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The Winter Horde that spawn from the presents are fixed to the upper limit of the zone's level. In case of Atlas Park, this is level 7.

The power [Snow Men] used by the Winter Lord will summon some Winter Horde according to the combat level of the player it's used against, which can result in level 50 minions following it around.

Crab is weapon-less, like Super Strength or Energy Blast. Using those powers will not require a weapon to draw, but they will de-draw any weapon that happens to be drawn.

The Wolf Spider's rifle is weapon-ful, so if it's not already drawn, you'll need to draw it.

For that reason, the Frag Grenade and Venom Grenade have alternate versions in Crab that you can use without drawing the rifle.


Just hide your Alignment tab and no one will know. (-:


Soldier gets kind of a sweet deal with Combat Training: Offensive and Tactical Training: Leadership. Accuracy's pretty well taken care of, so you can slot for other things. You can typically get away with slotting for damage and recharge, then using Cardiac to take care of Endurance.

It's easy to see why people tend to think of Bane Spiders as Stalkers, but it turns out that in practice, Stalkers are much better at being Stalkers than Banes are. Cloaking Device costs Endurance (whereas Hide does not), the stealth isn't as good, it suppresses for a longer period... and the Arachnos Mace attacks are going to be out-damaged by any Stalker out there--both from Hidden and not (even the critical hits do less damage). What I'm trying to say here is that while Bane Spiders do play using similar mechanics to Stalkers, they are definitely not Stalkers.

What Bane Spiders are is a sort of Corruptor/Stalker hybrid, and I believe this is by design. In the same way that the Kheldians can serve in each type of capacity as the other Hero archetypes, the SoAs can serve in the capacities of the Villain archetypes. Night Widow = Brute/Stalker, Fortunata = Dominator, Bane Spider = Corruptor/Stalker and Crab Spider = Corruptor/Mastermind. So what I'm trying to say here is that you should think of Banes not as Stalkers that have ranged attacks, but really more like melee Corruptors.

A pure Bane Spider is basically all the powers in Mace Mastery crammed onto the same character. It's got the Energy/Toxic variants of War Mace, some Energy Blast analogs, some Devices-esque toys and a ranged hold. I expect a lot of people who go Bane avoid the Wolf powers almost entirely due to redraw, but it's my opinion that doing so is a major disservice to a build. The three Grenades--Venom, Frag and Wide Area Web--are very potent in their own right and are not semi-gimpy like the Wolf attacks are. That immobilize lasts forever...

A pure Wolf Spider isn't leveraging any of the advantages of the other career tracks, yet both career tracks can leverage the advantages of the Wolf Spider. Make of that what you will, but my position is that there's not much of a reason outside of concept to refrain from taking powers from the Bane or Crab tracks.

It is my belief that Bane Spider Soldier was designed to synergize at least in part with the Wolf Spider attacks. In particular, Venom Grenade is -20% Resistance to all but Toxic, which is -40%. Couple that with Poisonous Ray (the strongest Toxic attack in the game) and you get some very hefty ticks of DoT on even tough targets like bosses. This is in addition the whole stealth/crit Stalker mechanic, so I hope I've inspired you to approach the class from a different angle.


I'm not sure what you're asking here. In my opinion, it's never worth making a full round trip just to remain full Hero or Villain under any circumstances; if you're just in it for Alignment Merits, you may as well stay Villain after unlocking the Patron sets. But that's neither here nor there...

If you're curious about the benefits of the Patron sets, there are certainly some good powers to pick for Arachnos Soldier.

* Shatter Armor works good on a Bane, since it's a high-damage attack like Shatter, but is also -Res -Def like Envenom from Poison.
* Summon Blaster is another pet that works well well with the Disruptors and Spiderlings, which is really the closest thing the game has to an Arachnobot Mastermind. You can take the Arachnos Lore for the Toxic Tarantula too to round out the set. (-:
* Arctic Breath, for Bane and Crab alike, is an AoE -Res -Def power that stacks with Venom Grenade and is a pretty good attack in its own right.
* You can follow up Venom Grenade and Arctic Breath with Bile Spray, which benefits from all that -Toxic Resistance.
* Mu Mastery has a bit of a reputation in the Brute crowd because of its prolific availability of AoE attacks: it has Ball Lightning, Static Discharge and Electrifying Fences, which alongside Venom Grenade can quickly stack up for some major AoE damage.
*Soul Mastery is nice on its own, though doesn't have much synergy with Soldier powers. Of interest is all the -ToHit it deals (Darkest Night in particular) which will stack with Combat Training: Defensive and Tactical Training: Maneuvers (and maybe Cloaking Device, albeit just a bit).


They don't benefit from anything in particular, though you may consider Flight if you have a lot of cone powers. None of the travel powers stand up and say "Pick me pick me!" for this archetype.


The Crab attacks are a sort of weapon-less state and will cause redraw if you need to pull out the rifle. However, Venom Grenade and Frag Grenade were provided in Crab Spider flavor with identical effects, which demonstrably could only have been for redraw purposes. Since those are the two powers you'd want most from the Wolf track, you generally don't have to worry about redraw on Crabs.

For what, not taking life seriously? I find it hard to believe that any attempts to hack a map server (which have to go through the authentication server first) could be considered criminal activity. Character information isn't even stored there.

This is a logical fallacy, but I forget what it's called.

Pebble Radial Final Judgement
Ranged, Epic Fail(Design), Recharge: Fast

You'll find that's most often the case when one poster rips on another poster.

*Draws another tally mark on the score card in the Guy column*

Was that maybe the Energy Blast skin that the Legacy Chain and Aurora Borealis use?


Fixt

Nothing like this has ever happened before. The shame is unbearable, I'm... I'm gonna end it!



Oog!

Unfortunately, I was stupid enough to try and end it in a hospital.

I got my latest Alpha shift after like two Trials. No way in hell am I going to grind Shards/WST for that ever again.