StoneJaguar

What this really comes down to is the majority of the population is happy/pleased/enthused/celebrant about this change. I am pleased... and happy. My only gripe is the time it will take to respec each of my toons. I see this as 3 FREE powers. Powers I will get to replace the fitness powers will likely be 1 slot powers anyway. grant invis, recall friend, leadership toggles, aid other, stimulant, maybe even a powerset power if it works with just the 1 slot. And this improves heroes/villains/praetorians across the board. added regen, faster run/fly, faster jump and added +recovery. What makes me laugh is people are actually mad. A freespec is GUARANTEED with issue 19 so noone will have to worry about that. Someone at the PAX panel even made a joke saying we should get 2 freespecs. Everyone laughed and Melissa aka War Witch said that that would be up to some other person. It was NOT shot down as a NO answer. Probably won't happen but we can hope.

All in all, i am glad that they are doing this along with all the other feature additions and tweaks in the upcoming issues. Makes me excited about this game... a game that is now over 6 years old. 6 years that i have played for the most of. Through the terrible ideas such as ED and the awesome ideas such as the invention system. People can quit this game over a few powers if they want. good for them. I will take my free powers in issue 19 and enjoy the game and not get butt hurt over a feature/change that improves ALL characters.

SJ

Yep, that's right. I am sure another player has mentioned this elsewhere, but I see no reason not to have a discussion about in here on champion forums. Also in issue 19 is allowing already existing heroes and villains to goto praetoria. There are other stuff they talked about at the panel today but those two were the highlights. They said issue 19 this fall and issue 20(which is gonna be large in scope) will be coming out early next year but with the disclaimer "when it's ready".

SJ

Not a Freedomite here but I will be at the meet n greet too. It will be nice to meet other players playing the game since i didn't attend the last 2 meet n greets at the past PAXs in Seattle. And don't dis Seattle and it's weather Gonna be nice this weekend!

SJ

@stonejaguar
I want to get this on my main hero... invuln/ice tank
and on my main villain.. ice/rad corruptor
and on my signature toon elec/shield brute

only the brute isnt lv50.(47)

SJ

Nothing happened to Champion. What you are seeing is normal just before a major issue/expansion hits. People are testing GR in beta, taking a break, taking a vacation(I did this last week ) And I am sure some more people will return tomorrow or sometime during the week. Especially if GR gets rave reviews from players.

SJ

My number 2 pet peeve is the use of APOSTROPHES for plural. ABSOLUTELY STUPID! I HATE THAT!!! ARGGGH! Apostrophes are for contractions and possessive!!! NOT PLURAL!!! 4th GRADE ENGLISH PEOPLE!

But all the other pet peeves I might have have already been mentioned numerous times.

SJ

My number 1 pet peeve for this game... is rather silly but my main pet peeve nonetheless.

Misspelling. MISSPELLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And the number 1 misspelled word I absolutely hate is ARTIC THIS DRIVES ME NUTS!!!!!

PLEASE!!! To all those players who want to use this word... SPELL IT CORRECTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARCTIC
ARCTIC
ARCTIC
ARCTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!
ARCTIC

SJ

I have had my 3day badge for months for PAX. I know of several in game friends that plan to fly-in to Seattle for PAX. Attended the last 2 as well.
will be great to meet more people.

SJ

Redo this thread in the technical issues forum. You will likely get more help in there. Also, there is a regularly scheduled maintenance Thursdays... Might be right around the time you were trying to log in. I am sure that that .eu updater is for accessing the europe servers. the client you have would access the US servers.

Welcome back. Hopefully will be seeing more returning soon...

SJ

Yeah, we had a minor setback from not being able to take out shadowhunter. His regen is nasty for a team or defensive minded tanks. oh well. Tyrant was easy enough though.

I'll bring Stealth Pilot. 41 energy/energy blaster

Wow that is a long maintenance. hopefully it fixes the instability issues... But the downtime wont affect me...

Absolutely amazing, not in a bad way, the number of variations of build players can put an invuln tank through... regardless of melee set.

To OP: my first hero toon and still my main is an invuln/ice tank. Invuln is still imo better at 'tanking' than any other tank primary. Yes willpower is great and so is shield defense but both have their pros and cons. Something I enjoy is seeing my S/L resists capped when i turn the toggles on. As far as energy melee goes.. my ice/energy melee is lv30 and i love it. energy melee was garbage when i first started it but with a few more attacks i like it alot. My brother has an invuln/em tank he took to 50 back in the day. it was always really effective.

SJ

I am such a friggin' idiot. I completely forgot about wanting to participate yesterday. I didn't realize I missed out until I checked the forums this morning. Instead, I was outside chillin' in the shade reading a book. Well, maybe next time.

SJ

I have never been a big fan of pvp although i have tinkered with it at times... i just dont have the knack for it i guess. But with that said, this sounds fun. sounded fun the first time i saw this event posted. I will try this out and see if it grows on me to attempt more pvp stuff. I have a lowbie blaster i can bring for this. Or i can make something else. sign meh up!

SJ

If you need another body for team 2 and i am on, i will join this SF. Otherwise, i will do something else.

Yeh, my first villain was a fire/energy aura brute. i was brutal(pun intended) when i fought carnies. I basically avoided any/all mobs dealing psionic damage after my first few run-ins with carnies. Seems to me though even 10% psi def isnt gonna do much good. IIRC, EA's tier 8 is an enddrain/recovery/health power. and EA's tier 9 is a great. Make sure your build allows you to get those when they are available at 35 and 38.

And get mids... it is a great tool for building your toon to be effective, even if you dont care a ton about the numbers.

SJ

first, no there is NOT too many badges. there is just too many players too lazy(me included) to attempt to work on getting them all. And yes that number is nuts. my main badger has fewer than you have. It is daunting. maybe one day i will finally try and get some more. I have only a few ouro ones to get now.

Being gone that long has certainly hurt ya a bit, but the game has certainly improved since villains launched. And i agree with your thought that may not have given villains a good enough chance. If you like melee toons, brutes are funtastic! Fun Fun FUN! All the other ATs are good too. You just need to give that side a chance. As it is, not enough ppl playing. I would suggest, if you havent, get on your server's badge/teaming channel so you can find teams redside more readily.

SJ

Yeh, I will participate in the occasional hami raid, depending of course on what I am doing in game.

If i end up showing up to the raid, I will show up with 1 of 2 toons only. My Invuln tank or my fire blaster. If such toons are needed to lead a team, I would be ok for that.

And of course, would depend on my RL schedule as well.

SJ

I use it as an afterthought. But mostly just click it while in combat if i see it ready. On a team, i will use it vs major fights, AVs etc. I just dont rely on it. It is a good resist power and the end crash at end isnt major if you already have tons of endurance, which i usually do. Some of the IOs are expensive but a few of them you can get via AE if you gather enough tickets to click a ton of bronze recipes. If you dont have the cash, you will of course need to save up. If you do have the cash, i would suggest putting early bids in for some of the things you need. come i18, the markets will be ... hmmm... unpredictable.

oh btw you can't enhance the recharge of one with the shield so you are stuck with the original recharge time. I havent looked into whether or not recharge bonuses from sets affect it.

SJ

HA! i got it to work.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.621
http://www.cohplanner.com/

Havoc Droid: Level 50 Technology Tanker
Primary Power Set: Shield Defense
Secondary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Flight
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Deflection LkGmblr-Def:50(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(3), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(5), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(7)
Level 1: Charged Brawl P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg:30(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx:30(48)
Level 2: Battle Agility LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(A), LkGmblr-Def:50(3), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx/Rchg:50(5), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(7)
Level 4: True Grit S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(A), RgnTis-Regen+:30(9)
Level 6: Swift Run-I:50(A)
Level 8: Active Defense RechRdx-I:50(A), RechRdx-I:50(9)
Level 10: Taunt Zinger-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg/Rng:50(11), Zinger-Taunt/Rchg:50(11), Zinger-Dam%:50(13), Zinger-Taunt/Rng:50(13), Zinger-Taunt:50(15)
Level 12: Air Superiority P'ngS'Fest-Acc/Dmg:30(A), P'ngS'Fest-Dmg/EndRdx:30(46)
Level 14: Health Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(A), Numna-Heal:50(15), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(40)
Level 16: Thunder Strike FrcFbk-Rchg/EndRdx:50(A), FrcFbk-Rchg/KB:50(17), FrcFbk-Rechg%:50(17), FrcFbk-Dmg/EndRdx/KB:50(19), FrcFbk-Dmg/KB:50(33), FrcFbk-Acc/KB:50(34)
Level 18: Against All Odds EndRdx-I:50(A), EndRdx-I:50(19)
Level 20: Stamina P'Shift-End%:50(A), P'Shift-Acc/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(21), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(25), P'Shift-EndMod:50(25), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc:50(33)
Level 22: Build Up GSFC-Rchg/EndRdx:50(A), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg/EndRdx:50(23), GSFC-ToHit/Rchg:50(23), GSFC-ToHit:50(31), GSFC-Build%:50(31), GSFC-ToHit/EndRdx:50(33)
Level 24: Jacobs Ladder Erad-%Dam:30(A), Erad-Acc/Rchg:30(42), Erad-Dmg:30(42), Erad-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:30(42), Erad-Dmg/Rchg:30(43), Erad-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:30(43)
Level 26: Shield Charge Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50(27), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(27), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg:50(29), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(29), Sciroc-Dam%:50(31)
Level 28: Chain Induction T'Death-Dam%:40(A), T'Death-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:40(34), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:40(36), T'Death-Dmg/EndRdx:40(36), T'Death-Acc/Dmg:40(37), T'Death-Dmg/Rchg:40(37)
Level 30: Phalanx Fighting DefBuff-I:30(A)
Level 32: One with the Shield Numna-Heal:40(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg:50(34), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:50(37), P'Shift-EndMod/Rchg:50(43), P'Shift-EndMod:50(45), P'Shift-End%:21(45)
Level 35: Fly Zephyr-Travel:50(A), Zephyr-Travel/EndRdx:50(36)
Level 38: Lightning Rod Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Oblit-Dmg:50(39), Oblit-Acc/Rchg:50(39), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg:50(39), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(40), Oblit-%Dam:50(40)
Level 41: Conserve Power RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 44: Physical Perfection Numna-Heal:50(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx:50(45), Numna-Heal/Rchg:50(46), P'Shift-End%:50(46)
Level 47: Lightning Clap RzDz-Immob%:30(A), RzDz-EndRdx/Stun:30(48), RzDz-Acc/Rchg:30(48), RzDz-Stun/Rng:30(50), RzDz-Acc/EndRdx:30(50), RzDz-Acc/Stun/Rchg:30(50)
Level 49: Havoc Punch Mako-Dam%:40(A)
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Level 1: Brawl Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest Empty(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet
Level 0: Ninja Run
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Set Bonus Totals:
15.5% DamageBuff(Smashing)
15.5% DamageBuff(Lethal)
15.5% DamageBuff(Fire)
15.5% DamageBuff(Cold)
15.5% DamageBuff(Energy)
15.5% DamageBuff(Negative)
15.5% DamageBuff(Toxic)
15.5% DamageBuff(Psionic)
12.4% Defense(Smashing)
12.4% Defense(Lethal)
11.8% Defense(Fire)
11.8% Defense(Cold)
8.94% Defense(Energy)
8.94% Defense(Negative)
6.13% Defense(Psionic)
17.1% Defense(Melee)
10.2% Defense(Ranged)
20.5% Defense(AoE)
1.8% Max End
2% Enhancement(Stun)
36% Enhancement(Accuracy)
25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
20% FlySpeed
316.2 HP (16.9%) HitPoints
20% JumpHeight
20% JumpSpeed
MezResist(Held) 2.75%
MezResist(Immobilize) 2.75%
MezResist(Stun) 2.2%
MezResist(Terrorized) 5.5%
7% (0.12 End/sec) Recovery
102% (7.98 HP/sec) Regeneration
3.13% Resistance(Negative)
20% RunSpeed
2% XPDebtProtection

I still havent figured out how to make the export work on the forums correctly. Thus no build shown... but below is the data chunk for my shield/elec tank's build. I know you had certain things you wanted in or out of the build, but it should be easily modified. But as you can see the melee/ranged/aoe def is crazy awesome. I can easily take on x8 missions and yawn my way through destroying the mobs.
Obviously, i have flight at lv35. I did NOT take the fighting pool. Using the IO sets wisely gives you more than what weave would give ya defense wise. If you want, i will tweak a build for ya for flight at 14 and anything else you want in it. just let me know. I have made many builds over the different ATs and can give ya advice on a NO purple and NO PvP build.