The_Masque

Mr. Infinity 2011/PvP University
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  1. Stop hating on Barrier he just got back in game, and he was never OP unless you count the amount of rage he could squeeze out of fake divine.
  2. Just because I got a few tells about this-

    Ringer Emps are not listed yet, we are working out how to place them on the newly merged teams.
  3. New teams for Boot Camp:


    Team

    Fubaphants:

    Capt- Smallz/Gris
    Des
    Ska-Core
    Hemm
    R-Tech
    Ellscry
    Bambi
    Coffee Chicago
    Wac
    Lin
    Z-Rizzle
    SunnySprite
    Byron Gyro
    War-Nugget


    Double FUB:

    Capt: MP
    Justaris
    Jazno
    Konda
    IceKnight
    Lady Gale
    E.Normus
    Tank
    Private Nurse
    Bug
    Flux
    Vanum
    GL
    Arkyvonbarky
    EagleEyez
  4. Good matches, we will be having some team changes in the next week more information soon.
  5. Matches this Friday 7/8.

    FUB practice today 7/6.

    Elephants practice Thursday 7/7.
  6. If you want the notice you don't have to wait at all.
  7. I would request that this discussion be moved to the hidden forums. I will post something when I get home if I can talk to all three team captains.
  8. Quote:
    Originally Posted by hemmingway3 View Post




    Masque PL me

    Ill be around tomorrow to pl you if you need xp.
  9. Lets plan on keeping the same bat time same bat channel.
  10. So many people gone on the 8th
  11. Remember nothing this Friday- we are taking a break for the 4th of July.

    Bug and MP are running a lvl 5 pvp event on Sunday.

    Have a safe 4th and don't blow off any appendages.
  12. Vince, first off, let me give you your dues. You are a really funny guy, Exit and a bunch of us were rolling watching your battle raps against that vampire dude, the mohawk, and that Gomer Pyle looking kid.

    I have never played with you, maybe one practice where I helped fill U2BG against -divines team but I don't recall if you are calling or not. In any case, everyone says you are a great target caller and a good rad.

    I have to agree with your statement:

    Quote:
    CriticalKat is a veteran Champion player. And for all of the back-and-forth that her and I have had, every time that she has come to me with a PvP question, I've always been willing to offer my perspective as best that I possibly could. You would find that to be true across the board regardless of what server I've played on or what team that I've played for.
    I myself have also found that if you ask for advice from seasoned vets 9 times out of 10 you will get great info back. I mean as bad of a rap as Vex gets, after he and a small group beat my team in a practice, I asked his advice on what we could do to improve and he gave solid advice, without any vexiness (to coin a term). Silit was the same way in the first champion league.

    I think honestly though, you are coming down a little hard on these players who are trying to do exactly what you and myself and many others have also tried- to breath some sort of life into pvp on this game.

    If you are willing to listen to my advice perhaps you could start your own league, be it here or on Freedom or even Test. I know there are a lot of people who would join a league if it was set up well and looked like fun. I would certainly join a league if you set it up and I was available.

    This league is only 6 weeks long, 5 more matches to play and its over, why not just start the ground work on a new league.
  13. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Neuronia View Post
    Not throwing in the towel, simply admitting there is a LARGE skill gap.
    I guess that's why we have three toons though.
    That said, doyler has been an excellent target-caller for us and there is nowhere to go but up.


    Honestly though, has there been any league in recent history that didn't have a skill gap?

    PvPEC Freedom League:
    2 Good teams:
    U2BG
    SMD
    1 Good team that dropped:
    INOAN
    1 middle of the road team:
    dUmb
    2 teams fighting it out for last place:
    CIGAL
    Eternal Pain

    Bud Bowl:
    2 Good teams:
    Steve
    RFR
    1 middle of the road teams:
    Artic and the Chills
    1 team that was ....something:
    Joint effort
    2 teams that dropped:
    Sporks
    Spacecowboys

    FML:
    2 Good teams:
    BFG
    dUmb
    1 decent team:
    Not Serious
    Kat's Team:
    mmmm Good
    2 teams that dropped:
    Average Joes
    Lions and Tigers


    One of the most interesting things I've noticed is that teams who everyone thinks are going to be really good at first end up doing ok and other teams that everyone thinks is going to end up dropping pulls it together and makes it to the end, as crazy as -divine was he held that team together after their d8 dropped and ran the rest of the league with just the d6.


    I don't think things have changed all that much, there are less people now but hopefully people will have fun and keep pvping even after this league.
  14. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Archantos View Post
    Good news bad news...

    The good news is that i no longer need to be at work before the sun rises! but... here's the caveat im starting later and getting done with work much later as well (Starting at 2:30pm and have been leaving work between 1:30-3:30am all week).

    Until the madness ends (schedule wise) I will not be able to make it to boot camp. Which sucks.

    I guess the silver lining is... hmm...actually i don't see a silver lining.


    That really sucks Epoxy. You are welcome to rejoin us if/when you can.

    I hope you will continue to pvp if not in this event then in any future ones or even zones on Freedom. I think you understand the basics and have a good foundation and are a good pvp blaster.

    I think I can speak for the rest of the mentors when I say that your attitude, helpfulness and motivation was appreciated by us all.
  15. Beating a MM isn't just about having an AT (powersets) its also how you play against them.

    A good PvP MM will keep all (most) of its pets in bodyguard mode, this allows them to spread the incoming damage they take over all pets and themself (effectively increasing their HP).

    What you want to do is try to get them out of bodyguard mode, you can do this in a couple of ways:

    A) Get them to chase you, typically a MM will move faster then their pets so if you get them to chase you far enough (fast enough) they will move out of range of some (all) of their pets and then you can stop, turn around and hit them fast to spike them while their HP is lower.

    B) Kill their pets, if they have no pets they are out of bodyguard mode (lol) I don't know if its feasible now with cardiac but it used to be pretty easy to kill pets and run a MM out of end as they have to constantly resummon them. Targeting pets is pretty important too, go for their t3 pet first- It typically has the longest recharge and does the most damage, then kill one (only one) t2 and two of the t1 pets. The goal here is to force the MM to either play with less pets (less bodyguard mode) or re-summon its pets even though they may have some of them still alive. Those pets that are still alive should be damaged and you can just kill them next.

    Since your buddy is playing a storm he is going to be trying to debuff your acc and disrupt you with some KB. Make sure your build has enough KB to protect you from tornado (35+ pts of KB protection) and enough acc from aim (or build up), tactics, or accolades (geas or force of nature).

    Good luck man.
  16. --PvP Workshops--

    So after our first matches I know everyone is eager to play again, but tonight we are going to run some workshops to focus on fine tuning our teams.

    We will be running the following:

    Blaster workshop- covering locking, spiking, evading, and attack chains.

    Dom workshop- covering TK (I think we are down to just mind/xxx doms now), attack chains and mez suppression.

    Stalker workshop- locking, closing, timing of attacks and attack chains.

    Empath/Pain workshop- buffing, healing, evasion routes and survival.

    If we have time after the workshops I like to run some more scrimmages and practice team locks and spikes.

    Hope to see you all tonight!
  17. The_Masque

    TFs with Viv

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Grey Pilgrim View Post
    I prefer getting the alpha rare boost before jumping into the trials. Being -3 rather than -4 is rather nice, especially during the collection phase of Lambda. So anything WST is good, though the trials would be fine too.

    Yeah I see where you are coming from, the reason I was suggesting Viv run trials is to unlock and slot her super fun powers (Judgement and Destiny) I mean those things are just awesome to have now.

    Also, I was thinking she has done tfs to death prior to her sabbatical from CoH, and might want to try out the new content.

    Honestly, with bafs its pretty simple to play it and be an (effective) participating player so being 50+1 there shouldn't matter much at all. The lambda is a different story, being 50 vs 50+1 does make the collection of temps phase a little harder but the good thing about Viv is she knows how to play her blasters/brute to be survivable, I think she should probably thank the isolaters and playing with Hamster for teaching her how to not rush into mobs and knowing when to retreat.

    Anyway, wb again Viv and we can once again become Vivtory.
  18. The_Masque

    PVP Server

    Quote:
    Originally Posted by B_Witched View Post
    Rox just does not want to have to wait a year to get to pvp with all his victory toons..
    Truth.
  19. The_Masque

    TFs with Viv

    You know I'm down for these:

    My suggestion- since you are just back and need all your incarnate stuff, lets start with bafs and lambda get you, your incarnate powers then move on to things like apex, tin mage and stuff.
  20. Quote:
    Originally Posted by hemmingway3 View Post
    Target is Masque

    ...

    Next target is Masque

    ...

    Masque is TKd.. Masque in 3 2 1...

    ...

    Target is Masque

    Jr, you will never be me
  21. The_Masque

    Awesome Victory

    Penny I am truly sad to see you go. You are a really one of Victory's finest, I've always pictured you playing the game with a smile on your face and having a great time doing it.

    You are not just a solid player but someone who has always been willing to step outside of the box, I remember you getting right up in my widow's face during fight nights (I am so proud of you azu).

    You are definitely someone that has always been an asset to any team you have been on, and you will be missed.

    I will echo what everyone else has said, and hope that we will indeed see you down the road. All the best.
  22. Quote:
    Originally Posted by Elegost View Post
    I'm assuming this is because MMs are said to be hard to play for a first-timer (it says so in their description). Trollers on the other hand... not so much, but for 2 reasons I think this was the case. 1: they had to make it even, can't kill one redside without killing 1 blueside. and 2: farmers. Think of how many people with free accounts would have to buy access to trollers just to make a fire/kin. It's brilliant.
    Using this logic it should be brutes and trollers.
  23. The_Masque

    psi is broken

    Its not the damage its the delayed damage that op is seeing. With Psi you can land three attacks at the same (or close) time. This damage spike may look OP but in fact its barely above the same attack chain from fire. You are just forcing a large damage packet down the targets throat.


    My advice to the op learn to watch your buff tray, well that and stop raging.
  24. The_Masque

    Wedding Fun

    On second glance I'm going to say these are fake pics as it would appear that Ele is smiling in the second one.

    Impossible!!!! We all know Ele is incapable of smiling unless he is drunk and touching Chrysalis' pillows.
  25. The_Masque

    Wedding Fun

    Awesome.


    Congrats man, all I can say is watermelon.