Ogi

Being able to gank one member of a group without the others even noticing you is very stalker-ish.

NPC Bill: And that's all I have to say about that.
Stalker: Lining up, 1 anda 2 anda
NPC Bob: *SPLORTCH*
NPC Bill: What, no cutting rejoinder?
Stalker: Wait for it, wait for it...
NPC Bill: *SPLORTCH*

Only if ulta optimization is a requirement for ultra mode. Neo Atlas Park takes about 3 times as long to load as a normal mode zone does.

Though if they're fine with shelves setting older video cards on fire I'm probably out of luck (and have gotten really good at playing zoomed in and looking straight down while navigating with just the map and tab targeting).

With a massive total of 2-3 slots per power and filled with mighty TOs I suppose I must have really screwed up my slotting.

Do one DFB while doing the story arcs and 8 is easy to do in AP. A hydra boost can help cover problems TOs can't handle.

I think the main story progression (non-Twinshot) in AP is targeted to get you to 6 alone so with even a bit of street sweeping outleveling Aaron is an easy thing to do.

A lot of it was carrying a boatload of medium+ inspirations and taking a large chunk of time off my stalker's (claws/WP) Wedding Band which was enough +res to cap its resistance.

I did have some non-common IOs namely stalker ATO, shifter procs and mods, steadfast +def, otherwise all commons on all willpower powers except resurgence, the fighting pool, all toggles 3 slotted with appropriate def/res and one slot of end red, combat jumping and the health/res WP power with 2 heals and 2 res and the heal with 2 heal 2 recharge 1 end red with the acc/end/heal T3 Vigor. I'm still using my works-on-all-levels build so while I don't have an optimal attack chain I do have enough attacks that skimping on recharge doesn't hurt, so attacks are slotted 1-2 acc, 3 dam, 1 end, I also have focused accuracy to make the 1 acc powers hit consistently.

Burned down the minos first to drop the incoming damage since the cycs are going to be wailing on me for awhile no matter what.

That mission is making Gabe's emps look like more trouble than they are worth unless I save my autocomplete for it.

On a flashback with a T3 Alpha stalker (+0/x1 no AV) I took the npcs with to speed things up. They did fine until the first pack of minotaurs and cyclopses, which wiped out the whole squad and my stalker didn't have any tools to save them. Might as well just go for the knows no fear badge unless you're a tanking or support type.

And to whoever thought putting gobs of mobs with god modes as required kills was a good idea, you have officially earned one ire.

The PvE loot system, or really lack thereof, reinforces that. No ninjas. No master looter drama. No DKP. The game doles out the loot and it's your loot, no squabbling over who can loot the corpse or kicking the one non-guildy before looting the boss.

When I want to get curbstomped by no-lifers and griefers, I've got plenty of other choices before needing to get it from CoH. At least in that other game it doesn't take whole number multiples of the influence cap to get a level of gear to not get instagibbed and with only a few exceptions powers work the same in PvP as they do in PvE so for just casual play I can hop into a BG without too much fuss.

People just liked it better that way.

A quip about pigs and singing would be appropriate advice here. Philosophically I support your cause but practically it is futile, you are fighting not only the smiley one but the devs themselves.

A villain brute can have frenzy but that's all I've got for reasons to be red that blue doesn't also have.

It's probably better that way so that when you do hit 50 and unlock your Alpha slot to gain access to the arcs you can still get your "free" reward table each arc. Having to burn a table on a sub-50 because you forgot to drop team in time would suck.

Absolutely petty, but I hope the Redside important NPC body count at least matches Bluesides in SSA#1. Recluse and Ghost Widow (States and Psyche), Jenkins (Miss Liberty), Scirocco (villain turning hero for Malaise's hero turned villain). I wouldn't like three of those deaths but fair's fair and it would show that Redside does actually have some skin in the SSA game.