Medic_brietz

You know, it might not be a bad idea to talk about all the different people that work there at the studio (if they approve, that is) so we can know about the folks behind the game.

I know everyone has an avatar and a cool red name, but maybe interacting with the community more might be a good thing. Just an idea. I just wish everything was not so secretive.

(then again, maybe all this is common knowledge already and maybe it is just me. most people may not give a rip about the people behind the red names, but i do.)

The thing is, people that play this game are very pasisonate about it..like myself.
What always happens is that some new guy comes on board promising on all sorts of things and they usually never deliver. Mow, castle did to some extent even if i didn't agree with his moves, and noble savage has been very much a part of things. Aside from that, I think this guy will be, and not to knock him, more of the same.

now, as an aside from this, we did get the cathedral of pain trial back and we got some cool end game content. What I do not want to see is a dilution of mid and early game content.
One guy a while back said it best - to paraphrase it - is that we get so enamored with the brand new shiny that we forget about all the stuff left on the back burner.

what stuff you ask?
Base Raids
Base Building in general
PVP

just to name a few. we have more zones than we have people to play in them as well. I would love to see some revitalization done to places such as boomtown and creys folley (like they did with faultline and the hollows.)

I would like there to not have to be any more "this power or power set" sucks thread.
Every power and power set should be unique and special and have a use. sometimes you are only good as your weakest link

I just hate seeing tons of messages with either cryptic or no content. I hate to burst this guys bubble. I am one of those guys who says I have to see it to believe it. I really want this new blood to mean what they say and prove it

in ending, I am stoked for all that he said, but i am just a bit cynical.

Effing time bomb sucks the most. It is horrible. Every power or type has a stupid white knight that will defend it or tell you it is fine and W.A I.

as for combinations: Find one with the most weapon redraw would be my guess.

one reason for taunt is this:
•Range -75% for 12s [Ignores Enhancements & Buffs]

it forces enemies to come to you. since the fire tank is mainly PBAoE and damage is its secondary effect, it behoves you to get this power.

A fire tank is all about damage first, so to increase survivability, look into these powers:
-combat jumping
-tough/weave
-Primal APP - physical perfection
and possibly - manuvers

Now, if you want to delve into the world of IO's, I highly suggest slotting for:
Smashing/Lethal or Melee DEF (pick whether your going for positional or typed def and go with it. I say typed myself.)
Recharge - for healing flames and other AoE powers
Knockback Resistance (I say -8 is fine...thats 2 IO's)
Endurance Recovery and extra Damage

Once you get your Incarnate shard, I would say all are good fits except ACC. You dont need the extra DEF the second tier needs mainly b/c it doesnt do as much. I would pick END REDUX or RECHARGE myself. You have plenty of damage. Just look at the second tier secondary effects like +resistance or +heal or something like that.

Sloting your guy will take quite a bit of money, but you can do it. You may have to ticket farm or play the economy, but its do-able.

Just remember, get as much DEF, Resistance, and recharge as possible and you will be fine.
Don't feel like you have to nerf a build or pick up powers to do so.
Remember, now with three extra power picks, you can grab the concealment pool and
use those for LotG mules PLUS those powers come in handy at times.

Lastly, know that some people like burn and combustion and some dont, I like to use a 3 layered AoE attack Myself to pull people into my toggle taunt aura myself:
Fire Sword Circle - Radius 10 Feet
Burn - About 8 Feet..possibly a little less, plus you resist immob's with it too!
Combustion - 15 feet Radius
Blazing Aura - 8 Feet radius (toggle)

Pop Build up and FE, then run into a croud, use either combustion or taunt, then FSC and Burn. Smash on a few guys until the powers pop up again or use healing flames.

Play with it until you have an attack chain and you know the set's in's and outs.

In response to Nemu who spoke of trickster style:

I love doing this, but on teams it pisses people off. I love teaming and hate soloing, so I may have to look at a more team oriented guy like a earth, plant or fire type. Every so oft, i sneak off, randomly confuse people and wipe out whole would be spawns..including the area up top on the ITF or downstairs on mission one of the STF. If you have the right build, right use of your utility powers, and superb slotting for max recharge, you can do a ton. Thing is, most other sets like illusion and plant can so the same and more.

I just wish some of the sets had a more unique feel than being vannila copies of other power sets with obligitory AoE's, hold's, critters and such.

I guess I am just upset because if you give everyone sleeps and confuses, then Mind just isn't as special as it used to be. I do not get a pet...gimme something unique!

I have decided to stick with the ACC slot for my alpha in this guy (caffiene nicotine).
As for slotting, I did have 3 sets of thunderstrikes in my single target powers, but I may change that. I have every power but tele on the mind side and they are all 6 slotted. I have the malaise set on the two confuses and the purple proc on the mass confuse.

On the bubble side, i have the 3 bubble shields, all 5 slotted with your standard cheap DEF IO set. (they all give some recharge) I try to supplement by using manuvers, hasten, and as many IO sets as i can for bonuses. This guy isnt my main and actually is a non combatant, and yes I DO usually head off ahead of the tank on most teams which pisses people off, but i do not prefer to stand back and be a bubble bot. I am aware of the ITF and the effects of the scream power buff. Thats why i have stealth and such. I also have the Primal APP for PBU...the best single power for My type in the game. I will often PBU and then bubble all melee types. Usually my teams are WELL over the softcap on all types.

My main problem is that every set has flashy AoE controlls except mind. if you do not pay attention, you may think a mind troller isnt doing **** except giving people the occasional massive headache. never mind the fact that Plant's Confuse is almost straight up better then mine...and mine is its cornerstone tier 9!!! the only difference is that mine doesnt cause aggro if it misses. Compound that with because of domination, dominators do mind better than controllers do. The long recharges and lack of being able to up the MAG of our attacks hurt us. I am thinking that the only power secondary that makes mind worthwhile is /KIN or /RAD.

all in all, i will probably shelf this guy and work on my plant/kin, fire/rad, or very slow going ice/storm...tons of alt's and tons of possibilities for me and all of us.

Dev's, if you read this, please think about how this set is constantly having its main powers infringed on. maybe some sort of small buff to cone size on some powers, or making them more visable, or lessening recharge...anything.

IMHO, mind is well behind the other control types in overall performance. I knew this getting into this controller, and i hope some day in the future some sort of buff comes my way to make him more playable in the future.

I will try the stuff in magic's youtube video's and guides. I may have to look at slotting or possibly droping a few powers and picking up a few. I have never tried repulsion field or telekinesis and most people i play with HATE force bubble with a passion, even the squishies. I also have all the leadership powers hoping that a walking buffer with strong bubbles would be a great addition to a team. My thing was I did an ITF the other night on virtue and tried every tactic i could think of and most people just got peeved at me.

I would even sleep or confuse whole groups before they got to them...nadda.
Tried a STF later and even though we won, I got the same type of feeling. I even had the damn flyer almost perma caged...thats a bad idea?

you have to admit..i can count 2 weak attack powers in FF and 4 very situational powers between the 2 sets. what should I use to fill in the slots or how should i use the field, bubble, cage, and tele-k powers?

I have a MIND/FF/primal troller who just feels useless, even with his Acc/def alpha slot unlocked. he doesnt have any pets and only 3 damaging attack powers.

a lot of the powers in his secondary other than the 3 bubbles seem weak and situational or useless. every other version of confuse that anyone else has feels like it is better than mine. maybe I am crazy...as i have seen one guy on here with a mind/ff/earth do some crazy things on you tube. if you have a mind troller, how do you slot his powers right? how do you use him? what IO sets help out the most? can someone give good mind/ or /ff troller advice?

i do wish, and this coming from an emp, that healing caused some aggro. i know on an ITF, i usually gun for the surgeons if i see them healing alot. if i see a force field generator, i gun for it too. i seriously doubt you will ever see it, as the AI cares more about AoE holds, immobs, and silly taunts from tanks rather than the guy who buffs, debuffs, and heals.

backwards thinking at it's finest.

So, i noticed none of those arcs had rikti monkeys in them. what gives?
:-)

there has to be a power somewhere in some AT, primary or secondary that makes beating director 11 easier. the dev's alluded to it once before i think. maybe team fly...maybe some sort of cage or bubble power..does he have a hidden weakness?

I say fix all the bugs...if they do that, then they can make me a dps meter.
aren't we still waiting on an awesome button anyway?

I dont know why it is a horrible idea, but it is my belief it is one.
If they pulled some CO style crap like this, It would be bad for the game.

using ignite and bonfire works for me on TF's and times where i dont want anything near me. i like ignite the way it is...but it seems counter intuitive compared to burn. However, area blocking is great for squishies. never mind the fact that some EB's and AV's will just stand there making ignite pretty good.

AR/NRG, its the master of cones!
build up, boost range, flamethrower, grenade, full auto!

I have my stone tank softcapped to the 6 main types of def, so I am using the same boost to hope it helps with the other damage types to get as close to capping each resistance as possible. to me, every little bit helps. Thanks to enherant fitness, i now have about 27 percent positive recharge in granite.

I looked at all 4 main types of slots, and for me, endurance recovery was the way to go. Now I never run out of end and it is great! I dont need extra damage, accuracy, def, or recharge right now, I need extra end a resistance. I see this particular slot as the way to go for just about all tanks except maybe invul, which could use the extra acc/def to bring them right in line with stone tanks in granite. just about any tank is going to want more survivability from either the def or resistance...thats our role in things, you know.

I had a tough go as a stone tank...but my team didnt do well and we failed. I have to remember to not kill all the swords and focus on the enemies. The MM and the stalker we had wernt the best either. We lacked ranged damage, which is at a premium on this TF. I wonder what close huddled team TP with a dedicated TPer would do. I know it works for fire/kins with ease...

Someone please try the team TP thing and get back to me :-)

I think if people would just chill out and run a few TF's and do some arc's in the right level, the shards will come. It's not a big deal. I do expect to see a little grief when they open up more slots for the incarnate and open up the whole tree. Thats alot of shard's and TF's to do.

/Threadjack
My questions are these:
With IO's and stupidly awesome builds, you add all these slots and toons will end up being stupidly overpowered. How will the DEV's create content that will offer the right kind of dificulty?
/end threadjack

Anyway, it is just a matter of time and you will get what you need. They could have made it worse by not allowing the crafting of individual componets. I do like the by product of all this though: More teams, more TF's, and more fun. However, I am afraid of a majority of lowbies seeing the game as a race to lvl 50.

I got, NO BS, 8 from a LGTF. Combine that with the piece your given from completing the TF and I was able to make my cardiac slot in one session of game play. I had thought i had recieve 4 until I saw my numbers. As is it 4 to craft, I had just enough!
(I was on my stone tank bungalo bill last night) What's crazy is that I even got a end of TF IO and a purple IO. I racked up like a mad man!!!
Also, we were getting vanguard merits like no ones business! If you dont become a member of the vanguard before running that TF, your just dumb..really dumb. For real.

Now that fitness is enherant...you can pick up those armors for free (or you can get the stealth set for more recharge! I think a review of the build is now in order :-)

http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Silver_Roll is just one example....note the overlaping recipes at certian levels. note the cut off's for some recipes and start points for others. I myself, i just roll blindly :-)

My best finds so far (see my thread http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=245588 for some details) is for bronze lvl 35-39 and for silver lvl 40-44. I am sure all levels have great gems in them, but this is what works for me. lvl 40 because it gets rid of all the rare lvl 35 recipes that I wouldn't want. There still is shield breakers and kinetic combats you will miss out on, so you can try 35-39 silver, but I wouldnt try lvl 30. Also, the uniques that can be found at lvl 30 bronze just aren't worth it anymore...your milage on that may vary though.

Some things to consider:
See if crafting and buying the IO will even be worth that much of a profit margin for you.
Try and get rare salvage on the cheap, this will be the most expensive part of it all.
Be wary of proc's and see if the current selling price is right for you.
Remember, recipes themselves sometimes sell for a pretty good value...there are some pretty good uncommon recipes that sell for good amounts! (one is a resist set, then there is crushing impact and thunderstrike)
Use your drop tables found on the wiki to see what falls where. Do your homework!

Lastly, if your level 30 and above but not quite lvl 50, there is money to be made in lower level IO's for quality sets. If your lvl 35 and the IO would have been a lvl 50, it will be instead lvl 35. Don't charge less just because your would be lvl 50 IO is lvl 46...the difference is negligible.