Venture_EU

Grats mate. Cant believe you got there before me...

I know this is probably a qustion for elsewhere on these boards but I was curious as to what defianteers (im gonna use that as the plural till someone gives me a better one) would think of non-instanced missions.

Just to clarify: i mean a mission where everybody can just drop in and fight together against a common enemy, possibly like Hami but maybe more mision based and on a smaller scale, or possibly like the pvp zones but without the pvp...

Was just thinking back to some of the things I used to like about SWG and the non linear, open mission aspect of the game (squill cave, fort tusken, genosian bunker etc) was one of its best qualities. (and worst due to griefing )

I would love for this to be set inside the crashed Rikti Ship... A large amount of hero teams all with different objectives working towards a common goal.

Any thoughts?

Congratulations mate! Sorry I missed the party...

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Ooooh happy birthday Venture!! xx

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Thankyou Pyra. X

problem is that the primaries took a major hit with ed as well heals are essentially half as effective...

sounds good, what avout the costumes? we just doing a dress as you lioke as long as its xmas themed?

I want the blaster secondary energy set. that'd rock!

lol, im emp/energy and thats pretty much all it does... if you get lucky with knockback it just about gives you enough time to run away screaming... Soloing went out of the window for me with ED (wasn't easy before to be fair but ED was the final nail in the coffin)

I could be wrong but I believe that toggle powers are free to cast and only use end over time. Thus end reductions reduce end the whole time the power is active.

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As far as Absorb Pain... I've been a devout user of it for many levels as well, but I'm a little worried about it in I6. There was another thread where it was suggested that since we now have to use it more, the length of time where we can't heal ourselves should be reduced. It's a fair point. I never found I had to repeatedly use it to the point of stacking the effect on myself in the past. I can imagine that on a large team - especially in a tough mission like something in the Shadow Shards - it could get some really heavy usage now. The period where you couldn't heal yourself was fine when it was just an emergency heal, but it doesn't work for regular use.

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Thats the problem, I'm using it so much that the healing prevention effect is essentially at times becoming perma... This is ok except when i'm on a team mission against enemies with AoE attacks. (a la shadow Shards)

On a tangent, the 3rd SS Tf wasn't a problem and is definitely the most enjoyable. The 4th was the worst in terms of difficulty followed by the 2nd. The 1st wasn't hard but just takes far to far to long!

(Reading what i've just written it would appear that it's the Rularuu (spelling?) that cause me problems in the SS....

thinking the arena spam would go pretty insane....

hehe, thanks mate. But it wasn't so much keeping you alive as trading my life for yours due to ap, lol.

Hi guys, fraid im gonna have to bail on this [censored] hit the fan at work and i wont be back this side of half eight. Good luck guys and if anyone else cant make it im thinking of trying again this tuesday...

maybe its just the shadow shards then... really felt i wasnt contributing to the team at all.

what level are you? Just curious really, most of the time its ok but the 4th ss was a [censored]. Rularu are a nightmare, nem were slightly better and rikti were fine but the eyeballs and wisps kicked my [censored] everytime i used ap...

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Is absorb pain a power that you have respecced in since ED?

I think Absorb Pain is a power that you need to learn to use so that you don't get yourself killed when you are using it - I've had it in Psygon's build since Lvl 4 and only die when I deliberatly sacrifice myself (OK, I'm strange!).

I'm sure that given a little longer with the power you will find that you don't get slaughtered quite as much as you are now...

It's a great power...



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I've had absorb pain since level 4 or 5... I'm now level 48. The only thing ive done to it in ED is slot it with 3 recharge and 3 heals instead of 6 heals.

I had no problem using it before Ed, it was an occasional heal (tho i used it more frequently than any other empath ive seen) used in tight spots and used to do massive heals (2040 in fact). Post Ed it does about 1000.

The problem is that because all the heals have taken a hit in terms of the hp they heal (each has been roughly halved) im having to rely on AP a lot more and am now using it with the frequency i used to use heal other.

Basically this means im spending the vast majority of my time in high level task forces unable to heal myself...

When I am finally able to heal myself again healing aura takes 2 or 3 activations to take me back to full health.. if combats still happening im usually getting pummeled thena s well..

That was my point.

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In my very personal opinion this is not NEARLY close enough to xmas to be xmassy enough!

I suggest a rethink!

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Same here, I was thinking a proper xmas hami raid... no earlier than the 20th..

K guys, everyone interested meet at 7.30pm tomorrow evening at positron in steel canyon and we'll work out teams there and then...

ive already done it mate but if your short let me know...

I'm gwetting crucified in the 4th Shadow Shard TF cus of this power.

I have no problem loosing the hitpoints but post ED the healing prevention is killing me. Anyone else experiencing the same?

ooh missed that one. when was that?

Its ok, i've decided not to heal any of you buggers tonight!

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Blasters: Santa
Scrappers: Snowmen
Defenders: Elves

Looks like the others are gonna have to scrape the barrel then! Everyone as Santa would be fun, I like that idea

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Well if people want an all santa even thats cool as well. I'm just venting my ideas here

K im claiming elves for defenders then!

Blasters: Santa
Scrappers: Snowmen
Defenders: Elves

yeah, storm palace is horrible at the moment. Glad I picked up fly, have no problem TPing you though mate.

Think the TF's going ok so far, with the exception of me face planting too much and the occasional missed heal.