MarquandDance

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In fact, there was only one instance I can remember where I *DID* have a row with someone over PvP, in Warburg. I'd spent ages getting my scientists, and on the last one, some swine ganked me and took my hard work away. When I asked him if that was REALLY necessary (It was a hero, so my getting a nuke didn't cause him any problems), his answer was, "Cause I felt like it". He didn't want the nuke himself, he just wanted to wreck someone elses fun.

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One of the reasons I hate warburg, takes ages, can go bad quickly, and it seems designed to give already strong characters a chance to become even stronger. I also dont like fighting people on my own "side" so I mostly avoid that zone.

You might be able to get out, but if you spawn in there (which is the way I read this) there are some builds that will quickly make it difficult to even get started. Its a nice idea for a map, prolly really good for tanks, scrappers and brutes to slug it out, especially if you play that fight music from star trek (dah dah, dah dah dah dah dah, dah dah, dah dah). I just wish there were a way to select the map to play on, it might even make me try the arena a bit more.

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why do i get the feeling that knockback attacks will look so friggin funny on this map?

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Proly cos the map looks smaller than a stomies hurricane.

I was in there on sunday for the RV event. When someone asked me "is this an XP team" I thought "[censored]!".

OT. great avatar and website sar :O)

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Yup...very fun map for duels...it may replace the office map as the most annoying for team fights though.

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yeah, this might be a good map for melee toons. Stinks if youre style is ranged though.

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PS My stalker is getting grant invis for sirens anybody else wanna join me?

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Which server?
I had the same dilema with mine. Think I took GI (or at least intend to) I also have a corruptor on each server built for pvp support. (well, the one on defiant WILL be built for pvp support when he's a bit bigger :O))

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Think I'll have to pay a visit to BB shortly as I had one of those "damn, I forgot I'd run out of Shivan's" moments just as I got Shadowhunter in my sights last night.

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We need dates and time so we can get a gank squad ready :P

Damage wise they feel pretty similar to me. /psi has been tough previously at certain levels because a lot of people dont take mental blast, obviously not a problem soon. With drain psyche you can leave out the fitness pool, its a bit tricky to use, if you play your doms like a pinball machine you might like DP over stamina. With /psi carnies will make you cry, I normally stock up on inspirations and confuse other players to help me :P

I actually like /dev, although there is room for improvement. Seems more themed to what a blaster should be like imo. With everyone drooling at more and more damage though, I can see how it might look pants.

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Depends what you play.
On a controller maybe. In favourable conditions you might kill some held squishys while playing a dominator before supression pops up. Blasters etc should kill something before supression kicks which is prolly why accro resists there holds. Even a tank will kill a squishy before supression kicks in. (funny how they do so much more damage than say dom or defender, despite also having there attacks in there secondary).

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I have tried to bring up the weakness of dominators for some time now, if you agree with me that they are disadvantaged. My blaster can kill squishies in less than 3 seconds if I stun them. Usually mere stun is enough - even if they pop break free they cannot escape in time.

A 40+ troller usually has no trouble killing held opponents. Dominators are the ones that have trouble..

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At 40+ things get thrown way out of balance due to hero APP's being superior to villian PPP's. It does seem stupid that a non control AT benefits more from any soft contolling secondary effects than a dom does from a whole primary of controls. Tanks, scrappers, blasters etc will stun, hold, whatever, then quickly kill a squishy before the effect wears off. The argument that "damage is your secondary, it should be low" is baloney as well. A blaster has some of its most damaging attacks in its secondary.
Oh well, positron said in an interview that they are looking into how each AT performs in PVP so maybe we will get those mandatory shoulder kittens yet.

Yeah i was surprised when i turned up and villains outnumbered heroes by quite a bit. Was a good few balanced periods during the night which were fun though.

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You can't be 1 shotted by a stalker, As was nerfed to prevent this, but for some reason it's fine for a scrapper or blaster to one shot a stalker.

The melee damages a /energy blaster can do using Aim and build up is just wrong.

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I thought that was an overall change, where you cant be knocked off with one hit from any attack as long as you have full health. I do feel that some heroes have burst damage from uninteruptable powers which feels like an AS with a stun effect. I've even ran into /EM and /Elec blasters who played exactly like a stalker. Maybe this is what happened to you.

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No... it's not funny when you drop freezing rain on yourself and tornado sends you flying. Not funny at all.

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Well not funny for the person on the recieving, end cracks everyone else up though

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You cant permahold anything in pvp.

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Thats right, but you can hold something long enough to kill it.

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Depends what you play.
On a controller maybe. In favourable conditions you might kill some held squishys while playing a dominator before supression pops up. Blasters etc should kill something before supression kicks which is prolly why accro resists there holds. Even a tank will kill a squishy before supression kicks in. (funny how they do so much more damage than say dom or defender, despite also having there attacks in there secondary).

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not just storm, but had to use as example as its the only one with acro thats useable, BUT its very much useless in pvp and very dissapointing for people with ok builds, aka blasters for instance, only to end up perma held.

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You cant permahold anything in pvp.

This is why I'm leveling a thermal atm, my dom is still my favorite but well..someones got to do it.

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acro needs upping in the MAG states, how it isnt good enough imo.

got on stormie, 9 times out of 10 held with one hold, usually fire dom, ice or mind

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If you expected accro to save you from a dom/troller hold then I can see why your disappointed. Its good for the KB and protecting against blaster/corruptor holds. Theres already too much mezz protection going around and youre probably just the 1st to get held because of the acc and range debuffs in storm. Anyway, its far more fun to confuse a stormie.

I've gone through dry periods of invites but generally havent been too lonely during my dom career. 36ish is when the big invites started rolling in for me and by 39 I was virtually guaranteed invites. The secret is to get your own missions and build your own teams. Then dazzle them with your dominating skills. Next time they are building a team they will look through there friends list and invite you. I also arranged to do the ice mistral SF at lvl 40 with me, a MM and i think we had 2 corruptors, and we simply ripped through it. If your feeling stuck though give fineous o'malley a shout, I'm parked at lvl 40 just now so not for off your level.

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I vote for the nerf of EM stalkers! I cannot get my Aid Self off in time before they 2 shot me!

All else is cool though

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nerf jum..and speedos

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Bloody Bay: Levels 15+, auto exemps you to 25
Location in CoV: Cap Au Diable
Location in CoH: Skyway


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I went to Bloody Bay and I did an easy mission (patroling the streets) but I met no villain. Is there a specific place I should go to meet more villains or is it just that I am too low lvl?

nostra

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There are usually people duelling at water street in that zone, just on top of the big rust colored building.

could also try yelling over arena chat once every 30 minutes. not everyone reads the forums.

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So, if someone wants to do something in the PvP zone, you'll deliberately head over to break it up; and then when it's not there, you'll consider your night ruined?

Think that's all that needs to be said really. Cya sometime people.

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Nope, many of us who pvp are fed up with people who mince around the zones doing anything but pvp. IMO the best way to deal with people who abuse the zones in this way is a swift kick up the rear end. As for my night being ruined, that refers to the disappointment of supposedly not getting to play along with some of the vile comments directed at PVPers. Those feelings dont just evaporate instantly, and become exacerbated when some of those responsible want to rub it in over arena chat then wonder why people get upset at them.


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In the defence of many people, and my own, who followed this: I've never even been aware of the massive rift between PvPers and RPers


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I had no idea until today that PvPers hated RPers so much.


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I dont really care what RPers get up to for fun, as long as they arent forcing it on me then more power to them. There isnt any RPer hate coming from me.

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The claim that a PvP zone would be taken over by RPers for one night only was so outlandish that none of us thought, for a second, that anyone would believe it. To be told afterwards that it was all the RPers fault, and the joke instigators, for starting it and causing an even greater rift, was jaw-dropping.


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Maybe not, I've seen so many eejits monopolise the zone for there own enjoyment (like the boombox morons in my last post) that nothing would surprise me now. When claims that "the pvp flags are getting turned off at 7" got threw up, it certaily started to smell fishy in a big way.

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Honestly, some of you make me sick.

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I think this bit seems aimed at the general populace. Telling people off, whether they were there or not isn't going to be well received.

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Note : Some =/= Everyone.

Some of the comments Stasis and I received were enough to really put us off playing with the majority for some time to come, and this was before it was noted as 'a joke'.

It may have been a bit of silliness, but the level of hate poured out against MOderators/Backgrounds/ The Forums and RP'ers was apalling.

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Doesnt make it right but what did you expect? People are hardly going to go "we love RPers, more RPers in the zones please".
I've killed players in zones and been told "hey we were dancing" so something like this isnt all that far fetched (indeed, they were dancing, all standing around with the boombox and dance emotes going). I can remember at least one person involved saying something like "to everyone who believed it you are all so gullable". Arguably true, but not exactly doing themselves any favours by saying that.

Hmm no resistance to some things? How much resistance do you want?
MM is the villian tank, dont be surprised they can take a long time to kill. They also pay for this in mobility, trying to move and keep your pets close is a nightmare. Especially when they pass a load of longbow or something. Also, didnt PFF get nerfed for MMs but stay the same for defenders/trollers?

Thanks for ruining my night, cant even be [removed] to play anymore. Yes I know it was a joke.

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I have the ninja self heal at 360 seconds recharge on this hero builder thing. Is that right? cos I wouldnt call that super fast.

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I take it thats the correct numbers then, silly me, must be or your wouldnt be quoting it :P