Turgenev

The third build is for whatever you wanna do with it, honestly. It was given to all players to allow for an alternative, non-Incarnate-dependent build without screwing up a player's already existing two builds, but it doesn't mean you HAVE to use that build when you SK down.

When I SK down, I just use my primary build that has the Alpha slot. It doesn't work, but I'm used to how the power management goes with that build, so it's easy for me to adjust. 'sides, I don't have the funds to work up another purp build.

If you want, I'll roll Doc Turg for this to help you along.

We know, Hatter. We know.

Welcome back. You sticking around this time?

I'm just thrilled that I got something other than an Absolute Amazement or a Fortunata Whatsosis. Seems like that's all I ever get as a drop.

Bit of a thread necro, but a useful one.

I decided to pay attention this week to pylons first vs pylons last, and seeing what the Hami did. First few days, we did this standard: Wipe each Rikti mob and their pylon, then when clear we moved to the mitos.

With all pylons down, the Hami nucleus seemed far more "free" with its AOE attacks once we started attacking the mitos, from blue to yellow to green.

The last few days, I asked the teams to leave the pylons up last, to test the theory that their design is to aggro the Hami while remaining allied to him, resulting in a no-attack scenario with the Hami unless he were taunted or attacked.

This held up very well to scrutiny. On runs where the pylons were left up in their entirety, we were able to drop the mitos quickly and without interference. The most recent run I did seemed like to break the rule as the Hami aggro'd a scrapper, but this was due to Against All Odds (a self-buff/AOE taunt aura) being up and his passing too close to the nucleus.

Other than that scrap catching aggro a few times, the "pylon last" runs went very smoothly, with no AOE blasts from the nucleus to cause us issue.

This. Still, I'll be hitting my server cap on Freedom with the next vet reward, so I need to start thinking about where to scoot my "backup" 50s that I roll out only for particular occasions...

*eyes Champion, they're good people*

My first thought was to sketch out a timeline of your badge rankings during your relationship.

...my second thought was, that would probably be your last date.

Maybe you don't need to express quite so much.

My Irony Aura must be pre-ED six slotted for recharge. Immediately after I read this post/thread and went back to the main, I got logged off.

Already got 'em. It's a tricky explore badge duo. You have to be earing khaki slacks and have your Lackadaisical Aura slotted for Ennui.

*Great picture, btw. *

Y'know, USCI had a link last night that covered this tactic... I think it was copied from the badge-hunter boards?...

You can get all 3 nukes from the Warburg PVP zone. All your pertinent info, including how to get them, can be found at this link.

You're a badger. WSTs aren't going anywhere. Your GF may disappear tomorrow. Do the math.

...I'm sure Arcanaville could calculate your chances rather neatly?

*utterly platonic fist-bump*

That was an awesome team, wasn't it.

Yep, got it yesterday.

*Not really a quote, added for humorous effect.

I kinda agree with BC on this. If the team is freakin' awful, my worst time is still around 45 mins... fair teams for me have averaged 35 mins, with sharp ones approaching the 20 min mark, even as a PUG format. There's an eye to the team build, of course, but it's hardly restrictive.

Well, durr. Lemme rephrase. How many times a day did you run it for the Kahn and/or STF to get it? Which one were you focusing on more? What was your ETA on your runs? DId you pug it, or did you keep to a private team with this as a goal?

My secret?

I get the power set, and I try to think of names, read in the voice of the announcer from Mortal Kombat, or the guy who says "QUAD DAMAGE" from the Quake games. The cooler it sounds, the more likely I use it.

I'm not joking. Try it. Use "Black Dragon" or "Heironymous Flame". Then throw in the mean chuckle from MK2 that he gives, and it gets better.

The idea here is to not fuss of if it's "perfect", but rather if it makes you soil your pants of how awesome the name sounds for how you want the toon to be played.

Cerulean Skie. Gun Father. Blackest Light. Law of the Bullet. Lord Autumn. Jonna Hex. Supreme Soviet. Ultima Ratio Regum. FATALITY.

I swear, it works, every time.