Scarlet Shocker

I think that this is well deserved - issues 9 to 12 have been outstanding. I13 is "nice to have" to an extent but doesn't move the earth for me. I11 and 12 were for me the best and it's great to see CoX get the recognition it deserves.

Interesting that it's Massively, who seem to be fans of the game in their own right

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Greetings,

I have been playing CoX off and on the past years together with my gf.

It's no secret that between the issue releases the populations are ....welll ....a bit low on both servers.

What I don't understand is. Why not merge Defiant and Union into one server.

One English Server = One, lot more active, English community!

It would be nice to see all the various zones more active again.

And it will be more fun for new people who join or people rolling ALT's to have an easier time to level up and actually see people around.

Joining high level Task Forces aren't exactly fun. You powerlevel like crazy through side kicking and so missing out on a lot of fun content.

As at this moment it's pretty much the only group thing going on mostly. Higher level task forces zerging through instances.

I think it would be better for the long run and might keep players subscribed longer, when you have just one English Server that is a lot more active then the two we have now.

Me and my gf really enjoy CoX, especially my gf. But we just kept getting bored after a short while, because there aren't many players around most days ....making the world feel a bit empty and less immersive.
Not to mention that the chat channels are really dead silent.

Cheers

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Welcome to the forum.

How's the new job at Cryptic working out?

I am subscribed to the emails and I didn't get one either.

There does seem to be something of a scatter gun effect in progress here

It's a bit of a shame that no archive was kept. There were a few good guides there

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According to ParagonWiki, it's a IO set, not a hero.

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Isn't it a freakshow EB?

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GIVE BLASTERS BACK THE UNRESISTABLE DAMAGE PORTION

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This would make Shen happy (and a lot of other people)

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Signed!

Happy birthday mate

Some cool comments, thanks

Starting with Toy, the basic premise is a total blapper, possibly for arena PVP (but not exclusively.)
You'll notice I've gone for far fewer range powers, but melee heavy.

Vernicherhelge, I had hoped to get the data chunk but it wasn't happening. Possibly my inexperience with Mids, I don't often use it I admit.

Shannon, thanks fro comments. Serveral of the powers have 4 slots for conversion to sets at a later stage (but when I put that together it was very late )

You make some great points re-lightning field & CJ and run too. I think I can take them on board and give the build a tweak

cheers

Just trying something out in Mids.

Would be interested in comments.

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

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

Scarlet Shocker (Build 2): Level 50 Natural Blaster
Primary Power Set: Electrical Blast
Secondary Power Set: Electricity Manipulation
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Ancillary Pool: Electrical Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Lightning Bolt

[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (3) Accuracy IO[*] (3) Damage Increase IO[*] (7) Damage Increase IO[*] (11) Damage Increase IO[/list]Level 1: Electric Fence
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (5) Immobilisation Duration IO[/list]Level 2: Charged Brawl
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (7) Damage Increase IO[*] (9) Damage Increase IO[/list]Level 4: Lightning Field
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (5) Accuracy IO[*] (9) Endurance Modification IO[*] (19) Endurance Modification IO[*] (19) Damage Increase IO[/list]Level 6: Short Circuit
[*] (A) Endurance Modification IO[*] (11) Endurance Modification IO[*] (13) Endurance Modification IO[*] (13) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (46) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 8: Hasten
[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (15) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (15) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 10: Combat Jumping
[*] (A) Jumping IO[*] (17) Defense Buff IO[*] (17) Defense Buff IO[/list]Level 12: Swift
[*] (A) Run Speed IO[*] (21) Run Speed IO[*] (21) Run Speed IO[/list]Level 14: Health
[*] (A) Miracle - +Recovery[*] (25) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery[*] (25) Regenerative Tissue - +Regeneration[*] (27) Numina's Convalescence - Heal[/list]Level 16: Aim
[*] (A) To Hit Buff IO[*] (23) To Hit Buff IO[*] (29) To Hit Buff IO[*] (46) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception[/list]Level 18: Super Jump
[*] (A) Winter's Gift - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range[*] (27) Winter's Gift - Run Speed, Jump, Flight Speed, Range/Endurance[/list]Level 20: Stamina
[*] (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End[*] (23) Endurance Modification IO[*] (29) Endurance Modification IO[*] (31) Endurance Modification IO[/list]Level 22: Havoc Punch
[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (33) Damage Increase IO[*] (37) Damage Increase IO[/list]Level 24: Build Up
[*] (A) To Hit Buff IO[*] (33) To Hit Buff IO[*] (34) To Hit Buff IO[*] (46) To Hit Buff IO[/list]Level 26: Voltaic Sentinel
[*] (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End[*] (31) Energy Manipulator - Chance to Stun[*] (33) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage[*] (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up[/list]Level 28: Lightning Clap
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (31) Knockback Distance IO[*] (34) Knockback Distance IO[/list]Level 30: Thunder Strike
[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (39) Damage Increase IO[*] (40) Damage Increase IO[*] (40) Accuracy IO[*] (40) Accuracy IO[*] (42) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 32: Acrobatics
[*] (A) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (39) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 35: Power Sink
[*] (A) Endurance Modification IO[*] (36) Endurance Modification IO[*] (36) Endurance Modification IO[*] (36) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (37) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (37) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 38: Shocking Grasp
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (39) Hold Duration IO[*] (42) Accuracy IO[*] (43) Hold Duration IO[/list]Level 41: Shocking Bolt
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (42) Accuracy IO[*] (43) Hold Duration IO[*] (43) Hold Duration IO[/list]Level 44: Charged Armor
[*] (A) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (45) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (45) Resist Damage IO[*] (45) Resist Damage IO[/list]Level 47: Surge of Power
[*] (A) Endurance Modification IO[*] (48) Endurance Modification IO[*] (48) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (48) Resist Damage IO[/list]Level 49: Tesla Cage
[*] (A) Accuracy IO[*] (50) Accuracy IO[*] (50) Hold Duration IO[*] (50) Hold Duration IO[/list]------------
Level 1: Brawl
[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[/list]Level 1: Sprint
[*] (A) Run Speed IO[/list]Level 2: Rest
[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 1: Defiance

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Spider man has used his power on the sly un costumed tho as has superman. then there's batman who's always batman even when he's Bruce wane he's still batman and constantly uses his skills. and as Raven says what about those that cant become civs most of my heroes and villains are what they all of the time on duty or not

The MESS for example is a collection of Earth, stone, random chunks of tech, all held together by pretty much force of will he could make him self look more human but he's never going to be human.

Also why would getting mugged cost you Inf? Inf be it Influence or Infamy are a representation of your standing within the community why would you loose some of that if you were mugged no one would know it was you so no loss of influence. Course you could turn hero and fail to stop the muggers i would see how that could loose you standing.

As for under cover as a civ missions they could just be mission where your able to go undercover as a civ at least then some game mechanic like the look like a midnight er charm or the freak disguise could be implemented and if it doesn't soot your character you could just ignore the content.

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You only need to read Bendis' run on Daredevil (particularly the "Out" arc) to see how this would work in the "real" world and there's no real mechanism for that in the game (or in any other game I think.)

For those who haven't read it, there were a number of issues contiguously where Daredevil never actually appeared in his own comic - the arcs focussed solely on Matt Murdock and his fight to prove he was not Ol' Hornhead. (A tricky task and the world isn't entirely convinced but they can't prove anything.)

It's an interesting take on the subject of secret identities.

One of the things about Paragon is that all the heroes (and villains for that matter) are essentially registered - we see our ID cards every time we create a toon - so the need for a secret identity becomes significantly less. Heroes in Paragon are a fundamental part of law enforcement. In fact if you translate that model into the real world, if you were arrested by a masked policeman, no matter how guilty you were, the case would collapse before it got to court.


So perhaps the easier way to do it would be to make a new alt who is simply level 1 and has minimal powers and no costume?

On the 10th day of xmas my true love sent to me

10 Skulls skuldugging

9 MMs Lagging
8 Wenthworths crashes
7 Noobs whining
6 Hydra Farting
5 Arachnos spiders
4 Freakshow rezzing
3 Trolls fighting
2 Clockwork bots
and a laser fired from a pear tree

Didn't read every post here but things seem to have changed a tad wtih I13 already as people convert base salvage to arcane super-rares, which is having a significant impact on the market. I suspect this will be an ongoing trend for a while.

I find CoT relatively easy - especially at low level. Go hunt them below lvl 15,and choose missions based on CoT arcs. Perez Park is a good place to find them and it only takes one Pangean Soil to set yourself up

My best time so far on either event with any toon has been rubbish :S

She's on the balcony. She can't have been there too long since she's wearing a wedding pack cossie. Her name's Trina.

Sadly she's not on the map but I notice the Merit Vendors are.

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There is a tailor in Pocket D, in the tikti lounge.

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NEVER seen them!

runs off to look

I've never seen a problem with it. Let's just assume that they have rubber boots on when it misses or something

ok we get all the fancy xmas goodies, ear muffs, reindeer bananas, santa hats etc... then we gotta flog over to Steel/RWZ/Cap au D or elsewhere to equip ourselves with our shiny new togs.

It is probably too late for this year but please... next event... can we have someone who can help us change close by?

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Yeah, but I'm sure he was allowed a direct debit :P Auto-payment's not a bad idea. Not that it kills me to TP to Atlas to pay it. Especially since I'm logging off there now for the day job

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I think that's to prevent somebody creating an SG and base then never logging in - that way the other SG members are kind of hamstrung when it comes to running the base. It's an alleged (but IMO incredibly ham fisted) way of ensuring somebody logs in every 2 weeks to pay base rent.

I can see why some kind of mechanism's necessary but it could be easily improved.

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If someone was minded to create an SG then never log in, in what way would base rent payments make a difference? Sure, the base would get shut down after a while due to missed payments, but if the creator's not logging in anyway that'd be no skin off his nose.

And even if the creator did feel obliged and sneak in at 2:00am every few weeks to pay the rent (but did nothing else at all), how would that be better for the SG than if there was no rent and he never logged in at all?

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You'll note from my post I did not at any point imply this was a good way of doing it.

I just said I think it's the intent... and not well executed at that.

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Which, if you click the link beneath it saying 'read more', you'll see:

"By simply logging in between December 15th, 2008 and January 4th, 2009*, players receive the following..."



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Never a good plan - people don't read anything more than the headline. It should be "Winter Event Live"

"Soon" works only as a teaser and it should be updated when the event goes live.

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If it had said "Winter Event Live" it would have been wrong, since the Winter Event was not live on the 11th. Not your day today, Scarlet.

There's really no point in saying "Winter Event Live" on the forums or web site, since you'll know soon enough when you log in.

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You miss my point.

It should have been updated today, to say "Live"

To look on the website and see "Soon" when the event is actually live is a tad misleading.

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Yeah, but I'm sure he was allowed a direct debit :P Auto-payment's not a bad idea. Not that it kills me to TP to Atlas to pay it. Especially since I'm logging off there now for the day job

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I think that's to prevent somebody creating an SG and base then never logging in - that way the other SG members are kind of hamstrung when it comes to running the base. It's an alleged (but IMO incredibly ham fisted) way of ensuring somebody logs in every 2 weeks to pay base rent.

I can see why some kind of mechanism's necessary but it could be easily improved.

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Which, if you click the link beneath it saying 'read more', you'll see:

"By simply logging in between December 15th, 2008 and January 4th, 2009*, players receive the following..."



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Never a good plan - people don't read anything more than the headline. It should be "Winter Event Live"

"Soon" works only as a teaser and it should be updated when the event goes live.

It's not been modified to a token

but hey even Stark had to pay for Avengers Mansion (and Danny Rand for [New] Avengers tower.)

Happy cake day!

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You guys REALLY should check the CoH website more often.

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At the time of writing, there is nothing on the EU site. The most recent post is December 11 saying "Soooooooooooooooon"TM

Nope.