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Blasters;
Nothing helps a bad mood like making things explode
Nuke; You're doing it right
First into the fight, first on the floor too...
Somebody say SUPPRESSIVE FIRE?

Scrapper;
Lock; engaged!
Your mob, my exp snack
Scrapperlock; You point, I maim horribly

Mastermind;
(Necro) I see dead people...
(Mercs) Another glorious day in this mans army!
(Thugs) Live fast, die young
(Bots) Lasers; You're doing it right
(Ninja) Ninja'd!

Peacebringer;
I bring peace...with mass firepower if necessary
Tell it to the tentacle
Who you calling 'Dwarf'?

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The level 1-20 (?) salvage barely sells for the price you can sell em to a vendor for.

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You say this like you haven't had to buy large numbers of Luck Charms, Spell Scrolls and Ancient Artifacts. I outright farm Hellions at the lower levels because I'm pretty much forced into it if I'm not going to just transfer a ton of inf over to the toon.

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Needed some...what was it now...carbon rod, that was it, for base crafting...
3k! 3k for a common bit of salvage! And, believe you me, all those little ones add up fast.
But the price on some of the later stuff is indeed horrible :P

The Chief tightened a fist until the metal creaked as the surgeon took a step back. Any attempt to run without telling them absolutely everything would be pounced on, that much was clear from the stance. The glare had lessened however, given the information so far. It could be surmised that, the more he was given, the more leniant the Chief would be. It was down to the man to put two and two together, however.

You might, others might not.
Detailed info drop down on the power selection screen does show it, I think, but its quite an obscure thing, I know I cant remember it that often.
But I do use Mids a lot, so hey

The Chief leaned down and grabbed the man by the scruff of the neck, hauling him into the air and glaring at him.
"Where? Where did you meet this robot? What did he look like? Tell me everything," he growled.
A look into those surprisingly deep optics would tell even the most dimwitted of Brutes how short their life could be if they didn't talk. The Chief had obviously disliked the comment about 'Just bodies'...

Wait, [censored]?
This was posted in the other Ni thread...
/Forumbork =S

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recently in RV i have noticed all the insults and abuse that players are launching at others on broadcast

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Dont know really.Most of the insults i heard recently was from noobs insulting people for not standing still to hit them but the majority of the insults was not directed towards players but towards Castle.

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Standing still is suicide
But I can empathise with trying to fight someone you cant target, seeing how retarded the tab key is. It always picks PvE enemies, without fail. And clicking is hard, if they move (duh)

But, hmm...this sounds interesting...
-Hunts about with his non-lolshark stalker-

Hehe, we had a couple of Nac Mac Feegle running around...it didn't last, sadly but it was fun while it lasted.

Defenders;
At least I can say 'I told you so'
Will you quit asking for heals, I do forcefields!
Doctors Orders

Controllers;
Army? I thought it was an assistant! (ref to PA)

Corruptors;
How come everyone else gets a cool abreviation?
Second to none when it comes to pain.
Buffing? Whats that?
Shooting, buffing, fighting, looting.

All rather bad, but hey

True. Went to Bloody Bay to mess around with three characters against a SG friend.
Its probably wishing that it was the old PvP, or something =[ -sigh-

In other words, if you waste slots for endurance in the upgrade and actual pet powers
Stamina is there as a backup 'powersource' for firefights. Once you've set up, you should be ok, it sorts the problems when things get dicy in a fight however.

This is what I came up with, Vanilla IO'd and slots allowing for setting if wished for. Just my personal take, hope some of it is of use =]


Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.401
http://www.cohplanner.com/

[u]Click this DataLink to open the build![u]

Eric Bridgeland: Level 50 Natural Mastermind
Primary Power Set: Mercenaries
Secondary Power Set: Traps
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leadership
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Mace Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Soldiers <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (3) Damage Increase IO[*] (3) Accuracy IO[*] (9) Accuracy IO[*] (37) Defense Debuff IO[*] (40) Defense Debuff IO[/list]Level 1: Web Grenade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Immobilisation Duration IO[*] (7) Accuracy IO[/list]Level 2: Slug <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (7) Damage Increase IO[*] (46) Accuracy IO[/list]Level 4: Triage Beacon <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing IO[*] (5) Healing IO[*] (5) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (9) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 6: Equip Mercenary <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 8: Hover <ul type="square">[*] (A) Flight Speed IO[/list]Level 10: Acid Mortar <ul type="square">[*] (A) Defense Debuff IO[*] (11) Defense Debuff IO[*] (11) Accuracy IO[*] (15) Accuracy IO[*] (34) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (34) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 12: Spec Ops <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (13) Damage Increase IO[*] (13) Accuracy IO[*] (15) Accuracy IO[*] (17) Hold Duration IO[*] (34) Disorient Duration IO[/list]Level 14: Fly <ul type="square">[*] (A) Flight Speed IO[/list]Level 16: Force Field Generator <ul type="square">[*] (A) Defense Buff IO[*] (17) Defense Buff IO[*] (43) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 18: Serum <ul type="square">[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (19) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (19) Resist Damage IO[*] (21) Resist Damage IO[*] (21) To Hit Buff IO[*] (33) To Hit Buff IO[/list]Level 20: Swift <ul type="square">[*] (A) Run Speed IO[/list]Level 22: Health <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing IO[*] (23) Healing IO[*] (23) Healing IO[/list]Level 24: Stamina <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Modification IO[*] (25) Endurance Modification IO[*] (25) Endurance Modification IO[/list]Level 26: Commando <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (27) Damage Increase IO[*] (27) Damage Increase IO[*] (31) Accuracy IO[*] (31) Accuracy IO[*] (33) Defense Debuff IO[/list]Level 28: Poison Trap <ul type="square">[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (29) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (29) Hold Duration IO[*] (33) Hold Duration IO[/list]Level 30: Assault <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (31) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 32: Tactical Upgrade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 35: Trip Mine <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (36) Damage Increase IO[*] (36) Damage Increase IO[*] (36) Accuracy IO[*] (37) Accuracy IO[*] (37) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 38: Tactics <ul type="square">[*] (A) To Hit Buff IO[*] (39) To Hit Buff IO[*] (39) To Hit Buff IO[*] (39) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (40) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (40) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 41: Scorpion Shield <ul type="square">[*] (A) Defense Buff IO[*] (42) Defense Buff IO[*] (42) Defense Buff IO[*] (42) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (43) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (43) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 44: M30 Grenade <ul type="square">[*] (A) Damage Increase IO[*] (45) Damage Increase IO[*] (45) Accuracy IO[*] (45) Accuracy IO[*] (46) Endurance Reduction IO[*] (46) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 47: Aid Other <ul type="square">[*] (A) Healing IO[*] (48) Healing IO[*] (48) Healing IO[*] (48) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (50) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (50) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]Level 49: Stimulant <ul type="square">[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[*] (50) Endurance Reduction IO[/list]------------
Level 1: Brawl <ul type="square">[*] (A) Accuracy IO[/list]Level 1: Sprint <ul type="square">[*] (A) Run Speed IO[/list]Level 2: Rest <ul type="square">[*] (A) Recharge Reduction IO[/list]Level 1: Supremacy

What Col said, get FF gen. It affects teams, for heavens sake, its good.
Doing a personal re-work of Eric's build now, pending...

As part of the two bots/traps MM team who decked Positron and Valkyrie on AV/Hero level (same or +1 lvl, cant remember) I can attest that its a damn god combo.

Bots are tough. Think they are some of the most survivable of all pets. Certainly once you get to lvl 12 and Protectorbots, add in the FF generator and your laughing.

A few must takes;
Upgrade at lvl 6
Protectors at lvl 12
FF gen
Trip mine/poison trap combo
Assault bot and final upgrade (duh )

Personally, I didnt find Bots tough to run with. Sure, there were tough missions, but that happens. After lvl 32, honestly, you are home and cackling free. The final AoE damage of bots is ludicrous, and with Protector shields and FFgen their hard to kill. stick the procs in an you have some nice, tough minions. Add Scorpions shield and your as damn unhittable as nearly anything.

Fitness...I would reccomend it, but its not as necessary at 20 as on others. Those two upgrades when bringing back a full team are very end heavy. Also, its nice to have it as backup.

Fair enough, each to their own
The one stand out thing is still the eyes. Something...I dunno...wrong. As in anatomy. Unless thats what you were after?

Rumours amongst citizens/gangs in Atlas Park, Kings Row and the Hollows

Talk has been abound of a psyker let loose on the gangs around Kings Row, Atlas Park and the Hollows, although reports have also come from further afield. Gang 'victims' picked up from around the place have suffered from large ammounts of psionic trauma, sometimes become overly fearful and paranoid, while others have had limbs and various bones broken unbeliavably cleanly, or not so in cases where the gang members have been hurled into other objects.

Reports are sketchy at best, but the individual, as it is currently believed to be, is female, around 5' 8", and works for the City as well, though few gangers who have been fit to interview can remember where exactly.
A very few have mentioned red hair.

What GR said.
'Noobsauce' comments and such.
They might be right/wrong. But thats opinion.

Personally, Id just like PvP to be playable and fun again

What about those of us who don't have/don't want the Test Client, Ly?

/Signed for concept
Only problem is there are a couple of ways to get to certain zones.
What I wish they would do is sort out the mission pointers in Faultline...that place is murder &gt;.O

And its that hard to simply use the auction search because?
Its not hard at all, so long as you click on the right section before or while searching. Then theres only so many options it can come up with.

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'unclickable syndrome'

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As in, some random attacker would hit you from behind, the side or something, even land in front of you, attack once, then bounce. They'd be moving too much for you to actually click on them to target for return attacks, and the tab key ALWAYS, without fail, would lock onto a PvE enemy instead of the one you wanted.

Hence the auto-lock. It would be limited range, like a cone maybe, and you could choose to turn it on or off. Limited range would stop snipers from being picked off easily and unfairly. And a 90 degree cone would make rear attacks still viable. If the person was fast enough on the turn, or sensible enough with camera angle, that should be ok.

And yeah, Rikti is in my head stealing: my brains

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Create a new character with the costume, save it, and see it in action in outbreak.

Or stick it on an NPC in the MA (after issue 14) and see it from the outside.

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One word; Hassle

CoX has a great costume designer, better than arguably any other out there. Why should compromises be made on one of CoX's greatest selling points?

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One reason why i have not begun levelling my new SoA for bane spider use.
The missing weapons...

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Couldn't you make it an Arachnos soldier who believed in non-violent solutions to problems?

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I think they'd have been given an explanatory and non-violent talking to by the non-violent Arbiters...
Who happen to be accompanied by some exceedingly violent and aggressive minions

Pentad and VvH?
And yeah, /pain and VEATs un-changed might well have tipped things for the better anyway, without all the meddling...-shrug-

/Unsigned for cutting hold length
A power, for me at least, is either a mez or an attack. Even then its a fine line. For example, the Warshade melee hold I tend to put acc and hold slots in it, seeing as the damage is decent enough anyway. Whereas some other hold/attacks I put acc and damage in (depending on spare slots)
Whereas Tesla Cage etc get the traditional hold treatment. having to mix and match between that is never a good thing.