StoneJaguar

I very rarely ever posted on these forums as that is not my thing to do. Unfortunately, my first post in several years will be my last post. I bought this game in december 2004. I purchased both CoV and going rogue. I stuck with this game through issue 5 and ED and all issues after. It is sad that this day came so suddenly.

I have been a part of 2 groups of players playing static groups. one on wednesday nights. 8 of us started in 2005. All 8 of us still play today. My saturday group is 5-6 players strong sometimes with 8 depending on works schedules. So, with this news, 13 or more players are losing a game they really enjoyed playing.

Back in the day when i played alot more often that i do now, i played with alot of good players and had some good times. Not gonna name the names but gonna say thanks to you all.

Farewell... RIP City of Heroes


SJ

OK, I am last man standing in an older super-group that was created back in the day. What I wanna do is recruit some players, new or vet, to start take over the super-group. Isolators Unleashed is the name of the sg. Has a functional base, plenty of prestige etc etc. I just don't have the time to deal with full time recruiting, organizing or base building. If you do, and are wanting to toy with a sg base with plenty of prestige, post here or PM will work too. To start, I wont be giving leader to anyone, but if the people who join are great people and start things rolling, I will do just that. I don't play nearly as often as i used to and have no plans to start playing more regularly. But I do play at least once a week on justice though. And once a week on another server.

Basically in a nutshell, i am willing to hand over the keys to an established if not populous super-group and it's base to a player or group of players willing to continue with recruitment etc. Just let me know if anyone is interested. In game global is @stonejaguar

SJ

I might move some toons i have on other servers but all my champion toons staying on champion. Too much history here to move elsewhere.

SJ

Welcome back, MysticFire.

MindRipper, my brother and longtime player of city of heroes, got married yesterday. I just wanted to let the community on champion know since I know he has played with many of the longtime players here and until not too recently was a very active poster on these forums.

Congrats Bro!

SJ

welcome to champion. great server to play on. funny that you mention noobs going to play on virtue or freedom because they are high population. That is exactly why I NEVER play on either of those servers. I tried once or twice and it just wouldn't work for me.

As far as the community goes, you have your jerks of course but most are really cool people and players. Over my 6+ years playing this game, I have met some really cool people and had some great times teaming with some of this server's great players. Granted, i have had my share of bad teams and experiences with bad players/people but I imagine that is amplified on the high pop servers.

If you are able to join em, both the servers global channels are great for teaming. I prefer BMT for forming teams and general game related chat. Most of the people watching that channel are willing to help out with suggestions and advice.

I really hope you stay on champion and enjoy the community and gaming. Sad to say this but my SG is closed to new members and is mostly a friends and family only supergroup. I wish you good luck finding a long standing supergroup that fits you. I am sure you will be successful.

SJ

Arctic Quasar - Invuln/Ice Melee tanker. First toon I got to 50 as well. I wasn't too impressed with Ice Melee at the time but I got AQ to 50 months before the ED/i5 changes so was able to play as a BADASS. Now with the invention system and incarnate, he is once again a BADASS. Ice melee may not be the most popular set, but I still think it is decent. For the name i chose at the time, I am glad i used Inv/ice as my first sets. Put alot of perspective on future tankers I made in the future.

Batman... He has all the money, the lackeys, the gadgets and he gets the girl

But specifically for this game? Hmmm. Prolly Stateman and Reichsmann Why go for weaklings?

I almost overpaid for the alchemical gold i needed. Then my brain power kicked in and I went to look in inventory of an alt. It is ridiculous how the market has been. oh well, I guess we all have to deal with it.

bah nevermind. seems they are up finally

Too bad the west coast servers still down (at least as of 3 minutes ago)

It appears that only the East coast servers are up. The west coast servers still down

Still can't get into champion server. Looks like freedom and virtue are already yellow. hmmm I guess i can try justice for a bit.

Looks like Freedumb is up.

Login server is up. Servers are all green and 'up' but when I click on Champion, it says 'No response from this server. Try another server, or try playing this one later.' I will assume that they are doing their internal checks on the live servers.

Getting update now. I did notice however that it 'verified' a patch of 182MB or something. IIRC that was the predownload. Now it is still applying, i am sure that a new patch will download. I will assume this is indeed issue 19. And like some of the east coasters having problems with the update going live so late in the day, I will need to goto work soon here in Seattle area. So I doubt I wont be able to do much if anything even if the servers come up before i head out. Oh well... I could always call in sick tomorrow

I took one with the shield on my brute. Mostly to enhance his durability. I certainly don't rely on it.

It was long enough ago that i have conveniently forgotten what i did.. but i do remember it as a 80million inf mistake. This was before I had a few billion hanging around. Roughly was 75% of my global influence. This past August I went on vacation out of state and 'forgot' to claim a few things off email before they expired. Suffice to say, since they weren't in email anymore the expiration monster ate em. To this day, i can't remember what i had stored in email. I now check the dates weekly and claim/re-email stuff at the 30 day mark.

SJ

I would like to take this moment to say Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow veterans out there. I thank you all for your selfless service.

My service: 29 July 1990 - 28 July 1994 Active United States Army including serving in the first Persian Gulf War Feb 1991 - Apr 1991

SJ

I still need this badge on my main and I want it on 2 other toons as well. If I don't get it by next thursday(Veteran's Day), i would like to organize a couple attempts at this trial. I know it can be done fairly quickly with good coordination. the 2 other times i tried this trial, the group failed.

SJ

With just those 2 combos, i would say scrapper for what you wanna do. Tanks are great though, i love my shield tank. But as an alternative, try a brute. May not have the dmg output early in fights but if you herd a ton and fight for long periods, full fury bar helps that dmg output a great deal.

Btw, with my shield/elec tank, I believe i can hold my own when i run +0/x8 maps. Obviously a scrapper would do more dmg, but my tank wont ever get hit and takes out most mobs with a buildup/SC/LR/TS attack chain. With enough recharge you get those every fight. Using red inspirations and purples and whatever you have over and over again, your potential for being awesome just climbs. and by the time mobs are dead, your insp tray is full again.

SJ

neutrino bolt, though low on dmg, has a super fast recharge. I would take it over xray beam. Beam does more dmg but has slower recharge. Not sure about the dps comparison. Howling Twilight is an absolute must on a dark miasma toon. It is an aoe stun power with the added ability to rez nearby dead teammates. take it as a stun and use it as a stun. decent recharge. dark miasma is a great soft control set. Fear, hold, stun, a debuffing/healing pet. can't go wrong.

OK. I spent some time creating a new build for this Ice/Rad. This is what I came up with:

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.81
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Click this DataLink to open the build!

Arctic Ravager: Level 50 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Ice Blast
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Speed
Ancillary Pool: Electricity Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Ice Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(3), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(3), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(7), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(7), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(29)
Level 1: Radiant Aura -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(31), RechRdx-I(31)
Level 2: Radiation Infection -- UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg/EndRdx(A), UndDef-DefDeb/Rchg(5), UndDef-DefDeb/EndRdx(5), UndDef-DefDeb(11), UndDef-Rchg/EndRdx(23), UndDef-Rchg(23)
Level 4: Accelerate Metabolism -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(11), RechRdx-I(15)
Level 6: Swift -- Flight-I(A)
Level 8: Freeze Ray -- UbrkCons-Acc/Hold/Rchg(A), UbrkCons-Hold/Rchg(9), UbrkCons-Acc/Rchg(9), UbrkCons-Hold(13), UbrkCons-EndRdx/Hold(13)
Level 10: Hover -- Frbd-Fly(A), Frbd-Stlth(29), Frbd-EndRdx(31)
Level 12: Ice Storm -- Posi-Dmg/Rchg(A), Posi-Dmg/Rng(15), Posi-Dam%(34), Posi-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(34), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx(46)
Level 14: Health -- Mrcl-Rcvry+(A), Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(36)
Level 16: Aim -- GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg(17), GSFC-Build%(17), GSFC-ToHit(21), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx(27), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx(27)
Level 18: Bitter Ice Blast -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(19), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(21), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(25), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(25)
Level 20: Stamina -- EndMod-I(A), EndMod-I(37)
Level 22: Enervating Field -- EndRdx-I(A), EndRdx-I(37)
Level 24: Lingering Radiation -- Acc-I(A)
Level 26: Fly -- Flight-I(A)
Level 28: Ice Bolt -- Thundr-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(A), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(36), Thundr-Acc/Dmg(36), Thundr-Dmg/EndRdx(37), Thundr-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx(46), Thundr-Dmg/Rchg(50)
Level 30: Choking Cloud -- Lock-%Hold(A), Lock-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(39), Lock-Acc/Rchg(39), Lock-Rchg/Hold(42), Lock-EndRdx/Rchg/Hold(42), Lock-Acc/Hold(43)
Level 32: Blizzard -- Ragnrk-Acc/Rchg(A), Ragnrk-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Ragnrk-Dmg/Rchg(33), Ragnrk-Dmg/EndRdx(33), Ragnrk-Dmg(34)
Level 35: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 38: EM Pulse -- P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(A), P'Shift-End%(39), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(40), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(40), P'Shift-EndMod(40), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(42)
Level 41: Electric Fence -- GravAnch-Immob/EndRdx(A), GravAnch-Immob(43), GravAnch-Acc/Immob/Rchg(43), GravAnch-Immob/Rchg(45), GravAnch-Hold%(46)
Level 44: Charged Armor -- S'fstPrt-ResDam/EndRdx(A), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+(45), S'fstPrt-ResKB(45)
Level 47: Power Sink -- P'Shift-Acc/Rchg(A), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(48), P'Shift-End%(48), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(48), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg(50), P'Shift-EndMod(50)
Level 49: Mutation -- RechRdx-I(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge
Level 4: Ninja Run


Any advice on how to improve it would be useful.

SJ

Anyone have a good PvE Ice Rad build out there? I need to redo my build on this corruptor and really want to get it right this time. I don't have the cash for alot of purples... maybe 1 set but I can get the other goodies from non-purple, non-pvp sets easy enough.

SJ