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Quote:Perhaps, though the game doesn't exactly give the league leader that many tools to figure that sort of thing out, beyond shouting at a fractious mob of players and hoping for honest responses. "Get Info" provides little useful information about Incarnate abilities, and that's buried in the badges tab.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
The league leader should have balanced the 2 teams a little better
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I think you're looking in the wrong direction. Try UP.
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Quote:Ok, I have no problem for getting badges for playing the game with additional challenge, but do we need one for playing the game like an imbecile, and surviving in spite of that? Pavlov weeps.Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Anti-Anti Matter *
Pre-beta: Complete Keyes Island Reactor Incarnate Trial after having brought Anti-Matter below 10% of his health during one of the phases where he is still in control of the reactors.
Currently: Complete the Keyes Island Reactor Incarnate Trial after having brought Anti-Matter below 10% of his health while attempting to take control of Reactor Hope, the western-most reactor. -
Quote:We dropped Batman naked on Barsoom, and he came back at the head of an army of Tharks, and he _still_ thwarted your master plan. He's a Natural.Originally Posted by Jophiel
You get into long, boring "debates" about whether Batman would be Natural or Tech.
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Quote:I think Supernumiphone has hit the nail on the head. +4 enemies are purple. I want to be purple too to show how badass i am.Originally Posted by Supernumiphone
Purple names are cool.
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Higher contrast and larger cursor option in Options. Or scale it to screen size. At 1024x768, the current size is ok, but at 1600x900 and up? I can't find the bloody thing to click a spot on the floor, especially if there's a burn patch, freezing rain, and static field all going on at the same time.
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My assumption is that, just as we have a segment of the population that refuses to use the invention system ("All builds should be equal, your play style is all that matters"), or the consignment house ("marketeering is what destroys a game, every time"), there is a group that refuses to craft ("I don't have the time or inclination to figure out what all this crap does"). Fortunately, they spend that extra tim farming, and have solid cash reserves to buy overpriced crafted IOs.
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Thanks! That will do it, though Invisibility Mastery is less thematic than Psionic, it at least isn't _counter_ concept.
Though if I'm hiking off to the Rogue isles, I may as well pick up Scorpion Shield. Or ignore it, and grab Recall Friend. Get some *use* out of all that invisibility...
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After 3 and a half years of this game, I've finally found a Dominator combo that I enjoy playing (though that may be due to the static group I play with than the archetype). What I'm, trying to do, at this point, is put together a no-hasten perma-dom build _without_ purple sets. (I have a cash reserve, but I'm not stupidly rich). I am assuming that by the time I hit 50, I'll have enough A-Merits to pick up the LotGs I need. Everything else on this build I can get by being patient with the market, and judicious reward merit expenditures from my Incarnates (_They_ certainly aren't using them!) Any suggestions?
Caveats:
1) Concept calls for Hover and Fly. Dropping these will hurt the fun factor of the character. Besides, I'm not Veteran enough to jump straight to Fly.
2) I know Voltaic Sentinel is largely useless, but it is a decent bonus in only 4 slots. Plus I like minions.
3) I'm not dead set on Psionic Mastery, but Ice and Leviathan don't particularly go with concept either.
4) If it isn't possible, any non-overboard suggestions for survivability? Not looking to soft-cap anything, but getting something helpful into the 20-25% range (Ranged, S/L) would be handy. At this point I'd need what, 60-ish percent global recharge?
5) Currently 35th level, Blueside (An Ex-Praetorian). Not every enhancement will be lvl50, but I hit something in MIDS.
Thanks in advance!
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Maetros: Level 50 Magic Dominator
Primary Power Set: Electric Control
Secondary Power Set: Electricity Assault
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Concealment
Ancillary Pool: Psionic Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Tesla Cage -- BasGaze-Acc/Hold(A), BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(3), BasGaze-Slow%(3), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(5)
Level 1: Charged Bolts -- Decim-Acc/Dmg(A), Decim-Dmg/Rchg(5)
Level 2: Charged Brawl -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(7), Dmg-I(7)
Level 4: Chain Fences -- EnManip-Stun%(A), Enf'dOp-Acc/EndRdx(9), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob(9), Enf'dOp-Acc/Immob/Rchg(11), Enf'dOp-Immob/Rng(11), Enf'dOp-EndRdx/Immob(40)
Level 6: Hover -- Flight-I(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(50)
Level 8: Conductive Aura -- EnManip-Stun%(A), Efficacy-EndMod(13), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc(13), P'Shift-EndMod(15)
Level 10: Havoc Punch -- Acc-I(A), Dmg-I(15), Dmg-I(17)
Level 12: Static Field -- CSndmn-Acc/Rchg(A), CSndmn-Sleep/Rng(17), CSndmn-Heal%(19), CSndmn-Acc/EndRdx(36), CSndmn-EndRdx/Sleep(36)
Level 14: Fly -- Winter-RunSpd/Jump/Fly/Rng/EndRdx(A)
Level 16: Jolting Chain -- KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(19), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB(21), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(43), KinCrsh-Rechg/EndRdx(45), KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(46)
Level 18: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(21), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 20: Zapp -- Mantic-Acc/Dmg(A), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx(23), Mantic-Acc/ActRdx/Rng(25), Mantic-Dmg/ActRdx/Rchg(25), Mantic-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(37)
Level 22: Paralyzing Blast -- BasGaze-Acc/Rchg(A), BasGaze-Rchg/Hold(27), BasGaze-Acc/Hold(27), BasGaze-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(36)
Level 24: Maneuvers -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(29), LkGmblr-Rchg+(46)
Level 26: Synaptic Overload -- Mlais-Acc/Rchg(A), Mlais-Acc/EndRdx(29), Mlais-Conf/Rng(31), Mlais-EndRdx/Conf(31), Mlais-Dam%(31)
Level 28: Static Discharge -- Posi-Acc/Dmg(A), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Posi-Dmg/Rchg(33), Posi-Dmg/Rng(43), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(43)
Level 30: Tactics -- AdjTgt-EndRdx/Rchg(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg(33), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx(46), AdjTgt-ToHit(48), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg(50)
Level 32: Gremlins -- C'Arms-Acc/Dmg(A), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(34), C'Arms-Dmg/EndRdx(34), C'Arms-+Def(Pets)(34)
Level 35: Thunder Strike -- KinCrsh-Acc/Dmg/KB(A), KinCrsh-Acc/KB(37), KinCrsh-Dmg/KB(37), KinCrsh-Dmg/EndRdx/KB(40), KinCrsh-Rchg/KB(40), KinCrsh-Rechg/EndRdx(42)
Level 38: Voltaic Sentinel -- C'Arms-Acc/Rchg(A), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg(39), C'Arms-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), C'Arms-EndRdx/Dmg/Rchg(39)
Level 41: Link Minds -- GftotA-Def/Rchg(A), RedFtn-Def/Rchg(42), LkGmblr-Rchg+(42)
Level 44: Indomitable Will -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(45), LkGmblr-Rchg+(45)
Level 47: Mind Over Body -- RctvArm-ResDam/EndRdx(A), TtmC'tng-ResDam/EndRdx(48), ImpArm-ResDam/EndRdx(48)
Level 49: Stealth -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), EndRdx-I(50)
Level 50: Musculature Total Radial Revamp
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 2: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Heal-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A)
Level 1: Domination
Level 4: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:- 7.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
- 7.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
- 5% Defense
- 2.5% Defense(Smashing)
- 2.5% Defense(Lethal)
- 5.94% Defense(Energy)
- 5.94% Defense(Negative)
- 1.25% Defense(Melee)
- 4.38% Defense(Ranged)
- 2.25% Max End
- 2.5% Enhancement(Confused)
- 115% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 3% Enhancement(Immobilize)
- 5% Enhancement(Sleep)
- 18% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 61 HP (6%) HitPoints
- Knockback (Mag -6)
- Knockup (Mag -6)
- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
- 14% (0.23 End/sec) Recovery
- 24% (1.02 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 5% Resistance(Smashing)
- 1.58% Resistance(Fire)
- 1.58% Resistance(Cold)
- 1.26% Resistance(Energy)
- 3.14% Resistance(Negative)
- 6% RunSpeed
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Quote:A highly annoying state of affairs. I find the Arcane teleporters to be much more aesthetically appealing, and the Tech beacons to be a heck of a lot easier to interpret when scampering through the base at speed.Originally Posted by Finduilas
Tech beacons work with a Tech TP and not surprisingly, Arcane beacons work with the Arcane TP.
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Quote:"Launcher"? Sorry, most of the folks I know personally that play this game use the desktop shortcuts they set up right after the launcher came out, to help minimize the time it takes to restart the game after a crash.Originally Posted by Tricia
It was in the launcher, too. You know...the thing every person has to use to get into the game?
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My subjective experience comes close to matching the original poster as well. Two toons, both fairly close to finished with the whole iXP thing.
Stone Melee/Willpower brute: Five rares, one Ultra-rare. Frequently tanks Siege and marauder when needed. Primary defense? Out-regenerate damage taken. And takes a lot of damage.
Mind/Storm Defender: Zero Rares, one Ultra-Rare. (Spent that BAF standing directly between Siege and Nightstar with Hurricane up). Primary defense: bad guys flopping on their butts, and not shooting at her, followed by not getting hit. What damage she takes more or less sends her to the hospital, so isn't sustained. -
Quote:That's on a TF. If you have three friends and _don't_ have two solid hours (on a bad run) of overlapping game time, you're doing regular content. Paper/radio missions, Tips, or contacts. And for that, I find 1 shard every 2 hours to be rather realistic, and occasionally optimistic.Originally Posted by Orion_Energy
Also, I've gotten 10+ shards on a single Imperious TF alone. If you're taking weeks to gather your shards and incarnate components on non trial content.. you're either doing it wrong or the drop generator hates you a lot.
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Quote:I was on a similar one on Victory. A friend of mine remarked that we had been (back in our Final Fantasy XI day) on Aht Urgan Astral Candescence raids (700+ players, equal #s of monsters) that played better than this. And we had been using a Playstation 2!Originally Posted by Arcanaville
I was on that raid. I was joking that City of Heroes had become a turn-by-turn MMO. I've played email chess games that were faster.
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Quote:Seriously. I have absolutely ZERO clue what mathematicians call numbers that high. Though those odds are right up there with "Stray neutrino struck trace lead molecule in your brain, causing an atomic explosion"Originally Posted by HelinCarnate
So you miss like 36 times in a row on a power with a 95% chance to hit.
You have a 1:68,719,476,736,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000 of this hapening out of a random 36 rolls so I have no idea why you don't see something like that all the time.
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Option four. Lambda is already too much of an unfun pain-in-the-**** (and thats playing toons WITH stealth abilities!), that deliberately gimping myself and my team by going for the badges is pretty much a deal breaker.
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Quote:You can have two with enough recharge. Sorry, don't have a screencap of Seige in the BAF with my flanking bonsais, but I do manage it regularly.Originally Posted by Mortimer_NA
Is Spirit tree a power that only lets you have one at a time or can you have 2 with enuff recharge?
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Now second question: Lambda sector giant cannon is the *only* enemy on my screen, and neither TAB or ctrl-TAB will target it: I must click on it to select it. Why?
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Quote:Yeah, but Nemesis has been laying low since that Rikti uplink fiasco. (Seriously, Fusionette had a hand in his downfall? How embarrassing!) I do wonder how long it will be before he gets fed up with these Praetorian interlopers, performs a system override on the entire Clockwork network, and goves Cole a headache the Resistance could only DREAM about.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So is Nemesis
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Quote:Northern Brickstown, there's a little park-like raised area, basicly a concrete planter the size of an intersection. Couple trees, large rockpile, wooden "CAUTION: DO NOT ENTER" door. Leads to Oranbega, Council bases, 5th Column bases, and the wedding cake cave.Originally Posted by Wolf Bait
So guys what are some of the crazy layouts you have seen?
Note there's a parking lot directly below it.
As for the wacky building and warehouse layouts we see, the answer is simple: after the first Rikti War, all construction was required to be underground. Those buildings you see? Decoys, to distract the bombers. My proof? Visit the Council HQ in the RWZ. You'll see. -
Quote:Of course it doesn't think Lord Nemesis is a suitable vessel. The Well knows for certain that there is a huge, steam-punk Cosmic Energy Conversion Trap (CECT) off in the back corner of the Shadow Shard with it's name on it.Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
I find it interesting that on the Ramiel arc the Well seems to avoid Silos. Silos is definitely looking for it, Ramiel is just helping. Silos makes sure to get to it before the player and it is already gone. Ramiel waits until after Silos leaves to tell players to look around for any signs. I don't think the well is the only one who thinks Nemesis isn't a fit vessel.
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Quote:Doesn't really have to. We don't have any serious proof it stops anything except civilians from leaving the city. (Actually civvies walk through it just fine. It only stops us metahumans.) If Cole goes down, I expect Praetorian Hamidon to erupt our of whatever hole it has been kept in, and roll over the city like an urban remake of Destroy All Monsters.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
Does the sonic barrier turn off if Tyrant dies?
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Quote:Nah, the Well wants a corporeal bod so it can get laid. 'Nuff said.Originally Posted by Anti_Proton
If I were to take a "flight-of-fancy" look at it, it seems the Well doesn't care who gets it's power, as long as someone has the will to make it to the bottom of the rabbit hole. At the moment, the front-runner is Cole, but I think the the reward for winning the race isn't what Cole thinks it is. If I had to guess, I would say the Well wants a "walkin' around" body that can contain it's entire being. Now why the well would want this now is a mystery, but seeing as how we have had some "issues" with Rularuu lately, I would imagine the Well may sense a threat that Rularuu may reconstitute it's fragmented psyche and start consuming all of reality again.
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Quote:Mine on Ebay for $10. $15 after shipping, which paid for itself with the free month of game play. Did the same with the City of Villains box set. Now my little plastic people shout taunts across the office at my room mate's DCU heroclix.Originally Posted by Red Valkyrja
I got mine at Big Lots! for $5.
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I'll put my vote in for "tired of the Praetorian focus". The location is very pretty, the individual stories, many of them are well written... the overall sagea, IMHO, is being overdone. Praetoria *IS* wacky Goatee land, the Mirrorverse. It does not require or deserve any more depth of focus beyond that (it saddens me that this level of storytelling isn't being applied to the main environment in the lvl 1-44 range beyond Praetoria tie-ins). And when the whole thing devolved into a Frank Herbert-esqe festival of plots-within-plots, secrets-within-secrets, I lost interest. Seriously, the Ghouls and the Destroyers are revealed as artificial threats to keep the populace in line. The Hamidon is firmly placed as Cole's own muppet in his official bio. Would *ANYONE* be seriously surprised if it were revealed that the man pulling Clavin Scott's strings from the background was in fact, Tyrant?
I wouldn't, and it saddens me that I can think that way. This is supposed to be a superheroes game, not Ghost In The Shell. I look forward to the Issue when the threat is an actual menacing threat from beyond, and not some dystopic conspiracy-laden alternate version of ourselves.
Because that reminds me far too much of the real world we all have to live in.