MayorOfAngrytown

I'd definitely play more Midnighter arcs. A TF/SF would be sweet. Maybe something like Morti Kal/Sutter?

Heroes help the Midnighters recover (person, artifact, seer, whatever) from the First Ward, while villains use the Midnighter expedition as a diversion to go get (same or other person/artifact/seer/power/etc) for their own ends.

Could make it another of the Incarnate Preview style TFs, temp power that can exchange for a Notice (or shards, or whatever) upon reaching 50.

Interestingly the more of these rewards in the game (pre-50 "cash in for incarnate salvage" temp powers) the more F2P players get that little taste of Incarnatedom on their gums. More temptation to give a full sub a try.

First one is free. <-- Dealer's credo.

Other nice to haves that we don't currently:

-- Redside Hazard Zone. I know, not everyone loves them. But really, can we have one now? Maybe an island slightly off chain on which the Praetorians have established a beach-head and various missions involved in trying to oust them, or learn more about what they are up to, etc.

-- The option to play as Praetorian all the way to 50. I'm still hoping this is coming. (here's hoping this doesn't become another goldside morality debate)

-- Ability to access lowbie zones from Oro. Seriously. Oro is gated at 25 anyway (iirc), so what difference does it make if one who is already in Oro can go straight to PO/Mercy or Atlas/Gal City/Kings via their portal?

-- Regen for Brutes. (j/k, mostly. I've been on that wagon since Brutes were introduced. I have no real expectation that it will ever happen.)

I can see all that as appealing, but as I only have 2 50s to date, basically play on one server, and routinely clean up alts that I decided (for whatever reason) not to continue building - I just don't see the transfers as "Free $10/month."

I know I am in the extreme minority here, and I'm certain there is nothing else that could fill that slot that would keep the player base happy instead of transfers. Taken further, I'm not even asking that we can cash them in for something else. They'll sit there like all the other stuff I that I don't really need currently. Like the 4 character slot tokens I am sitting on.

I'll grant also that after Freemdom goes live, there may be more compelling reasons to use server transfers.

I guess I just don't like marketingspeak. Call it what it is. A perk. It's dollar value is only relevant to people who would otherwise buy them through other means. If I subscribe to the game for a year and am sitting on 12 transfers that I can either use or let sit (and that I have no need/want to use) - then you haven't given me $10 value in "points", you've given me a free server transfer.

In all honesty, I'm not even certain why I am posting about it. I'm probably the only person in the game that can't find a use for that many transfers. Heh.

More to the point (and less in jest), I don't foresee myself using 1 server transfer a month. Heck, I've never used one, ever.

I know that it is a perk to a lot of people, but there have to be at least some other folks for whom a transfer a month is just going to go to waste.

Perhaps there will be more call to move characters to the "VIP" server or whatever, but I'm not certain I'd do that either. Probably just start up a couple new ones there, or something.

I know it doesn't really matter, but I'm not seeing the server txfrs as free money. Great for some, approaching useless for others. *shrug* Obviously this is just the way it is, and it's something a lot of people wanted, so you know, great. Just putting in a bit of dissent, as usual.

Thanks for posting this up, even if it might be elsewhere. Someone mentioned it in another thread and I spent quite a while trying to find info. My search fu is weak enough as it is without knowing that term I needed was "Titan Weapons."



So stoked on this that it isn't even funny.

Basically every micro-payment game I have tried became the domain of hackers/exploiters. I sincerely hope that the CoX folks have the tools to deal with that aspect of the F2P space. Or am I the only one that tried Combat Arms, or remembers the days of playing Diablo II online? (okay, that one pre-dates the micropayment model, but omg was it the wild west of exploiters or what?)

The content side of this update looks ... awesome. Time Manip? Sweet! New zone? Excellent.

I too am concerned about what happens if I unsub for a while and return, are all of my toons nuked down to 2 per server and the rest lost?

I am concerned, but I don't have enough info for DOOOM!!!! just yet

Concentrated Strike.

In general I really like the KM animations/gfx and sound effects, but an alternate to the over the top leaning back hand waving that is CS would be pretty sweet.

Maybe a more subtle option? A gathering of power ending in one of those iron fist/stomp the ground style strikes?

If you have the time for lowball bids, get them in for the K combats as soon as you can.

I like 3 erads and 3 cleaving blows for the e/ne defense, and you can slot a lot of these rather cheaply - even if you are going for the good erads (the triple and the quad).

CoF with 5 pcs of Siphon Insight is another nice source of +def. Since it is the same bonus value of a kinetic combat (and being spines, you're available places to put KCs without resorting to muleing boxing and brawl are limited). s/l e/ne at 32.5% is a worthy goal. I've been trying to softcap s/l while keeping e/ne high, but I might back off that as it means loosing other things to get it most likely.

More experienced folks than I tend to take OG, but on my scrapper I skipped it. On a brute or tank I'd probably have it for conditional use.

Lunge won't see much use, just use it to hold a KC. Impale, TS, Ripper, and SBurst are your go to toys. I run /blaze with mine so I traded Impale for fire burst and throw fireballs as often as possible. AoE attack chains are fun.

Don't be afraid to use Curtail Speed in Quills. You can ED cap the dmg pretty easily with the two left over slots, you get a significant boost to your slows, and some more cheap defense. Great for leveling as well.

Also, don't be afraid to piecemeal sets together as you level. Getting them all at their max level is awesome and all, but getting the bonuses at 35 instead of waiting to 50 makes the lvling more fun imo.

Also, those tend to be less expensive and sometimes the enhancement differences end up being fractional for any practical purposes.

Fun trick to amaze your friends: B/U, Hop into Giant Spawn, Spine Burst, DR to heal the alpha strike, target baddie in the middle of the spawn, jump, throw spines (downward cone == circle). Ripper Boss. Repeat.

Cardiac is the smart person's choice for Alpha. End management and more resistance? Brilliant.

Last Tip:

Don't solo tip missions with PPD Squids at x8. Between the def debuffs, the nrg dmg, and whatever the hell else they are packing (slows and pukeing from the Enforcer bots) it's just about the only thing that really drink my scrapper's milkshake. It can be done, but it's a PITA.

I'd wager just about any toon that you like enough to put some fake money into it can farm. I happen to use a sp/da/blaze scrapper when I want some tickets for salvage or whatever. Runs s/l farms at x8 just fine.

If you care at all about farming speed, that thread is down the hall.

s/l can be soft-capped on dark, along with e/ne if you are willing to sacrifice to get it and have very deep pockets. My dark scrappy still hovers in the 37% range to s/l and does fine. Just carry a few purples for when things get hairy and have tons of recharge for dark regen.

Ageless t3 solves most my end problems, but Cardiac is the smarter choice. When I go Ageless T4 I expect to have 0 end problems ever again. Sitting at capped recovery is a very good thing.

Grumpums has a good start:

One note, I thought CS crits just recharged PS - does it actually apply power or do you have to activate it like normal?

Take your first 3 attacks, at least while leveling.* Pop PS while running to spawn, QS, BB, SB, QS, Burst - by the time you get to burst you should be in the 120 ish % dmg range. PS is basically Scrapper Fury, you want it up as often as possible, and you want to be cycling fast attacks to keep the buff in the 4-5 stack range.

As noted above, KM's -dmg component pairs well with resistance sets (imo also with regen, but regen isn't everyone's cup of tea).






* I honestly don't know what a good top end chain is for KM, yet. Mine is only 32.

Been fiddling with this somewhat. I originally really liked the idea of going positional, but I preferred the flexibility from the typed version; not being locked into the 6th slot for def bonuses.

I doubt this is any better than what you started with, but I was trying to actually get s/l softcapped while maintaining a ton of recharge (FF proc removed), with no regards to "budget."

NinjEdit: After thinking about it a bit, I know it's not very creative throwing the pvp +3 def in there. (Time is the only cost really, and when 20.5 hits I'll have something to do with some stockpiled empy merits.) I tried looking for more from set bonuses, but I could only fit the 3.75%'s - which are already maxed out. There are a couple of 2% ones to be had that can be slotted in caltrops and web grenade, though that means dropping Shmeld, which I hear is sacriligous. At the same time, I am intrigued by those two powers. (oddly, shmeld would be in theme, but I'm not married to that either).

I would play this set just for the MA power, on every AT for which it was available! Not enough of a numbers guru to add anything useful, except that thematically the idea is pretty awesome.

I used a huge model, made him look like a thug/punker, gave him a derby hat and called him "Brimstone Seamus"

And there he sits, at lvl 8 or so, untouched for a very long time.