Scarlet Shocker
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I would say the availability of tip drops seems to be reduced. It takes a lot more to get them now than pre-I19
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Quote:Better than the real thingOriginally Posted by Bronze Knight
Nobody likes grammar nazis. -
For me the biggest issue with the MA is finding the good stuff amongst the dross and then finding a team to partake of it. It does seem that the MA is dead on its feet on Defiant at least - can't speak for other servers - but there seems to be a genuine lack of interest in it and plenty of other stuff happening.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Nethergoat
It's awesome that works for you.
The situation isn't black/white and your solution does not apply to all players in all circumstances.
For example I have to go afk often, at totally random intervals for random amounts of time. Sometimes I can team with the expectation of being to finish a couple of missions or a short TF, but most of the time i can't.
Rounding up the A-Team doesn't do you any good if you have to skip out at the mission door.
I've run into plenty of others who're in the same situation as myself.
I play on Triumph, I play on Freedom, I play on Virtue. Triumph is a great server with a fine community and I love it dearly. Freedom & Virtue present vastly more opportunities to team, as either a member or a leader.
More players > tighter communities when it comes to finding a team at 4am.
I'd rather fart poetry than speak the lifeless platitudes you deal in.
The simple fact is that this is an MMO... Massively Multi-Player Online Game - if it was a Massively Single Player game you'd maybe have a point. The basic premise is that it's a team game and if your schedule doesn't fit that then it sucks to be you.
As for your point that it's more players beat a tighter community - that's highly debatable: I've a friend who plays on Defiant despite being based in Vegas and she has no trouble picking up a team at 4am UK time. -
Quote:No it really doesn't mean soloing. It means actually spending like 90 seconds finding a couple of people to help with a "Hey I'm struggling on X mission, can you help please?" - if you've got a server channel even easier.Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Plenty of players like to play on their own schedule and at their own convenience, which generally means soloing. Yeah, generally speaking it isn't *that* difficult to find a team, but there are plenty of exceptions- small servers, players with off-kilter schedules, etc. It behooves the game to be mostly soloable to a greater or lesser extent.
Small servers mean tigher communities that will be happy to help cuz they either have or will have that mission you want to do.
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This game is about killing (defeating) stuff. It's about enjoying doing so. Rewards are extra.
Sure we all want to get to the end cuz that's human nature but ultimately you've achieved nothing except waste a couple of hours in a virtual environment that means jack outside of the game.
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Sentinel is excellent and there's only one thing to say:
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Quote:Originally Posted by Fortress_NA
Is it possible to do both well? Both be a good Sapper (able to solo EB's), and be "big-time AOE damage"?
Like Scarlet Shocker, I have an E^3 that I need to respec, both to take advantage of the i19 changes, and to make him less "squishy". I've only recently started learning about IO Sets, and haven't gotten any Hammi-O's, Hydra-O'a, or Titan-O's yet. Or any 'Purples'.
Aside: I really wish that CoX had an "export" feature that would create a file you could then import directly into Mids.
I tend to play solo much more than I team, mainly due to my work schedule. Thus, when I face a mob, there are invariably less than 16, or even 10, of them -- limiting the usefulness of my AoEs.
I discussed my toon's lack of longevity ("squishiness") in fights with a fellow player I met at DragonCon. He suggested I try increasing Defense instead of Resistance (what I had been doing). Toward that end, I'm leaning toward replacing his 3 Legacy Fitness powers with Boxing/Tough/Weave, and replacing his Static Discharge (which has underwhelmed me so far) with Combat Jumping, and replacing Air Superiority with Hover.
A test build I did in Mids managed to get all of his defenses up to at least 18+ percent, with more than half being higher. I don't have a 'feel' for the numbers yet -- is that a decent/good/great amount of defense? But at the same time, I felt that I had 'Robbed Peter to pay Paul'. I felt that the build would be sub-par on damage, having using much of his slots on the defense powers.
Another question about the Electrical Mastery Epic Pool. It is not possible to take all 5 powers, so what criteria do others use to determine what one (or more) powers from that pool they do not take?
Sapping seems to be a futile ambition - mobs recover End so fast it is almost impossible to prevent them attacking and in PVP it's a complete waste of time. End mod is pointless as a form of attack but it can be used to recover endurance after using Thunderous blast for example, but that's as far as it goes.
PS love the Avatar... Fuddy Duddy if not mistaken? -
Yeah happy xmas to the lucky few who manage to snaffle one of these, but really as promotions go it's very weak and both exclusive and elitist.
How about a competition where every member of the community can have a chance of winning? -
Excellent news! I love quirky stuff like this. Good luck
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This is what League of Extraordinary Gentlemen should have been
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Quote:Sadly I suspect this is true and that is a crying shame.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
I hope I'm wrong about this, but... Can someone please explain all of that stuff to me, because from where I'm sitting, it looks like a gigantic mess.
I think one of the big problems is that there's a constant hunt for "newness" that means existing lore and some great background gets abandoned in favour or adding some new element simply because it's new and therefore exciting.
There are a few stories that seem to have begun and left hanging while new stuff (usually involving an alternate dimension) gets introduced.
There are a myriad golden threads in this story but instead of being woven into a gorgeous tapestry seem to be developing into a knotted tangle of disappointment. -
Quote:What is the spoil from data mining?Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Once it goes live. Datamining usually determines whether something gets nerfed or buffed.
If too many people are failing the arc, they'll make it easier. If not, it will remain as is. -
I only ever kick people when they are down.
Works better than any anti-depressant
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Quote:Nice find - I've bookmarked that to show other American friends - cricket used to be as popular in the US as baseball til the turn of the 20th Century and there are big moves afoot to reintroduce it to the USA. It'll inevitably become globally much more popular very quickly because this year China stated its intention to become a Test playing nation within 10 years which will put cricket up there with soccer as global sportsOriginally Posted by je_saist
heh. Nice tongue-in-cheek flatline there.
I think the problem for US (CoH) players is that over here we have baseball and american football... while outside of our borders there is Cricket and Football / Soccer. Tends to create quite a cultural disconnect, combined with marketing companies eager to toss world-wide onto sports (E.G., World Series, but last time I checked Japan wasn't exactly invited to participate, and they've got a pretty good baseball system).
Anyways, for those who are used to Baseball and look at Cricket with complete and absolute confusion (like me), David Morgan Mar has a pretty good write-up of Cricket when compared to Baseball: http://www.dangermouse.net/cricket/
Which means we could get a cricket bat as a club in game!
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It does seem very strange that skins replace existing assets within the game - that's odd and seems to go against Paragon Studio's regular culture to add to rather than replace.
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Ok in retrospect I will say I don't think the arc to introduce us to Incarnates is actually very good in terms of vehicle or story - but most mandatory arcs, the Montague Castanella or the Invention arcs aren't brilliant either and this comes up a shade below them IMO but it's easy enough to do so is simply something to be endured rather than enjoyed.
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Quote:That is an excellent image.Originally Posted by Ironik
Gah! Cricket bat!!
Cricket's not a well known game, with only about 1.5 billion followers globally. Small beans really
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Quote:You're just transferring anger from a different game. Shame about thatOriginally Posted by ABC123
I thought the idea behind this game was that teaming was optional and that everything could be acquired solo.
Now with this release I can't progress my 50's unless I do TFS, do the devs realise how hard it is to get a team together on some servers outside the US ?!
The time zone difference kills us. I am afraid if this doesn't change then this is the end of my 6 year run with this game.
:-(
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Quote:It never felt like a bug and with the devs continued insistence on dumbing the game down and spoon feeding everyone it's an easy enough assumption to make that they'd aimed the mission at the least skilled players.Originally Posted by Sapphic_Neko
No need to be so mean to each other :|
I know it was a bug and bugs need fixing, just... it took all the fun out of it.
I really hope they'll add something similar that we can do for fun in the future!
Instead of everything being boringly slow :| -
Quote:Care to elaborate pls ZM?Originally Posted by Zombie Man
Get the Phase powers from the PvP zone missions, or, the Ethereal Shift temp power recipe.
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Thanks to your feedback I've been playing in Mids and it occurred to me that I've maybe approached this from the wrong angle. One of the standout things from all those builds was that her damage is generally comparably with underwear: Pants.
So I've fiddled around and tried for a high damage build instead - the logic being that the quicker I help the team take down the object of our angst the better. The up side of this is the quicker they mobs are dealt with the less chance they get to hurt me. The downside is they still can
Take a mooch and feel free to comment.
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.90
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Scarlet Damage build: Level 50 Natural Blaster
Primary Power Set: Electrical Blast
Secondary Power Set: Electricity Manipulation
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Electrical Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Charged Bolts- (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 35
- (3) Devastation - Damage/Endurance: Level 35
- (3) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 35
- (5) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 35
- (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (5) Devastation - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (23) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (25) Devastation - Chance of Hold: Level 40
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (9) Thunderstrike - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (11) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (11) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (13) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 40
- (7) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 40
- (13) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 40
- (15) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 40
- (25) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 40
- (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance: Level 40
- (7) Red Fortune - Defense: Level 40
- (27) Red Fortune - Defense/Recharge: Level 40
- (27) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (46) Red Fortune - Endurance: Level 40
- (46) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%): Level 40
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
- (15) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense: Level 40
- (17) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance: Level 40
- (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 40
- (46) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 40
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
- (21) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 40
- (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff: Level 40
- (21) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 40
- (17) Adjusted Targeting - Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Flight Speed IO: Level 40
- (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (23) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance: Level 40
- (29) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception: Level 20
- (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (29) Devastation - Chance of Hold: Level 40
- (31) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (31) Devastation - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (A) Lockdown - Chance for +2 Mag Hold: Level 40
- (31) Lockdown - Accuracy/Hold: Level 40
- (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Chance for Recharge Slow: Level 30
- (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Hold: Level 30
- (33) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
- (A) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage: Level 50
- (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (34) Soulbound Allegiance - Chance for Build Up: Level 50
- (A) Obliteration - Damage: Level 40
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 40
- (36) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (36) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (37) Stupefy - Chance of Knockback: Level 40
- (37) Stupefy - Stun/Range: Level 40
- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (39) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (39) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (40) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Luck of the Gambler - Recharge Speed: Level 40
- (40) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 40
- (A) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 40
- (40) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (42) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (42) Mako's Bite - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (42) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (43) Devastation - Damage/Endurance: Level 40
- (43) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 40
- (43) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (A) Aegis - Psionic/Status Resistance: Level 40
- (45) Impervium Armor - Psionic Resistance: Level 40
- (45) Impervium Armor - Resistance: Level 40
- (A) Absolute Amazement - Stun: Level 50
- (48) Absolute Amazement - Stun/Recharge: Level 50
- (48) Absolute Amazement - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge: Level 50
- (48) Absolute Amazement - Chance for ToHit Debuff: Level 50
- (50) Absolute Amazement - Endurance/Stun: Level 50
- (A) Steadfast Protection - Knockback Protection: Level 30
- (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/Endurance: Level 30
- (50) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%: Level 30
Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift- (A) Run Speed IO: Level 40
- (A) Jumping IO: Level 40
- (A) Numina's Convalescence - +Regeneration/+Recovery: Level 40
- (19) Miracle - +Recovery: Level 40
- (A) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 40
- (37) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 40
- (39) Efficacy Adaptor - EndMod: Level 40
Set Bonus Totals:- 29.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 29.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 3% Defense(Smashing)
- 3% Defense(Lethal)
- 3% Defense(Fire)
- 3% Defense(Cold)
- 9.25% Defense(Energy)
- 9.25% Defense(Negative)
- 3% Defense(Psionic)
- 3% Defense(Melee)
- 8% Defense(Ranged)
- 3% Defense(AoE)
- 30% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 40% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 14% FlySpeed
- 234.93 HP (19.5%) HitPoints
- 14% JumpHeight
- 14% JumpSpeed
- Knockback (Mag -4)
- Knockup (Mag -4)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 8.8%
- MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
- 20% Perception
- 19.5% (0.326 End/sec) Recovery
- 74% (3.723 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
- 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime)
- 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed)
- 3.78% Resistance(Fire)
- 3.78% Resistance(Cold)
- 6% Resistance(Psionic)
- 14% RunSpeed
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Set Bonuses:
Devastation
(Charged Bolts)- 12% (0.604 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
(Electric Fence)- 12% (0.604 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
(Lightning Bolt)- 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
- 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
- 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 4% RunSpeed, 4% FlySpeed, 4% JumpSpeed, 4% JumpHeight
- 2.5% Defense(Ranged), 1.25% Defense(Energy), 1.25% Defense(Negative)
(Ball Lightning)- 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
- 22.59 HP (1.875%) HitPoints
- 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
- 2.5% DamageBuff(All)
(Hover)- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
- 1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
- 2% DamageBuff(All)
- 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
(Hover)- 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed), 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
(Stealth)- 10% (0.503 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 13.55 HP (1.125%) HitPoints
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
(Aim)- 2% DamageBuff(All)
(Build Up)- 2% DamageBuff(All)
(Tactics)- 2% DamageBuff(All)
(Tactics)- 20% Perception
(Zapp)- 12% (0.604 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
(Tesla Cage)- 3% DamageBuff(All)
(Tesla Cage)- 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
- 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
(Voltaic Sentinel)- 16% (0.805 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 36.14 HP (2.999%) HitPoints
- 4% DamageBuff(All)
(Thunder Strike)- MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
- 3% DamageBuff(All)
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
(Thunder Strike)- 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
(Havoc Punch)- MezResist(Immobilize) 3.3%
- 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All) (Exceeded 5 Bonus Cap)
(Maneuvers)- 7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
(Thunderous Blast)- 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
(Shocking Grasp)- MezResist(Immobilize) 3.3%
- 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All) (Exceeded 5 Bonus Cap)
(Shocking Bolt)- 12% (0.604 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 27.11 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
- 3% DamageBuff(All) (Exceeded 5 Bonus Cap)
(Charged Armor)- 3% Resistance(Psionic)
(Charged Armor)- 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
- 3% Resistance(Psionic)
(EM Pulse)- 4% (0.067 End/sec) Recovery
- 2.52% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
- 15% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 10% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
(Surge of Power)- 1.5% (0.025 End/sec) Recovery
- 18.07 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
- Knockback Protection (Mag -4)
- 3% Defense(All)
(Stamina)- 5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
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Congrats to the happy couple
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How do you ghost past a rikti drone if you only have the pool power invis? I've tried stealth and invisibility and with a stealth IO into the mix too but they always see me and hurt me bad.
Is there any way of getting past them if you're not a stalker/illusionist?