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Quote:You're assuming there's more than one league active at the same time.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
I'm pretty sure they are instanced. The way it's setup would make no sense if it was at all possible to have members of the same league end up in different zones or multiple leagues in the same zone. -
Quote:Then again most new incarnate content aren't for soloists anyway, so they don't need the incarnate abilities to begin with..Originally Posted by Another_Fan
So much effort just to give the middle finger to most soloists.
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Quote:I don't think the new tech allows it. It sounds like these trials aren't instanced, just like hamidon. It just makes arranging for the runs easier.Originally Posted by Adeon Hawkwood
Yes but that's the zone cap, Hamidon itself can be done with fewer. Given that I could easily see them making a new "private Hamidon" option where you get your own zone with a cap of 48 (since the team of team tech caps out at 48). People have been asking for it for ages so it makes a lot of sense to do if the new tech allows it.
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Quote:The point is that people get shut off, not that the limit is 48.Originally Posted by Toony
Isn't the hive a 50 man cap, not 48?
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Quote:Being 1 minute late for curfew, had knees blown out and rest of family executed for trason. First power mish talks about a disgrunted citizen who took the law into his own hands and killed the officer who dealt that punishment.Originally Posted by Grouchybeast
It won't help. I could find refutations of the story going back to early 2009, without bothing to look further back. It has that skim of plausibility (milk can cause real agricultural pollution issues) combined with something to ridicule (they're going to treat it like CRUDE OIL!) that makes it really appealling.
It also makes me wonder how effective the Seers really are at seeing what people think about Cole's administration, and exactly how far out of line citizens of Pratoria can get before something bad happens to them. Even if they think not being slaughtered by the DE is overall a good thing, everyone gets annoyed by things the government does, or they think the government does. There's a big gap, though, between planning to blow up a praetor, and thinking that Cole's administration could use a shake-up because it lets bunches of heavily armed Syndicate and Destroyers run around the place (or that they're idiots because they're planning to outlaw curved cucumbers).
I haven't played through all the Praetoria missions yet. What's the most petty thing that we know from the story arcs that someone has been arrested/punished/disappeared for doing or thinking? -
Quote:Sure, you define your definition of first world to include freedoms. Definition war!Originally Posted by Golden Girl
In which case, it's not 1st world.
Alternatively, one can look at standards of living, happiness, peace, education, job security, cost of living (vs income), all those things which affects every day life. -
Quote:Autocracy is unstable for one reason only: the lifespan of a person is limited. As for examples: A democracy which the opponents are oppressed is not a true democracy. A false democracy with one centeral leader can therefore be considered a dictatorship. Having said that, I'll give the example of Singapore once more, which many people have argued that it is not a true democracy, and that Lee Kuan Yew has managed to turn a 3rd world city state with no natural resources with only human labour, to a 1st world city state with world class standards in almost everything, except freedoms.Originally Posted by Venture
a) Show your work. Name them. Term of office must exceed 16 days.
b) The key words in the above are "short lived". Autocracy is unstable; this point was previously demonstrated.
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One possibility is because o-portal, like other clickable summoned entities, creates an actual physical object that can be stood on. It's possible to trap yourself while summoning an o-portal if done right.
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Quote:I'm more of getting a vibe similar to GW and WAR non-instanced "group quest" events though, or simply, similar to the current praetorian events except a much larger scale. It's now plainly obvious that those praetorian events are being used to test the waters for these new events.Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
As ridiculous as that sounds, that's more or less the vibe I'm getting from it. So much for the Incarnate system.
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Quote:I guess they can still poison trap->acid mortar->detonator->self-destruct->rise of the phoenix though.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I meant more the nuke and self-destruct tactic
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Quote:The biggest change: Alpha slots.Originally Posted by Auroxis
I didn't realize there have been major balance changes to the attack sets during the last couple of years.
Second change: Scrappers got PPP pools, brutes got APP pools. (benefits non-weapon sets)
Third change: Brute fury damage cap reduced, easier to maintain fury.
Fourth technically note: Kinetic introduced.
Fifth, I'm almost certain that the single target blasts in the scrapper APP were buffed. (benefits non-weapon sets) -
Quote:Well, other than the fact that the thread is horribly outdated..Originally Posted by Auroxis
Take a look at this thread: http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showt...79#post1035379
Bill Z Bubba has a very good analysis of the best attack chains and the DPS potential of the different melee sets.
What I got from that thread is that, IMO, Katana and Dual Blades have the highest ST DPS potential, due to their good DPS and the procs you can slot in their top attack chains(Achilles' Heel and 2x purple procs in particular). DM/Shield with 10 targets will still be better for ST DPS, but it won't thrive when facing less enemies and it won't provide -res to the team. -
Just a little wary... no temp powers... does that mean no jetpacks and ninja run too?
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Quote:My point is that after playing that mish about 100+ times on the other side, I can't think of how it can be made epic.Originally Posted by Texarkana
Is level 1 really Epic to you? Yes, I'd like to see it, but hero-side in Brickstown....for Leagues to contribute and shut-down.
Anyway my thoughts, both ouroboros:
1) Rikti original invasion. Including the whole laser beam from sky and obliterating places of interest moment. (They should have done something similar with the Praetorian invasion..)
2) Nemesis original invasion. 48 people glowie-fest! (delivering the cure)
Anyway, they seem to be going for the next best option: B.A.F. riot! Also, apparently no temp or earned powers allowed, no more warburg nuke shivan combo. (also, maybe no ninja run, so people better start getting actual movement abilities..)Quote:Originally Posted by Texarkana
Wonder if we're going to see something Epic like a prison riot in the Zig eventually.... -
Quote:Uh... like the Villain side introduction mish?Originally Posted by Texarkana
Wonder if we're going to see something Epic like a prison riot in the Zig eventually....
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Quote:Yes, but for sheer lulz, nothing like filling up the floor to the point that there's nowhere to stand on.Originally Posted by Nos482
Thugs...pff
Just imagine, 48 MMs with Bots...that firestorm would bring Hami down in seconds. Along with the server...
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Quote:All using thugs and calling gang war. And took traps for FFG and seeker drones. 960 entities.Originally Posted by Rikis
All this mention of all one-class leagues and no one mentioned a 48 Mastermind League? For shame. Unless you outnumber all the enemies loaded on the zone, you ain't cool. Oh and no one getting credit would only be icing.
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Quote:That and the fact that (1) it is not proven that he knows what the warwalkers are for, (2) he may truely believe that Prime is sufficient danger to society, and (3) if it was solely built by him, he'd make sure that it'd be perfect: taking down only threats with minimal external casualties. Chances are he's only in charge of making sure the whole darned thing works, while Neuron deals with the mass production anyway.Originally Posted by Golden Girl
So the "only obeying orders" defense is ok, is it?
Also speaking of human rights, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_r...ional_security
And in effect, if considering Praetorian Cole's definition of a nation, he is absolutely justified in his actions. It's just that many of us disagrees with his definition of what constitutes a nation. -
Quote:It's not tank level offense when your offense consists of temp powers, power pool attacks, and brawl.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
Say, tank level offense, scrapper level defense, controller level buffs and debuffs.
Combine Kinetics with Energy Aura
Kinetic Shield
Transfusion
Siphon Speed Aura
Entropy Shield
Power Shield
Grant Increased Density (works like grant cover)
Energy Drain
Dampening Field
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Quote:I find it unlikely that AIM BU NUKE (yes, even RoA mini-nuke) levels everything and is ready for the next spawn, unless for some reason that spawn is more than 200 yards away. Leveling spawns implies that you're moving to the next spawn in the next 5-10 seconds, it's why two (or more) elec/shield scrappers leapfrog spawns (or just go seperate directions).Originally Posted by DanZero
I'm that blaster, lurking in the back, watching everyone run in, pop their specials to do something soo cool, and then...
AIM BU NUKE.
I do it on purpose.
I build for recharge to do it every spawn.
Your tricks are great, but my trick is leveling everything before anyone can do tricks. Just relax and watch your rewards window. You do have a rewards window set up, don't you? WHY NOT?
You could always play "Inspiration Tetris" while I do the heavy lifting.
Also, BU SC LR arguably hits spawns just as fast as AIM BU NUKE. (and recharges faster than the long recharge nukes. Since it recharges equal to buildup and aim, the AIM BU miniNuke has no advantage over the BU SC LR combo too.) -
Quote:Technically I think that's under the orders of Cole, so that doesn't really count, though Anitmatter's own invasions into other dimensions does. I'm still unconvinced that it's completely his own decision though, he seems to be a perfectionist and wouldn't bother others without reason (well, save for Neuron, though I don't know where that bad blood started at), at least based on his arc.Originally Posted by McNum
There is the whole "built an army of War Walkers to invade Primal Earth" thing that counts against Anti-Matter, I would say. He's not the worst of the lot, no, but building an army of killer robots for invasion purposes does cause a bit of a blip on the Evil-o-meter.
I could see Marauder as being mostly okay, though. He's an angry man, and pretty dangerous if you get him mad, but he doesn't seem that evil. Not a saint, but not too bad either. -
Quote:AFAIK there's only three sources of DDR in shield def: Battle Agility, Active Defense, and Grant Cover. Grant Cover's DDR is also non-enhancable, so the only ability helped by nerve for DDR is Battle Agility.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
Nerve doesn't act on Active Defense, but it does act on all the rest of the Defense Resist in Shield Defense.
If it is a bug, then it's not one they seem too concerned about, because they if they can make One with the Shield ignore all recharge enhancements, they can make Active Defense ignore all defense enhancements.
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Speaking of taking initiative, it's sad that our clone takes the initiative of searching for 5th column bases instead of us in the Jenni arc.
@TrueMetal
Interestingly, Provost Marchand would probably agree with you, given his dislike for some of the praetors. Also, I wouldnt' say ALL the Praetors are "deranged despots, psychopaths and selfabsorbed megalomaniacs". Praetor White actually seems reasonably ok, though with a few "loyalty baggage" issues which can be fixed (most notably with Cleopetra and his old destroyers gang, which are both notably fixed in some of the Praetorian arcs), and though technically an ex-praetor, Antimatter seems to be ok too, if not for some jealousy issues. -
Quote:Though as I mentioned, both spines and claws are already semi ranged (a ranged attack, and a ranged cone), and with epic can do just about as much ranged damage (if not more thanks to the "ranged" attacks using melee modifiers on scrappers) as any assault set. Main problem is that both spines and claws are heavily lethal based, meaning issues with lethal resistance/def. Also, you cannot use Shield Def with either.Originally Posted by Techbot Alpha
Really what Sam said.
A Ranged/Armour or Assault/Armour would allow so many more concepts to be realised.
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Quote:1) The nerve shouldn't have an effect on active defense (defense not slottable there), though it will affect battle agility.Originally Posted by MajorDecoy
If you slot Active Defence with 3 Membranes ultra-rare nerve, you can get 77.7% Defense resistance single stacked.
2) The membrane affecting active defense is officially a bug.