chicken1013

yes pls - but i am very low

global chat is @heatshock
toons name is Below Freezing
Name a time and place - will try to be there!

spurred on my nice people here - another skecth fromt he same lecture lol - I really was bored.

Optical Delusion sketch2

man - should hav posted earlier lol
thx for positive comments. although I prob should work on my facial expressions more.

love the old 50's pin-ups/mucha type poses - think they got really great perspective

and the lecture was tuberculosis in the 21st century.
u can now understand why I was sketching instead.

thx for kind words mate.

1st showing of art outside of close friends
glad u liked it....

here's some sketches i did.
soz - did it during leture (hence poor paper quality lol)

Oh - and I like simple cossie's, makes it easier to skecth

Optical Sketch

Hey mate - see that u had a busy SUnday afternoon lol.

wot balaban forgot to say was that he is now L38 - and he is now repseccing outhis lesser armours as it were.

in general would agree with Shannons comments. I would take Rcok armour, Stone skin, Rooted, Earths Embrace, MudPots and taunt ASAP and when they come available. Obviuosly Shannon's comments abt levelling with this particualr build order are valid for those new to stone tanking - I wouldnt either lol.

Dont know enough abt Mace to comment abt recharge lengths - but i am stone/fire - find the 3 slotted hasten invaluable.

Health - my build was unchanged from L32 onwards (although I am over due one) - had this 3 slotted pre-granite, along with fighting pool, cos I found stone tanks pretty squishy before (plus I am a lousy tank ). Guess now that I am L49 - can take out enh slots from this?

Mudpots - I hav 3 dam 2 End Red 1 Taunt. But prob 2 taunts prob would be better - esp.ly with team tanking.

Earth's Embrace - I hav same slotting. Only time i ever had a problem with heatlh was with Carnies (*shakes fist*)

call me when u are on ur 50 run mate

lol - will keep a look out mate; and pls keep my global - always happy to team

1st thign to say is WELCOME TO COH!!!
Play which ever u hav the most fun with . ATs are more segregated in COH then in CoV i feel.
I like playing support toons mostly; and almost never solo. Team lots, SG and PuGs alike.
Also to note - I think there are often different stages of maturation of a toon, and L11- u prob arent getting to nice juicy bits of a AT.

The 1st interesting level is L14 and travel powers.

Next is around L24 (usually this mean something significant eg stamina, or a grp hold etc)

And finally L32 (again another significant point to gain mucho power eg Pets for trollers, granite for a stone tank)

Found L41 and above - a bit of a grind really.

Personally - i hav found the following pretty intersting

(1) stone/anything tank
(2) nrg/elect blaster
(3) ice/rad troller
(4) ill/kin troller - agree with u; mine is only L17; absolutely loving it!
(5) used to love empaths, but got bored at L41 (sigh - wot a waste huh)

I am also interested in (but not played hte follwoing ATs)

Ice tank
Warshade

hope this helps mate

sorry for 2 things mate :

(1) sorry to her abt GF grandma - hope everythign is alright
(2) not reading updates to the TF - didnt realise u were runnign it again on Fri; was on team when ur tell came in soz for dissapointing mate

Hope it went well though

crappi-ola. Soz mate - free for weekend (incl Fri) but definately not tomorrow, soz for invconvenience (SG event going on for me). GL!

hmmm - hav L40 empath - but cant be on till 8pm

hey mate - Gratz. hopign to get there soon myself

hye mate - hav a L40 empath who wouldnt mind coming along for the ride. Timing would be biggest issue in my case. Can play only after 8pm most nites; but then can play late
Toons name is Captain Chicken
@heatshock
Let me know

damn - wasnt the answer I was hoping for
*mutter mutter mutter over hero planner*
has orginally thought of getting leadership pools b4 fitness - will just hav to swap them round now. Ta for advice. (and to every1 else as well)

definately agree with ur point though Okton. GI vs SI is a playstyle thing. I play mostly in teams; and more imptly, with a lot of PUG as well as SG teams. So grp play, even with peeps i dont know features loads.

see u in the funny papaers!

ah i see - thought it was like phase shift - ie cant directly affect ur team. my mistake.

But still GI can provide both myself and my team with invis and a def bonus, rather than just myself.

I conceed that SI has better aggro range reduction, but still maintain that if I were to pick one - I'd go for GI.

Also heard that SI is also very end intensive, and also a toggle rather click power.

I took grp invis only. jsut from reading the description - superior invis has too many down sides. I took phase shift on my empath - hated it. Very situational - not useful for the team; and cant help team whilst superior invis is on.

I hav always been very team orientated anyways. I get some defence, can buff the team, and do other stuff if need be (ie transfusion etc). Agree that u only need one.

Wot i am now considering is.... if I slot for End Reduction - can i get away with NOT taking stamina

thx for reply guys. Glad to hear that my searches havent been in vain.
Last I had checked - no nerf was coming.
Also agree with point abt grnaite tank. Mine is only L46. Thing that peeps dont realise that just being resilient alone doesnt make a good tank. After all its not abt the tank himself surivivng - but being part of a team.
I heard lots of whining on US boards abt granites being overpowered - but then again; lots of whining seems to take place on US boards - refer to another thread in this heading lol)
the slow and -rech is a real pain, and makes soloing a real tedious affair.
Once agian thx for alying fears guys

hey Cap - lol now that was a funny Shards No.4

GRATZ matey!

ok suspense is killing me. any1 else heard the rumour abt timed granite with issue 8?
heard it abt 2 mths ago; then some said - it was dropped. Now rumours are its back!
Argh !!

apologies if already asked - searched and couldnt find info on it here.

thanks for all the input guys. has helped clarify questions fo rme.

(1) keep deceive - loving it so far
(2) keep spectral wounds - so i dont feel too much of a buff bot
(3) still dropping SS and inert reduction - but now in favour of hover and flight; as not many of u guys seem bothered abt being held/KB (plus flight fits my toons bio!)
(4) fing that Flash as way too much recharge time - but is my only AoE hold - so feel its necessary to keep

see u around paragon!

hey guys - building a new ill/kin. and have seen most builds etc. I hav found a way to get combat jump, SJ and acrobatics by skipping deceive, super spd and inert. reduction (personal preference )
However - no one else has ever contemplated this b4 (ie based on traditional builds) - is knockdown/hold resistance not an issue for ill/kin trollers?
Thx in advance

lol awww - u making me blush now Kal (in a good way for once )

hope to see u around more ingame!

Brandy

hey mate - u still enjoying ur tank?
Can have a look at heat - but he was built as a team tank - loads on armours (although I skipped brimstone) and gotto fighting pool ASAP and fitness by 22.

Absymal damage output till after granite ie up to L32 he only had scorch, fire sword and taunt from his secondaries (i know that would offend the inner scrapper in u )

After granite - respecced out all lowbie armours; dropped fighting pool and became more aggressive.

thx for replies guys
thx for advice in bloody bay though - didnt think abt that
I also think that it will be harder, but possible. Prob hav to rethink my "3+ mobs is ok when in granite" - as i think I will be doing well at +1 with lowbie armours

to all the stoners out there - got a question please

Question: Is stone primaries (ie stone/crystal/min arm) with L45/50 SOs enough defense/resist to function effecetively during exemps? (cos I dont wanna take the fighting pool power)

Reasoning for Question:
after L32 - i repsecced my stone tank. i threw a way all my useless primaries as well as fighting pool. Got loads of fire secondaries - and absolutley love it.

But now the time has come to consdier doing the lower TFs ; but i dotn think i can bare the lack of offensive powers. Can i surive as a exemped tank on stone arm/stone skin/crystal/minerals with L45/50 SOs if I DONT take the fighting pool powers?

TY for ur input