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Some kind of easily visible designator for trial accounts is a really good idea, and I wholeheartedly /sign some variant thereof.

84.8%, and the spelling and grammar of that quiz was terrible.

You can't get hover to flight itself very easily, but (speaking from experience here) a mere two blessings of the zephyr (travel/end, travel) gets Hover to be about sprint speed. Slot two BoTZ and say... a Fly IO (plus another in swift) and you'll move at a pretty good combat clip and look totally awesome. If the end use really worries you, two BoTZ, and two LoTG (def/end, any other) keeps use down a lot, buffs protection slightly, and well, gives you a place to toss one of those global procs.

I'd suggest Dark Blast/Empathy or Dark Blast/Pain Dom. The tentacles and energy balls and things could represent vines and such, while the buffing aspects play into the medicinal plant angle mentioned a few posts up.

While I was in the shower this morning (yeah yeah, so I was inspired) I was thinking that Resistance sets don't really have an equivalent to the Luck of the Gambler set with its oh so awesome +recharge IO. What I was thinking was that while resistance or undefended characters can make some build sacrifices to get three or four LoTGs (worst case: maneuvers, weave, combat jumping, and hover) Resistance based sets should have a functional equivalent to the LoTG.

That premise stated, here's my idea for a Resistance-equivalent to the Luck of the Gambler set:

Name: Fated Stalwart

Level Range: 30-50

Components: Res/End, Res/Rech, Res, End, Res/End/Rech, Res/6.25% rech special.

Set Bonuses: 2/Recovery +2%, 3/Max END +1.8%, 4/Accuracy +9%, 5/Reduce Stun duration 2.75%, 6/Psi Def +3.13%.

Notes: I based the set bonuses on the set bonus article at Paragonwiki, and tried to mirror when possible the LoTG set bonuses. Thus +end instead of +hp, recovery instead of regen, etc. The reason the special IO in this set is smaller than the one in LoTG is twofold. First, most res-based sets can easily stack up five of these without trying or even leaving their innate powers in some cases (Invuln, Elec, Stone off the top of my head). Second, I imagine the raw size of the LoTG bonus has caused some balance concerns over at Castle's desk, and I believe that 6.25% is both reasonable and less difficulty-producing.

In conclusion, I had this idea, I spent a bit of time working it up, and now I'm looking for feedback on its viability and the pointing out of potential issues with regards to balance. When that process is complete, I'll fire it off to Castle for his review and cross my fingers.

Congratulations indeed, way to go. I'll second the suggestion to go do a villain to 50 now though.

I think people (myself included!) have been asking for that sybil dress to be an unlockable since Cimeroa was introduced and they've pretty much laughed in our faces on it.

Wish I could help, but with economic conditions the way they are I don't have the cash to. I DO wish you the best luck in getting the money and other support you need though, and hope that this pays off with treatment/cure ASAP.

Flagging Fury.

Freedom's Pryce (nit: strongly suggests last name).

Eagle's Star.

Just three I thought I'd toss out there, since yeah patriotic names are a touch difficult in this game on Virtue. *hides own patriotic character Passion of Liberty*

EDIT: Got a new one: Minute Mauler!

Well speaking for myself I don't have numbers comparing old and new damage values on my dom, but she exists because of the I15 changes, so I suppose you could say her damage modification is infinite percent.

If it's not too much work to implement, I'm all over this idea. /signed.

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No, my young and ignorant friend, this is not what naturally happens when one sits at a computer and begins to type. This is what happens when a 12 year old sits at a computer and begins to type. Clarity and intelligence are sacrificed for brevity and some ineffable form of 'coolness'. Come back to us when you have completed high school, and perhaps we can engage in a civilized conversation.

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lol did you ever consider that im an old fart and not that used to typing on comps

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Then I'm more inclined to view you as a liar. Older typists in my experience generally carry over the skills and practices rooted in typewriter usage rather than "leet speak" and abbreviations. The point people ragging on your nearly-incomprehensible posts are making is that if you don't communicate clearly in proper, well written posts you negate any point you might have because people won't wade through the headache-inducing formatting and play Rosetta Stone with the spelling and grammatical errors to find out what you were actually trying to say.

The short form: Think of typing on the internet as a picture of yourself. Do you want to project a good picture that makes you look like a GQ model, or do you want to be that 400 pound guy on the nude beach? If you're comfortable being the 400 pound guy, keep doing what you're doing.

I love this idea and fully support its integration into future updates. Do it, do it now.

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Hey, you can't =have= baloney without farms!



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Well you could use wild animals for the raw ingredients, so you don't strictly need a farm the same way you need a meat packing plant. *Goes off to nom non-baloney meat products*

I might be able to go, depending on how busy my evening is. Global name's the same as my forum handle, with no underscore.

Possible characters are (all heavily IO'd):

Arcana Decevos, 50 Ill/Rad troller
Agent Von Zant, 50 Night Widow
Materspite, 50 Crab Spider
Passion of Liberty, 50 Fire/WP scrapper

I've got a couple other 50s, but I don't really trust them to survive in the face of the Legionares.

I'm still boggled that he got to publish a paper (even if the journal is questionable as several posters here have implied) that basically reads as "if you act like a [censored] people treat you like a [censored]." Isn't that I dunno, prima facie obvious?

So I've been playing with my new mind/nrg dom (and having fun) but wanted some veteran dominators' opinions on her possible 50 post-respecs build. I'm saying this up front so there's no miscommunication, I am not looking for a leveling build, I'm looking for an at-50 permadom build. That's the goal. Please try to keep comments to that goal.

That being said, here's what I've worked out. It's got barely-perma hasten (by .1 sec in mids') and dom coming back in 72.4 seconds. Since the window's so tight on Hasten's recharge, I'm figuring setting that as the auto-execute power and manually hitting domination.

Here's build:

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

[u]Click this DataLink to open the build![u]

theory dom: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Mind Control
Secondary Power Set: Energy Assault
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leaping
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Levitate -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg:40(3), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(3), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(5), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(5)
Level 1: Power Bolt -- EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 2: Bone Smasher -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(11), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(13), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx:50(13)
Level 4: Dominate -- BasGaze-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold:30(A), BasGaze-Acc/Hold:30(7), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold:30(7), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold:30(9)
Level 6: Swift -- Flight-I:50(A)
Level 8: Mass Hypnosis -- CSndmn-Heal%:50(A), CSndmn-EndRdx/Sleep:50(9), CSndmn-Acc/Sleep/Rchg:50(19), CSndmn-Acc/Rchg:50(19), CSndmn-Sleep/Rng:50(21)
Level 10: Power Blast -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(15), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(21), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(23)
Level 12: Confuse -- Mlais-Acc/Conf/Rchg:50(A), Mlais-Acc/Rchg:50(27), Mlais-EndRdx/Conf:50(27), Mlais-Conf/Rng:50(29), Mlais-Acc/EndRdx:50(29)
Level 14: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(A), Numna-Heal:50(15)
Level 16: Power Push -- Decim-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:40(A), Decim-Acc/Dmg:30(17), Decim-Dmg/EndRdx:40(17), Decim-Dmg/Rchg:40(23), Decim-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg:40(31)
Level 18: Total Domination -- UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold:50(A), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg:50(25), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg:50(33), UbrkCons-Hold:50(34), UbrkCons-Dam%:50(34)
Level 20: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%:50(A), P'Shift-EndMod:50(36), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(36)
Level 22: Hasten -- RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(25), RechRdx-I:50(45)
Level 24: Mesmerize -- FtnHyp-Plct%:50(A), FtnHyp-Sleep/EndRdx:50(31), FtnHyp-Sleep:50(33), FtnHyp-Acc/Sleep/Rchg:50(33), FtnHyp-Sleep/Rchg:50(39)
Level 26: Terrify -- Abys-Dam%:50(A), Abys-Acc/Fear/Rchg:50(31), Abys-Acc/Rchg:50(40), Abys-EndRdx/Fear:50(42), Abys-Fear/Rng:50(42)
Level 28: Total Focus -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(43), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(45)
Level 30: Hover -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A), Zephyr-Travel:50(36), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(45)
Level 32: Mass Confusion -- CoPers-Conf%:50(A), CoPers-Conf/EndRdx:50(34), CoPers-Conf/Rchg:50(39), CoPers-Acc/Conf/Rchg:50(46), CoPers-Acc/Rchg:50(46)
Level 35: Sniper Blast -- Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Mantic-Acc/Dmg:50(37), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx:50(37), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng:50(37), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg:50(48)
Level 38: Power Burst -- Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(39), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg:50(40), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(40), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx:50(48)
Level 41: Fly -- Zephyr-Travel:50(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(42)
Level 44: Power Sink -- Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod:50(46), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:50(48), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(50), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:50(50), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(50)
Level 47: Surge of Power -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(A)
Level 49: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- EndRdx-I:50(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 1: Domination
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[u]Set Bonus Totals:[u]<ul type="square">[*]15% DamageBuff(Smashing)[*]15% DamageBuff(Lethal)[*]15% DamageBuff(Fire)[*]15% DamageBuff(Cold)[*]15% DamageBuff(Energy)[*]15% DamageBuff(Negative)[*]15% DamageBuff(Toxic)[*]15% DamageBuff(Psionic)[*]3% Defense(Smashing)[*]3% Defense(Lethal)[*]3% Defense(Fire)[*]3% Defense(Cold)[*]12.1% Defense(Energy)[*]12.1% Defense(Negative)[*]3% Defense(Psionic)[*]3% Defense(Melee)[*]13.6% Defense(Ranged)[*]3% Defense(AoE)[*]6.75% Max End[*]2.75% Enhancement(Terrorized)[*]5% Enhancement(Sleep)[*]6.5% Enhancement(Confused)[*]106.3% Enhancement(RechargeTime)[*]60% Enhancement(Accuracy)[*]9% FlySpeed[*]137.3 HP (13.5%) HitPoints[*]9% JumpHeight[*]9% JumpSpeed[*]MezResist(Immobilize) 9.9%[*]20% (0.33 End/sec) Recovery[*]46% (1.95 HP/sec) Regeneration[*]5.04% Resistance(Fire)[*]5.04% Resistance(Cold)[*]9% RunSpeed[/list]


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I was, and still am disappointed Dual Blades came first... I wanted Psi Melee so bad...

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you aren't the only one, Quinzy.

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Although the implementation of Dual Blades was pretty unique, I'm still disappointed in the community for picking yet another smash/lethal set for melees to use. As if we don't have enough of those already.

Before we add an exotic set like psi melee, let's also add chainsaw melee!

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I was, and still am disappointed Dual Blades came first... I wanted Psi Melee so bad...

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you aren't the only one, Quinzy.

I found Merc/Dark to be incredibly good as a pairing. The -res helps offset the (overstated, IMO) lethal resists in the late game, Fearsome means the mob ain't runnin' from the AOE deathcloud the mercs will drop, and you've got a really, really nice heal to keep those crazy boys on their feet and shooting.

I don't run CCs anymore (not in 4 years or so) but occasionally if I'm in Atlas on a 50 with a bunch of spare inf. I'll swing by somebody else's contest and offer "supplemental prizes" to costumes *I* like but that didn't make the cut for the official host. Makes it less of an exercise in futility when somebody random hands you a million inf. even if you're not the underdressed ****** or the darktiy dark demon of the week.

I slot Int. Redux in Aid Self all by themselves, and in Snipes as part of IO Set slotting.

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Claws and Martial Arts for brutes.

Dark Miasma for Controllers.

Psi Blast for Corruptors.

Controller DM and Brute MA I'd literally kill somebody for. You listening devs? Port those sets and name your target, he's DEAD! *snicker* Just kidding.