Grey Pilgrim

We're talking 2000/2001 here, so no. It started out with a 3.2 GB hard drive, but it kept having issues, so I replaced it with said 10 GB drive. I had a computer inclined friend that joked about charging me for finding that "deal" at the time (and it was a deal). I laughed that bit of stupidity off, but I do remember it.

Now, I'm sure there were Compaqs with that much at some point, but not the on I bought. I was able to play Shogun: Total War on the one I bought, which was somewhat beefy for the time.

If you like a decent drama, Parenthood is actually quite good. Don't be thrown off by the commercials... they tend to sometimes be a little heavy handed. The acting and writing is quite solid, and the emotions for it are genuine. I'm not a huge TV watcher, but this show has actually been one I try to watch.

Definitely not for you if you're in the mood for Chuck or something light, but it's pretty good.

Keep in mind all those add ons could be thrown onto a set with more ST damage, and they'd be doing even better with ST damage. It sounds like you've rounded things out as well as you can, but Electric is more heavily slanted to AOE no matter how you look at it. Base numbers are what they are.

But like I said, it's a fun set. No worries.

Wait, what? You didn't like the "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal" line? That ones... classic! Or did you mean the opposite?

The Train Robbery episode is okayish, but I agree it's not the best. It just had more of the elements that made the series good: seriousness with some good humor. Like I said, things really got their legs in Shindig for me.

Yeah, that was pretty darn hilarious. Made me smile as well.

For SyFy's response, are they only counting people watching the TV at the time of the show's airing (not anything later)? Just curious, as I know I often pick up things later, and in the case of Stargate SG-1, I watched that puppy exclusively on DVD via NBC reruns, Netflix checkouts, and then buying the whole series on disc. If they're only counting ratings of the first viewing, that does discount a lot.

I dunno, I do have a lot of bias against all these specialty Cable networks becoming less special (sure the History Channel could jokingly be called the "Nazi Channel" for all their WWII stuff, but at least it used to have... history, rather than some drivel about guys selling stuff at a pawn shop). Still, it seems like niche networks are going to lose a lot when they try to be like the other guys. I check out The History Channel or Sci-Fi because of that unique content: I can watch wrasslin' or reality TV on a lot of other channels already.

I think I'd also be more okay with the SG:U stuff if they seemed to have more plans in place for other sci-fi shows, but that seems iffy, from the direction they are going.

Elec is definitely better for AOE than ST damage. I have an E^3 Brute that does better against masses of mobs rather than bosses or EBs. Still a fun and thematic combo.

I have started a Claws/Invuln recently that I am finding quite fun. Praetoria was a breeze, though more exotic damage when you run into it can be a problem at those levels (before you have much defense to work with, or any of your low resist powers to those).

Its ST damage is quite good from what I have seen in 23 levels, and AOE should be decent, though of course it has no damage aura. Still, Spin is a pretty strong AOE attack, and there are some cones to play with later. Plenty of people like Claws, so if you like the look of it, run with it.

I'm guessing my thread with a build discussion is still near the top of threads, if you want to look for it. You can be pretty tough with a decent build, and do good damage.

Yeah, Shield and SS together are quite fun, though of course Scrappers don't have that option, yet. Was a great combo for a Tank... I keep waiting for another free server transfer so I can get him back on my home server... I moved him back when I could make Tanker Tuesday events and haven't touched him in ages.

Awesome. This hearkens me back to my online ranked match days for Myth II, where I had the same coloring patterns for my soldiers.

Darn, I miss those days. Myth II is still one of my favorite strategy games ever... it and Myth had awesome storylines. Too bad Bungie became the house of Halo and Halo alone after that.

I dunno, I'll see where I start with Pratchett. If I like an author well enough, I can read through their admittedly weaker stuff, since their weaker stuff is still pretty decent. The Beautiful and the Damnedisn't a patch on The Great Gatsby, but it was still interesting to read, for instance. I may just start with The Colour of Magic and go from there.

I'm not saying that it isn't silly, just that people do have it. A lot of people say/think things about min/maxxers that may or may not be true. I know that what I can build for with my Scrappers is usually not what people on the Scrappers go for, so I know there are different ideas about min/maxxing among good players, too.

Anyway, it's a common issue. I'm still trying to work on a more expensive build (or two) to put on my guide, but the person that originally asked for one basically asked for a Purpled out build, which I pointed out may not help out that much, especially for a Fiery Aura Tank. Upping Grey Pilgrim's resists and defenses has done a lot more for him than more recharge, for instance.

Heh, this is why I tell my students to define terms they use in their papers. Even things like "gun control" can have a lot of different meanings to different people.

Since PERC events usually involve lots of people winning prizes of inf, etc., FROM PERC (of which MP is just a part of) that's... kind of a weird direction to go. The Memory Lane contest alone gave out a ton of stuff to what... 25-30 people? And they do that kind of thing all the time... I don't really think of PERC as some nasty hoarder of money (or using it for their own purposes), but a player event committee that does fun events and hands out prizes like they are candy.

Anyway, I would not have thought my original statement would be construed as it was. I had no idea I had such a mean reputation around here!

Well, I think most people have the idea that min/max requires Purples and PVP IOs, or something, which are much harder for a player to come by. I myself have the worst luck with Purples... I don't think I've had one drop for months, even though I have been playing my 50s a lot.

But yes, if anyone ever posts that IOs take too much work or they can't afford them, I point out that this really isn't true. Anyone can stock up merits and get a lot of inf from selling an expensive IO, and they can get those merits from playing content that they enjoy.

If they just don't want to be bothered with them, I can certainly understand that, as you said.

Any build simply requires knowing what you want to do with it. Pretty much any build benefits from more defense or recharge, but how much (and what defense types) are the main changes. The main thing is just have a decent end goal and make sure you get there. Getting over 20% defense to a certain type of damage will make a difference in that type of attack hitting you, 32.5% is another decent target since you can soft cap with an inspiration, etc.

And of course, other types of approaches can work great as well. If you team a lot, I've seen people advocate not even bothering with some defense on squishies. I'd say defense helps no matter what, but they've said they enjoy it quite a bit. *shrugs*

Khan sounds good. My E^3 Blaster needs that for his Musculature Alpha stuff he is working on.

It depends on the critic. It sounded like Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune liked the earth segment of the film much more (but more for it characters and humor than anything else), while I have heard others gush about the look of Asgard. But of course, Michael Phillips also compared the cold of Jutenheim with the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, even though Duluth had the same temps and weather as Chicago the day he put out that review.

Critics aren't always perfect, of course. I generally like Roger Ebert, but he seems to be one of those that can't see the pros of the Thor movie that I have read from other critics like Roeper and Phillips. *shrugs*

Frankly, it probably also depends on if the projectors and visuals were bright/clear enough for the CGI stuff, as people have noted in this thread as well.

Huh, I didn't know that about The Train Robbery episode. I usually get thrown off by that one after watching the pilot, as the pilot is much more serious: the train robbery one starts to pick up the humor that goes with the seriousness the show can offer.

I don't know if I entirely like the pilot, though... like all pilots, it's rather rough and doesn't do the show quite right (not that I have ever seen a pilot that is not like this). It introduces things well for the show, but other things felt off: I didn't really start to like the movie until the third episode, to be honest. Shindig is the one that really sealed the deal on my love for it, though.

Wait... how is asking questions and using the joking smiley face calling someone out now? So confused (in case anyone was confused by that smiley as well, heh).

Maybe my brain is still hurting from grading some crummy final exams today (seriously... if you don't believe me, I can give you some grade-A examples that will hurt your brain to read), but this seems weird to me.

Although I see Ryxx and Ele are hating on Peacebringers again. I need to start bringing mine into trials with them just to rub it in.

The LGTF competition was fun last year, we should do that again. Incarnate stuff makes it a little wonky, but maybe you could do a lower level TF... or people will just make teams with Incarnates, I dunno.

Posi Part 1 might be interesting... those Ruin Mages are still rough on most teams.

Well, I'd quibble with that. I've only recently been able to get together a whole set of Purples for characters I'm leveling, and even then, it's not the more expensive damage sets. I'm definitely not going to get some of those billion+ PvP IOs, even if I'd like the 3% res one on Grey Pilgrim.

Time is the main reason I'm quibbling above. I could probably get the +res PvP IO for Grey Pilgrim if I focused on it as a goal, but then I wouldn't play all the alts I like, and variety is really waht I'm about for CoH (and this is why I rather dislike the new Trial system as currently implemented).

I usually take things into PMs, but I agree, that's a good thing about this channel idea. I like the idea, so don't let my above quibbling confuse about that.

Well, that's how I would probably define things for me, but most people tend to use it on the forums to mean the most expensive possible to eke the most out of a build possible. For instance, I'm still working on a build for my guide after someone requested a more expensive build (but no PvPs... which some would say could be used in an expensive build).

People can be all over in how they define things, heh.

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Yes, and I was joking earlier about how probably half of my net worth is due to winnings from PERC events. Maybe half... I might get more than that if I cashed in all my LoTGs and Miracle and Numina uniques I have grabbed via merits.

I know! It's like people weren't posting left and right about the crazy things they were doing with Reactive in Cal Trops, of all things. And the devs never play their own game, at all, that'd just be silly.