Protagonist_EU

Boo you smell Singstar!

Same for the whole of you cheeky smurfs.
I've been following you lot yes, even in shower.
[This message was brought to you by Gaspy, but funded by NcSoft Europe]

Now that my account has been kindly activated for this weekend, I would like to say what is going on to those who still remember me;

This is it for me.

I have decided to leave behind the EU servers where I first started playing bit over 3 years ago and met (mostly) good people who were kind enough to lend me the help if I ever needed any.
People who used to play with me, talk to me and who I had fun with; I will definitely miss you.
Special thanks to people in Murders Unlimited, you guys were great.

I may be back one day, but since I don't feel like lying, I wont promise anything.


However, I am not done with the game just yet. I will continue playing on the US servers, so if any of you happen to stumble on them, feel free to /tell me at my global (@Gaspard). Also if you want my MSN address, you can always ask.

Alright then, Goodbye.

(This has nothing to do with i13 and you shall not get my stuff)

Yeah this is a frequent suggestion.

In my opinion 2 english Eu servers was bit too optimistic.
I'd support merge tbh, but since it's becomming harder and harder to pull off and certain people seem to be against it.

I really like the game, but I'm sick and tired of jumping through bunch of hoops to get a team in Cov at end levels (one that isn't a farm team). While the game isn't exactly dying, the EU is not getting much better either.
So yeah, I share the same problem.

If you wish to play with bigger groups of people I'd suggest purchasing US account (theyre rather cheap nowdays).
That's what I did.

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And just as a tip of the iceberg the US launch window looks like it has had more effort put into it. I know this may not be a big deal to any of the people playing the game, but it just helps me to sink into the immersion which you have quoted. I know that this is not a major thing, but still I felt that it was worth noting.

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The US don't need to localise into three languages... While I'd love to utilise images for some things in our EU launcher, it simply isn't viable on a day-to-day basis.

Edit: on-topic of anchors ... I usually solo with my /dark MM and I rarely ever use the anchor, as I simply don't need it. When I do, however, it goes on the boss - purely because I've found that for me, it's more effective to wipe away the minions first and then concentrate on the boss. When I team, I hardly ever use the anchor. Stuff just dies too darn fast for it to be worth the effort.

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Ah well, it's a fair coup, although it's still not a big deal.

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Also I can't shake the feeling that EU seems to get the scraps compared to US servers.

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In what way? While different people are using them the EU and US servers are running the exact same version of the game.

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They are, but EU lacks the direct Dev interaction.
I have been able to ask for confirmation and info on certain matters via PM to BaB,Castle and Lighthouse and they have replied with info each time.

Plus there are more dev organized events.
Not to mention there was GM available when I got stuck on a bugged mission on few occasions.

Also I still have a feeling that the Devs do not pay attention to the suggestions presented on these boards, or the discussion (when it does not get derailed).

And just as a tip of the iceberg the US launch window looks like it has had more effort put into it. I know this may not be a big deal to any of the people playing the game, but it just helps me to sink into the immersion which you have quoted. I know that this is not a major thing, but still I felt that it was worth noting.

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Played on US servers. there are far more rude, unhelpful, intolerent players over there than there are here.


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I have been playing the US servers for a fair time now and while this is true, there are also more nice people (just because there are more people).

I have accepted the fact that the whole player spectrum is prepesented because the playerbase is large.
I have met alot of nice and helpful people in both versions of the game.
I suppose it's something that everyone experiences individually and this is how I have experienced the US servers during all that time I have spent on them.

One of the greatest things on US servers is that I can get a team anytime I want to (of which none have been completely horrendous).
Also I can get a regular lvl 50 CoV team which actually spends time doing SFs and story arcs, while in EU it seems that the only lvl 50 CoV teams are farming teams.

Of course all of this is individual thing and a matter of taste.

Also I can't shake the feeling that EU seems to get the scraps compared to US servers.

I recall slug having reduced animation time on test server during open i11 test. I do hope they reduce the animation time for it, aswell as ignite, full auto and flamethrower.

Yeah...

I have 2 corruptors, one with scirocco shield and one with black scorpion shield.

The resistance doesn't do you any good when you're constanntly hit by stuns and you have to keep toggling it back on. Plus my corruptors aren't exactly the damage hog kind. I've tried it fully slotted with resistanace and various IO's and it just didn't work. Sure, I took less damage, but I was constantly hit by rikti stuns and other nasty attacks I would like to avoid.

On my BS corruptor, Its way easier to fight against rikti, heavies and other energy/lethal/smashing foes. Plus it works nicely with the -acc. It deflects attacks pretty nicely.

If I had to choose between the two, I'd go with black scorpion shield (too bad BS doesn't have end drain).
That's just what I've noticed while playing.

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It's funny how people are suddenly talking about rolling AR toons now that weapon customisation is coming.
TBH the gun is ugly as [censored].

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You're forgetting the normalisation of tier1/2, they drop back to 1 and 1.67sec activation, that is a HUGE chunk out of the animation.

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Yes, burst activates really nicely now,
haven't noticed any changes for slug.
But when I've played it looks like ignite, flamethrower and full auto take slightly longer to activate nowdays.

It's funny how people are suddenly talking about rolling AR toons now that weapon customisation is coming.
TBH the gun is ugly as [censored].


I CBA to paste my AR/Dark build here because it doesn't have fancy set bonuses or anything included. Just the basic IO sets like Numinas Convalesence, % for build up and chance for smashing damage (goes into tar patch).

But anyway....


On Gaspard I held on to beanbag because it's useful in PVP and it's good power because I like to have all the control I can get at later levels. It helps you to cripple all the npc's with mez attacks and bring down flying foes (not including bosses and up).
Stun (the resurrection stun always hits but is [censored]-weak and only works on minions), hold and fear....those things are just FAN DABBY FABULOUS.

On AR I dropped m30 because it does awful damage and you need your enemies to stay in bunches for your cones, not fly all over the place like jibbery [censored].

On /dark I dropped the shadowfall, because I tend to solo so there were other powers I prefered.

I also totally ignored the black hole, the concept sounds good, but it's a good way to drive your team mad (my friend took it and he respecced it after 20 minutes) and then again there are better powers worth taking.

As for the patron, I'd ignore the pet. You already have dark servant which is more useful than the horrid patron pets. Trust me, I've tried the horrid thing on my AR/kin.

Otherwise I'd recommend the Black Scorpion or Scirocco.

Black Scorpion has aoe Immob, but then again Dark Servant also tends to do it as an alpha strike.
The shield is prolly the most decent one, plus the "re-draw glitch" allows you to instantly cast ignite after you fire the mace (immob attack in particular). Also the hold is good for stacking with petrifying gaze.



Scirocco has end drain, which you will need because darkest night, heals and attacks will suck you dry. The shield is awful (I only use it for slotting status resistance IOs).
The hold does it's job (stacks nicely with petrifying gaze). And the pet is (suprise suprise) horrid.


This is what I've personally noticed while leveling Gaspard (the /Dark one) to 50.

Feel free to contact me in game if you wish to discuss this (awesome) combo.

EDIT:
Too many harsh words.

Sing you're rubbish.
But nevertheless, congratulations.

I was thinking of adding impeded swiftness (chance for smashing damage) into my tar patch.
Now I was wondering if the smashing damage would cripple the fear status effect when I cast fear on the enemies standing in the patch?

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Take a look at the hero builder next time, ok?

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Oh my bad that I don't remember /sonic correctly.
But then again he is kinetics.

Sonic buffs cannot be casted on yourself.

However trap cors do get stun protection that they can cast on themselves. But then again traps are bit snore.

On my AR/Kin I fould beanbag highly useful against nullifiers and such if you're soloing, same goes for all the other minions and lts (excluding fortunatas).
Also I sometimes use the end drain just because I can, while beanbag is recharging.

And yeah you can basicly carry few Bfs around, but on my case I simply didn't because I couldn't be arsed or simply forgot them.
Don't know about the knockback, m30 grenade seems to have the highest %, but it's not saying much when half of the time it doesn't knockback.


As for the stun resistance IO's, they don't do jacks [censored]. I wouldn't recommend them.

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BB, seeing as he is one huge <censored>.

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Agreed!
My vote goes to him (sorry ).

Well done London, again and congrats.

Don't you ever sleep?

Anything with /dark secondary can solo just great.

Not a problem mate.
Lol only MaxPowerz made it.

I was thinking 6pm would be good. That's when I will be on again.
you can pm me @Protagonist or my corruptor, Gaspard (the union version).

Hearey hearey, me and my mate will be doing the soul taker badge mission today at 4pm GMT, was wondering if anyone else is intressed?

EDIT:
Ah my friend doesn't need the badge after all so if it suits other people better we can do the mish later than 6pm which may be too early for people at work.

I was going to do it at 6pm.

I need it for my corruptor.

I had missed this.
Congrats Nx-02!!

D'you wanna be in my gang my gang my gang...d'you wanna be in my gang...OHH YEAAH!

Saturday sounds good for me, if there's still space that is.

It's about bloody time.

Congrats mate.