Vauluur

A sentiment I share. Most recently, this has been demonstrated by comments about the recent base bugs (which may or may not be linked to fixing base raids). IIRC the general idea was there was code they didn't even know what it did. Someone (a dev or player, I forget which) joked that it would be easier to start bases over from scratch at this point. A second example would the aggro/taunt formula. The closest anyone has gotten to understanding that thing is the rough (and fairly complex) estimate that currently floats around the Tanker forums.

I would think that the issues facing PB development are somewhat less complex, but it can't be "easy" by any sense of the word.

Hmm, hadn't thought of Time and coloring. I might wait for I22 and use Dark Control for the Umbral Beast and the Haunts. Plus it comes with Possess or whatever it's called for an enchantment spell. I will consider that. Other thoughts?

Correct, the character is my main. As I stated in my first post, this is his third build - for which I can think of no ordinary purpose. Also I envision this character as more of a hybrid than a pure ranged or pure melee when using this build. I'll probably put Teleport to good use.

I thought about it, but it's inferior to Darkness Mastery because of the single target nature of the abilities. It's much easier to supplement AoE attacks using Blackwand and a few well placed melee attacks than to supplement single targets.

I've actually started to think that as well, and I have it on one of my builds. It would synchronize with my teleportation idea for entering and exiting melee. However, its recharge is to high to have it up every time I wanted it and it may be hard to salvage enough power choices to get it. I'll definitely give it a shot.

As others said, Nova should make a significant difference. Make sure you are refilling your inspiration tray before your missions if you are having a lot of trouble. Inspirations are an incredibly powerful tool and a lot of players (new and old) sometimes forget to use them. If you really, really, can't kill something then go to your contact and buy three red inspirations and three purple inspirations. Use all six right before you attack. That will make you very hard for your enemy to hit and give you a substantial damage increase.

The Nemesis Staff and Sands of Mu (while also being available as temporary powers from some older missions) are usually taken to mean the Paragon Rewards attacks. You actually can get your reward tokens faster than once a month now, because you get them for buying certain amounts of points in the Paragon Market.

There are a number of ways to respec. For a lot of us, we have free ones from Paragon Rewards to use. There are also "trials" (the old kind, not the new kind) you can run at level 24, 34, and 44 (I think those are the levels, been years since I've actually had to run one.) Like you said, you can buy respec tokens on the Paragon Market. It is also possible to find/buy and craft a respec recipe. However, those are rare and tend to cost a lot of influence at Wentworth's. For you, I'd suggest talking to a trainer when you want to respec and simply switching to your second build. It will need to be trained up from level 1-6 the first time you do so and is effectively a respec as a result.

Stun Grenades can be purchased as a recipe at Wentworth's. I don't recall how expensive they are, but they would certainly be useful for you. It's a targeted AoE stun. I'm not certain of the magnitude or accuracy, but it usually stuns a good portion of a spawn. There's no guarantee it will stun the quantum, but it would reduce incoming damage from other sources.

This. Especially with everyone in the Carnival of Light running around with energy blast coming out of wands.

I was under the impression it increased the Dwarf resistance and the damage of Nova. I didn't know it affected human form at all, which I can't say I agree with at all. I can see the reasoning for giving Dwarf more resistance since as it is now Dwarf provides nothing mechanically beyond being a set mule and mez protection if you don't/won't have Clarion. At least with more resistance it could stand on its own to give a WS capped resistance against a single target or give a PB capped resistance when the crash from Light Form might be too risky. I'm not sure when that might be mind you, just saying that it is a valid condition that could theoretically arise.

I'm not actually sure how I installed cxgames. I did it late the other night. I grabbed whichever file it suggested for my distribution I'm sure. As far as CoH, it's installed in c:/Program Files/City of Heroes on a Windows XP bottle.

Also, the cxgames directory defaults to being hidden (.cxgames), so that may be an issue. It took me awhile to figure that out to be able to find the folder I needed. This being my first major experience with linux, I'm not really sure how to "unhide" that directory.

I hadn't actually considered the possibility of being at the damage cap. Strange, seeing as I was frustrated by that on my Inv/SS just yesterday.

Because if you click it every time it's up you're not getting the full effect. I use mine when I need it. Not more or less than that.

I'm not saying it's as active as a Regen or anything. Nothing is. I'm just saying it's more active than Willpower and gives me something to think about while I'm wading through minions.

One reason I could see is Mo runs on task forces and any involvement in trials. It's very useful to have a ranged attack in those situations and I kind of regret leaning on my Blackwand since it's disabled in both of those cases. Not a huge deal, but it is a legitimate reason to consider keeping Fire Blast. Fire Ball, however, is not necessary.

As has been said, Dull Pain actually makes a significant difference. It may be true that I don't like Willpower, it may also be true that there a lot of people that do. I don't recall saying anything about people not liking it. In fact, my post says that I don't like the toggle up and go set because I find it boring. It then says "You may have a different opinion."

This was my first thought as well. My Lore pets have absolutely triggered interface. Of course, I'm using Reactive which you did not test. If the three you tested are not triggered by Lore pets, I'd say that's probably a bug. At least I hope it is.

A lot of what you wrote is what I expected, but never took the time to confirm. The weird things at the bottom throw me for a bit of a loop though. Did the enemy group you were fighting have any effect on the Spectral weirdness?

This. I agree with this to an incredible degree. This thread has been another example. Rather than people who don't like trials actually stating how trials can be made better, they just whine about gimmicks and call people that enjoy them elitist.