Rhynwa

And done - thanks to those who came out. This was fun! Look for them in the future (maybe I will even give more advanced notice than "NOW!" :-)

yeah... like the title says...

which could actually be seen from outer space. Triumph broke the forums. We were proud and pantsless. Our next act....

Drowning. in. teh. cute... which is oddly delightful :-)

Very congratulations!

So I am now expecting to see 2 new toons running around... Magenta Parfait and Kay Bolt? Heeeheeeeheee.

They is epically funny - and why are you complaining? I specifically honored your pic threads in my last song-re-hash in the rep war thread...

Bwahahahahahaha! SOrry 3M - that is FUNNY not DRAMA-WORTHY.

Drama would be "the developers of City of Heroes: Going Rogue said that they will not allow the low population servers to participate in the Going Rogue beta because they represent fringe elements of the City of Heroes players, and thus would not offer a true representation of what the overall gaming populace would desire"

There... now THAT'S drama ;-)

I might have missed it, Biospark, but what level ARE you at at this point? Also, as per your op (wayyy back in the mists of time) how do you feel about defender damage - does the AT NEED the buff, or could just be a little smoother with it?

Bwahahahahahhahahahahhaha!

Harsh! But in all the right places!

And how did you know that i had a pink tricycle? Heeeheeeeheee...

Sadly, Sage, I don't *do* cool. But you could go to the rep thread and post your version of some song with lyrics altered to reflect the rep 'war'.

Or make more Haiku.

Or make yet another Karl thread.

Or start drama - we HAVE been severely lacking in drama of late. It's like people everywhere have dropped their pants, now there is nothing to incite drama with. Unless you point and laugh now that their pants are down... that might cause drama...

lol@3Mile for rep spooging... :O

I personally did a slightly odd build and chose Reactive Armor. I slotted for defense (mostly AoE and ranged) and love it! Definitely not softcapped, but a lot more than nothing. I take him on LGTFs and he doesn't get slept, which means the mezz protect/added resistance from the big bubble stays up. Also fewer hits means my resistance buff goes further...

This not the optimal build for everyone by any means, but the resistance sets aren't very cohesive in their benefits AND the higher ones are damned expensive...

In all truth, not only do I third (or fourth?) the sonic defender recommendation, I would go one further and recommend pairing it with Ice blast...

Consider that a) The Hulahoop of Doom will be AoE debuffing like mad b) due to the telenuke attack, things will die FAST and c) remaining mobs will clump up but d) any ranged enemy will still likely stay at range. So... a)the resistance debuff is already running high - more is nice, but more damage can be nicer. b) Ice blast is a much faster set than sonic with more damage output c) and ice blast has SWEET AoEs - help finish out tough spawns OR provide the AoE destruction while waiting for the next round of scrapper nuke... and d) there is a very nice, very fast hold in Ice - and second less awesome one as well - for dealing with tough range outliers.

I strongly recommend avoiding electric secondary (mine is a sonic/electric... :-( but I DID take the electric mastery and it has it's moments. Not my favorite choice, nothing makes me smile quite like the awesome sucking noise of Powersink :-)

You could go with a different mastery and just put on a cool electric aura... :-)

I blame Karl for mosquitos. All of them.

lol@Az2 cause it ain't "wuv" 3Mile is looking for... filthy filthy rep comments suggest that 3M might be in the market for a cougar for other purposes...

HAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I got red repped:

"I Blame Karl for Game 09-23-2009 10:51 AM u lie! you are not 40!"

heeeeheeeheee. Technically, I am 40 Years old and like 8 days...

I blame Karl for my turning 40.

lol@Sun for BEING the one to blame...

Sentai Bob

On the otherhand, I went stamina and skipped conserve completely... I don't like having to rely on a click power to give me my end back; I prefer a constant. It really comes to your personal choice.

As far as siren song, like Quaver said, just acc early on. Then one of the sleep sets: Sandman is great and usually cheap. Not sure what the market is up to lately, but the purple set for sleep (Fortunata? Don't remember) is one of the cheapest.

My Sonic/NRG was my first lvl 50, and I still love playing her years later. The synergy between the stunning effects in both sets is great for soloing. And honestly, I just love putting a spawn to sleep, walking right up to one mob and using power thrust, and shooting as he flies through the air. Total focus as the 'wake-up call' on the next, and a nice quick bonesmash/shout finisher for the third. Rinse, repeat. Heh.

And if you haven't noticed yet... use the 'bright' selection for sonic, and use two very strong and different colors (red/blue, teal/yellow) - the powers look AWESOME!

I definitely second that screech is a far better choice than pet gaze!

Also, siren song is less useful in this build. It doesn't give -res; meanwhile Fearsom Stare gives the fear which works on most things and the debuff which ALWAYS works, even if they aren't feared. Take this power ASAP.

My only other comment based on the second posted build, wait on howl... that is a lot of aggro in the early levels. Shift everything to get stamina at 20, shadowfall at 22. At 24/26 take howl and howling twilight. You could swap Howling twi and shout if you prefer more control to direct damage early on. Then Amplify at 28, maneuvers at 30, Dark servant, then screech then tactics... I think you will like that build better - strong all around, good control, good debuffage, and keeps you end use manageable.

Geen!!!

And I actually already had the MSTF on Rhynwa when we tried that run - we were doing it for other people... heh. And speaking of STF's...

STF: Widow,
Sirocco, Mako, Black Scorp
Ding! My first 50!

First Synapse TF
Babbage ambush??? WTF?!?!?!
OMG!!! RUN!!!! Dead...

(My team, poor little newblets that we were, had no idea what was coming. It was squasherific.)