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Oi that touching council moment... didnt look so touching from my angle.... looked much like something else

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Something like this perhaps?

Nice work on the screenies, Yam. Got some victory shots of my own by Manti at the end, but yours are better angles

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Awesome screenshots....Pity I spent the entire TF with cloaking device on, you can rarely see me. :P

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Heheh, tell me about it. One of the reasons I kept topping you up with Fortitude... so I could see you more easily!

Great TF folks, shame about that moment of confusion that lead to a bit of pain, but overall it wasn't as tough as I'd worried about. Didn't get my Paragon Protector hunt badge this time either, but overall a really fun TF. Good team - looking forward to 'arresting' evil-doers with you again soon. Numina sounds great, Yam.

Mr TPF: TeamPlayFirst, Ready!

Which is what I thought ... (apart from the critical hit on holds).

Thanks Carnifax

I have totally felt what you mean about being unable to solo. I can easily lock down large mobs all by myself, and keep them that way for quite a while... but once the control is in place it takes AGES to actually kill anything, even with containment.

I tend to build all my characters with teamplay in mind, I suppose if I wanted to solo I wouldn't be paying a sub to an MMO - though I can understand those that enjoy it. TPF stands for TeamPlayFirst. Fortunately, I team regularly with my gaming buddy who's a scrapper and she keeps the damage levels high.

By the way, this thread has started to make me paranoid. The last few nights I've played as Mr TPF, I've started to feel pretty weak in control. Volcanic Gases seem to be far far less effective than they used to be... I've seen arachnos mobs walk through them, I've had Freaks firing for some time before being held, and even my fossilise is now taking 3x spams to actually hold non-bosses. My slotting hasn't changed and I'm still on green enhancements... I hope this is just paranoia and bad luck rather than an I8 thing.

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Are you able to do enough damage? Thats the only concern I'd have with Earthies,

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I'm probably inviting you to flame me, but shouldn't a controller focus on control and leave damage to the damage dealers?

I know there are many out there that mislike this purist approach (eg the recent similar thread on tanks) but in some cases there's just no point trying.

As a new player, I slotted much of my earth powers with damage, but soon realised there was not much point and the slots were far far better used to slot acc or duration. Now the only power I have slotted for damage is Stoney, whom I'm thinking about speccing out.

I don't think it will take all of 3 hours, most probably somewhere around 2.5 hours - depending on how bad we are against the Protectors. Our team looks nice and damage-heavy, could have been useful to have had some debuffing thrown in there somewhere, but we should be ok. What AT is Cricoin Firezine? Glad to see we have a tanker on board.

Ok, just an update for those interested or curious. I was able to send an email to a character named Auum. There's no way to tell whether it gets read or not. I also tried sending to a non-existent name, some jibbrish random name I input by stroking the keyboard, and it told me that it wasn't valid.

So I guess I've done all I can do. Fingers crossed.

Thanks for the input everyone.

Hehe, I understood you ok

I'll try tonight and see what happens.

Btw, Artanix, wot lvl is your blaster now?

Ok, so in-game emails... never tried these and I'm not at home atm to verify. I assume you can send to specific characters, not globals. And if so, can you type the name or do you need to right click from your friend list etc first?

I guess I'll just test this out tonight.

I've never spoken to him. Hm, re-reading my opening post, I realise I wasn't very clear.

I was told the name 'Auum' was already in use during the character creation process on Defiant. That's all I have to go on. I tried sending to @Auum in a stab in the dark attempt at contact, but it doesn't appear to exist.

As far as I know, this is a never-used alt on a no-longer subbing ex-player.

What happens to global messages when your account is not active? Are they stored or is the sender told you don't exist?

But on the chance that he/she reads here, I'd love to hook up since the name implies we share similar interests and there might be some RP prospects in there.

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The reason i dont use gasses as an opener is because it doens't take effect right away and i take return fire.

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Same here, it generally does a great job but there are often one of two foes that get some shots off first (Which is why I always let the tank jump in first, before I lay down any AoE hold). But then again, this also applies to EQ.

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Should I be considering 2/2/2 and introduce some Acc in there?

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Imho to realise if there is any real difference u should make a drastic change and see if there is an obvious effect.Drop all the recharge go for 3 acc and 3 hold duration and see if there is an effect difference

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Take a look HERE

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Which recommends the slotting I have in place at the moment. Phew.

Like mentioned above, I tend to use other powers more frequently - especially earthquake, but when things get really nasty I always reach for Volcanic Gases. It's especially useful for AVs/EBs/big mobs of bosses, since the pulsing nature of the power seems to help stack the holds and I don't need to shout at my Fossilise to hurry up and recharge.

Until now, I've always thought VG was auto-hit. I believe I read this in several earth/ guides prior to my first respec. Consequently, I've 6-slotted with 3xHold and 3xRecharge. Should I be considering 2/2/2 and introduce some Acc in there?

Perhaps this is why it doesn't always hold straight away from the first pulse?

If I did replace some slots with Acc, I wonder if it's worth dropping more hold duration. Once VG is down, my team makes short work of the mobs and it seems all the extra duration is wasted. Then again, it always is best against the big baddies, and I suupose they take a while to kill.

As it says above. I tried sending a message to @Auum but the global doesnt seem to exist. I've also tried searching CGT and CiT to no avail.

Any other ideas where else I can do a name search?

If you read this and you're Auum, please send a global to @Oneiros.

Hey Nine Claws. I'm afraid I managed to gather enough interested parties last night, and went for the badge around hour and a half after my original post was made.

Good news is, it was Pinkette's contact not mine... and I'm expecting/hoping to get the contact myself as soon as I'm done with Pete Stemitz. So I'll gladly make another announcement with ample notice whenever that happens.

2) Mr TPF, lvl34, earth/emp, would prefer to exemp if possible
3) Pinkette, lvl31, ma/sr

I've done this once before but wouldn't mind getting a few more Paragon Protectors under my belt... damn that MoG! Pinkette still needs this TF badge.

Looking forward to teaming up again, Yamarashi

Hey all.

We've just started working Tina Chung and hope to get the Corrupter badge mish tonight. Send msg in-game to Mr TPF or @Oneiros, or just broadcast on the badgers channel if you'd like to join when we have it.

3 slots left...

Ah nevermind. GL & HF with the Numina team

I'll be around Sunday but Pinkette is away all weekend.

Wednesdays and Thursdays are generally the most convenient for both of us. Tuesdays are sometimes ok, but a later start is preferred.

Anyway, NOW she's decided that she can make it in time, if we are still doing the TF. *sigh* Women!

Sorry to mess you around, but I'm just the middle man! Will watch this post and go with wotever you decide, depending on having unlocked the TF and/or getting enough interest.

Dude, many of us are always up for joining TF's, especially when prearranged via forums. But you seriously need to consider giving people a little more notice than a couple of hours if you'd like to see more interest

Good luck in future teams.

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It seems rather ineffective as nothing is really done about the monsters, though.

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I've never seen a better response than from broadcasts on [DefiantBadgers] or [Defiant Events]. Life before joining these channels was pure misery. I remember one time I spotted Kraken in Perez... it was the first GM I'd ever seen and as I had no friends online, I had no real way to generate interest from other heroes. I found myself travelling to adjacent zones and sending broadcasts on the global channels for each but had zero luck. Then came along the badgers or events channel and everything changes. Somebody spots a GM? Somebody gets a special badge mish? Somebody is doing a TF? Somebody is farming badges? You can bet your cape it will be advertised there and there are ALWAYS takers.

Perhaps the interest is a little less in GMs these days because most people on the channels may already have the badges, but that's still a good enough reason to reinforce it with newer heroes, right?

Hmm, looks like plans may change either way. Pinkette has just told me she won't be able to make it. Sorry for late notice, Nine_Claws.

Um, yeah, unlike the earlier TF's she needs to be unlocked. Simply being in the range is not enough. You need to complete the entire Croatoa arc before she'll talk to you. I sort of figured you'd already done this

Fortunately, yours truely already has Buck Salinger as an active contact. If you like, I'm happy to skip through all his mishes to unlock Katie. I'm currently on the 2nd mish in his arc.

As I'm waiting for Pinkette to catch up to my lvl, I'm trying not to gain any XP which is why I haven't touched Buck's mishes. If you'd like to SK me, we can rush through the arc at lvl49.8 (or have you dinged yet?) to unlock the TF.

I won't be around this evening till late, perhaps 2100 GMT or later. We can do it then, or else we'll have to do it tomorrow prior to the TF. Which might suck.

Confirming myself and Pinkette, lvl30 ma/sr.

Thanks so much, Shadow Glow! Will contact you in-game.

Minimum of 6 team members I believe. Did this once before, I think during my pre-stamina/atlas medallion days coz I remember cursing all the lighting sapping my endurance. I did enjoy it a lot though, the mobs around Mary are crazy and lots of fun to smash up. There are a couple of tricks we can use at that stage with timings and so on. The last part of the TF is failable if I remember, and our team had a little trouble evacuating Katie's ghost... we got broken up and separated so we'll need to stay tight while we evac unless she tags onto a team member with fly. Nasty Red Caps!

Good badge mish this one. Lots of badges for those who don't have them already.