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Quote:Thanks for these! (It's a little surreal to keep spotting myself - those wings stand out more than I realised)Originally Posted by _Arda_
While Dark Respite puts together a real video, have fun with these bits from yesterday's event (use HD!!!):
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Everybody is here
...even Black Pebble as Waffles!!!
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - RulaCole!!!
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - First Wave: Shivans
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Second Wave: Kheldians
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Third Wave: Battalion
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - An unexpected guest comes to help
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - After battle group pic
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Another unexpected (clipping) guest
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Giant Robot Battle Royale
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Mixed GMs (AKA "How many Statesmen!!!)
CoH "Inmortal Game" Event - Diferent aspects of Rularuu and a surprising powerset for RulaCole
Arcana, thanks again to you and the ppl who helped you to set up this, it was fantastic and I won't forget it.
Fare well, my beloved Heroic companions!!!
@Arda
Thanks and much kudos to all involved. I wish I could have stayed for longer but 3:00am on a work night is my limit these days. Today was kind of blurry but totally worth it!
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Quote:In memory of BAB's hubcap I suggest a Pimp My Ride for a randomly selected Dev.Originally Posted by Atomic_Saint
Tony,
Is there another cause or concern coming up that we will be able to donate to?
I missed this one, and I'm one of those silver aged gamers with some disposable income and would be more than wiling to throw some money at you for whatever.
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Well, my first character is long gone but from memory looked rather like this:
(Ms Liberty include for scale)
An elec/elec blaster created when I had no idea what I was doing I'm afraid she didn't last long.
The earliest character concept I kept (although the character herself was remade a couple of times) was Chiaros:
Sadly the original costume is lost to time now but the black and white patchwork idea lasted thoughout (what I really wanted was an asymetrical 'quartered' pattern - I kept hoping
) An MA/SR scrapper (eventually) Chiaros made 50 earlier this year, after nearly seven years.
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Quote:Ha! I remember I had Kelly Uqua as a contact when that was going on. Reporting to her left ear was at once horribly appropriate and kind of spoilerific.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
That's the face-turned-90 bug I mentioned above, but I couldn't find a cap of it. It was really bizarre.
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I guess I'm finally reconciled, so here goes:
Thank you.
Thank you War Witch
Thank you Positron
Thank you Zwillinger
Thank you Synapse
Thank you Arbiter Hawk
Thank you Black Scorpion
Thank you Black Pebble
Thank you Second Measure
Thank you Tunnel Rat
Thank you Honey Badger
Thank you Dink
Thank you Freitag
Thank you Hit Streak
Thank you Protean
Thank you Dr Aeon
Thank you Bridger
Thank you Avatea
Thank you Castle
Thank you Back Alley Brawler
Thank you Jay Love
Thank you Arcanaville
Thank you Dark Respite
Thank you Steelclaw
Thank you Samuel Tow
Thank you Obitus
Thank you Golden Girl
Thank you Snow Globe
Thank you Zombie Man
Thank you Werner
Thank you Equation (Arbiter Fabulous!)
Thank you Jack
From the bottom of my heart, thank you to everybody and apologies to anybody not named. I couldn't know you all.
This has been my first (and possibly only) MMO. I really can't imagine finding a better game or community.
Goodbye and God Speed.
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If I open a Super Pack and get a card for 100 Reward Merits, how will that show up in the list of items to be claimed? Does it come through as 4 lots of 25 merits?
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I have run out of inspiration for my latest baby at level 40. It's been running pretty well just on SOs and with just some obvious IO choices I can see greatness beckon but how should I finish the build? (Or rip it up and start again, I'm not proud )
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.96
http://www.cohplanner.com/
K'rn: Level 41 Magic Brute
Primary Power Set: Dark Melee
Secondary Power Set: Energy Aura
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fighting
Villain Profile:
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Level 1: Shadow Punch KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(25), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:41(39)
Level 1: Kinetic Shield LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:41(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:41(7), LkGmblr-Def:41(7), LkGmblr-Rchg+:41(11)
Level 2: Smite KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(3), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(5), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(27), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:41(39)
Level 4: Power Shield LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:41(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:41(11), LkGmblr-Def:41(13), LkGmblr-Rchg+:41(15)
Level 6: Touch of Fear Acc(A), EndRdx(13)
Level 8: Siphon Life KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(9), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(15), Nictus-Acc/EndRdx/Heal/HP/Regen:41(37)
Level 10: Entropic Aura EndRdx(A)
Level 12: Fly Flight(A)
Level 14: Dampening Field S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(A), ResDam(19)
Level 16: Shadow Maul Erad-Dmg:30(A), Erad-Dmg/Rchg:30(17), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:30(17), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:30(19), M'Strk-Acc/EndRdx:41(39)
Level 18: Boxing Acc(A)
Level 20: Energy Cloak EndRdx(A), EndRdx(21)
Level 22: Tough Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx:41(A), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg:41(23), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg:41(25), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg:41(31), Aegis-ResDam:41(34)
Level 24: Taunt Taunt(A)
Level 26: Soul Drain Acc(A), RechRdx(27), RechRdx(29), EndRdx(36)
Level 28: Energy Drain RechRdx(A), RechRdx(29), EndMod(31), EndMod(34)
Level 30: Weave LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:41(A), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg:41(31), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:41(34), LkGmblr-Def:41(36), LkGmblr-Rchg+:41(37)
Level 32: Midnight Grasp KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg:35(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx:35(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg:35(33), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:35(33), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:41(40)
Level 35: Energize RechRdx(A), RechRdx(36), Heal(37), Heal(40)
Level 38: Overload RechRdx(A), RechRdx(40)
Level 41: [Empty]
Level 44: [Empty]
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
Level 1: Brawl Acc(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Dash Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Slide Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Quick Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Rush Empty(A)
Level 1: Prestige Power Surge Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Swift Flight(A)
Level 2: Health Heal(A)
Level 2: Hurdle Jump(A)
Level 2: Stamina EndMod(A), EndMod(21), EndMod(23)
Level 2: Rest RechRdx(A)
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Quote:I ... you ... NOW I WANT THIS MORE THAN ANYTHING!!!Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Weird is relative in this game. Guys wearing princess hats wouldn't even reach a 4 on my weird costume-o-meter. I'm not sure it would make it to the top ten weird things I've seen in the past month.
Now, if someone was asking for the princess hat to be usable with the think tank, that might reach a 9.2.
GAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh.....
<Runs screaming into the distance>
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.....aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!
AND NOW THIS TOO!!!!Quote:Hairstyles, too. Think Tank + pompadour = awesome.
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Eh, it won't last.
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What side do you pick more than others?
I've got slightly more heroes than villains, but I really don't think I have a genuine preference.
What play style do you prefer?
Mostly solo, and Melee - but I also enjoy controllers and I'm just starting to get the hang of dominators (I think).
What power set(s) do you favor?
I try not to repeat powersets but I have particularly enjoyed Super Strength, Dark Melee, Willpower, Fire Control and Radiation Emission. I recently realised that what really sells a power set for me (at least attack sets) is the sound effects - I like good solid crunching impacts that convey the power of a set. Street Justice and Titan Weapons sound good so far and I have high hopes for Staff Fighting.
What zones do you like the most?
I have a soft spot for Talos from having spent so much time there, and I think it and St Martial do the best job of conveying the feeling of a place you could actually live. Visually I like the looks of Eden and the current Dark Astoria - the fog makes it one of the most atmospheric areas in the game even if there isn't much to do there in its current incarnation.
Do you usually play as a male or female (word of hatred) ''toon''?
I have precisely one male character out of (off the top of my head) about 30. I find it difficult to connect to the gruff, macho vocal effects the games uses, and dammit there's just something weird about the male run cycle when viewed from behind.
Views on Role Playing?
Most of my characters have a back story and at least a rough personality (usually both developed over time) but I don't roleplay in game. I have no particular opinions about it - I very rarely see it outside Pocket D, less so now that a few years ago.
Servers?
Heroes on Union, Villains on Defiant. I may try Exalted or Freedom one of these days to see what the difference is. -
Quote:I remember it being suggested that there are only two Sith because if there are ever three, two of them will inevitably ally to backstab the third. No idea now if that's remotely canon.Originally Posted by Schismatrix
Okay, i'm lying. i always thought that was the dumbest thing the post-Sith species wannabe Sith like the Emperor and his predecessors could have decided to do. Or has that been changed? i don't pay that much attention to the ever shifting details of Star Wars canon.
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Absolute Power
Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn and a script that lies there coughing up blood for 2 hours. -
OK I'm confused. Last time I looked people were complaining that free players weren't allowed to start teams. Now we're complaining they'll be spamming blind invites. When did this change?
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Quote:Fix'dOriginally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
Steelclaw is differently sanity'd.
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If you're looking for reasons, how about this:
Quote:Emphasis mine. If they can make the the current hardware do more, and aren't expecting a sudden influx of new players, they can reduce the size of the server farms without impacting performance. Thus reducing their overheads.Originally Posted by Second Measure
Second, before the rumor mill starts churning, this isn't about a server merge or going server-less, either -- the server communities are genuinely important to you and to us. We have good, old-fashioned business reasons to be more efficient with the servers. If you could make your car get a couple miles more to the gallon every day, you'd probably do it, too. Now imagine you can make your car *twice* as efficient. This is kinda like that.
Boring I know. Just putting it out there. -
Quote:One of the first things you notice about a war is that they're no fun to be part of. We are supposed to be having fun.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
It's almost like you're caught up in a war or something.
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Proton Scatter
Luminous Detonation
Pulsar
If you're only taking one, which one? -
The Relic
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Quote:From the Freaklympics arc (lvl 25-29 hero-side), this is the end mission text for mission 5
* Upstart is arrested and sent to the Zig.
This has got me thinking - when is the 'present' in an MMO? References like this (and most of the in-game time references are similar as far as I can see) don't seem to be compatable with an objective time-line. Upstart's arrest is always going to be 'a few months ago' whenever the arc is played. Are there enough of these references to justify an alternative 'relative' timeline giving dates as '6 weeks ago' or 'last year'?Quote:It sounds like all of the Freaks at that lab were members of the Upstart Faction, a group of Freakshow dedicated to total anarchy and the end of all government. their leader, a young Freak named Upstart, was a like a living messiah to them. But he was captured several months ago. If they are planning on breaking him out of the Brick House, that could take these Freaklympics from bad to madness. I'll see if I can turn anything up. -
Quote:This is from the background text for Angelo Vendetti, a contact in Port Oakes.Originally Posted by SpaceNut
1940s - The Council splits off from Arachnos.
Quote:The vendetti Family came to ruin nearly 60 years ago, when the charismatic mutant known as 'The Center' plundered thir criminal empire for money to split from the old Arachnos and found the criminal organization called the Council and it's leader for nearly 60 years. -
Well this isn't the build I leveled with but I constructed it broadly as if I was levelling, so the slot levels shown are more or less as I'd do it. Basically if you want to level as a tri-form you just have to accept you don't have enough slots to do everything at once. That will start to ease from 30 onwards as the game gives you more slots, and inventions mean you can do more with less slots but it's one of the challenges of the HEATs.
Take a look at the other builds around the forum for inspiration but I'd basically recommend slotting the powers you use and not worrying too much about most of the Human form powers at this stage - Nova and Dwarf are the point of running tri-form after all and will reward investment. Get hold of Mids if you haven't already and try some things out to see the numbers, or transfer to the test server and run through a respec and see how you like it in play.
*Edit*
And I should add, plan on respecing the build at least a couple of times as you level, so you can move slots around as new tactical opportunities open up. Getting Light Form for example will mean you can get greater use out of the human powers so you may want to move some slots over at the same time. -
Quote:This one (and events leading up to it) is related in issue 7 of the Top Cow comic. Dating is given as "close to twenty years ago" (and Justin Sinclair is depicted as being around six years old). The comic is available for download here.Originally Posted by SpaceNut
* Protean attacks Manticore's house and kills both of his parents.
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Quote:What about the current Insperation 'system' of a 3-1 conversion. Actually, not literally the same but take any three (or any two + threads) uncommons say to create the uncommon you actually want. That's still quite a hefty loss to the player but better than converting to threads and building back up.Originally Posted by Arcanaville
Perhaps one way to partially remedy this is to offer "transmutation" recipes. Keep the breakdown values the same: if you really want to break a component down into the lowest form of incarnate currency, you're not going to get much. But suppose you could turn any uncommon into any other uncommon at the cost of that uncommon and, say, 6 threads. Suppose you could turn any rare into any other rare for the cost of that rare and maybe 30 threads. Something like around ten percent of the cost of construction. That's not bad, and it means if you want to think ahead and figure it all out ahead of time, you'll do a little better than someone that just picks randomly. But even if you pick randomly, you'll still get about 90% of the value out of those components even if you later have to transmute them into other flavors. The flavor then becomes just that: mostly flavor.
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Quote:Pretty consistent advice from everyone but pretty much every alternative to the Energy Mastery powers needs to steal slots from somewhere. I could take the sets out of Brawl and Taunt - sacrifice a bit of defence/HP/End... Do you think that's the way to go?Originally Posted by Sideline
I don't have access to Mids at the moment, but I can tell you, my SS/WP brute runs with sprint, combat jumping, all four WP toggles, Tough and Weave. I have an active attack chain that includes Kick and Air Supperiority, and the only time I have end issues if when fighting rooms full of Mu, or a Malta Sapper that I didn't see in time, or very rarely against Carnies. Will power's Quick Recovery three slotted and Stamina three slotted as well as SO's and common IO's for end redux in all attacks and my blue bar only barely moves when I activate Soul Mastery's Darkest Night (come on, an ability that reduces the chance you get hit and debuffs the damage the hits that get through do, it's a WP dream come true).
If I can make a suggestion though, leave out Hand Clap. It does no damage and knocks the enemies out of Rise to the Challenge's healing range. It doesn't help a WP brute at all.
Hurl I will say, personally I don't like it. It's faster for me to jump after a running enemy and hit him with a knock down attack then it is for the Hurl activation time. At least that one won't hamper WP'rs regen though, so keep it if you like it.
Hand Clap - looks like it might be useful in a tight spot but I'm not wedded to it. As above it's mainly there because it doesn't really need slots. I'd probably forget it was there if it came down to it anyway.
Hurl - I'm with TheBruteSquad on this one - sometimes a ranged attack is the way to go. The Devs insisted on giving AE custom mobs ranged attacks and there is wisdom in this. I'll be d*mned if I'll be Hover-Kited by some smug NPC
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I am torn between Illusion of Choice (Ill/Kin controller) and VenoMiss (Thugs/Poison MM).
