Light_Petting_EU

Sorry, I was using simple numbers to illustrate a point. I should have made that clearer.

EDIT: - and I can't use (fairly archaic) slang for cigs because it has other meanings??

Congratulations. Now hurry up and start posting complaining about lack of lvl 40 content!

Wam,

DO NOT delete your characters this time!

Good luck and you may be back - the monthly subscription tends to work out at something ludicrously low per hour compared to pretty much every other form of entertainment on the planet and as for the time aspect? Tie a sausage round their neck and let the dog play with them. Never did my anklebiters any harm...

((seriously, you probably will have much less time, definately at the start - but depending on sleep pattern you may still get some time)).

Hope to see you at bloody bay.

P.S.

congratulations.

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A very nasty one is Vali otsyuda! though....probably not to be used in polite company]

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I can't believe the profanity filter let that one through...

Well, I'm obviously a little slow, as I didn't know about it.

Thanks for posting this.

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With the amount of buffs from Rad/Emp/Kin defenders you shouldn't need recharge SOs in any of your holds.

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Compared to previous raids I've been on, this is simply not the case. I counted a grand total of 1 speed boost (it is targeted, so not that surprising) and 3 AM on me during the holding phase ... previous raids I've had 10+.

There were never more than 80 people in the Hive at any point during the raid, less than 60 by the end... unless it is an SG run raid with specific builds, I don't think that is enough (anymore, I know about the 24 RAD defenders etc.).

ED has had an effect (I don't think it was the total cause for this raid failure) but I do think using the old technique will require roughly 40%* more controllers than it used to ... meaning even more lag... so ultimately, ED may have invalidated this technique.

*Back of [censored] packet. Need to reach e.g. mag 300/second. Each troller puts out 1/s with no enhancement. 6xHold = +200% pre-ed = 3/s = 100 trollers ftw. With ED, 3xHold =~ +100% = 200/s, requiring 50% more = 150 trollers. I've dropped it a little as not everybody remembers (or has time) to six slot pre-raid. Note I don't know if this is how to calculate trollers to hami, it is right up there with 'Pirates vs. Global Warming'

I have to agree with MaXimillion. In Beta, I rolled a Brute .... and the first thing I did on release was roll a /kinetics, on the basis that they are going to be very popular. Melee based heal, siphon power, speed boost ... fulcrum shift at the end.

nyet, tovarisch.

((Slightly longer answer is, unless you know some of the language already you'll be simply typing english words into the box with a pronounced mock russian accent and risk sounding like a bad 'In Soviet Russia' post on slashdot - most russians I know/have worked with actually have excellent english language skills and what little accent there is would be a pain to try and emulate in text. I'd look at comics featuring colossus if you absolutely want to do this, but even there I think it was more that he spoke english with the odd Russian word/phrase thrown in.))

Wheeeeee!


I always try to fit this power in when I can, even if it is at 49 (that's for the PvP build where I take CJ,SJ,acrobatics) - always a lot of fun to go over to atlas and drop it on the lvl 2ers...

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applying speed boost to pets can be a pain.

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But the effects are worth it

You want to try being the /kin corruptor on an 8 person team, the rest of whom are MM .... my poor mouse hand.

Well, it took a whole 1 hr 30 minutes... if we hadn't spent that time arguing over who got to solo the "leftover" AVs we could have done it in less.

I now have my hat, so thanks all.

How long is it likely to take?

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TBH I wouldnt think of a corruptor as a high damage dealer like a blaster (or the raw power as described on the COV website). Corruptors are more a utility class imo.

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I'm guessing you solo corruptors a lot, and/or haven't reached high levels yet. I say that because.

A fire/dark corruptor (for example) really is impressive (even at low levels), unless you run into one of the fire resistant mobs. This is one of the few corruptor builds that feels impressive out of the box (in my limited experience).

you need both primary and secondary slotted up to really see some corruptors shine. Most corruptor builds seem to fall into this category.

On a large team (not all corruptors) you tend to spend most of your time cycling through looking for the mobs on low health. One blast = scourge = defeated.

People start to notice 7 in 8 'defeats' on team are attributed to you and accuse you of being a 'goal hanger' (or worse) .

Honestly, large teams with only one corruptor in, you really begin to see the point of the AT. Soloing, it is a substandard blaster with a much nicer secondary.

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The changes have been rolled out if you dont like em don't play. Maybe do something else with your time instead of arguing about a change thats already happened.

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Can you and Tainted Greek (who led the 'wait till you can play with it then moan' brigade pre-ED) get togther and decide whether you'd prefer people to complain before it goes live (in which case we haven't played it, so stop whining) or after (in which case it has already gone live, so shut up already).

Unless we're only allowed to complain during the 2 days the changes are on the test server but not live of course...

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I felt like an evil Jean Grey

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So do I, if you ever find one, let me know where...

/ducks

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Game finished!

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Promise?

I think in the example given it really would come down to specific builds, players and tactics....

gonna be fun finding out though

Necromancy (MM)/Kinetics (Def/Corruptor),

because Kinetics works really well in melee, which is where Necro seems to spend their time - plus through upgrades you get some controller like abilities as well.

Undead on Crack for T3h W1n!

failing that Robot/Dark would probably be fairly horrific as well ... hang on ....

Where do I sign up?

(and based on previous experience, I think the trollers would have a slight edge, but I don't think it would be quite as one sided as most people on this thread think...)

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Mine's something like 130-140.

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-10 ?????

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I pick the guy who was in Cagney and Lacey.

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Did he play cagney or Lacey? I always had my suspicions about those two...

Here's a build I've been playing about with.

I'm not all that familiar with Mind Control or Energy so comments welcome. I've tried to make it viable for PvP and PvE. The one thing I'm not happy with is the long gap between having 3 attacks and having more - 20 levels. I could get round it by taking another attack at 12 (and respec out later), but I think this build will need to team fairly aggresively to start with.

Comments/thoughts appreciated. I know I've taken the group sleep instead of the group hold, but there is a good reason for that (much faster recharge). A sleep is as good as a hold while soloing and resisted by less in PvP (?). Plus most matches I've been in involve targeting the squishy while avioding the big guns - this would help there.

Exported from version 1.5C of CoH Planner
http://joechott.com/coh

Archetype: Dominator
Primary Powers - Ranged : Mind Control
Secondary Powers - Support : Energy Assault

01 : Power Bolt acc(01)
01 : Mesmerize acc(01) slpdur(19) acc(25) slpdur(25)
02 : Bone Smasher acc(02) acc(3) dam(3) dam(5) dam(5) recred(7)
04 : Dominate acc(04) recred(7) recred(13) hlddur(15) hlddur(15) acc(19)
06 : Combat Jumping endred(06)
08 : Mass Hypnosis acc(08) recred(9) recred(9) recred(11) acc(11) acc(13)
10 : Hurdle jmp(10)
12 : Stealth endred(12)
14 : Super Jump jmp(14)
16 : Power Boost recred(16) recred(17) recred(17)
18 : Health hel(18)
20 : Stamina endrec(20) endrec(21) endrec(21)
22 : Telekinesis endred(22) endred(23) endred(23) endred(40) endred(40) endred(40)
24 : Maneuvers endred(24)
26 : Terrify acc(26) acc(27) recred(27) recred(39) ferdur(39) acc(39)
28 : Total Focus acc(28) dam(29) dam(29) dam(31) acc(34) recred(37)
30 : Tactics thtbuf(30) thtbuf(31) thtbuf(31)
32 : Mass Confusion acc(32) acc(33) acc(33) recred(33) recred(34) recred(34)
35 : Sniper Blast acc(35) acc(36) dam(36) dam(36) dam(37) recred(37)
38 : Acrobatics endred(38)

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1. What effect does confuse (I'm a mind/kin) have on another player?

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If it takes, they don't know who to target. Never had it done to me but people I've placed it on don't seem to appreciate it

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2. Am I right in thinking that siphon power has a - regen?

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Not sure, but pretty certain transfusion does - people often ask me why my Kinetic defender is spamming heals vs an AV/GM... you stop doing it and watch their health crawl back up.... siphon power is worth spamming in its own right.

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3. I'm having problems hitting sometimes - I assume it's due to something I read about a 50% base accuracy - but I would appreciate feedback on this.

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Most mind attacks have a massive bonus to accuracy. Most linetics powers don't. I'd expect to see a disparity in hitting between the two because of this, unless you plan on x2 ACC SOs + Leadership, in which case most things will have a 5% chance of missing.

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4. At my level is there much I can do to mitigate the danger of assassin strikes? In a team, I am taken out first every time (which makes me kinda chuffed).

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Perception (either through tactics or an inspiration) and the repel power.

You are going to run out of power picks

I'd say decide early on if you want PvP or PvP and single target or AoE.

There isn't really a bad power in the rad set - even choking cloud has its uses(now) and is suitably villainous. The two main debuffs are much more useful in PvE than PvP and also for AoE...

Fire I tend to go AoE - skip flares, it is pants.
Once you have a slow (lingering rad in your case) Slow+rain of fire + fireball + fire breath = silly. Make friends with a dominator with a decent AoE immobilise/hold for extra evil. I always used to skip Rain of Fire in CoH as it normally just splits mobs up. Coupled with a decent hold/slow, it is pure unmitigated evil. The teamwork it used to require was a pain, but since corruptors provide both sides of the equation...

You will learn to hate the few mobs with massive fire resists, as you dont have another damage type to hit them with.... slot brawl or pick up one other attack (Air Sup/Jump Kick is good for this).

and Joe Chott's hero planner also does villains...

One point I really like about mind/energy is that you have different damage types, so you are unlikely to run into the old "Fire/Fire blaster meets infernal" type scenario you can run into with mind/psi (unlikely, but possible). Plus slightly better for PvE (I'd have thought).

I've often wondered what would happen to PvP if they released a 'psychic armour' set, with S/L/Psi as main resist types....