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Let me know when 8 stalkers are on the same team.

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People have tried 8 person corr teams, brute, dom and stalker teams for the LRSF. IIRC corr, dom and stalker teams certainly have completed the LRSF (using vengeance, shivans and nukes in some combination).

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The LRSF is easy...without Veng or the temp powers L2P

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I didnt know they made trolls in purple, nice avatar. Let me know when an all stalker team finishes the LRSF without Shivans or Vengeance.

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When the LRSF had level 54 heroes, we routinely won it with a very specialized team in less then 90 minutes without stacking vengance.

Now that the heroes are lvl 52, I completely agree with Maximum in that you need an aggro holding brute and a couple of corruptors but you don't need stacked vengance in order to win the event by any means.


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Actually what would end up happening is we would go back to the old system. Unless you are a stone brute or a corrupter you wont get a priority spot, youll get one of the few (1 or 2) pity spots. Doms, stalkers and non stone brutes will have a hard time gettin on the the LRSF (possibly MMs, I rarely see any MMs on this TF except for poison).

It certainly made me angry to find the largest VG on Champion (at the time I was in Galactic Empire) was never able to fit my brute into an LRSF (pre vengeanc stacking). Not even a pity spot (they were to afraid of failure).

Noone is willing to risk a 1 hour TF turning into a 2-3 hour failure. Eliminating vengeance stacking, and not adjusting the LRSF level of difficutly just leaves most players out of the mix.

Being that I dont have a PC capable of a Hami raid, and hate crafting/shafting in video games (yay I9's IO's)... This doesnt look good for me enjoying the toons I finally leveled to 50 and the end game content.

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This is all in prep for reworking the LRSF so that it becomes more in line with the difficulty of the STF, right?

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Seeing as how it's pretty common to defeat the LRSF without either Shivans or stacked Vengeance, I'm not sure I see the relevance.

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Common occurence for who, UG? Large SGs using multiple kins, rads and stoners?

Nothing has changed with the LRSF. You either have the stock group makeup, or the demands are made that everyone gets shivans and nukes.

I saw a call over PinnBadges the other night for getting shivans because some foursome wasn't managing a basic TF.

If the populace has sunk so low that Shivans are being used in the most mundane of situations, then Shivans need to go.

At the very least block their use outside of PvP zones.

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Bill Im going to have to ask you to stick to posting in the tech forum (kidding).

Seriously though what sucks abou this is the difficulty will get ramped up and those of us who didnt run the LRSF 5x a day taking advantage of the exploits.... Well we are at a disadvantage in PvP which I care about immensely.

This TF was too hard. I wasnt able to get an invite to an LRSF before vengeance stacking and Shivans. Thats not PuGs but from my own Villain group of 6 months (since joined a new VG). Why no invites? I had the audacity of making an elec/elec brute. Crappy single target damage and not as survivable as stones.

Anyways I know you were talking about bringing the difficulty in line with the hero side tf. Hopefully that means a bit easier.

SBeaudway appreciate the time you spent posting your build. But even you squeeze it in, and by 41. Seems to me tankers arent skipping taunt alltogether, just delaying taking the power. Eventually its the best available choice on the board (ala NFL draft best player available).

I guess I had hopes someone who doesnt take taunt might show me their power selections 1-50 cause Id like to see what powers are being taken instead of taunt. Not why taunt isnt needed in xyz situation.

Anofalye even your brute examples... I have ela, nrg, and fire armor brutes. I take taunt on all of them for pve and pvp. However this wasnt a taunt on brutes question, it was taunt on tankers. Maybe on a fire/nrg pvp dueling build. Beyond that I just dont see how at some point 1-50 taunt isnt better than another option chosen (especially in PvE).

I have a question why wouldnt you take taunt? Sure some people over value it. But during a 50 level run I cant imagine a build that couldnt use it..

Perhaps someone with a no taunt tanker could post a build? Id like to see where Id differ.

I even take taunt on brutes. In fact my one of my brutes has taunt, provoke and challenge.

I would never skip taunt on a tanker. I wouldnt kick a tanker without taunt but theyd have a shorter leash.

I routinely evaluate tankers and brutes on their ability to hold agro. If you cant do it, then Id rather team with someone else.

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1) You have the default To Hit value (ie no buffs), your target has no Defense value. How often do you WANT to hit him? Conversely, as the defender, how often do you expect to be missed?

I would want to hit 2 out of 3 attacks, and as the defender expect to be missed 1 out of 3 attacks from an opponent. Though a 50/50 split would make sense under the criteria, an encounter that results in a large percentage of misses can be infinitely more frustrating than being hit a lot(dmg can be mitigated through healing and resistance as well, when hit).

2) You have the maximum possible To Hit value, and your target has no defense value. How often do you WANT to hit him? Conversely, as the defender, how often do you expect to be missed?

I would want to hit 9 out of 10 times, leaving a chance to miss for unpredictability. As a defender, I would expect to be hit with every attack with an occasional lucky miss.

3) You have the default To Hit value, and your target has the maximum possible defense value. How often do you WANT to hit him? Conversely, as the defender, how often do you expect to be missed?

I would want to hit 1 out of 5 times. As a defender, I would expect to be missed by a large majority of the attacks, 4 out of 5.

4) You have the maximum possible To Hit value, and your target has the maximum possible defense value. How often do you WANT to hit him? Conversely, as the defender, how often do you expect to be missed?

I would want to hit 5 out of 10 times, and as the defender expect to be missed by half of the attacks. Capped defense should never negated by To Hit alone, rather by To Hit and -def debuff, IMO.

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Sounds right to me.

Thanks alot TD.

Is the information here still accurate? Regardless it doesnt seem to help answer my question. Nor did paragon wikki or other sites so far.

Im trying to understand how effective slotting up powers like sprint, and especially swift versus lightning reflexes/quickness really is.

In other words how effective are the additional slots to unsupressed movement.

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Had a hard time centering my toon in the screenies, and facemaker costumes werent what properly portrayed when I went into the change costume screen. Hope these will do, I can try again if you have suggestions.
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Hehe....I love it! I dunno why, the costume just makes me chuckle (<--manly giggle ) every time I see it. But in a good way, of course

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Thanks Im proud of this toon. Ive seen more content, gotten more badges, fine tuned a better story/concept/costume on this toon than any other Ive played.

Hes also the first and only toon Ive ever hit max level (50) in any MMO Ive played.

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Here's a couple of options I cobbled together:

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...yphon/Nappy2/?

http://s34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...ryphon/Nappy1/

feel free to use and claim them as your own if you like.

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These are pretty friggin cool too. We only get 5 costume slots right?

Thanks. I like these if you couldnt tell heh.

Seemed silly to repost the exact same post, just a few months later. I had all the links posted here, my bio etc. Otherwise I wouldnt have bumped my own thread. That and Id gotten such a warm response the first time, I figured some of those posters might return.

I like the costume. Itll occupy a costume slot for sure. Thanks

I just wanted to bump this, versus re post same content. As I hadnt heard anything from those who seemed interested. If anyone is interested in giving Napoleon a new look Id love to see it.

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I can't choose them all? I love the costume editor. That is what hooked me orginally. I love the storylines (for the most part) and getting souvenirs with the storylines. I love the bases and the base editor function (like playing the sims but a whole lot cooler). The villians are great too, some you just feel sorry for, some you learn to hate, and some are just idiots, I love it. This is the best game ever.

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Yeah those were my thoughts. Although Id add in a big SHOUT OUT to PvP. PvP was my first choice, but wanted to second that I love and have given a solid try to nearly all the villain content, and alot of hero content in this game. Long term subscriber here.

I can think of several hundred other things I would like to see in this game. Brute fury fix PvP, Server Transfers for Characters, code improvements so my FPS dont vary from 40 to 10, New story arcs, new zones, new power sets, Improvements to Battle Axe damage for tankers just off the top of my head.

Fortunately the developers agree, and iirc have already said this wont happen.

/not signed.

Here are some Pics of my toon, and his bio. What I am looking for is help with battle cry options, or other sayings I should add in battle. Hes an elec/elec brute named Napoleon Complex. 46 levels and still havent thought one up, so its now or never. For awhile I was working on something along the lines of "SEE SIZE DOESNT MATTER, MY GF WAS RIGHT!!!!!" something like that, just never got passed the rough idea.

BTW sorry for the non RP post, but it seemed others posted non RP stuff but RP related.

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You can do it however you like. Just wanted to see what others might have done. Glad you like. I did a little research on Chibi (and looked at some of you other pics, cant wait to see what you do).

I coulda sworn I came to this forum once before and saw someone does costume makeovers. Im gonna have to look that up too. See my SG on champion has gotten tired of lookin at my toon (Apparently some are scared for life), they took up a infamy drive, and offered to pay for a new costume ; )

Even ran me through the costume slot missions.

Heh I misspelled my name in my own bio, such a tard.

Had a hard time centering my toon in the screenies, and facemaker costumes werent what properly portrayed when I went into the change costume screen. Hope these will do, I can try again if you have suggestions.
Nappy1

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Nappy4

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Thanks for replies, Was lookin for costume or fan art suggestions. Ill get a photo bucket account and post some snap shots along with my Bio later this afternoon. Provided of course anyone is interested (and for free heh, no $$$$ here, broke as a joke).

Have occasionally checked it out though. Its my understanding some of you like to do drawings or new costumes for peeps toons.

I cant promise I would use the new look (very attached to my current one) but was curious to see what yall would come up with (and I do have 2 other costume slots).

So if anyone is interested, how would I go about getting the picture of my toon you need? How would I host it? and of course is anyone interested? (btw I am technically inclined and know my way around the CoH client, so tons of detailed instructions probably arent necessary)

Ill happily take some screenies, and post his bio for yall to get inspiration. Toons name is Napoleon Complex.

I to have teamed with this "Droid Rage" fella, and a few of his alts like Da Limper, and Napoleon Complex. I would agree with Hakeswill 100%. Apparently he has never once died in PvP or PvE.

Just a suggestion but most people take aid other versus stimulant. I one brute with aid other, and one with stimulant. I use stimulant alot more often. Someone uses awaken, stimulant removes the mez and they are right back in action. PvP fear or confuse gotcha down, Stimulant again FTW. Its a great little short term mez protection for when your support squishies get into trouble.

Not saying i use it alot, but I do use it alot more than aid other.

Also I have definitely gotten aid self off between DoT ticks. I practiced on a CoT map with the red crystals damaging me. You gotta time it right, just as the damage ticks hit aid self. It is definitely possible, but also likely to get ya in trouble.