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  1. TheDeepBlue
    Well, you've got my encouragement, Tony. If you can think of something interesting that random people can do that might help, I'll be listening.
  2. TheDeepBlue

    Coffee Talk Aug 22

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Nalrok_AthZim View Post
    I don't get the Ninjitsu for Scrappers crowd. The thematic powers just don't work, and at least 2 would need to be changed.
    Yeah, but Naruto's not a stealthy guy, so it's hard for people to make Stalker clones of him.
  3. TheDeepBlue
    Sorry if it looks like I'm bumping this, but I only discovered the Build Workshop subforum a few minutes ago. It might be more appropriate for any replies to go there.
  4. TheDeepBlue
    I didn't notice this subforum until a few minutes ago, but I thought it might be more appropriate to get responses here for what I'm looking for than in the Corruptor forum.

    I've been working on builds for this Corr, and there's three that have stuck out to me so far as being useful in one way or the other:

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    This build focuses on S/L defense, and is the build I'm currently working on with the character, but at LVL 44 with about 20-30% S/L def I'm still getting pounded on in melee, even at -1x2 difficulty, and I don't have many ways to mitigate that in a reliable way. Sonic Cage is one, with pros and cons. Liquefy is another, but it's not up as often as, say, Sleet. Cosmic Burst is alright for minions and LTs that have no stun protection. It doesn't seem to be quite enough, though.

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    This build focuses on Ranged defense, and is similar to the first. This seems like it might be alright if I can always kite out of melee with Hover, but it still has no real way to keep stuff out of my face on a reliable basis otherwise.

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    Finally, this build opts out of defense bonuses to focus on more control features. Unlike the two builds above, this one does have a reliable way of keeping critters away from the character, but due to the lack of defense I'm not sure how well it can hold up in a serious fight against an EB or even a boss with more than the standard boss Hold protection.

    What do you think?
  5. TheDeepBlue
    I've still been working on builds for this Corr, and there's three that have stuck out to me so far as being potentially likeable:

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    This build focuses on S/L defense, and is fairly close to the build in my original post. This is also the build I'm currently working on with the character, but at LVL 44 with about 20-30% S/L def I'm still getting pounded on in melee, even at -1x2 difficulty, and don't have many ways to mitigate that in a reliable way.

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    This build focuses on Ranged defense. This seems like it might be alright if I can always kite with Hover, but it still has no real way to keep stuff out of my face on a reliable basis.

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    Finally, this build opts out of defense bonuses to focus on more control features. Unlike the two builds above, this one does have a reliable way of keeping critters away from the character, but due to the lack of defense I'm not sure how well it can hold up in a serious fight against an EB or even a boss with more than the standard boss Hold protection.

    What do you think?
  6. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Marketing isn't to blame, you want to look at your fellow players. They're the ones who for years have complained about playing second banana to the Freedom Phalanx, to being lapdogs to Recluse and his Inner Circle. The only thing that's changed is that the devs are now listening to the players.
    The customers are always on the right side of things. I mean, Marvel's readers were totally behind the idea of Brand New Day and Spidey's all the better for it.
  7. TheDeepBlue

    SSA #2 Episode 2

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Venture View Post
    Prometheus, Silos (both in full-on Smug Snake mode), time travel, forced rescue by Penny Sue^H^H^HYin...now they're just trying to torque people off.
    Don't flatter yourself.
  8. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bronze Knight View Post
    Zwill: Brings up pet AI and pathing and says that they know it sucks but it's a real pain to change it.
    Is there any way to cure pet/ally climacophobia?
  9. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bronze Knight View Post
    1. How many characters have you fully incarnated?
    2. How many characters have you incarnated?
    3. How many characters have you rolled with the intention of making them Full Incarnates?
    4. Do you have any characters that you, for whatever reason, are not going to make Incarnates?
    1) Before I23, ten. Currently, four.
    2) More than 10. Generally to Rare Alpha, but that happens along the way as I finish their builds.
    3) Ten.
    4) No.
  10. TheDeepBlue
    I tried combing through the Corr guides to see if there were any good examples or tips for a Rad/Sonic, but not seeing any I went and did my own thing.

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    I was kind of loathe to take Scorpion Shield, since it's purple and my Corr uses green-blue custom color powers, but besides that I wasn't sure how else to get S/L up to a comfortable level since she keeps getting her skull beat in on any difficulty higher than +0x1.

    Leadership powers look the way they do to take advantage of snipe changes coming in I24. Not that it'll matter much with the slightest brush of -ToHit, but you don't always fight against that.

    Other than that, I think the numbers look alright with the exception of the end drain from the six toggles I ought to be running regularly. Not sure what to do about that. Thoughts?
  11. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Ultimus View Post
    In one of the letters from the letter writer he mentions him asking if we've met him. Who exactly is he?
    Good question. I'm pretty sure we've met the Praetorian version of Vandal, though, a.k.a. Vagabond, and the Praetorian version of the Center, a.k.a. Agent G. Wonder where the latter went when we were taking over Imperial City, since he may have had some mental influence over Chimera. Maybe I'm just reading too much into things.
  12. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AzureSkyCiel View Post
    Epaulets (What should we do about them?)
    I think they should be ported over to Upper Body types other than jackets and trenchcoats, for starters. You currently can't use them on any other Upper Body type.
  13. TheDeepBlue

    Who is dead?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DarkGob View Post
    Praetorian War Witch's body has been possessed by the spirit of Primal War Witch, which means technically she's dead as well (but her spirit is still supposed to be roving about somewhere in Night Ward IIRC).
    She got locked up in the Eternal Prison along with Lamashtu.
  14. TheDeepBlue
    I usually get that one after I've run one too many iTrials. It'll show up after I zone from the trial, or after I try and enter/leave some building in a trial.
  15. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bullet Barrage View Post
    Obviously, because the way they have erased Statesman from all content, even before the level range in which he died, Positron has now done all the missions in which Statesman took part in the level range 1-40.
    This. THIIIIIIS. I started to get really irritated by the 'Find & Replace' method when running that hero tip where someone is vouching for Desdemona to work with Longbow. Instead of Statesman vouching for her, which make sense since he was mentoring her in the first place, now Positron is vouching for her.

    Why would you replace that?

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Olantern View Post
    Soap opera-ish, and thus probably anathema to Forum Story Preferences, but I kind of like this ... if nothing else, it ties up a loose plot thread.

    (Yes, I'm aware General Forum Belief is that Ms. L's father is Hero One, and that there're things in-game that support this belief.)
    There's a direct quote from the rednames buried somewhere that explicitly says he's not. It was some discussion about why she was chosen to guard Excalibur.
  16. TheDeepBlue
    [Flow Lightning] is a horrible NPC power to deal with, especially on MMs. I hate it more than [Mask of Vitiation].
  17. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PRAF68_EU View Post
    Yeah, the battle to take Bedlam that people are whining about is awesome. You have a whole bunch of Black Knights charging into battle, as well as some who follow you. If you stick with them and support them you get a real sense of army vs army. And it doesn't take long to plough through the enemy hordes.
    I just took the NPC allies to the wall next to the line of BK's guarding the asylum, jumped over it like a punk, and headed to the Malaises from there.
  18. TheDeepBlue
    Hm. Something a little more like this?

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  19. TheDeepBlue
    After quite some time since playing her, I've decided to take a shot at respeccing my Triform PB. After finding some useful information out of this thread, I've made the following build in Mid's:

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    Based on that thread, I've managed to get perma-Light Form, perma-Inner Light, and nearly perma-Hasten (as a result.) Not much in the way of defense bonuses, however. I've purposely tried to avoid using any VR/ATO sets, just to expedite the creation of the build itself.

    My concern is whether or not the powers I've chosen other than the 'must haves' for Triform are really useful. I tried to avoid choosing toggles, but other powers that were available and didn't need a lot of slots seemed less useful. Any opinions?
  20. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    I actually looked into this one, myself, but... I can't find any footage of what it looks like.
    Link.

    Your 'shadows' are custom-colorable.

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
    Vorpal: Ugh... This was a possibility since it IS a physical attack, but it's speed-based, and very clearly. It's a teleporting/superfast roundhouse kick which just doesn't fit. Xanta is a slow fighter. Whatever I pick, it ought to fit that description.

    So... Not any closer. Damn!
    Incarnation is supposed to be the point where your character breaks molds.
  21. TheDeepBlue

    I24 hopes?

    POST-ACTION

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DLancer View Post
    I suspect that by this point its probably impossible to do anything that doesn't hammer at the engine's limitations. The engine is held together by toothpicks and prayers.
    I believe Positron mentioned a few months ago that they've only just begin testing the limits of the game engine. Not sure how to find that quote, though.

    As for I24, if the Battalion really does show up, I'm hoping that it's not the case that the writers decided to just overturn the entire bag containing their forces. The Battalion's obviously been studying Earth for a while, having sent scouts (Neo Shivans) to test some of our power; interception forces across time (Time Echoes) to mitigate any further power we might accumulate to fight with; and if the developers are to be believed, native collaborators to aid them when the invasion begins in earnest.

    It'd be hard to consider the Battalion the threat they've been built up as if they resort to sending in more than the minimal amount of standard forces they'd need to fight us in the beginning. We're talking about a race of Incarnates (Note: like us, if not already more powerful) bearing the power of just under a dozen worlds and old enough to currently exist around a star that's relatively close to burning out. If they have to send more than just enough guys to keep the Neo Shivans and the rest of their mooks from mucking things up, how powerful can they be?
  22. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by AkuTenshiiZero View Post
    And you know what? In the past, challenges like this were usually accompanied by a warning to say "The fight is too much for one person, you should bring allies." If you were crazy enough to try it alone, have at it. But at least you knew it was going to be hard, and could plan accordingly. I haven't seen a single warning in any of the new missions, despite most of them being much harder than what the game has offered in the past.
    There are at least two missions prior to that mission in Magician's arc that have warnings. You aren't reading.

    I don't quite recall if the mission you're referring to itself has the warning, but you may have several boss allies tagging alongside you to help fight the Malaises.
  23. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DLancer View Post
    One thing that bugs me is why are the Clockwork the old Electric type and not Psychic, like they are in the rest of the high level content like the LGTF?
    Because it would be kind of weird trying to apply metric prefixes to psychic powers.

    Also, I got mapservered during the ending cutscene blue-side. I was disappoint.
  24. TheDeepBlue
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Chy_Tara View Post
    Ummm, TheDeepBlue.... It's a radiation-based powerset, so it stands to reason that they would use radiation-themed/related names for the powers.
    I didn't say it was unreasonable for them to have radiation-related name. I said the radiation-related names they chose didn't make sense.

    In any case, looking at the list again today, the names don't seem as bad for some reason. Few bits I still can't reason out.
  25. TheDeepBlue
    I hope that the final version of Radiation Armor has power names that make a little more sense instead of any radiation-related vocabulary they could quickly think of at the pummit.

    Other than that, looks interesting.