Infiniti

LOL @ "air ducks"

I'd like some guidance on how ppl are doing this in like 40 mins. Seems to take forever on teams with mobs spawned for 8.

Hey just used this guide to get COH/V up and running on my macbook.

Question on keys: on the Macbook keyboard, what takes the place of the Insert / Home / Page Up/ Page Down / End keys? My camera controls (far, near, spin) were all attached to those on my XP box.

Also - using the macbook trackpad is there any way to approxmiate the "camera look" you can do by right-clicking and moving the mouse?

Any other missing keys I should know about?

Thx.

I took out the Vindicators yesterday at 46 on Abyss's arc. Took out Mynx & Lumi first, separately, without too much trouble. Then actually took out Ms. Liberty pretty quick relative to the previous mission where it took *forever* to bring her down (she keeps using Unstoppable). Then it was Valkyrie -- slow to bring down the first time, but I got her. Mish completes. And then she rezzes. So I'm like, OK, what the hell -- down to like 1-2 small purples and 1 heal. So I start fighting her again, use Gang War to keep her occupied as I reposition Poison Trap etc. It's a tough, long fight waiting for her Tier 9 to wear off. I put down one final trip mine but it's too far away from her. She nails me with a ranged attack, I die, pets dissapear, and simultaneously as she takes a step closer to my corpse the trip mine goes off and knocks down her last health sliver. She dies. Woohoo. Fun times

This is on my Thugs/Traps.

if you don't have taunt at 24 how do you keep aggro off your pets?

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I started this project back in October, when I got my hands on one of the new figures by Vexiphine. It's a new model for Victoria 4 and looked perfect for my very own Light-Speed. I modelled her up, and the new figure was SO awesome to use, I modelled another SG member... and then another.

After a few weeks, I'd modelled over half my SG (LoneSTAR, located on Victory), so I kept going and ended up making 3D models of all 41 members.

I spent the last week putting together a setting for the characters, placing them in the all-too-familiar Atlas Park.

This is the final piece in small size. The actual image is 31" tall and 60" wide, as 200 dpi.

LONESTAR Poster - Full shot

Here's a detail shot so you can see the full resolution;

LONESTAR Poster - Detail

And finally, I used the source images to make online sigs for every person in my SG. Didn't take long since I already had the core renders done;

Sample SIG - Texas Titan

Sample SIG - Power Aide

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Dude. how the hell do you make art that looks like that? Is that computer stuff or freehand paints or what? And how did you nail all the costume parts? Unreal.

Slot the Force Feedback Chance for +RCHRG into Dragon's Tail.

Isn't power sink auto-hit?

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Also, I noticed that your guide didn't recommend how many slots to put into a particular power although most of them are implied through your tactics/strategy or whatnot. However, there are some powers like Explosive Arrow and Stunning Shot, both of which give a murky recommendation as far as slotting goes. For example, you use Explosive Arrow to finish off a group after using RoA, but how often do you use it and how do you slot it? As for Stunning Shot, it seems to be perfectly reasonable to just slot it with accuracy in the default slot and leave it be. I understand that you're not trying to tell people what to do, it's just your experience, but it just doesn't really give me a clear idea as to what you really think of it since you kind of go back and forth by saying it's useful but then it's kind of not really.

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Don't want to jack Lumi's guide but thought I'd reply.

I use RoA->Explosive->Fistful or RoA->Exp->Blazing on more than 1 mob. The way the anims work Explosive hits just when RoA does. I use Explosive SO FRAKKING MUCH that I put a Force Feedback Chance for +Rchrg in it.


My other Arch/ slotting is below, FWIW.

I also use a lot of single-target melee attacks when I run on Invinc solo or the one just below it. TF is a thing of glory and BS ain't bad either. This is a high regen and HP build (I have capped blaster HP 1606) -- credit Wavicle.


Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.30
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php

Wavicle: Level 50 Mutation Blaster
Primary Power Set: Archery
Secondary Power Set: Energy Manipulation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Force Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Snap Shot -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(3), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(3), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(5)
Level 1: Power Thrust -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg:40(A), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:40(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:40(7), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx:40(7)
Level 2: Aimed Shot -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(9), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(9), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(11)
Level 4: Fistful of Arrows -- Acc-I:50(A), HO:Centri(11), HO:Centri(13), HO:Centri(13)
Level 6: Blazing Arrow -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(15), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(15), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(17)
Level 8: Build Up -- GSFC-ToHit:50(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg:50(19), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx:50(21), GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx:50(39), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx:50(43)
Level 10: Bone Smasher -- Mako-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Mako-Dmg/Rchg:50(21), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:50(23), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(23), HO:Nucle(25)
Level 12: Explosive Arrow -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(17), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(25), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(27), Posi-Dam%:50(27), FrcFbk-Rechg%:50(46)
Level 14: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(31), RechRdx-I:50(31)
Level 16: Aim -- AdjTgt-Rchg:50(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg:50(19), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg:50(29), AdjTgt-ToHit:50(29), Rec'dRet-Pcptn:20(33), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx:50(50)
Level 18: Swift -- Run-I:50(A)
Level 20: Health -- Numna-Heal/EndRdx:50(A), Numna-Heal:50(33), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:50(33), RgnTis-Regen+:30(34), Heal-I:50(34)
Level 22: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(31), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:50(34), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:50(40)
Level 24: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg:50(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+:25(36), Ksmt-ToHit+:25(37)
Level 26: Stunning Shot -- Stpfy-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Stpfy-EndRdx/Stun:50(37), Stpfy-Acc/EndRdx:50(37), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg:50(39), Stpfy-KB%:50(39)
Level 28: Power Boost -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 30: Conserve Power -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(40)
Level 32: Rain of Arrows -- Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(40), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(42), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(42), Posi-Dam%:50(42)
Level 35: Boost Range -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 38: Total Focus -- Mako-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Mako-Dmg/Rchg:50(43), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:50(43), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(45), HO:Nucle(45)
Level 41: Personal Force Field -- LkGmblr-Def:40(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:40(45), DefBuff-I:40(46)
Level 44: Temp Invulnerability -- ResDam-I:40(A), ResDam-I:40(46), S'fstPrt-ResKB:30(48), S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx:30(48)
Level 47: Force of Nature -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(48), ResDam-I:50(50), ResDam-I:50(50)
Level 49: Super Speed -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc-I:50(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Clrty-Stlth:50(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 1: Defiance
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]+22% DamageBuff[*]+36% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]+31.3% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]+3% Enhancement(Stun)[*]+5% FlySpeed[*]+230.5 (19.1%) HitPoints[*]+5% JumpSpeed[*]+Knockback (Mag -4)[*]+MezResist(Immobilize) (Mag 9.35%)[*]+13% Recovery[*]+78% Regeneration[*]+3.15% Resistance(Fire)[*]+3.15% Resistance(Cold)[*]+1.26% Resistance(Energy)[*]+1.26% Resistance(Negative)[*]+5% RunSpeed[/list]


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Ultimus do you think this could be done with any secondary besides /Traps?

For example, Bots/FF wouldn't seem to have any way to slow AV regen or debuff them (outside of the bots powers themselves).

Bots/Dark maybe?

What about Thugs/Dark?

Or Bots/poison?

What level are you when fighting these AVs -- e.g., in the pics they show as lvl 40 ... are you also lvl 40 or what?

Also, what is your mission difficulty setting during the fights?

Thx.

Is there a temp flight or jump power you can get from Flashback on Hero-side? I didn't see one on paragon wiki....

Great guide, fun to read, perfect on info.

Inspired me to make an Archery/NRG -- and it's a very fun, active toon to play. Now 42 and largely kitted out with common IOs and a few specials.

A few things:

1) RoA is amazing and up a ton. I also got the comment on a team (as you mention) to stop killing everything and leave some for the other guys That said, it doesn't do OMGBBQ dmg - it's more like a bone-smasher to everything in its radius. BU+AIM+TF still puts way more hurt on a single target.

2) ROA + Explosive + Fistful = Joygasm.

3) I'm a little bummed at archery's damage overall. HeroStats doesn't track RoA but it does on everything else. The archery attacks are doing less dmg than my Plant/Fire dom does under domination and Firey Embrace - his Blaze hits for 220+ and tics, same (around) for Incincerate. Blazing arrow is checking in at more like 203 and the other attacks less. I feel my DB/WP scrappr does more dmg. From everything I read I thought they had really boosted blaster dmg but it doesn't feel uber yet -- my Stone Melee / Elec brute certainly does more.

4) lethal resisant mobs suck - robots of all kinds I'm looking at you!

Take grounded earlier and don't take tremor until 40+ -- I took it after getting Ball Lighting. It's too weak on its own as an AOE. I'd drop resuscitate.

I like your guides. I think you may want to also consider that the great thing about /FF is that you can get ~ 40% def to ranged attacks by slotting Red Fortune sets in your shields and combat jumping, topped off with a Trap of The Hunter Set in the Mu pool AOE immob. 40% ranged def is nice.

Having played too many SS/* Brute (SS/Stone, SS/ELA) I just cannot deal with the rage crash any more . . . I find Stone Melee to give equal or better mitigation than SS, with better burst damage (vs. sustained DPS of Rage), and Seismic Smash &gt; KO ... but it does lack the Superman feel of SS..... cool guide.

Slot Hami-Os Acc/Mez or Dmg/Mez in Seismic Smash and you can keep bosses perma-stunned

I always just end up running door mish. Trying to find PuGs is an exercise in frustration, especially with all the standing around while "lfm" or people going AFK. You know what, if you take 10 minutes to get to the friggin mission, I *am* starting without you. Deal with it. Arg. I had a group tell me to stop whining about them being slow the other day, so I quit. I just don't need the headache. Plus in COH the other challenge to doing story arcs is so much time is lost in travel -- at least in COV they tried a little harder to keep arc mish in the same or nearby zones.

Great guide. By not taking out all the pylons before attacking hami, do you leave them all in stasis or something? Every team I have been on has taken out all the pylons and rikti first, and then gotten completely, repeatedly pwned trying to kill the mitos and hami -- it takes forever. So if you leave all the pylons standing do hami and the mitos not attack?

Good guide. I have a 49 Thugs/TA and can't see any reason to play him up to 50. TA needs some luvin.

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Since this is a guide and not a discussion thread, please don't start the debate here. There have been several such discussion threads in the past over this issue. If you want to discuss it, one should go either to the Dominator forums or the CoV General Discussion Forum and provide a link back here.

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LMAO. Except you felt compelled to "start" it here yourself. Laf @ u.

your slotting is messed up on KO Blow -- how can you not 6slot that power?

also you fully underestimate FA's dismal performance against the post-40 game -- end drains, toxic damage, psi damage . . . it underperforms (and healing flames doesn't help when you've had your endo sucked dry by SpecOps or Malta)...

you don't need shivans or nukes

you do need
1-2 kins
1-2 rads
1-2 therms
1 /SA brute

anything else is gravy ( /cold, /sonic corrs; others like poison MM)

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So to wrap this all up back to the PM by castle. There are only 2 possibilities:

1 Castle looked at the S/L numbers from pre boost.
2 The other poster's test was flawed and S/L is really 12% base.

I tend to favor 1 because of the pre boost numbers said to be around 12%.

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I PM'd him again asking him if he looked at pre-boost #s, and if he could explain why people were getting 16%s . . . hopefully he'll chime in again and lay this to rest.

So how do you get it?