Mike_Ray

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Personally, I forsee/hope that Dual pistols will be mostly single target, fast recharge, lower damage, shorter range attacks... sort of a ranged version of Claws.

What I really, really hope for is that the tier 7 or 8 power being a 2-minute To hit buff, kinda like Rage, but using Aim numbers. Of course, that's probably a pipe dream, but hey, I can hope, can't I?

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This is what I'm picturing as well. Very fast recharge on all the powers, but not quite as much 'punch' as other powersets. The Tier 1 Pistol power should make Neutrino Bolt's recharge seem slow. One of the highest tiered powers should be a supercharger for Accuracy or To Hit, where you pretty much can't miss. Maybe through in a Recharge and/or Speed boost as wel, so you can pretty much jump all over the place and and just blast the crap out of everything, followed by a crash. l

I can haz Burning Forest map bak pleez?

I've always wanted to try a Kheldian, but was never able to get a Hero up to 50. Not sure why, considering I have several 50 Villains, including a Fortunata and a Huntsman, but I could never get into a Hero enough to quite get to 50.

So I cheated a bit. Before the "Abusing Mission Architect" letter, I was, in fact, abusing the Mission Architect. I wasn't fullblown power-levelling, but I did get a Mind/Empathy Controller to 50 much faster than the Devs likely intended. My goal was singular: Get to 50 and make a Warshade.

I'm really into astro-physics, and have a concept idea for a Warshade that doesn't work for a Peacebringer. It's all about black holes, gravity, etc. So I finally make my Warshade... and it just isn't fun.

I feel like the squishiest of squishy blasters, only with lower damage. He's only at 12, so I don't have Dwarf or many of the secondary powers, so that could play a large part. In Human form, I've got the first 2 blasts, which don't seem to kill fast enough. Without Veteran attacks (I have all 3), I honestly don't know how I would finish anything off. When I use Nova form, I seem to burn through Endurance and Health even faster.

Basically, I need some Kheldian encouragement. What powers should I have and focus on using in the pre-20 game? What should I be looking forward to as my defining power? What should I not waste my time on? Thanks for the help.

I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card, but I'm not really sure where to start.

I currently have a Radeon 9550 with 256 MB. This card is maybe 3 years old. It is an AGP card, so that rules out quite a bit of options. What would be a good card to replace it with?

I miss the forest fire map! How threatening does a summoned fire demon look in the middle of a non-burning map? Put him in the middle of a raging forest fire and he's an instant threat in a bad[censored] setting!

As someone who frequently plays Controllers and Dominators, I HATE the fact that custom critters in MA with Blaster powers have the same Defiance that players do. Any word on whether or not this will be removed?

A low damage controller has a massive hill to climb when critters can still attack while held.

I vote for a button at the tailor that lets VEATs decide if they want to create an SoA costume or a 'normal' costume. Shouldn't be hard to do, and would make a lot of people very happy.

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

What are the official rules for how a boss spawns?

If you create a custom character as an EB, at what challenge level and/or team size does it become an AV (or an LT, I think)?

If you set a critter as an AV, is it always an AV, no matter what? Or does it downgrade to an EB at a certain point? Can you ever get an AV-set critter to spawn as an LT?

At the moment, you can't.

The devs are working on a way to let us use the BIG in-game enemies, but they don't fit on all the maps. Therefore, they have to come up with a way to block certain maps out when certain NPCs are used.

Agreed with Aisynia.

Crabs do slightly better damage, and can fit in a good bit of team/self buffs.

Huntsmen do great-but-not-quite-as-much-as-a-Crab AOE damage, but can become team buff monsters very easily. Build-Up>Venom Grenade>Heavy Burst>Frag Grenade can drop groups of orange minions without IOs.

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I put the word 'screw' into my mission text, as in "Don't screw this up," and I was told that I was a naughty boy.

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I got smacked down for the word "crap."

I had an attacked mob say "Oh crap." It's funny in context, but oh well.

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Yet I have a published arc on Test that has the contact saying "Oh man, we're screwed" with no apparent consequences.

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As someone who shifts from desktop to laptop and back again a bit, I wonder how 'portable' the architect files will be portable? Refering obvious to pre-publish status .

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Well, if they're anything like the costume creator saved files, they'll simply be text files, which should be very portable, once you know in which directory the game stores them. Since we've been told you can edit them offline, I would have to assume it's probably going to be like that.

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We've been told we can work on Arcs offline, in a text file. I'd assume them to be very portable. Copy and paste into a Word document, or just email the arc-in-progress file to yourself, and you can work on it anywhere.

I'm really looking forward to doing a lot of work on my arcs at the office.

I wish I was going, but I'm in North Carolina, so its looking doubtful. I'd love to have a PPD costume, but, oh well. At first, I thought it was a customizable costume SET, and I was pissed I wouldn't be getting one. Once the Devs said it was just a perma-Halloween costume toggle, I wasn't quite as bothered.

Maybe to satiate everyone, they should just make it a Vet reward. Or, even better, give us the choice of one permanent Halloween Costume.

Any plans for a Redside guide?

Agreed RE: Single Shot. It does less damage and takes longer than Burst. That doesn't seem right to me.

Thanks for giving me 6 slots, Posi!

4 are going to VEATS (One for each branch), one for and Elec/Storm Corrupter, and then I've got one to just hold onto for a while.

Heck yes.

I think one of the biggest problems with fullblown power customization is recognition in PVP. Right now, if you see a guy running around with a certain effect up, you know what it is. With my Mastermind, I would fight a Fire blaster differently than an Energy Blaster. However, if I see a Fire blaster slinging blue flames, things get difficult.

If I see a guy with two sais, I can figure out he's a Dual Blader. A big lead pipe means Mace Tanker. You can change the weapons, but still make it obvious at a glance what power set you are dealing with.

With full-on power customization, that would not be the case.