Sorcerer

Originally Posted by beyeajus74018

huh??? I just tried and got the "unable to connect to the server" message

Originally Posted by Demobot

The processor, hard drive space and RAM are fine. The only thing that looks iffy about your setup is the graphics card, which is integrated. Integrated graphics chips are built into the motherboard and won't provide performance as well as dedicated graphics cards can. Your computer will run the game, but the lack of a dedicated graphics card is a big hindrance.

Originally Posted by Garibaldi

Hi! I'm in Atlas Park and I have been told several times to go to Galaxy City. I tried going through Perez Park, but the police wouldn't let me through. I'm level 5. Help!!

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Originally Posted by JusticeZero

the buff primary also means that 1: our damage is competing with TANKERS, not scrappers, because of the relative survivability and 2: we can leverage damage enhancement more strongly.

I solo my Defenders just fine, thank you. And the AT power is pretty useful really. None of the hero powers are earth shattering.
We can do everything a Corruptor can do and then some, too. You're acting like red numbers are the alpha and omega of all value in any AT. News flash: It's not.
Controllers are usually too busy controlling and choking down blues to use their buff powers to full effect, even if they had the slots to spare on getting them fully kitted out. MM's have even lower buff numbers, and even if they aren't massively end-heavy like the 'trollers are, they have an army of idiot pets to herd; they generally don't have time to buff the whole team too unless everyone is very patient.

...Which brings their damage output up to about where ours is... Laughable times two doesn't necessarily equal amazing. I can't seem to get my controllers to substantially out-DPS my main, who is a FF Defender.

The Kin Defender. They're probably going to be a better teammate, especially since so many /Kin 'trollers are 'lolhotfeet' and get everyone killed with their immobilizes.

I hear this all the time, and it's no more true now than it was before. If teammates are plowing along, mildly scuffed up but pretty much otherwise unhurt by the huge amount of stuff that is not damaging them, that's a good job of Defending. I sometimes have to pull out the stops when it hits the fan. A couple people in the red and i'm cracking recharge boosters, dropping the kitchen sink. I don't want to be flatlining my blue when i'm doing that, and I have better things to do with my slots on those powers than putting them in end redux.

See, that word 'but' means "I do not like Power Proliferation". Cold is no longer monopolized with i16. Viva la difference. It's not like Controllers even slot or use those powers in the same way as Defenders do. You say 'there is nothing that makes a Defender better" but there is; they have it as a Primary and have bigger buff numbers. The advantage is not insubstantial; the difference between almost softcapping someone's def and getting them about halfway there is pretty huge. Get the memo, you even said it earlier!
No, nobody 'omgneeds' buffs. They're an edge; a big one. Godmode is always in demand. Defenders work fine. Get off your panic attack and play the dang game.

Originally Posted by Caestus

I've played CoX for going on two years now. And never before have I had this problem: I can't find any teams. Just today I logged on my brute hoping to get in some missions for a while, only to find out no one in Cap au Diable wanted a level 17 brute on their team.

Why? They're all in AE, getting their powerleveling on, and didn't want to bother with a measly level 17 anything!

I can't play this game solo anymore, it's just so gosh darned B O R I N G. AE is ruining this game for the people who want to team with fellow players. Is there a solution to my problem?

Originally Posted by Vel_Overload

Now before anyone starts to flame me I'm posting an honest oppinion and feel its something we have to discuss.

First, Defenders are not Obsolete, yet. Once the new expansion "Going Rogue" comes out we, the defenders, will be in competition with not only Controllers anymore for groups that require support. We will also have to compete with Corruptors and to a lesser extent, Masterminds.

Defenders are the only archetype that has "Buff" as a primary power selection. But at what cost? Extremely low damage (0.6 multiplier), poor soloing skills and a broken Archetype-power? Lets face facts people. Controller and Corruptors can do everything we can do and then some. Sure, their "Buff" powers have a lower multiplier but their damage is much better. Also, the Controllers have the ability to Hold, Confuse, and down-right stop the enemy from attacking the team in general, all the while having that lovely containment bonus. Corruptors are not that much better in the damage department but its still enough for them to out perform us. Masterminds also have supportive skills. They have Force Fields, the unique "Poison" power set and even a Healing set. So thats another contender for the support roll.

Over-all we're being phased out. If you had to choose between a Kinetic Defender and say, a Kinetic Controller who would you honestly go with for soloing, or even as an extra teammate. Once "Going Rogue" is available Masterminds and Corruptors will also be a notch above us. Masterminds bring damage and have better survivability and Corruptors have scourge. What do we have? An endurance discount?

Our Archetype-power (Vigilance) is almost worthless. First, most players pick up stamina, which greatly reduces the chance our Endurance will hit zero. Second, many primary power sets do not need the endurance discount. Kinetics has Transference. Empathy has Recovery Aura. Cold Domination has Heat Loss. Radiation Emission has Accelerate Metabolism. Force Field rarely needs endurance to operate. This leave very few Primaries that may actually have the need for it.

Another problem with Vigilance is that it rewards bad Defenders. If a Defenders team is dieing then they get the discount. If a Defender is doing their job very well then they don't get a discount. You simply cannot reverse this either. A Good Defender, with a team not in a crisis, would not need a Discount in the first place. A Bad Defender probably isnt capable of handling a Crisis with the Discount anyway. This is simply a bad design and doesnt help us Defenders out in any way.

Power Proliferation is something I really love and like to see but it is actually hindering Defenders. Dark Miasma and Cold Domination thus far are the only two primaries that Defenders have a monopoly of as of Hero Side. Agian, once "Going Rogue" comes out that will fade away. Corruptors have both and Masterminds have Dark Miasma. This wouldn't be a problem but once agian theres nothing that makes a Defender any better at Using Dark Miasma, Cold Domination and every other Primary besides a barely noticeable multiplier. To put it simply, we will no longer have "An Ace up our Sleeve"

Lastly, With Invention Sets and Set Bonuses, this allows many characters to "Balance out" their character, such as adding extra defense or resistance to a blaster. These bonuses make characters alittle more durable and unneeding of a pure support role at times. These characters are not completely support-proof but they do show that it is possible to get away without the use of buffs. The bonuses don't truly substitute for a good Force Field or a Sonic Barrier, but they do reduce the ammount of support needed in a group. sometimes a single Empathy-using Controller is all it takes for a Tank and a team of Blasters to handle a tough Taskforce. This is a small problem but it is still a hinderence on the use of defenders.

I would just like to ask the Developers what their future plans for the Defender are. So far our Coffin is ready for us, as Corruptors, Masterminds and Controllers can do their secondary job better than we can do our primary at times. I really do not wish to shelf my Defender, but at this rate, I may have to. Please help us, we don't want to become worthless.

Originally Posted by GreenFIame

Earth to Crazy guy,hello there good Man,Woman or Man Woman,Defenders are fine as they are,Defenders are Support Toon,not tankers,blaster and Scrapper,if you play them well then you should not have any trouble.They Debuff,Heal and Buff,they only attack if they have no choice.They aren't blaster so they don't have to have alot of Damage outpot and they aren't Tankers or Scrapper and they take draw less Aggro so they be find with out alot of health.

Originally Posted by Umbral

Actually, you're reading that entire analysis a bit incorrectly since you're citing popularity as "number of logins for each AT" rather than the more appropriate but completely unavailable "number of hours player for each AT".

Honestly, if you want a good gauge of real AT popularity insofar as playtime rather than timed logged in, you'd do best to simply take a few samples across all of the servers. Simply make a level 1 character, head in and check how many of each AT are playing at any specific time. In general, you'll find significantly more controllers on than any other AT. This is actually a more effective way to gauge AT interest because it actually accounts for how much people are actually willing to play the AT (or at least stand around while playing the character).

Originally Posted by StratoNexus

The ramblings of an escaped mental patient follow.

TL;DR - Increase defender base HPs to scrapper level and change their ranged damage mod to 0.8; Increase corruptor base HPs to blaster level and change their ranged damage mod to 0.9.

So I read this the other day, from Stormfront_NA:
First, let me get this out of the way. No, I cannot in any way PROVE that defenders are underperforming and need to be buffed in order to solve that problem. Hell, I don't think they are underperforming, therefore I am not proposing any changes for that reason.

I love defenders. I play several defenders reglarly. I find defenders fun on a team and I enjoy playing them solo from time to time (I'd enjoy soloing them more, if I did not keep thinking how much more awesome I would be with others around to benefit from my buffs/debuffs). I love corruptors. I play several corruptors. I find corruptors fun on a team and I enjoy playing them solo from time to time (I'd enjoy soloing them more, if I did not keep thinking how much more awesome I would be with others around to benefit from my buffs/debuffs).

Why should we change anything about either AT? Maybe they will become even more funner! Maybe even more people will find them appealing! Perhaps more players will feel more powerful and awesome! Who knows? Who cares? Let's just do it!

Defenders and corruptors need more hitpoints. These ATs are designed with AoE damage powers and will draw aggro. They are designed with many PBAoE powers to affect enemies, so they often need to get close to baddies. They are designed with many PBAoE powers to protect teammates, so they need to be close enough to enemies in order to keep melee allies inside the effect. It would be more fun if these ATs could utilize those powers with less fear and with more confidence in their ability to take some of that AoE splash damage and some return fire from any aggro generated by using their best AoE damage (and debuff) powers. Extra hitpoints will also ease solo play, allowing these ATs to survive the longer battles their slightly lower damage engender. Since defenders will have the lower damage, they should get scrapper level hitpoints. Corruptors, being the more offensive AT, get blaster level HPs.

Speaking of damage, these ATs do too little. One of the great features of the CoH game is its fast paced battles, and defenders fall out of that area. Variety is good, but defenders are way out of range of standard CoH experience. Corruptors are moderately less so, but still fall short vs most of the enemies in game. While surviving longer battles can be done by both these ATs, in addition to needing more attacks to win a fight, most also need to use active mitigation powers (debuffs/self-heals/controls), taking even more time and endurance. The endurance consumption needed to win fights on these ATs is unacceptable. We could adjust endurance costs, but that would still leave these ATs lacking on teams (you know, the place they are supposed to shine the most). Wouldn't it be more fun if defenders were appreciated more for their attack sets?

Therefore, we will move corruptors damage scale to 0.9 and defenders to 0.8. The corruptor damage cap will be lowered to 400, resluting in a negligible change at the buff cap (0.75*5=3.75, compared to 0.9*4=3.6). Defender caps will be lowered to 325, resulting in no change at the cap (0.65*4=2.6 vs 0.8*3.25=2.6). It might be wise here to lower scourge from +100% damage to +80% in order to maintain current performance vs the higher HP targets, but its not really necessary, IMO, since they are such a small part of the game anyway, albeit an important one for some aspects of the game.

Neither of the above changes will have a major impact on current defender/corruptor playstyle. No one who currently loves the defender playstyle will feel a major difference. Fights will go a bit faster, and they will be slightly harder to kill, but they still will not be able to carelessly wade into enemies. Most of their mitigation will still be active, requiring attention to be payed and tough choices to be made. Current players of those ATs lose nothing (please do not gripe about the 4% reduction corruptors get at the damage cap).

The last suggestion that pushed me into crazy land, was Mag 4 status resists in the Epic armors. This idea I do not like. It would change the current playstyle, it would make those powers must take, and it would take away a bit from FF, Sonic, Traps, and to a lesser extent Rad. Therefore, I can only be wild-eyed, fanatical about the modest increases in Hit Points and Damage. Just say no to APP armor status protection!

OK, now that you are all convinced, let us counter the non-believers.

But no one would play a blaster anymore.
Dominators and VEATs exist, yet I still want to play blasters. It is possible doms could overtake blasters, but never defenders and corruptors. You see, melee attacks are fun. People like to punch, kick, bash, and stab things. Doms and blasters are really the only way to get both. (Yes, some pool attacks for defenders could be used, but really, it is not the same as Ice Sword or Bone Smasher). /Traps might kick /Devices in the teeth; that is not an AT issue, but a powerset concern.

Scrapper and tanker population could suffer.
Have I mentioned that people like to kick, bash, rip, shred, punch, stabbity-death baddies? Also, people will always enjoy the passive mitigation the armored ATs have, not to mention the status protection. Brutes, scrappers, and tankers are not in any jeopardy because of the above proposed changes.

All corruptor/defender teams would be overpowered.
Status Quo. This suggestion does not particularly make them any more powerful when on large teams of other defenders/corruptors, although smaller teams of just these ATs will see a modest benefit. It does indeed improve their (percieved) performance on mixed teams, as they will be a bit more resilient and provide more damage than currently.

Sometimes there is an alligator driving a car, and sometimes you are wearing a hat made out of meat.

Originally Posted by SacredMay

Since the links to the guides are still down, and my search fu sucks, I've decided to go directly to the populace and ask for help. Why? Because this is my first AR anything (archetype-wise). Also, Pain is not as similar to Emp as I thought it was.

Here's the build I'm thinking about. I haven't placed IO sets or anything like that. Just assume that they all have Lvl 50 IO enhancements. My MIDS export didn't work so I've tried to make it as readable as possible.


Fraulein Firepower: Level 50 Mutation Corruptor

Primary Power Set: Assault Rifle
Secondary Power Set: Pain Domination

Power Pools: Fitness, Flight, Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Soul Mastery

Villain Profile:

Level 1: Burst: (A), (3), (40), (40), (43)
Level 1: Nullify Pain: (A), (5), (7), (46)
Level 2: Slug: (A), (3), (37), (39), (40)
Level 4: Buckshot: (A), (5), (7), (13), (13)
Level 6: Swift: (A), (43), (46)
Level 8: Soothe: (A), (9), (9), (48)
Level 10: Conduit of Pain: (A), (11), (11)

Level 12: Hover: (A)
Level 14: Fly: (A), (15), (15)
Level 16: M30 Grenade: (A), (17), (17), (37), (37)
Level 18: Health: (A), (19), (19)
Level 20: Stamina: (A), (21), (21)

Level 22: Flamethrower: (A), (23), (23), (25), (25)
Level 24: Enforced Morale:(A)
Level 26: Ignite: (A), (27), (27), (31), (34), (36)
Level 28: Soothing Aura: (A), (29), (29)
Level 30: World of Pain: (A), (31), (31)

Level 32: Full Auto: (A), (33), (33), (33), (34), (34)
Level 35: Anguishing Cry: (A), (36), (36)
Level 38: Painbringer: (A), (39), (39)
Level 41: Soul Drain: (A), (42), (42), (42), (43), (50)
Level 44: Soul Storm: (A), (45), (45), (45), (46), (50)

Level 47: Summon Mistress: (A), (48), (48), (50)
Level 49: Recall Friend: (A)

Any advise would be helpful... Thank you.

Originally Posted by Shadows Strike

Can i get a sample build? and is there any other secondarys that mesh well with Ill?