Ultimus

Originally Posted by Codewalker

Update: Definitely test the PPM per the above, but I'd hold off on any in-depth performance testing just yet. The old effect of the Brute ATO hasn't been removed yet, so if you slot it (and if the procs are working now), you'll get BOTH.

I'm betting this build was pushed out in a hurry so that Darkness Control could be tested, so I'm sure that little bug will be squashed soon.

Originally Posted by Golden Girl

That wouldn't work for any future content mentioning Statesman - the killer of Statesman has to be "official", so that there's one name that can always be used for the murderer - events in the neta-story need a basic truth that applies to everyone all across the game world.

Originally Posted by Aggelakis

It's an american bill, but depending on the severity, it would have worldwide effects (especially since the main internet infrastructure is in the US), and also especially if other countries see the US as starting a new 'thing' to do.

Originally Posted by Combat

Bots/Traps: Can solo any GM or AV in the game in complete safety.

Ill/Rad, Ill/Cold, Ill/anything with a regen debuff: No risk, same deal.

I'm going to stop there, but you are wrong. You assume stacking buffs and debuffs meant that my character was better than multiple support characters, and that is wrong. He isn't as good as ONE. Look up Silverado, and notice what he doesn't use: melee characters. And for good reason; they aren't as good at what he does.

Look in the Rikti Pylon thread. Notice that many of the top times are not held by scrappers, but by controllers, corrupters, and masterminds. And since you have a Crab, I'll just let you know that the fastest time ever was set by Crab, for a total of over 1000 DPS, over 3 times better than the fastest DM/SD with max mobs in AAO and Soul Drain. So don't cry to me about my character being overpowered when I can safely say that he wasn't the best at any single aspect of the game. And remember, every one of the support characters is much more valuable to a team than any melee character.

To be clear, I'm not angry about losing what I liked about my shielder. I can fairly easily replicate everything that he did on another character, though I am said that I will lose the invested time and effort I put into him. What makes me angry is that this change is not positive in any way. At best, it is a QoL nerf. And when developer time is used to negatively impact the playerbase, something is wrong. I would be willing to lose the ability to slot membranes if it meant that HOs were buffed to the point of actual usefulness, but right now it is just a net loss in usability.

Originally Posted by Eva Destruction

The Well, Rularuu, they're both powered by the crazy.



No, the writers want him to kill Statesman and get his powers, is how it's written. He isn't a genius, he just has access to behind-the-scenes information that nobody else in the game is given access to. Furthermore, villains aren't allowed to interfere with his plans at any point, even though at the end of his arc he tells you he wants to free Rularuu.



Thank you for this, I shall think of Wade as Wile E. Coyote from now on.



Two insane minds, one body. It's like that comic where Deadpool got the Power Cosmic.*

Oh and seriously, Ruladak the Ravager? How hard is it to look up the ONE TF he appears in and get his name right? Sloppy. But then again, I fully expect sloppy these days.

*This comic might not actually exist.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

I was on one of my alts in the Reactor and I actually used the line, "I'm Zombie Man from the forums and I assure you it's a myth." And they backed off.

Posting has its privileges.

Originally Posted by Dark Energon

I did have a convo ingame saying that 'Hacked Teleporter' could mean red/blue beacons in zone and that they could merge both sides to fight Praetoria.
Looking at the SuperPack cards, the hero and villain logo are made one

Originally Posted by Devlin_Quaid

SPOILERS!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!
SPOILERS!!!!








Okay, I have a few problems. The arc wasn't terrible, but i want to get some stuff off my chest.

First and foremost. What the crap was with Wade's "I want to free rularuu" thing being a surprise? ANYONE who has done his arc (That gives a badge, even) knows that. He is quite proud of the fact. How did I not see this coming?!?

Second: The old "Walk into a ritual" trick? Really? Come on States, how long have you been alive again? (before this >_> )

Third: Statesman got NOTHING out of any of this. He just -died-, No grand sacrifice, didn't even bloody Wade's nose. "Herp, gonna fling around the most powerful hero like a ragdoll then leave him a smoking corpse"

States, no matter WHAT people think of him, deserved something a bit more dignified. A grand battle, a sacrifice, something other than just walking onto an obvious trap and getting fried.

Originally Posted by Xzero45

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he's being subtly directed by Rularuu himself mentally or via some agent or something. Darrin thinks he's got everything he needs to free Rularuu and take his power, but Rularuu will easily break free from anything Darrin uses to bind him. He probably won't kill Darrin, allowing him to live to see the destruction he'll cause now that he's freed, and that's where the villain/hero will probably step in, to get their final battle with Darrin and have revenge/justice.

Originally Posted by Slaunyeh

Alright, thanks. I still think Wade is a pretty lame "ultimate villain", but that's neither here nor there.

Originally Posted by Zombie Man

Since people will ask, they are, in order:

Jessica Megan Duncan/Miss Liberty, Stefan Richter/Lord Recluse, Monica Richter Cole.

Monica is the one seen for a split second in the latest Vidoc and Ultimus totally called it.

A demorecord confirms that those are the models.

Originally Posted by Slaunyeh

Can you describe what happens?

PM will be fine if we're trying to keep spoilers to a minimum.

Originally Posted by peterpeter

I feel you're pain (I've played a /regen scrapper since the days when a /regen scrapper could tank Hami, solo) but I have to say, looking at this from the dev's point of view for a moment, they never wanted a single character to be able to do any of those things you listed. You can be proud of having achieved those things, and you can cherish the memories of having done them. But if your character went from being able to do all *that* ... to being average, because they corrected a very old mistake with one enhancement, then I can see why they made the change.

Originally Posted by Combat

Put 20-30 billion into a fire build and the same amount into a /SD build, and the FA build will be tougher. You are comparing SD with defense softcapped to fire with no defense added, and yes, SD ends up on top at that level of investment. But if you add a lot of defense (usually smashing/lethal instead of positional) to fire, it becomes a much tougher set. This is part of the problem IOs have created; resistance sets can add tons of defense but defense sets cannot add similar levels of resistance. Before I would have agreed with you because any defense added to fire would be susceptible to defense debuffs while SD would remain at the softcap, but now that SD takes 5 times as much debuff the advantage is much less.

Originally Posted by Rodion

The next person in line of succession in the SG would become supreme leader. You would still be a member, but would have no access to your base.

As long as you don't join another SG your original SG will remain intact and when you return to your original alignment you would be able to enter your base again. If you were the only member, you would regain supreme leader status.