Smurphy

I use Team Teleport to great effectiveness with Fallout. Unlike Recall friend there is no interruptible period and the casting time is much lower. Run to body, teleport to target, Nuclear Fallout.

Back Alley Brawler's little brother: Rear Entry Rumbler.

There are lots of arcs that are submitted and available for the March 1 Billion. Let me update the list of arcs entered:

95 Cyborg Misunderstandings Lead to Bombs #389407
90 7662: The Nemesis Task Force #364346
80 Psychophage #283197
70 A Warrior's Journey - The Flower Knight Task Force #260284
60 The Ghastly Secret of Dreams #38686

Needs Revision:
Breathless Nights #38769
Clubbing Nightmare #4234
Mantisman Task Force #15819
Imperial Task Force 2 aka Romulus Rematch #385400
Test Mission for Pacing of Smurphy’s Challenge #388594
Rescue Numina from the Circle of Hands #388422
Pentarchy of Punishment #388164
The Many Faces of Hydro's Villains TF
Episode I: The Next Big Thing #219429
Episode II: Minister Of Pain #224793
Episode III: Made in Paragon #228570
The Many Faces of Hydro's Heroes TF
Episode I: A Dire Threat #41066
Episode II: Tumultuous Times #72829
Episode III: Alpha and Omega #210970

Eligible for March 1 billion but not tested:
7662 - The Labors of Rustam: The Cold and the Dark #54293
7662 - The Labors of Rustam II: Rustam and Sohrab #59243
7662 - The Labors of Rustam III: The Longest Day #78130
Robots (Test for Smurphy’s Challenge) #390036
7662 - Cathan's Revolt #122478
The Lost Time Task Force #392221
The Stroke of Midnight #391853
#215669
Vernon's Big Break #390611
The Peregrine Falcon #352527

Perhaps the first power you choose in your Primary powerset will automatically auto-fire in a new preset mechanic allowing you to set another power to the standard "green circle" autofire.

I am interested in obtaining Influence. I have roughly 10 Billion Infamy. I would like to exchange this at 1 to 1 for Influence. Small amounts accepted. Send me a PM, @Smurphy in game, or simply use /em noooo while saying "Curse you JoJo" in local while at any of the consignment houses.

I would like to exchange MY Infamy to YOUR Influence with anyone.

I want to move roughly 10 Billion Infamy. The Infamy is on Freedom. I would like Influence on Virtue or Freedom. I am interested in trading at 1 to 1. I am not interested in Influence on other servers... unless you are willing to give me 1 of my Infamy to 1.1 of your Influence.

Amounts less than 10 Billion are welcome... obviously.

@Smurphy

I too have one for sale on Redside Freedom.

The data collected here is NOT...
accurate.
comprehensive.
scientific.
the whole story.
ideal.
a perfect representation.
a random sample.

I've collected the data in a spreadsheet. It's 16MB. I took screenshots of the market window for the item, cropped the picture, and then pasted it into a spreadsheet. The process went faster than you think and I was watching high quality Nickelodeon programming while I got things down. Link to the file hosted on a random file hosting site. Obviously, I hope to apply this data to the market merger discussion. It's an Open Office file. I'm open to posting other versions and having it hosted on other sites. Feel free to steal, change, alter, repost, plagiarize, or otherwise use the information there in any manner you feel like.

Issues/Concerns
The data collected and the information I provide is acquired by looking only at the number of items listed for sale at one instant in time. This method of collection is flawed. I do not focus on the number of outstanding bids. I don't belief that is a very important and meaningful number because anyone with 1 Inf and a market slot can make that number go up. One needs the specific item and the Inf to place it on the market to list the item for sale.

Ideally, the volume of items traded would be tracked over a period of time. A player could get some of this data on low volume items by watching the last 5 history of an item and recording the quantity and dates of the transactions. That method of collection was beyond my capabilities to acquire. If someone is able to collect data in such a manner then I would be greatly appreciative.

The number of items listed for sale at one point in time does not necessarily correlate to the volume of items being placed on the market. Items may be in a shortage on the market. An exaggerated example of a possible shortage would be Miracle:Recovery Uniques only being listed for 100 Influence on the market. The price of 100 is below their value. The Miracles that reach the market and are listed for sale would sell very quickly. Inspecting the market at any point in time would show that very few, if any, Miracles are listed for sale. Volume of Miracles may be very high but data collection only focusing on items listed for sale would not indicate that volume. Conversely, a Surplus could exist where items are frequently listed for above their value. In a surplus the number of items listed for sale on the market at one point in time would indicate a larger volume of items being traded than is truly present.

Purples
I collected information on recipes and not enhancements. I collected the information on two dates: Friday March 12th and Wednesday March 24th.

Percent of purple recipes that have X for sale.
12th

With Apoc in Fire Blast and Decimation in Blaze...
3.74s. Blaze recharges in 2.74 + 1 =
2.25s. Fire Blast in 1.05 + 1.2 =

Reversed...
3.63s. Blaze
2.3s. Fire Blast

I could run Herostats again and see which I use more and by how much. The damage % slotting is roughly the same on both sets. The end discount is a little higher with Decimation, actually. That comes into play at low levels though most of my costs come from the AoEs. With all the bonuses on the build the Accuracy and Recharge don't really affect all that much. You can see the 20% recharge slotting difference equates to less than a 1/10th of a second. I'm not sure if it actually changes things with the server ticks or however "arcanatime" or whatever its called works.

I'll give Herostats another run through and if the use is close I'll give them a switch.

Thanks for the input.

The information I am trying to acquire is a general understanding of what % increase in Influence Reward each level grants you.

For example, I whooped up this chart...

My survival cannot be computed by the standard methods. If I don't die in an incredibly short amount of time, the window might be 2 seconds or 3 seconds then I don't die and am at full health. Essentially, enemies have to hit me fast and hard. If they don't I can machine gun transfusion, eat inspirations, escape, or simply fry them.

Defense reduces the amount of times that window of possibility of death comes into play.
Resistance decreases the time of that window. For example: enemies might only have 2 seconds to take me from full life to dead instead of 3 seconds to take me from full life to dead.

Currently, that window doesn't occur very often and when it does it is the most frequent cause is player error. I want the greatest amount of time for me to correct my errors and the shortest amount of time for enemies to have an opportunity. Resistance gives me that. Defense doesn't.

I don't care about my ability to solo. The only time I solo is to make a stupid video of something.

I'm aware on the numbers of Blaze and Fire Blast. Sadly, I busted out Herostats and I use Fire Blast more The only time I really care about my single target attacks is when I'm shooting an EB or an AV. In those situations, sadly, I use Fire Blast more. At other points in time I'm tossing AoEs. I'm always around lots of enemies. Throwing single target attacks simply pale in comparison to Fire Ball, Rain of Fire, and Fire Breath when their are multiple enemies to hit. I am shooting multiple enemies a vast majority of the time.

There are only 4 situations when I die or am in danger of death.
1) An AV or Multiple AVs are attacking me. Here I'm in danger of getting hit by 2 or 3 big shots in rapid succession.
My resistances are only to S/L/E. This one might be a push between Resistance and Defense or it might favor defense.

2) Mezzed and no break free.
Occasionally when I fight Rikti and some other enemies I don't have a break free, get mezzed, and get wailed on. This one might also be a push between resistance and defense. Resistances let me get wailed on for a few instants longer but defense lets me sometimes avoid getting mezzed entirely. Push?

3) Multiple attacks hit me through my defense in a short span of time.
This one is the most frequent danger (other than EBKAC). I get to the enemy spawns first very often. I stand in the middle of them and fulcrum shift. Often they are Romans or some other enemies and they all use their first attack on me. If I survive that attack, even at a sliver of life, I live.
In every situation I've played in, in my experience in City of Heroes, my resistances let me survive that alpha virtually every single time. If I had defenses, over the long term, I'd probably take less damage. That doesn't necessarily correlate with surviving more, however.

If you did a statistical analysis of me taking alphas from enemy groups and compared results from Resistances verse Defense it might look like this: The number represent how much damage I took from the enemy groups alpha attacks.

Resistance
800, 1000, 500, 400, 800, 600, 1000, 500, 600, 800

Defense
200, 400, 1500, 400, 200, 600, 300, 200, 1500, 400

Total Damage from Resistance: 7,000
Total Damage from Defense: 5,500
Deaths from Resistance: 0
Deaths from Defense: 2

My play experience shows me that I survive those alphas on Resistance sets... and often not by much... but I always survive. I don't want to take less damage overall if it means sometimes I randomly get unlucky and splat.

4) Player error
My stupidity and not paying attention causes me deaths sometimes. There's a scene in Happy Feet where a seal attacks the penguins on land. Seals are incredibly slow and pathetic on land. The penguins laugh and simply slowly walk just out of the seal's reach. That's how I play on Trafficker. When paying attention on Trafficker I can be in Transfusion/Fulcrum shift range on enemies yet outside of enemy melee range. I can maintain this distance against all enemies. Sometimes I forget to return on Siphon Speed or Inertial Reduction. Sometimes I'm not paying attention enough. In these situations I get stabbed. Just like the example above I'm not concerned about the long-term taking less damage overall. I'm solely concerned about "will I splat in an instant." Resistance reduces the amount of times I simply get stabbed in the face and die. I take more damage... but I don't die.

I get stabbed a lot on Trafficker. I get shot a lot on Trafficker. It would be nice if I was stabbed and shot less on Trafficker. However, I don't want to trade less damage for larger spikes. The spikes are the danger.

Being that I survive all the late game content... at difficulty settings far above standard... I'm not going to be easily swayed to change my view on what it takes for me to survive things.

It's hard to improve "not dying". I can't die less than zero.

Trafficker Fire/Kin Cor Thread

I'd like to here ways I can improve Trafficker (My Corruptor with Purpled Brawl and Boxing). However, I don't think this thread is the ideal place for it. If you want to discuss his build or give me opinions/thoughts/suggestions... head there

Link to the build with Video

Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Fire Blast
Secondary Power Set: Kinetics
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Mu Mastery

Villain Profile:
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Level 1: Fire Blast (A)(3)(3)(5)(5)(7)
Level 1: Transfusion (A)(7)(46)(46)(46)(48)
Level 2: Fire Ball (A)(9)(9)(11)(11)(13)
Level 4: Flares (A)(21)(21)(45)(48)
Level 6: Rain of Fire (A)(13)(15)(15)(17)(19)
Level 8: Hasten (A)(17)(19)
Level 10: Siphon Speed (A)
Level 12: Fire Breath (A)(34)(34)(36)(43)(50)
Level 14: Hurdle (A)
Level 16: Health (A)(31)
Level 18: Blaze (A)(23)(23)(25)(25)(27)
Level 20: Speed Boost (A)(27)(45)
Level 22: Stamina (A)(29)(29)
Level 24: Maneuvers (A)(31)(43)
Level 26: Tactics (A)(31)(33)
Level 28: Inertial Reduction (A)(33)(33)
Level 30: Vengeance (A)
Level 32: Increase Density (A)(34)(37)
Level 35: Transference (A)(36)(36)(37)
Level 38: Fulcrum Shift (A)(39)(39)(39)
Level 41: Boxing (A)(42)(42)(42)(43)
Level 44: Tough (A)(45)
Level 47: Charged Armor (A)(48)
Level 49: Weave (A)(50)(50)
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Level 1: Brawl (A)(37)(40)(40)(40)
Level 1: Sprint (A)
Level 2: Rest (A)
Level 1: Scourge

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I believe the power order is correct. Some notes...

Budget is not a factor. I don't care what things cost. Trafficker is my favorite character. He gets anything he wants. He gets a blank check. Actually, he gets two blank checks: I rolled a 2nd Fire/Kin Corruptor named Trafficker.

I think that's the most up-to-date build. The power order might be slightly off in places. I'm open to altering some of the power choices but I don't really see that as being likely. The powers that I can contemplate changing are: Stamina/Health/Hurdle, Inertial Reduction, Increase Density, Fire Breath, and Flares (Which can only change into Siphon Power or Repel). You'd have to blow my mind to convince me to change one of the other powers. Charged Armor can change into one of the other Resistance Armors.

Malefactoring is very important to my build. I have an outrageous and astounding amount of fire power at level 7. Fire Blast, Fire Ball, Flares, Rain of Fire and Fire Breath are all available. Hasten, Siphon Speed and 40% Global Recharge are at my command to let me unload those 5 attacks even faster. All present at level 7.

Survivability is not an issue. I do not see the value in soft-capping my defense. I prefer the +HP slotting. If you can squeeze in more defense, HP or resistances without sacrificing something significant I would be very pleased. I'm open to viewing alternative choices (something like 5% recharge for 5% HP) or other such potential equal exchanges. As you can see in the video I make excellent use of inspirations and binds to combine inspirations to what I need. I can crank out purples, oranges and Break Frees. Survivability, to me is simply a question of "do I have enough to survive anything?" Currently, that answer is "yes". I've literally jumped up to an enemies buffed, players debuffed Statesman and Freedom Phalanx in the Lord Recluse Strike Force and hurled a Fire Ball in their faces and held my ground while the team leader called for buffs 100 yards away(really, it's on youtube). Granted, I had lots of buffs on me... but I can get those buffs anytime I want. Demonic Aura recharges in something like 8 or 9 minutes and inspirations are flowing at my fingertips.

Also, Vengeance is incredibly useful and is close to always active in actual gameplay. There's a joke about two men in the African Savannah. They spot a lion coming towards them on the horizon. One of them calmy takes out his running shoes and proceeds to put them on. The other states "you can't outrun a lion!" The man putting on his running shoes responds "I don't have to outrun the lion. I just need to outrun you." That's pretty much my take on Vengeance. I just need to do crazy stuff. Teammates will follow me in or try to emulate what I do. I just need to "outrun" them.

Yeah, asking for player's of Sister Flame's ability is probably asking for too much when considering the "average player".

I should answer my own question. Low damage teams to me are...

For teams small in size (4 players and down): Teams with 1 or more players who either do not, can not, or will not frequently push their attack buttons.

For teams large in size: Many factors...
1) Teams with those players from above who don't/can't/won't attack
2) Teams that lack a significant amount of aoe damage powers relative to their level (a large team at level 12 with few aoe attacks is normal... at level 50 abnormal)
3) Teams that lack a significant amount of damage buffs
4) Teams that lack a significant amount of enemy debuffs
I'm not saying that teams that have these qualities won't succeed. I am simply saying that teams that have these qualities are generally (key word "generally") low in damage relative to other teams.

I've seen some people mention things like "yeah, imagine if we had 8 emps on the team... it would be so terrible damage wise." I've been on 8 emp teams. I can show you 8 emp teams. There are lots of words to describe 8 emp teams. "Low Damage" are not such words. Perhaps the 8 emps others imagine are the "players who can't/won't/don't attack". The 8 emps I have played with call themselves "a rolling nuke" for legitimate reasons.

Teams with large amounts of Controllers and Defenders really shouldn't be generally considered "low damage". I'm not sure how one could possibly consider such teams "low damage" unless they imagine the Controllers and Defenders as people who "can't/won't/don't push the attack buttons."

Also, you need to keep your MM pets away from the Warhulks and other exploding Nemesis. I tried bringing my 3+ (I think I was on 4 at the time) Thug/Storm MMs against Nemesis 8 man spawns. I had a lot of problems with them.

Comparatively, I took 4 Thug/Storms, two of whom were not level 50 and had zero enhancements, against +4/x8 Malta packs. I was able to Team Teleport into the center of the Malta and then quickly and easily eliminate them.

I did not Team Teleport into the Nemesis. **shudders at the thought**