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Really simple question that probably has a really obvious answer, but whatever happened to the City Scoop? The latest one was in July and now it's December... was it just unpopular? Did the creators quit or something? I actually enjoyed reading it. =(
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I'll only switch if it fits my story purposes. Right now I have a defender who uses a special suit to channel the energies of the netherworld onto his foes. But after using the suit for too long, the demons of the netherworld corrupt him, and force him into becoming a villain.
I don't have any preferences to either side, since they're both still the same game. -
Different AT's have a different resistance cap. Tankers cap at a higher resistance percentage than scrappers and brutes, who cap higher than blasters etc... but other than that, 75% resistance to fire damage would be the same on a Blaster as with a Tanker. The same goes for defense, though defense doesn't take HP into the equation. So, 20% defense to fire would provide the same survivability to a blaster as to a tanker, whereas with resistance, the blaster would die quicker due to their low HP.
I'll go ahead and say that it's the Blasters low HP. Resistance is not as desirable for low health ATs than for higher health ATs. -
Aww man, why doesn't any of the cool stuff ever happen to me? I would love to get trapped in a mini Talos Island! =P
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Oh hey, it's that guy who made that one arc that I played that one time. lolz.
Well, thanks for the feedback anyways! xD
On a sidenote, I would be writing a review now, but I've been bogged down by homework over the past week. That... and I am a terrible procrastinator. lol. -
Quote:I guess I can apologize for being snarky in my previous post. I'm just used to silly people posting in the completely wrong forum (I am not saying that you are a silly person. =P)Originally Posted by DSlice
yea, i realize it is the blaster forums, i have it bookmarked and forgot. my bad
Well, since we're talking about blasters here, I unfortunately don't have any. My main characters are a Inv/EM Tanker, a Dark/Elec Defender, and a DB/EnA Stalker. I haven't found a blaster combination that suits my tastes yet, but I'm looking for one. -
Welcome to the Blasters forum. Do you have anything about Blasters you would like to discuss?
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Thanks for the feedback. I will admit I kinda just threw that arc together one day. I felt like having an arc that has something to do with the 5th Columns return. I'll see what I can do to make it better.
In the meantime, was there any particular arc of yours you wanted me to review? or can I just pick one myself? Lemme know ahead of times if you want to avoid spoilers, so I can make sure not to include those.
P.S. I should probably stop making dates for writing things. I am the target of distractions, and it's almost rare for me to do things on time. =P
I'll write the review whenever I have time! xD -
I think the deciding factor is which secondary set you'll be choosing. For Dual Blades to work at peak efficiency, you will want to pick all the powers for the combos. The problem with this is tight builds, but there are some very loose secondaries to go with that. My DB/EnA stalker has no problems fitting all nine attacks into the build, due to Energy Aura's utility powers, which I don't really need. Dark Armor also has some utility powers which could be skip-able (correct me on that if I'm wrong). Other sets like Super Reflexes, however, are not good, as the powerset also works best with all nine power choices.
So, it basically depends on your secondary. For a loose secondary, pick Dual Blades. For a tight secondary, choose Ninja Blade. -
I rolled up my very first Dominator today, and I decided to mess around in mids for a while. Since this is my first Dominator, I don't really know what works and what doesn't. I know that they are not Controllers, and are not to be treated as such, but I'm mainly concerned about slotting. The slots for the mids build seemed very tight, and I had trouble deciding where to put them. So, here's the build I came up with.
Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.601
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Click this DataLink to open the build!
Pain Shot: Level 50 Mutation Dominator
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Icy Assault
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery
Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ring of Fire- (A) Accuracy
- (3) Endurance Reduction
- (13) Damage Increase
- (17) Damage Increase
- (40) Immobilisation Duration
- (A) Accuracy
- (3) Damage Increase
- (5) Range
- (A) Accuracy
- (5) Damage Increase
- (9) Damage Increase
- (17) Endurance Reduction
- (37) Endurance Reduction
- (A) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Recharge
- (7) Trap of the Hunter - Accuracy/Immobilize/Recharge
- (13) Trap of the Hunter - Immobilize/Accuracy
- (15) Trap of the Hunter - Endurance/Immobilize
- (37) Trap of the Hunter - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
- (A) To Hit Debuff
- (7) Accuracy
- (37) Endurance Reduction
- (A) Accuracy
- (9) Damage Increase
- (15) Hold Duration
- (19) Recharge Reduction
- (34) Endurance Reduction
- (A) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage
- (11) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance
- (11) Thunderstrike - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (40) Thunderstrike - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Endurance Reduction IO
- (A) Flight Speed IO
- (A) Flight Speed IO
- (A) Healing IO
- (19) Healing IO
- (A) Endurance Modification IO
- (21) Endurance Modification IO
- (21) Endurance Modification IO
- (A) Hold Duration
- (23) Hold Duration
- (23) Accuracy
- (31) Accuracy
- (34) Recharge Reduction
- (A) Eradication - Damage
- (25) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (25) Eradication - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (29) Eradication - Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Damage Increase
- (27) Damage Increase
- (27) Recharge Reduction
- (A) Accuracy
- (29) Recharge Reduction
- (31) Endurance Reduction
- (34) Endurance Reduction
- (A) Recharge Reduction IO
- (31) Recharge Reduction IO
- (A) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage
- (33) Sovereign Right - Damage/Endurance
- (33) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Endurance
- (33) Sovereign Right - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (36) Sovereign Right - Accuracy
- (40) Sovereign Right - Resistance Bonus
- (A) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage
- (36) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance
- (36) Crushing Impact - Damage/Recharge
- (43) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
- (46) Crushing Impact - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (46) Crushing Impact - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (A) Entropic Chaos - Accuracy/Damage
- (39) Entropic Chaos - Damage/Endurance
- (39) Entropic Chaos - Damage/Recharge
- (39) Entropic Chaos - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
- (43) Entropic Chaos - Chance of Heal Self
- (A) Defense Debuff
- (42) Accuracy
- (42) Damage Increase
- (42) Endurance Reduction
- (43) Recharge Reduction
- (A) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance
- (45) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Recharge
- (45) Gift of the Ancients - Endurance/Recharge
- (45) Gift of the Ancients - Defense
- (46) Gift of the Ancients - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
- (48) Gift of the Ancients - Run Speed +7.5%
- (A) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Damage
- (48) Cleaving Blow - Damage/Endurance
- (48) Cleaving Blow - Accuracy/Recharge
- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy
- (50) Blood Mandate - Damage
- (50) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
- (50) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage
Level 1: Brawl- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
- (A) Empty
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Set Bonus Totals:- 1.56% Defense(Smashing)
- 1.56% Defense(Lethal)
- 1.88% Defense(Fire)
- 1.88% Defense(Cold)
- 6.88% Defense(Energy)
- 6.88% Defense(Negative)
- 3.13% Defense(Melee)
- 3.44% Defense(Ranged)
- 0.94% Defense(AoE)
- 5.85% Max End
- 11.3% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 5% Enhancement(Immobilize)
- 23% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 53.4 HP (5.25%) HitPoints
- MezResist(Confused) 5.5%
- MezResist(Held) 7.7%
- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
- MezResist(Sleep) 2.75%
- MezResist(Stun) 4.4%
- 6.5% (0.11 End/sec) Recovery
- 10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 10% Resistance(Smashing)
- 10% Resistance(Lethal)
- 12.5% Resistance(Fire)
- 10% Resistance(Cold)
- 10% Resistance(Energy)
- 10% Resistance(Negative)
- 10% Resistance(Toxic)
- 15% Resistance(Psionic)
- 7.5% RunSpeed
Set Bonuses:
Trap of the Hunter
(Fire Cages)- 5% Enhancement(Immobilize)
- 19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
- 9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- MezResist(Held) 2.75%
(Ice Blast)- 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
- 2.5% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.25% Defense(Ranged)
- 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
(Ice Sword Circle)- 1.8% Max End
- 3.13% Defense(Energy,Negative), 1.56% Defense(Ranged)
- 22.9 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
(Fire Imps)- MezResist(Sleep) 2.75%
- MezResist(Confused) 2.75%
- MezResist(Stun) 2.75%
- MezResist(Held) 2.75%
- 3.13% Defense(Melee), 1.56% Defense(Lethal), 1.56% Defense(Smashing)
- 10% Resistance(All)
(Ice Slash)- MezResist(Immobilize) 2.2%
- 11.4 HP (1.13%) HitPoints
- 7% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 2.5% Resistance(Psionic)
(Bitter Ice Blast)- 10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
- MezResist(Confused) 2.75%
- 2.25% Max End
- 6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
(Scorpion Shield)- 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
- 2.5% Resistance(Fire)
- 1.8% Max End
- MezResist(Held) 2.2%
- 2.5% Resistance(Psionic)
- 7.5% RunSpeed
(Hot Feet)- 1% (0.02 End/sec) Recovery
- 1.25% Defense(Energy,Negative), 0.63% Defense(Ranged)
(Summon Tarantula)- 1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
- 1.88% Defense(Fire,Cold), 0.94% Defense(AoE)
- MezResist(Stun) 1.65%
Another concern would probably be pricing. I know a bit about using the market, having reached eighty-million Infamy on my stalker by crafting dropped recipes and selling them. The thing is I'm not fabulously rich yet, so I need to know the price range of the sets I used. I mainly went for Recovery bonuses, because this build looks like it'll be very endurance heavy; Although recovery bonuses seemed pretty hard to find. Thoughts? Opinions? Is my build crap, or is it okay? -
Oh, I forgot to mention my level. Sorry, a Level 29 Inv/EM Tanker.
Also, the name is Smash Zone, not Smash.
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I can bring my namesake Tanker along. Inv/EM. I will use my team build which focuses more on staying alive and less on damage output. Only two single target attacks, one PBAoE, and taunt. =P
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Lookie here, a shameless bump! Wait, no it's not!
Yes, I'm still alive, and I feel it necessary to begin reviewing arcs again. I have one on my list that I will write tomorrow, and hopefully I can get some more people to sign up.
Also, I've finished a re-edited version of my original arc, Becoming a Villain. I changed a lot of dialog, added extra clues and objectives, and re-did the final mission entirely. The story is the same, but the mechanics have been changed. Here's a summary of the changes:
Universal Changes:
- Set all missions to be at a fixed level range from levels 5-20.
- Contact dialog has been altered/re-done for all missions. (Some didn't change much.)
Mission one changes:
- Enemy group changed from Skulls to Trolls to be consistent with level range
- Added custom boss at the end for flavor =P
Mission two has received no changes.
Mission three changes:
-Added a clue at the beginning to help tell the story better
Mission four changes:
- Added Sam as a hostage to be rescued
- Added a collection objective that appears once Sam is rescued
- Added extra clues to tell the story better
Mission five changes:
- Mission five has been almost entirely redone and is more difficult as a result
- Map changed from Atlas Park to Warehouse map
- Enemy group changed from Longbow to a custom group comprised of Longbow, Wyvern, and PPD enemies
- Added three new boss objectives to be completed
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So, yeah, read the rules on the front page, and come get your arc reviewed! Next review is coming soon! -
Well, it really boils down to two factors.
The first one is this. Sure, a lot of people really like your arc, but there will always be someone out there who could genuinely dislike your Arc. With thousands of players in this game, there are many different opinions. Somebody out there could just not like your arc for one reason or another.
Factor two is very unlikely, but someone could have just been griefing you. Again, this is highly unreasonable, and would be pretty silly to think so, but it is a small possibility.
In my opinion, all these factors all lead up to the broken rating system. Arcs should not be rated by stars or scores, they should have just a simple "Yes/No" system, where you could either say "I liked this arc, so I give it a thumbs up" or "This arc wasn't very good, thumbs down." Instead, it's very easy to just walk up to a five-star arc, join, and then rate one-star and quit, bringing down the rating considerably. -
Now, I'm usually the last one to make suggestions based off other MMO's, but hear me out.
I was browsing around the World of Warcraft site (lolWoW, I know) and I saw something about new "tier ten armor sets." I took a peek at the picture, and this one particularly caught my eye. (no pun intended)
Doesn't that armor look amazing?
So it got me to thinking, "City of Heroes needs more helmets/masks like that!" Then I figured, we should just have more one-eyed options. One-eyed masks and helmets, similar to the vanguard eye detail.
Something along the lines of this would be nice.
You pretty much get the gist of what I'm saying, right? Glowing cyborg eyes, one-eyed masks, etc. More one-eyed options please! -
huh, I just saw a Mr. T WoW commercial earlier today. Though mostly it was just him saying you could have his hair in the game, which sounds kind of retarded if you ask me. =P
Back to City of Heroes though. If you think about it, you could take those Mac vs PC parody videos they made a while back and ship them out as commercials. I don't see anything wrong with that. -
Quote:Well, that other popular MMO does have frequent TV commercials featuring certain celebrities. Mr. T and Ozzy Osbourne are the ones I've seen. I hate to bring up the "Because WoW did it!" card, but I'm just pointing out facts. =POriginally Posted by Kierthos
Beats me. But I can't recall the last commercial for any MMO that I saw on TV.
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Quote:I will agree they nerfed Mission Architect way too hard for a futile mission against farmers. Farming can be lessened, sure, but it can never be truly stopped.Originally Posted by Not_Epsilon
The truely sad part is, the die-hard farm population still use AE as the prefered farming location. For a variety of reasons, some of these reasons so obscure and forgotten, the devs would have a hard time noticing them, if it even occured to them to fix them.
Personally, I'ld use AE to PL and farm for the simple reason that I can farm in cappie and Atlas rather then G-vill and PI. If the decline in play has been from farmers or average players in a larger majority, is hard to tell, but AE simply isn't as used as it should be. Considering how wonderful it has the potential to be.
They need to buff MA and simply resign to the fact that people are going to farm it regardless of whether the xp is equal to or more then average content simply becuase of location and the elimination of the repitition of dev created "farm maps"
A ceaseless war against farmers is the same thing as waging a war to rid the world of ants; if you succeed, it isn't going to be in your life time, it won't be worth it, and you will regret it soon.
IMO of course, rage at me if you wish, I got my popcorn ready.
I think the biggest problem was simply the amount of nerfs piled onto the Mission Architect.
Right now I think they can take some of them back. There are only two "nerfs" that I would agree with.
- The custom group rank issue (Prevents boss farming)
- The ally XP elimination (Prevents having statesman as an ally to help beat up hellions as a lowbie)
The rest were kind of over-doing it. Custom critters should award full XP regardless of difficulty (even standard minions are tougher than normal). Now, if your critter has no powers, then sure, take away XP, but since they are inherently tougher than normal mobs, they should award full XP. The badge nerf was just ridiculous. You got one inspiration! Here's your badge! Please... next thing you know there will be a badge for logging into the game for the first time, they can call it the n00b badge. -
So I was watching TV, and I thought to myself "Why aren't there any Ads for City of Heroes?"
It wouldn't have to be a TV Ad, maybe just something for a magazine or online ads.
I'm not saying that the population is going down or anything, I'm just wondering why we don't have any commercials. Seems like a good way to bring in some players. =D -
Quote:But the potential for abuse would be really bad. For example, I see a new player who has a really awesome name, and I really want it. *BAM* petition and name taken away, new player leaves because of awful service, and that's one less player around. For players who haven't logged on in X years, the fact remains that the players could come back at some point. If somebody comes back to the game after five years only to find that their beloved character name is taken, what makes you think they're going to stay afterwards?Originally Posted by Attache
I do think there is something interesting in the notion of a vet power that not only rewards the veteran player but retroactively takes something away from the non-players. I'm not necessarily saying it would be a good thing - only that it would be interesting. To me.
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I'm just going to repeat what je_saist said, seeing as you won't listen to reason.
Get over it. -
Yes, lots of people still use AE. I've actually noticed an increase in activity in the past week. The problem isn't that nobody is playing AE, it's the fact the since there's an AE building in every friggin' zone that all the players are spread out. This gives the illusion that all the AE buildings are empty.
Plus, what do you mainly do in the AE buildings? Play missions. People are still using AE, but you just can't see them.
I really don't like how spread out the buildings are, though. I would say have only a few for both sides. For heroes, have one in Atlas Park, Steel Canyon, and Peregrine Island. For villains, Have one in Mercy Island, Port Oakes, and Grandville. It would make the AE building a more universal place to gather, and would make it easier to get a team for AE missions. -
Quote:This is City of Heroes, not City of Gods. Pain Prevention sounds ridiculously overpowered.Originally Posted by Oneirohero
Resistance is for pain-reduction, not pain prevention.
If you are suggesting we use a block mechanism similar to that other super-hero MMO then I would promptly decline and say "No way!" The blocking in that game is just plain broken, you absolutely need to block to survive, unfortunately the enemy attacks are constant and you can't attack while blocking. So you have to decide on whether you want to block or die, and that is the biggest reason I won't play that game again.Quote:Defence is about the average success of skilfully avoiding damage, not some random attack failure chance.
Again, ridiculously overpowered. How would this work for low level characters? "You're puny hatchet cannot harm me! Neither can your pistols! Now my attacks on the other hand..."Quote:Protection should be extended to bring a hybridisation of Resistance and Defence, the inherent ability to [B]avoid low-damage while lowering higher damage attacks. -
Simply amazing! I was crying with laughter from these, especially the "Silent Night" one!
We need to get together a bunch of players and actually sing these. Who here has Skype?! -
Seems like Hamidon is getting ready for a Hero raid... he breaks into Atlas Park and completely obliterates everyone. He gets one merit for every hero, and if he manages to kill everyone, he gets a rare Statesman origin enhancement!