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  1. SlyGuyMcFly
    AFAIK, one chance that it'll affect you upon summoning, and then one chance per 10 secs that it'll affect the pet. Of course, the Spout is immune to recharge buffs and doesn't have any powers that would benefit from them anyway, so all in all the +rech proc is a waste in that power.
  2. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by rian_frostdrake View Post
    so he actually was too sexy for his shirt, too sexy for his shirt, so sexy it hurt?
    *sprays coffee at monitor*

    Well played sir. Well played.
  3. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Eva Destruction View Post
    The Blood Coral was just made up.
    Indeed. And it is surely not connected some other crystalline, crimson coloured substance of mystic nature that gets referred to as 'coral'. For it would indeed be insane to believe that this so called 'Red Coral', known for it's magical properties and it's mysterious connection with the creature known as the Leviathan could possibly be similar in any way with this other (and I insist, the likeness of the names must surely be a coincidence) 'Blood Coral', known for it's magical properties and not-quite-as-mysterious connection with the creature known as the Leviathan... right?

    And we pretty much did know there was a direct Merulina->Leviathan connection. Check out what Renault has to say:

    Quote:
    The Temple of the Waters is an elusive place where a great treasure lies, the Eye of the Leviathan! This great eye is made of living coral and is reputed to possess powers of an ancient sea goddess. Captain Mako has tasked us with bringing him a piece of the eye so he may reap its power. If you are successful, you too shall share in the reward!
    Remarkably close to the truth, I'd say.
  4. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post

    t's not a question of liking or disliking the plot, but more a question of there not being much uninterrupted plot to go through. Rick Dakan's old lore tied together like a cohesive whole and made for a believable world. The current plot threads exist in almost complete isolation, ships in an ocean of unmentioned background story. "Why did we need SAM when we already had the FBSA?" is, as a point of fact, a legitimate question.

    But... SAM is a branch of the FBSA, like GIFT or MAGI. What's wrong with it?
  5. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Golden_Avariel View Post
    BTW - does anyone know if you already have a jetpack from the Shard vendor and it's almost out of fuel, can you just buy a new one and replace the old one or do you have to wait for the old one to be completely exhausted before you buy the new one? If not, is the jetpack recipe a different temp power? Can you have one of each at the same time?
    Don't know about the 1st question, but all the different jetpacks are indeed different powers. You can have the mayhem/safeguard, the crafted temp and the vendor purchased jetpacks at the same time. You can also toss the couple of mission reward packs for even more variety.
  6. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Snow Globe View Post
    You're going to be in a world of hurt with the Incarnate trials if you skip a travel power in favor of Ninja Run. Try using it on the next sneak peek.
    Why is that?
  7. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    As far as the arc itself goes, its' one of my favourites, as well. The writing in that arc is exquisite! I keep using Vincent Ross as evidence that Paragon Studios still employ talented writers. The lore of the arc is... A mess, but at least the arc's internal logic is sound, the writing is solid, the plot strokes the ego and it does at least SOMEWHAT tie into existing canon. I give it an A- for effort, but needlessly making up lore where it isn't required.
    What do you mean by this? I'm not a lore junkie by a long shot, but as far as I can tell all the arc did was explain the leviathan-golem-coralax-merulina connection (which we knew existed), basically tying up the Sharkhead storyline.
  8. SlyGuyMcFly

    Scrapper HP cap

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Kanto2 View Post
    I'm not sure it's possible to add more, or did I miss something?
    Sounds like you missed the 2.25% at 4 pieces of Eradication and Devastation also gives that at 3 pieces. Slot 3 Devs and 3 Apocs in 2 ranged powers for 11%, right there.

    Also, Spiritual Core Paragon gives ED-cheating +HP in HPT.

    I'm pretty sure you can hit it.


    Edit: In fact, this very silly (and expensive) fire/wp would hit it:

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

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Level 50 Magic Scrapper
    Primary Power Set: Fiery Melee
    Secondary Power Set: Willpower
    Power Pool: Fighting
    Power Pool: Speed
    Ancillary Pool: Blaze Mastery



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    Who knows, you might even have enough slots and powers left to make something semi-decent out of it.


    Edit edit: Looking at it a bit more, you could do it without the Shield Walls, with a much more down-to-earth arrangement, you might even be able to dispense with using all 6 Apocs as set mules.

    Edit mk III: Looking at it again it's the silliest collection of IOs I've ever commited to Mids. There are definitely much cheaper and sensible ways of hitting the HP cap as a WP scrapper.
  9. SlyGuyMcFly
    Mind/Fire is a very powerul combo, but has no pet. No pet means no TIBBERS!, and no TIBBERS! would make for a rather sad Annie.

    If I were going for an Annie homage toon, I'd go Fire/Fire:

    -ST hold and AoE Stun are you bread-and-butter controls - just like Annie
    -Consume gives good endurance management - just like Annie
    -Hotfeet, for a meelee range AoE DoT - not quite like Annie, but as close as it gets in this game.
    -High ST thanks to /fire and High AoE if you go for the Fire Epic pool
    -Lastly, pets that are on fire. 3 flaming minkeys instead of TIBBERS! but better than nothing.
  10. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Yomo_Kimyata View Post
    It actually gets a lot worse: "At" and "For" are used as shortcuts for selling and buying respectively. "10 at $50" and "10 for $50" mean entirely different things, and when it comes up before an arbitration board, as it will any time someone loses money, the person who used the wrong word is out money.
    Leading to the question that shows up every time one plays Settlers of Catan: Wood for sheep?
  11. SlyGuyMcFly
    1- Attack Vitals and Sweep are only two combos really worth using at high levels. The former for single target (although the finisher is a pretty sweet cone!), the latter for AoE. At lower levels, you may find Weaken handy for mitigation, while Empower is plain terrible.

    2- Get to 45% defense to melee/range/aoe, then focus on +HP, with +regen as a secondary target.

    3- Not really. As Street cleaner notes DB's basic attack chains are BF>>AV combo and BF>>Sweep. With Quickness and a handful of +rech bonuses (around 30-40%) you'll be able to chain them without pauses. Any more recharge will do little for your primary and absolutely nothing for your secondary.

    4- My DB/SR Scrapper has no trouble getting around without a travel power. Slot a single runspeed in quickness, swift and sprint and you'll Ninja Run at very respectable speeds. Make sure to always have a Raptor Pack handy though, for dealing with excessively vertical areas.

    5- Agree with other posters on Alpha - Cardiac or Spiritual. Cardiac lets you skimp on endred slotting, while Spirit would probably get you enough +rech that you could ignore getting any from set bonuses.
  12. SlyGuyMcFly

    Dual Bladez/???

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DoctorWhat View Post
    The only major problem with taking SR as a secondary is that there isn't any 'skippable' powers outside Quicken and Elude. And in both cases those are very, very good powers to have.

    Quickness is not skippable, full stop. Elude is completely skippable*, provided you're softcapping /SR and you' better be softcapping it. Here's my DB/SR for consideration.

    *Skippable, not useless. There's a difference.


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

    Click this DataLink to open the build!

    Rajani: Level 50 Magic Scrapper
    Primary Power Set: Dual Blades
    Secondary Power Set: Super Reflexes
    Power Pool: Fighting
    Power Pool: Leaping
    Power Pool: Medicine
    Ancillary Pool: Body Mastery

    Hero Profile:
    Level 1: Power Slice -- T'Death-Acc/Dmg(A), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx(3), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg(3), T'Death-Dam%(5), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(5), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(39)
    Level 1: Focused Fighting -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(7), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(7)
    Level 2: Ablating Strike -- C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(9), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(11), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg(11), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg(13), Achilles-ResDeb%(13)
    Level 4: Focused Senses -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(9), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(15)
    Level 6: Agile -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(17)
    Level 8: Blinding Feint -- Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(19), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(21), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(21), T'Death-Acc/Dmg(23)
    Level 10: Boxing -- Empty(A)
    Level 12: Practiced Brawler -- RechRdx-I(A)
    Level 14: Typhoon's Edge -- Erad-%Dam(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(15), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(23), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(25), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx(27)
    Level 16: Dodge -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(17)
    Level 18: Vengeful Slice -- Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(29), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(29), T'Death-Acc/Dmg(31), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(31), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(31)
    Level 20: Quickness -- Run-I(A)
    Level 22: Tough -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(A), HO:Ribo(27), HO:Ribo(33)
    Level 24: Combat Jumping -- DefBuff-I(A)
    Level 26: Sweeping Strike -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(33), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(34), Erad-Acc/Rchg(34), M'Strk-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), M'Strk-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36)
    Level 28: Lucky -- DefBuff-I(A), DefBuff-I(36)
    Level 30: Aid Other -- Empty(A)
    Level 32: Weave -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(36), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(37)
    Level 35: Evasion -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def(37), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(37)
    Level 38: One Thousand Cuts -- Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Erad-%Dam(39), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(39), Erad-Dmg(40), Erad-Acc/Rchg(40), Erad-Dmg/Rchg(40)
    Level 41: Focused Accuracy -- GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(A), GSFC-ToHit(42), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(42), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(42), GSFC-Build%(46), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(48)
    Level 44: Physical Perfection -- P'Shift-End%(A), Mrcl-Rcvry+(45), Mrcl-Heal(46), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx(46)
    Level 47: Aid Self -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(48), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(48), IntRdx-I(50)
    Level 49: Laser Beam Eyes -- Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(A), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(50), Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg(50)
    Level 0: Freedom Phalanx Reserve
    Level 0: Portal Jockey
    Level 0: Task Force Commander
    Level 0: The Atlas Medallion
    ------------
    Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
    Level 1: Critical Hit
    Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I(A)
    Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
    Level 4: Ninja Run
    Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
    Level 2: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), RgnTis-Regen+(33), Numna-Heal(45), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(45)
    Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
    Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-EndMod(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(43), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(43), P'Shift-End%(43)
    ------------


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    Quote:
    It's at least looser than it used to be now that we have inherent fitness.
    True, that. Nowadays you can get fighting+travel+medicine and still have enough for a couple of epic pool picks or whatever. Which IMO is not really that tight at all. Used to be pretty bad though.
  13. SlyGuyMcFly
    Good comic. Although I'll echo some comments re: GG's cleavage. I mean, sheesh lady, talk about the Uncanney Valley.
  14. SlyGuyMcFly
    This here is my steampunkish toon. It's more along the sedate, tan-and-leather victorian steampunk than Girl Genius' very awesome Prussian Empire aesthetics, but that's nothing playing with the colour palette wouldn't be able to solve, I think. I really hope they update the steampunk glove textures to the new hi-res standards some day...





    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rajani Isa View Post
    I don't know... Jaegers seem to have too much... subtle finesse to be a brute. And worried about their hats.
    Der Jaegers ken be shneaky, but dey isn't so goot at dis bein' sottil schtoff.
  15. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Stone Daemon View Post
    I'm pretty sure that GotA: Run speed goes for more than that (so I assume you're just lowballing everything for minimal marketeering time?).

    Crafted GotA: Run Speeds were going for 20 mil for a long time, but the bottom dropped out of that niche a couple of weeks ago and they now go for about half that. Oh well. Was good while it lasted.
  16. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Daemodand View Post
    QUESTION: How many random rolls does it take to reach statisitcal significance?
    Don't have the math to know, but my gut says in the triple digits. Of course, that many recipes hitting the market over a short time would likely have an impact on prices, further compromising significance.
  17. SlyGuyMcFly
    To answer the second question, it's entirely possible to have a Fort with nothing but psi blasts and a Widow with nothing but claw attacks.

    As for the first... it's a very neat concept! As Darkgob noted, non-player Banes basically work in this manner, and it's no stretch to imagine a powerful psychic replicating the phenomenon. Add the fact that Widows get the Mind Link power (which essentially does what your character does, on a smaller, non-permanent scale, per the power's description) and it all makes perfect sense.
  18. SlyGuyMcFly
    DOOOOOOOOOOM™!


    But no, not feeling it. If anything, the new 50+ content gives me something to do with my 50s, as I tend to neglect them once they hit the cap. I've also been levelling a tanker, corr, 'shade and huntsman and only having trouble finding teams on the huntsman. But that's just redside being redside.
  19. SlyGuyMcFly
    All I'd need is a Doppleganger pet.
  20. SlyGuyMcFly

    soft-cap question

    POST-ACTION

    Cascading defense failure is a nun-issue for /SR because you have +YES resistance to defense debuffs. It's all the other, inferior, soft-capped toons that have to worry about it.

    As for your actual question, yes. Enemies can have to-hit buffs and to-hit subtracts from defense in the final hit chance equation much like a defense debuff:

    An even-con minion 10% tohit buff will hit a 50/50/50 character 10% of the time: (50% defense - (50% base+10%)x1.00Acc = 10%

    It'll hit the 45/45/45 15% of the time.

    However, the number of enemies with to-hit buffs you can significantly mitigate with extra defense isn't really big: DE quartz gives a whopping 100% tohit, and Nemesis Vengeance will rip through Soft-Cap+Elude if it stacks more than a couple of times. Malta Gunslingers and Rularuu eyeballs use extremely high accuracy, not tohit, and so extra defense doesn't help any... You get the idea.
  21. SlyGuyMcFly
    Last I heard, the optimal DB chain uses BF-AS-SS-AS, needing insane (well beyond perma-hasten) amounts of recharge in AS to make it possible.

    Question 1: How much recharge does it require?
    Question 2: How does this chain, using a Spiritual Alpha, stack against the easier BF-Attack Vitals, if the latter has a Musculature?

    I'd do the math for the 1st question... but I'm a) lazy and b) pretty sure someone has the info more or less on hand. I have no idea how to math out the second question.
  22. SlyGuyMcFly
    Quote:
    It is a good build. You have great recovery, good Regen and Aid self. You have a lot of hit points too. The only thing I would do is put another LoTG +7.5% in Agile, you only have 4 in your build so why not make it 5.
    That's exactly the sort of thing I was sure I'd missed. Thanks.
  23. SlyGuyMcFly

    Mod05's Toys...

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    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Diggis View Post
    Ponies/horses =/= My little ponies... not the over use of pink, wings, etc. Horses are great to ride, my little ponies are aimed at girls.

    Pfeh. Real Men Wear Pink anyways
  24. SlyGuyMcFly
    *looks at his red-and-black undead nazi cyborg*

    Er... nope, can't say I am.
  25. SlyGuyMcFly

    Animal Pun Toons

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    I ran into one Moo Manchu earlier today.