Muse to my Ears

because i'll be up playing.

I've said my sappy words and held a grudge for much longer than I normally do.
(I don't hold grudges, but for like 20 min.)

....but hey. Enjoy it while you got it.

Gonna be playing tonight and getting the most out of my beloved characters.

coffee and those energy drinks people drink and die from....drinking those.

I'll be on virtue. @Water Muse
I love water, witches, women, and muses
(not particular order, except the first two)

Muse To My Ears(1st and fav toon)-sonic/sonic defender
Water Shield(second fav)-shield/ice tank
Water Witch(first blaster)-ice/ice blaster
Potion Witch(underrated)-Trick Arrow/dual pistols defender
Luluna(jack of all trades)-dark/dark defender
Water Sorceress(love this toon, but wish for defense)-ice/ice dominator
Extra Extra(rogue power sapper character)-kinetics/electric defender
Blue Witch(amazingly survivable)-cold/dark defender
Dark Blue Witch(amazingly not as survivable)-dark/ice tank
Preview(1st evolution(psychic))-thugs/traps mastermind
Previews(4th form) time/psychic defender
Previewing(2nd)-bane spider
Previewed(3rd)-fortunata
Water Fight(my dream toon, but not a huge fan of only defense)-ice/ice tank
Lotsa(had the pistols, grenades, etc you can make)-traps/assault rifle defender
Water Bubble(first water toon)-force field/rad defender
Water Droplet(my storm training toon. love storm)-storm/ice defender
Water Magic(safe/best toon for playing with noobies)-ice/emapth-troller
Water Muse(my almighty power house)-ill/rad troller
Water Blast(i wanted one of every kind of defender)-rad/rad defender
Water Wicca(my planned water toon before "the news")-water/mind blaster
Water Princess(after "the news" pure water toon)-water/ice blaster
Hot Pink Middle(my slutty brute)- Super Reflexes/ claws brute
Blue Ogre(my first tank)-stone/stone tank
Southern Muse(my most sturdy tank)-willpower/super strength
Rain Water(my "would be" new toon)-cold/ice defender

You will see me on all of these if you are on virtue tonight )

I have one of every defender and I have always loved my sonic/sonic defender because she is unlike any other defender. She has mez protection as well as resistance. (super weird for most squishies) debuffs that make bad guys into butter and make your personal dmg something decent to solo with. (horrible to solo with most defender. ff/rad defender = 45 min paper mish) a mass sleep to take them down one by one, knockback and every move you do is a debuff on the enemy. She is a very sturdy and not as easy to take down. I've always liked music as well,(went to a school of music/art) so making her a Muse made me love her even more. A little being of inspiration, running around and using her voice to make a difference in the world...hoping to be the turning tide in the endless fight. She was my first toon and the one I saw the world of c.o.h. with mainly. She not only helped protected some of the strongest, but she solo'd some of the strongest.

My other was my subtle shift from all defenders, to my second favorite AT. Tanks. The transition is a tough one , since they are nothing alike, but I was able to find a suitable host. Water shield became my bread and butter survivor. being a shield/ice tank, made her very unique. Able to lay down ice patch and provide defense to neighboring allies as well as to throw some slows and sleeps and (2)holds onto my enemies made her super fun and a great transition. A fantastic toon that didn't drop easily and always had a trick up her sleeve. A queen of all trades.

I haven't been on much because with mid terms and holidays, its has been crazy.
This game is probably the best thing that's happened to me. Most people who would read this would consider me a dork for saying that, but it's true. So many characters and stories left unfinished. So many powers i've yet to obtain and combos left to try. So many late night fantastic teams and wonderful companions...with only 9 days left...all I can say is that I wish everyone the best. We came together to enjoy a game at its peek. We evolved with the updates and let our subconscious personalities seep into our infamous heroes. We created stories that spoke to the very core of who we were. We sit here now, threatened to have it taken away in a black void...we lay persistent in the search for a filler. I've found a few things to plug up the enormous void that is left, but nothing to fully cover it. I'm not sure I will ever find anything. Even with all these hours, characters, outfits, stories, servers, and friends being disconnected from us permanently, they can never take our memories. That feeling you have when you are on a great team. when you get that power you've been waiting for, the perfect outfit combo and coloring...it's in us and part of us. It's been a trip...I don't know how much time I will have to actually play in the next nine days, but I will do my best. I identify with my main toon Muse of the virtue server. A level 50 sonic/sonic defender and i'm so happy I got to meet and play with you all. We will run into each other on other games, years from now, and laugh. We are the amazing.

Trying to get my time/water defender up to fifty before the big blackout. Not sure if I can get it, but trying so hard! between the self defense, slows, -defense and heal, she feels really survivable.

I've never been able to make it out out one of these. I've always had work, or no transfer tokens, but I will be off next Tuesday and I am so excited I finally get to join one finally! See ya next week!

I never go to make it to a tanker tuesday. always wanted to. almost did once, but I had work. gonna try and make one of these last ones.............................................

post this everywhere. I just signed it. I'll facebook it and see what I can get.

I can't believe it! It has been so great playing with you all! I think I might cry a little. I had so many plans for the next year and new builds I wanted to try out. Nature, another traps...maybe even a blaster. (maybe) I 'm sad to say bye to the most amazing class...the defenders....we weren't held by conventional "heals" we were something more. We were the most diverse AT I've ever seen in any game. We all functioned differently, with the same thought in mind. Other classes competed to be the best "scrapper" or best "tank" but we defenders always got excited when another came along.
We had our bubbles protecting our companions. Debuffs to dazzle the opposition. heals for when our teammates bite off more than they can chew, and of course soft control, so we can attempt to solo a single mission for 25 min.(
We took care of our friends and tried our best, no matter the situation.

This was always something a little more than a game to me. I drew comics since I was a little kid and had my own band of misfits characters i've had for ages. My main character in one of my first stories, Muse, was my first toon and drawing.(and lvl 50,accoldes,badge hunter, etc) As a child,I wanted to know what made that feeling inside me. The one that made me want to do things with such will and inspiration. Muse was the human embodiment and so I began to draw my bringer of creativity. Finding city of heroes years later, with the ability to bring my decades old drawings to life was like a god send. I found it to be the most fantastic thing! To bring my black and white drawings into color and sound. I will miss all the great memories and times i've had on here. I'm not sure what I will do next....still in shock....but I will never forget all the good times I've had here...

I believe it's Silit.
I spoke with him on vent last night when we were all playing kickball.
It was really fun! This is my first tournament and I have met so many great and awesome people! It's gonna be a fun one!

WOW!!!! Thank you so much! This is so great! I'm so happy!
Thank you so so much! I'm definitely gonna put this to good use!

My global is @watermuse. any suggestions or tips would be great! I plan on uninstalling mids and trying it again.

I know!!!
I've always wanted a all defender team in general, but yeah. that would be amazing and unstoppable. would totally beat a team of blasters.

GREAT CHOICE!
love my storm/sonic! she is a lot of fun to play and seems to be able to handle any situation. dies a lot less than most my defenders. the hurricane is great.

I have a tier 4 hybrid defender.
She was my third lvl 50 and a great toon.
I want to make a great solo build/pvp build.

I'm okay with not havin these powers from cold manipulation:
glacial and ice shield ( not sue if they can get good things from slotting them, but meanin to pvp/solo)
frost work
and I could possibly give up snow storm, but would prefer to have it.

dark:
dark pit for sure to give up unless has so awesome slotting bonus.
planning on taking on lots of foes so aoes would be great, but dont need all three of them I guess. My attacks are also my defense, so cool with having them all.

would like hasten and super speed and would love if aid self could be worked in.
any thing else is just a bonus.

for 35 and up.... cool with dark mastery and energy mastery. really would like power build up.


I would like defense, dmg, - to hit, and acc be main points of slots and bonuses.. I know this seems specific, but sometimes people arent specific enough. Mids doesn't work on my computer currently, other wise I would tinker around. I am even willing to pay for a build. as for the price of the build...i think I could handle it being maxed out and all...I think. and could pay what I have left for helping with the build.

any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you defenders! we rock!

I would love to sign up as a free agent!
I am so excited to join!
i have pvp experience from my home server, (virtue) but only 15 matches. ((including tournaments(I count those as one too))

my most formidable toon is probably my sonic/sonic defender. she is fully slotted with accolades and all tiered out. super jump and massive +to hit for landing my very devastating - res.

a have a couple more to choose from, but not as fully slotted as her.

can update slotting if i have enough time.
ice/ice blaster
cold/dark defender
shield/ice tank (probably not anyones first choice. haha. still sturdy as hell though)

my global is @watermuse

I don't mind being a filler. love pvp and always looking to help.
again, home base is virtue, but I have lots of transfers built up.
also, cant make it on sept 9th, but free every other day

oh p.s. I know sonic/sonic defender doesn't seem like the best choice, but i'd be more than happy to show ya sugah.

I don't know where you go to get set up for this kind of thing, but I would love to join. Only thing is, is that I can't start sept 9th because hubbies b-day so that means no computer. I would love to join though and have two toon sin particular that have proven to be formidable opponents on my home server. (vitrue) as soon as we get league times and practices up, i'd love to join. i'm @watermuse . I don't mind being one of the back burner characters either. I love pvping but no one ever wants to pvp on virtue. I have transfers built up and spunk! I'm not trained heavily in pvp, but can maneuver well and have only lost 3 times out of 15.


disregard all the above. poste din wrong section. may the odds be ever in your favor sugahs

Of course- sonic/sonic- (duh) great - res and really helpful for making things into butter. mez protection which is more valuable than I have realized, playing my other squishies. (AV's on teams=dead) (I always suggest people make these loud mouths)

cold/sonic- great team player and crazy debuffs on a single target. doesn't have much powers to protect yourself with, or mez protection, but is very very useful. crazy debuffs.
traps/sonic- mez protection and a little bit of everything! Very vers and fun to play! easy to solo as well!
kin/sonic- so good! so much damage once you get falcum shift. once you get some kind of defense, makes it really easy to survive since you have heals and endurance powers. combo is super fun and easy to solo as a defender in higher levels. no mez protection though.

of course you can choose any, but these combos have stuck out in my head as "good times".

rad/sonics-a little slow for me...with the set up time. great debuffs and known for being killers. no mez protection.
storm/sonic-is survivable from a pretty low level and handy for tight situations. good at pvp.
dark/sonic becomes very good after you get all your powers. the -to hit also helps with your survive ability.
ff/sonic-meh. lets you blast a lot because ff is easy to run. mez protection too.
trick arrow/sonic- lots of debuffs...so i imagine good. seems like a lot of set up though. sonics blast feel longer when playing this combo though.
havent tried thermal/sonic yet. maybe I shall...
empathy/sonic- it's okay. meh. never been a fan of empathy

actually, I have a trick arrow/ dual pistols and she is amazing. she takes a while to build, but once you have access to most of your powers, it becomes a crazy power house for a defender. very versatile. I say you try it. I have one at 50 with all incarnate stuff unlocked. takes a while to drop all debuffs, like any trick arrow, but then everything melts.

p.s. redraw isnt that much of an issue if you drop all your debuffs then attack.( or otherwise) by that point....maybe 1, or 2 things will still be up, like av's, but even bosses only require a hit or two more.

Go for it.

My tank is a shield/ice tank. I love her an dshe was great to lvl up with. i've had about 6 tanks...each varying in own survivability, but this one felt like she could handle the world. she has /ice so she's not the strongest of mine, but because shields defenses are positional, they make curtain things easier...like psychic attacks and random aoe damage. with ice patch and all the layered defenses (and aid self) she is very survivable in literally every situation. I'm excited about the bonus resistance.

/fire is also another great one. my best friend and I teamed with this duo and aside from looking amazing, we became quite the team./elec is also a great build too.

I have played at least one of every defender, but have indefinably doubled and tripled (etc, etc) them through deleting and altinitous.

One of my great war stories was similar to the storms with my storm/sonic. A team of squishies going against a bunch of warriors. Before I knew it, half the team had dropped and then the blaster and I were left. I rushed over to her with a little 02 boost to get her out of the stun and surrounded her in my hurricane. kept her healed and no hold bars! tornado and lightning storms flying around with crazy gales. It seemed like we were almost done so others started self rezzing and then the blaster accidently arrgo'd another group. I flew to the front of the mish and did a mass tp. some died before it went off. luckily, there was a hallway that fit my hurricane perfectly. The survivors and I took down the group a lot easier than the previous, but the blaster died from the first group. I love defenders.


...and of course.....my dark/dark defender...howling twilight coming back from a full restroom and team was just wiped. tp'd them in one place and used it. rezzed 7 at once. my most fav defender moment ever!!!! Defenders...we rock!

I'll be updating my solo build for a sonic/sonic defender later. Not at my main computer, so no mids, but it's pretty decent for surviving and damage.

my main was my first toon and first lvl 50. I have been through the niddy griddy with her and 4 years of perfecting a solo build. i now have two team builds, but not any I feel 100% comfortable posting, but let me just say that vengence is amazing. The whole tactics ensemble is perfect for this defender. Only bad thing is endurance issue, as sonic defenders run high in toggles and endurance use. (cardic is great for this because the endurance and resistance boost)
It's a great set because there is always something to do. Since it's buffs, just lay on the goodness and always focus on making sure your bubble is always in the middle of the group. great resistance and mez protection lies in your bubbles. blasters and other squishies thank you because in stead of dying in 2-3 hits, they die in 4-7, plus who doesn't love mez protection. clarity is probably not needed all that much, but I have it on one of my builds, but mainly for hami raids. (everyone will love you for all your mez protection)

It's a great huge debuffer! You can easily stack 110% -res by lvl 30.

Lots of benefits to this build and actually, from my exp, I have had tremendous luck with pvp actually. again i'll post my build later. hopefully I won't forget. (spaces out from a fly that flies by)

I think this is a fantastic idea! Soloing is always such a pain for defenders. aside from our general low amount of dmg/dps and our lack of personal defenses. (usually-darkness, traps, sonic, etc)

This would be really helpful with soloing. I've had many different kinds of defenders over the years and I tend to solo for about 1/3 to half my career til 50. I always get annoyed that when I solo, I only have maybe, depending on the level, 3-6ish powers I can actually use. this would be tremendous!
p.s. yeah, I always use darks rez for debuff when soloing. helps me set up safer. always loved that power, even without the mass rez

I love water powers. I have 8 water toons@ this makes my 9th. (@water muse )

That being said, I have some biased towards the powers, but I went water/mind blaster and she is rocking. I really wanted to do /ice, but I already have an ice/ice blaster. (my only other one) After many hours of playing yesterday I got her to lvl 22. Drain psyche and dehydrate work really well together. The -regen from drain psyche helps a lot for the single targets and the endurance boost is nice too. Timing dehydrate and knowing when to go for the 50% boost is important. Has me watching my health on the blaster more than I ever have. (esp since we drop like flies) I'm just doing generic slotting for the baby lvls and it is really helping me stay alive. (so is the knockdown)

overall, it's nice! with /ice as my epic I think she will be prety survivable, while still providing quite a bit of damage...but who knows...i'm biased!

I recently got to my ice/ice tank up to lvl 50. I love the play style so much I've decided I want to actually slot her out correctly. I'm not one for fancy slotting mainly because I don't get on coh to make game money, so thus, I only have whatever I have gained through trials and task forces. I am willing to put in the work with this toon so whatever price it is....I can reach it..in a few years. lol

Couple of key things I'm looking for our of course, max defense (which seems to already be there with the extra boost from agility aplha) but also +regen. Since I have hoarfrost I think i'll only need a couple of accolades to get hit the hp max. Everything else with her is a bonus...as long as I get max defense and regen I'm good.(endurance could use some help too. even with energy absorb) I also like to have aid self as well. I'm flexible with all other powers, including epics. (yes, I got artic, but whatever is cool)

As for incarnate stuff:
(aplha)Agility
(destiny)rebirth for more regen
(hybrid)melee for more regen!

If you can help me by maybe pointing out a couple of key things to slot my character with to achieve my goals, I would be forever grateful.

What is the regen cap for tanks btw? Oh well. Probably takes a while to reach anyways.