Lazarillo

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  1. I seem to remember Zwil or someone else last week saying that this week's new stuff would be more stuff "appropriate to the event", or something similar, so I'm guessing more costume codes.
  2. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Steelclaw View Post
    * On the Halloween Tip Missions: "It's just another Malleus Mundi... ooh ooOoh... Isn't this fun-di? Oh oooho... On my 5th run-di... ooh ooooho... then I'm all done-di... It's just another Malleus Mundi..."
    It's a good thing I'm the only person on staff at the office, these days.
  3. I have an AR/Sonic. You set up, toggles on, shields up, let the ammo fly. If you've got a particularly hard target, toss out a Siphon at the beginning of the fight, and then maybe intermittently during recharge lulls. No redraw to worry about, still works great from range.
  4. Not that it'd solve problems for Stalkers as a whole but I wonder if Hoarfrost or HPT could actually buff the HP cap for Stalkers, the same way Afterburner bumps up the flight speed cap? I think that would have the potential to increase their general utility.
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GuyPerfect View Post
    Broad Sword - Replace Slice with Whirling Sword; swap places with Parry
    Ninja Blade - Replace Flashing Steel with The Lotus Drops; swap with Divine Avalanche
    As a note, I think it might be nice to simply replace Parry or Divine Avalanche with their sets respective PBAoE for Stalkers, but only for one or the other. This would allow the two sets to be a little bit more distinct. Of the two, I think replacing Parry would be more interesting, since it'd let Broadsword keep it's schtick of big up-front damage, while Ninja Blade got to be more effective in a scrapping situation.

    On the whole, though, I like what you've had to say.
  6. Lazarillo

    A smile for you!

    Coming out of Hidden status with a bone-shattering CRUNCH! noise and the words EXECUTIONER'S STRIKE in friendly orange letters. Gets me every time.
  7. I'm a fairly heavy solo'er, went Time/Rad, and have had a grand ol'time (no pun intended) with it. Jump into a group with Time's Juncture running, Irradiate, giggle like a maniac, repeat. For added fun, toss up a Distortion Field to keep enemies nearby, but crippled, Neutron Bomb at high levels for even more AoE goodness, and Cosmic Burst for hard targets.

    Fun, fun combo, that made me feel as much like a Tank as I do a Defender...just without mez protection. You'll want a tray fulla Break Frees.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Severe View Post
    i was told to just ask for a lvl bump...however thats a horrible idea since i want to test the new alphas.how exactly am i suppose to test that when theres not enough 50s on there to run a wtf!!
    When you get bumped to 50 on Beta, the Alpha slot is auto-unlocked, and you can buy Empyrean and Astral merits from their respective vendors for 1 INF apiece. However, this is still only minimally useful since a bump to 50 doesn't include any influence, nor is there a way for a bumped character to effectively simulate the effects of an IO build.
  9. Saying they have a "long term plan" doesn't really mean anything, when they'll change it soon enough anyway. As mentioned in that thread by Memphis Bill that apparently was too hot for the forum (what the heck?), it seems that their nine issue plan for the future changes every two issues.
  10. As I understand it, Interface has a chance to proc in anything that has an enhanceable damage effect. So, the easiest way to check would be to see whether damage enhancements affected spread damage. If so, then Interface should as well (or vice-versa).
  11. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Dante View Post
    What? The one that looks like she's dribbled most of her jam donut down her chin?
    I still think it looks like a goatee more than anything else.
    But either way, the look is less "menacing" and more just "messy".
  12. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Obsidius View Post
    So to put a greater focus on Western-developed games... they're moving positiions back East?
    I've never seen layoff press releases that didn't rely on Insane Troll Logic, to be quite honest.
  13. Lazarillo

    Pieces of Win

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ironblade View Post
    You can buy an aura or cape unlock for a single toon using Astral Merits.....
    I'd sorta pushed that out of my mind as a result of really just wanting to be done with any given Incarnate character as quickly as possible and not wanting to waste even Astrals when I could be thread-converting anyway. However, if all it takes is one spare Astral for this one character, that might be the way to go, especially since I could earn it through an SSA.
  14. Lazarillo

    Pieces of Win

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zwillinger View Post
    As long as we're talking about it, are there any other time vs. convenience options like the cape and aura unlock service you could see being a desirable Market offering?
    Access to the Roman set, the same way Vanguard already is. This to me would be far more desirable than capes or auras, simply because it's more potentially "theme-critical", to me at least. I'd say the same for a lot of the weapon unlocks as well.
  15. Lazarillo

    Pieces of Win

    On the one hand, I sort of prefer to keep doing the cape-unlocking arc (and the aura one for villains; the hero hunts are admittedly lame), and don't really like the idea of paying for something I can easily earn in game anyway, so I haven't paid for these.

    On the other hand, my planned Titan Weapons/Regeneration character looks pretty freaking bad without his cape.

    Decisions, decisions...
  16. Most interesting part of that article: "Autumnal Control/Autumnal Assault". Sounds like the first taste of a hint on what's coming for Dominators?
  17. First time I saw this (actually last weekend, in a "suddenly, out-of-season Zombies!" in Talos), I thought my graphics card was glitching on a defeated enemy. Then I saw all of them spawning that way. Hooboy.

    Not sure if it's a glitch (probably, since some of their animations look weird now), but it's pretty cool, honestly.
  18. My very rough estimate of what I'd seen of late was 1/3 commons, 1/3 uncommons, 2/9 rares and 1/9 very rares. Looks like what I see about matches what you've seen.
  19. Quote:
    Originally Posted by slaad View Post
    where did you see the TW models ???
    There was a short window last night where people on Beta were able to request access.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by GhostofMalta View Post
    "Minotaur Axe"
    A big honking dual-bladed fantasy greataxe. Nice looking chipped/cracked blades, skull detail at the center, gem above the skull. Banded, partially leather-wrapped wooden haft. Ball at the end with a demon-claw detail over it.
    Nice. Sounds like my old death cult Mace brute (who I could never get into because all the maces were too small) is going to see the light of day again.
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kheldarn View Post
    Huh. I wonder how I managed to buy it on Beta last night, if it's not there?
    It can be bought through the character creator, but it doesn't actually show up in the store.
    Of course, I'm going to assume the beta store's probably still broken and I can't add points anyway.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Well, everything minus Inventions, First Ward, side changing, the Architect, Time Control and a bunch of other things I have to buy, plus Celestial Armour from VIP vet rewards. I see what you mean, though. I get the thread, I suppose
    Depends how far along in the tiers you are. I could cancel and keep pretty much everything. The only thing in my case that I'd definitely and permanently lose access to is this mysterious "Incarnate System" people keep talking about.
  23. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha View Post
    We STILL don't have EATs in the AE
    AE needs TLC, stat
    I'm sure that'll be happening any da--OOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH, did you see that? It was SHINYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
  24. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    You will get some solo Incarnate content eventually - but it's going to be a lot slower progression, which means that if you think that he Trials are a "grind", then the solo Incarnate content will be even more of a "grind" to you.
    Given that the problem with the raid grind is based on repetition rather than time taken, I'd say that it's not necessarily going to be the same problem. Then I remember that a 20 minute (if your the type that actually takes the time to read the text), three mission story arc is apparently worth $5 and realized that, yes, the solo path will be a grind too.
  25. They're not. Whoever posted that on their Facebook page most likely did so in error.