Ignatz

I know where you're coming from a bit OP. I tried a different approach long ago...I stood near a group role playing and stayed pretty much quiet, occasionally emoting a nod or some such. I was in new territory, but was unsure where to begin. Unfortunately, I was ignored by that group and I never tried again. I don't fault that group of course. Yet I didn't make another attempt to start a RP character.

My advice(which I should have followed) would be to make a couple of posts on the Virtue forum stating your interest in joining in on the role playing. Perhaps even joining a Role Play SG.

Like you, I have long been a tabletop roleplayer. Of many RPGs. Heck....going on 25 years now. It's a little intimidating heading into such a different environment as an MMO for the first time though.

I remember you well! Always enjoyed your posts. Nice to see you back.

Despite my almost overwhelming prejudice for PnP DnD weapons, I've always thought that Broadsword should have a higher crit chance than any other Scrapper Primary, with the exception of Axe. Perhaps an increase of crit chance with it's attacks could set it apart. Obviously this doesn't address those classes that don't have a crit chance. And of course I could be a complete tool for such a suggestion.

Perhaps the most powerful Repeat Offenders team was it's all Empathy Defender team. Talk about walking through content. An all /Radiation Controller team is also a well known Super Team. Most Super Teams of this type are extemely powerful. Whether it's Defenders, Controllers, or Corrupters....let alone Master Minds.

You have quite a few options depending on how much money you want to spend.

I use four Kinetic Combats (Acc/Dam, Dam/End, Dam/Rech, Dam/End/Rech) and two Touch of the Nictus (Heal/Rech, Acc/End/Heal).

Acc-44.14%
Dam-85.45%
End-62.49%
Rech-67.79%
Heal-47.70%

A combination of Hami-Os and a couple of others might yield better results.

Edit:For instance, just found a post from Werner using a Nucleolus, a Golgi, Hecatomb Dam/Rech, and three Numina's (Heal/End, Heal/Rech, Heal/End/Rech).

Values may differ because he was using 50++ Hami-Os.

Acc-38.30%
Dam-71.28%
End-84.40%
Rech-79.74%
Heal-96.87%

http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...ht=siphon+life

I don't have an Illusion/Radiation character, so I can't compare it with my personal most versatile character.

That would be my Dark/Ice Defender. Probably my most played character, and certainly the most versatile.(My Mind/Kinetic Controller also comes to mind for versatility). Super fun all around, he can be a serious difference maker on a team. The thing I like the most is it's almost unseen.....The To-Hit Debuffs aren't very apparent, so most don't understand why the team is being so successful. And yet, on difficult missions, my heal is massive. My rez is incredible, I add significant AoE when needed. Plenty of single target holds, slows, damage, debuffs....really a terrific all around team character.

Bummer. I was hoping for a solution, but obviously I must have a currupted file. Or two....Since it seems to be unique to me, my last resort would be re-installing the game from scratch. I want to apologize to the Dev team for wasting their time reading my PMs. This is the first time I've sent a PM to the Devs and I'm very sorry that the problems I'm having appear to be on my end.

First bug:

I'm unable to enter any of my SG bases. It gets to a certain point(perhaps 1/10 complete), then stops....computer appears to be working, but I've waited up to 15 minutes with no results.

Two: When quitting to desktop, my game freezes and I have to Control+Alt+Delete to exit the game.

Three: This one is completely anecdotal.....I noticed my tip progress bar had gone down a couple of weeks ago on one of my characters. I haven't been able to reproduce this effect, so I'm gonnna chalk this one up to halucinating.

I'm baffled at this point. I've verified my files, and they are up to date. My guess is I have a corrupted file and may have to re-install the game. Obviously I don't wish to do this....It would take a considerable amount of time.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Edit: Base Upkeep isn't the problem. I have the same bug no matter which character I try to enter the SG base. My machine is fairly modern. My drivers are up to date. I'm currently running Trend Micro Internet Security Anti-Virus software(if that matters).

Completely agree with using Thunderstrike as a starting point for getting cheap IO sets into your powers. To be honest, you'll be amazed by the difference. Kinetic Crash advice is also very good. Specifically, Power Bolt, Power Blast, and Power Burst should be your bread and butter attacks, and most difinately 6 slotted with Thunderstrike. This change alone will make a big difference in performance.

I'd start by putting up relatively lowball bids on recipes immediately. Some will fill right away...others you may have to wait a few days, or a week, maybe even longer(although I doubt it). I'd put up bids on anything you can slot immediately. As you buy them, slot 'em up. I'm gonna get into game now and take a look at Thunderstrike recipes in the high 30s, low 40s right now and see what you're up against...

Edit: Well, they seem to be pretty scarce right now....many bids with none for sale. It's a very popular set. The history says that at most levels they sell daily though. It'll be more expensive than the previously mentioned 30 million, but not by much...say 50 million for three sets.
If you're truly just trying to improve your character, I'll toss you a couple hundred million to get you going. My global is @Ignatz and I usually can be found Sunday mornings after 6AM PST, Monday evenings after 9PM PST, and late night after 3AM PST every other day.

For some odd reason, I've encountered a few bugs.

Number one:

When I log off, I need to Control/Alt/Delete no matter the circumstances in order to end my play session. Otherwise I basically lock up.

Number two:

I cannot enter any of my Supergroup bases, I get perhaps 1/10 of the way and lock up. I've waited up to 15 minutes and although my computer continues 'working', I get no more progress.

Number Three:

My Tips progress bar has decreased. For this one, I may be halucinating. I noticed my bar going down from five to three, but have been unable to reproduce this problem over the last couple of weeks. I fully admit that this may be an error on my part.

I'm baffled by one and two. Do I have a corrupted file? I verified my files, and nothing came up. The third may well be my misconception. I pretty much do Tips in groups of five, but I'm willing to wager I was tired and logged off before completing five...thus forgetting that I had done so and thought there was a bug when I logged on and saw only three tips on the progress bar.