Ice_Ember

Placate would be counter productive on a tank.

6 slotting Oblits would be better than the %heal i think.

fire melee rocks for damage. The two AoEs are very nice. I am going to slot mine up for my next project. I have it on my main account so I will keep it.

hack hack hack cough cough ahck phlegm phuey.

ahhh...

I have leveled several toons to 50 on an exploration badge. Great way to invite several friends to come watch for 3 seconds of ooo's and ahh's.

Here are some binds I used on my ice tank. I need to put these on all of my tanks. Refer to numpad7. I have most of the common things for herding and grouping and what instructions the team needed to know what I was planning.

put a /bind in front of each to use, I copied this from my toons bind list in options.

NUMPAD0 "team Greetings $target"
SHIFT+NUMPAD0 "team Gretings All"
NUMPAD2 "team same thing again"
SHIFT+NUMPAD2 "team Change in plans..."
NUMPAD3 "team Ready!"
SHIFT+NUMPAD3 "powexec_name rest$$team Resting for a Minute"
NUMPAD4 "team Advance forward"
SHIFT+NUMPAD4 "team Get here please"
NUMPAD5 "team Back up please"
SHIFT+NUMPAD5 "team BACK UP!!!"
NUMPAD6 "team Attack in place"
SHIFT+NUMPAD6 "team Wait to attack please"
NUMPAD7 "team Here is where I am bringing the scum"
NUMPAD8 "team Please stay back, I am gathering some scum"

why level 17?

Shoot the dog. very simple and to the point. it should only be a misdemeanor.

It is the addition (+) key on the number pad. Any time you press it, it activates healing aura.

One thing I started doing a while ago, after all these binds was written, was to put the second shield power from FF and Ice and Sonic onto the numpadadd key. You target the teammate with the initial numpad number, then hit the add key to give the second shield. This way the shift, alt, and ctrl keys do not need to be pressed.


A few more binds.

/bind NUMPAD9 "assist" (This targets the target of who yuo have currently... everyone needs to have this bind.)

/bind add "powexec_name Sonic Haven"

/bind numpad1 "+ $$Team_Select 1$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad2 "+ $$Team_Select 2$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad3 "+ $$Team_Select 3$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad4 "+ $$Team_Select 4$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad5 "+ $$Team_Select 5$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad6 "+ $$Team_Select 6$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad7 "+ $$Team_Select 7$$powexec_name Ice Shield"
/bind numpad8 "+ $$Team_Select 8$$powexec_name Ice Shield"

/bind add "powexec_name Glacial Shield"



/bind numpad1 "+ $$Team_Select 1$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad2 "+ $$Team_Select 2$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad3 "+ $$Team_Select 3$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad4 "+ $$Team_Select 4$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad5 "+ $$Team_Select 5$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad6 "+ $$Team_Select 6$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad7 "+ $$Team_Select 7$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"
/bind numpad8 "+ $$Team_Select 8$$powexec_name Deflection Shield"

/bind add "powexec_name Insulation Shield"

/bind O "powexec_name Aid Self"


/bind V "powexec_name super jump$$powexec_name combat jumping"




These are mouse controls for speed boost, but can be easily changed to any of the other buffing powers. I made these during the Hami raids when I was on taunt team. This way you did not have to be on the team, just near it and can still easily buff all that are near you.

/bind shift+mbutton "powexec_name Speed Boost"
/bind alt+mbutton "powexec_name Increase Density"
/bind shift+BUTTON4 "target_friend_near$$powexec_name Speed Boost"
/bind shift+BUTTON5 "target_friend_next"
/bind shift+BUTTON5 "target_friend_next$$powexec_name Speed Boost"

Another example for sonic shields.

/bind shift+mbutton "powexec_name Sonic Barrier"
/bind alt+mbutton "powexec_name Sonic Haven"
/bind ctrl+mbutton "powexec_name Clarity"
/bind shift+BUTTON4 "target_friend_near"
/bind shift+BUTTON5 "target_friend_next"
/bind add "powexec_name Sonic Haven"
/bind shift+add "powexec_name Sonic Barrier"
/bind subtract "powexec_name Clarity"
/bind [ "powexec_name Sonic Barrier"
/bind ] "powexec_name Sonic Haven"


I use the "o" button for oh crap powers... or the number "0" for those which have more than one.

/bind O "+ $$powexec_name Transfusion$$target_enemy_near"
/bind O "powexec_name Aid Self"



/bind P "+ $$powexec_name siphon speed$$target_enemy_near"

You actually have to have the toggles for this to work...

/bind alt+G "powexec_name Accelerate metabolism"
/bind SHIFT+G "team Gather for Accelerate Metabolism (AM) if you want the buff!!"
/macro AM "team Gather for AM if you want the buff"
/macro RI "team $target has Radiation Infection$$powexec_toggleon Radiation Infection"
/macro EF "team $target has Enervating Field$$powexec_toggleon Enervating Field"
/macro LR "team $target has Lingering Radiation$$powexec_name Lingering Radiation"

/bind numpad0 "powexec_toggleon Enervating Field$$powexec_toggleon Radiation Infection"

agreed. I use numpadenter myself, but I have a whole bunch of binds.

I can second this.

Some people are waiting for the Obamaputer to resolve everybody's computer deficiencies and spread the computer equality. This way all computers will be low end and suck... just like everyone else's.

There is an AE in the RWZ. I am thinking this will allow lvl 1 heros and villains on the same team and move the AE spam from Atlas to there.

Does this mean you can walk a level one villain and a level one hero to the Rikti War Zone as long as they are on a team with a 35+ leader?

Maybe this will get all of the AE farms away from Atlas and move them to the RWZ if this is indeed the case.

that is not the same logic at all. all powers versus the key powers of the set are very different things.

my simple answer is this... dual builds. you can play your gimp build without RI/EF, Unyeilding, etc alll you want to, but when you are playing on a team that wants the benefits of the powerset you have chosen to play, swap to that one.

That way the non speedboost fire/kin farmers can have their farming build, and when they play a TF or team with folks that want a kin for the speedboost they can provide it.

most people are too lazy or cheap to SO out a second build, but to each their own.

I wont team with with a person who has to be carried by the rest of the team. A rad without toggles or a tank without unyeilding is being carried by the rest of the team. If you dont like it, dont team with me. To each their own.

you would enjoy being on a team with an empath defender who did not take
heal other, clear mind, fortitude, or adrenalin boost? (or any of the other empathy powers?)

I would not team with am emp who did not have the basic team buffing powers. I relate that directly to a rad who did not take RI or EF.

I know a person who currently plays an invuln tank without Unyeilding. Needless to say the team carries the tank. This same person played an emp without clear mind (and I was continuously stunned on my scrapper while fighting malta -this was a LONG time ago pre IO's) I do not team with that person often, and when my patience wheres out because of the team carrying a player who does not have the powers which are very important to the set, then I know it is time for me to go elsewhere.

I dont dislike the person, but I dont play well on the same team. (for the record, it is not BA...)

With SO's only, you can get a SD tank to 40% to everything. It is better than my fire in all of the missions i have run them in. both are /ice melee for comparison, and both only have SO's.

FE with a 20 sec duration still will not compare to AAO all the time or SC every 45 seconds.

If RotP could be used when alive as well, I would respec back into it.

Same timer and damage, but a teleport attack with the same animation and 15 seconds of untouchable.

(or remove the self rez, lower the timer to 90 sec, same animation teleport attack, KU instead of KB.)