SinisterDirge
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Quote:It took me 50 mins to arrange all the quote boxes and whip up tandoori chicken w/spiced basmati rice and curried cauliflower for 10... I cant do better than that, sorry.Originally Posted by Aett_Thorn
I'd just like to add that I beat you all by about 4 minutes. You guys can do better than that.
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Quote:Welcome to the game!
Hi, sorry to all, I'm a newbie to this game, just came over from WoW.
I'm still on a trial account, but I have some questions to ask...
Stalkers are available from lvl 1. Hero Epic Archetypes(HEATS) and Villain Epic Archetypes(Veats) Unlock one you lvl a hero or villain to 20 respectively.Quote:I've tried and tested several characters, and I think my favourite is a Demon Mastermind and a Stalker. (Btw I thought Stalkers were supposed to be locked until I leveled at least one character to level 20, but somehow it unlocked itself the 3rd or 4th time I logged on.. On day 2 I believe.)
Sorry to hear that. J/K... Freedom is a high population server that gets stereotyped as Freedumb...Quote:I'm playing on Freedom atm.
Nope. Just determines your first mission contact for heroes (Not Villains) and your origin power.Quote:Is there a major differences to choosing your origin?
Looks like you almost answered that yourself. A very good reason to pick Science origin is because you like the power. In fact, I recomend that is how you make all your decisionsQuote:I've heard that choosing the Science origin gives you slightly harder enemies at the start. Other than that, and storyline, is there a difference? I keep going Science because I like the fact that your Science ability gives you a chance to Sleep mobs.
Nope, you can never rechoose your origin unless you delete the toon, and start all over.Quote:When I get the chance to respec in the future...
Do I get to rechoose origins? I know I CAN'T rechoose powersets, but I couldn't find anything about Origins.
You are very welcome.Quote:Thank you!!
ArchetypeQuote:PS: What is an AT?
No idea, but if you like DB more, go with thatQuote:PPS: Are EM Stalkers still as overpowered in single target DPS? I tried both EM and DB, I kinda prefer the DB animations more... =)
The most powerfull henchmen for masterminds are debateable, however, Bots, Thugs, and Demons are at the top. Ninja's are good, but made out of tissue paper. Of course, you can learn to account for that.Quote:PPPS: Demon Mastermind? I heard it's the most powerful Mastermind, but the demons just remind me of Warlocks and their Imps from WoW, which I'm trying to get away from. I like the idea of Ninja Masterminds, but I've heard they are somewhat weak. Fast, albeit, but weak. -
Quote:Claws. Brutes unfortunately don't have spines.Originally Posted by Atago
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Fire/Rad is rather safe, as your debuffs will have the mobs hitting you much less as well as you hitting them much harder, and flooring their regeneration(How quick they heal back hp) Your self buffs will help you enormously.
Fire/Kin is a little riskier as you need to be in melee to take advantage of most of your buffs/debuffs, however, once you learn to walk that line reliably in large spawns, your damage will be capped, with unlimited endurance, a great heal, and really nice reacharge. The mobs will be hitting softer, and their regeneration will be lowered as well.
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Bots/Storm MM
Spines/Fire Scrapper
Fire/Fire Blaster
Fire/Fire Dom
Fire/Fire Tank
Fire/Dark Corr
Fire/Storm Corr
Elec/SD Scrapper/Brute
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Quote:*Yoink!*Originally Posted by TimeWellSpent
"Fetknoppen" will probably be my next toon
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Quote:Stop with this whole "use your inspirations" thing. Inspirations are meant to stay in your tray untill you REALLY need them. Heretic.Originally Posted by GavinRuneblade
Honest question. For farming, why do you think the softcap matters at ALL? Honestly? What do you do with your inspirations?
On my elec/elec, I start with only 25%-ish defense and I spend most of my time way above the softcap. Why would you even think softcap is relevant for a farmer in any way shape or form?
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Most of my toons name themselves. Puns are fun (Plant/rad troller = Radiation Leek, Elec/Shield scrapper = Ohmie D Clown) I have an all lizard themed personal SG.... My farming toons are named after harvesting combines... Too many toon idea's, not enough slots.
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Has anyone done the math to figure out how much faster people will be lvling in the 1-20 level span with fitness as an inherent?
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Quote:In before Johnny_Butane takes credit for this change.Originally Posted by enrious2
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the biggest drawback to this.
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Quote:My spines/fire runs behemoth at +3/8 with out much effort.Originally Posted by Candlestick
Especially if you happen to be running the Behemoth farm. An un-IO'ed out SS/Fire can easily farm +2x6 without that much effort on Behemoth.
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Quote:If pgup/pgdown doesnt work, try the + and - keys on your numpad.Originally Posted by Seek_Trouble
I finally got a good enough laptop to play COH on, but I have forgotten the mouse for it on my recent trip. Anyway, I cannot figure out how to scroll out the camera view out without using a mouse scroll button. All I have is the pad thingie for the laptop. Same with scrolling the view to see my toon from the front. I went into the options, saw that PGUP should work but its not. Im so used to playing on my PC that I forget all what keys or mouse buttons that should be held down to accomplish these two things. The laptop has a separate NUMPAD as well. Thanks for any help!
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Quote:PM Castle about it and see if it is wai.Originally Posted by RaikenX
little note of useless trivia:
the Ignite power for assault rifle, which is basically a ranged burn patch...still has the 50.00 mag fear. -
Quote:I would like to change my recommendation to lvl up the spines to level up your elec/sd(brute?). Even with the adjustment to shield charge, it is still probably the best farmer in the game after an elec/sd scrapper. Possibly better than a fire/kin.Originally Posted by Lobster
Someone mentioned elec/shield... if that's that much stronger than stone/elec I have one @41 that would do. I enjoy playing him, but he does always feel weak on single target mop-up.
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Quote:Learning to market takes a little time, once you have it figured out though, it just takes minutes a day!Originally Posted by HelinCarnate
While true, it is very very boring. Yes even more boring than farming the same mobs over and over. At least for me.
Good advice. However, IOing out a farm toon makes it easier to ignore what it is you are farming. In the end, they are all just bags of influence.Quote:ChaosAngelGeno wrote:
It's not just what AT/Primary/Secondary you use to farm with, but also what it is you are farming. Matching the right enemy group to farm can help when making a toon you are aiming to farm with. For example with the buff to Fire Armor it's very easy to run the Demon farm mission or in the AE over and over, probably even without IO's. Any AT can farm, some better than others, but even if you only farm a mission once or twice a day, or even just a week, it's worth it.
One of the nice things about building for recharge on a farm toon is you get a whack of +def along with it. Yes you can cap defence with inspirations, but we don't have a +recharge skittle.Quote:GavinRuneblade wrote:
Softcapping a farming build seems like an extreme waste of time and money. You get so many insps that you can't possibly use them all as fast as they drop. You only need about 25% to all positions to "effectively" softcap while farming by using the purples. Hell, on my elec/elec brute I'm usually in the 80s to all positions and capped on resistance just using inspirations. -
Lots of good idea's in this thread here.
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Quote:I would go with the spines/da then. I will be the first to admit I am biased towards spines though.Originally Posted by Lobster
Whatever is the fastest.
The soldier is crab specced atm and moderately IO'd already and is a great char, but even at their current slotting levels I'd wager either of the brutes are better.
Honestly, the best way to raise inf in the game is through the market. Sure, by all means farm, but spend some time learning the market and you will be making inf hand over fist when you aren't even logged on. -
Quote:I would lvl up the spines/da scrapper and run with that. If you secondary build the soldier into a crab build, that might work as well. All depends on what kind of pace you want to set.Originally Posted by Lobster
Alrighty. So, I understand some folks have eleventy billion dollars. I've managed to stick around since launch and haven't even passed the 250mill mark, so I should probably get right on that.
With that in mind... for the folks that are more familiar with the #s than myself, what are opinions on which would be the best of the following characters to optimize for inf farming (I'm assuming that some combination of Architect or Ouro Merit farming is the way to go? Mix of inf & recipes to sell?):
Fire/Storm Cont
Stone/Elec Brute
Bot/Dark MM
Arach Soldier
Widow
DB/WP scrap
SS/DA brute
[Yes, I've been here since launch and I only have 7 50s. What!? I'm easily distracted.]
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2 Fire/Trap Coruptors. Double FFG, Double seekers to take alpha, debuffs out the wazoo, hold em with PGT, and finish them off in full safety with fiery aoe goodness.
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Bots/Traps are a fantastic pair. Running FFG, manouvers and the shield from your bot, your(and the bots) def is pretty much capped. Add a little +res from your patron shield, and bodyguard mode on top of all that, and you are very sturdy. The alpha should be taken by the seekers, not your bots, no need to heal them then. I rarely need to drop a triage beacon.
Traps is probably the most versitile secondary being able to steamroll a mission, or take your time, and set everything up just right. It only depends on your playstyle.
Bots/Storm is my personal favorite. Again, pretty easy to cap defence, but also able to debuff the spawns ToHit severely. Very tough. Add in the massive debuffs of freezing rain, and your bots will rip the shreds out of everything. That is before Storms damage capabilities kick in. With practice, you will be able to lock down a spawn and take advantage of the bots aoe's while contolling the knockback. Very, very potent combination. -
Spines/Fire Scrapper. With the changes to burn, bosses dont even slow me down any more.
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Quote:If the immob prot only works for you in the burn patch, I would check with Castle to see if that is working as intended. As for the mag res, it already gives the same res as practiced brawler in the SR set.Originally Posted by Stormfront_NA
There are two critical short falls fiery aura has at this moment that makes a fire tank suspect:
1. No Knock Back Protection
2. No Toggle based Immobilization Protection
Burn has been improved from a "scarecrow" power back to an attack power, that is excellent, it helps the fire tanker with their mission to hold aggroe for the team.
Burn atm provides very time limited immobilization protection, I have found myself often in a span immob situation, and frankly burn just don't cut it, the immob break free seems to only work within the field of fire, and as soon as I step out of the fire I can be immobilized again...
...I would love to see were Fire Aura would give me KBP MAG 12, and Plasma Aura give me Immob mag 12 resistance.
Finally, I gotta say, with the +fear removed from burn, I will be spaming that **** like the good old days, never having to worry about being immob'd in the first place. -
Usually depends on the toon. Blasters/Corrs - Aggrotech, Tanks - Metal, Scrappers/Brutes - Industrial, Trollers - usually a smattering of EBM. Of course no playlist is complete without a bit of boss or wife and child aggro.
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Quote:It was a sound observation.... a year ago. The game has changed much since then, notably that V/Heats unlock at 20 now.Originally Posted by 5th_Player
Villain HEAT VEAT population vs. HERO population is a sound observation.
The people that are attracted to villains aren't attracted to them because of "evil" but because they avoid the MMO holy trinity concept.
Villains and EATs also tend to be preferred by people who prefer solo.
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Blood Brother Slugger wrote:
Seriously, heroes are way over powered. When is the last time it took three of any of us to take one down. Used to be we could at least take out a defender, but now with the buff to vigilence, even they can solo now. If the zig wasn't so easy to get out of, I think I would have unsubbed by now. Oh, and DOOOM!Quote:Embalmed Cadaver wrote:
At least you get walk back from the zig, my set defining power blows my limbs clear across the map. Cadavers need dev love.Quote:Scrounger Buckshot wrote:
Dude thats just wrong.Quote:Trollkin Slammer wrote:
Roll Rick!Quote:Dreck wrote:
Please. You new kids have no idea how hard it was back in the day. You wouldn't believe how many times I sent the whole map of us to chase down some cowardly hero, only to figure we have him cornered when he jumped into a dumpster. 250 of us wailing on him only to be snuck up on by some blaster itching to inferno. You should be glad for the aggro cap.Quote:Blood Brother Slugger wrote:
Seriously, heroes are way over powered. When is the last time it took three of any of us to take one down. Used to be we could at least take out a defender, but now with the buff to vigilence, even they can solo now. If the zig wasn't so easy to get out of, I think I would have unsubbed by now. Oh, and DOOOM!Stupid trolls.Quote:Rotting Chamber wrote:
Urrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Dreck is a fanboi.