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  1. MunkiLord

    Alpha, my Alpha

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lucky666 View Post
    Just alittle suggestion but after looking threw all the different types of stats that the alpha provides there was one that I woulda really like to get for my energy blaster. KB, ya that's right Knockback please add it if only one of the minor bonuses to anyone of them idc which.

    Thank you.

    I love this idea and would abuse it relentlessly if it were ever implemented. Unfortunately too many people have supernatural phobias to KB for this to ever happen.
  2. MunkiLord
    Made the changes you suggested, thanks. Any more suggestions from anybody?

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  3. MunkiLord
    I love taunt auras. The only problem I have with my DM/SR scrapper is the lack of a taunt aura. If I had that, he would be perfect.
  4. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by nutty_impman View Post
    hey any chance u can post a data chunk as when i click on datalink it doesnt bring up your build.
    Also what are you looking for in the build just so i know what to look for (ie av soloing)
    Data chunk:

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    As far as his goals, I'm not too sure, for the most part I left his power choices alone and just concentrated maximizing his stats however I could. His pets should be softcapped and he is soft capped to S/L himself.

    This is my first attempt at building a MM, so I'm expecting there to be problems. So any help would be appreciated since I would hate for him to start using a broken build. Also, he currently has the spiritual alpha boost.
  5. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arcanaville View Post
    Mids-based billionaire min/maxers and Scrapper challenge veterans.
    I'm both! Having taken down Ghost Widow recently, Lord Recluse is next on my Scrapper's hit list!
  6. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by TonyV View Post
    By virtue of the fact that most people spend a lot of time soloing, the developers have been very accommodating to solo play. However, they cannot and should not be held accountable for catering to such significant deviations from normal game play. Requiring such accommodations would greatly hinder their ability to make the game as fun and exciting to the greatest number of players as they can by placing artificial limitations on what they can and cannot do.

    Think of it this way. If I go into a Krispy Kreme and buy a dozen doughnuts, and they throw in a couple of extra because it's close to closing time, that's awesome and I'd really appreciate it. But if I go back next week in the middle of the day and they only give me the twelve I paid for, I have no moral right whatsoever to get angry, storm out, and swear never to visit the store again. Sure, I can, but I'd be completely unreasonable doing so.

    That's how I feel about these demands for soloable rewards. Because the devs have made an honest effort to give players soloable options for most (but not all) rewards in the past, there is this sense of entitlement that has built up, a misguided notion that the devs must always provide soloable alternatives to obtain rewards, that the design and implementation is "broken" if they don't.
    I cut out a lot, so I can concentrate on what I think is most important. The thing is, outside of some specific badges, I can't think of any reward in this game that requires teaming. Sure teaming makes getting rewards faster, but you can still get them without ever joining a team. So any non badge reward that requires a team is completely new.

    So the expectation has been set by developers that every non badge reward can be had by solo play. So the people complaining(for the most part) are being perfectly reasonable in their expectation that incarnate slots should be completely soloable. Well they are being reasonable if you go by the games recent history(since I9 when HOs could be bought at the auction house).

    That being said, I get your overall idea, and I feel you have a point about some people being unreasonable. I agree. But when doing business, unreasonable customers are just as important as the calm and reasonable customers. It may suck, it may not be fair, but it is reality.

    edit: FWIW, given the recent history of the game, I am fully confident that there will be solo options at some point in the future, my guess is sooner rather than later. Simply because not giving those options would deviate from the current general perception of the game. And I feel that would be extremely bad.
  7. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MajorPrankster View Post
    Funny, I thought it was people not being rational and patient that was causing unhappy subs.
    Customers have no obligation to be rational and patient. They can be wrong, but they are still the customer.

    FWIW, I'm fine with what we have now in game, I just don't like the lack of meaningful communication. But the people that are pissed/annoyed/irritated are just gonna continue to be pissed/annoyed/irritated until they here something definitive.
  8. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
    Mids' can be set up to show Arcanatime.
    Um, what? How?

    edit: Nevermind, just found it. How long has this been in Mid's?
  9. MunkiLord
    Fair enough. Though I think silence and one rather worthless statement on the issue is also creating unhappy subs.
  10. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Furio View Post
    Exactly. Granted, relatively tame this go-around, but reactions like those seen in threads like this are one of the reasons devs are tight lipped about future plans until they're vetted by marketing
    If they are sensitive about reactions then they are in the wrong business.
  11. MunkiLord
    I encourage the people that want to solo their way through incarnate stuff to be patient. I agree that Paragon Studio's silence is irritating. But, in recent years they have a strong history of giving solo players options*. So even if they don't state it explicitly, I fully expect that to continue. If that trend is reversed with incarnate content, people will be reasonably pissed.

    *With the exception of allowing people to start solo task forces.
  12. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Arnabas View Post
    I still think that those who showed support by buying ayear in advance sould get it early.
    Why?
  13. MunkiLord

    Need a new server.

    POST-ACTION

    As a personal policy, I consider all SGs with such a strict kick policy to be crappy. I strongly encourage people to abandon control freak leaders like that.
  14. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Miyabi View Post
    Tell that to my Fire Tank who still got two-shotted through four small purple inspirations every time I hit Taunt on Recluse.
    Looks like to me you were doing it wrong.
  15. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Pinkpup View Post
    So once again, I learn the lesson with STF... you need to pick the proper mix of powers and/or take the time to get the temp powers that can help.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Miyabi View Post
    Except that it's anti-design to exclude 90% of the playerbase and punish them for not playing specific sets. In an MMO environment, your designs have to encompass and allow for flexibility and chaos. Buffed Recluse and Ghost Widow on the STF are great examples of bad designs that slap players for not falling into a specific niche (Defense softcap in this case).

    These statements are factually incorrect. You don't need to pick the proper mix of powersets/ATs.

    Game design doesn't exclude anybody from these tasks. Inspirations make up for any holes in the build. If somebody chooses not to use the tools available to them, it is completely their fault.
  16. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Werner View Post
    I haven't looked at the builds (and barely the thread), but Incinerate -> Cremate -> Fire Sword is an excellent chain slotting in between the top chain and the Incinerate -> Scorch -> Cremate -> Scorch chain. If you have the recharge and can afford the endurance, I'd go for that.
    Not a bad idea at all. I had completely forgotten about that attack chain. I can run it when hasten is up no problem. Hasten will have about a 20 second downtime though. I can put in fillers during that time though. GFS won't be fully slotted(only four kinetic combats), but if I'm only using it during hasten's downtime I don't think that will be a problem.

    Here is my revised build. Just moved a few slots around to improve Fire Sword since it will be in my primary attack chain. Also added in all the HP and End accolades since I already have them(not sure how I missed that previously).

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  17. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Residentx_EU View Post
    Does the WST mean patching every week?

    I logged on today and had to download 120MB +/- for NA so I could get my hero notice since I couldn't finish the mish on Tuesday. I updated the EU client too with 120MB but then I had to reinstall another 340MB(it had to fix something). I aborted the EU download. I wasted 2 hours(1/2 hour download, 1/2 to apply for each client) because I could only get 25kbps.

    This game in an instant has gone from fun to real frustration.
    I seriously doubt it. We had the patch Tuesday for the new stuff, then an emergency fix a day later. I'm confident the devs simplified the process for themselves and us.
  18. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chad Gulzow-Man View Post
    That took me a minute. Genius.
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eric Nelson View Post
    Yeah, same here, I had to burn a few brain cells on that one, but it was well worth it (even though I only have a few remaining).
    Thanks! It made me chuckle a little bit, glad I could share.

    I think the biggest issue we will have with low level WST is people suddenly realizing how broken their respec builds are when they exemplar.

    I can see it now, a team of all 50s do the Sister TF and nobody has a travel power of any kind(including ninja run) and most people have two attacks. I hope I get on one like that, just for the lulz.
  19. MunkiLord

    DM/SR help

    POST-ACTION

    I looked at it again and found a small mistake I made. When softcapping it last time, I didn't account for Combat Jumping running all the time, so the build has more defense than it needs.

    This one will keep you at softcap and improve your endurance usage.

    As far as the accolades go, I think those are important. They will make a difference. If you're talking about getting through the AVs for the accolade, I suggest popping a bunch of inspirations and taking them on as EBs just to get it out of the way.


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    If you're wanting to pimp him out a bit more than I have a build for that too(the one I'm planning), and I have no problem sharing. But it uses the PvP IO and purple sets, so it is rather expensive.
  20. MunkiLord
    Plugging in exactly 30% recharge for GFS, I'm 1.41% away from that chain when hasten is up. This is if I use Mako triple and dam/rech. But that means an additional .758 endurance each time I use GFS.

    Which if I'm doing this correct, is almost 0.2 end/sec more. So I'm not sure if that is worth it, or even if my endurance can sustain it. If I use the triple and quad, then I'm a little over 10% away on recharge.

    So I think I may just have to accept a different attack chain. Cremate-Scorch-Incinerate-Scorch appears to be the only viable possibility without giving up defense and/or regen somewhere.

    Though if I go with the lesser attack chain then maybe I can afford to run assault all the time.

    Not sure what attack chain I'm going to use yet. I need to consider my options.
  21. MunkiLord
    Holy **** Iggy, that is fantastic! It appears that top attack chain isn't really in the cards unless I'm willing to give up a little bit of survivability, which I'm not. I really really like these changes.


    Quote:
    Originally Posted by EJI View Post
    enzymes in weave and manuevers?
    Just slotting for efficiency.
  22. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by BashfulBanshee View Post
    Miss the Katie train sometimes.
    Me too. I just happened to be working on a Warshade at that time, so it was perfect for running quick Katies.
  23. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
    I thought this thread was about Avatea being the strike target of the week?
    Fixed.
  24. MunkiLord

    Help for a Newb

    POST-ACTION

    Check out this thread. Lots and lots of good info in there.
  25. MunkiLord
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by GhoulSlayer View Post
    Congratz!! I've wanted to run that one and silver mantis solo for the longest time but I don't have a second account and I don't think I could find someone to log in theirs and keep it from logging out long enough to do so. When will they give us the opportunity to run them solo? When I tried before it dropped me from the TF when the last filler quit.
    What server you on? I have a 50 to spare on Victory, Pinnacle, and Freedom.