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See, the problem with that is that if they gave you something worth your time for destroying monster class enemies in a normal mission, people would find a way to farm it.
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Quote:No, because the increased mob count of an ambush farm will overwhelm the aggro cap and instantly kill your fluffies. The DPS of a dead pet is zero, I'm afraid. Many people don't even bother with them on farms, for precisely that reason.Originally Posted by New Dawn
I think I can use the ambush farm life expectency and still not provide shenanigans Smiling. I could use different situations all at once.
This data will be skewed if you're basing all your numbers off of farming data only. -
Hmm, I could have sworn I saw a response here earlier. Did the forums eat your post, New Dawn?
Anyways, I recall it being about measuring the DPS of fluffies in a farm mission. Wouldn't it be better to measure that in a series of normal/radio missions? Most farms I know of are ambush/patrol ones, and I don't see how that would be a reliable estimate of the living duration or DPS capability of them. -
Quote:Those big numbers are nice and all, but when a new update comes around, I don't see $15 of points paying for everything that a VIP might get for free, along with whatever other stuff nobody gets for free, plus other stuff that you haven't gotten yet and want. You'll be playing a perpetual game of keep up.Originally Posted by American_Angel
A key point many here are missing...my original question was whether, at tier 9, it is worth being VIP, or better to buy points with that $15 per month.
Buying the points would get over 14,400 points over 12 months...as opposed to 6,300 with VIP.
Also, you still won't have access to incarnates. If that matters. -
There are a couple reasons:
- Incarnates
- Access to the VIP stuff without having to pay to unlock it
- The monthly stipend to buy new stuff without spending (more) money
If none of those matter, then premium is probably what you want. -
Specifically, I was referring to the part of the picture I circled. Glad you had fun!
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Generally, no. I don't trust the RNG enough to keep me in supply.
I'll take the "one purple away from softcap" defense values on a build--especially a layered defenses one--if that's the best option, but I never actually assume I'll be using purples all the time to stay softcapped. -
At the end of the day, the Dev's aren't going to change the Mind Control set. It is too late for the scale of change you're asking for, and they cannot remove a power without incurring the wrath of the paying customers. So, you need to start thinking up a new primary set if you want a psychic set with a pet.
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@Debtlover, Warshade +3 would like to be added to the reserve list.
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First of all, happy double xp weekend guys! Anyhow...
So tonight we did the Sister Psyche TF...it's so much easier when you're not dealing with the super stunners and blasting them from range.
Afterwards, I took a couple of our members for a non kheld related activity--namely, the Moonfire so we could get our lowbies some nice xp. I wasn't going to take a picture for this part of the night, but something happened at the end that amused me. Take a gander:
Until next Friday guys! And remember, next Saturday is the Freedom all kheld Keyes trial. -
Quote:Originally Posted by TwoHeadedBoy
I would say if you play on a big enough server there is really no point in doing DA arcs aside from the badges and curiosity, the latter was my reason for doing them on my Blaster. On Freedom if you did trials for an hour or two a day you would have all your level shifts in less than a week.....Yeah...Quote:Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar
I am just not sure about how long it will take to get the incarnate stuff since I hate the i-trials
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Quote:*shrug* So instead of only taking an hour or so playing a day, you play for a bit more. Or maybe it ends up making the month it took him to finish getting his level shifts stretch into two months for you. Point is, people are exaggerating how long it takes.Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar
I have read 'most' of that thread actually but there is no way in the world I will ever speed run all the arcs in the way he did so it is only slightly relevant to me.
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Quote:DA isn't really that slow, it's just not as fast as trials. If you check out this thread, a guy did an experiment to see how much he could do in a month of DA content. I'd say he did pretty well.Originally Posted by PrincessDarkstar
I am just not sure about how long it will take to get the incarnate stuff since I hate the i-trials and people say DA is slow.
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Hehe, right, sorry.
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It should probably be mentioned that while Burn will scare enemies away from a scrapper, the ones that get caught in the initial activation of the power will die. Nearby enemies that are above the target cap for that initial attack and start getting hit by DoT (after the initial 5 are dead) are the ones that start running away, and you can usually finish off some of them before they're able to flee.
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Quote:And it's nice that that works for you. I focus on one guy at a time, though, or I stall out.Originally Posted by Tsukiyomi
I can only say what I do, which is play something else.
Hmmm, you have a point. That's certainly a viable route, now.Quote:Originally Posted by Major_T
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Quote:Eh, enough purple inspirations and anyone can tank an EB for a while.Originally Posted by TheBruteSquad
As a necro/pain 'tankermind'? She's an EB *Controller*. She'll eat him for breakfast... unless you mean by 'tankermind' stand there mezzed for the 15 seconds it takes her mezzing attacks to kill him through bodyguard. She hits like a truck - several years back before inventions and such she made mincemeat out of my sm/elec brute several times - mez protection and decent resists or not.
Psionic Tornado, Psychic Scream, Hurricane, Tornado --- all aoe, all control. There's no power on her list that a necro/pain would have a good time with.
I'd recommend grabbing someone, or getting a level or two (or three or four) on her.
Of course the most obvious solution is getting help, but since the OP came here for advice, I can only imagine that solution was dismissed out of hand. There's also the option of just auto-completing the mission. -
I'd say it depends on your secondary. If you could stack the stun, say from Oppressive Gloom, that would be useful. OTOH, the Achilles proc could be pretty darn useful too.
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Quote:As I believe I said in my first post, I don't think it's fair to put a character in "time-out" from trials until it manages to get the last shards/component/notice it needs to tier 3 tier alpha.Originally Posted by Major_T
If that's the case, use the classic old-school method and play the non-incarnate content that was used to get to 50 in the first place (but first unlock the Alpha slot), acquire components and shards and notices (from the WST), and create the tier 3 Alpha ability.
Did you mean Astrals?
If you meant shards, I have to ask: why would anyone stockpile shards on a non-shifted toon?
Yes, I meant shards. Let's say you managed to scrape up 20 of them via tf's and such (not quite enough to tier 3 it, in other words), but you really wanted to start working on judgement/interface rather than sitting on your hands until your ITF cooldown timer or other such tf began forming. What would you do? -
It won't help you right now (unless you have a free respec), but consider becoming a tankermind. If you pick up provoke, you can keep her attention on you, leaving your pets free to attack her without retribution. That, plus hearty use of luck inspirations and bodyguard mode should get you through most solo stuff.
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Quote:You should probably read the whole thread, so that you know what I was referring to. (In case of comprehension problems, it was in reference to Major T's challenge.)Originally Posted by JordanB
For a person who thinks this:
You seem to keep showing up a lot to argue the point.
If you read my first post, you'd know my stance on any trials harder than the first three. Again, reading comprehension ftw. And it's a bit of a stretch to assume everyone will start doing it, when they just don't. Join in a couple nightly iTrials and count how many you see.Quote:Originally Posted by JordanB
One person, maybe not. But if everyone had your attitude, it wouldn't just be one person showing up at -4, -5, -6, or -7. -
Quote:Nobody is arguing against the latter here that I've seen.Originally Posted by Sooner
Can we move away from Lambda, BAF, and Keyes?
I don't think anyone is really arguing that you HAVE to have a +3 for those trials. A few people have expressed that they don't like flat 50s on the lower level trials... but no one is saying they're not allowed. m'kay?
The real discussion here should be about flat 50s on the upper level trials: TPN, MoM, DD... arguably UG. -
Here's a question to everyone:
What if you just like to use your Astral merits to cash in for vendor stuff (recipes, costume pieces, etc)? And the people that think the Astral exchange rate is just bad for shards? Or don't want to waste the shards that they've already started stockpiling? -
Quote:*snickers*Originally Posted by JordanB
You're too self-centered to care that obtaining the alpha shift increases the chances for success for everyone on an iTrial league, in which case you probably shouldn't be in a multiplayer environment.
Yes, because that one person's lack of a +1 is the vital difference needed for the league to succeed on that Lambda. -
Quote:How magnanimous of you.Originally Posted by Major_T
And I will continue to bring my +1 or more level shifted toons and allow them to ride on my coattails.
Life is pain.Quote:Originally Posted by Major_T
Such is life.
