New Dawn

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Not tryin to upset you all here but I found people on the US server to be a lot friendlier and a LOT more helpful to new players (my first account was US)
I'm not saying there aren't some great people over here its just the general mood over there seemed to be much friendlier.

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I think that depends on what you like doing. In atlas someone was TP foeing mobs that only required one more hit away from me preventing me from getting the defeat.

On villains it was a case of if you didn't like to farm or PL then you must be new.

The PuGs were always a bitter disappointment especially compared to Vigilance and Zukunft.

But much, much less lag.

4.88 + (3*.132) = 5.276

Yeah in doing it roughly in my head I forgot to add the +1 bits XD

Now that you mention it, I do believe it could be done with less, perhaps no less than 3, 3 scrappers. 3 is going to be tight to get all the pylons down. Then those 3 might want to be split and get a bomb each. Then up in the middle the fun and games may really start but they could pull any big guns out of it before entering the middle. I wouldn't put it passed people to do it and would say that to live through the whole thing would offer a great sense of achievement plus vanguard merits

Last night on Defiant we were 4 Idiots and a Mothership XD

We may do it again but as 4 separate teams just to spawn wozzisname.

I came to a slightly higher figure of 4.88 but I did do it "roughly". In the build I done BF is at 5,22 rechg which to me is fine. I'd rather make a build that doesn't gimp itself in other ways for a single goal, plus often there is movement and maybe even someone in the team is doing +rechg buffs or -regen/-res/-def to the enemy. Half a second is not something to care about and it's seriously unlikely to change what your best attack chain is.

In reading your post Sitriel I think that you've misinterpreted mine by perhaps merging paragraphs together I don't know. There was no need to try and tip any scale between the two ATs although sometimes they will be tipped and so it does make a difference. To clarify:

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Either way on heroic setting you can often expect either to hold off either group on their own and its simply a good idea to use powers that can get you aggro around the one most likely to keep it from you as a support character. Which could lead in DPS depends on the player, their powersets and insp tray.

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What I meant by this was that on a heroic setting you could often expect a Brute or a Scrapper to solo a group designed for an 8 man team through means at their disposal.

So when given 2 groups close to eachother, and by close, I mean someone could AoE one group and effect members of the other group in the process with a large rad aoe. Rather than have the team fighting 2 groups, you could have either the Brute or Scrapper taking the fight to the extra group rather than the extra group taking an instant dislike to whoever used that AoE and then the team.

I believe that Scrapper lead in DPS hero-side and Brutes should lead in it villain-side. When given 2 groups that can be simultaneously pulled the Brute should be in the harder one, and the Scrapper in the not so harder one as groups can differ in size, position and make up, or for them to do whatever one they're best suited for.

Given 2 groups in close proximity I don't believe that the Scrapper should say "I will leave them and hope they don't get pulled. Hopefully they won't see anyone and then its better for the Brute who can maintain fury on them after". One Brutes fury is not as important as a member of the team say a dominator getting attacked because they fell foul to a perception check or because their 30ft radius roots happened to hit one. A scrapper/tanker is perfectly in his/her right to lead a charge into another pullable group, and as I said, on heroic level you can often expect them to survive, through their super build or insp tray.

When it comes to who can do the most damage over time it does imo blur. I do not expect even the most min/maxxed dark melee brute to outdamage even the most min/maxxed scrapper even if they were hitting a 0 defense attack dummy and this is partly because of secondaries. A Dark Melee/Shield scrapper is imo more likely to dish more damage over time than a Dark Melee/Willpower with the unlikelihood of the brute passing the 500% damage cap for scrappers, which is unlikely.

As it is I believe in Brutes taking alphas but still the other ATs are well within their rights to jump into that other group. You can't afford to wait for a Brute all the time and you shouldn't have to.

Some people are just too fixated on a team dynamic, I would not have a tank not trash another group first whilst its trashing another member of the team for the sake of some Brutes fury.

I'll borrow the title now that its been fully used. Is it possible for a Dark melee Brute to outdamage a Dark melee Scrapper?

I think yes 'when' there is a better damage aura involved from the secondary or when there is the extra survivability from the brute (but what about supersetted scrapper versus basic setted Brute?)

I am not convinced that pound for pound the Brute leads in DPS versus the Scrapper based on primaries alone. Whereas in RWZ its fairer to let a Brute take an alpha as a Tanker or Scrapper when it comes to it many tanks or scrappers could decide on starting on that next or 'other group within perception range' that is likely to be pulled also and take the fight to them before they alpha any squishie member of the team.

In RWZ it sometimes pays to alternate on who starts on groups as the time for consolidating aggro control for other peoples aoes can disappear.

I find that some people are too set on one team dynamic when there can be more than one, a more exciting and challenging one even and at certain points alternatives can be tried.

Given the likelihood of aggroing 2 groups, as there is no intention to pull it's better if the Brute enters the more difficult one and the scrapper takes the easier one failing that either one can aim to prevent attacks on fellow members but in this case it is actually best done by a brute. For me its better if the Brute enters the harder one, or the one that it is more suited to or the one that is in a position very easy to congaline the next group from to maintain fury.

Either way on heroic setting you can often expect either to hold off either group on their own and its simply a good idea to use powers that can get you aggro around the one most likely to keep it from you as a support character. Which could lead in DPS depends on the player, their powersets and insp tray.

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Maybe this deserves a place in "Jeff Vader's greatest 'noob' moments"

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Take Rage out of SS and Build up out of Fire Melee and you can soon realize that Fire Melee offers a much decent attack chain. Rage buffs a subpar attack chain whilst Build Up provides peaks and troughs, and what peaks. Its doubtful SS competes in the AoE dept, end of, but even with stacking rage you have to ask yourself what mobs resist, what do AVs resist? Are they going to resist Fire more or Smash more?

I've enjoyed the TF and disliked it all depending on who I was teaming with. The TF itself is good as far as I am concerned its what you make of it that matters. Now the SF, well, we found the bug and done nothing more with it.

Pick a day that's last week in July, first 2 weeks in August. Include prep time in the last week of July. There is shutdown period for many companies at this time and not everyone will be on holiday as its expensive during a recession.

I tanked 4 lvls in hollows in the early hours of this morning but that was on Zukunft and had fun. I don't often see normal PvE missions being done on the English speaking servers really. Its either Radio, AE or TFs simply to gain levels.

I think Shields can benefit from the damage mitigation that lies in Knockout Blow especially from lvl 30 onwards. How much damage you achieve actually does depend on how you play the sets. In all round terms I would fully expect Fire to trump SS in damage even in terms of doing a set amount to an endurance bar but you're the builder of the character.

@Golden Girl, You will always paint a pretty picture of anything going on in Paragon. Its as though you make money of products shipped and subscriptions kept up.

@Synergy, News missions and Radio missions are the most basic ones going and for me the most boring. Soloing them maybe fun for some or a breeze free way of getting to a goal but I think it's better to do missions where ya come close to having ya butts whooped if ya not clever, adapting to anything new as a team, giving others specific jobs even. News and Paper don't qualify as challenging, getting everything done in the Bank missions might solo.

If the majority are bailing out of any TF they've either not been clued in at the beginning on how long they can take, what they're for or the team dynamics is barely stomach - able. Such teams do exist. No one likes being told how to play and you can't help the way people choose to slot, so you can be stuck with ppl who are lax. Such teams in my experience can be counted on one hand excluding Cavern trial where ppl have to be told how to click a stone. Empaths aren't ever needed. People create their own rules of play, this in turn is inflicted on other people as well as themselves which makes empaths look like a necessity. I've hated many teams that I have emped in, as they play dumb as hell. Perhaps people do stick their head in a dark oven using a candle to see for gas.

@Judgment Dave, I have logged in, gone to AE and been in a couple of Arcs friends have made and want checked out. But the rest has been either solo from other people only doing farms, farms to see what the fuss is about or standing around for ages to see if there are people who do arcs cos theyre new. But lately I have yet to see a PuG put together to try some random Devs choice and I play on all servers.

MA isn't a success. All the farming and PL just makes it look that way. If it was a success it'll be played for the creativity.

I thought GG was funny.

That must of took him a long long time. He must of also limited Lusca to a single spit.

Actually no, it's because Tard can be interpreted as short for retard and retard is a word that more and more people these days dislike seeing used in a derogatory way.

I am not one for posting my own builds in order to create suggestions as I don't like the idea of carbon copies running around or even contemplating that what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

I knocked up one of these only with confront (no kick or no boxing). I got the S/L to 45% def, slightly less hp -25hp, regen -5hps and minor resistance drop of 1% outside of SoW as a result but I worked out that my attack chain + toggles breaks even with my end recovery making conserve energy swappable for resurgence. So full Willpower. Cheaper also due to no Purples but clearly not as destructive.

Key points from doing that, you may of over slotted conserve energy. Work out your eps versus ers during a fight duration to see what you really need. Free slots can start boosting in other places and help move slots for better areas.

You will need to know the total attack chain time, then the total attack chain end cost. Divide the end cost by the time for the eps. Then add the total toggle cost per sec and compare it to your end recovery. Take into account your +end and work out how long it will take you to go from 110 end to 0 end.

If X is antagonizing anyone then it is those who are feeling antagonized who have a problem not X.

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I just read this thread and want to say "thanks" for all germans visiting union/defiant the past days. I didn't have time to play this time, but I did long ago, when character slots couldn't be bought and found some really nice players.

Keep on and be welcome on Zukunft whenever you want to (I have experienced teams completely switching to english because of one foreign player).

Cheers
Thomas

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Could of easily been me!

I treat Union as a European Server. In RL I don't particularly care what language speak around me and servers unlike the forums can't really be moderated anyway. You can't sell the product in Denmark on the proviso that they must speak English.

When it comes to racism it is all [censored] for tat. For every one person that thinks a certain way from any country there is probably population proportionate the same in any country.

It is therefore not my business to judge or expect English.

It's those asking people to speak English I would rather hear less of.

As for the protesting and spamming I fully support it as it was fun.

Oh due to censorships I can see why [censored] was not used but still Tard should be censored.

Please refrain from using the word Tard. [censored] is not ok but Tard is seriously not okay.

And I say that despite it not being me. Honest.

Not taking resistance to resistance debuffs into account that chance for res debuff is roughly worth a 15-20% chance for, but not in all cases, in some cases its possibly worth firing off an alternative damage type. Chance for's are in terms of DPE/S are probably often greater than recharge from requiring less end over time. Achilles are easily had though but I'd probably love them more if more attacks that also accepted them ie in Broadsword but would have to say chance for neg energy at 15% would suffice me in its place on anything, lethal would have to be higher in chance, which it is.

I'd probably rely on the sweep combo nearer the lower end of the bar versus numbers due to its lengthier cast times and kd. The lengthier cast time of the attacks allow for more end rec. You remain busy, you damage mitigate and the end bar holds out for longer before any chance of detoggling. In doing a db/wp build with a law breaking full leaderships I think of stuff like that XD