ItsJustJake

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Have you much experience with unprovoked frozen beer attacks?

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No way - I'm a MASTER at removing that weapon from the surrounding area. I'm a ... Beer ninja.

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<<< Is now halfway tempted to buy a trip to Austin

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Beer always maks the idea better.

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But truthfully, beer makes just about everything better.

Except for possibly 'Being beaten to a pulp by Frozen Beer'.

Very informative Read, thanks a bunch. I especially like the way you take new information into account, and actually change your opinion on some powers/slotting. I think it's a sign of a good guide when the writer isn't trying to force their previous opinions to 'fit' with the new changes.

Well done, Frost. Thanks.

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I don't have to justify anything. If they don't like it, they can go pound salt.

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Yeah - I'm in the "If they don't like it, Screw 'em!" section myself.

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Gilgamesh went on to another game

Sometime I wonder if he still reads these forums, stalking us like we stalked him.

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Nope.

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*Assasination Strike*

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The best part (in my opinion) about Cryptic putting Coyote in Outbreak, the didn't make an announcement. The players asked for him to be added and he was. Cryptic didn't milk it for publicity, they just put him in.

That says more to me about the ideals of this company than anything else.

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*nods* No fanfare, no Hoopla. They just did something they thought was right. Quite .. Heroic.

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"In the tutorial, "Outbreak", one of the contacts for new players is named Coyote a.k.a. Matthew Bragg. This character is named after the first pre-beta City of Heroes message board member, Kiyotee. Kiyotee, who was named Matthew Bregg in real life, was always the one to help out new people on the message boards. He died shortly after the game was released, and the contact was renamed in his honor."

I got this from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451018/

is this true? If so, it's something that I'd never heard of. How "soon after the game was released" was it. That contact has always been coyote AFAIK. I started week 3, so was it before that, or was I just that unobservant back then?

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It's Very True, and Very Cool.

At first glance I thought a Dev had actually lost it, and was getting tired of all the Troll-like Posts.

My Bad. :-)

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IR Goggles and Tactics still stack.

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Castle...then help us all out here: what exactly has changed? Please help put an end to all this useless ... even destructive speculation. You da' power to help us!!!

B.

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End speculation? But .. this is the Internet .. what else will we do??

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My last question is .... WHAT THE HECK IS "ED" ? I have seen this all over the boards since I got back, but no poster has explained what it means.

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ED is the Devs' secret plan to eat babies and take over the whole world of underground "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" cosplay.

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Don't forget the Kitten Fires.

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Soloing is IN our future and I found that ED has actually made soloing easier for me.

We are however NOT out of place in a team. We still can take damage better than anyone AND hold off enemies. We just can't do it like we used to.

We can still alpha for the team. Example, I jump in and use footstomp for the first attack. That gets the mob's attention real quick. To manage the mob I pull my view screen back and watch which enemy goes where AND watch the HP of my teammates. I use taunt to pull in the stragglers that are pounding any teammates that are in trouble. I usually team with the same group of people so I know how much people they can fight at a time without dying.

If taunt is unavilable I run towards the group attacking my allies and get there attention with some sort of attack...which usually makes them follow me back to my original position.

We also need to understand that we are now at the same level of all the other AT's in that when we are teaming we will need their help as well. We CAN tank large groups but support maybe needed. One tatic my SG uses against AV's is for all support heroes keep my HP up...ignoring everyone elses...making it up to me to keep the AV's attention. So we need to learn that we just can't always do it alone which maybe the very reason we were "nerfed" or whatever in the first place.

I think we can still do our job...we just can't stand still and do it anymore though. In order to tank now we have to be more aware of what is going on in the battle than any other AT and act when we need to. With all the changes made to tanks we will need to be flexible to the point that our playing style for tanking MUST change, and so the other AT's won't see us as a burden, we have to be GREAT at handling our toons so people can see that we are STILL the best AT.

Take more support powers...I never had Dull Pain until I6, and it has saved me MANY times. Don't forget Tough, because I did.

Newbies at tanking need to understand that managing mobs is not as easy as the manual might portray it. You will have to be quite mobil to keep their attention...hmmm teleport could be helpful here now I think about it.

There is my take on it....it all boils down to change your mindset along with the game.

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I can't help but agree here. When I'm teaming, I am still 'The Point Man'. I take the initial attacks, and while my health bar moves now - that is what DP and inspirataions are for. I actually find myself using them now, instead of just ignoring them until something with Psi rolls around.

Fights go: Jump in, Footstomp, Hand Clap, Taunt. Use other individual attacks as they cycle through, repeating FS/HC/Taunt whenever possible.

Even against things that I am terrible against (Negative energy for example), I still can take more punishment than the others. (Lvl 50 Inv/SS vs Many lvl 51/52 Negative energy tossing Spirit Minions/lts/bosses). It was actually FUN.

And yes, I had finished my Respec to slot out for ED. Slotted the heck out of Hand clap (2 acc, 2 disorient, 1 end red, 1 taunt), Footstomp has a knockback enhancer in it now, and Taunt is 3 slotted (1 recharger, 2 taunt enhancers).

Defenses were ED compliant, and I even had a second slot in several passives. A bit of a waste, sure - but I just had nothing else to use them with.

I can still Tank, I just need help now and then. Nothing wrong with that. Yes, it's not how everyone likes to play, but .. unfortunately the may many people like to play is just not what the Devs want it to be. No more 'Taking on the whole Map and just keep them busy while friends pound the snot out of the bad guys'. I don't see that as a Bad Thing.

Freedom - Tiny - Lvl 50 SS/Inv, still having fun, still Useful.

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Personally, I'm a fan of shadows.

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Ah! A clue! Could the next expansion be about PULP-type heroes, like the Shadow? Hmmm...

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Statesman has said, although the post is long since vaporware and therefore cannot be proven, that he would like to do a City of Pulp type of thing. So yes, I believe this is a possibility.



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Never underestimate my power of Search-Fu:


Clicky #1
Clicky #2

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We are humbled by your skill.

CoP (City of Pulp) I call it now!

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More likely City of Shadows .. then they can Fit Pulp characters in with other things that fit the concept .. (Plus, I just think it's a better name).

It's not a bug, as far as the General Populace can tell. The Dev's seem quite happy with those numbers. Apparently they don't want anyone actually USING a base anytime in the next few months. THere must be some Kinks that need working out. ;-)

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...refuse to believe it if it doesn't support their argument that ED killed CoH, eh?

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You DARE stand there and say such things, thou pompous blowhard! HOW DARE YOU! 95% of the people left after I5, we all know this FOR A FACT, (and I dare you to contradict me, yon evil walrus-man), and of those poor sods remaining ALL OF THEM have left this rotten game for good thanks to the ED issue.

We're sick and tired of you mamby-pamby rationalisticis running around demanding proof and using logic to solve your problems. Well guess what, big boy, the world doesn't run on logic, it runs on ME! AND I DEMAND SOMETHING BE DONE!

If Statesman can't open his mouth without lies and fetid baby corpses falling from his putrid gums then perhaps he should just keep it shut. We're tired of hearing his lies - 'cause that's all he ever says. Lies. And baby corpses... 'cause he eats them.

YOU ARE ALL LIARS! I can proove it simply by pulling up your last posts and showing the world, once and for all, that you are lying scum and in desperate need of having a lobotomy ASAP. You and your words... which are lies! Lies is all you know... all you know? Yes, all you know - if you said a single thing that was true you'd probably have a heart attack, you miserable liar!

It's people like you and Statesman that are responsible for death, herpies, and taxes... you know that don't you? Oh, and also those really annoying hard-to-open DVD wrappers. You evil cretins!

I HOPE YOU ... fall down and scrape your knees or something. I'LL GNAW YOUR FEET TO NUBS!

That'll show ya.

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You left out references to 'Fanbois'. Overall, I rate that a 9 on the rant scale.

I've had no problem getting or forming teams in CoV. Maybe you've just been unlucky?

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And by the way, thanks for the ability to earn Salvage that I can do absolutely zero with, since I refuse to shell out $50 for a game I'm not even going to play, just to get SG Base access. You guys are marketing geniuses. [read: know how to alienate your player base.]

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On a quick aside - just because you don't want that salvage, doesn't mean someone else won't. It takes up no room - and eventually you'll be able to trade that to someone, or sell it to another player. It's not hurting you being in the game, after all.

And to keep this on Topic - Pos, don't you and the Dev's WANT players building bases and having Fun little Base Raids? Sure, you don't want to give them everything in the game right away, but make it possible for them to at least START using those new features.

But just plain screwing 35+ level characters? That's just wrong.

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I can't think of a reason why the devs would want to "avoid" having level 50's generate extra prestige. It sounds like a perfect reward for maxing out your character, to me.

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Why would you want anything other than level 50's in your SG then?

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Actually Pos, From what I've seen, people who are at the Level 50 are the MOST Inactive in SG's - to many , there is little reason to plyy that character, and they instead switch to an Alt.

Yes, there are Level 50's that play still, but take a look at your average SG, I thihnk you'd see more Inactive Lvl 50 characters than any other.

Why wouldn't you want to give Lvl 50's another reason to Play those characters?

He's probably inside Mako right now ...

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Learn to prioritize. Make sure you take out lieutenants first, minions second, and bosses last. But disable in the order of boss, lt, minion, it works much better.

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Prioritize - but always remember that the orders listed there may not always be best. In some cases, it's best to clear Minions first, then Lts, then Bosses .. It all depends on who you are fighting and the makeup of your team (if you have one).

Take Nemesis for example. There, I always clear the minions first, because killing the Lts is what causes their buffs to go off, and all those minions with Vengeance on them can REALLY hurt a Blaster.

Or Malta .. Sappers are first, though they are Minions.

CoT? I go for Earth Casters or Air casters before anything else.

So prioritize - but don't be too rigid about it.

Some arcs that give us more backstory for the world would be great. That way the comic would serve an additional purpose, providing us more in-depth background material.

Here are a few of Willo'Wisp, on Freedom server

One pose

Closer look

Contemplation

Great Contest!

*Edit - added additional pics - everyone else was.

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a story-arc that features the Back Alley Brawler as the main character. It will also introduce an upcoming gameplay feature.

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OOooo .. C'mon .. Give us a Hint at least .. lest we start Speculating .. :-)

From what I've read from the Dev Digest posts, the only way to have ALL of the features of a base would be to have CoV .. but that bases themselves would be added in a general sense via a patch.

Basic Features - Free
Advanced Features - CoV required.

Please correct me if you know otherwise.

Maybe you'll cover why she thinks a paper mache box is some kind of 'Magic Vault'.

I swear - that place needs a turnstile.

Wish I could see it ..

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