JD_Gumby

If they still exist (just no longer on your list), using powers that can affect allies (as opposed to having to target a listed pet/party member) can bring them back. Alkaloid in Poison, for example, brings back my Thugs every time (though I have to target them individually).

Ninja Run, with 3x slotted Swift & Hurdle, gets you (in the early 30s) around 51mph running, 62mph jumping (from using my Jump Pack, I see that it's generally 3-4mph lower than my jump speed cap), and 43ft jump height.

The only real problems with Ninja Run are that you have nowhere near the air control as with Super Jump or Combat Jumping, nor the excellent Stealth component of Super Speed, so will tend to get tagged a lot more as you're hopping or running around, which can be dangerous.

Yep. Striga. And t'Hell with geting the Atlas Medallion quickly - +5 max Endurance isn't all that great and can easily wait 'til you're level 35 or 40 and can mow them down without effort.

That is about all you can do, really - get the two attacks with Smashing damage and avoid machines as much as possible (so avoid Arachnos, Council, Nemesis, and Malta(?) missions). I think many Psionic foes also have a decent amount of resistance to Psionic damage.

Of course, that's as a last resort and only if you're *really* wanting to play the combination. Otherwise, I'd say dump Mental Manipulation if you want to keep Psychic Blast - pair it with Energy Manipulation or something and start taking the melee attacks at level 22+ (about the time you start running into machines regularly enough to worry about).

Cool, thanks.

Just wondering: when I'm in a Flashback arc, is the zone I'm in the real thing or just a personal copy? Only just started today and both Flashbacks I've entered have been on Striga Island, not the most populous zones at the best of times, so it's kinda hard to tell. :P

Are you sure you were at the right banner (the solid one on an eastern pillar) and that you were actually close enough to it?

Demon Summoning will come whenever Issue 17 hits.

Well, all MM pets get Super Jump, so all they really need is non-combat land speed - it'd be awesome if you didn't always leave them behind because you made the mistake of choosing Swift.

Might as well take 'em. They're quite useful since you won't have any area of effect attacks 'til you hit 32 and take Hail of Bullets (and that's point blank, so you still won't have any ranged AoE).

Gotta remember that, despite each hit being relatively weak compared to your other attacks, you're hitting multiple foes and thus they're actually more powerful than most of your other attacks. Not to mention the mass knockback, chill or damage reduction they give (depending on your ammo) you to act as mitigation.

And the aggro is no more than any other attack, except under certain circumstances (for example, when you're in a large group with a Brute/Tanker that doesn't have an aura yet), since most of the time attacking a single foe in a spawn will aggro all of the critters in the spawn (unless one's around a corner and out of sight or a long ways away with its back turned or it's a group of masterless Vahzilok corpses).

Easy way to check: get a cheap set pair with a bonus type that would show on your own Combat Attributes panel, put it in a pet, summon that pet, and finally look for the bonus in the pet's Combat Attributes...

According to help.ncsoft.com...

"Although they are labeled for specific games, PlayNC/NCsoft game time cards are usable on any of our games. However, you must use a game time card specific to the territory of your game account. You can use a City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lineage, Lineage II, or generic PlayNC/NCsoft Game Time Card for any of those games."

Or just drop that mission, wait 3 days and drop the next one he appears, and then never, ever, EVER take Darrin Wade's arc ever again. Should've realized that the game giving you a free contact in Sharkhead was too good to be true. :P