ThePhlebotomist

I know I'm in the extreme minority, here, but I like Repulsion Bomb now that it's targeted AoE knockdown. The animation is a bit long, but I use it as an opener in every battle, especially after a tank has just charged in. As I'm FF/Rad, it gives me a chance to jump in and use Irradiation fairly safely.

Clicking finish after completing a mission without tampering with the stars results in a 0/5 vote? If so, I honestly don't think people in-game know that.

Didn't see this thread before my post. Just want to suggest "Autosk" as a tag, and, especially "AutoskXX" where XX is the level it brings everyone up to. Makes it so much easier to select missions for a team without having to worry about sidekicks and mentors.

Hey,

Just wanted to say that until Issue 15 comes out, it's really nice when people tag their missions with "Autosk" or, especially, "AutoskXX" where XX is the level the mission brings everyone up to (example: "Autosk50"). This makes it much easier to find missions that will work for your team without worrying about player level mismatches.

Currently, I'm buying rare arcane salvage that's going for at least 1 million on the market. It helps that my friends and I are playing almost exclusively MA missions right now. Taking a character from level 1 is a joy -- by the time I'm 25, I have enough influence to craft or buy level 25 IOs that I can keep until the 40s, and by then I have enough to upgrade and even toss in some sets. I also don't have to worry about running to sell as often.

Hi,

One of the best things I've found about MA is that my friends and I, regardless of the mix of levels of the characters we want to play a given night, can find missions that auto-promote us to the same level. In fact, this element becomes so important that we actually are avoiding missions with level ranges like 30-54.

In the missions I've designed, I'm having a hard time. I can get them all to be a mix of 30-54 and 40-54, but I'd really like them just to all have enemies 50+ so that the team is auto-promoted to 50 together.

Sure, I could add a 53 captive or enemy to every single mission I create... but that's really cramping my stories/themes.

Any suggestions? Anyone know if it's going to be possible to set mission level?

Hi,

I'm not new to the game, but very new to PvP. I decided to take out my Storm/Energy Defender to RV tonight to see what the I13 changes were like.

I didn't expect to be able to take out anyone, but I did assume that my full set of Dark Watcher's Despair in Hurricane would debuff enough to shield me from a lot of unbuffed melee attacks. Did not. :P I was also a little freaked out that Hurricane suppressed my travel powers including Teleport.

How do other Stormies play in PvP? What are some strategies?

Uhm.... also as a general PvP etiquette question, is it taboo to utilize the NPCs in the zone to your advantage? I started a fight near a group of Longbow and the person seemed very upset about it.

Thanks for putting this together!

I just wanted to say that compared to previous issues/years, the balance problems really don't seem that big of a deal, anymore. Cool!

(Though I still have a bit of a chip on my shoulder about Recovery Aura and Regen Aura recharge times from the enh. diversification switch. :P )

Yay! I've always hoped you guys would put those online. Makes it much easier than remembering to update them by hand for all my alts.

It'd also be super cool if the characters had profile/screen shots or rotatable character views of our costumes online.

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FYI, at 14, Flight will equal, with a Dual Enhancement, 31.46 mph and slower than you were at level 8!

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sigh. So depressing.

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Between [changes], it's a set that has frustrated and saddened me.

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I feel the same about Empathy, my first character type since I joined a month or two after the game opened.

However, using your posts, I created a Storm defender on Freedom a few months ago and have really had a lot of fun.

Thanks so much for the entertaining and informative guide!

Hi,

I played with several builds last night and it was a lot of fun.

But the most fun was being able to auto-level to 40 and try out new builds that I would never have taken the time to play to a high level before. Please consider making this kind of testing capability a permanent option on the test server!