Ice_Storm

I don't like this idea. It could possibly assessed on a power by power basis but definitely not done completely.

For instance, Solar Flare should definitely have the knockback taken away (I know it's a PB power but I'll still talk about it) because this is an attack made mostly for damage and it hinders teams by spreading the group out.

Gravitic Emenation[SP] however should not have the knockback removed. It is meant as a control power and the knockback only adds to that. Furthermore, as a cone, this power can have minimal scattering effects while aiding team survival if used properly. I personally like to utilize the knockback on this power on BAFs in order to move the adds next to the AVs so that they go down nice and fast.

And what do you mean by:

Just had another thought. A Warshade could bring both things so the party. They can control with their stuns and then switch to nova and blast the crap outta the minions while you take down the tough guys.

They can even tank in a jiffy if you find yourself in trouble. The only downside is the crazy amount of switching that you'll do. But they ARE pretty awesome.


(Waddaya know, I beat Dechs to suggesting an MFing WS :P)

My first thought when I hear ice blaster is that you should pair it up with some nice AOE. Get someone who's a nice lawnmower and they'll take out the minions/LTs in a flash while you destroy the bosses like they're nothing.

I'd say something with Fire Aura. Personally I've always wanted to try a spines/fire Aura scrapper so that catches my attention.

Also though, A controller or Dominator would help bring the control to the party while you brought the damage.

Hey, so I was looking over the ancillary power pools lately and noticed that if I went villain temporarily I could pick up oppressive gloom for my dual pistols blaster. I'm very intrigued by this idea since I absolutely love that power on my WS and I wouldn't have to deal with constantly turning it back on while triforming!

Anyone have any experience with this? how did it work for you?

I could really go for a couple natural themed judgement powers. For instance:

Grenades: you throw a grenade into a location creating a massive explosion. Upgrades could include a flash grenade that does damage and also debuffs to hit.

Army/Backup: You pull out a walkie talkie and several guys run in behind you and lay waste to everything in front in a cone. Another option would be to call in a big freaking tank that blasts the spot but I guess it's a bit of a silly concept.

You character whips out some kind of thrown weapon which quickly makes a circle around you and does damage a la Xena Style :P. There could also be a version where your guy holds up a giant sword for a second and then slashes around himself in a big circle.

I also like the "Holy Judgement" power with the knockup!

I was reading the overview for First Ward and I gotta say, the tentacles in the pictures looked a lot like the giant tentacles that we see in Mender Ramiel's arc in the future.

You think this means anything? Maybe we're finding out a little bit more about the big terrible thing that happens? Preatoria and Prime Hamidon gonna team up?

Anybody else think they look eerily similar? What do you think it might mean?

I've changed how I use it slightly. I figure, since I'm already giving good Defense buffs to people, anyone with some IOs might be getting pushed to or past the softcap. So now I just sit back, and any time I see someone's health go down I use it on them.

It's not a heal but obviously that person lacks IOs or like to play more on the edge and grab a lot of aggro so they're the ones that could use the extra health. I've been surprised at who ends up getting the shield the most. For instance, on a team I was running earlier the elect/ controller was the one who got it the most often.

I'm no blaster extraordinaire but I can imagin ice/ice being pretty good in end game. Ice/ is pretty much the ST monster of blasters right? so you're definitely usefull against AVs.

I also see this build being particularly useful in BAF since you've got ice patch and shiver to help slow down the minions and you've got the single target damage to help really take out the Lts.

In LAM, don't the guys around the glowies only aggro on you from a certain range? So I believe a blaster (maybe with a stealth enhancement) would be able to destroy the crates without aggroing the group. And even if you did aggro the group you've got blizzard up your sleeve and judgement.

Apex as mentioned.

I will say thought that I can understand why you might feel useless on teams. The amount of AOE going off on teams is insane. My scrapper doesn't really have time to use much besides shield charge or his judgement power before everything seems to be destroyed. I think the devs are working to incorporate more EBs in trials and TFs to counter this.

As a final note I will say that I believe that the only person who's contribution really sticks out in a trial is the leader...because he's the one that invited everyone.

Personally I think that this is a really cool power but I think I remember reading somewhere that people regarded it as useless? Does anyone besides me use this? And if so, who do you use it on?

I typically try to use it on either the main tank and then usually a squishie. Sometimes the squishie takes priority if the tank is perfectly fine on their own.

When these TFs first came out the with requirement to have alpha slotted I didn't really think it was a problem. But now that there's the trials which allow any 50s to just jump on in, I think this should be reconsidered.

Even the story behind it seems a little silly. If Cole has this great debuff that he can apply to us, why isn't he using it in the trials as well as these TFs? I would of fully expected the first trial to be us taking down this debuff but the storyline of just seems to have been ditched after the first two Tfs.

P.S. I really love that they updated the rewards table for these. 2 incarnate threads just didn't seem like enough but 10 actually feels worth it. Plus the merits and the ability to get an astral or insp if we so desire

Hm I guess it's not currently working then if this has 103 views and no one knows how.

So we're supposed to be able to do this now right? Cause I've tried inviting to team and doing a league invite but neither one works. Is there a new command or is it just not working yet?

This brings me to a QOL issue that I've been wondering about for a while:
Why can't we see small previews of what the auras, costumes, etc look like before we purchase them.

If I'm being asked to spend 3 emp merits on a costume piece than I better be able to know what the heck it looks like. Hopefully this gets implemented soon.

Ok i can probably squeez some more in. I'll take another look at some of my powers. I just wanted to make sure I didn't spend 500m getting myself to 150% regen only to find out that most people say if you can't hit x amount to not even bother. (No, it's not really costing me that much, I'm just making up numbers on the fly).

-Ice_Storm

so I'm wondering about how much regen I should try to have as a defense scrapper ( shield) I've got about 100% right now and I'm jut not sure how much I can push is. what would you aim for?

...But I gotta say that I absolutely love the Apex TF. I just like everything about it: the difficulty, the quickness, 40 reward merits, better mission design, and the epic feel.

It's not even really all that difficult. I'd describe it more as requiring more attention and periodic moving than typical content. Last night I threw together a PUG to do it, pretty much just grabbed whoever said they were game for it and then for the last slot I specifically looked for some -regen just cause they make AV battles easier.

We had 3 newbies to the TF but they were willing to listen and try new things so I gave them the rundown and warned them that they may die a lot at first but the battle is fun enough to make up for it.

Had some trouble with the pylons but we ended up switching from the rush in tactic to gettind in the corner and the ranged guys attack the pylon (we had 4 or 5 with ranged attacks) while me (scrapper) and the tank killed all the hydra that were trying to come kill our precious squishies. Took a bit longer but two team wipes trying to use the standard rush tactics told us we needed to change something.

Took us about 50 minutes total but the new guys all expressed fun at having come along.

I'm hoping that if the devs make us use a different salvage for the Justice slot that some of it gets tied to Apex cause I would love an excuse to run it a bit more often.

-Ice_storm

P.S. Any other melees ever try wailing on Battle maiden while a blaster is using Blizzard? I think I just barely managed to frantically escape the blue flames several times from not being able to see the fog that came first! :P it was really thrilling haha.

Hey guys,
So a while ago I decided that I was gonna work on getting the invention badges but since I was feeling lazy I started with the level 45-50 enhancements.

The problem is, my badge meters seem to have stopped moving up. For instance, my meter for the end reduction and end mod badge is at 18/24 but it won't go up when I craft more enhancements! I've tried making both types of enhancements but neither one makes the meter go up. Do I have to earn the lower tier badges before I can earn the badges on the upper tiers?? Or are these badges just bugged right now?

Thanks for any light you guys can shed on the subject.

-Ice_Storm

P.S. I've heard that I can unluck more recipie slots, is it by earning these badges or by doing something else?