Medic_brietz

i still use this guide....btw, what is a speeden and how is it different?

wtf is a freem?
and no, you didnt really answer much.

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All this military talk has got my juices flowing.

Full disclosure: I did 26 years in the military; started out in communications and ended up Commanding Officer of a computer support organization. Now I'm retired and have mostly played CoX all day for the past 3 years (I admit I'm hooked and have no other real life). This is only my second post (I've been content reading the forum action from the sidelines but recently decided I needed to post in the forum to attempt to be a change agent for the game I love).

I also wanted to mention I attended the last dev meet and greet gathering and to a person they are friendly, intelligent, and dedicated individuals that most certainly rate our courtesy, admiration and respect. But forgive me if I fail to see the need to coddle them in order to have my point of view considered. To me that is as bad... or perhaps worse than being too blunt.

I agree with 95+% of the proposed guide. But before political correctness and the self appointed forum sheriff's posse completes the lynching of those that are upset or perhaps a little rough around the edges (I'm not talking about those who grossly violate the forums posting rules) may I respectfully make a one small point about this guide?

I take issue with much of the section on patience and bug fixes. As some of the games problems approach their 2nd year anniversary without resolution, I believe many of the player's complaints in this area are fully justified (albeit that some of these complaints were inappropriately expressed). The premise that the devs would fix everything if they could in an instant is more than a bit misleading.

My view is conscious decisions have been made to pursue new features over taking corrective action to have the game more effectively perform as advertised. I am opposed to these decisions. If it were my organization, I'd call a good old fashion military standdown from new stuff development and go on a massive bug fix effort. This is certainly not without its own pain/risk. But I believe it would be worth it.

This post is already a bit too long already but let me make one other quick point. Just because a task (mission) is hard or complex is not really a justification to leave it's accomplishment ignored or open ended. But as a military man, you already know that and I acknowledge that was not what you were implying. But unfortuately, in my opinion, that has been precisely the case here in some instances.

Congratulations on a nice guide that appears to be very well received.

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damn, sir...you nailed it.
i grow tired of all the lil bugs that get ignored myself. maybe if they wern't so obsessed with new content. fix what we already have! how about let an issue sit for 3-4 months and nail down errors. Am I the only person who wonders what roman/greek/spartian lore and costumes have anything to do with comic book heroes? I agree power set prolif was needed. it was an easy fix to a lack of choice situation. but the rest of I12? I have a feeling it is an egg about to be laid on the part of this game. I9-I1 will go down as being some of the best ever. I don't have that feeling about I12.

thanks for pointing out my frustrations, sir. carry on.

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This is an absolutely wonderful guide, and I agree whole heartedly. I think people should take it into consideration when complaining about their favored AT isn't performing the way it did before ED came along.
And a side note on that; I really did like perma hasten, it was really nice on my blaster that I had then, but times change and there’s been a lot done now that totally rocks my socks off. Granted yes there is a lot that could be done to fix things like defense, which needs some work to be viable in PVP however I do not entirely understand how defense works so ill refrain from commenting on that.
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for those who don't quite get it:
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is this stickied yet?

"Wall of Text" card (2 white, 2 generic 0/7 and makes owner immune to trample damage).

I loved the MtG reference.
I could tell your military, like myself, all the way. we are the only ones who say "jacked up" and even so much as mention plt. sgt's.

This guide is made of win, is NOT 8 up, and makes me wanna say "changeeeeover!, switch!!!"

this one is a good one too.

LONG 2 Part Question warning!

any idea on how long this takes?

also, how does the stealth IO factor into this? If matched with the cloak AND super speed, does it negate the need for the grenade? what about with like say jumping stealth IO + cloak. anyhow, i do like the grenade, but was wondering about how folks did it old school and how they have adjusted to now.

with that said, i saw a guy who was playing a AR/dev and with set bonus' he could almost SOLO a family farm set for 6. he had munitions for a epic and would start off droping a time bomb every other group..after it went off, he fired his LRM, then used his cones and auto turret. It was a thing of beauty. while he couldnt keep up with a fire/kin, he allowed me to leapfrog groups. Could this sort of thing be done with a archery/dev/munition guy? while we dont have but one cone, we do have explosive arrow and RoA's. (and be able to go at a reasonable pace...not a set up multiple trip mine pace..)
???

Whats the best way to be able to drop trip mines and time bombs without being noticed? do you have to be stealthed somehow on top of being stealthed? (like cloaking device plus a stealth IO?) if that is the case, how did people use time bomb before IO's came out?

ABOUT FREAKIN TIME!

nuff said.
i hate that zone!

there might be good stuff in the guide, but it was so long, dry and freaking boring that I didnt bother. i think is where the abbreviation tl;dr came from.

perk this boring, plagarized thing up! zero stars.

awesome guide, knight. does the bind apply to sonic defenders also, since they are similar?
(medic brietz says hello!)

this is still one of the best guides out there. this guide is the reason i plan on rolling a earth/sonic

this [censored] is totally stupid and lame..next!

best damn list ever. magnificent! 5 stars. for those of you who don't quite understand yet, you will one day!

i rolled me a sonic/sonic. so far it is a blast. i am familiar with the secondary b/c my main (lvl50) is an emp sonic.
I am kinda wondering about the epic...mostly considering mind. (i have tryed and loved power as an epic, I loathe dark as an epic unless i were to roll a d/d/d. power is best for emps, but i am not sure about def's...your thoughts?

If you come across a quote that is either bad with grammar, punctuation, or spelling, you can use [sic], which notes to the reader the quote is "as found". Like I said....make one for a FF Fender please!
-peace out!

damn good guide.
give this one a sticky!!!!!!!
seriously.

you got me interested in rolling one now. what goes great with a FF DEF? Can you roll one of them and write a guide for me? (since your so good at writing guides obviously! lol)
great guide

ihave a ice storm troller, and i was looking for a good epic once i get there. any ideas on synergy?

Out of all the things you posted in this superb guide, the part about shoehorning powers for proc's (which i do), showing which powers take what IO sets, and the last portion in general are what puts this guide at the top of it's kind. Currently, the games initial display of what each power does doesnt show you which powers have -res (the descriptions when you respec that is.)
thanks for your tough work. the section on punching a hole through the damage cap is icing on the cake. Now if you can make a similar one for kin/NRG thats focused on flinging villians as far as possible, ill be estatic!

definetly a toggle worthy guide for both fire trollers and stormys of the troller/defender type everywhere.
rating 4 stars
I give you the yet unheard of zorro snap in z formation!

I plan on using a variation of your elemental build with fire, storm, and earth. Since I am usually a flyer, but I love hasten and stamina, i'll have to swap out a few powers.
I'll let you know the progress every so often.

this guide gets better and better. i had swore off stormys becuase ice/storm trollers do synergyse well, but cant kill anything for lack of damage. i felt thunderclap was a waste. i do love fire, but was tired of being a /kin or a /rad. also, i figured i would be stuck taking the mind or fire epic, not thinking earth would be good. (never mind master of elements theme...perfect!)
You have me convinced.
i already have a Frad and emp defender 50, as well as my new 12 month badge. maybe it is time to take the elemental plunge (and i thought stuns were useless....lol)

p.s. if you ever go into the shard and get the containment bubble cast on you by a high level wisp..you learn a new hatred for a good power.
the same can be said for hurricane after getting tossed like a rag doll by storm mavins in croatoa. it is now time to crack open a can of stuns-alot on villians everywhere.

a damn good and well thought out guide. you make me want to roll one myself. until now, i never thought of the set synergy. Instant Toggle.