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Well, The Darwin Awards is full of people who apparently do stupid things like that. And I do not argue the fact that anyone who enters a PvP zone should know what to expect. But telling them to stop complaining solves nothing. And they have a right to complain, of course (that doesn't necessarily mean they have good reason ).

Oh, and I was under the impression the the problem is with players who think that something shouldn't be changed for no other reason then that person personally do not like it.

I'm sorry, but I'm completely on Sam's side on this one.

It wouldn't solve anything. If you're hurt and you complain about what hurt you, not complaining wouldn't take the pain away nor would it remove the danger of getting hurt again in a similar situation.

Hmm... no, I was looking at the stock clock HD 5770 but I made another mistake ... to save time I used a small spreadsheet and I made a stupid typo in the formula that was copied into each calculation ... sorry about that.


Well, he said they were seeing excellent performance from the HD 5770 but he also suggested the GTX 285 for max settings and the GTX 285 is playing in another league. So you'll probably need the HD 5850 (or better or something similar from nVidia) for maximum performance.

Close, but still not complete.

SCNR

You forgot to mention Purple Sets. Purple IO sets are very rare IOs that follow their own rules. The Set Bonuses of Purple Sets never shut off due to exemplaring more than three levels lower than the level of the IOs (which are level 50).

Interesting. Here the largest gap is in Crysis Warhead and Farcry2 at roughly 32% better performance overall for the HD 5850 whereas it's only 17% in GTA4 and WoW.

Btw, this might be interesting if you want to buy a graphic card soon:

Yep, contacts need a rework. I tend to ignore them till I get into the L25-30 area.
My last character (a controller) went like this: L1-9 sewers, L10 KR, L11-35 TFs.

Or you bind it to a specific key on your keyboard or you create a makro.

On second thought, maybe not too much rain, or we'll be seeing many wet t-shirt contests in Atlas lagging up the area.

Oh, you can skip them now?
Nice, didn't notice that this was changed.

Well, this would work if you have enough toons to choose from (you need several toons because of the rep-timer, or it's slower than it needs to be). If you have a second account you could even do it alone. However, I'm not sure this would be easier or faster than doing it in PvP.

Btw, if you switch back and forth between RV and Sirens Call you might have more PvP action overall.

I think it's very difficult to suggest a keyboard because there are many aspects to be considered. I would go to a store that sells them and try them out. My personal choice was the Logitech G11.

When it comes to a monitor I'd say anything below 23" is too small. Actually 24" seems to be small when I look at it. Check out the LG Flatron W2453TQ or the Samsung SyncMaster P2450H.

Maybe I can help, too.


Video Cards:
What you see is a Radeon HD 5850 in one build and a Radeon HD 5770 in the other.
I could give you the technical specs, if you want to. The short version is that the HD 5850 is better, roughly giving 20% more performance in terms of fps. The HD 58xx family is a little overpriced, because ATI has difficulties to fulfill the market demand. The HD 5770 is a good mid-segment card and offers good value for its price. It is roughly on par with the nVidia GTS 250. I don't think I would buy a HD 5850 myself. For a few more dollars you can get the HD 5870 and that's a really good card. Or you buy the cheaper HD 5770 and wait a few months to buy the next generation video card. Chances aren't bad that we'll see the release of the HD 6xxx family late fall this year.

CPU:
Here we have an Intel Core i5-750 @ 2.67GHz in one build and an Intel Core i7-860 @2.8 GHz in the other. Both are LGA 1156 processors. The Core i7-860 offers roughly 10% more performance and is the better processor. The Core i5-750 is still ok.

CPU-Cooler:
Try to get a Scythe Mugen 2 Rev. B. It's cheaper and better than either of the Cooler Masters listed.


Both builds are ok. I'd change some things here and there, but it's largely about personal preferences and opinion.

Or at least simple weather effects. Rain, Snow, Fog, etc.

Yep, I didn't use the best word to say what I meant. Maybe "seamless" would have been better.

Fire/Shield Scrappers?

Yes, that's the best of both worlds. And if I weren't slotting for other things like +regen and +hp as well, I might slot it the same.

Welcome back!

Basic IOs have better numbers than SOs at L35+ and they never decay. But other than that you can treat them like SOs (max 3 of a kind in one power).

Bonuses from set IOs are global. So if you slot 4 xyz for +5% recharge that is +5% to all your powers and it is active all the time.

EDIT: If you want more indepth information I'd suggest reading this: http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/Inventio...n_Enhancements

This! And some of the other things that were said. But mainly this.

So let's make a quick comparison.

Tier 1 for Fire Mastery is Fire Blast, for Psionic Mastery it is Mental Blast. Fire Blast does a little more damage and looks better imho, Mental Blast has -recharge.

Tier 2 for Fire is Fire Ball, for Psi it's Indomitable Will. Fire Ball is a nice looking AoE attack. With Containment and Fulcrum Shift this is nice to have. Indomitable Will gives mez protection and psi resistance and can be made perma with some effort. Very nice.

Tier 3 are the shields for both Fire and Psi. Numbers are the same for smash/lethel, Fire has additional fire and cold resistance, Psi has some psi resistance. Mind over Body is much less intrusive to your costume than Fire Shield, btw.

Tier 4 for Fire is Rise of the Phoenix. Looks nice but it's just a self rez. There are inspirations for that. Psi gets World of Confusion which has a very small AoE radius. But even if you don't like confusion powers it might be worth it, to take it as a mule to slot some confusion IOs in here.

Tier 5 for Fire is Consume, which is a bit redundant if you have Transference. Psi gets Psionic Tornado which is a nice AoE attack combined with some KB.

Noteworthy powers for Fire are tier 2 and 3 (for a Fire/Kin and only imho ) and for Psi tier 2, 3, 4 and 5. Psionic Mastery gives you more options, more stuff to play with. Fire looks a little better imho and fits thematically better.

Yep, that's what I meant.

Unless the L50 doesn't expressively state in his LFT note that even low level invites are welcome I would never bother to ask him to join a low or mid level team. As I would never bother to send a tell (while on a lowbie toon) if someone is broadcasting „L50 team lfm„ unless the broadcast is „L50 team lfm, all levels welcome.“ Why? Because I just don't like to be ignored.