MajorPain_EU

Well this isn't so creative but it is a tip for all the creative players out there. I found this website that lets you make various ... things. For example:

[image]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e45/Hellpig/CoX/MajorPain.gif[/image]

(Well the above doesn't seem to work but copy and paste is your friend :P)

A bit amusing at least - they have more than this and I am sure someone can be more creative than my example above.

The link.

Just explaining I crashed last night while on respec mission. Couldn't log back in for some reason - sorry for that, if anyone of the team reads this.

Planning on both elec/elec brute and a thugs MM!

Thanks for the offer, another SG was a bit faster (in game). Thanks Plight!

Well, as new to Defiant I am looking for a good SG to join. I am a friendly, nice player who at least think I know how to play this game. Looking for a SG with the same qualifications. Anyone got an offer for me?

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Online right now as Doc Geard´up.

Sorry, it just didnt happen. Hopefully at some other occasion though...

Been thinking about doing the SF of Virgil Tarikoss (lvl 15-20). My toon is a level 16 MM. Will check this space out during the day for interest...

Agreed - good work there, they all look great!

Move this to the PvP forum pls. :P

Get in the game, put up with the game... I think you need to be prepared for dept if you into PvP. Just my five cents.

Anyone needing a member for the first respec tonight? Or just interested in doing it so we could form a team? If so... feel free to contact me, online as Jinxster right now!

Oh no, not another themed SG!

Well, yes. It is a newly formed themed SG - B.U.G.Z. Made for critterlike villains, if there's any interest. It is so-so serious but I guess it could be more so if I get some members. The main reason I created it was because the SG name would look nice on my newest villain - Grazzhopper. So you don't need to make a dedicated villain if you wanna join... for sure this isn't my 'main' SG in any way.

B.U.G.Z. would only require modest rules for its members:

* Insectlike name
* Insectlike outfit

Give me a tell in game if you think this would be a fun idea. You will usually find me online as Jinxster, Entomberess, Grazzhopper or Shadow of Pain. (Global is Major Pain but I am uncertain if you can send a chat/email to the global handle?)

And what does B.U.G.Z.'s stand for? Maybe...
Bandits Under Gun Zurpression?
Brigands Using Great Zebras?
Who knows!

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I expect this may be due to other henchmen classing as allies in the same way they respond to each other being attacked.

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I met the same problem while there was only one MM (me ) in the team.

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Interesting... could there be a holdover from henchmen classing other AI mobs as allies?

Was it a mission where two groups of mobs were fighting and causing actual damage to each other or an object? (rather than just being an animation)

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Same problem for me... but the strange thing is this: my MM is level 40 and I never encountered this problem on my way to level 40, I am pretty sure about this. But then, a couple of mights ago, I felt like playing my MM again after a month or two of inactivity. Commands worked fine til another MM entered the team - pets went crazy. After some missions the other MM left team, pets were fine again and obeyed my commands... :P Very annoying.

And don't get me started over the CoT maps! How hard could it be to code the pets follow me in a line, exactly the route I choose? No... they all wanna come in one big mob, jumping and competing to be the first to follow me. Result is they fall down from ledges etc. And the "No I don't wanna go through the portral, I'll just try another route to my master"-thing... grrrr!

I hope you haven't forgotten to get the Fitness pool, so you can get Stamina at level 20. For me that is vital with a dark/dark brute as he/she will be a end-hog.

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What server?

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I'll bet you it's Union as I am quite certain I saw a villain with this name a couple of days ago. You'll have a better chance recruting in the Union forum...

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I wont be you anymore... it was another fire ball on union!

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Then at 35 you get mines, and that's when the real fun begins

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I hope you've tried a blaster in CoH and got to the mines before you say that. For me mines seemed great until I got them. Took forever to get some out and the damage wasn't that great. In team people tended not to be willing to wait for me to lay out 3 - 4 mines as it took too long time. Just my humble opinion... I know some people likes'em.

Got a dm/da brute and I had problems with accuracy til I hit 22; SO:s available. After that it helped some but still have some problems time from time. :P

Hey are you the firewall who spelled the name "firewaii"? We used to team quite frequently some months back but I haven't seen you for a while. If it is you that is.

I fight therefore I exist.



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Replied to the wrong post... go figure.

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A thing every MM should learn:

Place your (stay) bots/undeads/ninjas/mercs around a bend, move to the mobs and pull them to you and wipe the floor with them, no more running into other mobs...

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Not a good idea against certain mobs, in that you risk being held, and thus unable to tell your minions to come and save your squishy behind. Also not possible in a lot of maps, due to open areas with multiple mobs and no corners to hide your minions behind.

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Don't know about you but I have no problem telling my pets what to do when held. Used it in Warburg several times to get an over confidant Controller

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(Somehow I could not edit my previous post :P )

I know I can't controll my pets while held, at least not in PvE.

Here's something I learned the hard way yesterday, playing my MM:

We came into a longbow base and stood around chatting. So, I targeted a longbow to it's level and started chatting while having him still in target. I guess that would have gone good unless I hadn't typed something that contained the letter "k"... yes... the letter "k" is bound for my "merc's go aggressive and attack my target". This mistake started a fight that aggro'd more mobs and in the end me and a team mate ended up kissing the floor.

(Still at least I learned something from that mistake... never to chat with an enemy in target!)

Now... I haven't played Dominators that much but I do have two of them. I can't say I find them very hard to solo. They have holds and some descent attacks so just hold'em and wear'em down. I find them very fun to play and my own thoughts has been of them as someone above described Corruptors; blaster meets controller. Not saying that the above statements are wrong though...

If I can/am online I would like to join up.
Shadow of Pain - level 39 Mastermind (mercs/DM). (Global handle - @Major Pain)

I can agree on the fact the readying the mercs in every mission is a bit ... frustrating. But what was it in the 20-24 range the was so hard? My MM (mercs/dm) are at lvl 39 now and I must say I have had great fun all the way. Only way to get some kind of challenge is to run it at ruthless or in big teams

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Biggest differences IMO are the range of them...

Robots are primarily Ranged (long range at that)
Mercs Medium Range
Ninjas Short/Melee
Zombies Melee

That is of course not to say that they can't work outside those ranges but thats what the AI seems to prefer.

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I guess ninjas are supposed to be like you say, but as I often team with a ninja MM I have noticed that her ninjas often stay the same distance from the mobs as my mercs. But yes, they more often go into melee than my mercs.

And robots... the noise of their movement drives me crazy!