. I agree that the main ammo to use as a Blaster is Incendiary or Standard, but you should be doing good AOE damage with Dual Pistols. Between Piercing Rounds, Bullet Rain, and Empty Clips, you should be mowing through stuff, even when the mini-nuke isn't up.

Nothing wrong with Dual Pistols on a Blaster.

To get back to the OP, since Lara Croft is the theme, I think Dark and MM aren't the best choices. We unfortunately do not have a Martial Arts Secondary for Blasters (though I hope the devs are going to do it eventually), but Electric and its punches could be thought of as stun weapons, etc., without too much worrying about it.

Traps and other things have more options for Corruptors, of course.

Yeah, my problem for not reading closely (thought your 10% applied to Bruising in the quote), though I do hate how we toss acronyms around, does make it harder to know what people are talking about.

Oh well, we figured it out. Interesting that Rib Cracker does more -res. Though Tankers generally debuff higher, as a makeup for doing less damage. Kind of nice for some effects, though I'm not sure how much more another 3% (? or so?) gets them in terms of performance.

Of course, in the words can often be the story that would otherwise be boring if you just sum it up, like you did.

Can't help about the other thing. Enjoy the game since it's so new whenever you explore it?

And don't worry about being slow on the First Ward stuff, you should go slow on your first playthrough, if not more. Enjoy it.

Hey, while you're working on that, don't forget the good 'ole Kheldian forms. Equally important to those that like Kheldians, or those that don't play them or the forms because of their current locked in look.

Welcome back. Feel free to join in events and shout out when you would like to form a team. Little things like that help keep the server an active one.

Well, no matter what, your Warshade is probably going to be more survivable while solo than your Blaster will be. That's just the nature of the AT (though if you listen to Another Fan too much, you'll wonder how any Blaster ever survives... he likes to paint the picture far too darkly).

As you said, you just need to know what to build for so things are solid. Building for defense is always a good idea on any AT, so doing that here is a good thing. I would think S/L might be the best if you want to be in close much, that's better than building for ranged damage defense.

The main key to making a weapon ranged set work as a Blaster is to handle things in chains with your attacks. Don't constantly swap between using Beam and Dark attacks: use Beam until you want to switch over to dark for the rest of a fight, so you don't waste time on redraw. I suppose that's really no different than most weapon ATs, but Scrappers, Tanks, etc. don't have as much reason to redraw from their defense sets as Blasters do from their secondaries.

Not really. Like I mentioned earlier, it's probably not the most uber pairing, but you can make it work just fine. There are many secondaries that work well up close (electric and energy), and they can be paired fine with most sets. You just have to learn to use the sets to maximum advantage. There is nothing about Beam that screams "you MUST be at range!" Yes, the cone is nicer when you are a little farther away, but that just means you start the fight there. Better to use it early on, and then when the mobs get closer you switch to Dark, with this pairing. Or you keep using beam, as your other attacks don't really care where you are.

As I said earlier, theme and fun can trump the numbers for most people, and I know TwoHeaded likes to have fun, and the void concept. He'll be fine.

Actually, that's a -20% resist... big difference.

Assuming they have the beta test build notes correct, it is on test with the new Halloween event stuff. So we should be able to get these next week, since the event starts next Thursday. *crosses fingers*

And hopefully I'll get my October Paragon Points soon, and hopefully Street Melee will go on sale, too (so I don't have to wait until November to get it)! Oh, and I'd like a pony and to become a world famous author, too!