Nine_Claws

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I can't see that the claws element could be changed for stalkers alone, without effecting the scrapper version, without totally destroying the set in itself.

Claws/Regen Scrapper - don't want it changed, mine works particularly well

Claws/SR Stalker - Don't take too much damage solo on my lvl 32 (even on mobs of 4+ on 2nd hardest setting). You just need to plan your assault carefully, making sure you use buildup, AS, placate, focus and shockwave. I do agree that the stalker set misses Spin, but then you have AS which more than compensates. Used well, eviserate can be very effective with multiple targets.

What's your secondary though TheMess? as this may put a different spin (bad pun I know) on it.

One small nitpicking point on your previous posts... I think you mean "does" rather than "dose", unless you're trying to send us all to sleep..

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I really can't see the benefit from buying a single slot at that price. Much better to buy 5 IMO.

[/ QUOTE ]Likewise Miss_C, I always purchase 2 or 5 slots at once, but £2.99 would be brilliant for GG (in particular), if she ever decided to roll a 2nd alt....

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If so . . . . . how you get out of it? Really really really want a brand new "hehe its damz!" character but not sure which!

[/ QUOTE ]DM/Shield Tank/Scrapper/Brute would be fun to play. Having tons of fun with my scrapper. Fastest toon I've levelled by a mile.

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I challenge you!
A live of the land toon that would only do ma missions 1-50
1-10 heroic and scaling upwards every 10 levels.
No outside transfers or gifts, the toon must finance itself entirely from ma rewards and the market.

[/ QUOTE ]Been there, doing that, except it's non-MA missions (obviously). My lvl 41 DB/SR scrapper is completely self sufficient, without any kind of purchasing at all or gift receiving ... my vault reserve and WW slots are always filled. Probably lost loads of inf from deleting things.... but it's certainly a challenge. You wouldn't want to see my build (as it is riddled with all types of SOs and IOs).

Thanks for the interest Uther_D, but going to pull the plug on this for the time being, due to MA going live on Wednesday. May just do some random taskforces over the weekend instead. Will reschedule for another time... if you want to still do this though, someone else has advertised ingame on the defiant events channel... same days, but 6pm start.

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Scrappers

Scrappers were designed to solo the best out of any AT, so stick to what you are good at. Speed things up by splitting off from the main group or running in first to a new group. If things get to heavy, run back to the main group. The healer may not be paying attention, so run up to him shouting "Heal" to get his attention especially if the fender's a /dark, /sonic or /rad. Its very helpful to try and drag the enemies you engaged with you, so the team can deal with them. Best if you drag them to a blaster so he can blast them. Try and target minions as they are most easily defeated.

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Positioning pets can be cunning - for instance, placing them all at a doorway to stop the enemy reaching the brute and overwhelming him.

[/ QUOTE ]The devs ruined all our fun by nerfing the MM. Mind you that said, my pets still take damage, even though they are now translucent to other team members... if we can run through them, surely enemies shouldn't be able to hit them

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Pity there are still 362 days to wait before we can do it again

[/ QUOTE ]Hope that was deliberate Capt_Starblayde... otherwise you're out of kilter with the rest of us. So If I asked you to join a sunday tf, you'd turn up on the monday, hehe...

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3 to moan that the illusion troller is confusing the lightbulb, thus "robbing" the team of XP

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- yer we all hate it when a light bulb thinks its a door handle

[/ QUOTE ]Nice comment Dr.

If the lightbulb was a GM then it would be amazing to get 2 reward merits for.... smashing a lightbulb.

the correct answer is... 1 person, so long as their hand can be surgically removed from the mouse (that has become perma connected) and prised out of their chair.

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thats lovely thanks GR. Means i don't have to delete another 50

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You know you can buy additional slots to,this will save you deleting a 50 or have you filled them all full of 50s as well !!!

[/ QUOTE ]And one extra slot only costs £2.99. which can be placed on whatever server you want,

However be warned, once you select a specific server (eg. defiant), you can't then change it in the future (eg. to union). Once you lock it onto a server it stays locked...!!

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Especially when I've been ignoring the bank, and concentrating on defeating the spawned mobs and vandals instead

[/ QUOTE ]I've been looking in alot of places for info on this and found none... but I'm pretty sure I've never seen any vandals before the bank robber has been arrested. (not even the original I8 release notes could help me)

[/ QUOTE ]Posted that last bit without checking, but in my own mind I'm positive that you can attack vandals prior to saving the bank. Must check this out.

Definitely can attack standard enemies and get the exploration badge, before doing the bank though, 150% certain of that

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While this is all well and jolly, I don't see how you're gonna explain it in a story aspect. Why would they sell it off to WW/BM?

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why would you be limited to a cape and aura in a story aspect...?
it's the same, something not fitted for the story aspect, but it's making things more flexible.

[/ QUOTE ]The cape and aura things actually do have a meaning behind them...to get them, you need to do a story arc.

[/ QUOTE ]Never ever done a story arc to get the VIP cape or powerslide, yet I have them... so not everything has a meaning.

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Maybe if the bank robbery first started when a safeguard mission was out of time?

[/ QUOTE ]I might be missing your point here.... but.... The timer only starts when the bank robbers have been caught.

I personally hate the unseen timer that starts upon entry in the safeguard mission and then goes off, when you have been in the mission for an "x" amount of time, especially when I've been ignoring the bank, and concentrating on defeating the spawned mobs and vandals instead, but then have to leg it to the bank to stop the robbers from escaping.

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one of per toon

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AFAIK Uniques can only appear once per build (the two builds can, IIRC, have their own copies of a unique enhancement)

[/ QUOTE ]My bad, said one of per toon... as I personally haven't used the second build yet on any of my toons.

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BTW - the stealth IOs are unique and mutually exclusive - e.g. having a stealth IO from the flight set not only stops you slotting a second flight stealth IO but it also stops you slotting a jump/run/teleport stealth IO (in that build).

[/ QUOTE ]That's what I was getting at, but you said it more succinctly than I.

I know this TF can be a bit of a drag ranging from 4-7 hours for completion, depending on ghosting and team makeup. What I'm proposing is to do this over 2 days, to brake it up. We can attempt it in 1 day if people prefer, but 2 is easier.

So thinking of starting at 14:30 BST (British summertime) on each day, doing 3-4 hours first day, then remainder on second. Day 1 - Friday 10th, Day 2 - Sat 11th April If you're interested, you can earn 111 reward merits!

Contact: Dr Quaterfield
Zone: Firebase Zulu
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Foes: Soldiers of Rularuu, Crey, Nemesis, Circle of Thorns
Level Range: 40-44 for xp, 45+ for inf/badge etc..

A lot of missions in Paragon, so not too much hassle moving around the shards.

Sign up below :-

1. @Nine Claws.
2. SG Friend - TBC
3. SG Friend - TBC

Most likely to use my Kat/DA Scrapper, or Emp/NRG Fender
but can also supply a Tank or Blaster depending on what's needed.

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There are also some IO's that you can only have one of per toon, watch out for those, they have that info in the description. They're usually very expensive and buying two can seriously deplete your resources until you can find someone else to take one of them off your hands...

[/ QUOTE ]To enlarge upon this... there are also different sets that allow you the same benefit, which you can only slot one of.

EG. you can only have 1 stealth IO per toon, so if you craft a running IO set with stealth, and a flying IO set with stealth too... one of them cannot be slotted.

Hope that made sense

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3) if the respec trials were repeatable for respecs there would be nothing stopping you amassing a unlimited number of respecs as standard respecs stack (only freespecs don't stack)

[/ QUOTE ]Yes but my idea to get round that was to only ever allow 1 respec from the same contact, however once that respec that was earned has been used up, then you'd have to repeat the taskforce to get another one. So in the same way, you'll never have anymore than 3 earned respecs at any one time available.

[/ QUOTE ]A solid suggestion, one that I would agree too... but then you would need to know what respec you were using, so that you don't attempt the wrong respec trial (wasting time for the wrong result), which would mean more work for the devs... so on that basis it wouldn't get recoded, even though this sounds like the best option all round IMO.

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you dont know what the build is like until you play it.(which you cannot do one the test server)

[/ QUOTE ]Uh....yes you can. You really haven't thought this through, have you?

[/ QUOTE ]Damn you Techbot Alpha, you beat me too it. Have you ever used the test server Super B? because if you have then that was a strange statement to make.

I've also noticed recently that some enemies have improved their AI. My Thug MM hardly draws any ayyention, but the other day Longbow mobs were deliberately attacking me, rather than my henchmen. Either I got too close or they are starting to use their spidey powers....

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Chimera, Requiem, Manticore, BobCat, Positron and Captain Mako

[/ QUOTE ]Has your scrapper gone rogue Jeff, as taking out Freedom Phalanx Members ain't very heoric... even defeating their evil counterparts (Praetorians) makes me feel quilty.

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Try using Soul Drain then Shield Charge in the middle of a large spawn. Almost as good as a Blaster nuke (It'l take out all the minions anyway), and without the risk.

[/ QUOTE ]Got to admit that's how I tend to use it too with DM, unless I want to destroy a particluar mob's alpha strike.

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it has virtually no range, a long recharge and hardly any damage in spite of being labelled as 'superior'

[/ QUOTE ]Give it time Calamity, Don't worry about range (wasted slot if you use range IOs), recharge can be improved with LoTG's global increase IO in your build (if you have the inf), and Damage can be intensified, see S_Neko's post

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We ghosted a bit and it took us five hours in the end.

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Was 3, the flier ate one

[/ QUOTE ]Like that idea, destroy the flier from inside.

Flier eats Shivan, shivan goes boom, flier goes down.... IF only!!

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Why isn't there a SG recruitment hub for villians here, there's one for heroes on defiant boards?

[/ QUOTE ]That's because villains aren't super... However, you do have a valid point though.

Best advice I can offer you is to broadcast ingame that you need a VG, best place would seem to be in Cap-au-Diable, as most villains hang out there, what with the BM and Uni being close together.

Just for interest, how long did it take for your team to complete this Kendai, as I'll be running 1 soon, and not sure if I should do it on split days or in 1 go.

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Darn you 26 minutes! well get you! 27:09

[/ QUOTE ]Looking at the screenshot.. I didn't realise you could have more than 1 Shivan out (per toon) at anyone time. How long's that been available?

For Standard missions and TF's (not inclusing STF) I would say that the most important powers to have IMO are :-

Recall Friend
Hasten + SS
Vengeance (Took Defence and Accuracy to get that)
Fortitude
Clear Mind (Mainly used on other Defs and Trolls on team)
AB (Blasters quick end fix)

I might even respec in Absorb Pain. never needed it b4, but it's a get outta jail free heal power.

A good defender attack chain is :-
Recall friend->Vengeance->Rez

But seriously if you want to be a pure empath then fine, but for me, as soon as team is buffed then I become a crazed attacking Fender. When RA's are dropped don't be surprised to see me in the middle of the mob letting go of NRG Nova. However, don't do this unless you have 2 small blues as a minimum and a tank/scranker to retake the aggro.