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It really is as simple as nobody is forcing you to do anything. I've had fun running non farm AE missions since it released. I can see both sides of the fence here but in the end this issue has its intended effects. What is that you ask? That question is probably best answered in renewal and new subscriptions. Meh, to each his own..

I was stunned the first time I entered a quick leveling AE mission. In my travels since I have seen many people on both sides of the fence regarding AE leveling vs standard content leveling and it is as simple as to each his own. Some people like badges and the like and others like instant love. Nothing wrong with either at $15 a month.

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Patrick Henry, William Wallace, Gandhi, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus. These guys all had problems with authority. The guys at the Nuremburg trials? Just following orders.

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By comparing yourself to them, and the moderation staff (and Lighthouse) to the guys at the Nuremburg trials, you are really inflating the importance of both yourself (hell, any poster on these boards) and the moderation team.

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Oh I missed that part of pt's post. You're totally corect though. Using extreme examples is a really poor method of communication. Comparing your paper cut to a sucking chest wound isn't doing anyone any favours.

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We are talking about a computer game on the internet. There is no way this will EVER come anywhere close to the importance of the people or event that he infers they are similar to.

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Also, breaking Godwin's Law=Critical Failure.

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For those unfamiliar with the term:

Godwin's Law
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As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one.

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There is also this generally accepted tradition as well:
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There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's Law.

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Troll

lighthouse didn't you break the forum rules here?

Name: Portal Defense Force

Motto: For the Portals?

Leaders: Paramedius, B R I M S T O N E

Player Type: All

Roleplay: Nope

Membership Levels: All

Supergroup Colors: Dark blue & black

Normal Gameplay Hours: Evenings, Weekends, Holidays, Whenever you want

Other Information: We are a tri-server SG (Guardian, Pinnacle, Champion). We closed shop for a couple months but brought it back online on all three servers and are activley pursuing the SG's again. We have active members that have been playing for 2+ years with toons ranging from 50-1.

Recruiting: Yes

Website: PDF

Name: Portal Defense Force

Motto: For the Portals?

Leaders: Dark Merridian, Multipathe, Northern Fury

Player Type: All

Roleplay: Nope

Membership Levels: All

Supergroup Colors: Dark blue & black

Normal Gameplay Hours: Evenings, Weekends, Holidays, Whenever you want

Other Information: We are a tri-server SG (Guardian, Pinnacle, Champion). We closed shop for a couple months but brought it back online on all three servers and are activley pursuing the SG's again. We have active members that have been playing for 2+ years with toons ranging from 50-1.

Recruiting: Yes

Website: PDF

Name: Portal Defense Force

Motto: For the Portals?

Leaders: Agent Grey, Zigguard, Oskuro

Player Type: All

Roleplay: Nope

Membership Levels: All

Supergroup Colors: Dark blue & black

Normal Gameplay Hours: Evenings, Weekends, Holidays, Whenever you want

Other Information: We are a tri-server SG (Guardian, Pinnacle, Champion). We closed shop for a couple months but brought it back online on all three servers and are activley pursuing the SG's again. We have active members that have been playing for 2+ years with toons ranging from 50-1.

Recruiting: Yes

Website: PDF

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* Veteran Respecs for Kheldians will fail if the Veteran Sprints Reward has been collected beforehand. All Enhancements in your tray (NOT the ones slotted in your powers) before you begin the respec will be lost. The only known workaround is for Kheldian characters to [u]NOT[u] claim the Sprint Powers prior to using a respec.

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In my experience, it is the claiming of the perma-temp powers (Ghost Slaying Axe, Sands of Mu, etc.) that cause the RespecFailed error, and not the Prestige Sprints. I have tested this several times in various manners on the Test server. I can respec fine if I claim just the Prestige Sprints. But if I claim the Axe or the Sands, I fail miserably.

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Must second that. I claimed just the sprints on one kheld and not the 12 month power and respec fine, but on my second kheld with both sprints and the 12 month power respec failed. I'm not slotting the sprints either.

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* Debt in PvP Zones. Currently we "Pro-Rate" debt depending on how much damage you took from NPCs vs. PCs. When this is fixed we will zero out any debt if the killing blow comes from PCs, and Pro-Rate debt if the killing blow comes from NPCs.

* Salvage disappearing from storage objects. If you click too fast, some salvage may get lost in the transaction when pulling from a Storage Object. This is a high priority bug to fix.

* Back Alley Brawler gives debt in Recluse's Victory. Yeah, he was not set up as "debt free". Sorry.

* Ability to drop missions. Coming soon!(TM) I know this will make a lot of players happy that they don't need to contact Customer Service just to continue thier story arcs.

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Those are pretty weak man. Do you guys listen to the player base?

That would actually be a great veteran reward to create a charachter or make one huge. Just like those freakos in Robotech you know?

Did you know that GM's randomly appear in obscure locations throughtout the CoX world as drones, npc, level 1 toons as they try to fix our problems.

As the guide says it is a respec up to level 39. It needs to be tweeked I agree. Thats cool if you don't dig it. I posted this in the scrapper section when issue 6 hit and the devs decided for it to be here after that so I think they have a little more insight that you do. As for me not understanding what the powers are because of when they were slotted or how is ignorant. That is why it says respec build thru 39. If you don't like it move on. Nobody is holding your hand to make you sit down and read it are they? Have a nice day!

What do you consider a guide? If listing powers, what they do, and how to slot them is not a guide then I guess I don't know what is. That's usually what people ask for kinda like you did in the dark/dark guide section

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are there any real life pictures of people like Cuppa Jo and Positron out there?

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Well there is the confirmation for y'all from Cuppa. It does seem odd to happen the weekend of the comic con though.

10). Six slot brawl, sprint, and rest

Post issue 6 with enhancement diversification, 13% reduction in endurance for all powers, and increase in scrapper damage I played with various different katana/regen builds until I found one to go live with and have not turned back since.


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01) --> Sting of the Wasp==> Acc(1)EndRdx(3)Rechg(7)Dmg(21)Dmg(34)Dmg(36)
01) --> Fast Healing==> Heal(1)Heal(3)Heal(7)
02) --> Reconstruction==> Rechg(2)Rechg(23)Rechg(25)Heal(37)Heal(39)
04) --> Quick Recovery==> EndMod(4)EndMod(5)EndMod(5)
06) --> Build Up==> Rechg(6)Rechg(9)Rechg(15)
08) --> Divine Avalanche==> Acc(8)EndRdx(9)Rechg(11)DefBuf(21)DefBuf(37)DefBuf(39)
10) --> Hasten==> Rechg(10)Rechg(11)Rechg(15)
12) --> Dull Pain==> Rechg(12)Rechg(13)Rechg(13)Heal(37)Heal(39)
14) --> Super Speed==> Run(14)
16) --> Integration==> Heal(16)Heal(17)Heal(17)
18) --> The Lotus Drops==> Acc(18)EndRdx(19)Rechg(19)Dmg(23)Dmg(31)Dmg(36)
20) --> Resilience==> DmgRes(20)
22) --> Boxing==> Acc(22)
24) --> Tough==> DmgRes(24)DmgRes(25)DmgRes(29)EndRdx(29)
26) --> Soaring Dragon==> Acc(26)EndRdx(27)Rechg(27)Dmg(31)Dmg(31)Dmg(36)
28) --> Instant Healing==> Rechg(28)
30) --> Weave==> EndRdx(30)
32) --> Golden Dragonfly==> Acc(32)EndRdx(33)Rechg(33)Dmg(33)Dmg(34)Dmg(34)
35) --> Revive==> Rechg(35)
38) --> Moment Of Glory==> Rechg(38)
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(Current thru 39)

KATANA
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STING OF THE WASP
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BRAWL = 3.2222 Lethal Damage
An effective single foe attack that can reduce a target's defense, making them easier to hit

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 ACC
1 END REDUC
1 RECHARGE REDUC
3 DAMGE

BUILD UP
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ACCURACY +50%
DAMAGE +80%
Greatly increases the amount of damage you deal for a few seconds, as well as slightly increasing your accuracy

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 RECHARGE REDUC

DIVINE AVALANCHE
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BRAWL - 2.3333 Lethal Damage
DEFENSE - Melee 15%
Pary incoming melee attacks. Minor Damage

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 ACC
1 END REDUC
1 RECHARGE REDUC
1-3 DEFENSE BUFF

LOTUS DROPS
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BRAWL 1 - 2.7778 Lethal Damage
BRAWL 2 - 3x's .2778 Lethal Damage
TOTAL - 3.6112
Attacks all foes in melee range, wounding opponents causing them to take moderate damage over time and reducing their defense

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 ACC
1 END REDUC
1 RECHARGE REDUC
3 DAMAGE

SOARING DRAGON
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BRAWL - 5.0000 Lethal Damage
Deals a great amount of damage and can knock opponent in the air while reducing their defense

RECOMMENED SLOTTING

1 ACC
1 END REDUC
1 RECHARGE REDUC
3 DAMAGE

GOLDEN DRAGONFLY
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BRAWL - 6.3333 Lethal Damage
Massive amount of damage that can knock a foe down. Critical hit capability exceeds all other katana attacks and can sometimes deal double damage and can even extend through multiple foes.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 ACC
1 END REDUC
1 RECHARGE REDUC
3 DAMAGE

REGENERATION
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FAST HEALING
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Heals hit points at a fast rate. Power is always on cost no endurance.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 HEALING - 60 seconds from 1 HP to FULL

RECONSTRUCTION
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Self heal toggle that provides some resitance to toxic damage

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 RECHARGE REDUC
3 HEALING

QUICK RECOVERY
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Recover endurance at a fast rate. Always on costs no endurance

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 END MODIFCATION

DULL PAIN
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Very effective power that increases your maximum hit points for a short time as well has provides self heal. Max hit points are based off healing slots

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 RECHARGE REDUC
3 HEALING

INTEGRATION
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Provides an increase to normal healing rate as well as protection against hold,sleep,disorient,knockback & immobilize.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1-3 HEALING

RESILIENCE
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Provides resistence to disorientation effectes as well as some resistence to lethal,smashing, and toxic damage

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 DAMAGE RESIST

INSTANT HEALING
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Regenerate hit points at an astounding rate. Formerly a toggle power it was changed in issue 6 and is more of a situational type power now that requires much less attention than before

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1-3 RECHARGE REDUC - 26 second from 1 HP to FULL

REVIVE
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If you fall in battle you can revive yourself with half hit points and no endurance.

RECOMMENED SLOTTING

1 RECHARGE

MOMENT OF GLORY
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When activated you lose hit points but become resistant to all types of damage and increase your endurance recovery and are highly resistant to sleep, disorient, immboilization, and hold effects. Situational to say the least.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 RECHARGE REDUC
2 DEFENSE BUFF
2 DAMAGE RESIST
1 END MODIFICATION

POOL POWERS
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SPEED

HASTEN
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Reduces recharge time of all powers for a 2 minute duration. Although no longer a perma power it is still very effective, especially with all the fighting you will be doing.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 RECHARGE REDUC

SUPER SPEED
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Purely personal preference but since I already tapped the speed pool for hasten why waste another powerset for travel. Super speed is a decent travel.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 RUNNING SPEED INCREASE

FIGHTING

BOXING
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Just a stepping stone power to tough.

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

Whatever

TOUGH
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Gives resistance to smashing and lethal damage (11.25%)

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

3 DAMAGE RESIST, 1 END REDUC

WEAVE
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Constantly moving to avoid melee attacks increasing defense against melee and ranged attacks (3.25%)

RECOMMENDED SLOTTING

1 END REDUC

CRITICAL HIT
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Chance to deal double damage, higher the rank of target, greater the chance of a successful hit. This power is absolutley awesome.



In conclusion I have found that this combination of powers has led to an effective damage dealer that can consistently take on +2-3 groups with minion, lt, and boss mixes and even +4-5 from time to time.

This is a post respec build, thus the reason why only two main attacks till 18. However prior to the repsec I carried only 2 attacks until 18 anyways.

Any powerset, epic or pool is gravy after 38.

Personally I have been able to thrive in a post issue 6 world both solo and teaming with this build. Take what you will from it and remember personal preferences are a big factor in any success your toon might have.

Something like that you don't just FORGET to put in along with one of the biggest nerfs to hit this game. It sounds more to me like this was put in there to soften all the negative feedback.

One thing to consider is how in the world this ED will help all of those powers that may have multiple enh possibilites, but with the need for only one like the fire shields or an emp defenders buffs like AB, RA, ETC.

Timing was just straight up way off for ED and it is apparent by the 'oops forget to tell ya bout the reduced endurance cost'. You can't kick me in the stomach, (issue 5) invite me to dinner, then kick me in the stomach when I walk thru the door. It just doesn't work like that.

I'm sorry but that won't cut it with the client base upset by this already. They are too smart to fall for that.