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  1. Scene_EU

    I'm a slow idiot.

    POST-ACTION

    I actually found rolling a bot/dark MM and running solo x8 mishes prepares you for the roll of a tanker quite well - you're constantly having to taunt, trying to draw all the aggro from the rest of your team (7 in total), while you only have 1 actual attack (sands of mu in my case)
  2. Scene_EU
    aren't all of Borea's "true" missions timed? - iirc they were for me, as well as being continuous/repeatable
  3. Scene_EU
    Poison would sit under the Science origin, if you're considering the chemistry side of it
  4. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Lady Arete View Post
    Hmm, weird Poptart.
    Cause what I see in my EU updater aswell are the following:
    "Will you follow the path of Going Rogue" (With Link in the GR)
    "Free character transfers have been extended
    Free character transfers have been extended until the end of of february 2010......"

    "Issue 16 is live!"
    .....


    If it was the 1 one (Will you follow the path), well it says not spesifically anything about preordering GR. Was this what you see when you start your updater? (and before pushing "next")

    Then I guess you play on the US server. Right?
    That is what Scarlet (I believe) is trying to make a point out of. The US servers (well Launcher) is the one that gets updated. The EU only gets updated when A. The Eu community says something like "err... is it not time to change the updater info? Its soon 14+ days..." or
    B. Someone in the company (before it has gone 14 days) thinks... "Whops we forgot to update the EU" or something.

    Was I right Scarlet?
    The above sentiment is one of the reasons why I do feel neglected. Thus I hope the Developers and the company destroy (if it exists) any hurdle that prevents them from making the complete playerbase (aka the two communities) into ONE community. One updater to keep updated, one server list with all servers present, one community...
    I'm talking about what has become my hope for the community: Server List Merge.
    you forgot C. The man took his dog on holiday for 2 weeks to Crufts
  5. Scene_EU

    MM Bugs?

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    Simple answers:

    1. Wait until in the mission instance before casting pets, them dismiss before exiting... this solves 90% of the current pet bugs

    2. Equip & Upgrade are AoE buffs, but with a fairly small area - any bot outside the MM's radius will not get the upgrade - cast you pets close to you
  6. Scene_EU

    DP/Fire/Fire Build

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    Not having played a blaster at all before, I thought I'd finally give in and create one following along a theme. So I created Kerroscene (Keroscene was taken ): a pure fire mutant with incendiary guns... yada yada.

    Anyway, I've been trying to work on a build for him, using some fire/fire builds posted here as a template, and I was wondering if you blaster experts could rip it to... err I mean, see if I'm heading in the right direction .


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    Now, I generally solo quite a lot, mainly to adapt to a new AT style of play, but also because I like to control the speed I play at - teaming doesn't generally give you that option much . With this AT though, I realised it was going to have to be more of a team player to ensure better survival odds.
  7. Scene_EU

    Are we hated?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
    On top of the pets taking up space, there's also a mentality of many Masterminds that buffs are for pets only. Sometimes when I add a Mastermind to a team what I see is teammates getting slaughtered while the MM is busily healing his zombies. It's one thing to concentrate on your pets while the team is doing ok, but really poor style when the team is about to wipe. I suspect a lot of Masterminds don't even look at the team window to see how things are going, based on the number of times I've been killed.

    That said, not everything about Masterminds is bad. Having those extra bodies around as potential aggro targets does make my squishies feel safer.
    This is where a /dark MM comes in handy, with 2 AoE heals (1 from fluffy).

    Weirdly, everytime I've teamed, my main priority is the team list, which I have set just above my bot list. My pets are always in BG mode - I generally spam the macro between fights (and sometimes during, if mobs start running off) to keep them on a leash.

    My first attacks are tar patch, followed by electric fences, then I let the bots do their stuff - if anyone of the team is in a bit of trouble, I do my best to get them into my aoe heal zone - or failing that howling twilight comes in handy.

    Fluffy can be the problem causer, as its uncontrollable, so I generally don't cast him unless we're swamped in mobs
  8. Scene_EU

    Bots Question

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    I slotted mine as follows:

    2x Def IOs
    2x Sovereign Right - Resist Bonus & Acc/Dmg/End
    2x Nucleolus HOs
  9. Scene_EU
    I got a very quick response using /petition ingame when my 24 month vet reward didn't show up (within the hour iirc).
  10. Scene_EU

    Are we hated?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by _Seph View Post
    Have you ever played a bots / ff for example, it is actually annoying haveing to buff 6 bots AND 7 people.
    Most of the time i actually get more out of buffing my pets rather then other people aswell and please dont use the "if you dont want to buff, dont pick a buff set" i really think masterminds are excluded from that one as nearly all we do are buff, buff, buff oh and buff.
    ....and debuff
  11. Scene_EU
    watching a 30m HO fail upgrading to 52+ was meh
  12. Scene_EU

    WP/DM Build

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    Slight adjustment to my build, after taking in some of your advice Finduilas, as well as doing some testing ingame. I wasn't feeling comfortable the way the toon playing with the previous build goal:

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    EDIT: still debating whether to slot taunt for MB or PZ though, and whether or not to replace ToF with Smite.... thoughts?
  13. Scene_EU

    Are we hated?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Tangler View Post
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't mobs need to be lvl 50 at least for purples to drop?
    nope... have run loads of the timed RWZ missions from Borea @ -1/x8, and had about 3 or 4 purp drops in the last few months, also had a purp drop from a lvl 47 CoT minion - ok granted it was one of the cheaper one.

    /off topic
  14. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Anyone else having problems with 196.21? Looks like it came out mid-January, and I started having problems very shortly after returning to the game in early February.
    been running 196.21 here since release with no issues at all, but then I have an ASUS ENGTX260 Matrix, which has dual fans and uses iTracker2 to control the fan speeds
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    it seems nVidia has rolled back to 196.21 as being the latest drivers
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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PeteyCat View Post
    Miss Mechanica, my bots/traps mad scientist.

    Drones: Crow, Tom, Gypsy
    Protectors: Joel and Mike
    Assault Bot: Cambot

    With as many chatbinds as I could cram in, all mocking their opponents.
    Ohhhh the Japanity!

  17. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Zikar View Post
    It's a room in the blue caves maps that has multiple layers to it and huge hole in the middle. It's the single worst room in the game, with enemies hiding behind pillars and in little holes and corners.
    MM hell
  18. Scene_EU

    Are we hated?

    POST-ACTION

    Knockback from pets can be quite annoying at times, more so from a tanks point of view, but there are ways around that on the MM side.

    If you haven't done your patron pool story arc yet, I'd suggest going MU Mastery and getting Electric Shackles. Its an AOE immobilize with -KB. Just throw that onto the group before sending your bots in and your tank won't experience mobs flying out of range.... much.

    I've never really had any problems in teams on my MM, and have had some quite flattering comments during/after some teaming instances, so I wouldn't say we're an overall hated team AT. We are, however a very good solo AT, when setup correctly.

    One thing I tended to do with my MM, was spend a lot of time soloing, so that I could build up a good understanding of his weaknesses and strengths - especially in and around large quantites of mobs. Once you can handle crowd and pet control in /x6 + missions, you find it pretty easy to adapt to teaming.

    Hope this helps
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    Can't wait tbh
  20. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Gaelic_Reign View Post
    Okay, got my comp back, and did my best to recreate a BSOD, so I could put up the codes, and here they are:

    0X0000008E (( 0X0000005, 0XBD213E5c, 0XA2EC3870, 0X00000000))

    nv4_dsip.dll - Address BD213E5C base at BD012000, [this may be a misread on mypart], Datestamp 4a2fc14b

    So if anyone knows what these mean, I'd appreciate any help.
    nv4_disp.dll refers to your nVidia drivers. You could try uninstalling them, rebooting and installing the latest.... just my suggestion. If it continues, my next test would be to remove the gfx card and replace with another (or use onboard) if you have 1 spare - to ensure it wasn't a hardware fault with the card
  21. Scene_EU
    try keeping a copy of both cohupdater.exe & cohupdater.eu.exe in your game folder, don't just rename the EU version (works fine in XP anyway).
  22. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chocolate_Bacon View Post
    I finally hit 50 on my DP blaster after almost three hours of grinding. It took me so long because after the AE nerf no one is teaming anymore.

    What am I supposed to do now? I got the last power in the set and now DP sucks. There aren't any more powers to take. The devs should really make a new power so that I have some reason to play the character longer. How hard would it be just to add one extra power?

    p.s. how do I change ammos?
    obviously spent a lot of time learning the skill then
  23. Scene_EU
    Just my opinion really, but a few things you might want to ask yourself are:

    1. What role do you want your MM to play (Tankermind / Support / Damage / Other)?

    2. Will you be staying teamed with your Wife's MM all / most of the time or will you be soloing as well?

    The last question will definitely effect which role you decide (and your Wife's role too)

    Looking at the build briefly, a few things I noticed were that you have placed all the pet def/res procs in Gang War. I'm pretty sure that you would be better off putting the non-recharge intensive pet procs into your enforcer/thugs/bruiser, as well as some damage procs eg: soulbound allegience & explosive strike.

    I would probably drop Web Cocoon or petrifying gaze for Tactics, as they are both Hold skills, and take out a few slots from the remaining hold to use elsewhere.

    Here is a build I came up with that, I think, could work well as a team or solo MM

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  24. Scene_EU
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rent_ View Post
    Everyone still with this exact issue do this.

    Go to notepad or any other basic text input program. Don't enter anything into the file, just save as "cohupdater.exe" (without the quotations) and put it in the folder with your updater.

    Run the updater that was causing you the problem and it will rename the text file and change it to another updater. Should be problem solved.
    What I did is create a duplicate of the cohupdater.eu.exe and rename it to cohupdater.exe, and have it in the same folder. No problems here at all - Still need to keep and run the EU.exe version, or else it tries to d/l the US game client
  25. Scene_EU
    Definitely run it on my Bot/dark Tankermind. I find its essential for those unpredictable times when pets decide to die on you mid fight, but it also means I only need to use 1 default slot for equip + upgrade, thus adding 1 or 2 more possible IO bonuses to other sets