Rylas

This goes to show how little skill in creativity you must have. As an art director, you remind me of the clients that come through always saying "how easy" it is to do something, as if you know how being creative works.

It's not as if there's a button that says "Create Aesthetically Appealing Texture" on their keyboard that they can press and it generates a skin they're happy with. And then, lets not forget, it has to be good enough to reduce the amount of "I don't like texture A as much as texture B" as much as possible. Because let's face it, no matter how much time you put into your art, someone's going to diss it. I doubt the artist really just wants to "slap something together" that he doesn't have to be proud of.

So yeah, asking for 3000 textures and belittling someones job who has to do it? Dick move.

Now, as for perchasing bases on the market:

I just don't see the need. It didn't take me long to build my solo SG. Especially for the use of storage. And if you've got storage and you're using the market, it takes even less time to build it the rest of the way out. Cash in Inf for prestige, and you can have a fully ported base on Hero side withing a week or two.

Considering the Inf to Prestige rates are one of the few effective Inf sinks in the game, I doubt the devs want to completely negate it with fully-built "bought" bases.

Yup, they tell you soon after your first donation. They might even give you a card for future donations to help you remember.

Mine matches my attitude. B Negative.

I'm just going to say that even if they matched seamlessly, it would still never be "truly nude." Not until you find a way to put the "goods" into the mix.

Fine, you two be that way. When the zombie apocalypse comes, I'm not giving you any of my Molotovs!

*runs away pouting*

Be fair now, I have TWICE stated that if we absolutely, positively cannot have a color wheel that we at least get more color swatches.

Besides, it's not like any "nudes" people could make would be anymore risque than a Barbie or Ken doll.

Covered that in the OP. It's a weak reason not to at least put in more swatches. A color wheel though, would be preferable with mods just doing what they have to in order to generic the immature.

I'd imagine that being consumed by fire would also mean that you won't be able to walk for long. Not feeling pain doesn't make them fire proof. Also, I can't imagine they're eyes to be fire resistant, so they'd be blinded pretty quickly, too. They can't get you if they can't see you.

As for potential fire outbreak... Are you really going to stop and compare that to being eaten alive? I know I won't when in the middle of running. Beside, that zombie crowd was in a street, not the forest. Low risk for high gain in my opinion.

A good example of that is the Steampunk Backpack. If you want you're costume to match it, good luck.

And it's kind of sad our chat has more variation on color than our costumes.

I think the Katana enthusiasts must be Left 4 Dead fans. Unless you've learned how to swing one around in 360˚ arcs endlessly without getting tired and with enough force to decapitate or brain the zombies, then you're just carrying around a very eccentric butter knife.

If there's anything in that game I'd like to carry around in the zombie apocalypse, it would be the Molotov. If Shane and Otis could have chucked one right behind them, they'd have been able to get to the car no problem.

Had a similar discussion just yesterday about what I'd carry. I'm not sure why it has to be two weapons total, seeing as a bag can be helpful, but I'd say any high-powered semi-automatic gun with a large clip would be one, and 1 GRENADE would be the other.

The grenade would be for me if I ever come to a point I know I'm not making it out.

Well, I'll consider myself schooled. I didn't take into account the Alpha slot.

Still, the build only goes to stress my point that you're talking about very high end builds here. For average players, the survival margin is going to be much wider. So I'm still going to stand by my assessment of the two sets.

Oh, he's dead. I think the Halloween episode is the only one he's been away from the house. He's a ghost, alright.

I've figured he's her son, just based on the glances between the two. But I'm not sure he's the Gimp. I'm guessing it will be someone we haven't been introduced to yet.

I'll drink to that. A Fiery Embraced Foot Stomp does make my mouth water...

So you're telling me that on your build, you have 260% constant global recharge on an ED capped Consume? Impressive. Can I see that build!?

It's okay if you disagree, but don't make the asinine assumption that I don't understand SS/Fire, or that I wouldn't take IO investment into consideration.

Both of my Brutes are heavily invested in IOs, and both are concentrated on recharge. Neither one or the other has defense worth bragging about. So their footing on embellishment is the same.

At perma-hasten levels of recharge, the heals are both up in significant time. Don't be so hasty to disregard the regen factor of Energize. Also, l didn't claim that it SS/Fire was a "farm only build." Just that it's superior at farming. I never claimed it couldn't handle other content, only that SS/Elec will be much more survivable against more groups. For instance, seeing as Smash, Lethal and Energy are the most common damage types, /Elec has a better resistance than /Fire. For example, take them both into incarnate trials, and tell me who survives better.

That particular build requires quite a bit of investment. 50% Global recharge and soft-cap S/L will do that for any resist set.

Consume, while nice, isn't going to be enough all of the time. You make the assumption that it will be available. At 180 seconds for recharge, the fastest you'll ever get it is 45 secs. Ever. And that's not something you'll get without outside help. Now, if you're tearing through Carnies or Malta, I doubt you're getting hit less often than every 45 seconds with end drain. Claim what you want, but Consume is not going to be enough to compare to /Elec end drain resist and end recovery. Also, Consume doesn't offer near as much end drain to claim "immunity."

Also, Psi Resist on /Elec will give the set more advantage in those situations.

These two things are part of why I'm informing the OP that SS/Elec will see more durability in more content. If we're going to just start assuming that SS/Fire has extreme recharge and soft-cap defense, then we need to make those assumptions about every build out there.

Again, I'm not dissing SS/Fire. It's a strong combo, with ridokulous damage potential. But SS/Elec is better suited for a wider range of content, period. Of course you can build either set to be good for all content, but the same can be said for anyone if you're just going to make IO investment limitless for everyone.

Well, I've leveled both SS/Elec and SS/Fire to 50. While the damage from SS/Fire is higher, I'd have to say I have a lot more fun with my SS/Elec Brute (he even took the place of my main). His damage output may be less, but his durability far exceeds the difference. He tends to fair better against a broader range of enemy groups (higher resist numbers as well as resist to Psi). Also, the faster End replenishment does allow for more constant steamrolling, but no matter what, you're taking a break every 2 minutes from Rage crash.

Put shortly, SS/Fire is a GREAT farm build and SS/Elec a very good farm build and a very good all other content build.

Electric Armor on a tank will certainly be more durable. All armor sets will be. Elec/ Tanks do extremely well in a lot of content. They also tend to do better in lower levels since defense can take time to bloom in most sets. Add in around 30% to defense by way of IO's, and you're talking Granite Armor Lite. My Elec/Stone tank is soft-capped to S/L and mostly uses Energize for the end discount.

I believe it was the doctor that said it didn't go clean through. When Dark One said "he also says", "he" is referring to Herschel.

Yes, I'd much rather have the costume PIECES. Customization is one of the big selling points of the game. Toggles that make me look just like the other guy with a toggle for 480 pts isn't very appealing. When a costume bundle doesn't even cost that much, a non-customizable costume toggle should be much less.

Kudos for bringing these giveaways to everyone else, though. It is better to have it than not at all I suppose.