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  1. Speed Slasher
    It does really seem like my style for a scrapper, but I would like to make a concept character if street justice =/= street fighting. It does really depend on the animations.
  2. Speed Slasher
    Thanks for the feedback guys. It really isn't just about reading the story arcs so much, that was just used as an example. I guess it is that appears everybody is in a race to get to 50, the constant power leveling, and many just want to work on their set IOs. I just wanna enjoy the journey a bit more and not only be about making a min/max build. I've found soloing to be pretty fun though!

    I'll add you Irish-Fury.
  3. Speed Slasher
    I haven't played the game since issue 7 and I realize an awful lot has changed. Many are in a rush now to hit 50 and go farming so it makes it difficult for me to team and just enjoy the experience. I wanna read the arcs at times or at least fight on teams who are not always looking for +2/+3 enemies on full teams and have no patience at all. I actually enjoy smaller teams, it doesn't mean going slow but I don't think it should just be about the XP. Any suggestions? Right now I have a level 27 Scrapper on Freedom-villain side. The choices seem narrower on red side as well.

    Thanks
  4. Speed Slasher
    I made it out...the issue seems to be with Sharkhead Isle, avoid Sharkhead lol
  5. Speed Slasher
    I'm on Freedom server, I wonder if anybody else is having this issue? My connection is fine.
  6. Speed Slasher
    I had to delete everything and re-install the entire game. Took quite a while...I wonder if the issue was as simple as deleting check.sum
  7. Speed Slasher
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Hai Jinx View Post
    Was the OP concerned about the cost of the more "standard" IO sets or the cost of power choices.

    I was getting the impression that they wanted to pick all of DB's attacks and still fit in Aid Self and Physical perfection. And have super speed.

    I looked at trying to do that in mids last night and I couldnt get that to the soft cap either. Not enough slots.

    Giving up the fighting pool makes it a lot harder.
    You're pretty much spot-on, it is the cost of the power choices and I'm taking nearly every DB attack with current build, aid-self and super speed lol. You're a prophet! I think I might scrap the epic power pools though and just go with the soft-cap.

    Plus I wanted to know more info in general about the soft cap for future builds, I really enjoy super reflexes. The AV info was very helpful. Thanks all
  8. Speed Slasher
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by xXHalfSliceXx View Post
    I run the repair and i still get an error on missing or corrupt file.
    me too, I'm re-installing the entire game lol, if that doesn't work I guess I will have to email support. Let me know if you find a solution.
  9. Speed Slasher
    It states that root element is missing. Every time I try to update it does this or have attempted to repair. I can force play without update and everything apparently runs fine. Any suggestions? Thanks.

    edit: Now it says wrong game version, run patcher
  10. Speed Slasher
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
    Why not just tell us what your primary is and we can make a build to show you that you can have your cake and eat it too with Super Reflexes? It won't even be expensive cake because Super Reflexes is that good of a set.
    I'm using DB with the option to use all the combos lol(for fun). It isn't purely a min/max build, but I still want it to be highly functional.
  11. Speed Slasher
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post
    Focused Accuracy is probably not worth the endurance cost. Even enhanced, it can eat more endurance than Physical Perfection gives you. Tactics gives more to-hit and costs less endurance.

    I wasn't suggesting you would only have three attacks. You obviously need an AoE. However, if you want to maximize damage, you need to run an attack chain. Otherwise, you will be using inferior attacks for the sake of "variety". If that's what you want to do, go right ahead.
    Of course I want an optimal attack chain to be available, but I don't want to spam the same one endlessly for the sake of "maximizing" damage all the time. Thanks for the posts.
  12. Speed Slasher
    Thanks for the input guys. I think I might scrap body mastery power set to pick weave because I'm not sure I really need focused accuracy, kind of worried about end issues but I will have to slot for it.
  13. Speed Slasher
    Yeah, I absolutely want more than 3 attacks lol, that would be a very boring-dry build for me if I only had a 3 attack chain. I mean I'm a scrapper, I want to maximize damage and have some variety as well! It seems like a rather large investment in my secondary compared to everything else. I would like to take focused accuracy, conserve power, perfection as well.

    Aid-self (pretty powerful self-heal) is an absolute must for me to reduce downtime and an extra layer of protection, it saves my *** many times. I think the issue with 40 vs. 45% is that it is potentially taking double damage over time (if you're going solo using no purples, never use elude, etc) but not doubling the actual survivability and when I die it is usually because of overwhelming burst damage where even popping a purple, elude, aid-self doesn't always save me. (The AV number-comparison is very appealing)

    Basically, I have to decide if I want a little bit more offense and situational options or to invest in weave and go over 45%. Is it possible to get the cap without taking weave? Thanks for the speedy responses.
  14. Speed Slasher
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Syntax42 View Post


    Nobody has explained the significance of 45% defense to the OP. What is boils down to is that it gives most mobs the smallest possible chance to hit you. The base to-hit is 50% and the smallest chance to hit is 5%, before accuracy modifiers which are calculated after defense. That means you need 45% defense to give mobs the smallest possible chance to hit you.

    Why isn't 40% defense good enough? Well, if you get hit 5% of the time at the soft-cap, you will be getting hit 10% of the time at 40% defense. That means you are taking double the damage by neglecting only 5% defense.

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    That is true, but 5% hit difference is still only 5%. Getting hit 10% of the time is still not getting hit that much. The question I was wondering does that 5% difference actually make a significant one for survival (hospital visit or not) that often, especially when you have other layers of protection?

    Some higher level AVs even with the soft cap can hit you more than 5% because of accuracy bonus. If they hit 20% at soft cap def level would they hit you at 25% just under the soft cap?

    Is 45% defense simply not needed for the majority of the game and a bit of an overkill?

    Thanks!
  15. Speed Slasher
    Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nihilii View Post
    Hitting 45% def is trivial on a SR. Pick CJ, Weave, Maneuvers, slot a steadfast +3 def and a Gaussian set and there you go.
    For me that is an investment. You're taking 2 other pool sets to supplement your secondary and need to take a couple powers just to get to weave, you've taken practically the entire secondary already. Not to mention the slotting. Do you not take aid-self as well? Why would a build not take aid-self with SR? Are small purples not as useful if you hit the soft-cap?

    For the crash in elude wouldn't just a properly timed blue inspiration prevent your toggles from coming down? I mean you have 3 minutes to work with and go crazy with elude. If the threat survived it probably deserved to lol.
  16. Speed Slasher
    Hi guys, I'm an old player coming back. I'm trying to make a speedster character.

    Is hitting 45% defense really that important for super reflexes? It seems like a huge investment and only a few situations in which it would actually save my character. (unless I don't have aid-self or a small purple)

    Wouldn't taking elude provide a more diverse-thrilling character? (PvP options, to-hit buff opponents, Recluse, better mobility, endurance, etc) I see a lot of people on the forums post that taking elude is a bad thing. Also, why not slot up elude's defense as well? Many guides focus on the recharge potential, which makes sense, but if you face something with mad to-hit bonuses don't you want to do all you can to combat this?
  17. Speed Slasher
    I am having a similar issue, although I am pretty sure I have the NA version and the conflict might be slightly different. I'm wondering if the TC had his issue fixed?

    It will not let me upgrade my 7-day trial account and I think that is the main issue, you can get to the area where it asks for the serial code and you simply select the unused serial code which is City of Heroes Going Rogue Complete Collection Retail digital version for me. It is underneath the serial code that you input on your own and shows up after you purchased it. After selecting the unused serial code (COH retail) and clicking continue it takes you to a new screen that says activate account or create a new account. Selecting activate account takes me to a chose payment plan which was confusing because I assumed I got the first month free and maybe they want to pre-pay for the following month or after bonus time? It doesn't matter because the system started declining my Visa which makes little sense as it just accepted it a short while ago.

    edit: I had to go through Paypal...really strange as I had plenty left in my account. It just didn't want to take my money lol