Rhynwa

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  1. Not sure that dark is best for this - pet gaze is weak. Now you do get a fluffy who likes to throw it, but did you consider TA or Rad with choking cloud? If you prefer the more control oriented, then yes dark and TA are good...

    Also, I would suggest going Psychic and taking dominate... has a 1.2 acc rather than a 1, casts faster and is the first tier power in the epic set, so you don't have to waste a power on electric fence - unless you actually WANT e-fence for the immob... If you go TA, then do go dominate, and just take entangling arrow. Just a suggestion, your mileage may vary.

    Otherwise, it looks like a decent build and you took the important powers.

    Some power selection order suggestions are that I would say Howling could be shifted to later, especially if you want to get your travel power in earlier, but then I typically use it as a stun or a -regen power; rezzing is just a nice side effect. I would also say you could also hold off on Shadowfall - it is a VERY nice power, but it is very end heavy, so you might consider shoving it back until stamina hits...
  2. Rhynwa

    I'm leaving...

    wrong ascii code, WRONG ASCII CODE!!!!!!

    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *gasp*pant*gasp*pant* HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
  3. Rhynwa

    I'm leaving...

    Really - must we talk about holding Vego's and Karl's "stuff"? That is just not a visual I am enjoying! Bleeaarrgghh... (Where is that 'Firin' mah lazer' ascii thing - it needs a Bleeaarrggghh in it...)
  4. Rhynwa

    Karl is a Llama?

    Kaaaaaaaaaarrrrlllll!!! What is wrong with youuuuuu?!?!?!
  5. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Turbo_Starr View Post
    Running Perez Park with over 30 people in the zone.
    Eden Trials.
    Fathom TF on vent/temspeak.
    Zone PvP when there was such a thing.
    Costume Contests...never one one, but some day
    OK Turbo - you missed the Haiku part, so in my immense boredom of the day, I have fixed it for ya...

    Cleaning Perez Park
    30 heroes run amok
    None are wearing pants

    Eden Trials are:
    Falling down holes, breaking walls
    Crystal titan, done

    Laughing with my friends -
    More fun than doing the mish!
    Faathim completed???

    PVP in zones
    was fun; fast and furious!
    Just wastelands now :-( (<--- sad face counts as 1 syllable...)

    Worked hard on the look
    Considered color and fit
    ****! Second again!

    So... How's that Turbo?
  6. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Karl_Rove_Man View Post
    First Five Syllables
    Then Seven Syllables More
    OR I WILL KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    (Don't pronounce the exclaimation points, otherwise that's way too many syllables, and it's not a Haiku, and I'll have to kill myself.)
    I can't stop laughing!

    OMG my shoulder!

    Meh, nevermind.... more laughing now!
  7. Be careful Karl! if you Hai-ku too hard, you might dislocate your shoulder!
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by 3Mile View Post
    All stormy States
    so many flippin hurricanes blowing
    Epic win!
    Noooo!! Haiku is 5 syllables, then 7, then 5... try this

    Stormy STF
    Many hurricanes blowing
    Epic wind for all!

    See? And yes, I *did* intentionally make that pun...

    EDIT: Bah! I tried giving you rep so I wasn't a complete *****, but I am all out. So here are some cookies instead...*om nom nom*... errrr... ooops... I ate them all. Oh well.
  9. Rhynwa

    spinal tap

    eeeeeek! I hope it all goes well and swiftly. Take a lesson from Karl Rove Man: pain pills are NOT breakfrees and should not be eaten as if you were in an arena match!
  10. lol@Karl... for exactly the reason he said. OMG that was so fricking funny. He didn't mention that he was *on* Karl Rove Man with ALL of his bots out, which he ALSO dragged through 4 spawns of longbow. Priceless. Fo may be clustered in with the GoD, but Karl is his own OMGoD!
  11. Triumph defender's
    STF. Smooth like butter
    I survived CHERRY

    Mothership raid wipe...
    Dark defender MVP-
    45 toons rezzed!

    First villainside raid
    Pyrrhic win is still a win.
    Centriole??? Awww, crap!
  12. lol@fo for thinking I am in touch with my feminine side! I am totally NOT in touch with my feminine side. I, however, remain *female*.
  13. lol@Sun Splitter for knowing how to use the word 'feelings' in a sentence...

    and Beta - I am a chick. And no, you STILL get no love from me.
  14. lol@xoxman for skipping the second 'o' in xoxo... more kisses, less hugs for you!

    ....errrrr but not from me! :-O
  15. Gonna try out:

    an Invul/elec tank
    an elec/claws scrapper

    No names yet - but possibly make the scrapper a tech origin and name him TENS Unit :-)
  16. Actually, my fav slotting is three lysozyme (+tohit debuff, +acc). Done. Gives you the best bang for your buck (and lysos are still by far very cheap as far as Hami-o - and just run a few STFs where you will shine anyway :-) Acc and ToHit debuff will be the most effective aspects to enhance, since Fluffy just doesn't have end issues, and recharge no longer helps him (the summon power recharges faster, but his rate of fire is unaffected). This is especially useful if you need slots in other places.

    Past that, whatever 1-3 slots you like... common IO heals, holds, immobs, etc. or set IOs as you like. Again, best use for me is procs: I slotted him with the two psy dmg procs in the hold sets and the dmg proc in the immob set (yes, I am well aware they only go off when he throws the hold or TT - but he LIKES to throw the hold and TT). He will never be a high damage pet, but this gives him enough oomph to actually soften up a target for me.
  17. Rhynwa

    D4 Help!

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Westley View Post
    Roll them slowly and carefully! They are POINTY and they can HURT if they poke you!
    You, sir, are full of win!
  18. Quote:
    Originally Posted by MagentaBolt View Post
    Abra Cadaver, Grave Minder, Tequila Mercenary,
    These SOOOO sound like masterminds: necro/anything for the first 2, merc/poison for the third...

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MagentaBolt View Post
    Windfall
    Storm/nrg - all about the KB

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by MagentaBolt View Post
    Yellow Burst
    Fire blaster... or maybe Fire Corrupter (fire/kin?)
  19. Lol@3Mile

    What? He was funny... That's good enough! I don't have to give a reason! Dammit! Stop pressuring me!!! AAAAGGGHHHH!
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by JamMasterJMS View Post
    Suggesting a dark or a storm defender would want to nuke is a bad idea. 9 times outta 10 those toggles those defenders are using is what is keeping the team alive. Hitting a nuke during a battle with those toggles running (shadowfall/steamy mist, darkest night/AA) will almost certainly cause a teamwipe when they drop.
    Not really. A poorly timed nuke, sure - but then ANY AT can cause a teamwipe with badly played powers. A defender nuke used to finish out a spawn is just great. Sonic, Dark, Rad nukes all have great secondaries that make any remaining mobs helpless (and I am guessing that the others do too). And though I LOOOOOVE the shadowfall/arctic fog/steamy mist thing, it is NOT the only thing you have done to keep the team alive - assuredly, by using ALL of your debuff/buff powers, that is only 1 thing helping keep them all alive. Dead mobs don't shoot back - so that nuke helps your team also!

    But it is also a play style preference. I don't like to nuke with a defender myself. I run 2-3 leadership toggles (not everyone takes these on their toons), I run my epic armor (likewise), I typically run hover/combat jumping (not all of my toons take these, let alone other players) and I run shadowfall/steamy (on the dark and the storm). For *me* it is a pain in the wahoo to retoggle, but I would NEVER say "never nuke" to any defender. I would say "INTELLIGENTLY nuke!"
  21. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Az'rial View Post
    Although she looks more like Wendy O from the Plasmatics.
    Az!!!! You are so full of win! Wendy O was awesome in a crazy punk ***** kinda way...
  22. lol@Snappin for thinking that the M&M movie was about candy
  23. I created a fire/kin corrupter named Uncontrollable Erg based not only on 1 Devo song (Uncontrollable Urge) - but ALL of them. His backstory was written using every one of the Devo song titles. Yes, I *do* happen to like the band ;-)

    Darque Beast (my hubby) made Billion Dollar Baby after an Alice Cooper song (and dressed him just like Alice). He also made Mississippi Queen (WP/Stone Tank). A friend (@Halobender) made Ziggy Stardust (ill/rad, I think).
  24. lol@Cath just cause it's Tuesday.
  25. Rhynwa

    D4 Help!

    So my recommendations for *playing* a D3/D4 (depends on whether you count defender as a 'D', or just the Dark/Dark/Dark, which I prefer) uses a somewhat standard Dark defender opening of Fearsome stare (even if they aren't affected by fear, they are ALWAYS affected by the -to hit debuff), tar patch and TT to debuff, control, debuff, slow, debuff, hurt and immobilize.

    As a D3 you now have choices... a nice sequence for the CONE ranged choice: whip off the Nightfall, and blast away. Use the rest of the debuff/hold/heal powers as needed to keep you/Fluffy/the team up and running, but blast until your heart is content (and the enemy is dead). If the targets are tough, use Darkest Night and cast/re-cast Fluffy into the middle as an AoE. If things get hairy, use Howling for a nice stun, use black hole (be sure to warn teammates) and/or dark pit (especially in combo with Howling; however, this power is end expensive, slow to recharge and only mag 2 - may not be worth taking it).

    A nice use of the MELEE ranged choice: run in with Oppressive Gloom running - lay down a howling or a dark pit (if you took it) to get a mag 4 total stun to get bosses if they are around - use Soul Drain to build up for Blackstar (nuke em all!), then Dark Consumption on anything left standing to get your blue back. Fire up OG again, and mop up with your single target blasts.

    Since the melee ranged stuff works best with a large group (Soul Drain, Dark Consumption) use the toggle pull method to herd them (assuming you have no tank)... Put Darkest Night on a boss or LT and hide around a corner. Drop Tar Patch in the spot they are about to run through (they get caught as if it were... well... a tar patch >.< ). THEN TT, and move in for the kill(s).

    Obviously you will find out what play style is right for you - especially if you have a dedicated partner/team - but this is a nice general idea of what I do with my D3 on teams of all sizes.