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So you're telling me if I placate any mob in a group, and see "Hidden" on my Status bar, even if say, two other enemies are swinging at me (And not connecting), then I can get a Critical on any of them, not just the one I actually placated?

If that's the case, 34 levels with that either not working for me, or me just not trying it enough.

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Seems to work just fine for me, i'll have to test it some more when i next am on but if i can placate a door and then critical on it (heist missions) i don't see why anything else would stop me...

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Ya know what gets confusing sometimes? Lets say you attack 4 enemies - you AS one, dead. You ET another, dead. You placate the 3rd - He can't see you anymore, but the other still can, yet in Status it says "Hidden", even if you are only hidden to that one guy.

Know what I mean?

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Your trying to think about it too logically... Instead of trying to think about who you are currently hidden to... Instead its simply a state that you exist within, using placate activates your hide powers.. You are either hidden, or you are not, at no point are you hidden to some and not to others..

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Knowing Statesman this is our cryptic clue for the month lol.

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Well given the name of the company I guess we shouldnt be exact surprised :P

This is good to know. I was recently trying to decide between a dark primary or rad and the status protection was a big lean for rad.

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Radiation:
The cons of this set are that it relies on anchors, and that it does not have any way of granting status protection, just resistance. The difference is with resistance the status lasts a shorter time, but it will still effect you if it lands. This means it will drop toggles.

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I was under the impression that status protection powers all worked off of magnitude, which resists the status effect until its magnitude has been reached. For example the scrapper regen toggle integration protect against everything, but you still hit the rare toggle drop, it just takes enough enemies using a status attack on you. Am I mistaken? Or is it perhaps just that the mag on accerlate metabolism is lower?

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Still here...been busy with visitors this week. Plus - we've got E3 around the corner and, of course, City of Villains (though I'm not saying anything other than "this year" for a time estimate).

And I've been working some on the Arena (playtesting) and even Issue 5 stuff. Oh - and whatever comes AFTER City of Villains. Wouldn't you like to know that?

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Are you sure that your not really Lord Recluse in disguise? Because thats just evil.

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do you thing you could right a program to automatically convert all post's to jerkaking cause ya I could do it but I dont really want take the time sorryif NEone already ask that but i was to lazy to read the whole thread first

only 20185 til i LVL NE inf plz?

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I'm tempted, however one must be careful with the jerkhacking culture for its a scarey place and I'm not sure many of us would enjoy waking up one day to find ourselves too deep.

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Greetings,

I don’t know if I should be impressed, or deeply frightened by the guide. I have to admit when I read the original “jerkhacking” post I couldn’t figure out what the heck the point was supposed to be. After further (brain-pain causing) reading, I figured out the gist of what he was trying to say. However, after reading your guide, I am now 100% sure that it’s already too late: I’M GONE TO THE AMERICANS. Have you ever considered becoming a translator for other Jerkhacking-to-English situations? In all seriousness, you did an excellent job breaking it down piece by piece and turning that monstrosity into something readable by the average forum-goer.

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There are a couple accelerated learning techniques however the most successful involve either being highly intoxicated or hit in the face with shovel...

Greetings my fellow heroes,
This guide is to assist those interested how to translate the biggest impact on language since Ebonics: Jerkhacking. That’s right; in just 11 easy steps YOU can speak jerkhacker too!

this what happened in the last game i played hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat there no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it we ruin it and there we not be a COH IT WELL BE GONE TO THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!

How to Speak Jerkhacking 101
Sections
1. Never use the word "is".
2. Never use a period or a comma.
3. Spell "will" as "we" or "well" (if you want to capitalize it).
4. The word “TO" is synonymous with "for" when capitalized.
5. Never capitalize anything…
6. Insert random extra words such as “and”.
7. Spell things wrong, it helps the words better roll off the tongue.
8. Extra words that mean the opposite of what you intend are good.
9. The only words deserving of capitalization are significant people and the most important point of your paragraph.
10. Leave some words out, they arent al important.
11. Bringing it all together

<ul type="square">[*]1. Never use the word "is".
this is what happened in the last game i played hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat there is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it we ruin it and there we not be a COH IT WELL BE GONE TO THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]2. Never use a period or a comma.
this is what happened in the last game i played. hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat. there is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it we ruin it and there we not be a COH, IT WELL BE GONE TO THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]3. Spell "will" as "we" or "well" (if you want to capitalize it).
this is what happened in the last game i played. hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat. there is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE TO THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]4. The word “TO" is synonymous with "for" when capitalized.
this is what happened in the last game i played. hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat. there is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. so unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]5. Never capitalize anything… (The exception to this rule will be highlighted in point 9)
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares and gold and just anything to cheat. There is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]6. Insert random extra words such as “and”.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone dupin rares (and) gold and just anything to cheat. There is no extened maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]7. Spell things wrong, it helps the words better roll off the tongue.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone duping rares, (and) gold and just anything to cheat. There is no extended maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people don't let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]8. Extra words that mean the opposite of what you intend are good.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone duping rares, (and) gold and just anything to cheat. There is no extended maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people (don't) let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]9. The only words deserving of capitalization are significant people and the most important point of your paragraph.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone duping rares, (and) gold and just anything to cheat. There is no extended maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people (don't) let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]10. Leave some words out, they arent al important.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone by duping rares, (and) gold and just doing anything to cheat. There is no extended maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people (don't) let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!!
[*]11. Bringing it all together.
This is what happened in the last game I played. Hackers ruined it for everyone by duping rares, gold and just doing anything to cheat. There is no extended maintenance there trying to catch the hacker and we pay for it. So unless people let GM'S know of wrong doing's in the game it will ruin it and there will not be a COH, IT WILL BE GONE FOR THE AMERICANS!!!!!!![/list]

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Maybe this power does not belong in with what you have listed..
But I would really like to see now much a drain.. hasten will
cause..

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Well, provided you dont have any +end accolades.. Its the 2 minute uptime and 25 percent of your end as a cost, so 25 / 120 = 0.2083 per second... (This is assuming its six slotted, otherwise it functions as the cost while its up.. ) Hasten is a great ability - even if your not using it 24/7 its a great asset for that rough boss here and there..

I know this isnt a toggle, but it is part of end drain if you want it perm, something I found myself wanting to know..

For those of you running perm dull pain:
(Assuming: 5 or 6 recharge redux in hasten, 4 redux in dull pain, this puts you just a hair under 2 minutes)
(the following numbers are from warcry, and i would love it if somebody could confirm them)
(scrapper)regen end cost for DP: 21
(scrapper)invul end cost for DP: 15
tanker end cost for DP: 21?!

This means that for regen scrappers and tanks we get the following:
21/120 seconds = 0.175
Scrapper invul:
15/120 seconds = 0.125

This means that to keep up DP (ignoring the hasten costs) it's cheaper then sprint. With the hasten costs (25 / 120 seconds = 0.208) its 0.383 for regen/tank, 0.333 for invul scrappers, around the cost of hover or stealth. Not bad for the large permanant increase to HP.

(Really hope I'm off about the tanker power costs, should be the other way around as it is a more tanker oriented power.. )

Why not just give each attack a reasonable damage "pool" with an individual mob ceiling: when you hit mobs it divides pool by mob and makes sure it doesnt go over the ceiling... Seems like this would fix alot and you could still have aoe be uber and hit hard you would just have scale the size of groups to the golden number.

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I thought I'd post here to explain why developers make changes to MMP games. In a nutshell: because they think it'll make the long term enjoyment better.

Human nature often demands immediate gratification. Sometimes, this comes into conflict with the long term enjoyment.

Case in point: much of our zone distribution, spawn placement and mission difficulty is based on a simple supposition. Players should be entertained/challenged by mobs -2 to +2 levels different. A single +2 minion should be REALLY hard - a single -2 minion should be pretty easy. But that's the range that much of the game hangs on. And that works great for levels 1 to 20, in my opinion.

Starting at level 22, when players get S.O. Enhancements, they quickly outstrip their foes. The missions cease to be entertaining, because a +1 mobs are just too easy. Better XP can be found by taking on +4 mobs in zones. Single characters can take on spawns that are intended for many heroes. And there's no place for a maximum sized group to go in order to find a tough and rewarding battle.

In the case of making the higher level game more fun, I want to make the difficulty of the later levels resemble early gameplay. At first, some players will decry "but I can't do what I used to! Ack! I can't solo two +4 bosses anymore?" True - but they'll have fun battling 3 white minions - which is something you can say at level 15, but not at level 35. Long term, the entire game will sparkle once this sort of balance is restored - because so much of the game design hangs upon it.

Anyway, sorry for my rambling. I wanted to give you a glimmer of the developer reasoning.

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Hmm.. I dont know about most of the other players in COH, but I personally enjoy that as I rise in levels im being able to push the bar on the mob groups I can solo. It makes it feel much more epic and heroic, its one of the fatal flaws for myself that I discovered on other MMO's, it was boring for me to still be fighting one foe at a time in DAoC. I'm not suggesting that heroes continually be able to fight and take out 100 mobs at a time, just that there is some scaling such that a high level char is fighting impressive groups..

psychological experimentation indeed!

Code or psychological experimentation?