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I forgot to mention that we had 1x Hunstman, 1x Scrapper and 4x Brutes

Tongiht we started a little bit late as the Eden Trial I was on went for longer than expected.
A 2nd Treespec was formed around 8:45 and off and running by 8:55.
Thanks to Ariellah, Lupur, Indice, Hard and Sintrix for coming along for the ride.

Total time was just over 29 mins which is really good in my book

I find the 14 Merits to be... quite poor to be honest considering a 2nd Hero Respec can be EASILY soloed (much easier than a Treespec) and you get 20 mertis (for 2nd and 3rd, with 24 merits for the First).

I then wasnt feeling well so called it a night but Lupur took over (he pinged to level 50 during the respec) and went to GV.

Sorry I had to bail all.

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Next week Ill see if we have enough ppl to do a LRSF (45-50). This can be tough (duh) and there are a lot of recommendations that Temp powers Like Shivans and Chemical Burn be obtained and used. Level 50s are best but if we have enough 50's someone (or two) may be able to bring something lower.

DKellis - no drama this time

As SlackTech mentioned he plays on Freedom and the vast majority of Australia/Antipodes play on Justice. As such whenever a TF/SF/Event/etc is advertised SlackTech can't join as he is on a different server.

And when he wants to arrange a TF/SF/Event/etc he gets no takers as we are on Justice.

Its not that there is a problem, rather than these two channels don't provide SlackTech with what he is after.

We would love to have him/her on the Channel for chats, advice, etc if he/she has the spaces available for the Global Channels (there is a 10 Channel limit in CoX) and if that is of interest.

Stalker with a sword give you a nice tame little stabby stabby. Ohh its a sword - yeah I can deal with that.

Stalker with an axe.... "Im going to bury this thing so far into your head it will come out your [footer section]".
That also give a nice long animation time for Assasin Chop (tm). Big wind up of axe starting in two hands, swinging down behind you then up and over and THOCK!!!!. "Ohhh look - he split him in twain" (additional death affect required - if Assasin Chop deals over 100% of the foes max HP the foe actually falls apart in 2 pieces). Stalker giggles (chuckels?) in glee and goes hide for his/her next victim.

Sorry but Axe's just have way more OHHH S**T factor with Stalkers.

I think parts of my suggestion have been lost in this thread so Ill redefine.


1) Allow BOTH a ST and PBAoE button for the same power.
Both icons use the same slottings.
So if I have to re-summon 1 pet I can use the ST version. If a new Team member joins the team I can use the ST version. If Tank is over there and the rest are right here I can use ST on Tank (if within range) and the PBAoE for the others surrounding me.
If the game does not have a way to mark my pets differently from other MM pets and actual team members well add that functionality.
Just because the game cant currently do something doesnt mean this idea should be written off. If the amount of reprogramming involved is considered by the DEVS to be too much for too little benefit then so be it.


2) Count total END used based on number of buffed Pets.
Same as (1) above. If this cant be done currently how hard is it to add it? If it is too hard for the benefit then, again, so be it.


3) Apply PBAoE buffs to self.
No.
Disagree this should ever be done.
Every AT is meant to have some kind of weakness. Tanks do less damage. Scrappers have less defence/res/HP. Blasters have limited/no Def/Res. Etc etc.


Let me add that while I am NOT a programmer I do work WITH Programming, Development, Deployment and BA teams. If a customer of ours requests a new feature and we agree that it will benefit the majority of our customers, we see what amount of effort is required and if the cost does not outway the benefit we do it as part of our normal development cycle.
Just because our software does not currently have code to allow a new feature does not mean we will dismiss all such requests.

New growth often means new code.

Sister Psyche was completed in 2hrs and 51mins.
We had a full team of 8:

Ebon Defender - Defender
Captain Kablooie - Blaster
Suzie Steel - Scrapper
Aurora Love - Controller
S1ash - Scrapper
Lup - Def - Defender
Show Me The Money - Night Widow (rogue)
Neeenja - Scrapper

The damn Freakshow and their sefl-rez (and yes effective dbl XP) hurt in the time department. But get to the end we did.
Get the Merits we did.
Get the badge... you get the point


And that is THAT part of the Task Force Commander accolade done and dusted for now (may need to run that on a weekend next time).

But it is all a learning curve for me as well - dont think ill forget this one anytime soon lol.

Again thanks to all who turned up and spent their time with us.

Cheers

Hi all sorry for lack of recent updates.

Tonight im thinking of running a Sister Psyche TF (Level 20-25, 50 Merits, 5+ team from Ind Port).

Aim is to form the team at 8:30pm and be off by 8:45pm. If we dont get sufficient numbers we will see about running a PuG or maybe Ill run my 50 Tank and ppl can bring in whatever toons they want for some reg mishes and help me test him at +2/x7

I have read (but not confirmed) that due to the inherent Fitness there will be TWO respecs per toon allocated instead of the usual one.

That being said Treespecs can be heaps of fun and also some good XP if its not a speed run (not a fan of speed runs).

Hi all,
last nights Ice Mistral was completed in just over 2hrs and 2mins.

We would have had it done much sooner if:
1) We didnt get a stuck on a Kill All mission where the final enemy was stuck in the roof and no visible. GM's took around 25mins to reply and another 5 to resolve. We did try a Banner while waiting and got 2 of the 4 Banners down.

2) We needed to kill 50 CoT and were in Nerva but another Banner was in place so no mobs aroudn the map. The team agreed to do a Banner run while waiting instead of head to Cap. We got another 2 of the 4 Banners down.


Next Wednesday will be just before the Rikti Invasion so no Bomb hunts or Watchmen Accolcades (yet).

Options that look interesting are:
-Lord Recluse SF
This is also part of the Marshal Accolade.
The other parts can be done solo (exploration and defeat badges).

If we have time after there is another mission badge needed for the Accolade from Willy Wheeler (Cap) which we could do via FlashBack [level 16-19] (Defeat All Arachnos Personnel - arc is listed under Willy's arc, There's One Born Every Minute, which contains all of Willy's missions. This badge mission is the second mission in the Flashback arc

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- All SF
Start working on all the SF working from lowbie (Virgil Tarikoss = 15-20) up to the highest (Thus Spoke the Reichsman / LGSF / LRSF = 45-50).
This would obviously take place over a number of Wednesdays with an occational break in between (ie: Rikti Invasion - "had enough of TF want a Treespec" - etc).

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-Treespec

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Other suggestions?

I should restate that I did ask for the ability to do BOTH ST and AoE buffs.
So when I chose Deflection Shield (for example) I get 2 icons, a ST and a PBAoE.
It is still one power and slots affect both icons. I can chose to apply a ranged ST buff (80') or a PBAoE power with a much shorter range (say 40'?).

Im not sure if there is a marker on my Pets (self_pet=1?) that the Buff can detect and only apply to those. If not it could be added

I had a quick look for a similar post but could not find one.

What I would like is for MM secondaries that have Def/Res Buffs that can be applied to Pets like Thermal and Force Field give an option similar to the new Upgrade/Enhance powers whereby we apply a PBAOE burst that applies that buff to all Pets within range (40'-60'?).

This should have a cost equal to the number of pets buffed at the standard End Cost. So if it costs 7 End per pet to apply Deflection Shield and 4 of your 5 pets are in range it costs a total of 28 End.

I would prefer an option to have both the PBAOE and ST options (pretty please?).


Now I'd also really like this same option to be applicable as a Team Only buff that is PBAOE but only affects Team Members not Pets.
This way (if you can handle the End cost) you can do a Team Chat to gather all team members around you, "Heel" your pets and then click 2 to 4 (Fire/Plasma Shield for example) buttons and everyone is buffed. Done.

Currently if using both the Def/Res buffs on a full team with a full set of 6 pets (im net getting into multi-MM scenarios) you are clicking 26 buttons to get everyone buffed (Pets = 2 buffs x6. Full Team = 2 buffs x7).


The Team Only buff could also apply to any other power set that has these types of ally buffs.


Opinions?

Olympus_NA,
the default Mids doesnt have the Inherent Fitness yet. I know there is a version that does but I dont have it.

Here are some suggestions though.

Focus on +Def (Melee/Ranged/AoE, not Smashing/Lethal).

Shield:
- Deflection and Battel Agility
Slot with 4 Serendipities.
They are fairly cheap and offer good bonuses. Later start to slot Luck Of The Gamblers (LotG) that fofer the same bonuses but at higher values and also has a +Global Recharge IO (very expensive at ~140-150 Mil per)
For Deflection add in a Resitance IO (normal) if you have the slots for S/L.

- True Grit
Slot for Health as this will increase your Max HP value. If you can put in any of the Healing Sets procs like Miracle +Recovery, Numina +Recovery/Regen or Regenerative Tissue +Regen. NOTE these are UBER expensive.
If you have the slots you can add in a Resistance IO (normal) for C/F/E/Neg/Tox.

- Active Defence
Double slot with Recharge Red. You may want to triple slot it so this is never down even if you get -Rech. Depends on if you have slots available.

- Against All Odds (AaO)
Single End Red.

- Phalanx Fighting
I put either a Def IO (normal) or a Def Set proc in here. If you can afford it a LotG +Rech

- Grant Cover
I put either a Def IO (normal) or a Def Set proc in here. If you can afford it a LotG +Rech

- Sheild Charge (ohhh baby)
Option A - Eraditcation (x4) This gives a +2.25% HP, +1.8% End and a small amount of +Ranged Def. If you have slots add in a Multi-Strike (Acc/Dam/End) and a Scirocco's (Acc/Dam/End). This will put Acc/Dam/Rech over the ED and provide +50% End.
Option B - Full set of Obliterations. Note these can be quite expensive and hard to find.

- One with the Shield - never used it sorry.


Martial Arts.
- For your Single Target attacks slot either Touch of Deaths (ToD) or Mako's Bite. These both give +Def at 6 slots for Melee or Ranged.

- For Cones/PBAOE's again look for sets that give +Positional Def that you are lacking (Obliterations, Eradications, Scirocco's).

- Focus Chi
Full set of Gaussians Fire Control. Provides +2.5 Def to all 3 positions.

- Warriors Challenge [Taunt]
If you take it you cal slot either Mocking Beratement or Perfect Zinger for good set bonuses. Depends if you have slots for them.


Others
- Tough
Even with your Active Defence always up sometimes when it is reactivating you can get hit with a KB power. Slotting a Steadfast -KB will help in thiese situations. Also a Steadfast Res/+ 3% Def will also gain you +1.5 Recovery and provide a 3% Def bonus to all.

- Weave
Slot either 4x Serendipity or LotG


- Combat Jumping
Needed until late levels where you MAY be able to drop it. Slot with either Def IO's (normal) or Def procs (LotG +Rech, Karma -KB, Kismet +Acc).



Now to the fidly bit.

Rule of Five.
If a set provides say a +10% Regen bonus you can only have 5 such bonuses from ANY set.
Example - LofG and Sciroccos both provide +10% regen with 2 slots. If you have 4 LotG (x2) sets and 2 Scirocco's (x2) you will have 6 +10% Regen. This breaks the rule and one of those bonsues will not apply.


BTW - this is why Mac's suck

And as always this is what I have done in the past with SD. it is not the only way and may not be the best way but it has worked wonders for me.

This is also off the top of my head so I may have missed something.

Good luck

Last night I deleted my BS/Nin Stalker (tried, I really did but meh) and created my BS/SD Scrapper and kept the same name "Promachos".

Plant also made his Controller (but Ill let him go on about that ) and we got to level 3 (SLOTS!!!).

Look forward to BSing all the nasty elements in GR with my HUGE toon

Hi all,
tomorrow we are planning on running an Ice Mistral SF (level 35-40, 4 members+, 26 Merits from St Martial).

Its mainly a CoT.

For more details see ..here..

Hi all,
with the Halloween event here tonight is slotted for a ToT or Banner run if we can get a 2nd team to help.

However I have been seeing a few people already overdosing on ToT's so if this is the general feel I will instead run a level 37(ish) PuG doing regular mishes/papers and even a Bank run if we get one.

Nothing large, nothing that locks players in (or out if they arrive late), nothing pre-Stamina (sorry but ive been doing a fair bit of lowbie runs of late [COME ON i19!!!!]).

See you all later tonight

Hopefully when the zone has more content additional foes/npc's will become available with the intention of allowing PEATs.

While a Rikti EAT (REAT?) would be fun, as they are not side-specific they should not be added as PEATS but rather for some other reason (Rikti Expansion/Booster pack, Additional Invasion Issue [i25 - They're Baaaaack with a Vengance]?).

Despite my earlier post I was present for the first EVER GR Sunday Night Event (didnt get a badge though ).

We had a really good run and I got my 18 Scrapper up to level 20 (Stamina - wooohooo [come on i19 and Inherent Fitness]).

While GR is a bit lacking in actual events (TF/SF [will there be a new name for Praetorian Team-Needed Forces?], GM Hunts, Respec Missions, Flashbacks, etc) it is still a new zone and lot of stuff to explore (took me a few goes to realise the doors with the black and yellow "stairs" icon take you to the roofs).


Thanks to Plant for organising and hopefully ill be on again this Sunday.

Hi all,
last night we ran a Posi TF.

Thanks for Mr Flibble, Randomice, Indice, Grgic, Hard and Ariellah for some fun teamage

After that it was too late to run the 2nd Posi so some of us ran a high level X8 AE arc for some XP.
Indice got his Scrapper to 50 (woot), Grgic got a few levels as did Ariellah.

Cheers to all.

Ill start by saying I have very limited experience with Khelds (only tried a PB once and it just wasnt fun for me). Not saying its bad just wasnt my cup of tea. Also I dont know the stroy-line for Khelds so not sure if my below suggestion would break the history/story.

I am planning on trying a WS in the near future (suffering badly from Altitis and want to get most of them int6o the high 30's at least before I start a new toon).

With all that being said, what do people think about changing the way HEATS level into somethng like VEATS?
You are human until level x. At which point you chose EITHER alt FormA or alt FormB. That option is now fixed and you dont get to chose the other.
You still get to be either Human or alt Form and swap as normal but only get 1 alt.

You can Dual-Build for the other option and respecs will allow you to rechose all powers/slots like normal.

This way the problem with the number of slots avail is reduced, but you can still have both alt Forms via Dual-Build (if you wish).

This sounds like a really good idea.
It would have downsides so its not all YAY BUFF.

Example using Bots:
you lose having 2 pets applying FF and heals. If we say go for the Malta Titan approach they lose all FF and Heals but get more HP, more Def (or Res?), more damaging attacks.

Also to balance it out it could be a "Final Upgrade" power (bonus power/inherent at say level 30/32?) that uses 50% end but also adds in all the "upgrade" powers as well so you dont have to summon x3 (T1, T2, T3), upgrade x2 + Final Upgrade. Ohhh the mish is over while waiting for my end to come back so I can finish my pets...

The bonus/inherent power level would also be so you get used to the idea of having 6 pets running around so if you dont want to use the Final Upgrade power and have 6 pets you know what your getting into to. You are forced to use 6 pets for a few levels. It also a way to futher enhance the AT.

I remember when I got my first T3 pet (bots) and I was like OMFGW00T I got me a huge fracking robot and didnt stop running around like an idiot for ages in pure unadulterated joy

Getting that again with OMFGWOW - I just merged 6 pets into 1-2 Fracking HUGE pets of doom and destruction. FEAR ME!!!!!!!

Hay Mr Flibble,
that is a good idea and something we can definately arrange.
Also work on some of the various other Accolades.

Next week is the Halloween specials if I remember correctly so Plant and I will be looking at running teams for those limited time events.

Ill bring a Sonic/Rad just so I can create lots of noise and bright lights for Minotaurs hangover headache

Or my 41 MW/WP Brute or 37 Dark/Dark Defender if we need some heals.

If we dont have enough Defence ill bring in my 50 Tank and show all you Villains how to take agro and shove your hand up it (Aussies should get that reference lol).

Last night there was very little interest in the lowbie team for Hero side so SENTINEL Monday was cancelled.
Instead I joined a lowbie GR team and after 2 mishes the team went from 4-8 (with almost all of the team being squishy Blasters or Trollers )

After a few team wipes (I forget what diff we were running) one of the team brought in his Tank and... we still got some team wipes

We then got a shock when DownTime was announced (no one had checked the forums for unexpected downtime) but we were able to get the GM's to delay the downtime by 5 mins so we could finish our final mish

it was a mad rush to complete the mission before downtime but we got there after much screaming and yelling (and some swearing :P).

It was a really great time and I thank everyone who joined the team.

OK Ive had some requests for a lowbie run so tonight will be Hallows missions for whoever wants to turn up. We will be running around level 6-15 missions depending on who turns up but nothing higher.

See you all at 8:30pm

While I normally wont be able to make it for this as I have RL events taking place on Sundays I hope it gets off to a good start especially with the additional GR content coming with i19 in the (hopefully) not to distant future.

So come on all and lets meake this new regular event GReat