Schismatrix

Awesome. i knew it was something like that. It's just been so long since i used it that i'd forgotten.

As i recall there's a command/switch to activate a second power after the first if the button is held down for a second. Was it a - in front of one of the commands that does that? Been a while since i needed a bind to activate two powers in a row so i'm not sure if my recall is accurate.

i say VEATS are support ATs. However, that's because they're even more devestating on teams than they are solo. And a well built and played VEAT is flat out lethal when solo.

Well, there will be. The current 50 mag protection will be hard for even a decent amount of holds to get through. At the moment it's probably a better bet to go for outdamaging their regeneration. It may take a few weeks for the change to work its way to live.

Still easier than getting a MoLRSF or MoSTF.

While i only see her when i go to Croatoa, which i haven't done much for a while, on the occasions i do go to Croatoa it's much rarer for me to not run into her.


On a related note: i refer to Lusca as a "she" because the Devs have always done so, and also every canon source that has referenced Lusca's gender used the feminine form.

Some delete all or most of their PMs after reading them.
It's uncommon i imagine, but then there are also people who save every PM or email they've ever received and also log and archive all chats.
i know i fall mostly into the first group. i rarely save emails or PMs and virtually never log chats at all.

Me three.

*heh* Well go shine in a LGTF and come back and tell us how easy it is. Since you're insisting that damage spiking alone is enough i'd request you not do it with more than one Dominator and Controller on the team. After all, you've explained how they're not actually needed.
Challenging then. Well i for one look forward to hearing from T_C_S regarding how simple it was to do with several Stalkers and a few reds.

More accurately you mean Dominators, right? The other villain AT's don't offer more than the hero AT's in terms of holds or damage.

So you're saying that to be successful a team needs multiple Dominators and/or an accolade that less than 10% of my 50's have? That in my opinion is not good mission design.

To that end, does anyone know offhand the amount and frequency of the greens' heal power?

Edit: Leandro's post immediately before mine answers the general parameters.

So it's now nearly required to generate 50+ points of hold magnitude from a team of 8 to defeat the green mitos. That does limit viable team compositions a bit.

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Regarding the Abandon Mission button: The greatest use i've found for it currently is refreshing the mission list for paper/scanner missions without having to leave and reenter the zone. This makes me happy since i usually avoid escort missions and seek CoT/Carny missions.

Edit: It would appear that the LGTF working correctly is raising questions as to whether that's really what should be intended. Having a single enemy/mission immediately before the last mission functioning as an impassable obstacle for most team compositions can lead to frustration.

If only that was true in the case of "stars" like Paris Hilton.

True. The Hami raids i occasionally attend are normally held on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Sometimes there are unscheduled raids announced, but those seem to be on hold for now.

Edit: i plan to try out the blueside Kahn TF tomorrow if anyone else would be interested in running it. Just to be absolutely certain the fix is working properly.

That was my guess as well, but hope springs eternal. If i had $1 for every post i've seen in this section where someone said a fix on the test server didn't work because they just experienced the issue on live i'd probably be able to afford a new car.

So, updated the client but got a message on login that all characters on the training room should be recopied from live because of some database work being done on test. So, it'll be a bit before i'm ready to try Kahn. Maybe tomorrow if anyone else is interested.

Also, the Beta Testers channel was gone from my list. i'm guessing the channel is still the main one for testers, but now i know for a fact that the channel kick timer now works.

i'd like to think it was the test server despite the implication that the fix didn't work since it would at least confirm whether or not the fix works, but based on similar posts in the past it could very easily have been on live that they were disappointed to not see a fix that's currently only on test.

Running the updater now.
Maybe i'll be able to find a team to test this.

Cue BABs to run screaming into the night.
Well, except that he's got lackeys now that he could delegate to do the work.

Eh, i get a lot more tells something like that with no punctuation at all.

"team"
"want team"
"need team"
"join"
"u team"
"room on team"
"join team"
"can join"

Then there are the ones with no punctuation and so badly spelled that sometimes i'm not entirely sure what the person is trying to say, but at least one of the misspelled words seems somewhat group activity related. Maybe.

Don't take Speed Boost if you don't want to. It's a very nice buff, but after playing FF, Cold and Thermal i sympathize with not wanting to take it just because of the people who constantly beg for it. Even worse are those who spam "SB PLZ!!!" when they already have it on them. Of course i'd suggest letting people know up front that you don't have it when joining a team since most players think it's required. On my buffers i usually have a bind/macro that announces that i'm tossing out buffs and anyone not easily accessible will have to wait for the next cycle.

Personally i never beg for Speed Boost on any of my alts. If the Kin tosses it on me it's awesome and if they don't i continue playing just like the rest of the time when i'm not teamed with a Speed Boost dispensing teammate.

Now for my question: Schrodinger's Cat? Alive/Dead

Yep. The rumors were that the construction in Steel, and the similar construction in Port Oakes, would be launch facilities for going to the hypothetical outer space zone/moonbase. The Port Oakes one is even labeled Launch Site with a rocket as the icon on the map that came in the Architect Edition, but the Steel Canyon area is just labeled City Rebuilding. A recent Dev comment seems to indicate that it's since been scrapped/canceled/put on indefinite hold. Still, i don't think they'd just stick a building at the Steel Canyon site. More likely is that it would open up a gate to the new area shown on the map if the Devs do anything at all with it.

*heh* So "devpet" is your preferred equivalent to fanboi i take it. A term used to automatically dismiss and deride anyone who doesn't agree with your constant negativity and contempt for the Devs.

i have to wonder why you continue subscribing to this game the way you constantly state your contempt for those running it. From what i've seen of your posts in this thread and similar threads regarding the Devs' approach to balancing the game i don't see how any characters could survive combat with a single even con minion at this point if the Devs were as incompetent and nerf hungry as you constantly assert.

i certainly can't believe the Dev team your posts seem to describe could add any functional new sets or powers to the game. They certainly wouldn't put in something like IO's unless they added character-wide penalties for slotting them.

If the Devs are so stupid, vindictive and incompetent, and everything's being nerfed into uselessness, why are you even bothering to post? They'll just nerf shields into uselessness anyway, just like they recently did to DP with i17's changes. After all, they're too incompetent and out of touch to do otherwise, right?

i hardly think the Devs can do no wrong, but i actually think they can (and do) get things right on occasion as well. My expectation is that sometime in the near future Shield Charge will be nerfed and FA buffed. i don't think either will be that extreme, but i will reserve judgment until i have more information. Probably because i'm some sort of devpet and fanboi who thinks the Devs can occasionally do something right.

That would be great. The videos are fun, but the songs alone get tiresome very quickly.

My guess would be her civilian identity is a brunette employed at a chain bookstore who is very knowledgeable, quick-witted and insightful.

Thus her costumed "Lady Gaga" persona is somewhere between a vacuous, drugged-out club girl and a brain-damaged poodle who sings songs with shallow, trite lyrics over fairly generic dance pop in order to confound her enemies. The Madonna crossed with Marilyn Manson career stylings are intriguing. (Gotta admit, her videos are catchy and flashy, and are entertaining to watch, even if R&B singers were making videos using similar visual aesthetics albout a decade ago, and goth/industrial/fetish artists had done it well before that.)

i'd go with a Sonic/Rad Corruptor or a Mind/Sonic Controller for her AT/powersets.

There's a rather obvious joke that hinges on leaving out the second half, but it generally works best in a verbal context.