Serva_Obscura

Oh how I wish the devs would expand on the travel powers.

Crimson Suzerain, Scarlett Quarrel: Hoverbike/Motorbike
Vedanthi/Urdth/Tskalt, Operative Tzaki: Arachnos Shuttle
Serva Obscura: Hi-tech micro-tank
Carousel Trance: Clockwork Pony
Obfuscera, Obfuscera Inferna: White and Gold Lamborghini
Platinum Skull, Zombie Adjunct: Undead Palanquin

Union Knight, Near Umbra, Penumbris, Volo Aduro, Ultra Lucis: Normal Travel Powers

But I'd like to be able to customise the temp transport powers as well.
E.G. any of the zone teleport powers (Base, BM/WW, mission) could have a shuttle sweep in with it hatch open then fly off (Tech exists to detect if a chartacter is "out in the open" from the Rikti invasion)

Mmmmm, customised travel powers.

Damnit, you are correct. I have _never_ seen one of those in-game. Apologies for the ignorance

http://massively.joystiq.com/2011/03...server-change/

Look at the guy getting hit there. He doesn't look like IDF, and that jetpack looks colour-coordinated with his costume and I don't recognise the design.

Or is this old news that I've missed the discussion of.

Any netbook using the Ion2 nvidia chipset would be notably better for COH

Back when I first subbed (shortly after launch) Guardian was the unofficial EU server.

I'm still there despite some timezone issues.

For those that missed this:

Back in the day I was told that Guardian was the unofficial EU server. When the UK version launched I didn't want to lose my solo base so I stayed. Oh yeah and I liked Guardian as well mind you.

So, come over to Guardian.

If.. you want to that is.

...no pressure.

I built a Nin/TA as a companion to one of my other characters mostly for concept and I love the character's look and backstory.

But not I want to make a little more use of her and was looking to pump up def (As any good Ninja should) I'm mostly looking at smash/lethal but there is a lot of def spread around this build. Pleas note this is also a levelling build and I don't expect to get the scorpion shield for a while yet.

Any thoughts or critiques are welcome

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.92
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Scarlet Quarrel: Level 50 Natural Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Ninjas
Secondary Power Set: Trick Arrow
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Snap Shot

• (A) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (3) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (3) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance

Level 1: Entangling Arrow

• (A) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
• (5) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Endurance
• (5) Enfeebled Operation - Endurance/Immobilize
• (7) Enfeebled Operation - Accuracy/Recharge

Level 2: Call Genin

• (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
• (9) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
• (9) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
• (11) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (11) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
• (13) Blood Mandate - Damage

Level 4: Aimed Shot

• (A) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (7) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (13) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance

Level 6: Combat Jumping

• (A) Winter's Gift - Slow Resistance (20%)

Level 8: Glue Arrow

• (A) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow

Level 10: Train Ninjas

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 12: Fistful of Arrows

• (A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (19) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
• (46) Detonation - Damage/Endurance/Range
• (48) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance

Level 14: Call Jounin

• (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
• (21) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
• (23) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
• (23) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (25) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
• (25) Blood Mandate - Damage

Level 16: Poison Gas Arrow

• (A) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Sleep
• (17) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Recharge
• (17) Lethargic Repose - Endurance/Sleep
• (27) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Sleep/Recharge
• (27) Lethargic Repose - Accuracy/Endurance

Level 18: Ice Arrow

• (A) Basilisk's Gaze - Endurance/Recharge/Hold
• (19) Basilisk's Gaze - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold
• (48) Lockdown - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge/Hold

Level 20: Acid Arrow

• (A) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Endurance/Recharge
• (21) Shield Breaker - Accuracy/Recharge
• (29) Touch of Lady Grey - Chance for Negative Damage
• (29) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy)
• (31) Shield Breaker - Chance for Lethal Damage
• (46) Shield Breaker - Defense Debuff/Endurance/Recharge

Level 22: Kick

• (A) Kinetic Combat - Accuracy/Damage
• (31) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Recharge
• (33) Kinetic Combat - Damage/Endurance/Recharge

Level 24: Tough

• (A) Reactive Armor - Endurance
• (31) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (34) Reactive Armor - Resistance
• (34) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance/Recharge
• (34) Reactive Armor - Resistance/Endurance
• (37) Reactive Armor - Endurance/Recharge

Level 26: Weave

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (37) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (37) Defense Buff IO
• (39) Endurance Reduction IO
• (46) Karma - Knockback Protection

Level 28: Oni

• (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
• (40) Blood Mandate - Damage/Endurance
• (40) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Endurance
• (40) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (43) Blood Mandate - Damage
• (43) Blood Mandate - Accuracy

Level 30: Disruption Arrow

• (A) Recharge Reduction IO
• (45) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 32: Kuji In Zen

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
• (33) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 35: Maneuvers

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (36) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (36) Defense Buff IO
• (36) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 38: Tactics

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (39) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 41: Scorpion Shield

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (42) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance
• (42) Defense Buff IO
• (42) Endurance Reduction IO

Level 44: Aid Other

• (A) Healing IO
• (45) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 47: Aid Self

• (A) Healing IO
• (50) Recharge Reduction IO

Level 49: Oil Slick Arrow

• (A) Achilles' Heel - Defense Debuff
• (50) Achilles' Heel - Defense Debuff/Recharge
• (50) Achilles' Heel - Chance for Res Debuff

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Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Sprint

• (A) Empty

Level 1: Supremacy
Level 2: Rest

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Swift

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Health

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Hurdle

• (A) Empty

Level 2: Stamina

• (A) Endurance Modification IO
• (43) Endurance Modification IO
• (45) Endurance Modification IO

Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:

• 1.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
• 1.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
• 12.38% Defense(Smashing)
• 12.38% Defense(Lethal)
• 18% Defense(Fire)
• 18% Defense(Cold)
• 19.25% Defense(Energy)
• 19.25% Defense(Negative)
• 3% Defense(Psionic)
• 7.688% Defense(Melee)
• 19.56% Defense(Ranged)
• 24.56% Defense(AoE)
• 3% Enhancement(Immobilize)
• 14% Enhancement(Accuracy)
• 4% Enhancement(Sleep)
• 12.05 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• Knockback (Mag -4)
• Knockup (Mag -4)
• MezResist(Confused) 2.5%
• MezResist(Held) 2.5%
• MezResist(Immobilize) 6.35%
• MezResist(Sleep) 4.15%
• MezResist(Stun) 7.45%
• MezResist(Terrorized) 2.5%
• 13.5% (0.225 End/sec) Recovery
• 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)
• 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime)
• 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed)
• 1.875% Resistance(Negative)

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Set Bonuses:
Thunderstrike
(Snap Shot)

• 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
• 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)

Enfeebled Operation
(Entangling Arrow)

• 3% Enhancement(Immobilize)
• 1.875% Resistance(Negative)
• 2.5% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.25% Defense(Melee)

Blood Mandate
(Call Genin)

• 1.5% (0.025 End/sec) Recovery
• 1.875% Defense(Fire,Cold), 0.938% Defense(AoE)
• MezResist(Stun) 1.65%
• 3.75% Defense(AoE), 1.875% Defense(Fire), 1.875% Defense(Cold)
• 3.75% Defense(Ranged), 1.875% Defense(Energy), 1.875% Defense(Negative)

Thunderstrike
(Aimed Shot)

• 2% (0.033 End/sec) Recovery
• 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
• 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)

Winter's Gift
(Combat Jumping)

• 20% ResEffect(RunSpeed), 20% ResEffect(RechargeTime), 20% ResEffect(FlySpeed)

Detonation
(Fistful of Arrows)

• MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%

Positron's Blast
(Fistful of Arrows)

• 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery

Blood Mandate
(Call Jounin)

• 1.5% (0.025 End/sec) Recovery
• 1.875% Defense(Fire,Cold), 0.938% Defense(AoE)
• MezResist(Stun) 1.65%
• 3.75% Defense(AoE), 1.875% Defense(Fire), 1.875% Defense(Cold)
• 3.75% Defense(Ranged), 1.875% Defense(Energy), 1.875% Defense(Negative)

Lethargic Repose
(Poison Gas Arrow)

• 4% Enhancement(Sleep)
• 1.875% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.938% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.875% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.938% Defense(Melee)
• 1.875% Defense(AoE), 0.938% Defense(Fire), 0.938% Defense(Cold)

Basilisk's Gaze
(Ice Arrow)

• 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)

Shield Breaker
(Acid Arrow)

• 2.5% (0.042 End/sec) Recovery
• Status Resistance 2.5%
• 2.5% Defense(AoE), 1.25% Defense(Fire), 1.25% Defense(Cold)

Kinetic Combat
(Kick)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
• 12.05 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
• 3.75% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 1.875% Defense(Melee)

Reactive Armor
(Tough)

• MezResist(Immobilize) 1.1%
• 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.625% Defense(Ranged)
• 1.25% Defense(Smashing,Lethal), 0.625% Defense(Melee)
• 1.25% Defense(AoE), 0.625% Defense(Fire), 0.625% Defense(Cold)

Steadfast Protection
(Tough)

• 3% Defense(Melee), 3% Defense(AoE), 3% Defense(Ranged), 3% Defense(Smashing), 3% Defense(Lethal), 3% Defense(Fire), 3% Defense(Cold), 3% Defense(Energy), 3% Defense(Negative), 3% Defense(Psionic)

Karma
(Weave)

• Knockback (Mag -4), Knockup (Mag -4)

Blood Mandate
(Oni)

• 1.5% (0.025 End/sec) Recovery
• 1.875% Defense(Fire,Cold), 0.938% Defense(AoE)
• MezResist(Stun) 1.65%
• 3.75% Defense(AoE), 1.875% Defense(Fire), 1.875% Defense(Cold)
• 3.75% Defense(Ranged), 1.875% Defense(Energy), 1.875% Defense(Negative)

Achilles' Heel
(Oil Slick Arrow)

• 1.5% DamageBuff(All)
• 1.875% Defense(AoE), 0.938% Defense(Fire), 0.938% Defense(Cold)

Yes, please delay it.

I understand the problems of pet customisation but IMHO there should be at least 5 Groups of pets

Hero side (PPD/Longbow)
Villain side (Arachnos)
Generic Tech (Robots/Cyborgs)
Generic Elemental (Earth/Air/Fire/Water)
Praetorian

All of those models exist, powers really shouldn't be that hard.

If it really is that hard to create config for more pets when they already have the art assets and the powers are already defined then they need better programmers to script their dev tools, preferably something that doesn't involve spreadsheets.

Congrats.

While many may suggests that soloing like this is not WAI, the funny thing is that this is completely in-genre.

How many times have Marvel and/or DC used the story "Hero X vs Hero Y The fight you never though would happen" and it turns out that one of the two is Mind controlled/A Duplicate/Robot/Alien/Alternate/Future version.

I can just see the issue title "Minx pops her claws... and takes down the Vindicators???"
With the silhouette of Fiery-Enforcer in the far right of the frame.

Or "No more Ms nice Numina" With a wide eyed crazy look on Numina's face looking at her bloodstained hands and cackling.

Something like this:

I mostly lurk on #Guardian and rarely talk so most of you won't really know me. Still, its time for me to call it in, at least for now.

Thanks for being the best server for this UK early-adopter, keep the cape flying.

Thanks all, I was making sure the slider was down at 40 and lower. I /bug'd it a week or so after the last issue, but seeing as it hasn't been fixed yet I was wondering if it was WAI. So if anyone else wants to /bug it go right ahead

Unless I'm going blind I can't see the Reactive Armor IO set in the AMerit list offered by BOTLER. Neither could I find any threads mentioning it using forum search. Does anyone know if this is WAI or an oversight?

No slight toward the devs but I do think this is overpriced for it's content and I'll most likely pass on both accounts.

IMHO my coolness/importance scale works like this:

Ninja run>
Full costume set>
Good chest armour>
Good cape/cloak (Magic Pack)>
Weapon>
Other booster powers>
Auras>
Costume change emotes>
Other capes>
Other emotes

If you assign linear points to those items you get:

Cyborg: (4x2)+3+9+(8x2)+5 = 38
Mutant: (9x2)+(3x3)+6+2+5 = 40
Magic: (3x4)+(7x2)+9+5 = 40
Martial Arts: 2+(3x2)+(9x2)+10 = 36
Origin (10x4)+(5x2) = 50
Party pack: 8x1 = 8

Hmmm Ok I take it back. I guess my problem is that most of those auras are pretty similar to the existing ones only 5 really stand out to me which cuts it down to ~30 points and thus ~$7.50

But it does illustrate how awful the party pack was, by my reckoning the party pack was worth $2 (8/40 of $9.99)

10 For Pool powers
8 For APP's
1 For EAT's

...and 11 for Hasten/Superspeed/Aid Self, gawd those FX annoy me, they are so frequently completely immersion-breaking and the APP's? How annoying is it for a fire/fire/fire blaster to suddenly have their powers change colour? C'mon I can understand not doing much for the PPs (Maybe the Mu lightning) but the art assets for the APP's should have already been converted.

Oh just though of a car analogy for those that don't get why it's important:

You buy yourself a brand new custom sports car, cherry red, custom gull-wing doors, custom engine, custom wheels, the works. But those doors, they only come in green, acid-lime green.

Sure its wonderful to be able to customise. But see how a top-notch feature can really be ruined by a lack of completeness?

Here's my take:

Win7 32bit/GTX 460

The game will eventually sieze without letting me send a crash report. Flickering in either the AO or the dynamic shadows is a precursor to the crashing. Nothing gets rid of the crashing but the less I have turned on/up the less time I have between crashes.

Things that speed up the time-till-crash
1. Being in Praetoria
2. Having AO on
3. Having dynamic shadows on

When I was running my Pratorian with everything turned up, I would get about 10 mins before a crash. In Paragon with no Dynamic shadows and no AO It only happens every couple of hours or so.

I'm getting flickering, bad LOD (though that may be unrelated) and lockups as well
Only seems to happen outside in Praetoria. However once the flickering starts switching to the enhancement screen, power selection screen or taking a screenshot will lock the game

I made a video and watched frame by frame and it looks like the Ambient Occlusion is going nuts.

Here is an annotated youtube vid I made:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJtkMGqlCuc

I can provide higher bitrate/rez version if needed

My system:
win7 32-bit
GeForce GTX 460
Driver 258.96

This thread is relevant to my interests

I agree with the OP that the game needs more immersiveness. I disagree that this should result in added voice acting as that is _terribly_ expensive and would most likely lead to much smaller content packages (or much higher prices) and as that other superhero MMO showed, making a small amount of better produced encounter really doesn't satisfy most players. Also, superhero voice acting is hard to do without sounding _really_ lame.

Things I'd like to see that would be expensive to code but cheap in "content time" (because I'm a software developer so I always look for a code solution)

1. Auto-generated civilians in missions (as needed).
2. A behaviour matrix for the civilians and critters that is applied globally rather than scripted by content people. (Eg. Scientists in a lab rooms walk slowly occasionally stopping to do the clipboard emote, until aggro'd)
3. Random, appropriate, destructible objects in missions that civilians use as interaction targets (read magic books, type on computers, read screens)
4. Real, random map generators that make architecturally sensible layouts for the building you're in. Just think, you could allow AE authors to save the random seed for a given map so they could reuse it.
5. Re-use player hero/villain models/powers/names as the opponent in things like bank raids (allow the owner-player to make their character not available for this feature) this looks more possible if I17 does use a "mirror version" of your current character.
6. Harking back to the pre-beta days. I'd like to see effect if I go on an all out rampage against a specific group (One of the most satisfying things about Halo was the NPC getting more and more scared of you). Actual attrition numbers used for rewards, like badges, but giving out something useful, like inspirations (see #5 in content heavy)

Content-heavy things I'd like to see are:

1. More buildings in the city zones with actual insides (that fit the bounds of the outside, gods that annoys me) like the Council base in the RWZ or the AE building. Preferably with set-piece action going on in there. Maybe some hunt missions set in specific bits, wandering EB's like the Ballista.
2. Contacts actually doing things rather than standing on the spot 24/7 (I'd prefer to see most supers inside city-buildings, like a hq) they feel more like vending machines than people, why aren't I interrupting Posi doing research rather than standing on the street.
3. Set pieces in city zones that start a mission chain.
4. Good combat music (It'd pay for that expansion) and the resolution of the "music embedded as sound effects" on many maps.
5. Optional cutscenes for reward ceremonies, maybe at the end of a TF/SF or a mission chain, optional because they take place in the mission and exiting would just take you out of it. These things could be re-used easily
   1. Outside the City hall with <NPC> giving you a medal(badge) using <TEXT> from a random lot of sub-phrases
   2. In a hospital with a doctor and <RESCUED NPC> telling you how grateful they are and how much they hate/fear <NPCGROUP>
   3. In a shop/bank. Thanking you for preventing the theft.
   Hmmm If players produced demorecords/dialogue of such things and submitted them, maybe you could make a competition out of it, crowdsource it.

I'd give you £20-30 for all that.

In anything like it's current form? No. PVP in this game is (so far, IMHO) a magnet for people I have no time for.

However PvP is _Player_ vs _Player_ not "Character Avatar" vs "Character Avatar"

How about PvP where the Avatars almost never fight each other?

Imagine making your base knowing that you will never have to face players in there, only NPC's? You publish the base to be "Raided".

Part of the cost of the base is spent in adding minions much like the current defences. Even being able to allocate AE-style "copies" of your SG Avatars as NPC defenders.

Another SG that has their base set to "raidable" is allowed to raid yours, if you're online when it happens you get to watch a-la the arena.

The defences _scale_ according to the number/level of the attackers, bigger bases just take longer, they aren't any harder. You can't re-enter if you are killed and not-rezzed (but you can watch) rewards are given to the defending SG if their NPC's repulse the attack (by killing all/some the attacking PC's) rewards are given to the attackers if they succeed in getting to their objective, proportional to the cost of the base's defences/size/number of objectives (power/control/teleporters, this could be set up by the defenders a-la objectives in AE)

After the attack broken items are repaired by an auto-repair (npc drone that wanders around fixing things, just for show) and it takes X time per prestige point (up to a max of maybe 2 hours total, base upgrades could reduce that time). IMHO just enough to provide an incentive to make good defences.

It's player created content that is PvP, just not Avatar vs Avatar.

I'd play that.

Without the Dev digest working, or the ability to "show all" for a given thread, I'm afraid the new forums are pretty useless to me. Still, I'm happy that these should require less maintainance for you.