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Hello, I am planning two events Jan 2nd and 3rd on protector.

The first event will be on Jan 2nd at 11am est and is an "in character" only team event. Basically, you must be in character at all times, we will do lvl 50 papers until we reach the mayhem mish in grandville, after the mayhem is complete, the event is over.

These are the rules:
Always observe the the Terms of service.

1.You must be in character at all times, in the event you have to leave the team, you can either quit, or create an excuse Like, "I feel like this might be a trap, you clowns are on your own". However, things like, "I gtg to eat now" or, "My bros gotta use the PC" will be frowned upon.
2. No foul language, ethnic-hate, or non-office approved behavior will be tolerated.
3. We will be using local instead of the team channel, for all to enjoy.
4. Since this is a VILLIAN SIDE ONLY event, feel free to act like villians, try not to be too abusive and do not take anything too personal. Standing by while your team gets clobbered is fine, however, im sure they will remember that. Glowy grabbing is natural. However, if your here to leech and not participate, don't bother coming.
5. No spamming verbal macros. You have a few days if you want to make some.
6. If you have common sense, use it.
7. This may be a bit time consuming with the dialog, wait your turn, you will get your say.
8. Have fun.

A large desposit of rare jewels are being stored at a bank. You heard a rumor going around that a young villian by the name of Ms. Tyranny will be trying to knock off that bank and steal the jewels including, a rare ruby called the Fire Mist stone worth millions. Through your underground contacts, you find out she will be in the lobby of the arcitech entertainment building in Cap Au Diable at 11Am est, possibly, looking to recruit more for her team.

The second event will be speed candy cane runs at 11am on Jan 3rd open to heros and villians alike feel free to join just for the exp. The team will be run by .Century so send a tell if u want in.

Happy holidays and enjoy!

B.

Zig to Shark.

Hello out there! I started a fire/Earth assault dominator(my 3rd dominator) and I would like to share how my build went from 1-50.

Toon name-Fallen Rage
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Lvl 1-12 I used the x2 players difficulty and solo'ed. Also, I had brawl on auto, sands of mu and nem staff(which I hardly used due to KB effects)

I took Fire Control/Char and Earth Assault/stone spears(required) at lvl 1. I always skip the single target immobilize and its a good idea to keep your target held while you pummel him.

Lvl 2 was Earth Assault/stone mallet. This was a good choice as I needed more firepower.

Lvl 4 I took Earth Assault/tremor. As a PBAoE attack, it is a good way to whittle down mobs.

Lvl 6 I took fitness-swift as I always do with all my toons. Basically, getting ready for the other fitness pool powers.

Lvl 8 By this time, I was taking quite a few lumps so I need a defensive power. I took Fire Control/smoke which has to-hit debuff and -perception as I thought it would be good to use if I had to stealth a part of a mission.

Lvl 10 I took Fire Control/hotfeet and my idea here was to use it as a brute like damage aura however, the endo cost of 1.0/per second was too much to keep it on at all times. So, I ended up using it as a defense, as it causes enemies to flee.

Lvl 12 I took flight-Air superiority as I always do with all my toons. The extra attack came in handy.

At this point, I had to change the difficulty back to 0/0. I was barely able to survive and would run out of endo quite often.

Lvl 14 Flight-fly.

Lvl 16 Fitness-health

Lvl 18 I noticed that I could keep hotfeet on almost all the time, to use it effectively and keep foes immobilized, I took Fire Control/fire cages.

Lvl 20 was fitness-stamina

Lvl 22 I tried to beat the sea witch(orange EB) and was unable to solo her, I had to recruit help. Also, I took Fire Control/flashfire as an AoE opener, then hit them with fire cages and then let hotfeet and my attacks do the work. Thr combo worked well, but I died alot as well. I then tried flashfire, hide behind a corner, then immoblize and that was more effective.

Lvl 24 Earth Assault/Heavy mallet Was needed as my ability to finish foes was dwindling.

Lvl 25 Things were going great, up to this point, I was able to solo three EBs. Blue phaser(red) Golden sphinx(orange) and Leoknight(orange). Most mobs were easy to dispatch using tactics like hit and run, reverse pulls etc.

Stay "tooned" for Part two "When the Circle came to town"

B.

After work at 2 am, I stayed up til 4 am gaming and went to bed. I was living at home and the next thing I knew, my phone was ringing and it was my exgirlfriend who said " they blew up the the towers we are under attack" I turned on the TV, told her I loved her and hung up to watch in a groggy nightmarish haze. I felt rage, like I wanted to get on a plane, and go over there and kill them all, by myself. Thats when the second plane hit.

I went to work that day. I dont remember a thing while I was at work. I must of zoned out. When I go t home, for the first time ever in my life, I felt unsafe and I knew eveything changed from then on.

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I would like to throw this out. Its not so much the AT, but the person who uses it. My ele/wp stalker is better than most brutes on my server, point being, they have no idea how to slot, or utilize their powers. I am speaking from experience when I say that, ANY AT that is dismissed based on what that AT is, is pure prejudice and/or ingnorance.

Case in point: MoLRSF 6 man team(the other two quit):

Stalker enrg/ea
MM zombies/poison
MM soldiers/traps
Corr fire/ice
Brute ss/invul
Dom grav/enrg(me)

Unlikely combo wouldn't you say?

Well, we had double stacked vengence, and our icy corr really new what the hell she was doing with great single pulls.

The damage factor came with the stalker doing nothing but ASing heros and we got the job done. No Kins, Stones or rads.

Second point: Im an AEoholic(im not getting into why, thats another post coming up). I run teams with my ele/wp stalker and most times carry the team through EXPERIENCED play. I have seen enrg/stone brutes that died so much, you thought they were going for a debt badge. I also have seen a soldiers/traps MM out play most ATs based on pure skill.

Give me skill over a powerful AT any day. You can throw numbers at me all day, but in the end, they are worthless, if the person at the other end of the screen is lacking skill to use those numbers.

Tender hearted disclaimer:

This post was not directed at anyone, it also was not meant to prove anyone right or wrong or, to challenge anyones ego. If you are offended by this post, go take a powder and read readers digest, or, go mope in your room and listen to the Jonas Brothers on your ipod.

B

The Angels are there to keep the people unhappy, they are evil, nothing more, nothing less. They are perceived by the people as forces of good. However, there was one angel who disagreed. One who felt that there should be a balance between happy and unhappy and for that type of thinking she was imprisoned...until...

Arc-Angel Desire lay on the bed, scantily clad as usual her pale white skin barely reflecting the light in this dark chamber. Her golden blond hair shimmered with a magical radiance. Lying on her side, facing the door, as one of her large wings flapped slowly to cool her body, she heard footsteps approaching her chamber.

Suddenly, the door to her chamber flung open. It was Arc-Angel Wrath. She looked utterly angry. Desire smiled as she loved to torment Wrath with her body, and knew just how to do it.

Desire shifted so more of her body was exposed. "My dear Wrath, how nice to see you...angry"

Wrath removed her helmet revealing her deep fiery red hair. She then glared at Desire. "I see you are doing your usual 'nothing'. Have you sensed her arrival? How she broke free, is a mystery..." Turning her back to Desire she said, "...unless, she had help."

Desire rose to her knees on the bed, and both of her wings now seated behind her. She closed her icy blue eyes and began to 'feel' if Wrath was correct. A vision of a dark angel appeared in her mind’s eye. Casually, while glancing toward the ceiling, she said "Are you accusing me of releasing her? Surely you know that I hated her more than anything,...anyone."

Wrath felt uneasy as she sees Desire's beautiful body. Wrath was blessed with a tactical mind, and warrior skills, but wanted to be beautiful like Desire. She also knew that Desire, when angered, can be a formidable opponent. "I..I wasn't accusing anyone. I am merely trying to figure out how this happened" Wrath sat on the bed next to Desire, glancing at her bare thigh wanting to reach out and touch it, the temptation was great.

"My Angels, what a pretty sight this is." Arc-Angel Deceiver entered through the door-way. She was the master angel, the first, and therefore the leader."By now we all know that she has escaped her interdimentional prison we made for her. I know not how she escaped, but the truth is, she will be coming for us.” She picked up Wrath’s helmet and tossed it to her. “Time to enrage the people my dear Wrath while I spread lies, that Fallen Rayge is pure evil, and will have to be struck down”

To be continued in I16...

I hoped you enjoyed the short story.
Golden American

They should have server maintenance at 6 am to 8 am EST on any week day they want. Problem solved.

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I am lvl 40. I did three SF, and soloed about 25 story arcs, i got 128 merits to show for it villian side. Even if i story-arc out, i might not make the 200+ for a decent recipe. Merit cost is too high or Merit rewards are too low. You cant sell merits so there is no fear of farming them. IF someone were to sell the recipes they get from farmed merits, it would drive the game economy down however, is that a really bad thing? Do we really need to spend 100 million on a LoTG 7.5%? I play on protector, so because of the rareness of teams, SF are almost never done, with the exception of LRSF or ITF making getting any kind of merit stash impossible.

Here are some ideas, they were already metioned im sure:

*Lower the cost of recipes:

If you make the best recipes 100 merits maximum, you only need to run four SF to get it, thats doable at the current cost per SF.

draw backs:
People will play SF more often to get more merits and neglect story-arcs.
People will farm SFs again just as they did in the past.

*Raise the amount of merits for story-arcs:

Two merits for 30 mins of story arc is not gonna cut it. If you raise the amount of merits you get to say 10, you still have to do 10 story-arcs to get the best recipes.

Draw backs:

People who hate story arcs, wont do them period.
People will farm story arcs, which will force them to experience content, which is what the merit system was designed to do anyway

*an alternative would be to create different types of merits that have different values and throw in a random amount as a bouns:

Lets say you are doing a SF vs story-arcs, the merits you would get from the SF would be worth more. LIke a denomination system, where you might get 3x10 merit coins plus a random denomination(5 or 10 or even 20), where the story-arc may give a 5 merit coin plus a random of 2, 5, or 10.

A quick word on farming: It is there and always will be. Some people consider it fun, others hate it. The point is, people will do it, and there is no way to really abolish it and if you try to, you will lose more people than you gain however, if you encourage it, you will gain more people than you lose.

Lastly, make merit rewards for paper mishs. Maybe 2 per mish with a bonus of 5 per mayhem. So if you are in Port oakes, you can start buying those earlier sets if you want to.

Just my .003 cents after taxes.

B.