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Okay, with that advice I tried to fit in weave, and get the steadfast unique in. I was able to break 45% Def to s/l, but lost one of my holds (The one that takes forever to go off) and my second tier. I decided to drop Ice Bolt, as it does, about, half as much damage as Ice Blast and only recharges a second faster. With this build, it also has only a few seconds off perma hasten. Granted the Defense powers and Hasten have to have level 50 enhancements, but I can deal with that.

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Tri-Ice: Level 50 Science Blaster
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Ice Manipulation
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Cold Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Ice Blast

• (A) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Recharge
• (3) Apocalypse - Damage/Recharge
• (3) Apocalypse - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (5) Apocalypse - Damage/Endurance
• (5) Apocalypse - Chance of Damage(Negative)

Level 1: Chilblain

• (A) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize
• (7) Gravitational Anchor - Immobilize/Recharge
• (7) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
• (9) Gravitational Anchor - Accuracy/Recharge
• (9) Gravitational Anchor - Chance for Hold

Level 2: Frost Breath

• (A) Ragnarok - Damage/Endurance
• (11) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge
• (13) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (13) Ragnarok - Accuracy/Recharge
• (15) Ragnarok - Chance for Knockdown

Level 4: Frozen Fists

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (15) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (17) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 6: Ice Sword

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (19) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (19) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (21) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 8: Boxing

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (11) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (36) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge

Level 10: Swift

• (A) Run Speed IO

Level 12: Aim

• (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
• (21) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
• (23) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 14: Health

• (A) Healing IO

Level 16: Build Up

• (A) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff
• (29) Rectified Reticle - To Hit Buff/Recharge
• (31) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast

• (A) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage
• (31) Decimation - Damage/Endurance
• (31) Decimation - Damage/Recharge
• (33) Decimation - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
• (33) Decimation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge

Level 20: Stamina

• (A) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod
• (23) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Recharge
• (25) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge
• (25) Efficacy Adaptor - Accuracy/Recharge
• (34) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Accuracy
• (36) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod/Endurance

Level 22: Tough

• (A) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (43) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance
• (43) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection

Level 24: Hasten

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (34) Recharge Reduction IO
• (34) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 26: Freeze Ray

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold
• (27) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
• (27) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
• (29) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold

Level 28: Combat Jumping

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
• (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance

Level 30: Chilling Embrace

• (A) Curtail Speed - Accuracy/Slow
• (33) Curtail Speed - Endurance/Recharge/Slow
• (43) Curtail Speed - Damage/Slow
• (50) Curtail Speed - Accuracy/Endurance
• (50) Curtail Speed - Range/Slow

Level 32: Blizzard

• (A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge
• (37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range
• (39) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 35: Freezing Touch

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Recharge/Hold
• (39) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge
• (39) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
• (40) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold

Level 38: Weave

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
• (40) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (46) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge

Level 41: Flash Freeze

• (A) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Recharge
• (42) Lethargic Repose - Endurance/Sleep
• (42) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Endurance
• (42) Lethargic Repose - Sleep/Range

Level 44: Hoarfrost

• (A) Doctored Wounds - Heal
• (45) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge
• (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Recharge
• (45) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge
• (46) Doctored Wounds - Recharge

Level 47: Frozen Armor

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (48) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge

Level 49: Hibernate[list][*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO

What I did (Or rather am doing) for my Rad/Fire is become an AoE monster. I'll toss up my build to show what I am planning. She's level 32, so far, but OMG can she drag hate, I grabbed toughness to try to... keep from dying so fast. This build is what I originally planned. And I dropped Super Speed for Toughness.

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Searing light: Level 48 Mutation Blaster
Primary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Secondary Power Set: Fire Manipulation
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Flame Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Neutrino Bolt -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(5), Empty(37), Empty(42)
Level 1: Ring of Fire -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Irradiate -- Empty(A), Empty(3), Empty(7), Empty(15), Empty(31)
Level 4: Combustion -- Empty(A), Empty(5), Empty(7), Empty(23), Empty(31)
Level 6: Electron Haze -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(13), Empty(37)
Level 8: Aim -- Empty(A), Empty(9), Empty(9)
Level 10: Fire Sword Circle -- Empty(A), Empty(11), Empty(13), Empty(15), Empty(34)
Level 12: Swift -- Empty(A)
Level 14: Health -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Build Up -- Empty(A), Empty(17), Empty(17)
Level 18: Cosmic Burst -- Empty(A), Empty(19), Empty(19), Empty(23), Empty(37)
Level 20: Stamina -- Empty(A), Empty(21), Empty(21)
Level 22: Blazing Aura -- Empty(A), Empty(36), Empty(36)
Level 24: Hasten -- Empty(A), Empty(25), Empty(25)
Level 26: Neutron Bomb -- Empty(A), Empty(27), Empty(27), Empty(31)
Level 28: Consume -- Empty(A), Empty(29), Empty(29), Empty(36)
Level 30: Super Speed -- Empty(A)
Level 32: Atomic Blast -- Empty(A), Empty(33), Empty(33), Empty(33), Empty(34), Empty(34)
Level 35: Burn -- Empty(A), Empty(40), Empty(40)
Level 38: Hot Feet -- Empty(A), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(39), Empty(40)
Level 41: Bonfire -- Empty(A)
Level 44: Melt Armor -- Empty(A)
Level 47: Fire Shield -- Empty(A)
Level 49: Rise of the Phoenix -- Empty(A)

Seems it may be down.

All right, I'll wait until tomorrow to see if it's fixed by then.

Same thing, but this is weird. In teams I get LESS rubberbanding/lag than solo... Maybe it's the time of day, or maybe my computer was just being a punk at the time?

I'll try the newer driver, then. I'll inform you how things go, after I install and test it.

I thought the 10.2 had issues with CoX why I didn't update to 10.2. And I already disabled the ATI Hotkey Poller after seeing people had trouble with it in Open Beta.


I don't think the x1xxx series has 10.4 available to it, or it didn't list it when I checked the drivers earlier.

Want me to make a separate topic to debate an dto show my explainations for all? XD

Not at all. In the example of enhancements for Magic, as described, an Amulet is a Dual Origin enhancement that is used to hasten recharge time. It could easily be dropped by someone using it. (See: Magic origin Enemy Groups.) As for the Grey thing, Grey, Hermes and Joule are spirits that are attuned to Magic in the game. These are seen as either rituals (That eventually wear off, hence the decay of enhancements) or just a blessing of said spirit during the time required. As said before the blessing could be passed off to another or could be accepted, same as information for the ritual. So it's not really 'fanwank that loses the meaning of enhancements as present in game', but rather how they ARE presented in game. Read the descriptions of some of the enhancements if you have doubt.

I just see invention origins as more open ended. Instead of depending on natural changes, or allowing someone else to trust to make the things YOU require, you make them yourself. After all, you know your body better... Or hope someone else can make somethign tailored to you. Why inventions don't expire, they were tailored to you.

I see enhancement drops as this. For the mage, example. You punch a mage he had a dual origin enhancement 'Amulet' you can wear it yourself to augment a power, being magic and all... Later on you fight them and hear the call of Grey. This extradimensional entity wishes to help you,. You can either ccept the help (Binding enhancement to a power), deny the help (toss the enhancement) or request they help someone else (Sell/give away the enhancement: and seeing you are willing to give away power to someone else +influence!). So, no, they do make sense. I can do it for all the origins if you like...

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Okay, I will explain my position. I have trouble getting on more than twice a week, in game, and the game has gotten tedious for me at times because I am an RPer at heart. I joined this game for the RP community and I want to experience more, but have lost faith lately.

As for why things didn't work out for the groups, I will go down the list and explain things for you with the Teen Phalanx. This was about a year ago, and maybe the way things work changed over the time.

1) Concept: My character was a mutant. She was shy, to begin with, and felt herself unfit as a hero, or even as a person. She had low self esteem and only had the way around a bow, from her archery training with her father, and 'bouts of random mutation. (I beleived I used Devices for her, the devices being internal things. Glob of mucus that contained sticky material, Skin able to produce a color changing mucus to cause her to blend into the back ground, etc.) She was a low self-esteem hero, that eventually felt her need to become a leader in times of need due to outside RP, because I couldn't get into the group RPs they had for the SG. (She became more confident, but was still afraid of leaders chastising her, or, even, people being mad with her.) But she never got the chance to really interact with the group, much. Eventually left that group, for a group she found about that interacted with her more. She was, by no means, overpowered, and I took the stance of, she is as powerful as she is in-game. (AKA, she never even fought anyone but once and was captured. And when asked for help by the group she was in, didn't care, but the other group actually did something to help.)

2) Time: Back when I was in them, I was on nearly every day. I was on anywhere between 4pm to 1am on weekdays, longer on weekends, so time wasn't really that big a deal back then. Now it is a problem, but I don't think time available to invest was a problem. Whenever the SG-members called for a team, I would ask, and they would be doing something, either, out of my level, or were full before I even got a chance to respond. I managed to get on a few, but, playing a quiet character at first, she would look to the higher rank to do what she would and always would be polite to anyone. The few times she was addressed directly, she was surprised, but was happy for the attention, despite she not feeling very worthy.

3) RP Style: I understand, but my character was a tights-wearing hero in a, general, group of tights wearing hero. Never was it brought up for Inspirations, Influence, or the like. I prefer PvP over Text fighting, but I conformed to the groups. I am not an idiot, or anti-social enough to not know I would not fit in with a group if I don't bend my own ideals a bit (Like real life!). I never use 'BRB, LOL' and the such, ever, in RP and I NEVER use 'LoL' at all. And I will ask, is my typing here that horrible that someone would refuse RP with me? Because this is how I have typed for years, IC and OOC (Heck, since I joined CoX, since I did Chat Room RP in Yahoo before they were closed down, and you needed some typing proficiency to get anywhere there.)


So, you are implying I do not care to give from the group, or take? Because that is the feeling I am getting from the original post within these quotes. I will be honest, I am not a fan of Forums, I don't like having to reference outside of the game to get information, but there are plenty of unscheduled things that groups I have been in have dealt with, and because of those it makes it harder to get in, sinc eyou can't try to 'reserve' a spot. The Millennium Paladins did everything from the forums. If it wasn't scheduled, it was just, like, a fun IC/OOC mission run. It was easier, unfortunately I could barely get involved with their RP sessions due to, well, I had a wednesday club and that's when they had them at time time. (Not to self: try to apply with them again they were amazing.)

And also, tell me of the group you're in here I can feel welcome right away, and maybe I will look into it. As I said, all of my characters have, basically, lost all affiliations due to the lack of that two road. When I was in a group, I would get involved in an out-group RP where my character would ask for help and they wouldn't help either, no-one. Should I not even do that? If I can't get in on the group's RP, and am in an RP out of the group, should I not request help from the group? I don't even get what I'm doing wrong at points, so any enlighting speeches?

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Me! <3

Being an *** ends a thread? If that were true we'd never get past page 1. In game, i never would have found the RP SGs easily. I had to use resources outside of game to find almost all of the ones I listed.

Wow, and now I'm sad. I had an Ice Control/Cold Domination Controller just for movement slows...

My mistake. I haven't read Genisis in a few years, so knew I screwed something up somewhere.

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