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Shield's a great set. As with most tank sets, you want to take Tough and Weave for extra durability. Also, you want your powers that give resistance to defense debuff to avoid the notorious 'cascade failure'.
On my invuln tank, the Cimerorans in the ITF had my base defense at -100% within seconds. I recently did the ITF on an SR tank and they never took my defense down more than 3%. I haven't done the ITF on my shield tank lately, but I do know he has the Master of ITF badge.
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Quote:You shouldn't have to check your account to find out your status.Originally Posted by Miss Nightcomet
hmm, i could gave sworn i was vip when i reactivated my account unless it put me at premium but i do have access to WW and can buy OS's, i will have t recheck my account when i get off work and back home to my computer,
Off the top of your head, are you paying a monthly subscription? If not, you're not VIP. -
We're skipping over the Ms. Liberty TF for now so we can synch up with the Weekly Strike Target schedule again.
This is a co-op task force, so all alignments can participate.
For this task force, you need to be level 50 and have the Alpha Slot unlocked and slotted. If it's not slotted, you're dead to us! You're dead weight! An albatross!
Saturday, Aug 18 at 1PM EDT
Alpha Strike (AKA Apex TF)
Level 50
Requires 8 to start.
Contact is in the Rikti War Zone.
1. Ironblade - dunno yet
2. Tiny Bolt - Little Lady Luck (ice/cold corr)
3. Mystery Inc - whatever is needed
4. Asgardian Blade - Count DarkFire (fire/dark corr)
5. Saint Jon - probably Saint Jon (blaster)
6. Ad Astra - Brighid Frost (blaster) or Winter Shock (elec/cold troller?)
7. Doctor A Science - some kind of corr
8. GATE-keeper - I'll let you know later -
I made a new tank late Thursday night and got him to 43 by the time 2XP ended. Got him to 45 today.
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Quote:err... Not exactly correct.Originally Posted by Tenjoy
If a team member is eligible to earn XP for a defeat caused by another team member, that team member is also eligible for any badges associated with that defeat.
Highlighted the part that's wrong. Distance is irrelevant for badge credit. You just need to be in the same zone.Quote:So yes, you need to be in the same zone and close enough to the fight for Sally's "defeat" to count towards your badge, but you're not required to hit her yourself. -
Quote:It does not.Originally Posted by Von Krieger
I don't recall if healing counts while at full HP,
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I was on Triumph teaming with my brother and we had no trouble gathering people for a task force (PRIOR to 2XP weekend).
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Quote:This isn't a good time to be buying anything on the market. We just finished a Double XP Weekend and prices are crazy. Give it a week or so to settle down.Originally Posted by Miss Nightcomet
What i looked at ww today i notice the IO sets was high price so sticking with regular IO's will be my route and i think the 10 mill will cover it all, great start for me, again thanks, your very nice)
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Quote:Both, and it's a mess to get really good performance from it. I have it slotted with:Originally Posted by ThePhlebotomist
Do you guys slot Siphon Life for healing, then, or damage? Or both?
Touch of the Nictus (heal, heal/rech, acc/heal)
Focused Smite (dam/rech, acc/dam/rech)
Touch of Death (dam/rech)
I'm not in-game so I'm not sure what stats that gives. If it seems I have too much of anything, it's probably because I normally IO using level 35 sets. -
Quote:Hell yeah. I like to ask trivia questions like, How many actors can you name that appeared on both the Batman tv show and the original Star Trek series?Originally Posted by AngelicaVenger
OMG, you guys are the ultimate geeks, are you not?
I was always amazed at the people they managed to get on Batman. I mean, Otto Preminger was a world-famous director, so conservative that he typically wore a three piece suit on set. Yet he played Mr. Freeze, one of the most absurd villains on Batman. That role was also played by George Sanders. WTF? How did they get serious actors to play Mr. Freeze???
I can understand people like Victor Buono, John Astin, Roddy McDowell, Vincent Price and Frank Gorshin playing silly parts, but Michael Rennie? Joan Collins? Cesar Romero?
As a fast effect, I sacrifice it to the Elven Farmer and gain 2 life.Quote:Originally Posted by Elllls
I Lightning Bolt your Thallid. -
Quote:I read the build 3 times to be sure: you skipped Siphon Life????Originally Posted by ThePhlebotomist
Please let me know if you've got suggestions and thanks in advance!
You passed up the ability to have a self-heal as part of your attack chain? Big mistake, in my opinion. My dark/dark and my invuln/dark both have Siphon Life six-slotted. (And Rangle has it five-slotted.) -
um.... Flames of Hephaestus?
Never actually seen one in person, but it sounds like it might be what you're talking about.
No, never mind. I think it's actually the Resurrector. -
Quote:I was trying. I got 4 badges on my scrapper using Aid Other.Originally Posted by Gaia
or healing 2B points with Aid Other :P
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Quote:On a side note, this door is not restricted by AT. It's based on your level of stealth. I believe those are the only AT's that can enter UNASSISTED. However, I strolled through the stealth door on my empathy defender on one trial.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
3 that count for the badge + 1 unbreakable door that can be stealthed (only for Illusion Controllers or Stalkers, this door doesn't count for the badge though).
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Quote:It's called KIRBY DOTS!Originally Posted by Xzero45
Dark Matter aura.
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Quote:A controller CAN NOT take empathy as their primary. They can only take it as a SECONDARY.Originally Posted by Ukaserex
A defender who chooses Empathy as a primary seems to be expected to predominantly use the primary and pitch in a bit here and there with the secondary. Fair enough, that's always been what I've thought.
However, with a controller who chooses Empathy as a primary, the expectation seems to be the reverse.
I would think *ANY* AT can reasonably be expected to focus on their primary - that's why it's called that. If you're ignoring it to focus on your secondary, you picked the wrong AT. Of course, that doesn't justify someone being a build Nazi.Quote:I have seen some folks ridiculed in public channels for being a controller who focuses on the primary and only choosing certain powers from the secondary.
Only from stupid people. But who cares what they expect. Or think.Quote:But, seriously expecting someone with emp secondary to get every secondary power? Is that the expectation?
I have NEVER taken Absorb Pain on any character, whether empathy was primary or secondary.Quote:I've played an empath defender before to level 50+3 with t-4 in all and never had anyone take an issue for me leaving absorb pain out.
Only if you listen to stupid people.Quote:Yet, I play my controller and it seems to be a different story.
Absorb Pain is one of the skippable ones. Eminently so.Quote:I do know that with some powersets, there are powers that most folks who "know what they are doing" consider must haves, and that others are skippable.
In case you missed it, let me reiterate that some players are STUPID and should not be listened to.
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1. As this is my first time is there any recommended archetype?
Personally, I would recommend a scrapper or brute. This will give you good damage output and good survivability, while being relatively simple to play.
2. If I choose a villian archetype, can I still play as a hero?
Yes. You pick your alignment in the tutorial. You can choose any of the 10 basic archetypes and pick hero or villain. (Except as a free player you can't pick Controllers or Masterminds. Both of these types get pets which put a greater load on the game servers so you have to buy access to those.)
3. I have a full time job and will only be able to play sporadicly, so im gueesing team up wont be a option, is there anything I should think about when I want to solo?
Not following you here. Most of us have full time jobs. I certainly do. And I team all the time. I would think the restriction on your teaming would be difficulty in communicating. As a completely new player, you have pretty heavy restrictions on what communication channels are accessible to you. This is done to stop spamming by gold farmers. The more money you put into the game, the better communication you have available since gold farmers rely on free accounts.
Putting just $5 into the game will give you the ability to send private tells to players so you can reply to people who announce they are forming teams. There is a nice listing here on ParagonWiki.com that gives details of the benefits of certain levels of expenditures. That site is a HUGE resource for this game and is created and maintained by players. -
Quote:Same here. I have probably 10 pounds of EXTRA cards - not counting my 18 decks.Originally Posted by Siolfir
That card is from after I quit playing and as such does not exist.
What? Fallen Empires was super cheap and I like Thallids!
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Quote:hmm..... John C. Dvorak posted an article titled "Can You Google?" in which he states, "Many students lack search skills and their schools are to blame."Originally Posted by Aurora_Girl
Is the list of available standard forum titles available anywhere? I'd like to see what my next tier is...I fear it is, indeed, Forum Cartel and I have a LOT of work to do.
When Angelica was wondering when she would stop being a noo.. I mean rookie, I went to Google and searched:
site:cityofheroes.com forum titles
Now, the first few links were discussing the new colored titles. But the fifth link yielded the following:
0 Citizen
25 Informant
50 Recruit
100 Trainee
200 Rookie
400 Cohort
700 Super-Powered
1200 Mentor
1600 Legend
5000 Renowned
10000 Forum Cartel
20000 Cuppa Incarnate
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Quote:Send a message by TARDIS Express - "When it absolutely, positively has to be there before you mail it."Originally Posted by Fulmens
This is fascinating. I keep having advice for your two-week-ago self, far too late to do any good.
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Quote:"One week" (specifically, 6 days and 18 hours).Originally Posted by snowball54321
Isnt there a cooldown how often you can run a SSA and get a hero alignment merit?
This is why I have nearly 30 toons that have confirmed their alignment so they can earn A-Merits. -
Quote:Go kill 10,000 monkeys.Originally Posted by Atomic_Saint
I think Ill leave these alone. Sounds wayyyy too much like work.
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Quote:Good point. I would expect a resurgence in people trying for the badge when we get another incarnate power that improves performance in the trial. Not to mention when we get the next level shift.Originally Posted by DarkGob
And it will get better as we get more Incarnate powers; remember, we're not even supposed to be able to get RHW yet.
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Quote:We have people transferring to Infinity to get the badge (RHW). I would think there are groups on other servers also running it regularly. Infinity currently does a couple of runs every Sunday evening after our mothership raid (which starts around 8EST).Originally Posted by Snow Globe
It has got to the point that two of the leaders (myself and one other) have pretty much given up on the Really Hard/Hard Way badges. Some of the people that were supportive earlier have taken to refusing to do the trial at all.
Basically, we have two teams (mostly corrs, for the extra scourge damage) of people who know the drill and are willing to run it repeatedly to get other people the badge. That allows a full team of just about any AT. We don't succeed on every run, but we're averaging.... I would guess around 75-80% success rate? I haven't been keeping stats. We certainly succeed more than we fail - and by a good margin.
After I got the badge on my badger toon, I got my fire/thermal corr to 50+3 just to help on this trial. Recently, the people who lead it have also starting doing a run or two on another night since Sunday doesn't work for everyone. I can't recall, though, whether it was Friday or Saturday.
Now, the potential obstacle is that many people (myself included) refuse to hop servers for a badge, no matter how many free transfers we have (I have 16 - I bought extra on sale). In my case, I run an SG and have a big prestige number next to my name and that's more important to me than a badge. -
Quote:On a side note, base storage got an upgrade a while back so it now automatically displays everything in alphabetical order. You no longer have to pay attention to the order in which you add things.Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
I put about 500 enhancers in one base, in alphabetical order.