brian9824

Trying to come up with a late game build. Money isn't abundant but i'm not poor and can make more. I'd love some advice on anything I can do overall to improv this build.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.952
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Radical Ion: Level 50 Science Brute
Primary Power Set: Electrical Melee
Secondary Power Set: Regeneration
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Havoc Punch -- Mako-Acc/Dmg(A), Mako-Dmg/EndRdx(3), Mako-Dmg/Rchg(3), Mako-Acc/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Mako-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(5), Mako-Dam%(7)
Level 1: Fast Healing -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+(A), Numna-Heal(7), Numna-Heal/Rchg(9), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(37)
Level 2: Charged Brawl -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(11), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(11), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(13), Acc-I(34)
Level 4: Super Speed -- Clrty-Stlth(A), Clrty-EndRdx(37), Clrty-RunSpd(40)
Level 6: Quick Recovery -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(9), P'Shift-EndMod/Acc(13)
Level 8: Thunder Strike -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(17), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(17), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(19), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(19), Oblit-%Dam(21)
Level 10: Dull Pain -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(15), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(40), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(46), Numna-Heal/Rchg(46), RechRdx-I(46)
Level 12: Hasten -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(21), RechRdx-I(23)
Level 14: Combat Jumping -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A)
Level 16: Integration -- Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(A), Panac-Heal/+End(36), Panac-EndRdx/Rchg(37), Numna-Heal/Rchg(48), Numna-Heal(48), Panac-Heal/EndRedux(48)
Level 18: Chain Induction -- KntkC'bat-Acc/Dmg(A), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx(23), KntkC'bat-Dmg/Rchg(25), KntkC'bat-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(25), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg(31), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg(36)
Level 20: Resilience -- Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(A), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(29), Aegis-ResDam(29)
Level 22: Boxing -- Acc-I(A)
Level 24: Burnout -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(27), RechRdx-I(27)
Level 26: Tough -- Aegis-ResDam(A), Aegis-ResDam/Rchg(31), Aegis-EndRdx/Rchg(36), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx(43), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx/Rchg(45)
Level 28: Instant Healing -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg(39), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg(39), Numna-EndRdx/Rchg(39), RechRdx-I(40)
Level 30: Weave -- LkGmblr-Def(A), LkGmblr-Rchg+(42), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(45)
Level 32: Lightning Rod -- Oblit-Dmg(A), Oblit-Acc/Rchg(33), Oblit-Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/Rchg(33), Oblit-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg(34), Oblit-%Dam(34)
Level 35: Revive -- RechRdx-I(A)
Level 38: Moment of Glory -- RechRdx-I(A), RechRdx-I(43), RechRdx-I(43)
Level 41: Superior Conditioning -- EndMod-I(A)
Level 44: Physical Perfection -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/Rchg(45), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(50)
Level 47: Maneuvers -- LkGmblr-Rchg+(A), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx(50), LkGmblr-EndRdx/Rchg(50)
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Fury
Level 4: Ninja Run
Level 2: Swift -- Run-I(A)
Level 2: Health -- Numna-Heal(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx(15), Numna-Heal/Rchg(31)
Level 2: Hurdle -- Jump-I(A)
Level 2: Stamina -- P'Shift-End%(A), P'Shift-EndMod(42), EndMod-I(42)

PB - and budget wise definitely under a billion or so.

I really enjoy the nova form but want that survivability factor as well, whether thats human form or dwarf form I really don't care either way, but i have no intention of being a tank, more of a scrapper/blaster.

Just hit 50 and plan to respec. I love nova form and plan to focus alot on it, but wanted to get feedback on what everyone suggests with either focusing on nova/dwarf, human/nova, etc and to see if there are any good guides that have sample build and sample slotting.

Try running the hot fix mentioned here in first post http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=0#Post12716869

Seems to have fixed mine

Well there are about 10 thread in first 3 pages just on this issue alone, plus this big thread filled with people with the same issue - http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....part=1&vc=1

All from people who seem to have had no problems BEFORE the update. These posts combined with the fact i have numerous teammates in AE missions crash daily tends to prove there IS an issue, it might not effect everyone but it IS effecting people who had no problems before it.

I already went ahead and set my account to not auto-renew. Hopefully rolling back to older drivers fixes this because right now the game is unplayable when i crash every 15 minutes.

Going to try a few Windows Vista fixes later tonight. Apparently my drivers might be too new. The whole vista thread seems to be indicating that City of Heroes doesn't work well with newer drivers and going to OLDER drivers fixes the issues which is a laugh.

Both happens. I get both the City of heroes has encountered an error and pops up window to enter what I was doing when it occured, map server disconnects, complete server crashes where everyone in zone is kicked off, etc.

I posted my spec's here http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showflat....=2#Post13418385

There is no reason to have issues like I am having, and like I said CoH has run flawlessly on my computer before I14. Never crashed once.

Also as far as them potentially not supporting Vista that would be one of the stupidest moves they can make. Especially as you have to fight to get a new computer without vista.

Well considering my computer is dual core 3 Ghz with 256 MB high end video card I seriously doubt its any settings on my end...

Numerous people have been reporting frequent Map Server Disconnects and random crashing. Hell its become common for many of my friends to crash and when you log back in find you are half a mile or more away from where you crashed in a random building i've never been in before.

80,000 people aren't playing it fine. I've had my entire team crash out all at once several times. It's a common occurence to enter an AE mission with 8 people and be down to 4-5 by the time everyone loads.

Figuire lets see how much I crash today

Current Count - 2

Figure i'll post too. Game was working fine before I14, after I14 constant crashes, d/c's, and map server DC's popping up. I can play for several hours with no problems, or crash 3-4 times in 15 minutes.

CoH Helper Info

---System information gathered by CoH Helper version 0.1.1.7---

DxDiag gathered at May 3, 2009 15:36 (-04:00)
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6001) Service Pack 1 (6001.vistasp1_gdr.090302-1506)
System Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
System Model: Dell XPS420
BIOS: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06
Central Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8500 @ 3.16GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
Memory: 3326MB
.Net Memory Report: 2494MB out of 3325MB available
Page File: 4474MB (2402MB currently in use)
C Drive: (SAMSUNG HD642JJ) 163114MB out of 595055MB (27%) free
D Drive: (SAMSUNG HD642JJ) 9866MB out of 15359MB (64%) free
E Drive: (TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-H653F) zero-size drive
Windows directory location: C:\Windows
DirectX: DirectX 10
DirectX Diag version: 6.00.6001.18000 (32-bit version)

Display Notes: No problems found.
Sound Notes: No problems found.

No problems found.
Input Notes: No problems found.

Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Monitor's Max Resolution: (blank)
Video Device Name: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT
Manufacturer / Chip: NVIDIA / GeForce 9800 GT
Video Memory: 1906 MB
Driver Version: 7.15.0011.8250
Driver Date: 3/27/2009 10:03:00 AM
Driver Language: English

Sound Device Description: Speakers / Headphones (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Driver File: stwrt.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5511.0000
Driver Date: 9/12/2007 4:40:48 AM

Sound Device Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF Out) (SigmaTel High Definition Audio CODEC)
Driver File: stwrt.sys
Driver Version: 6.10.5511.0000
Driver Date: 9/12/2007 4:40:48 AM


WMI Information
Motherboard Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
Motherboard Model: (empty)
Motherboard Product: 0TP406
Motherboard Version:
BIOS Manufacturer: Dell Inc.
BIOS Name: Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A06
BIOS Version: DELL - 15
BIOS Release: 20080623000000.000000+000

Registry Information for Current User
Resolution: 1440x900
3D Resolution: 1440x900 (Not using renderscale)
Full Screen: Yes
Maximized: No
Screen Position: 0, 0
Refresh Rate: 60Hz
Vertical Sync Enabled: Yes

Physics Quality: Medium
Maximum Particles: 50000
Max Particle Fill? 10.000
Physics Card Enabled: No

Anti-aliasing: 4x
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Texture LOD Bias: Smooth
Water Effects: High Quality
Bloom: 1.000 (turned on)
Depth of Field Enabled: Yes
Desaturation Effects (Sepia) Enabled: Yes
Shader Detail: High

World Texture Level: Very High
Character Texture Level: Very High
World Detail Level (Vis_Scale): 1.000
Entity Detail Level: 1.000
Shadows Enabled: Yes
Gamma Correction: 1.000
Geometry Buffers (VBOs) Enabled: Yes
Suppression of Extra Player FX Enabled: No
Suppression of FX When Camera Close Enabled: No
Close Suppression Range: 3.000
Show Advertisements: Yes

Audio Mode: Performance
3D Audio: No
FX Sound Volume: 0.343
Music Sound Volume: 0.291

Show Advanced Graphics Options: No
Overall Graphics Quality: 0.600
Reverse Mouse Buttons: No
Save Login Username: Yes
Transfer Rate: 293270 bytes/second
Current Game Version: 18.20090324.20T2\
Installation Directory: C:\Program Files\City of Heroes

Mod files in the Data directory
No modifications found

I doubt its anything on your end. My computer has had the exact same issues that just started after I14, game worked flawlessly before that.

Something in I14 is causing these problems and they need to fix it.

So after my latest in a long series of crashes my mouse cursor is now invisible when I log back into the game rendering the game completely unplayable.

I've already restarted my whole computer and it did nothing.

I got over 4000 in one mission last night so it seems to be fine.

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they did a fix, but even after it is still better to get tickets solo, or do no more than team of 4 for decent tickets.

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I dunno. I was on a 7 man team yesterday where we came out with 5000+ tickets each. course it was a defeat all on a large map. but still.

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Thats definitely more encouraging then doing 8 man teams of kill all on outdoor maps and getting under 100 tickets.

As of monday night it was still borked. Has it been finally fixed? If so how good are the rewards in team VS solo?

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For those wondering how the MA complaint system works, there was a blog post a few days back from Hero 1 that goes into details on how the system works. It made slashdot, which is how I found out about it. Let me go dig through slashdot to find the link....

Ok. Here we go.

As a short synopses, arcs are pulled automatically after they receive X complaints, with X increasing as the arc gets more and more non-complaint ratings. They can be republished once when pulled, but if pulled a second time they must be appealed to CS, and evaluated by a live person. And it's only at this third stage that CoH CS gets involved. The first two pullings are done totally automatically done by the system.

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I attempted to re-publish a banned arc and it was just deleted. Completely gone. Which sucks because i didn't have a local copy of it.

I'd suggest my arc. 2 story mission with fun enemies and a good story. Arc ID: 36357 - Robotic Mayhem

No huge maps, forced bosses, uber AV's. Just a nice story that can be enjoyed by everyone, although you might get ambushed a few times :-)

Hmm my bad then. That works better actually.

I had tried empathy before and when set to non combative they did nothing. Didn't heal or buff. I believe when set to non combative they can't use any powers that require a target, and I never had em fire off buffs either. Same issues with accelerate metabolism and speed boost. Only way I got an ally to use speed boost was to make him combative which means he stole xp.

I'm trying to come up with list of allies I can make who won't attack and steal xp but still provide a benefit. Have a few story idea's involving these buffers.

Pretty sure i already apologized for the bump, re-read rules and saw that it was there.

Forum description says "Please Provide feedback about Issue 14 including: play balance, concerns or issues based on your experience on the the Training Room Test Server! "

These are valid concerns such as being unable to test large spawns, wasting time and money to test on multiple difficulty levels, etc. Still its a matter of perspective I suppse.

PS from the forum rules and guidelines "The primary function of this message board is to provide an area for constructive player interaction and also to submit feedback to the development and publishing teams behind City of Heroes." Constructive Player Interaction = discussion or else there is no interaction.

and

"The purpose of the forum is to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas""

Using the same logic I can pick any post and say it should be moved such as the thread on Ticket Drops / Solo vs Team. It's a bug and it should be moved to the I14 bug forum and not be on the discussion forum. As could the other 4-5 bug threads on first page alone.

If the moderators feel this is the wrong place then the thread can be moved.

Yes
No
No

Confirmed Storm and dark will work and grant auras. Will try shield and pain domination later or if anyone else wants to test and post let us know

It's based off ENEMY level. So if your level spread is 40-54 and a lvl 1 person joins they are bumped up to minimum enemy level of 40.

So adding in a single custom enemy ruins it since they spawn 1-54.

Trying to come up with a list of powersets that give you powers people you rescue will use when set to passive.

So far I got the following

Force Field - Dispersion Shield
Sonics - Sonic Shield

Any others?

#3 would really come into play if #2 was implemented. Not many people have a build that could solo 8 man spawn.

Also its really annoying to expect everyone to have a solo toon. Some of us like to team.