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No drops at all. No enfamy//influence,inspis,salvage,recipes. Zero, zilch, nada.

I dont think its a bug . More likely a stealth patch to stop arena io farm's.I just hope they adjusted the zone droprates if thats what they really did.

Because if they didnt adjust zone droprates accordingly the pvp sets are going to be as unattainable as purples after the advent of MA. I mean c'mon.. some of the io's were already selling for over 600 million. What will this change do except drive prices higher ?Ymmv... I am sick of stealth bs from the dev's.Isn't like anyone was"exploiting" anything.

edited to add the last sentence.

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y not 5v5?

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Probably because 3v3 nets 5 teams for matches and a 5v5 only 3 teams.

Seriously, Idk. But the above is my guess.

You're wrong,DK. I am sorry. There are'nt tons of hacks on closed D2. Promise. Open is anothe story and a whole different method of play. But closed D2 is pretty heavily policed even though the game is not a pay to play.
I think you all should agree to disagree because DK is talking about many games and Laxx just D2.

To everyone else posting a " vanity " item is common terminology for a power or item thats simply just that. An item a character has for " vanity". Doesn't do much but pretty cool to have, whether a costume piece or silly power used to show off.

Yes, Coh has those. You pay for them . IE:Costume packs and fun,useless powers. there are also some temp powers that drop as recipes that fall in the vanity category.IE:Costume recipes and temp powers.
Yes, Coh has loot. Coh's loot are Io's and the set bonuses they provide, purple sets, pvp sets and ho's. All the loot listed in this paragraph adds to the performance of your character .

Editing to answer the rest.

Yup, there are endgame raids and content. Yup, many sg/vg's use ventrilo regularly.I don't really know how to answer the pvp question.There used to be alot of fun pvp and a thriving test league. Both of those seem to have gone by the wayside since the advent of issue13. Many unwelcome changes were made in order to make pvp more appealing for the casual player. All that happenned was the people that enjoyed pvp before left the game or quit pvp'ing and the casual can't grasp why their character doesnt work the same in pvp as pve. In a nutshell the changes hasn't enticed enough new players to replace the oldschool that left or stopped. Some one in the thread stated that pvp was an addon and wasnt expected to succeed in this game. Maybe they are right. I have no answer for the pvp question. It would take about a dissertation to explain. Sorry.

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Accually played on east coast tyvm, cause that's where I lived before.... duh...



Getting pretty green in here
Slime fight!!

*tosses green slime all over thread, adds cookies for fun*

*waits*

*waits......*

It's coming I know it is


*waits for my mod buddy*

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Your name was "Innocent Indian Maiden" or "Ima Gurl",huh?I also got a visual of that big , fat blob from "GhostBuster's" named "Slimer". You know the green blob that barfed on everything? Sooo funny.

You are hilarious. Thanks for the chuckles!!**hugs**



edited to tell you the word is "actually" not "accually". Have a nice night .

Lol.... theres no cookies in Diablo. She just says stuff like that to seem in the "know". Gotta love Guardian's lil diet girl!!

Noire? I betcha I kicked your lvl99's [censored] with a 38 if you played west coast servers. Thats so your MO( find a guy and use himin a dumb game). LOL@ xbf kept em....

OOO man I serious want to barf.

On the other hand, I just laughed hard so "Thank you, ma'am".

Anyway? Good luck,Alien. Love ya much!!

- Meli outties!

edited because the irony was too much for me to pass by.Sorry for the threadjack.

Cronic's "buh bye" post got deleted too. I think the mods no likey these "bye" things.
Anyway? Good luck ,Alien. You be safe!!

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Mission tips says you don't have to use the new IO enhancements, but a new player can't compete with a veteran without them.

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learn to fight

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In addition, a new player 9 times of 10 can't compete with a Vet WITH them either

Make sure and get( Born in Battle, Highpain Threshold,Invader)the HP accolades.Those will add 200ish to your hp depending on the io bonuses you run. Its a good idea to start working on a few of the badge requirements early since a few are booger's to get.The biggest booger being the last tier damage taken badge. Good luck with your domi

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I think you have things all wrong about MA...

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Im suprised you didnt tell him to shutup, or state erroneous facts. But you did make sure to question his motives and talk down to him a bit.

So your post sorta delivers -> 3/10.

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No offense, since when is a players opinion a "fact"? The Op stated an opinion not a fact. Noone can say what anothers opinion or emotions regarding a subject are.

I agree with the Op's opinion and emotion as far as this game is going.

It's fine if other posters do not. However, just because a player doesnt agree does not make the Op's position less valid.

Sorry. I have been getting extremely irritated by nit picky forumites lately. Theres a little too much narcisism , "play my way or hit the highway", "bloody farmer scum"," stupid pvp'er", "ebil marketeer","RP'er idiot", etc etc etc. Not necessarily in that order.



It makes the game and the forums not fun for alot of people all the way around.

I do not know if MA caused a deficite of teams or if a cumulation of events caused the lack of people.When I play there are definitely less people in a /search than before and most are interested in MA rather than regular missions. Thats my experience and my opinion. Not a fact but quite valid from a player that pays the same 15.00 a month as ANY OTHER PLAYER OR FORUMITE.

-YMMV

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Would it be so bad if the level requirement were small? Say level 10 or 15?

To be honest, I just want AE out of Atlas. At least give the new ones some time to break in their shoes.
Although villainside still poses an issue...

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Villianside? Whats that????

Duh?

O rly........ well yay!!! Stalkers get crits... doms do not. Dominator's need more hp.

Dominator Hp cap is 1606. Same as stalkers. Y'all didnt know that?

As to dual role I never played a dominator any other way than that. Maybe if more "casual" players wrapped their minds around the nuances this whole kit n kaboodle would just be a bad dream.........

Ok? So you want travel suppression in PVE?

I'm going to bite here and cross my fingers that it doesnt go awry.
Dominators all have a damage secondary chalk full of melee attacks. Why in the world would a dominator NOT be considered a melee archetype?

Bigger Hp was one of the suggestions I voiced in the " speculation" phase. 1606 cap is too low for what dominator's do. In fact? If the hp cap had been raised and everything else had minimal adjustments than the feel of the dominator would have been the same but with more survivability for layman players. After all the developers spent a good number of issues improving dom performance by buffing the means to build domination.

I have always objected to the complete change of the feel of the archetype. I dont like it at all but can certainly live with it. I simply wish the dom "looksee" hadnt ended in a total "revamp". I like my old carpet. Stanley Steamer would have been just fine instead of putting in hardwood floors.

Is of no consequence. The path is set.

On an aside these changes benefit me as a player greatly. I am the odd chick that has alot of high level perma doms. Dealing good st damage is something I welcome. I like multitasking and fast, hard play. My characters will likely be deemed overpowered because of my playstyle. When the casuals run across others who play doms fast and hard the cry of " the chanages were too much" will role in. Ha!! I just had a thought........ maybe thats why DOMINATORS have STALKER hp cap? Lol!!!

True.. however villian players are much less dependent on the "team" dichotamy thats the predominant standard on Heroside. I am not sure if its a way of thinking or that the hero AT's are REALLY that substandard compared to villians.

I agree with the prediction that the changes will not increase dom popularity longterm. Even with the patch yesterday perma is still greatly a necessity because of the reasons myself and many other players have stated.

I disagree with homogenization but I see that is the path we are on for all archetypes both Villian and Hero.

How do you want to play the dominator?Casual teaming, farming, pvp, etc etc?

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i posted this for southern cuz she wanted to see it i not building it or plan to i was going for perma hasten in it and was just showing i pulled it off :P but ty good comments even if i would never make the build :P

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Lol you asked me if I wanted to see your build, silly. Don't make it sound like I needed a dom build ...lawlzzzzzzz

Anyway? Alien and I were chatting and he wanted to post the build for fun. Not to be critiqued.This is a perma build he was playing with is all.

I dont know that it will increase dom popularity. I still see people really huffing and puffing on a middleaged dom. You were spot on,River. You said something to the effect of players saying " Nerf doms moar!!" or something.Aint that the truth with these changes on a mature dominator build? I am glad for yesterdays patch. Hopefully the scale down will alleviate some of the outcry by the masses.

I need to pop to test and checkout the 16 cap on psw. I have a feeling that may be problematic for my current build if I dont adjust it.I dont want to piss off 16 baddies and be unable to defeat them before they realize I am there.

Happy hunting Dom Boards!

edited because I realized I haven't play the new patch on my fire//psi yet.

Actually, the only thing I ever claimed about a damage buff to domination was that it was NOT the answer to make the archetype more popular. I am glad Castle is actually trying to rework a few things rather than slap a new coat of paint on them and call it good.As I have said before..... my dominators never were in any danger. If anything they WERE and still are sitting pretty . However, I am not a casual dominator player.. I think if he keeps moving in the direction of yesterdayspatch notes the concerns with the perma being more a necessity will be resolved. The goal is to make the archetype more appealing to more players. I dont like all of it but I do understand why the devs feel compelled to implement these changes.

I think Clouded must have a crush on me. Sure seems to bug it that I put it on ignore

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I am pretty sure this is simply to get people together for a good time knocking heads.The teams have sort of dissipated and disappeared.

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what?

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When was the last official? Just sayin....

This is the second stupidest thread I have ever seen in these forums. The first being Weight Watchers anonymous.

I am pretty sure this is simply to get people together for a good time knocking heads.The teams have sort of dissipated and disappeared.