Ultimus

Old school players will remember the big 3:

Stone Melee
Super Strength
Energy Melee (1 Sec ET + Mag 4 TF)

These were considered the "best" powersets way back in the day. Since then, we've seen Energy Melee changed and no changes to SS or SM.

Super Strength is still fairly popular and numerically its still probably one of the top sets. However, what about Stone Melee?

It seems to have fallen off the map. Why is that? No changes were made to it, it still has a Mag 4 1.5 cast time with a Brawl Index of 9.8889 Seismac Smash.

Have people simply forgotten about it due to new players influx? Or has new powerset releases since then bypassed Stone Melee making it weak?

The new Brute set bonuses are kind of lackluster...

I saw someone posted here the new Tanker ATO : http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=287584

What is the Brute one ? I cannot find it. I am curious what the set bonuses are and the new proc?

How does a PPM work in a damage aura then?

IE I have a power with Recharge modification is at 9 second recharge versus a damage aura.

So I went to Prometheus too after and read his new dialogue. Is it just that little bit about ascended people?

Are ascended people just essentially gods? I didn't really see how this is a possible alternative to incarnates and why he was so angry?

Or maybe I should do KO blow since that is available at 8? Hmm, I didn't realize this proc scales with recharge.

So a 25 second recharge proc like KO blow = guaranteed to go off ?

And I also have my fury of the glad proc in Blazing Aura... hmm should I move that too?

How about Burn? How does it work in that? Is that a good idea ?

So I took a small hiatus to let the game come out with new content and such and just recently ran a lot of Dark Astoria content. I learned who the letter writer is, all about MOT, why Ouroboros is to be feared, etc. I still have a few questions though that maybe can be answered:

1) During this timeframe, Statesman is dead? If so, how come Sister Psyche is in the Diabolique Trial? Was she revived somehow?

2) So the entire reason Ouroboros is to be feared is because Nemesis went back in time to change a dagger that instead of killing Rularru, sent him to the Shadow Shard? I don't see this as too bad of a thing. Essentially, Nemesis calculated that humans wouldn't be enough to save the world and they needed the help of an external being? Or was he planning on wiping the Earth anyways?

3) After completing the Diabolique Trial, what is the fate of Dominatrix? It was left unclear as she was just standing there next to the Dream Doctor. Is she "good" now? Also, where does Dominatrix stand in terms of power? I know we encounter her in the First Ward arcs as an enemy, is she meant to be only around 35 meaning she is fairly weak?

4) I believe the Dream Doctor makes mention of defeating Tyrant, but what about Hamidon? Is there anything to do about him since he is a super version in Praetoria?

5) In some of the arcs in Dark Astoria, your character is made out to be super powerful. IE, when fighting the 5th Column you pretty much wipe the floor with both Requiem and Reichsman. Is this enemy group no longer considered a threat because we have grown so powerful?

6) If you have anything to add or to discuss I will read it. I really like the game's lore so please feel free to share.

So deciding to give the new Issue (to me at least, was waiting for new content) a whirl. So I am in Dark Astoria doing missions, everything is grey because I am +3. Is there any point to me raising the difficulty? Will I get more chances at purples, threads, recipes, special drops (Is there any?), or anything of that nature?

Also I been working on Day Job accolades... and since I play one character gives me a break.

Are there any badges besides these 3 to obtain? From previous years?

Hoping for SSA 6.... anyone able to tell me?

These won't work in a TF that has no temp powers set... so if you are doing any Master of TF's they will be greyed out

Assuming you are at the damage cap and the accuracy cap, what is the highest single target attack chain you could make? Assume Fiery Aura for the secondary for Fiery Embrace and Burn (But would Burn even be apart of this chain since it caps at 400%?) (Assume you went with Soul Mastery too for Gloom as I assume it would also be a part of it...)

Also assume you have the amount of recharge needed to pull the chain off.

Any number crunchers out there? I am just curious where it could be around.

Wow that was fast, on the beta patch notes:

Doc Buzzsaw's arcs are available in Ouroboros for Praetorians who have the Who's Who badge and meet the other requirements.

Devastation, Decimation, etc for sets and the Roman Pack. Only thing exclusive according to the detailed information is the bow.

Also the Roman pack is only available till last day of Feb.

Its not Issue 22.

At the end of Operative Grillo's arc with Trapdoor he says:

"Its amazing what the power of the Well can grant its users...erm forget I said that"

Has he *always* said that or was that dialogue added when alpha slot arc went live? If he always said that, its interesting to think back that in Issue 7 (When 40-50 was added for villains) that the plans were set in motion..

Just something I been thinking about lately... I think SSA's are the best thing this game has scene in years. I like the comic book feel and how it has permanent effects. How would you feel if they released two pieces of the story each month? Paragon Studios would see the benefit of having the arcs go up for sale twice a month rather then once every month.

How would you feel about this?

Also to clarify, this used to be in game. When the game first launched up until about Issue 3 in Independence Port Sister Psyche was using Aurora Borealis's model and the trainer was Malaise.

After the Calvin Scott TF was released Sister Psyche was given her own unique model and Malaise was replaced with her old model and renamed Aurora Borealis.