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Just watched the first episode last night, and I love it. Sorry, The Event, but I found my real replacement for Lost. Good suspense, good character development, great cinematography.
I don't watch AMC and only have the U200 package from U-Verse. Earlier in the thread I saw someone mention that it's on a free-month right now. Does anyone know if it's a free month on U-Verse as well? I'd hate to pick-up a channel just to watch one short series.
6 Episodes for the season?! Damn, I guess I'll just have to rewatch the episodes a few times to make up for it. -
Such a bad episode. The b-plot was actually much better than the main story. Albeit, hokey in a few spots. There's been too many scenes this season of long, drawn-out, monologues that attempt to pull at the heart strings but end up being complete groaners. I've been fast forwarding through a lot of those. This episode, it was Tess.
Seeing a kid go evil though? Well, that's always good entertainment for me! (not sarcasm).
I like to think of Lex as being evil from the core. And a kid Lex that goes evil just sounds so right. Can't wait to have a grown Lex going on the rampage. Now, if he gets possessed by Darksied, then I'll have to punch a whole in my television and burn all my Superman comics.
Oh, and if kid Lex could manage killing Tess for good, then I'd be completely fine with that. -
Quote:*looks at the animation quality from the first season of Beat Wars*Originally Posted by Mega_Jamie
Bad designs, poor quality animation.
I've seen worse. [edit]And I liked BW.[/edit]
People always flinch at redesigns if they don't look just like the older version. I didn't think they looked that bad. I'm certainly willing to give it a chance to impress. -
Quote:Please don't. At least swap out the PVP Def IO for the Non-PVP version. For the Inf it would take to buy it, you could adequately IO many, many toons. If you do want to play both, do take Fin's advice on attack slotting. You're damage will be horribly sub-par if you don't. Sure, you'll survive as a tank, but you'll bring hardly anything useful to a team. Solo, you'd move through content at a snail's pace.Originally Posted by JayanKoroon
actually that is a nice build.. if i can i'll try out both builds. see what i like better personally. by playing it.. thanks Finduilas
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Quote:I'll be honest. I wouldn't touch it. I'm guessing from your reg date that you haven't had much experience in the game, or maybe with tanking. Correct me if I'm wrong. The build you've provided looks like it's gimped its usefulness in favor for its survival, when in reality, both are necessary. You're over/under slotting a lot of powers because you've focused so much on your weaknesses and forgotten your strengths.Originally Posted by JayanKoroon
alright guys i made some tweaks. and took advantage of the def to psi. and fire. i 2 slotted nimble slash and taunt with mocking beratment for the 1.8% max end. and im not completing this build to the new i19 comes out so ill have stamina. (inherited) and have 2 slots to slot it with end mods.. so what you think bout it now?
While I commend you for obtaining so much defense for Fire and Psi, 25% def on an AT that gets so much attention from NPCs isn't going to last very long. [see Dechs' thread explaining the softcap]
This very, very recent thread here, brought up Ice Armor suggestions. One concern in the thread was Fire and Psi damage. Basically, it boils down to using your strengths to help circumnavigate these weaknesses. You have a -rech & -damage aggro aura. This aura alone increases your survival. When you take into account that you can raise your Max HP with Hoarfrost, therefore effectively raising your resistance, these two things can help buy the time you need eliminate nearby foes. And if you're in a team, there should be plenty of help in taking them down. And if things get bad, well, there's always Hibernate. And if there's still more to worry about after Hibernate, you can always drain their endurance with another hit of EA.
Your main focus should be on hitting the S/L/E/N softcap outside of Energy Absorption. Most fire attacks will have another damage component in them, and if they do, they have to check against your capped defense to land a hit [again, see Dechs' thread]. Hitting the S/L/E/N cap is extremely easy to do. There's a build I posted in the Ice Armor thread that shows how few slots you really need to use to achieve that goal. This allows you to put a good amount of resources into +HP and rech bonuses. In that order. If you focus on those three things (in that order), you'll be sufficiently hard to kill in most every situation. -
Quote:Originally Posted by Ralph WiggumMe fail English? That's unpossible! -
Hmm... interesting. I'd like to see what these Task Forces have in store if they were based off of the feedback from other TFs. Not a bad read!
Now, gimme more info! Or i19 plz! -
I have 200 million I'd like to put into my personal SG on Protector, if it's still possible.
(I always see this thread after it's over *shakes fist at sky*)
Weeknights and weekends are good times for me. If not, then I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for the next time. -
Quote:I'm all ears for differing opinion. Riddler just seems too campy for the more realistic approach (yes, this is relatively speaking since its comic books) to Batman that Nolan has taken.Originally Posted by Cowman
This statement always troubles me whenever I see it.
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Good. Riddler just doesn't sound like a good fit in Nolan's Batman. I never thought he would, and I'm glad to see he won't be in the third installment. I can't wait to see who will be in it!
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Quote:Actually, Durakken's first stance was this:Originally Posted by NinjaPirate
Please go look up the definition of "strawman".
He's discussing the same thing you are.
Not "presenting a similar but false situation and then attacking that made up situation as proof that he is right."
Your position seems to be that the writers must view conservatives as being like Cat.
Durakken is positing that this idea is wrong, that Cat hating liberals and generally being an idiot is just a symptom of Cat being Cat, not that the writers view Cat as "representing all conservatives."
Dur has done the strawman thing before, but this isn't one of them.
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Keep in mind, I was originally trying to clarify what others in the thread probably found insulting.Quote:Originally Posted by Durakken
You are projecting the character of Cat onto all conservatives and making a mistake that is far too common among all people with a hasty generalization.
Instead of seeing what I was doing as a way of helping one person achieve understanding of other's points-of-view (knowing that Dur more than likely has an incredibly crippled ability to relate to humans), Dur instead makes the fallacious argument based on me projecting Cat onto others. I'm not projecting Cat onto anything. I've only said that the writers are insulting a political group. It may not have been their intention, but they did it none-the-less. They created two characters (Cat and Godfrey) acting in ways what would be stereotypical of a political group. When you create stereotype characters, you insult people. Intent or no intent. For another example, looks at the Transformer 2 twins.
He also asserts that:
Something I never said.Quote:You are generalizing in saying that this is how Liberals view conservatives.
So here's the Strawman:
I point out why some people in the thread may feel insulted.
Dur says I'm projecting onto a character. Then later, says I said something I didn't.
The original post he refers to isn't meant to show what I think or not, only to help reach understanding between people. Hence, him derailing onto what I'm talking about fails to understand what's being said. It also fails because his statement is wrong anyways. Does that work? -
Okay, time to be more on topic.
Quote:SO THIS! In fact, here's a build showing only what you need to hit the soft cap. Nothing more. Ignore the power order, I just switched some things on your build on the fly just to show you the slotting. Even on a medium budget, you can make this build, and it's going to take very few slots to do so. On the attacks, I just added some slots to show how you could frankenslot on top of your bonuses to still get good enhancement value. This leaves a lot of room for +HP and Recharge bonuses.Originally Posted by Finduilas
If you're considering IOs, be sure to get the Steadfast +Def, and then look for set bonuses that will get you to 45% S/L/E/NE defense without EA. You're at almost 39% now, so if you get the Steadfast global (which is 3% def to all) you'll only need another 3% defense.
Oh, and I gave you a frankenslot on EA that has you nearly ED capped on Recharge, End Mod and Defense. With a full EA, you'd have 56% def to S/L/E/N. Healthy room for debuff situations.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.81
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Click this DataLink to open the build!
Level 48 Magic Tanker
Primary Power Set: Ice Armor
Secondary Power Set: Super Strength
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Frozen Armor -- DefBuff(A), DefBuff(3), DefBuff(3), EndRdx(5)
Level 1: Jab -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Hoarfrost -- Heal(A), Heal(5), Heal(7), RechRdx(7), RechRdx(9), RechRdx(9)
Level 4: Chilling Embrace -- Empty(A)
Level 6: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 8: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 10: Wet Ice -- EndRdx(A)
Level 12: Permafrost -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A)
Level 14: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 16: Haymaker -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(17), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(17), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(19), F'dSmite-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), F'dSmite-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(21)
Level 18: Glacial Armor -- DefBuff(A), DefBuff(23), DefBuff(25), EndRdx(25)
Level 20: [Empty] -- EndMod(A), EndMod(27), EndMod(29)
Level 22: Knockout Blow -- S'ngH'mkr-Acc/Dmg(A), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(23), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/EndRdx(29), S'ngH'mkr-Dmg/Rchg(31), F'dSmite-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(31), F'dSmite-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34)
Level 24: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 26: Energy Absorption -- RedFtn-Def/Rchg(A), RedFtn-Def(27), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg(33), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg(33), Efficacy-EndMod(33), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(34)
Level 28: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 30: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff(A), DefBuff-I(31), DefBuff(37)
Level 32: Hibernate -- RechRdx(A)
Level 35: Boxing -- Empty(A)
Level 38: Foot Stomp -- C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg(A), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx(39), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg(39), Erad-Acc/Rchg(40), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(40), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(42)
Level 41: Tough -- ResDam(A), ResDam(43), ResDam(45), EndRdx(45)
Level 44: Weave -- DefBuff(A), DefBuff(46), DefBuff(46), EndRdx(46)
Level 47: Icicles -- Empty(A)
Level 49: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
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Quote:Sadly, this is too true. I really wish they'd revisit this tier 9 power that they effectively neutered. Best suggestion I've seen so far is a non-phase altering that gave it insane defense and resist, while still leaving all the toggles inert, so that aggro could be lost if used too long. It'd basically be the same power it used to be.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Also, Hibernate is way too heavily slotted; it was changed some time ago so that there is no benefit to slotting recharge. I'd put a Heal in the base slot and leave it at that.
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Does this mean that Champions Online gets to have the Wal-mart knock-offs, like Dr. Thunder?
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"Sphinx!"
"I didn't say it!"
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I'm at work, and can't open this in Mids at the moment, but from what you've posted, I'm guessing you're only at the S/L/E/N cap after getting a saturated EA. Is this correct? If so, have you noticed whether or not your face-planting outside of EA defense bonuses?
What kinds of enemies are you seeing problem with? As in which groups? Do you have your real numbers open on your defense numbers to see if they've dropped before you die?
There's a lot of variables that you need to take into account; I'm just trying to get the full picture. It could be that you're getting defense debuffs leading to a cascade effect.
Things I'd suggest for playstyle:
When you jump into a big group to soak up the aggro, there's two things I'd lead off with. Foot Stomp and Energy Absorption. This gives you two benefits. The first is that FS delays and spreads out the alpha hits from your mobs. It also buys you time to build up defense before they start attacking with EA. This can go a long way towards survival. Another good reason to lead with EA is that if your mobs take a while to kill, then when you hit them with EA again, they should be drained.
Keep your real numbers on display for Smash and Energy defense. If you notice that these numbers are dropping (usually from lethal attacks or debuffers like those in Carnival and Longbow missions) then hit Hoarfrost and buy yourself some time.
Things I'd suggest for IOs
Go for bonuses in this order: Defense, +HP and recharge. Hitting the soft-cap when you already have CJ+Weave isn't difficult to do with IOs on Ice Armor. So you won't have to invest too many slots for that. If you add HP to that, you're effectively increasing your resistance. This really helps when dealing with Fire and Psi damage. And lastly, having more recharge gives you faster Hoarfrost, Foot Stomp and EA. The more often you have those the better.
Things to do if you just stick to SOs
Lose the second End Reduc SO in all your toggles. They won't give you enough return to be worth it. If Rage is enough for you that you're hitting enough targets, then by all means, stick to your attack slotting. If you are missing too much, drop an ACC SO in them. -
Quote:First and foremost, show us a your build. It's hard to tell you what to change, when we don't know what you have. Second, you shouldn't be surprised if you take fire/psi damage. Considering it hardly has protection from one, and none for the other. Permafrost will provide some resist, but not much, but it is a good place for the Steadfast Def IO. Hibernate and Hoarfrost are your friends. Sometimes, it's best to use Hoarfrost before taking the alpha in those situations you plan on taking damage.Originally Posted by LegacyX
Playing him I can safely say anything with fire or psi damage just literally melts him if the mob stays up long enough. And even with s/l/e/n softcapped i'm still hurting a bit now and then.
I'm wondering if theirs a solution for any of this through IO's or the like.
Will IO's change these results much?
Any comments / thoughts / solutions / builds?
Could matter. Are you running it perma? It's crash will give you a -20% def debuff. If you stack it before it crashes, however, then the penalty won't show. So if you hurting a bit "now and then" that could be part of it.Quote:Secondary is SS if it matters, thanks
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Quote:No, I'm saying the writers are insulting a political group. I've made no assertion that I think that's how all liberals are. Again, another strawman argument.Originally Posted by Durakken
She is generalizing. You are generalizing in saying that this is how Liberals view conservatives... instead of understanding that this is how SHE views Liberals.
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Quote:Hasty generalization? How am I generalizing any group? If anything, I'm saying that the lines of her character come across as a generalization of a group of people. I myself, am not generalizing anything. But I forget who I'm talking to. The king of strawman arguments.Originally Posted by Durakken
Cat is an idiot, why wouldn't she say that?
You are projecting the character of Cat onto all conservatives and making a mistake that is far too common among all people with a hasty generalization.
Pretty easy to understand? And how exactly did she end up with the necklace? It seems like a pretty difficult thing to make the mistake of. Considering there seemed to be quite a bit of security at the exhibit, the only way to have come into its possesion would have to be on purpose. Or, someone placed it. But none of this is even half-way explained in the show. Nope. Someone mentions its missing, then Lois happens to have it. Hell, they could have at least had Lois say something to the effect of "Oh no, I didn't return the necklace." Nope, she doesn't even recognize it!Quote:She was doing a story, had the necklace, she's the one that got possessed. Pretty easy to understand. The banshee episode the story was more forced than anything and would have worked the same with Chloe or Lois being the one that ends up possessed...
I know, Durakken, that for you, so long as there's a point A and a point B, you don't consider a line between them to be necessary for good writing. Unfortunately for those that know better, there should be one.
But I digress. The real reason they did this, was that they didn't know of any other way to write an episode. They fell back on their usual "how to make an episode last 45 minutes before we do what the episode is supposed to" ways. They could have had an entire episode in which Darksied's attempt to take control of Clark (which would have been good since that's suppose to be the concern of the season) put Lois in danger as collateral damage, thus making Clark realize he wants to tell her who he is. But no, they went with the hokey, cheesy, been-done-a-dozen-times Possession episode.
We just lucked out that this time it actually ended with forward momentum, most likely because it's the last season. -
Quote:Not a romantic relationship. Notice that Cat didn't mention that Lois is in a relationship with the Blur. Only that she hero worships. You're still not adressing the ridiculous amount of times Lois gets into trouble for no other reason than she's Lois. It gets old, when there's plenty more to be done, like... you know... find this "darkness that is coming."Originally Posted by Innovator
Everyone knows the Blur and Lois have some kind of relationship. She outed herself a few seasons ago on national television.
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Quote:I think one of the things Wayfarer is refering to is Cat's comment, "I'll never understand Liberals." Insinuating that conservatives know so little about liberals that they would mistake the scene Cat walked in on as something only Liberals would do. This is insulting. Not ridiculing. Ridicule would speak more to the platform of the conservative party, not its intellegence.Originally Posted by Wayfarer
There's a difference between ridicule and insults. For example, the Elvira's Not A Witch video is ridicule. What Smallville is doing is just being insulting. And I'll venture to speculate that if the shoe were on the other foot and it was the other end of the political spectrum they were taking pot shots at, many who argue that there's nothing wrong with taking sides would, instead, denounce it as propaganda.
Mind you, I'm not making this political at all. I have no desire to see the thread locked. I'm just pointing out what you're not seeing as insulting. -
Quote:On this show, which should be the context we are speaking, not everyone knows the BLUR and Lois have a relationship. In fact, it's suppose to be limited knowledge. But that's beside the point. How about the episode from last season where Lois is possessed. BY A PAINTING! Did the painting know to go through Lois to get to Clark? No, because it wasn't even worried about him. It's just pandering for relationship tension over and over again, while using a very old cliche of the show.Originally Posted by Durakken
As far as clark having to save his loved ones all the time. People know that Superman and Lois have a relationship so the smart ones target her...and watching Clark blow out a fire or divert a river really isn't all that interesting, taking all of 3 seconds and all.
Defend it as much as you like, but it's obvious weak sauce. They slapped a Superman logo on it, and you're just fawning over it for that reason. On the bright side, there were only a two bad things about the episode, so it didn't manage to bring it down too much. -
I thought this episode was, wait for it.....
wait for it......
no really, I'll tell you.
At the end of this post, but first, the fluff! (In true Smallville style)
Wow! A posession episode! I've never seen one of those before! And certainly never with a love interest of Clark's! Seriously, writers, get some new material. I think Clark has had to save his loved ones more than he's ever saved other people, making me wonder how much of the world he is actually saving.
Then there's the 5 mins of Oliver monologue again. It was bad enough listening to him talk to his dead parents the other week, now we listen to him spill his guts (again) to Tess. Alright already! I'm tired of being asked to care so much for a character that has way to much involvement in a Superman show.
Other than that?
I liked it. There were some good quips in the episode. I actually found myself laughing a few times. And for this show, that's quite an achievement. And despite all the **** teasing, they finally killed the "suspense" of Clark letting go of his secret. FINALLY! If they can manage not to destroy this progress, I'll be very impressed. And pleased. -
Quote:Early morning post fail.Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim
Do you mean he shouldn't rage and be upset "quite" now (as in just yet?), or that he shouldn't rage "quit?" Very different suggestions, there, Mr. Punner.
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Quote:Don't rage quite now.Originally Posted by mr imposible
I have a inv/ss tank and I think that the damage stinks!
I am lvl 26 and my haymaker does aprrox. 60 points of damage
while my lvl 9 scrapper does 80 points of damage with crane kick!
why can an ordinary person do more damage than some one who
can punch throgh a brick wall?
I am very punny.